SAP BPC on HANA Rapid Implementation
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
SAP BPC on HANA Rapid Implementation
“... Blown away by the amazing driver
based Planning, Forecasting and Financial
Fast Close Solutions built by CubeInsights
and team on SAP BPC NW 10 on SAP
HANA...”
DirectorEPM, Global Center of Excellence
SAP
� Executive Summary
� Business Challenges
� SAP HANA Out Of The Box Functions
� SAP BPC 10 NW - Out Of The Box Functions
� Our Readily Deployable SAP HANA Solution –
Retail & CPG – Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting Solution
Content
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Retail & CPG – Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting Solution
� Pre-Configured Solution Process Flow
� Pre-Configured Solution Reference Architecture
� Pre-Configured Solution Capabilities
� Pre-Configured Solution Key Functions
� Pre-Configured Solution Building Blocks
� Pre-Configured Solution Demo - “a Step By Step Approach”
� Our Solutions User Experience
� Our Key Differentiators
� Our Contact
� The purpose of this demonstration is to provide enough functional and technical details about
our readily deployable Retail & CPG’s driver based planning, forecasting & budgeting solutions,
enabled by SAP HANA technologies.
� In this demo, Viewers will learn about our out of the box analytics capabilities, including
planning, forecasting, simulations, scenario analysis, and business insights. Also users will learn
Executive Summary
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
how our pre-configured solutions will cut-down the implementation time, and risk and cost.
� Our readily deployable solution facilitates data collection and performs currency conversion on
entities’ data. Differences, which arise out of currency conversion, are posted through Journals.
And, the solution allows users to create scenario baselines which can then be (what-if) analysed
for various scenarios by simulating the drivers’ values. The solution provides reports which show
the variance between the actuals and the plan/scenario data.
�Our solution also performs rolling forecast for P & L items and allows SKU level and top down
planning for various products. Apart from that, the solution performs cost allocation for various
expenses which becomes the target for the concerned entity/product.
� Our advanced analytics solution, for Retail and CPG, adopts real-time data acquisition from
SAP ECC through SAP landscape transformation (SLT) and near real-time data acquisition from
Executive Summary
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
non-SAP and external systems through Business Objects® Data Services (BODS)
� Users will experience our hosted solutions over an Amazon cloud infrastructure (AWS).
• Budgeting and forecasting are annual activities that are complex, time-consuming, political, and
not always strategic. This has often resulted in erroneous planning or counterproductive use of
time.
• Executives and Managers want more immediate access to information in order to visualize what
is happening in their business, to assess the trends and understand the factors that are
impacting on performance and to get the insight they need for timely and effective decisions.
Business Challenges
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
impacting on performance and to get the insight they need for timely and effective decisions.
• Industry undergoes significant structural changes in an uncertain world economic climate.
• Globalization, digitalization and increasing competition are changing the face of the industry.
• Manufacturers face a new set of challenges to their business models and cost structures.
Original equipment manufacturers and suppliers are experiencing poor operating performance,
reduced profitability and increasing financial and bankruptcy risk.
• Executives and Managers want more immediate access to information in order to visualize what
is happening in their business, to assess the trends and understand the factors that are
impacting on performance and to get the insight they need for timely and effective decisions.
� Column and Row Store Tables
� SLT Functions for Real-Time Data Acquisition from SAP ECC
� Data Services Interface for Non SAP Data Acquisition
� Database Object Import and Export Functions
� Flexible Data Model - Attribute, Analytical and Calculation (Graphical and SQL Script)
SAP HANA Out Of the Box Functions
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
� Flexible Data Model - Attribute, Analytical and Calculation (Graphical and SQL Script)
� Hierarchies (Level Based & Parent Child)
� Dynamic Currency Conversion with User selection of Currency
� In-Memory Calculations (Functions, Procedures and Database Triggers)
� Decision Tables
� Counters
� Synonyms and Sequences
� Security (Users, Roles and Analytical Privilege)
� Controls are used to validate entities’ data to ensure that the data is accurate. For
example, Assets equal Liabilities in the balance sheet data.
� Journals are used to adjust data when there are differences which arise after currency
conversion.
� Currency Translation is done using business rules without the use of any script.
SAP BPC 10 NW - Out Of the Box Functions
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
� Currency Translation is done using business rules without the use of any script.
� Work Status feature is used to lock a segment of the data. For example, consolidated
balance sheet data can be locked so that changes are no more allowed.
� Planning functions, such as Trend, Spread & Weight, can be used within the reports/input
forms to analyse & simulate the plan/forecast data.
Our Solution – Process Flow
Start Upload entities’ dataPerform currency
conversion
Is valid entities’ data?
Create scenario
baselines
Adjust diff’ thru
journals
Yes
No
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
View variance
reports
Perform planning activities viz. rolling
forecast, SKU level planning, allocation,
etc…
Perform scenario
analysis for revenue, expenses,
etc..
Stop
SAP Business Objects Multisource Universe
Reports Dashboard Simulati
ons
Scenario
Analysis Forecast
ingPredictive
Analytics
Semantic Layer
AnalyticsLayer
Our Solution - Architecture
Hyperion
SAP BO EPM Tools( SAP BPC, SAP BO, etc…)
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Data Source SAP ECC
Data Source Oracle
Data Source JDE/PS
North America Operations
Middle East Asia Operations
Asia PacificOperations
SAP HANA
SAPBW
SAP Business Objects Platform
Data Sources
OLAPLayer
SLTData Services
SAPBODS
Plan Data
Flat File
Our rapidly deployable solutions has been pre-configured to address the following key
business functions.
� Data management
� Data collection from SAP and non SAP sources
� Validation of data being loaded and adjusting the differences in the data
through Journals
� Analyzing Financial Performances
Our Solution – Key Capabilities
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
� Analyzing Financial Performances
� Perform currency translation
� Adjust differences through Journals during currency conversion
� Create scenario baselines
� Perform rolling forecast for six months
� Perform SKU level and top down planning for products
� Perform cost/expenses allocation for various expenses
� Variance analysis through Actual vs. Budget, Actual vs. Forecast etc
� Real-Time Reporting
� Processing Massive Volume of Data – Big Data
� Secure Data Access
� Self Servicing Capabilities
� Cloud Infrastructure
� Mobile Enabled
Our Solution – Pre-Configured Functions
�Validation of entities’ data
�Currency translation to reporting currencies
�Creation of scenario baselines
�Rolling Forecast for six months
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
�SKU Level and Top Down planning for products
�Allocation of cost/expenses
�P & L revenue control & analysis
� Variance analysis
�Simulations
� Operational and management reports
Our Solution – Building Blocks
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Our Solution – Building Blocks
Our Solution Building Blocks
Group(Corporate)
Entity Operating Structure : Sample
Asia PacificNorth America Europe
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Asia PacificRegion
Subsidiary
Singapore
Subsidiary
India
North AmericaRegion
Subsidiary USA
Subsidiary Canada
EuropeRegion
Subsidiary UK
Subsidiary GermanySubsidiary
Australia
Our Solution Building Blocks
Group(Corporate)
Entity Intercompany Transactions : Sample
Asia Pacific
IntCo - Seller
North America Europe
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Asia PacificRegion
Subsidiary
Singapore
Subsidiary
India
IntCo- Seller
- Buyer
North AmericaRegion
Subsidiary USA
Subsidiary Canada
- Buyer
EuropeRegion
Subsidiary UK
Subsidiary GermanySubsidiary
Australia
GL Account Structure : Sample
Our Solutions Building Blocks
Sales Forecast Drivers Structure : Sample
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Product Hierarchy/Structure : Sample
Our Solutions Building Blocks
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Our Solution � User Experience
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Our Solution � User Experience
Revenue Control Analysis
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Rolling Forecast Report(6 months)
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
SKU Level/Top Down Planning Report
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
SKU Level/Top Down Planning Report - Graph
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Cost Allocation Report
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
P & L Revenue Control & Analysis – Variance Report
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
P & L Revenue Control & Analysis – Variance Report - Graph
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
Our Key Differentiators
� Readily deployable hosted solutions
�Using combination of SAP's best practices andour proven methodology to accelerateimplementation, low risk and cost
�Business can realize their future state from dayone
� Reference architecture
• Rapid
Deployment
• Design Audit
• Strategy
• Roadmap
• POC
Research Advisory
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation
� Reference architecture
� Predefined data model, views, and functions
� Easy to customize and adopt business changes
� Support for future software upgrades/patches
� Flexible deployment plan and rollout strategy
� Wide range of engagements within SAP and theSAP ecosystem to keep abreast of latest toolsand technologies
• Solution
Build and
Optimize
• Support
• Enhance
ments
Impleme
ntation
Sustaina
bility
SAP HANA
Big Data
Contact us:
Senthil Kumar
Sierra Infosys, 6001, Savoy Dr, Suite # 210, Houston, TX-77036Phone : 713-747-9693 ext: 102, Fax : 713-222-2434
Driver Based Planning, Forecasting & Budgeting for Retail & CPGPre-Configured Industry Solutions - SAP BPC on HANA Implementation