Westernacher Consulting AG Business Analytics & Planning

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1 Westernacher Consulting AG Business Analytics & Planning Business Excellence through Business Intelligence 0

2 Business Intelligence: Information that improves your business Your business grows in size, complexity and speed Data piles up in your systems Your Organization needs Business Intelligence You need to look back to understand and look forward to decide 1

3 Business Intelligence: Information that improves your business Westernacher delivers Business Intelligence through: Information Design Data Management and Architecture Analytics Tools 2

4 Information Design The right information in the right format In order to build excellent and intelligent KPIs Dashboards Ad-hoc Analyses (OLAP) Prepared and Standardized Reports you need to Understand the Business Understand the Data Decide which Information and Presentation allows you to understand, predict and take action intelligently Westernacher helps you to turn Data into Business Intelligence 3

5 Data Management and Architecture A Sound Foundation The Problem is well-known Deficient Data Quality undermines the Value of Information Systems (GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out) but what is the Solution? How do you ensure accurate, consistent and up-to-date data as raw materials for your information? 4

6 Data Management and Architecture A solid Foundation Clear Data Architecture Solid Data Governance Controlled Master Data Management We help you design and implement the Architecture, Organization and Data Management Tools that work for your Organization 5

7 BI-Tools Guidance in rapidly changing Technology Very large scale data warehousing, in-memory processing, dashboarding, mobile reporting, ad-hoc reporting, adavanced prognostics The options are endless, the tools ever-changing Westernacher helps you to determine what you need, how to implement and how to use it 6

8 BI-Tools Typical Components of the BI Infrastructure User Interface ERP- System Extract Transform Load (ETL) DataMart Dashboard Browser External Sources Data Warehouse Cubes In-Mem OLAP Mobile Reporting Office 7

9 BI-Tools Some examples to the technology we currently support: SAP BODS Informatica IBM Data Stage MS Integration Services (SSIS) SAP BW SAP BW Oracle MS SQL Server SAP BI Accelerator Oracle SAP HANA MS Analysis Services (SSAS) SAP BI Platform 4.0 Excel Qlikview SAP BO Xcelsius / Crystal SAP BEx Suite SAP Web Reporting (WAD) ETL Data Warehouse DataMarts Analysis Tools 8

10 Analyze with precision, decide intelligently and act fast Our Core Competency Your Benefit Our Service Portfolio Business Finance BI, Logistics BI, HCM BI Technology SAP BI Platforms SAP BW Qlikview Oracle OBIEE MS SQL Server BI Accurate Information High-Performance Reporting Excellent Presentation Formats Less time & money wasted in Handling Data Better Insights Better Decisions Better Business Performance BI Strategy & Architecture Corporate BI Strategy Data and BI Architecture Requirements Analysis Technology Selection BI System Design & Implementation OLAP-Systeme, Reporting, Dashboards Performance Optimization 9

11 We support you with specific Functional and Industry Knowledge Accounting International Accounting Global HR Finance Controlling Purchasing Material Flow Carbon Footprint Controlling Track and Trace Supply Chain Controlling Leadtime Calculation Functional Focus Industry Focus Discrete Manufacturing Telecommunications Logistics Service Mail International Public Sector Retail Media and Entertainment Utilities Financial Services 10

12 Westernacher Project and Customer References Gas Supplier: The MCM Project Westernacher Consulting Project and Customer References Quick Facts Gas Supplier Industry: Gas Supplier Revenue: ~ 2 Bil. EUR Employees: ~ 235 Locations: Southern Germany Products: Gas Output: 56 Mrd. kwh p.a. Project Scope: 800 PDays Project Start: 07/2004 Project End: 06/2005 Technology: SAP BI, EC-PCA, CO-PA Consultants: 4 Project Objectives Disposing monthly repeated, manual reporting issues Showing the contributions of the operating income of each business unit with profitcenter accounting Implementation of planning processes in SAP BPS The profitability analysis should reveal all aspects of the business Implementation Highlights Multi-level planning process with central, strategic objectives and local, operative planning steps Central data management and reporting based on SAP business information warehouse Project Challenges Main item is the new interface between invoicing system and financial and controlling ERP system The interface automatically supplies SAP ERP and BI with all necessary information Achieved Benefits / Results Reduce of effort for preparation of the shareholder reports: from days to hours The profitability analysis shows all relevant key figures like quantities, total revenue, capacities, prices, discounts, etc. in regional, costumer or product view Customer Quote: From the beginning we were looking for an integrated steering system for the entire company. Therefore we had to design our processes more efficiently, dispose double work and parallel systems. With the changing market and political framework (e.g. unbundling) our systems must be very flexible. I was very pleased that we managed to set up the system with participation of all involved parts within short time. Member of the Executive Board

13 Westernacher Project and Customer References Discounter: SRM Reporting Westernacher Consulting Project and Customer References Quick Facts Discounter Industry: Discounter Revenue: 30,85 Bil. EURO Employees: Locations: Europe Produkts: Food, Non-Food Project Start: 05/2009 Project Ende: 11/2009 Technology: SAP Netweaver Customer Quote: Project Objectives Implementation of the SAP-BI based corporate reporting and controlling based on the central SRM- Procurement data for non-trade goods Realization of a hierarchical authorisation structure for the qualitative and quantitative limitation of worldwide user requests Reporting on archived data Implementation Highlights Control mechanism for dynamically determining charging periods in order to avoid manual intervention in case of temporary loss of source systems Limitation of the report content by integration of authorization objects in the data cubes Dynamic control of the transferred business process types by control table parameters Project Challenges Global webbased reporting access Data maintanance to assess goods delivery by WebDympro Availability of all reports in 17 languages Achieved Benefits / Results Daily updated reports (sales, suppliers) based on group-wide purchasing data supplied by multinational sources Representation and analysis of the document flow of the entire operational procurement process from shopping carts to invoice Reducing support requirements for rule changes and the failure of source systems through the use of WebDympro-maintained control tables With the daily accurate procurement reporting we created a robust and powerful tool for company-wide cost control and supplier evaluation. Project Manager, business side

14 Westernacher Project and Customer References Automotive Industry: Establishment of a global HR reporting platform Westernacher Consulting Project and Customer References Quick Facts Automotive Industry Industry: Automotive Revenue: 78,9 Bil. EUR Employees: (Q4, 2009) Locations: Global Products: cars, trucks Project Scope: (~600 PD s) Project Start: 10/2007 Project End: 03/2010 Technology: SAP Netweaver BI Consultants: 2 Project Objectives Establishment of a global HR reporting platform for staff and Compensation Reports Consolidation of personnel data from different source systems Providing Ad-Hoc Reporting Diversity Reporting Implementation Highlights Implementation of Rules for Data Consolidation Monthly building of several hierarchical structures from transaction data Allowing the staff care through Web-Dynpro Project Challenges First successful consolidation of global HR data of inhomogeneous source systems Achieved Benefits / Results Global access via web reporting on HR data Group-wide reporting tool with detailed consolidated HR data Provision of various reporting structures Customer Quote: An important milestone in the project was the data consolidation, so that we now have a system that we shall provide the personnel and pay data for internal and external reporting. So we can easily and quickly respond to new demands. Project Manager Business Side

15 Westernacher Project and Customer References International Apparel Retail with 3000 Stores: Dashboards for Merchandising and Store Management Westernacher Consulting Project and Customer References Quick Facts Apparel Retail Industry: Retail Revenue: ~ 30 Bil. USD Employees: (2010) Countries: USA, CDN, Europe Products: Apparel, Footwear, Access. Project Scope: 500 PDays Project Start: 03/2010 Project End: ca. 05/2011 Technology: SSIS / SSAS / QlikView Consultants: 4 (max) Customer Quote: Project Objectives Create a homogeneous data base for planning and BI Consolidate purchase and sales data from different source systems Create Dashboards for different functional areas and management levels Drill-down into SKU, store and day Make hundreds of spreadsheets obsolete Implementation Highlights Multi-level Data Warehouse using Netezza Appliances for consolidation and SQL Server as an ODS base Data Marts with very large fact tables in SQL Server Analysis Services (multi-billion) Elaborate partitioning, about 160 monthly partitions with swap-in / age-out Project Challenges Extremely high throughout: 20 mn sales transactions and stock movements per day Achieved Benefits / Results Compact and intuitive Performance Monitoring Enterprise-wide uniform infrastructure Flexible dashboards and reporting High performance at moderate cost This new BI solution is an incredibly powerful tool for our merchandisers. - Project Lead, UK