ASUG Chicago Meeting 07/24

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1 ASUG Chicago Meeting 07/24 Get a sneak peak of our sessions and interact with the speakers it is time well spent! Wojcik Conference Center Harper College, Palatine 8:30 am to 5 pm

2 Meeting highlights Over 25 sessions Full day workshop lead by SAP SCM, Mobility, HANA, Solution Manager, Master Data tracks Event combined with SAP Inside Track: More networking and education Networking reception after the sessions

3 HANA is SAP s Soul: Are You Sold? SAP HANA: Why Not? Obstacles SAP HANA: Why? Business Case Business Value

4 Teach ChaRM New Tricks Monocle Systems: Run SAP Partner with Technology Focus: SAP Solution Manager SAP NetWeaver platform Virtualization and cloud hosting Remote Basis support Consulting Custom Solution Manager enhancements Session at ASUG Chicago on 07/24: Change Request Management (ChaRM) in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Teach ChaRM New Tricks Managed Services Technology We will demonstrate how ChaRM can be tailored to customer s unique requirements with extra fields, customized approval processes, extra statuses, branded notifications, and more! 4

5 Leveraging Solution Manager and ALM Tools in Test Automation Some Success Stories Pete Daher Senior Solution Architect, Worksoft

6 SAP Financial Reporting using Microsoft Excel About Excel4apps About Excel4apps SAP Reporting Challenges Solutions Customer Success Stories Upsher-Smith Laboratories Odyssey Reinsurance Fletcher Insulation Demonstration

7 Kraft Foods Gains Payback with Improved Journal Entry Process Kraft Foods Group is one of the largest food and beverage companies in North America. Kraft had three challenges to improve their Journal Entry process. With the help of Z Option s GLSU, Kraft was able to: 1. Resolve an audit concern regarding controls for manual journal entries. 2. Improve efficiency/reduce costs. 3. Provide a more robust, flexible tool for Presenters: users and auditors. Dan Vierneisel Eric Frisvold Associate Director, Kraft Foods Consultant, Salo LLC Solution Provider: Z Option Inc. provides cost effective, ready-to-use software that reduces the cost of using and implementing SAP by integrating common SAP functions with Microsoft Excel. Kraft accomplished this by reengineering the journal entry process, implementing Z Option s GLSU and executing a robust change management plan. Deployed a universal template for every journal entry. Eliminated offline file management by attaching supporting documentation to the document in SAP. Built tools for qualitative analytics. Simplified security maintenance for Park and Post. Provided comprehensive training to ensure process continuity and sustainability. Validates journal entries in Excel before submission. Captures upfront approvals via park and post. Processes accruals via park and post. Uses SAP workflow with notification. Enforces segregation of duties. Systematically controls journal entry postings/cutoffs by business unit during the close.

8 ASUG Profile: P. Peter Chen Global Finance Reporting Manager, Finance Application Strategy Deloitte Global, Chicago Tel: Current Role Peter has been the Deloitte Global Finance Reporting manager, and the Enterprise BI architect prior to that. Responsible for designing and delivering analytical solutions; managing the BI best practices and roadmaps; supporting the DTTL BPC planning and forecasting processes; and implementing BI projects---which include the Global Finance Mobile BI and Central Finance Mobile BI initiatives.. Professional Background Starting the career in EDS(HP), Peter has been a SAP project leader and BW/BI/BPC Solution Architect with over 15 years of progressive experience in global SAP ERP/BW/BI support and implementations. Worked in a number of organizations - large and small, spanning various industries. Member of Mobile BI influence Council. Participated in the partners testing for SAP Design Studio, Lumira and Mobile BI.

9 Practical lessons from Deloitte s Mobile Project Key Learnings SAP Mobile BI: End-to-end Enterprise Solution Wow factor is there, and is REAL. Make proactive decisions on Mobile Device, Platform, and Content types. Test, not assume from Product guide. Take advantage of the SDK. Separate the Desktop and Mobile Development. Let your voice be heard, and your need be known.

10 Network Services Meets the E-Commerce Demands of their Always Connected Customer About CDI E-Commerce and Payment Experts for SAP All products have real-time integration with SAP and SAP HANA SAP Certified and SAP Partner Headquarters in Lombard, IL Stop by our booth to enter to win: FitBit! Case Study: Network Services Meets the E-Commerce Demands of their Always Connected Customer Challenge: First Generation web store lacked mobile capabilities and real-time integration Solution: Partnered with CDI to put their store in the hands of their customers anytime, anywhere Results: B2B web store with B2C look and feel with mobile capabilities Decreased Order Time Reduced Order Errors SAP Integration

11 Mobility and SAP trends over a lifetime

12 Shipment Tracking with Event Management How Owens Corning implemented EM for shipment track & trace capabilities EM Transportation Visibility Process EM Dashboard for Track & Trace monitoring New Events and EDI 214 interface Overdue Event Notifications TM and CRM integration

13 Optimized Transportation Planning Leveraging SAP Transportation Management 10:40 a.m. 11:25 a.m. July 24 th Leverage SAP Transportation Management to plan dynamic, optimized shipments that reduce distribution costs while maintaining service levels. Discuss common challenges companies face Highlight how the SAP TM optimizer can be leveraged to plan efficient shipments Discuss the benefits from enhanced transportation planning Review a case study of an SAP Transportation Management implementation

14 SAP HANA Vs Oracle 12c IMO Bala Prabahar: RDBMS,Unix, Scripting/programming 25+ years of experience Objectives of Oracle 12c In Memory Option Similarities & differences between SAP HANA & Oracle 12c

15 Master Data Initiative at Kellogg s Emil Beloglavec - Senior Solutions Architect, Data with over 30 years of hands-on experience in enterprise software development. Kellogg, like other companies, has master data spread in multiple systems and applications. Each set of data is evolving independently, often conflicting with data in other silos. The result: missing governance, inefficient business processes, and frustrated customers. During the presentation you will find out how Kellogg is planning to tackle these challenge.

16 Benefits of Master Data Governance (MDG) ROI Study Discussion Highlights Insights from 45+ years of combined business and IT experience from Nelson Lin, CIO of Konica Minolta Business Solutions and ICM America s Uli Neubert Lessons Learned from Konica Minolta s ongoing MDG journey, including: The Importance of an MDG Initiative Best Practices Associated With Planning an MDG Initiative Estimating MDG ROIs: Operational Efficiencies Reduced Data and Maintenance Cost Savings Associated with Improved Analytics Cost Savings Associated with Reduced Storage Costs

17 Efficiently Automating MDM and Business Process through Winshuttle - The Moen and Rockwell Automation Stories Improved the material master extension process from Request to Ready-For-Use to as low as 6 hours Reduced ABAP development for SAP go lives and data migrations Maintained data management headcount even when data volumes and complexity increased Eliminated paper-based requests Reduced approval time Increased process visibility and tracking Automating diverse processes rapidly

18 SAP Lumira Overview Overview: SAP Lumira Position of SAP Lumira in SAP BO tools portfolio Concept: How SAP Lumira works Different versions of SAP Lumira SAP Lumira Desktop Quick Demo Future Roadmap

19 Full Day Workshop: ABAP on HANA Hands-on workshop bring your laptops and development skills Focus on ABAP on HANA for the Business Suite Learn HANA Modeling, consuming views from ABAP, SQLScript, and OData services

20 BW 74 Powered by SAP HANA: Use It to Your Advantage New Data Modeling Experience Virtual Data Warehouse SQL exposure of data models Agility and Governance Big Data Business planning and Unification

21 Customer case study - HANA and SAP BusinessObjects This presentation will demonstrate a real life use case in architecting a HANA sidecar implementation using Data Services, HANA Views, Web Intelligence, Explorer, Lumira and Predictive Analytics. Design considerations when utilizing HANA Views, Data Services, Web Intelligence and Explorer to achieve the best performance Merging of data from two different ERP Applications. Why Data Services? The use of the HANA Predictive Analytic Library Lessons learned that emphasize the activities that are critical to a successful and efficient implementation How itelligence and Southeastern Mills successfully collaborated to implement HANA and BusinessObjects Analytics to replace their QlikView dashboards 21 Global provider of consulting and customer support services to further maximize SAP solutions including implementations, business intelligence, application management services and hosting.

22 Other sessions Fiori and BI in Supply Chain Analytics: Round table BW on HANA Platform Optimization using SAP IQ & NLS SAP Big Data Platform Strategy: Combine HANA & Data warehouse functions (Mixed Scenarios) Real Time Operational Reporting using SAP HANA Live Implementing Supply Chain Operations Metrics with SAP Dashboards and BW on HANA Should the Application be Web or Mobile? How to decide? Importance of a corporate mobile standard; Development tools, UI/UX, Testing, Architecture, Device, Management

23 EIM / HANA Customer Corner SAP La Crosse Lab

24 ASUG User Experience Webcasts June 2014 to October 2014 User Experience: Understanding SAP's UX/UI Strategy June 26, 2014 at 11:00 am ET User Experience: Creating Greater Business Value by Engaging with your End Users July 22, 2014 at 11:00 am ET User Experience: SAP Screen Personas Deep Dive and Customer Examples August 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm ET User Experience: SAP Fiori Deep Dive and Customer Examples September 24, 2014 at 11:00 am ET User Experience: Series Recap and an Insiders POV on SAP TechED && d-code October 9, 2014 at 11:00 am ET

25 ASUG Cloud Webcasts July 2014 to October 2014 It s Time to Embrace the Cloud and the Platform - Understanding SAP's Cloud Strategy July 22, 2014 at 1:00 pm ET Exploring SAP s Hana Cloud Platform: The Foundation for Developing and Running Applications in a Hybrid IT Landscape August 7, 2014 at 11:00 am ET Cloud Integration - The Cornerstone of your Cloud Journey September 23, 2014 at 11:00 am ET Focus on the Cloud: Series Recap and an Insiders POV on SAP TechED && d-code October 8, 2014 at 11:00 am ET

26 ASUG Technology, Strategy and Innovation Webcasts July 2014 to October 2014 SAP s Strategy for the EA - Simplify and Cloudily July 29, 2014 at 1 pm ET Tools and Information Sources to Help Maintain and Adopt SAP Products and Technologies September 4, 2014 at 1 pm ET SAP - What s New in Business Innovation? September 15, 2014 at 11:00 am ET Focus on the Technology, Strategy and Innovation: Series Recap and an Insiders POV on SAP TechEd && d-code October 7, 2014 at 11:00 am ET

27 Harper College, Palatine Over 25 sessions Full day workshop lead by SAP SCM, Mobility, HANA, Solution Manager, Master Data tracks Event combined with SAP Inside Track: More networking and education Networking reception after the sessions