Presentation Title Template

The Future of Business Planning with BPC 10.1

Jason Bliss
Rob Jerome
March 2015

Introduction
Why SAP and why Dickinson + Associates
Overview of SAP BPC 10.1
Business Planning with BPC
DEMO
New Planning Capabilities with BPC on HANA

SAP Leads the Analytics Market

We Are:
Focus:

Delivery of quality SAP Business Suite, BI/Analytics,

and Mobility consulting services to customers across
North America, Europe, and Asia.

Our People:

A team of 140+ full-time SAP professionals reflects the

ideal mix of years of relevant business knowledge, very
strong SAP credentials, and solid communication skills.
Our Innovations team is comprised of both veteran
professionals and agile technologists.

Offices:

Chicago, IL (Headquarters)
Satellites: New York, NY | Scottsdale, AZ | Cincinnati, OH

We are:

Partnership and Designations

SAP Gold Channel Partner

SAP Services Partner

SAP All-in-One Certified Solutions

SAP-Qualified Partner for RDS

Business Objects

Sybase Partner

SuccessFactors Partner
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Overview of SAP BPC 10.1

SAP BPC Overview

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) is a robust

application intended to meet business requirements for budgeting,
forecasting, reporting, and financial close

BPC 10.1 is part of the Enterprise Performance Management

(EPM) suite, which includes solutions such as:

Profitability and Cost Management

Sales and Operations Planning

Strategy Management

SAP BPC is currently available on two platforms:

SAP BPC 10.1 for NetWeaver

SAP BPC 10.1 for Microsoft

BPC Capabilities
FINANCIAL REPORTING
& ANALYSIS

CONSOLIDATIONS

Intercompany matching / reconciliation

Intercompany eliminations
Management consolidation & reporting
Legal /statutory consolidation
Data mapping/submission

Ad Hoc Reporting
Variance Analysis

Driver Analysis (industry, growth, capacity, etc.)

Root Cause Analysis

PLANNING

FORECASTING

Budgeting
Sales / Revenue Planning
Capital Expenditure Planning
Headcount/Staffing
Expense Planning
Cash Flow Planning

Rolling Forecasts
Integrated Financial Statement Modeling
P&L
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow
Scenario Modeling

Business Planning with BPC

BPC Planning Baseline Example

Multiple flavors of revenue / expense planning can be included

Planning in BPC can be approached multiple ways, including:

Top-Down

Bottom-Up

Driver-Based

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BPC Planning Monthly Process

3.
Adjust Plan and
Forecast
Accordingly

1.

2.
Compare
Plan vs. Actuals

BPC Monthly
Planning Cycle

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Load Actuals Data

from Source
Systems

New Planning Capabilities with BPC on HANA

Key New Features with BPC 10.1

Introduction of Embedded and Standard models

Standard planning model is similar to prior release

Embedded planning model leverages BW-IP

New web User Interface built on HTML5

Improved ease of navigation and enhanced support for

mobile applications

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Integrated Business Planning for Finance

Only applicable to customers who have deployed Simple

Financials Add-On for SAP Suite on HANA

SAP BPC 10.1, version for NetWeaver, based on SAP S/4 HANA

Allows for real-time access of transactional and master data directly

from SAP ERP

No separate BW extraction component

Does NOT include existing Consolidation capabilities of BPC

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SAP Cloud for Planning

Intended to complement the central business plan managed in

BPC

Enables localized planning for each SBU, completely hosted on an

enterprise cloud

Encourages collaboration, analysis, and planning in one application

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Demonstration Approach

Application of technology to planning and budgeting challenges

A day in the life of corporate controller and LOB manager

Reduced cycle time in creating and approving budgets

BPC overview and capability review

Simplicity and ease of use

End-to-end annual budgeting process

Art of the possible and potential uses cases

Our scenario will involve BestRun Corporation

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Demonstration Key Points

Initiate a budget

Revenue and Cost of Sales planning

HR planning

Expense budgeting

CAPEX planning

Balance Sheet reporting and analysis

Consolidation and review of plan

D+A System:

SAP BPC 10.1, version for NetWeaver

SAP BW NetWeaver 7.4 on HANA

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DEMO

Appendix

Service Offerings

ERP

Professional
Staffing

SAP Strategy +
Implementation

Mobility

Analytics

Process
Optimization
Services

Support
Desk

SAP
Upgrade
Services

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Dickinson + Associates
Jason Bliss
Consultant
jason.b@dickinson-assoc.com
276-732-5393

Rob Jerome
Vice President, Innovation + Technology
rob.j@dickinson-assoc.com
703-851-1198

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