ASUG Chicago Meeting 07/24

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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

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Over 25 sessions

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_{Full day workshop lead by}

SAP

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SCM, Mobility, HANA,

Solution Manager,

Master Data tracks

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_{Event combined with SAP}

Inside Track: More

networking and

education

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Networking reception

after the sessions

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HANA is SAP’s Soul: Are You Sold?

 SAP HANA: Why Not?

 Obstacles

 SAP HANA: Why?

 Business Case

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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

 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”

 We will demonstrate how ChaRM can be tailored to customer’s unique requirements with extra fields, customized approval processes, extra statuses, branded email notifications, and more!

Consulting

Technology Managed

Services

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Leveraging Solution Manager and ALM Tools in Test

Automation – Some Success Stories

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SAP Financial Reporting using Microsoft Excel

About Excel4apps

SAP Reporting Challenges

Solutions

Customer Success Stories

Demonstration

About Excel4apps

• Upsher-Smith Laboratories

• Odyssey Reinsurance

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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 users and auditors.

Kraft Foods Gains Payback with Improved Journal Entry Process

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®.

Presenters:

Dan Vierneisel Eric Frisvold

Associate Director, Kraft Foods Consultant, Salo LLC

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 email notification. • Enforces segregation of duties.

• Systematically controls journal entry postings/cutoffs

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ASUG Profile: P. Peter Chen (@ccpg04)

Global Finance Reporting Manager, Finance Application Strategy Deloitte Global, Chicago

Tel: 847-461-9658 [email protected]

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.

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 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.

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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

Network Services Meets the E-Commerce Demands of their Always Connected Customer

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 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

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Optimized Transportation Planning

Leveraging SAP Transportation Management

10:40 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. – July 24th

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

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 Bala Prabahar: RDBMS,Unix, Scripting/programming 25+ years of experience

 Objectives of Oracle 12c In Memory Option

 Similarities & differences between SAP HANA & Oracle 12c

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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

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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

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Efficiently Automating MDM and Business Process through Winshuttle - The Moen and Rockwell Automation Stories

 Eliminated paper-based requests

 Reduced approval time

 Increased process visibility and tracking

 Automating diverse processes rapidly

 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

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• 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

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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

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 New Data Modeling Experience

 Virtual Data Warehouse

 SQL exposure of data models

 Agility and Governance

 Big Data

 Business planning and Unification

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Global provider of consulting and customer support services to further maximize SAP solutions including implementations, business intelligence, application management services and hosting .

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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

Customer case study - HANA and SAP BusinessObjects

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 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

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EIM / HANA Customer Corner 2014 @ SAP

La Crosse Lab

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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

Register Today – Exciting Five Part Series

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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

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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