Top 10 - Why SAP for Finance - PCCW Solutions

Top 10 Why SAP for Finance

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Join a Vibrant Ecosystem for Finance Professionals

Global Network of Partners, Customers and

Communities

Benefit from Expertise in Finance Best Practices Achieve Faster Time to Value with Pre-Packaged

Content and Services

Get Immediate Financial Insight for a Better Run

Business

Finance as a Strategic Advisor for Forward-Looking

Business Strategies

External Recognition for Finance Expertise

Market Leadership Across Portfolios to Support

Finance Goals

Leverage Comprehensive, Integrated Finance Processes Seamless Finance Processes for a Holistic

Organizational View Flexible Options for Modular Deployment for

Maximum Scalability

Hear About Proven Value for Customers

Customer Benchmarks Reveal Significant

Performance Improvements

Support your Growth with Innovative Technologies

Achieve Financial Excellence

Enable Finance Transformation to Better Support Business

Needs

Get Anytime, Anywhere Access to Financial Information

Put finance data into the hands of finance and non-

finance team members

Grow your Business with Global Finance Solutions Finance Solutions Support Market Expansion with

Regulatory Compliance

Top 10 Reasons How SAP Can Help Finance Add Value to the Business


CIR food looks to its partners to help meet business objectives. Not only are

SAP solutions helping us achieve top-notch results, but reducing the

reliance on IT support is helping our bottom line.

Luca Baccarini, CIO, Cooperativa Italiana di Ristorazione S.C. (CIR food)

Achieve Financial Excellence Enable Finance Transformation to Better Support Business Needs

Balance Priorities between Finance Operations and Providing Value-Add to the Business

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Predict

76% of Finance executives believe at least half their time

should be on high-value planning and analytic activities

• 77%: Less tie to generate the budget with the SAP Business Planning and

Consolidation application

• 4000%: Increase in the average number of daily users for BI tools

• Greater user independence reduces demands on the IT department

Instant Insight to Action

Outperform financial objectives

and create sustainable value

Seamless End-to-End

Compliance

Ensure regulatory compliance and

effective risk management Simplicity with Agility

Deliver superior service at

reduced cost


“The new business intelligence enabled by SAP software gives our hospitals

unprecedented visibility of bed availability, patient flow, and waiting times – in near-real

time.”

Eleanor Royle, Project Manager, Corporate Systems Development, South Australia Health

Evaluate Financial Implications of Business Strategies with Real-Time Access to Data

Get Immediate Financial Insight for a Better Run Business Finance as a Strategic Advisor for Forward-Looking Business Strategies

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Immediate insight into

financial performance, KPIs,

and profitability through

dashboards

Transactional

Data

Planning

Information

Market

Data Budget

Information

Corporate

Strategy

• 30 minutes: Patient data refreshment cycle

• 4-6 weeks: Reduction in wait time for performance measurement information

• 75%: Elimination of data gathering time

76% higher operating margin where financial systems provide historical and forward-looking

views into financial and operational performance.

Quick and complete what-if and

predictive analysis data to

determine the financial impact of

business decisions

Combine structured and

unstructured information for

a more complete picture of

finance results

What-If

Simulations

Profitability

Calculations

Profitability

Calculations


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With SAP software, we have been able to improve visibility of financial data and

consolidate our financial tasks company-wide. This has helped us cut costs and

improve efficiency across all global operations – and enhance forecasting.”

Carlos M. Arozamena, Corporate IT Director, Grupo Antolin

Leverage Comprehensive, Integrated Finance Processes Seamless Finance Processes for a Holistic Organizational View

Integrated Processes Provide Visibility and Enable Finance to be the Glue Across the Enterprise

Head of Corporate Reporting

Corporate Treasurer

VP Finance Head of Finance

Operations Chief Compliance

Officer

SAP Financial

Planning and

Analysis

SAP Accounting

and Financial

Close

SAP Treasury and

Financial Risk

Management

SAP Collaborative

Financial

Operations

SAP Enterprise Risk

and Compliance

Management

• Consolidation errors: -90%

• Financial forecast accuracy: +60%

• Transaction management processes: +60% faster

• Savings in annual financial fees due to reductions in number of bank accounts

and credit needs: 40%

3X lower finance cost as percentage of revenue for top quartile organizations vs. bottom quartile organizations

Provide value-add to the entire business through predictive, forward-looking insights that

combines financial and operational information for a holistic, 360-degree view of the organization

Increase finance efficiency to ensure accurate information across finance to drive decisions, such

as easy to consume finance operations dashboards

Efficiently safeguard the organization by reducing risk and exceeding regulatory mandates


Real-time, on-the-go budget information was once in the real of fantasy, but SAP has cracked the code of mobile user access and ease of use with SAP RealSpend. As an IT

organization, we’re thrilled about the business value it delivers to our business managers.

Milind Shaw, Vice President and Head of Sales, India Operations, Mindtree

Get Anytime, Anywhere Access to Finance Information Put finance data into the hands of finance and non-finance team members

Fast Access with Usability Designed for the Way you Work

Get valuable financial insights anytime, anywhere for

any role from executive to manager to team member

Accelerate key process cycle times and eliminate

approval bottlenecks with alert and approval apps

Reduce financial risk by responding in real time with

collaborative mobile capabilities

Increase operational efficiency and finance

productivity

Improve visibility into revenue, margins, and

operational KPIs on dashboards and mobile devices

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24% higher operating margins where enterprise mobility is embedded in all business processes


We are in the numbers business. Thanks to fully automated data transfer from multiple sources, SAP Disclosure Management accelerates reporting cycles and provides a single

source of truth

Sonja Simon, Corporate Financial Reporting, SAP

Grow Your Business with Global Finance Solutions Finance Solutions Support Market Expansion with Regulatory Compliance

Enable Compliance with Regulations Across All Accounting Standards, Globally and Locally

SAP has unmatched

multi-country availability:

60+ country versions

supported by SAP and its

partners. Our solutions

run in 39 languages

SAP supports 100’s

of local finance

requirements across

different accounting

principles (GAAPs,

IFRSs, FASBs, etc.).

SAP gives you 24/7

support in any

country, any time.

6.400+ services and

channel partners

provide extended local

support

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SAP customers represent 86% of Global Fortune 500 companies


External Recognition for Finance Expertise Market Leadership Across Portfolios to Support Finance Goals

Recognition by Leading Analysts for Leadership Across Portfolios

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24.6

SAP

12.8

Oracle

6.3

Sage

27.5

SAP

11.4

Sage

9.9

Oracle

22.1

SAP

14.9

Oracle

12.4

IBM

Enterprise Resource

Planning

Top 10 ERP Software

Vendors by Total

Software Revenue,

Worldwide, 2011-2012

(Millions of U.S. Dollars)

2012 MarketShare %1

Administrative ERP:

Financial Management

Systems

Financial Management

System (Millions of U.S.

Dollars)

2012 MarketShare %1

Business Intelligence,

Analytics and

Performance

Management

BI, CPM and Analytic

Applications/Performan

ce Management Market

Revenue, Share and

Growth by Vendor,

2010-2012 (Millions of

Dollars)

2012 MarketShare %2

1 Gartner Research, "Market Snapshot: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2012", Chris Pang, 29 April 2013 2 Gartner Research, “Market Share Analysis: Business Intelligence, Analytics and Performance Management, 2012” Dan Sommer, Bhavish Sood, 7 May 2013 3 Gartner Research, “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites” by John E. Van Decker, Neil Chandler, Christopher Iervolino , February 14, 2013 4 Gartner Research, “Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms", French Caldwell and John A. Wheeler Oct. 4, 2012 5 Gartner Research, “Vendor Rating: SAP” Donald Feinberg et al, 13 August 2013

SAP is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner Inc.’s Magic Quadrant for Corporate

Performance Management Suites3 and for Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Platforms4

SAP is rated as “Strong Positive” for Operational ERP Products and as “Positive” for Administrative

ERP Products. 5


With SAP HANA, we have better insight into our data, and our financial processes run

faster than ever before. With the rapid-deployment solutions, we were up and running

in less than three months.

James Aesoph, Senior Director IT, Forecasting Analytics and Data Warehouse,

ConAgra Foods.

Benefit from Expertise in Finance Best Practices Achieve Faster Time to Value with Pre-Packaged Content and Services

Leverage SAP’s 40+ years of experience in finance processes across all industries

Pre-configured

content for a quick

implementation start

Best practices and starter

kits include proven finance

methodologies and step-by-

step guidance for 50+

countries and 20+ industries

Build a business case

using extensive

benchmarking data

1800 customer responses

in 6 Finance benchmarking

surveys identified 350+

KPIs and identified 180

best practices

Fast, low-risk

implementation

processes

Service

Software

Enablement

Content

25+ Finance-specific

Rapid Deployment

Solutions help you get

started in as little as 90

days at a fixed price

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• 4 and 8 week implementations of profitability analysis and finance and controlling solutions

(respectively)

• 92.9%: Faster transfer of material ledger data (7 hours to 30 minutes)

• 3 days: Reduction to month-end forecasting cycle


SAP Cloud for Travel reduces our travel expenses and makes booking and

expense reporting and reimbursement so much easier.

Corby Brendle, Practice Director, UST Global

Support your Growth with Innovative Technologies Flexible Options for Modular Deployment for Maximum Scalability

Stay Ahead of your Competition for Efficient Communication and Effective Business Insight

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Traditional on-premise

On-Premise

with Mobile

Hybrid & Cloud

Extensions

Mixed On-Premise & Cloud

Cloud with

Mobile

Enterprise and Partner Cloud

80% of our customers are small to midsize businesses using SAP software to solve business challenges

• $3.35 million: Overall annual savings with no reduction in travel volume

• 85%: Reduction in time to complete expense reports (US$ 725K in annual savings

• $1.45 million: Savings from online travel booking that enforces company policies

• 90%: Less time required for managers to approve expense reports (US$ 500K in

annual savings)

Chose from modular

deployments for SAP ERP

Financials, SAP EPM and

SAP GRC solutions

Leverage SAP solutions in

the Cloud for fast

deployment for finance with

no local installations

Combine your on-premise

investment with specific

solutions, such as travel

and Ariba supplier networks


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The SAP Value Academy program and performance benchmarking are great tools for fostering relationships and supporting DSAG members who want to improve their business.”

Dr. Marco Lenck, CIO RheinChemie, Board Member of Deutschsprachige SAP-Anwendergruppe e.V. (DSAG)

Join a Vibrant Ecosystem for Financial Professionals Global Network of Partners, Customers and Communities

Connect with a Community of Finance Experts for Faster Learning and Sharing of Best Practices

60,000+

SAP

business

analytics

customers

57,000+ SAP ERP

Financials customers

10,000+ SAP EPM

customers

7000+ partners with proven track

records

Multiple communities, partner and user groups


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Customers Achieve Process Efficiencies and Improved Data Quality with SAP Solutions

Hear About Proven Value for Customers Customer Benchmarks Reveal Significant Performance Improvements

“The SAP software is very simple to use – intuitive yet extremely powerful.” Geobert Abboud,VP, Financial Planning and Analysis, Lionsgate

“With the SAP Financial Closing cockpit, we’ll have a more compliant close because finance

will have a central data repository for all related documents, logs, comments and data.” Mark Passant, Business Project Manager, Shell

“With SAP In-House Cash, we’ve gained a powerful, reliable, and fully integrated solution from

a market leader in financial software that will support our future growth, regardless of volume.” Flemming Aaskov Jørgensen, Vice President, Group Treasury, Danfoss A/S

“SAP Collections and Dispute Management has become essential to its users. We have 60

people out of 120 users spending 100% of their time with that software.” Yousri Gharbi, Head, Center of Expertise, STEF-TFE Group

“Natura established a solid strategy for managing access, with strong employee

involvement, and thus significantly reduced the company’s security risk.“ Newton Rossetto, Information Security Manager, Natura

SAP Financial Planning and

Analysis

SAP Accounting and Financial

Close

SAP Treasury and Financial Risk Management

SAP Collaborative Financial

Operations

SAP Enterprise Risk and Compliance

Management

SAP customers represent 98% of the top 100 most

valued brands in the world. 74% of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP

system.

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