This book will guide you step-by-step through the core components of the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management applications, and provide you with real-world insight into the strengths and functionality of each. You will learn how the various components such as Spend Analytics, Strategy Management, Financial Information Management, Supply Chain Effectiveness, and Business Planning and Consolidation can be integrated and leveraged to provide a single "cockpit" for enterprise performance management. The unique scenario-based approach will give you a solid overview of the core functionality of each component while also delivering real-world insight on the strategies, best practices, and recommended approaches for implementation.
The seamless integration of strategy, execution, and performance management will come alive with an enterprise-oriented perspective refined from years of experience at the forefront of EPM, taking you from the development and articulation of KPIs through the deployment and implementation of the SAP BusinessObjects solutions in both SAP and non-SAP landscapes.
Whether you are an executive, functional department head, line-of-business manager, or a consultant, the practical guidance and real-world insight found within this book can help you understand how the SAP BusinessObjects EPM application can make a difference in your organization's performance management strategy.
Topic Highlights
- Planning and Consolidation
- Financial Information Management
- Strategy Management
- Sustainability Performance Management
- Spend Performance Management
- Profitability and Cost Management
- Financial Consolidation
- Supply Chain Performance Management
- CAPEX Starter Kit
- IFRS Starter Kit
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Höhe: 22.9 cm
Breite: 17.5 cm
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978-1-59229-348-3 (9781592293483)
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William Newman is the managing principal of Newport Consulting Group, a strategy firm aligned with SAP focused on EPM and GRC solutions. He has 25 years of experience in the development and management of strategy, process, and technology solutions for world-class manufacturing and service organizations such as Boeing, General Motors, Volkswagen, Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, and Intel. He holds a BS degree in aerospace engineering from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA, and an MBA in management and international business from the Conrad L. Hilton School of Management at Loyola Marymount University. He is a member of the adjunct faculty at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, College of Business.
1 . Introduction to Enterprise Performance Management . 19
. 1.1 . Introduction . 20
. 1.2 . The Fundamentals of Strategy . 24
. 1.3 . SAP BusinessObjects Solution Offerings . 27
. 1.4 . Current Issues in Strategy Formulation . 30
. 1.5 . Current Issues in Business Planning and Forecasting . 33
. 1.6 . Current Issues in Financial Information Management . 37
. 1.7 . Current Issues in Supply Chain Effectiveness . 38
. 1.8 . Introduction to the SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Solution . 40
. 1.9 . Structuring an EPM Initiative in an Organization . 45
. 1.10 . Summary . 47
2 . Enabling Corporate Strategy Formulation and Execution . 49
. 2.1 . How and Why Companies Formulate Strategies . 51
. 2.2 . Methods Used to Articulate Strategy . 59
. 2.3 . Deploying Corporate Strategy Across the Organization . 68
. 2.4 . Leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Strategy Management . 70
. 2.5 . Leveraging SAP BusinessObjects Sustainability Performance Management . 78
. 2.6 . Common Strategy Management Tools and Templates . 82
. 2.7 . Describing and Monitoring Key Performance Indicators . 89
. 2.8 . Summary . 92
3 . Business Planning and Forecasting . 95
. 3.1 . How and Why Companies Approach Planning . 97
. 3.2 . Methods Used to Articulate Business Planning and Forecasting . 104
. 3.3 . Using SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for Budgeting and Reporting . 110
. 3.4 . Using SAP BusinessObjects Profitability and Cost Management for Planning and Forecasting . 115
. 3.5 . Building a CAPEX Planning Environment Using SAP BusinessObjects BPC . 122
. 3.6 . Emerging Solutions in Liquidity Planning . 131
. 3.7 . Common Business Planning Tools and Templates . 134
. 3.8 . Summary . 145
4 . Creating and Analyzing Financial Scenarios . 147
. 4.1 . From Planning to Execution to Consolidation . 148
. 4.2 . Using SAP BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation to Enable the Fast Close . 164
. 4.3 . Aggregating Financial Information Using SAP BusinessObjects Financial Information Management . 171
. 4.4 . Common Financial Management Templates and Tools . 174
. 4.5 . Special Considerations for XBRL Publishing . 181
. 4.6 . Special Considerations for Intercompany Processing . 184
. 4.7 . Summary . 187
5 . Enabling Supply Chain Effectiveness . 189
. 5.1 . Management Elements of Supply Chain Effectiveness . 191
. 5.2 . Methods Used to Create Supply Chain Effectiveness . 201
. 5.3 . Demand versus Supply Management . 207
. 5.4 . Assessing Supply Chain Costs in the Organization . 212
. 5.5 . Using SAP Spend Performance Management for Corporate Purchasing Effectiveness . 214
. 5.6 . Using SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management to Optimize the Value Chain . 221
. 5.7 . Common Supply Chain Effectiveness Tools and Templates . 228
. 5.8 . Reporting, Auditing, and Monitoring . 233
. 5.9 . Summary . 234
6 . Conclusion . 237
. 6.1 . Strengths and Limitations of SAP BusinessObjects EPM Approaches and Solutions . 237
. 6.2 . Considerations for Dashboards, Reporting, and Analytics . 240
. 6.3 . Considerations for Organization Change Management . 247
. 6.4 . Emerging SAP BusinessObjects EPM Best Practices and Future Roadmap . 254
. 6.5 . Summary . 259
. Glossary . 261
. The Author . 267
Index . 269
