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They are constrained because they continue to be challenged by problems with the accu ‘acy oftheir analysis and ther inability to produce is quickly, ‘Avery important finding ofthis survey over the years is that those organizations ‘Which excel in both efficiency and business insight(the value integrators) contrib. ‘ue 10 even better financial outperformance. Becoming a value integrator organization requires diving data integrity and the delivery of information through automation and self-ervices, You must imple- ‘ment enabling tools, such as workflow, for distribution and supporting finance Processes from operations to planning systems and dashboards. in addition, you ‘must employ electronic data capture atthe source and systematiz the cleansing and standardization ofthe data Clearly, across the boar, value integrators have historiealy formation efforts and continuays improvement to drive both and business insight. 1m the IBM CFO survey published in exrly 2013 (Pushing the Frontiers ~ CFO ‘Insight from the Global C-Suite Study), the CFOs indicated that almost everything they do has become more important over the past three years. Their most critical task was measuring and monitoring thelr company's performance. However, pro- viding strategic input comes asa close second, and developing people with the remained a top-of-mind issue. ance efficiency ions who are value integrators still stand out from the crowd. ‘ors are better than thelr peers at Integrating information from mal sources. They're also better at planning, budgeting and fore- ‘casting, and continuously fine-tuning everyday financial processes. In fact, they're better at everything except transaction processing, where disciplined ‘operators likewise excel, and the difference between the two groups is marginal Gee Figure 3.2) However, in 2013, it was found that a small subset of value integrators do even better than the other members of thelr group. They've mastered their core duties ‘thoroughly that they're far ahead of every other kind of finance organization, Including thelr fellow value integrators. These finance organizations were named performance acelerators, a Se ies er interesting discovery was that performance accel tuecessul than thei fellow value Integrators, measured in terms of reve ind profits generated over the past three years. Apparently, it pays off to 1 performance accelerator, 2015 survey, IBM interviewed 643 CFOs from 18 different industries glob- er https://bm bie/IBAACSuite). The year-on-year results clearly demonstrate ‘This gives your organization a great opportunity for growth ‘at because competition can come from everywhere. ‘was clear that CFOs expect technologies such as cloud computing, mobile s, and the Internet of Things (loT) to have the biggest ations over the next three to five years, but they aren't ignaring the poten tuptve impact of cognitive computing, advanced manufecturing technolo- id new energy sources (see Figure 3.3) ss “rsuonrayap rep pue sassa2oud ssautsng wowrat0> amnsus on 29eyd ty 9 218 2404 nok ven surau aspdiawa ap ssone uoReMHOsUl Jo uoRE: UuoreUHO;u) Jo uorse289)u) THEap axow uy seaze wan2s aug azojdeo a ‘uoneztueSso0 aoueuy arp uy wu2qH doy “ABorens ‘susuianoidun ss9p0xd aoueuy snonunuo> *Sunser2103 pu ‘Suna8pnq ‘Suyuurd > idiows 6 sind ap ‘panneyo asudiow oxp ssoure uorrewtosut 0 uo} ‘ojos wey Aeyd ue> aoueuty WAVES AWS MpIU aynnepr aaa ej 0g zorei2i08 aouEusoszadw Buns36>09 sunqunuod ur> 2oueury VANVHH/S AVS 22%) SBaxPasomN 1 4 "uy ‘Sease[e ut somag axe siomzaysore aaueasojed “yg a eA Moyo #844 SUUKENRO SEY svEUUOpIG soneaedso 2oueuy am ursuaqn Buidojanoa + lovens asadiows ov snday Buyprnong « Stonuo> eusonayaoueydenoo Summomnsuans « suoqoesuen Suss20045 « Suoneas saptoypyisoiseauy Sueuew « 'v € ainda pap se seore Supmoqoy on wy aandoy stout 28) 9m soweojane uruoyd weg Kons o> Wt E102 2p we PaUI>| ayn Saysuag SDURULY VNVHY/S dvs ZE “soutiaj9o7e ooueutiogiod v amor9g woneztuesio mak diay ts A@ojoutpor 2oueut YNVHE/S AVS moy pure S>|youd spo arp or poseduoy 4229 Stop axe stomeisjrve apueunosiod vega moys am "woRDes eeu oan og won potorysty pro 10 ioayspeaids uo Apr Aaya ‘tan ap jo 98 ay “yom 2218 Jo pap e anoge i0j sos peondjeat pure ery avs se yous suDsks (ges) Sura No transparency The key performance indicators (KPIs) aren't comparable because processes ‘aren't fully harmonized, and there are no common definltions for reporting i 3s No: ed level of details missing it's impossible to see the orga- ferent perspective, such as different business models and " se your fina (a, as shown in Figure 3.6 ingle version of truth isn't suficient, but very important that the right governance ae a orton ea Se = as must have a clear idea of its financial reporting requirements. 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Because the intro- ‘many areas, including the fol > Predicting the future You can simulate the impact rent business models on your profit ce and SAP S/AHANA speed, you ces to anticipate the future With e single version of truth rect the data with extern i allows the sales and accounts receivable depart- ce, anytime on his sng SAP Fiorl apps can discuss ou tuations more eff- lenuly with customers and can document agreed immediately. in dalton, this information is visible forthe accounts receivable department. SAP Flori delivers a role-based, consumer-grade user experience across all lines of business tasks, and devices and will be the mew way of accessing SAP S/4HANA {information and executing your SAP transactions ‘A.good example of how SAP Fio ‘tional app shown in Figure 3.8. Us payable by an individual custom then create promises-to-pay and dis- either by entering a customer nut rs YoU to have real-time access to your cash position. ‘There is no data latency, meaning cash managers are able to perform their tasks (on the real cash situation, SAP Cash Management provides you with the follow. ing in real ime: > Financial statements > Actual cash flow analysis > Liquidity forecast SAPSIANA Finance Benefits | 3.2 6 15124 2014 put patsod 90g sey 22}0aus ot KYM 40} YD atp smor wou (41/9) sdian21 2>.0nutad}2091spoo8 Aipuatiy-zasn A294 & sapqaord o “19j pu yoo] uses 249 aney ye Sunsodar ew pue wep Bupuueyd 2xp o1 suoneps “fea ates ain didde we nof rem sj young s2tnoUY “papoou saSt -Juosos ‘omonus evep aus avo ur paiors aq mm sep SurUL puro -ysep woneyouor2s Auedwooia1ut au ® BL yBksz9A0 sso90ud raN89 SOpl YAS BSS 2 ds 001 uum 5501 9 oss HE REL oye u {12uode4 aap Jonper Or UmOPIEEP Hep ssouEYUD pue 2ouaqadxe J9sn SoK0: 14 Pununexoy soue> wWoHd 'va"O> GSM.O00'0L © ——auoauy 39H 1a “Bununoory ss wos “a-09 ‘sts oF 9920 muse Sununos2y 910 3299 aSn.o0o's sexta JAA 1 ununoooy so99 wo1d "va-O9aSN.000's —_wyows BunRIedo 14 Bununosyy sve9 aod vuonnooxa ssapoud p enum snonunuo> ox suoddns sissjeue aumn-peas am 'sqof eq sarecH ‘Suny>rew poreuromne soyesz|9008 pur sano 2u ayy 20p oste a1 2s0p pupuow ayn 29309 por2au09 wm 2AeHL 62 NOK Bh *¥a-09 ‘ass ofaug“s=19 ‘of Area we ve soqpausius Auedatoxso0mt soarep vope|2u0% Kuedu nut Bupuneory US9 0) as OOo'se sesuedg Wem se ss2z0ud asop jepueuy,aqp ut usuienosduny 38238 © 5p ypTGEN “t wunoay 12129 Ola Vd-09 aSN.ODd'oF wong s005 too01 Kuedmo>saqut se ypns Aypeuonoung sou sapyaoid 20uRuy YNVHB/S AVS. smo2ay 85 Wau "¥4-09 SN 000109 PHOS sH0D 301509 unodos ing avs Bt 2)qss0d Kuo Aisnorsaad 21: uno22y 181429 wold '¥é-09 a5n O00'001 anuanny ‘uodos 240 onuy Seaze sno wou, Uo spe atges 2i8uis sup Bus sti0das 250% a>U0224 0) ‘paou inoue Sunodan mat yoyseW1 pu Jatuorsno pue Supsodasfe8oq noK mbr spalorg « suopro yeussaa swusuios xysew ‘anyea amp anoge oxi nq asegerep axp jo paads a moqe KUO US! VINES sone Suymoqoy ay usd nop 5) foo aS saprnond ouLURy YNVEIS 10} AVS i ne» pn suornos asain je yo won Uy “Va. OD PUP ‘iununodoy somo wjoug Bununo2>y sad) i809 10} sons Suruueyd suas py nos “aya avs w pouoddns st ssx03d Susoue|d Apust, 888 sou “mall P“2DUEULY VNVHHYS 40} 4B aVS JO woRNpENK 2p ent ‘Sunseoo.03 pue ‘SunaSpng ‘Suuuelg auindo vee squauisnosdu sse201g aouew!4 snonunue Sr ooueus vives avs | € 3 | SAPSIAHANA Finance SAP S/MHANA Finance also comes with the Financial Closing Cockplt, which allows you to centrally monitor and control closing tasks; enables automation of some manual steps, transactions, programs, jobs, workflows, and remote task: collaborate effectively daring the closing process. It also sing templates to streemline the closing process and sup. by recording the output and history ofall tasks performed and who To further streamline the financial close process, SAP S/AHANA Finance also comes with the newly developed SAP Fiori app called SAP Smart Business for Financial Close (see Figure 3.10). This pp provides realtime insight into the Progress, qually, and fnancal results of the end-to-end financial close and sup. Ports respective actions. ors 14.95, 12 Figure 3.90 SAP Sear Busines for Fnac ove 32.6 Provide Inputs to Enterprise Strategy ‘Today, companies are expected to produce mote predicable financial results, eliminate surprises, and respond to market changes with more agility. To meet ‘hese expectations, finance functions have to forecast with more preison, reduce cycle times fa at, and shift from a ‘more forward looking. ink your company’s KPIs with ‘Your suategic objectives and have system in place thit can show whether you're he right track and provide you the information to get on track again if V4HANA Finance offers SAP BPC for S/4HANA Finance, as well asthe both operational/nonfinancial and financial information in aco and to optimize the planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes, with adva lytcs tools such a8 SAP HANA Live and SAP Crystal real-me dashboards. IBM CFO survey, we've learned that a value integrator is very succesful Integration of information across the enterprise va ¢ robust infrastruc common standards, data definitions finance processes, and planning jas (as depicted earlier in Figure 3.2) In other words, they were able te "ment a single version of truth forthe financials processes. ‘wever, finance organizations who are performance accelerators go a step fur- rganlzation’s strategic, operational, and financial plan iness performance (sec Figure 3.11). SAP S/4HANA fe here because the newly introduced Universal Jour- 70% more Imeasunmorite: basins perenne ith Opti plnning ning budgeting. an orecsing (© Pefomanceacceteratons — @ Other finance teins Figure 3.1 Impacts onthe Overall Busines Performance use you have easy and real-time access to your interyal data via SAP S/4HEANA ince’ Universal Journal, you can use thi as a basis for simulating the impact i business performance of potential new offerings by using SAP advanced tic toling such as SAP Predictive Analytics. 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Realtime data are available across all financial dimensions. > One line item table contains full det and extensibility, forall applications for instant insight > Data are stored only once with no reco tion needed by design t multidimensional reporting is available without replicating data to SAP BW. 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As stated earlier, a coding block consists of business measures (ows) and busines ‘Measures are spit into measures to be recorded and measures to be calculated ‘Measures to be recorded are normally represented by the chart of accounts tn SAP. Measures to be calculated are a computation of the measures that are recorded (eg. gross profit Dimensions are split as well into dimensions tobe recorded and dim be derived. Dimensions to be recorded need to be supplied by the business tranvae. tion at recording time, For example, If we state thatthe revenue measure should contain customer and material as dimensions, x busines transaction that iggers ‘revenue line should support it. If we also state that reventie should have channel 45 a dimension as well, and it can't be recorded at inception tite, we need an allocation to get revenne atthe required leve! 0° eperting via an allocation, Dimensions can be represented by SAP's orgenizational structural elements (e., company codes, profit centers, and functional areas segments) or by master data lements in many cases as CO-PA dimensions. By ploting SAP solutions on the g block, you can see exactly which SAP elements wil be used for represent fh part ofthe coding block, which should clearly indicate the requirements ty business transaction feeding the coding block. mary, the coding block will do the following: vide a “road map* for how to depict reallife organizational structures into ERP organizational structural elements termine what can be reported where (in which SAP module) consistency in mapping business requirements that relate to organiza structure elements have all that preparatory work in place, it then makes sense to use technol: such as the Universal Joursial in SAP S/4HANA to realize a single version of for finance in your application landscape, ‘mind tha the introduction of Universal Journal doesn’t necessarily mean 1¢ SAP modules needed for depicing your financial organization ‘will You'll sl set up FI-AA, cost centers, profit centers, ML, and CO-PA, bi robably switch to account-based CO-PA because tnder SAP S/4HANA, to costing-based CO-PA and is incorporated in the Universal Journal. The of the Universal Journal is that it combines all the information stored in arious ledgers in the pat into one single ledger entry. In addition, by com- land CO information in one table, there's no need for cost elements any- Im SAP S/MHANA Finance, primary cost elements are replaced by G/L is. To support secondary cost elements as well, the G/L master record is led by a special aribute indicating a secondary cost element 3.3.2 SAP Material Ledger ‘Mt, functionality has been present in SAP ERP for along time as part of Product (CO-PC), ML allows you to do the following inthe system: * Parallel currencies Withouc ML, stock values are updated in te system only in one currency. If you need to get stock reports in another currency, conversion Is performed the reporting date exchange rate. ML adds the possibility to valuate ovements using the historical exchange rates. In SAP ERP, up to three currencies can be defined in ML. 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There is no choice of using lassic FAA functionality, and migration steps are incorporated into the SAP ic FIA tables aNEK, A "18 and ANLC are now stored in table ACOOCA and can be retrieved online. There Iso other technical adjustments to reduce the number of diferent sources of age and simplify reporting for FAA. 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The following features are accessible via the new SAP Fiori UX and are ‘designed to support the overall concept of central cash management: > Overall monitoring of bank statements ‘Monitors whether bank statements imported successfully. > Daily cash forecasts Provides forecast of today’s closing balance > Bank risk analysis Analyzes deposit distribution in terms of bank ratings and identifies deposits in high-risk bank accounts, Bank transfers and payments initiation ‘Makes bank transfers. > Approving and monitoring payments Approves payments or bank transfers. mn the past these features were actually part of FLBL and SAP FSCM modules. * Now mbined under a similar UI and share a similar governance con. 8 set of predefined analytical apps from the initial SAP Flori ides an instant outlook over the company cash status and trends. From the top-level analysis, i's possible to drill down to the account and line item level. The SAP Fiori UX offers more analytical possibilities than the SAP GUI. Liquidity Management Reliable cash forecasts play a critical role in by ‘must be avallable to support dally operations, be no excess cash lying in bank accounts uninvested operations. Suficient cash the same time, there must id ‘ky Management functionality that is part of SAP Cash Management. it provides features to create and manage the liquidity plan ofa company and compare actual iagutes against the pla, SAP addresses the liquidity planning and management topic with the new ‘As with al new SAP Cash Management functionalities, Liquidity Management Is designed to support a centralized cash management process. The entire process is controlled by the embedded SAP BPC engine and can be enhanced using is fea- ‘ures. By default, it suppors standard planning techniques such asthe following: ig the plan based on reference data * Auto filing with reference or plan data » Adjusting currency and hedging king plan data entered by subsidiaries sh management processes within SAP S/4HANA can be integrated with the cor ‘porate workflow so that notifications are sent via e-mall to update or review the plan. The group cash manager can control the status ofthe cash forecast entered in planning reports to ana- rash forecasts if needed. The system issues in the current plan as compared to the previous plan Based om the actual posted data, you can get an overview of daily cash inflows and outflows and analyze them for past weeks and months. Data are provided via the ‘common SAP Flori app with the ability to dill down to a detailed level, In SAP S/4HANA Finance 1605, some enhanced functonaliues were introduced Inthe fllowing areas: » Cash position details + Multiple day view in one page + More dimensions (planning level, G/L account, summarization term, plat ing group) + Ability to personalize the layout for analysis. + Simplified backend for better performance » Bank Account Management + Improved usability for countries only using International Bank Account Number (BAN) + Easier configuration of field status groups » Liquidity Management » reconfigured Liquidity Forecast Details spp » One Exposure from Operations * Integration with SAP ERP Materials Management (MAM) and Sales and Dis tuibution (SD) These functions wil also be included in SAP S/4HANA 1610.

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