SAP Best Practices Prepackaged Industry & Cross-Industry Know-How
Jumpstart your Implementations with SAP Best Practices
Agenda
SAP Best Practices Overview Implementation Approach Tools Success and Summary
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Introduction to SAP Best Practices SAP Best Practices are packages that provide preconfigured business processes and project accelerators to streamline customer implementations.
Adjustments within project Adjustments within project
Standard System
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SAP Best Practices
Standard System
With SAP Best Practices
What makes SAP Best Practices “Best”? SAP and partner experiences contribute to enhancing SAP Best Practices Over 35 years of experience, design, and input from companies of all sizes Over 36 SAP Partners contribute to direct development focused on efficiency and validity Over 40,000 implementations
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SAP Best Practices are used for a variety of projects Microvertical SAP Business All-in-One SAP Best Practices packages provide a solid foundation for rapid development of microvertical solutions
Prototype / Proof of concept Quickly preview and understand SAP applications and processes
Reference System Quickly set up and accelerate blueprinting and solution scope definition
Starting Point Meet an average of 30% to 80% of midsize company requirements Add additional requirements as needed throughout the project
Subsidiary Rollout Accelerate rollout of SAP to subsidiaries in different regions or industries
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SAP Best Practices –
enabling small & midsize enterprises as a key element of SAP Business All-in-One
Industry Solutions
Partners
Single Business Application
Complete, Adaptable
Configurable and Extensible
covering small business fundamentals
on-demand business solution
on-premise business solution with deep industry best practices Accelerated by SAP Best Practices
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What’s Included: SAP Best Practices deliver documentation and preconfiguration Complete documentation and preconfiguration are included in every SAP Best Practices package Contents include: Documentation Scenario overviews Business process documentation Quick Guide for prerequisites and guided activation of settings Configuration Guide Training material
Documentation Download Business documentation, technical documentation, documentation templates, and conversion forms
Preconfiguration Preconfiguration settings Sample master data Configuration documentation Automation tools Print forms User roles to leverage new SAP NetWeaver Business client
Technical Download Configuration settings Automation tools Refined Print Forms and Reports … provided in an SAP Add-On Note:
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Some SAP Best Practices are delivered as a documentation dowload only, refer to the Quick Guide document for more details
Agenda
SAP Best Practices Overview Implementation Approach Tools Success and Summary
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Using SAP Best Practices involves five basic steps Review SAP Best Practices documentation and scenario scope to select the appropriate deployment scenarios on the SAP Help Portal, then download your selected package
1. Review & Download
2. Install
Install SAP applications and required notes
Upload and activate the preconfigured scenarios or manually configure the system, review or test the scenarios using the Business Process Documentation
3. Activate
Identify and add other requirements on top of SAP Best Practices preconfigured scenarios
4. Refine
Adapt and enhance the system to meet customer or microvertical requirements
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Turn SAP Best Practices into a Live System
SAP Best Practices Add-On
Identify required scope Pick and choose scenarios
Activate all scenarios
Activate selected scenarios
Train the project team
Prototype
Understand the business flow
DEV
QAS
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SAP Best Practices are the foundation for the entire duration of your implementation project
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SAP Best Practices Overview Implementation Approach Tools Success and Summary
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IMPLEMENT - Solution Builder
Simplified path to activate SAP Best Practices
SCOPE
ADAPT
Graphical scenario selection Standard scope templates delivered by SAP Best Practices Easy enhancements with further templates
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Graphical adaptation of enterprise structure Personalization of master data
ACTIVATE
Automated installation of selected scenarios with personalized data Improved performance and usability
Solution Builder
Components + basic functionality
Solution Builder Solution Builder
Manages different solution or package scopes Graphical scoping engine Organizational structure composer and personalization Application area editor + assignment
Implementation Assistant
Manages and monitors implementation of a solution/package (scenario based), access to logs Building block assignment, maintenance of information on scenario level/scenario edit view (e.g. pricing parameters)
Building Block Builder
Creation of building blocks Insertion of different task types for implementation activities Maintenance of installation data
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Agenda
SAP Best Practices Overview Implementation Approach Tools Success and Summary
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PT Nippon Indosari selects SAP Best Practices Based Package Challenges and Opportunities
QUICK FACTS PT Nippon Indosari Corpindo Location: Bekasi, Indonesia Industry: CPG Products and Services: Baked Goods Employees: 760 Web Site: www.sariroti.com SAP Solutions and Services: SAP Business All in One®, SAP Best Practices Partner: Metrodata e-Bisnis
“The benefits in terms of lowering costs, increasing revenues and IT strategy we reap from SAP will be significant and bring Nippon Indosari to a new level of success” Alex Honki Project Manager PT Nippon Indosari Corp.
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Business Process integration and efficiency Management reporting Database centralized
Objectives Streamline business processes and increase productivity Make the business more transparent Develop a system that can scale with the company
Implementation Highlights Implementation was completed in 20 weeks
Why SAP Strong references with similar projects and SAP’s reputation in the consumer goods industry SAP offers the rich functionality that can address the full range of business processes
Benefits Pre-configured solution made the implementation faster Full integration of supply chain and use of a full range of logical and analytical capabilities Information is accurate, reliable and available in real-time Enabled more analytics for decision making
WEG China selects SAP Best Practices Based Package Challenges and Opportunities
QUICK FACTS WEG China Location: Nantong, China Industry: IM&C Products and Services: Motors Employees: 600 Web Site: www.weg.net SAP Solutions and Services: SAP ERP®, SAP Best Practices Partner: hartung:consult
“We would never have expected that it is possible to implement a full scale SAP solution in such a short time.”
Users were not using any ERP solution prior to SAP Very short implementation period
Project Manager WEG Nantong
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Market expertise Availability of a SAP Best Practice package Company’s headquarter is implementing SAP
Objectives Rapid SAP Implementation Provide all business departments with an integrated application Use best industry practices
Implementation Highlights Implementation completed in 3 months
Fernando Lima
Why SAP
Benefits The SAP Best Practices package enabled the customer to have a prototype within a very short time. Only minor modifications were necessary to complete the system configuration.
Cereal Comércio selects SAP® Best Practices Based Package Challenges and Opportunities
QUICK FACTS Cereal Comércio Location: Rio Verde-GO, Brazil Industry: Consumer products, Mill products Products and Services: Soy and Derivates, Warehouse services Revenue: US$100 million Employees: 100 Web Site: www.grupocereal.com.br SAP® Solutions and Services: SAP® Business All-In-One, SAP Best Practices Partner: Inove Soluções
Transparency of the business’ cash flow Financial controls and reporting Inventory control, production control and associated costs
Objectives Achieve operational excellence Improve operational efficiency Reduce cost and improve productivity Better reporting and analytics
Implementation Highlights “The SAP Best Practices based solution has proven to be the fastest way to address our business issues. The project challenge of going from ‘Zero‘ to Live in less than 8 weeks was completed by our Partner, Inove Soluções with excellent results.” Evaristo Jr. CEO Cereal Comerico © SAP 2010 / SAP Business All-in-One
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Full implementation in less than 8 weeks Total initial cost below US$ 200K More than 90% SAP Best Practice Baseline Brasil used out of the box
Why SAP Proven, robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) Support to quickly deploy business operations and processes
Benefits The implementation has provided Cereal Comercio with total control of purchasing, inventory, production, sales and finance SAP solution supports every stage of manufacturing and distribution processes from goods receipt through production, to the completion of the sales process. Cash flow – in addition to the standard cash flow feature in SAP, Cereal has developed “the inventory/cash flow”, a new way to asses the impact of goods movement in relation to the financial timeline.
Mikro+Polo d.o.o. selects SAP® Best Practices Based Package Challenges and Opportunities
QUICK FACTS Mikro+Polo d.o.o. Location: Maribor, Slovenia Industry: Wholesale Products and Services: engineering, medicine and calibration laboratory products Revenue: €10.3 million Employees: 70 Web Site: www.mikro-polo.si SAP® Solutions and Services: SAP® Business All-In-One solution, SAP Best Practices package Partner: itelligence d.o.o.
“We chose itelligence‘s itWholesale solution because we were determined to get an information system that will support and automate our business processes to the highest level possible. SAP was chosen based on that, due to the outstanding references and for being the system of choice of our most important customers and suppliers.” Marko Podgornik Managing director Mikro+Polo d.o.o. © SAP 2010 / SAP Business All-in-One
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Lack of executive visibility Financial controls and reporting Accessibility of the right data at a given moment
Objectives Improve operational efficiency Improve customer relationships Respond rapidly to changing business requirements
Implementation Highlights Full scope implementation completed in 23 weeks Use of implementation tools Accelerated system and user documentation Expedited customer learning Reduced the number of consulting days required
Why SAP Industry specific best practices built-in Proven, robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) Ability to tailor the final solution to growing or changing business needs Support for localized/country specific business practices
Benefits Centralized data management and reporting Fully-integrated business system
Customer Success - Med-Health Companies
Rapid deployment within 10 weeks using SAP Best Practices-based SAP Business All-in-One solution
Selected industry best practices, that could scale to meet future needs
Med-Health Companies, a leading medical products distributor, adopted SAP All-in-One solution implemented by Ki Solutions Med-Health, needed to ramp their systems with extensive functionality tailored for Pharmaceutical and Wholesale Distribution Management, to go-live with their web based distribution business for medical supplies
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Rapid deployment within 10 weeks with very limited staff to sustain operations
SAP All-in-One solution based on SAP Best Practices with industry standard infrastructure helped establish credibility with customers and partners
Customer Success - Polyglass
Cost-effective deployment for midsize company using SAP Best Practices-based SAP Business All-in-One solution
“Laying a foundation for future innovations that will follow” Andy Hastings, COO, USA
POLYGLASS, a leading manufacturer of modified bitumen roofing, implemented SAP All-in-One partner solution EDGETM from Technology Solutions Company (TSC) Polyglass was looking to apply for ISO certification and was interested in a solution that would address the detailed documentation and business process procedure requirements. SAP All-in-One was the only solution that could deliver these requirements on time and within budget. © SAP 2010 / SAP Business All-in-One
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Cost-effective deployment time-line met expectations
Extensive documentation of business process and procedures to support ISO certification
Worldwide studies have proven the value of SAP Best Practices Time Reduction (person hours)
Implementation Acceleration: Average implementation time was 4.2 months for over 20 sample projects in US and Latin America in 2006. Reduce consulting and customer project resources by an average of 50%.
1045
ERP 375
SCM, SRM 150
CRM/BI 15
PLM IT 0
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Reduce total implementation time by an average of 32%.
Meeting customer needs: On average, deliver a 72% match to customer requirements1
“Without SAP Best Practices, the project would have been more complex. The overall project was speedier.”2 1Results
of a 2006 - 2007 SAP survey among customers who incorporated SAP Best Practices in their implementation projects.
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2004 study of SAP Best Practices by Ludwigshafen University of Applied Sciences
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Cost Reduction ( in 1000 Euros) 3345
SCM, SRM
195 2250
ERP
436 400
PLM IT
65
CRM/BI
30 15
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SAP Best Practices
Foundation for your success in the midmarket
Packages Tailored to Meet Midmarket Needs Sound foundation for preconfigured, ready-to-use business scenarios based on SAP’s deep industry experience
Rapid Implementation and Reduced Costs Tools, content, and methodology to reduce costs compared to traditional approaches
Prepackaged Business Expertise Reusable documentation and configuration which can be adapted to specific needs
Create or Extend Your Business Solutions Use the fully documented implementation procedure including the automation and personalization tools as the basis to create your own SAP Business All-in-One solution
Build a Working Prototype Have a working, fully-documented prototype in only a few days right out of the box
Improve Project Performance and Customer Understanding Use SAP Best Practices as an integrated tool for evaluation, training, and implementation
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Where to Find More Details
SAP Public Website SAP Business All-in-One – http://www.sap.com/businessallinone SAP Best Practices – http://www.sap.com/bestpractices SAP Service Marketplace – Partnes and Customers only SAP Business All-in-One – http://service.sap.com/baio SAP Best Practices – http://service.sap.com/bestpractices SAP Best Practices Portfolio – Availability SAP Help Portal - Public SAP Best Practices – http://help.sap.com/bestpractices
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Thank you!
SAP Best Practices SAP AG
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