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We invite you to meet Reply business process experts at the SAP Transformation Excellence Summit on September 16-18 in Chicago. This will be a great opportunity to explore the SAP Transformation Suite and learn how it aligns with your business needs. As a certified S/4HANA and Signavio partner, Reply helps clients across various industries realized value with process mining. Schedule a meeting to find out how.
Join your peers in Houston October 14–16th for, ASUG Best Practices, the premier gathering of North America's SAP community, bringing leaders from core industries such as Chemicals, Mill Products, Industrial Manufacturing, Mining, Oil, Gas and Energy. As a global SAP S/4HANA Cloud partner with extensive experience in executing transformative projects and incremental enhancements, Reply offers expertise in business process optimization, backed by over 20 years of successful delivery. Attend the customer session with AdvanSix to discover RISE and S/4 best practices. Additionally, schedule a meeting Reply's industry experts on the show floor to learn how to maximize your SAP investment.
The SAPinsider Finance & Innovation Summit is a premier event that gathers industry leaders, SAP experts, and customers to explore how organizations are transforming their core finance and accounting processes with SAP S/4HANA, cloud technology, AI, and automation. Join the session below to hear from Hexion about their use of SAP Group Reporting as an initial step toward adopting S/4HANA. Additionally, connect with Reply’s finance experts to gain valuable insights and learn how to enhance your financial and accounting strategies.
For many organizations, SAP S/4HANA is the next step in the SAP journey. However, migrating to SAP S/4HANA is a daunting task. Enowa's team of certified Celonis Process Mining experts can help accelerate your SAP S/4HANA journey with Process Mining.
Process mining is a somewhat new approach businesses are taking to improve results through the optimization of essential processes and workflows. Often, we design a process to look like this:
However, after a closer look, we find the process, as executed, looks more like this:
As shown in Figure 1, process mining is comprised of four phases: collection of event data from the transactional system; discovery of the actual business process as executed in the source system; enhancement of the process for optimal outcome; and monitoring the change for effectiveness and future enhancement. Businesses change over time, and every change impacts the business process. Process mining provides visibility into not only what the process is, but how well the process is being executed. As such, process mining helps reduce project risk, optimize internal and external effort, and realize the business value of your SAP investment.
Process Mining with Celonis supports all phases of the SAP S/4HANA journey, from pre-transition all the way through go-live, as well as during hypercare, and post-transition.
PRE-TRANSITION (SAP ACTIVATE PHASES: DISCOVER, PREPARE AND EXPLORE)
Prior to the transition to SAP S/4HANA, Enowa's Process Mining experts connect your current SAP ERP and relevant other integrated SAP and non-SAP systems to Celonis. Celonis is then utilized to discover and document the current AS-IS processes, reducing the time and effort dedicated to subject matter expert interviews and increasing the quality and accuracy of how the process is actually executed. The Celonis conformance checker capability performs a quick comparison between your current state and SAP S/4HANA Best Practice processes to identify process gaps and to highlight process issues that will need to be addressed for standardization in the new SAP S/4HANA platform. (This type of analysis is particularly helpful when there are multiple existing ERPs that are to converge into SAP S/4HANA.)
ERP systems (SAP and non-SAP) that have been in use for many years typically contain a large number of customizations. In Figure 2, comparing the current process to the target process will accelerate identification of potentials to harmonize and/or standardize key processes across business units and point to the business-critical customizations that you might want to keep as key differentiators. Enowa's Process Mining experts can identify the frequency of use of a customization and assess its business criticality. Then, we can make recommendations for configuration and key decisions during the SAP S/4HANA deployment.
Ultimately, using Celonis during the pre-transition phase will allow you to thoroughly assess and even improve your processes before your migration to SAP S/4HANA, enabling a faster, more coherent rollout.
IN-TRANSITION (SAP ACTIVATE PHASES: REALIZE AND DEPLOY)
During the SAP S/4HANA deployment, Enowa's Process Mining experts can help ensure a successful SAP S/4HANA transition. During the transition to SAP S/4HANA, testing of business scenarios is critical. By connecting the SAP S/4HANA test environment to Celonis, test cases can be executed and then monitored in the Celonis Process Explorer. From the testing scenarios, conformance models are developed for each process analyzed and stored. These can be leveraged for business process monitoring after go-live during hyper-care. Using Celonis in this manner ensures organizational testing is executed comprehensively and reflective of the solution design and processes agreed upon for the future/target state.
At go-live, transactions that are processed in the new SAP S/4HANA system are monitored closely to pinpoint change management needs. Celonis provides data at the user, department, facility, or company level to direct training, communication and reporting requirements. Feedback from Celonis is available on demand, as frequently as requested, which keeps the organization on track during hyper-care.
POST-TRANSITION (SAP ACTIVATE PHASE: RUN)
After hyper-care is completed and the project team has handed over all support tasks to the application management team, all connected processes are visualized with an end-to-end process flow within your Celonis portal as shown in Figure 4.
Conformance to best practice is monitored and violations are quickly documented to prompt corrective actions. Process Mining supports process governance post go-live and can help sustain and govern global business process template approaches.
Suggestions for process improvements are developed from Celonis process intelligence. KPIs, such as Rework-Rate, Change-Rate, Process Variations, Best Practice Violations, etc. are used to measure the success of the SAP S/4HANA deployment.
The results of process mining can also be used to help measure the ROI of the SAP S/4HANA initiative. Furthermore, additional process improvement opportunities that may not have been included in the scope of the original SAP S/4HANA deployment, such as Robotics Process Automation (RPA), can be identified.
To extend continuous improvement within the organization, we train your user communities, such as SAP Center of Excellence Teams, Internal Audit, Six Sigma or other process improvement teams, to monitor your business processes leveraging Celonis’ vast capabilities. Users at all levels of the organization can see the standardization and efficiency of the system in near real time, enabling true continuous improvement.
Enowa, a Celonis Platinum Services and Gold Sales Partner, has a dedicated Process Mining Practice comprised of Celonis Certified Data Engineers and Analysts that also have deep SAP functional experience. Our experts approach process mining from a business process standpoint, coupled with technical Celonis competence. This combination results in a smaller team that can understand the end-to-end process with minimal handoff. Clients appreciate this approach because smaller teams drive faster value and quicker results. Enowa also employs this model in all our engagements supporting SAP products. We look forward to working with you to support your SAP S/4HANA journey.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Melody Briggs is the Practice Manager for Enowa's Process Mining and Value Realization Team, including Celonis certified data analysts and data scientists. She has 25 years industry experience focused on business process automation and continuous improvement. Melody has extensive experience in IT project delivery including ERP deployments, data and analytics strategy and development, IT financial management, and infrastructure management.
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AdvanSix has methodically approached S/4HANA starting with Reply’s Phase 0, to piloting S/4 at an acquisition, and now moving the rest of the global organization onto SAP RISE. Learn why they chose RISE, reasons for a greenfield implementation, lessons learned, and how they plan to execute this S/4 transformation.
Discover invaluable expert insights, engage, and connect with peers in intimate, small group discussions, and delve into industry roadmaps that empower you to prepare for the future. ASUG Best Practices is your gateway to knowledge, networking, and success strategies.
Hexion, a global chemical company, transitioned its financial consolidation solution to Group Reporting as the initial phase of adopting SAP S/4HANA.
Explore the reasons behind choosing Group Reporting, their implementation approach, and how they extended its use beyond standard consolidation processes.
June 12 at 2pm ET
SAP Rise and Shine Webinar Part 2: Value Beyond Migration
As organizations navigate the complex landscape of SAP migration to the cloud, it's also essential to look beyond the migration process itself and focus on unlocking long-term value. Join us for the last of our two-part SAP RISE and Shine webinar series, where Azure Infrastructure and SAP experts from Valorem Reply and Syskoplan Reply, will provide you with expert tips for optimizing your new SAP RISE platform post-migration, as well as strategies for leveraging your new cloud capabilities once the migration is complete. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical insights, real-world examples, and expert advice to transform your SAP environment into a catalyst for business growth and innovation.
What We'll Cover:
Join the first this interactive group discussion with Reply’s finance lead, Friedrich Glugsberger and Van Vu, and senior consultant, Jeff Messer, in this session to explore what Corporate Performance Management (CPM) embodies and how Group Reporting fits into the overall CPM Vision. Attendees will be able to engage in conversations with peers, ask questions, and exchange information on SAP Group Reporting.
We will discuss:
- Viable transition and integration scenarios
- The value proposition for reporting and decision making
Submit your interest to register for the session by clicking the button and include the session date on the Subject. Someone from the team will get back to you in 1-business day.
Join this interactive group discussion with Reply’s finance lead, Friedrich Glugsberger and Van Vu, as they break down the most frequently asked questions of incorporating Group Reporting across different ERP landscapes. Attendees will be able to engage in conversations with peers, ask questions, and exchange information on SAP Group Reporting. Discussion topics include:
- Group Reporting with S/4HANA
- Group Reporting with CFIN, ECC, External Systems
- Master data and transactional data integration
Submit your interest to register for the session by clicking the button and include the session date on the Subject. Someone from the team will get back to you in 1-business day.
Join this interactive group discussion with Reply’s finance lead, Friedrich Glugsberger, and guest speaker, Jeff Messer, in this session to uncover the "must knows" for a successful move to Group Reporting. Explore different methodologies and identify critical paths that could impact your implementation. Attendees will be able to engage in conversations with peers, ask questions, and exchange information on SAP Group Reporting.
Submit your interest to register for the session by clicking the button and include the session date on the Subject. Someone from the team will get back to you in 1-business day.
Join this interactive group discussion with Reply’s finance lead, Friedrich Glugsberger, and guest speaker, Krizelle Ong, in this session to discover what SAP Best Practices has to offer for Group Reporting. Attendees will be able to engage in conversations with peers, ask questions, and exchange information on SAP Group Reporting. We’ll cover
- Explanation of what Best Practices are
- Benefits and practical considerations when adopting Best Practices
- Our customers' experiences and lessons learned
Submit your interest to register for the session by clicking the button and include the session date on the Subject. Someone from the team will get back to you in 1-business day.
A reader's digest to Group Reporting that every user should know. Join Reply’s finance lead, Friedrich Glugsberger and Van Vu to
- Learn about the fundamental building blocks in the Group Reporting core architecture
- Explore how to properly use building blocks for effective reporting and analysis
- Brief overview of new developments from Release 2309
Submit your interest to register for the session by clicking the button and include the session date on the Subject. Someone from the team will get back to you in 1-business day.
In this webcast, we will discuss how to properly plan for migrating historical data and reports in Group Reporting. Explore how these two workstreams are common risks in any Group Reporting implementations and the strategies Reply has deployed to ensure success.
* Please note that registering for one session will not register you for all sessions. You are encouraged to register for all the sessions that you are interested in attending.
Learn how to properly install and integrate Group Reporting Data Collection the first time and avoid many of the pitfalls along the way.
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What does Organization Change Management entail for Group Reporting? Learn about the different aspects and strategies to deploy for a seamless integration.
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Join our webcast to compare and contrast the different reporting solutions available for Group Reporting. Learn about the different features along with the advantages and disadvantages of each solution.
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Join us for a review of the architectural design, requirements, and considerations for on-prem and cloud source systems. Explore considerations for an effective security design.
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In this presentation, Reply’s finance experts, Friedrich Glugsberger and Van Vu, will examine the practical aspects of implementing S/4HANA for Group Reporting in three industry-leading companies: Glatfelter and Hexion. Our exploration delves into the reasons for change, strategies employed, and the lessons derived from these projects, offering insights valuable to organizations considering S/4HANA for Group Reporting.
Key Points:
This presentation provides an opportunity to gain knowledge from these projects and better understand the landscape of financial consolidation. Whether you are a financial professional, compliance expert, or an executive seeking to enhance your organization's group reporting, this comparative study offers valuable insights.
Hexion Chemicals Company replaced its financial consolidation solution and began its adoption of SAP S/4HANA by initially using the solution for group reporting. Learn about the company’s implementation approach, project governance, change management, lessons learned, integration with various data sources, benefits achieved, and value realized.
KEI operates a global decentralized organization with disparate processes and data. Strategic growth objectives require harmonized global operations balanced with business unit autonomy for competitive advantages. KEI and Reply conducted a business-focused assessment to provide board-level details for executive alignment in transforming KEI with S/4HANA RISE.
Contact us at contact.syskoplan.us@reply.com to learn more about Sapphire or to schedule a meeting with Reply experts at our booth or meeting room.
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