SAP recently started to bundle software solutions with pre-packaged consulting. The result is called RDS, or Rapid Deployment Solutions. There are currently close to one hundred offerings available. In this webcast, you will first get a better understanding of how the RDS methodology can save customers time and money and minimize risk. Then, we will navigate through the RDS portal and learn more specific RDS packages. Last, we will dive into some of the RDS projects recommended for the SAP Controlling community.

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A Guide to Leveraging
SAP Rapid Deployment
Solutions for Finance
and Controlling
Julien Delvat
Alta Via Consulting

3. Intro Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_QaYXIu5WI

4. Topics
• Traditional Projects Fail
• What does an RDS contain?
• How to find the right RDS for you?
• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?
• Summary
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5. Traditional Projects Fail
54% of ERP implementations fail on cost, duration and scope*
* Panorama Consulting 2012 ERP Report

6. Achieve Your IT and Business Goals Of …
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Faster solution deployments for a faster time to
value
Adopt break-through technology on your terms
for more agility in challenging market conditions
Reduce complexity from software deployments
with preconfigured on premise and cloud
solutions that minimize disruption to the
business
Speed
Agility
Simplicity

7. Shorter Time to Value Through Best Practices
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8. Best Practices for Faster Adoption
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9. Address Both Standard and Unique Needs
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10. Topics
• Traditional Projects Fail
• What does an RDS contain?
• How to find the right RDS for you?
• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?
• Summary
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11. Demo
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12. Topics
• Traditional Projects Fail
• What does an RDS contain?
• How to find the right RDS for you?
• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?
• Summary
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13. Where to find RDS?
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http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment.html

14. How to Search for an RDS?
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15. Example of RDS
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16. Alternate Way
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• SAP Store also contains RDS by partners
http://store.sap.com/

17. Get Updates from SCN
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http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment

18. Topics
• Traditional Projects Fail
• What does an RDS contain?
• How to find the right RDS for you?
• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?
• Summary
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19. SAP HANA Accelerated Finance and Controlling
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• Speed financial, CO-PA, overhead, material ledger, and production
cost reporting
• Accelerate time-critical processes and eliminate operational
redundancies
• Ensure service levels and provide self-service reporting for end
users
• Take advantage of preconfigured software optimized for rapid
deployment
• Applies to: Financial Accounting, Controlling, Material Ledger,
Production Cost Analysis, Profitability Analysis
http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/hana-accelerated-erp-financial-reporting/index.html

20. SAP Net Margin Analysis powered by SAP HANA
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• Find new ways to improve net margins by reducing or eliminating
hidden costs
• Easily drill down to customer and
product-level detail
• Model costing strategies and tactics
to understand their potential impact
on margins
• Analyze huge volumes of data in real
time with our in-memory platform
• Extend analytic dashboards and reports to your mobile workforce
• Leverage your existing investments in SAP HANA, SAP CO-PA
Accelerator, and our BI platform
http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/hana-net-margin-analysis/index.html

21. Migration of SAP BW to SAP HANA
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(officially: Rapid database migration of
SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse to SAP HANA)
• Gain crucial insight and enable faster decision making with
dramatically faster access to key information
• Preserve your investment in SAP BW without disruption
• Reduce costs with simplified administration and a streamlined IT
landscape
http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/data-warehouse-migration-hana-netweaver/index.html

22. Benefits of SAP BW on HANA
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23. Operational Reporting
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(officially: SAP ERP Rapid Deployment Solution
For Operational Reporting powered by SAP HANA)
• Deliver real-time analytics and reporting on large volumes of ERP data
• Deliver flexible end-user reporting with powerful data slicing and dicing capabilities
• Provide easy access to up-to-date, ad hoc information - including mobile devices -
to all business users
• Enable more business transparency across the organization by utilizing all data
• Rapidly respond to business needs and to react more quickly to changes with SAP
HANA
• Get quicker time-to value with predefined data models
http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/hana-erp-operational-reporting/index.html

24. Details on Operational Reporting
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Supported by SAP HANA Live
(aka SAP HANA Analytics Foundation, aka SHAF)

25. SAP Financial Close and Disclosure Management
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• Control your performance better
• Report your statutory compliant financials with confidence
• Increase organizational agility
• Improve the quality and speed of decisions by closing your books
faster and more accurately
• Understand the impact of changes, so you can align operational
capacity and support functions with demand
• Have greater context for decision making
http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/financial-consolidation/index.html

26. SAP Spend Performance Management
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(aka Spend Analytics)
• Get full visibility into total company spends to define sourcing and
procurement strategies
• Optimize spend processes management to uncover savings
opportunities and act on them
• Quantify the impact of supplier
failure on spend volume and
buying locations
• Identify alternate suppliers
to reduce supply chain
disruptions and procurement
failure
www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/spend-performance-management/index.html

27. Financial Planning
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• Rapidly access and leverage the G/L infrastructure in SAP Business
Planning and Consolidation for best-practice financial planning
• Quickly configure drill-through to relevant G/L sources
• Increase finance user adoption with a planning solution that uses
native Microsoft Office (Excel) and Web browsers
• Allow planning owners to set up planning-only data as needed
• Start analyzing and collecting profit-and-loss financial planning
figures and balance sheet information in weeks, not months
• Option to leverage SAP HANA® for optimal performance
• Option to integrate detailed financial planning with the SAP Strategic
Financial Planning rapid-deployment solution
http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/software/budgeting-forecasting/index.html

28. Details on Financial Planning
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29. Topics
• Traditional Projects Fail
• What does an RDS contain?
• How to find the right RDS for you?
• Which RDS for Finance and Controlling?
• Summary
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Start of first section:
List the main points in your presentation and insert this slide at
the start of each new topic. Move the highlighted box down for
each new section. This divides your presentation into easy to
follow sections.

30. Benefits of Rapid Deployment Solutions
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• Easier Buying Process
• Simpler to Understand
• Faster to Purchase than Custom
• Lower Cost and Faster Time to Value
• Only Applications You Need
• Reduced Costs for License and Services
• Reduced Uncertainty and Risk
• Costs
• Schedule
• Improve Predictability Around Results
• Modularity and Flexibility
• Modular Approach
• Buy Smaller – Think Big!

31. Resources
SAP Catalog for Rapid Deployment Solutions
• http://www.sap.com/solution/rapid-deployment/
SAP Store, search for Rapid Deployment Solutions
• http://store.sap.com/
SAP Community Network for Rapid Deployment Solutions
• http://scn.sap.com/community/rapid-deployment
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32. Five Key Ideas
• 54% of ERP implementations fail on cost, duration and scope.
• Organizations need implementation strategies focused on speed,
agility and simplicity.
• SAP Rapid Deployment Solutions (RDS) deliver shorter time to value
through best practices.
• SAP RDS packages combine software, content and services for
faster adoption and limited risks.
• SAP RDS packages can be extended with optional features.
• There are more than 100 RDS packages. See for yourself or ask
your consulting partners.
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33. Questions
• Now:
• Ask questions now for immediate answers
• Later:
• Julien Delvat
Alta Via Consulting
jdelvat@altavia.com
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Q&A

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