#SAPinsight16 - Dallas SAPinsight Super User Conference 2016

The SAPinsight ROI team, led by Susan Stone, Super User Leader at Sysco, and SAPinsight Leader Board Charter Member, has been working hard on this first release of a game changing tool for Super Users everywhere.

Stop by the ROI Station to meet the ROI team and get your hands on this breakthrough tool. Plug in your numbers to get your ROI calculations.  Provide feedback to the team to help with development of phase 2 that will be released in 1Q17.

In this collaborative roundtable discussion, attendees will join in to share and learn

• What tool you use for your Super User portal




• What functions and features you use in your Super User portal




• Lessons learned along the journey




• and more...

For many organizations, extracting data from SAP for reporting purposes is a time consuming and error prone process. To make matters worse, the end results of this lengthy task often do not reflect the latest data in the system, making timely reporting a cumbersome task. In a business climate that depends on accurate, up to the minute data, how can you increase the speed and accuracy in your reporting environment?

Attend this session to learn how Carlo Tannous, US Controller, Giorgio Companies, Inc and his team have removed manual data extraction processes from their reporting environment and replaced them with a Microsoft Excel Add-In for spreadsheet automation, gaining flexibility in report creation, time savings and improved data accuracy. They are now able to save three quarters of the day on a reoccurring Performance Package by simply refreshing their reports. Learn from the company’s experiences how automation:
• Enables live, Excel-based SAP data reporting processes in any module
• Empowers organizations with automated financial and operational analytics of live data in Excel
• Provides powerful drill-down capabilities to sub ledger details
• Complements business intelligence solutions by giving Excel “power users” live, accurate, and real-time data
• Automates report delivery to quickly get critical information to end users

Every SAP project team member needs a toolkit - a handy collection of all the technologies, how-to’s, and best practices needed to do their job. Super users, in particular, require a robust toolkit as they take on the task of engaging all team members in the correct - and most productive - use of SAP. During this session, we'll highlight two key enablers: the ability to easily create and easily share learning content. Super users must be able to do both to get the 'know how' to those who 'need to know'. We'll demo the rapid authoring and publishing capabilities in SAP Productivity Pak (aka ANCILE uPerform) and highlight several organizations who've equipped their super users to engage end users.

Let Titan show you how to unlock additional value in your current SAP Investment. With the addition of Mobile Apps and Web based Apps developed on your current SAP Environment, we can show you how many SAP Customers have quickly deployed solutions that add value and simplify complex processes.

Companies often look to technology to solve business problems. But even the best technology is no panacea. And more often than not, the root cause of many challenges may be data or process issues, not inadequate technology.
Today’s world moves quickly and meeting these modern challenges requires keen awareness, process agility, and real-time access to operational data for reporting, effective analysis, and quick, informed decisions. The needed data exists in corporate ERP systems, though it may not always be accessible in a decision-ready form. This is where Allevo can help. By combining existing tools – SAP as the authoritative system of record and Excel as a familiar user interface – we unlock synergy by leveraging existing investments. Allevo provide seamless, bi-directional, real-time access to all SAP data, from the comfort of your Excel workbook.

Allevo solves the data access problem immediately, relieving organizations from the burden of cumbersome ETL processes. This frees them up to focus more on value-added activities like performance analysis, effective planning, and timely reporting. Come see how our flexible solution can provide substantial business benefit from day-one, while also laying the foundation for transforming your business into a data-driven enterprise ready to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Allevo makes planning and reporting a snap!

Are you comfortable with AP and AR subledger clearing and your choices within SAP? Do you wish you knew more about how the transactions worked and when to use the different transactions?

Attend this session to learn:
Tips and tricks on the F110 Payments program
Usage of manual clearing transactions such as F-53 and F-58
Innovations and changes in the payments landscape in the US such as Same day ACH, faster payments initiatives and more.

Learn best practices from TCS' engagements with SAP ECC, Suite on Hana and S4HANA cloud implementations from real world experiences with Lexmark and Ampleon. Hear how these high tech leaders have utilized the cloud to drive out cost, become more agile, and the strategies they found to be most successful with their cloud partner, TCS.

Data science, a rapidly growing field with a gaping skills shortage, is crucial for the success of a data-driven organization. Data scientists bring a unique blend of business acumen, the ability to acquire and prepare data for analysis, and analytical skills to extract business insights. In this session, we will show you how TIBCO Spotfire® bridges the skills gap and empowers business users with the best domain knowledge to become citizen data scientists and how to effectively use Spotfire and TERR with big data sources like SAP HANA and SAP BW to maximize your investments and generate significant value.

Do not get "uber-ized" in your industry. These days you have to be agile and nimble or you get into a defensive market position instead of driving it.

Learn how S/4HANA can help you connect your enterprise and tear down departmental siloes. Value scenarios across the business demonstrate business outcomes that will make your c-suite happy and excited. 

In this non-technical session you'll get filled in with the must-know facts to start your journey to become a live business.

Are you using S/4 HANA or planning to implement in the near to long-term future? Learn from Excel4apps how to leverage your SAP and Microsoft investments by accessing real-time data in Excel from your S/4HANA environment. Learn how to provide your SAP users, particularly those in Finance and Controlling, with a self-service tool which enables them to write their own ad-hoc reports without relying on IT. SAP users can utilize Excel to help to bridge the reporting gaps of Fiori and Analysis for Office.

Virtual Reality (VR) is an entirely new media for content presentation and consumption, and businesses have already started to examine the opportunities to apply this new digital paradigm to their businesses processes.

Deloitte Global predicts VR will have its first 1 billion dollar year in 2016, yet there are many businesses and consumers unaware of the technology. VR and immersive technologies will fundamentally shift the way people interact with companies.

Join Dexler Education to see the key features of VR through different devices including the range of headsets from Google Cardboard to Samsung Gear in an engaging interactive discussion and see how VR is being used in training today.

Presenter will share expert tips that may help boost productivity in CO. Key tips in configuration, master data maintenance, transaction processing and period-end closing will be covered. Each tip will be explored on below factors:
• What does it do (functionality overview)
• Where will it help you (benefits)
• Why use it (what pain areas will be addressed)
• How to use it (configuration / data / cutover steps to implement this tip)
Walk away from this session with an understanding of the tips to boost your organization’s productivity in SAP Controlling

• How to effectively use FI, CO and MM period locks: Fine-tune your month-end task-list by leveraging the functionality of FI, CO and MM period locks. Ensure a smooth financial close by scheduling month-end close tasks by leveraging features of FI, CO and MM period locks.
• When to run batch jobs for WIP, Variance and Settlement: Remove person-dependency and ensure jobs are run automatically by the system. Optimize system performance by scheduling these tasks during off-peak hours.
• Learn which cost allocation method is best for you - distribution or assessment. Learn how to optimize performance of these resource intensive transactions. Control overall close time-lines by optimizing allocation cycles. Reduce overall month-end close timeline even if a cycle has to be re-executed
• Review various cost objects in controlling available for tracking costs. Learn which transaction codes are involved for each cost object (e.g. production order, process order, product cost collector, cost center, internal order, WBS element and so on).

Three Key learning Points:

1. How technology can be integrated to achieve better business visibility
   
   
   1. Reduce testing when implementing SAP application change by making automated impact analysis a part of your testing strategy
   
   
   2. Ensure better quality control across the business

Change is the one constant in the SAP lifecycle. Major and minor releases all drive change. At the same time, every SAP customer is trying to “Go Faster”, avoid risks and lower costs.  Learn how customers have used LiveCompare and LiveModel technology to manage change and to enable effective business communication. Understand how technology is used to reduce business risk and to ensure quality assurance. Hear firsthand how customers have used LiveModel to improve integration between people, processes and technology, and how LiveCompare has reduced testing by 80% in average, lowering operational costs at no risk.

Learn how to analyze the impact of change on y code, configuration and data, as well as security settings. Understand exactly what you need to test and why. Hear how a number of organizations take advantage of automation technology to deliver projects and operational change to the business on time, with less risk and under budget.

The pace of change across industries is staggering with no end in sight. Innovation and business process transformation is necessary to reduce cost, improve free cash flow and sustain capital efficiency. This session will focus on how SAP is helping the customers;
• Drive innovation and best practices across industries
• Leverage customer engagement methodology to build value proposition
• Adopt Value Engineering assets and tools to drive continuous improvements

Knowing is half the battle in today’s world. Technology is moving so rapidly, we all know how difficult it is to keep up and understand what’s available to you, when to use it, and who to contact.
When you think about SAP Support, do you think about things like virtual training and learning at your convenience and in a learning style that you prefer? How about support services that can help with upgrade projects or improve/optimize your current business processes? Or perhaps tools that will quickly and easily help you identify and choose functionality THAT YOU ALREADY OWN but aren’t using? If your answer to these questions was TELL ME MORE!, then you should join us! Come ready to learn about the different tools, education, and services that are available to YOU and already included at no additional cost as an SAP Enterprise Support customer that will put YOU in the know. We’ll even throw in the toolbox!