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Working Capital Management with S/4HANA Finance Elmar Hassler, Business Transformation Service, SAP Österreich GmbH , SAP Summit 2016, Linz, 26. April
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SAP S/4HANA reimagines how businesses manage working capital
The entire value chain is
digitized, including the digital
core that serves as the foundation
for business innovation and
optimization.
The digital enterprise
interconnects all aspects of the
value chain to drive and
anticipate business outcomes in
real time.
Enterprises across industries can
lead the digital transformation by
completely reimagining business
models, business processes,
and work.
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No latency
Unrestricted granularity
Built-in harmonization
Continuous processing
Real-time analytics
Process intelligence
Integrated planning
Predictive forecasting
Embedded simulation
The Nature of Instant InsightInstant insight-to-action based on real-time information
Single Source of Truth
Real-time Processes
Planning, Forecasting
and Simulation
From siloed data to
From periodic processing to
From historic data to
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The entire value chain is
digitized, including the digital
core that serves as the foundation
for business innovation and
optimization.
The digital enterprise
interconnects all aspects of the
value chain to drive and
anticipate business outcomes in
real time.
Enterprises across industries can
lead the digital transformation by
completely reimagining business
models, business processes,
and work.
In your new digital business
you always know exactly
…how much cash is coming in and going
out
…and exactly when the flows will take
place
SAP S/4HANA reimagines how businesses manage working capital
you collaborate with your suppliers and customers to create new
financing possibilities
support and strengthen your supply chain
sell your receivables to get paid faster
your Finance team always gets the best return on their
cash with active management strategies
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A comprehensive Portfolio for the CFOCovering All Business Areas Across All Roles
Financial Planning & Analysis
Accounting &
Financial Close
Treasury &
Financial Risk
Management
Finance
Operations
Enterprise Risk &
Compliance Management
Strategy Development and
Translation Accounting
Payments and Bank
CommunicationsReceivables Management Enterprise Risk Management
Planning, Budgeting
and ForecastingEntity Close
Cash and Liquidity
ManagementInvoice Management Controls and Compliance
Management
Profitability and Cost
ManagementCorporate Close
Debt and Investment
ManagementTravel Management
International Trade
Management
Monitoring and Reporting Reporting and Disclosure Financial Risk Management Real Estate Management Fraud Management
Financial Close Governance Commodity Risk Management Financial Shared Services Audit Management
VP of FinanceHead of Corporate Reporting
Corporate Treasurer
Head of Finance Operations
Chief Compliance Officer
SAP S/4HANA Finance - delivers functional completeness across all financial rolesChief Financial Officer
Solutions that particularly support companies’ working capital initiatives Solutions with SAP S/4HANA Finance innovations
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Example of continuous processing
Preparation
Clarification with
customer
Review Open
Cases
Monthly1
2
3
4
Automated AR processing
Resolution with customer
Continuous and alert-driven
Challenges
Resource intense
Manual preparation
High error rate
Multiple process flows
No situation context for resolution
Low resolution rate
Results
Executive operations cockpit
Real-time field alerts & collaboration on cash collections
Proactive field resolution of invoice disputes
Improved rates of automated payment matching
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Operational alerts and reporting eliminate bottlenecks Smart Business for A/R and A/P
Personalized – from executives to accountants,
get the real-time status information you need
Collaborative – extend processes on any device
and beyond the core Finance team to get the job
done
Actionable – respond immediately with
a single click
Detailed – direct drill down to line item detail
or transactional applications
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Gain more insight into sources of cashSAP Cash Management
Analyze global bank balances and
cash positions based on data from
SAP and non-SAP systems
Create more accurate mid-and
long-term cash forecasts via real
time analysis
Use money wisely, invest surplus
part to get return and reduce
financial cost
Supporting group treasury
functions to ensure liquidity and
optimize financing activities
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And Fiori any-device technology shares these insights beyond your
Finance team
Push sales teams and managers key insights
into customers’ credit and receivables situation
Review and respond to alerts on customer
payment behavior to manage risks and
guarantee efficient cash collections
Anywhere, anytime access for CFOs, cash collection teams and sales teams to work together to
improve working capital management
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Accounts Receivable – standard process automationBuilt-in analytics and transactional efficiency
Personalized launchpad with key apps for
accountants and managers
Color coding alerts users when thresholds are
exceeded
Fiori analytics are available on any device
Example: Clear incoming payments
Layout variants allow users to save favorites from
hundreds of data columns
Fuzzy search and type-ahead features
Worklists structure processes
Context-sensitive navigation points within processes
ANALYTICS TRANSACTION PROCESSING
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App-to-app navigation moves you through the process flow
With a customer in “focus”, you are offered different navigation options to continue
investigations (view balances, master data) or process transactions (clear/post incoming
payments, process receivables), subject to your system authorizations.
Fiori App: Manage Customer
Line ItemsUnallocated cash for customer
Mark and Sons
Fiori App Observations
Fiori App: Clear Incoming
Payments
Clearing individual open items
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SAP Receivables Management is a portfolio of automation solutions
Accounts Receivable – standard process automation
Manage all financial accounting–related aspects of customer accounts receivable.
Credit Evaluation and Management
Embed proactive credit management in transactional processes and portfolio analysis.
Billing and E-Invoicing
Deploy a customer bill payment portal or an e-billing process.
Collections Management
Proactively manage customer collections and customer service.
Dispute Resolution
Clarify and resolve customer payment disputes quickly and efficiently.
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Functional overview: SAP Credit Management
Credit Limit Management
Implement a company wide credit policy
Manage a customer credit profile
Central credit management in a distributed system
landscape
Credit Case
Credit case for structured processing of credit limit
applications
Track status and result of credit limit applications
Credit Rules Engine
Categorize customers by scoring rules
Automatically calculate and assign a customer-
specific credit limit
Credit check rules
Model and implement own customer credit score
cards
Credit Information
Interface to external credit agencies
Input parameters for scoring rules
Credit Manager Analytics
Role-based access to credit management information and
analysis
Credit
Limit
JanuaryFebruary
March April
Credit
Exposure
AlertAlert
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Collections managementCollections management capabilities prioritize customers
Customer-centric collections
Identify overdue accounts and critical trends
Prioritize collections activities based on strategies
Generate, monitor and balance worklists
Leverage complete integration (credit, disputes, billing,
analysis)
Extend the receivables processes beyond the finance
team
19%Lower overdue accounts receivables when companies take a holistic view of their customers at
the time of interaction Source: SAP Performance Benchmarking
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Real-Time
Working Capital
Management
Real-time processes
Accelerated collaboration with
customers and suppliers to optimize
transactions that affect working
capital
Real-time personalized
analytics
Flexible analytics for instant data
access with drill-down along any
dimension down to line item level
Beautiful user experience
New role based user interfaces with
embedded real time analytics and
mobile access for business users
Elmar Hassler
Business Transformation Service
SAP Österreich GmbH
Lassallestraße 7b | 1021 Wien | Austria
M +43 664 620 7324
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