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Roof window and skylight manufacturer taps Accenture, HP for SAP HANA
The VELUX Group
Objective Approach Results • The company wanted to bring more
data to more users, faster; move from a static to a rolling forecasting model; and leverage advanced tools such as predictive analytics.
• Accelerate, enhance business analytics to drive global competitiveness
• To get the most out of Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), the company decided to implement SAP HANA, running on HP AppSystems for SAP HANA scale-out configuration, as the underlying database
• Engage Accenture, HP and SAP in collaborative project deploying HP AppSystems for SAP HANA
• The VELUX solution uses a three-tier architecture. Underlying all is HANA, where all data is stored in-memory. On top of that is SAP Business Warehouse (BW), including BPC.
• On top of that is SAP BusinessObjects, the front end layer providing end-user access tools such as web reports, dashboards, and Excel analysis.
• The solution paves the way for the VELUX Group to transform its data capabilities with advanced tools for predictive analytics, mobile access, and real-time reporting.
HP Use Case Business Innovation Description Consumption Impacts
1 Real-Time Supply Chain Analytics
HANA-powered Supply Chain Business Warehouses Accelerated self service analytic modeling to drive real-time visibility on demand, fulfillment and improved inventory leveling.
HANA: 7-10 TB BI Suite Users: 1,500 Predictive Users: 3
Reduced upgrade time/cost
2 Financial Planning
HANA-powered SAP Business Planning Drive accelerated and sophisticated scenario planning in real-time and engage end users with near instant returns on simulations and what-if scenarios.
HANA: 1-2 TB BI Suite Users: 500
First HP HANA implementation
3 Quote-to-Cash HANA-powered Quote-to-Cash Acceleration of core ECC processes in key areas such as order management administration, month/quarter/fiscal year end processing and live operational reporting. Delivering modern ‘experience-at-scale’ to users.
HANA: 28 TB ECC Users: 2,000 BI Suite Users: 1,000
HANA-based ECC processing
Real-time analytics
From >2 hours to 88 seconds improved runtime results
Previous query time of over 1.5 hours runs in 1.02 seconds on HANA
Improved visibility of real-time data for faster decision making
“What the end user sees is not raw data in columns and rows, but rather charts and graphs a user can touch to drill down. That’s exciting. The fact that it’s drillable means you can see what’s driving the numbers—what categories, what products. It’s a dynamic picture, not a static one.”
Operations Manager Views Detailed Data on an HP ElitePad 900 Tablet
Drilling Into the Details
(1) Robert, HP’s Global Operations Manager, views unconfirmed backlog at five HP factories, looking for inventory shortages. He notices a large backlog in the Japan factory. Touching the bar reveals an unusually high backlog of $4.5 M for the InkJet Media division.
(2) Robert calls his Category Manager for InkJet Media to discuss the possibility of getting inventory in-house in order to fulfill these orders. The Category Manager mobilizes procurement.
• Allows much faster availability of information to business
• Queries can be run more often, even ad-hoc
• Data much more current for real-time reporting and decision-making
• Avoids having to execute long-running queries overnight
Data Storage Object (DSO) Activation* − 54x faster (average)
− Business Benefits
• Data from source systems available in BW more quickly
• Supports more frequent loading of data from source systems
• More frequent updates = closer to real-time data availability
• Much faster flow of data from source system to downstream systems, e.g. SCM for Planning
Faster performance supports real-time analytics Performance comparing traditional database vs. HANA lab environments
*What is DSO Activation? A critical step in the process of transferring data from source systems to BW. Data from source systems is loaded to a staging area on BW, then moved to a DSO. Must be activated in the DSO to be available for reporting
12.1PB SAP HANA Data Warehouse on HP servers It’s a Guinness World Record
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP NEWSBYTE — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that with a team of technology partners, including BMMsoft, HP, Intel, NetApp, and Red Hat, it has generated a new world record for the world's largest data warehouse using the SAP HANA® platform and SAP® IQ software. This independently audited 12.1PB data warehouse has been recognized by Guinness World Records, and is four times larger than the prior record.
SAP HANA-as-a-Service (HaaS): No CapEx The HALO offer: HP + Accenture on consumption basis
+ = SAP HANA licensing
• BW on HANA, HANA Enterprise, or Business Suite on HANA
• Best to-market discount & pricing
HP cloud services and platform
• HP virtual private cloud/private cloud capabilities
• Financing for SAP HANA Licenses & HP appliances
• Flexible, scalable, and secure capacity
• Predefined sizes and service levels
As-a-Service benefits
• No upfront CapEx investments in HANA License, SW, HW (pure OpEx)
• Real-time business solution with plug & play for SAP HANA prepackaged industry & process content
• Rapid provisioning and readily scalable
Survey findings by research firm Vanson Bourne …the average cost of running (traditional) SAP was $1,518 per user/ per year, but by moving to single SAP HANA instance, large enterprises could potentially save up to 25%, with the average cost per user per year of a SAP HANA user dropping to $1,135.
• Over 1 Petabyte of HANA related memory* with an average of 1TeraByte / system, over one Petabyte of memory is deployed on HP HANA appliances
• Over 1000 HP HANA appliances shipped* Delivered its 1000th SAP HANA Appliance to a customer in Italy. The system is a 4 TB Scale-Out HANA appliance with the latest 3PAR storage technology.
• Over 700 customers are running HANA on HP* Largest productive SAP HANA customer is running on HP appliances
1 Petabyte 1PB = 1000 TB
1000 HP ConvergedSystems
for SAP HANA
Over 700 customers
*WW numbers, customers are running 1-4 appliances in average
“We are at a point where we have a very strong partnership. Looking ahead to the three main inflection points around real-time computing with the new hardware reality in-memory, the work that we do with HP on HANA is going to be a foundation for the future success of our customers.” —Vishal Sikka | CTO, SAP AG