SAVE $200 The conference for SAP financials - PRWebww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2006/01/04/328868/FIN2006.pdfThe conference for SAP financials Strategies, best practices, and expert-led instruction

The conference for SAP financialsStrategies, best practices, and expert-ledinstruction for finance teams that rely onSAP software and for the IT professionalswho support them.

! Explore new SAP functionality, including the newGeneral Ledger

! Leverage your SAP BW and R/3 systems to build, customize, and distribute higher qualityfinancial reports

! Tap into new and advanced techniques to leveragefinancial accounting and controlling features in R/3 and mySAP ERP

! Conquer the most difficult challenges of deployingand managing a global financial landscape

! Empower managers with integrated financial plans,budgets, forecasts, and key performance indicators

! Enhance the performance, scalability, and flexibilityof the technical infrastructure on which yourfinancials processes rely

! Get up to speed with the latest compliancechallenges and solutions

! Optimize your billing, payment, banking, creditmanagement, and closing procedures

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The largest

gathering of

teams that use,

configure,

deploy, support,

and manage

SAP financial

processes

Your company is continually looking to build moreefficient and innovative business processes, and thishas profound implications for finance organizations.It means you must have a wide-angle view on thesechanges and have processes that scale right alongwith the business. mySAP ERP Financials serves asthis foundation. It enables you to create common

business processes throughout your global enterprise, establish “oneversion of the truth” across businesses and regions, provide the basis forbetter decision making, and allow managers to govern the enterprisewith trust and confidence.

To learn how, I invite you to join me at SAP Financials 2006. The leadingindependent experts, the top talent from SAP, and SAP customers whohave successfully gone down this path will all be on hand to provideinsights, instruction, and ideas. More than 120 sessions run the gamutfrom beginner to advanced to deliver unparalleled education foroptimizing the value and effectiveness of your financial processes.

Cordially,

Archim HeimannSenior Vice PresidentERP Solution ManagementSAP AG

Schedule at-a-glanceTuesday • March 7

8:30 Registration Opens

10:00 FI/CO 101 — A beginners’ guide

SAP BW 101 —Everything you everwanted to know

1:00 Lunch

3:00 Getting started withSAP BPS and BCS

A comprehensive introduction to mySAP ERPFinancials

6:00 Registration Closes

Wednesday • March 87:00 Registration Opens

Continental Breakfast

8:30 Keynote Address

10:00 Break

10:30 Breakout Sessions

11:45 Lunch


2:30 Break


4:00 Break


5:30 Opening Night Reception

6:00 Ask the Experts

Friday • March 107:00 Registration Opens



9:45 Break


11:15 Break


12:45 Lunch


3:30 Break


5:00 Conference Concludes

Thursday • March 97:00 Registration Opens



9:45 Break


11:15 Break


12:45 Lunch


4:00 Break


5:30 Welcome to Las VegasReception

6:00 Ask the Experts

Join us for an unrivaled educational opportunity!

Jumpstart Day Conference

3Questions? Call us at 1-781-751-8650

More than 120

case studies

and expert-led

sessions

Conference overviewSAP Financials 2006 is the definitive event for SAP financial accounting, controlling,planning, compliance, and reporting solutions. Highlights of this event include:

!! More than 120 sessions – Best practices and step-by-step guidance to bolster financialreporting and analytics, improve financial and managerial accounting, streamline closingprocesses, and fortify business planning and performance. Tap into strategic insights andreal-world lessons to optimize configurations, make smarter financial and upgradedecisions, and streamline and consolidate data flows.

!! 11 comprehensive tracks – Customize your learning experience across a broadspectrum of topics, including: financial trends and strategies, accounting, controlling,financial reporting, business planning and analytics, consolidations, transparency,global financial operations, change management, and much more.

!! Pre-conference Jumpstart Day – Learn fundamental concepts that everyone whoworks with SAP financials should be familiar with. These sessions fortify yourknowledge base and empower your organization to hit the ground running with itsSAP-based financial initiatives.

!! Expert presenters – The top talent from SAP, the world’s leading consultants, andhighly experienced customers provide practical advice on the best ways to use,implement, customize, leverage, and manage SAP financial solutions.

!! Customer case studies – Take home best practices and lessons learned directly fromyour peers as they reveal their SAP methodologies and experiences.

!! Solutions Showcase – See how SAP and leading third-party vendors help yousolidify your financial infrastructure and improve key processes.

!! Networking events and roundtables – Join hundreds of your peers at ournetworking events. Discover the tools and approaches that work well for yourcounterparts at other companies. Replicate their successes and avoid their pitfalls.

!! Ask-the-experts – Spend one-on-one time with the leading experts. Get answers toyour toughest questions on process improvement, planning, and getting the most outof FI, CO, SEM, BPS, BCS, mySAP ERP, and SAP’s portal and business intelligence(BW) technology.

!! Special co-location with SAP HR 2006 – SAP Financials 2006 and SAP HR 2006both run March 8–10 at The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. Attendees of SAPFinancials 2006 who want to learn more about SAP HR solutions can attend any ofthe 100+ sessions at SAP HR 2006 at no additional cost.

!! Take-home tools and resources – All attendees receive a conference CD thatcontains the slides for every session, plus invaluable checklists, decision matrices,planning templates, sample code, articles, and reference materials – resources tofacilitate your learning into 2006 and beyond.

!! Earn up to 30 CPE credits – Attend SAP Financials 2006 and earn up to 30 CPEcredits. CPE credits are awarded in the fields of accounting and auditing,ethics, management, and taxation.


Take-home resourcesWalk away with CDs exclusively prepared for SAP Financials 2006 attendees. They arepacked with copies of all 120+ conference sessions, and dozens of take-home tools,configuration checklists, decision matrices, templates, and other indispensable resources,including:

! A matrix with complete detail on each ledger,its functionality, and how to use each

! A project customization guide and User Exitexamples of ACH payments

! A step-by-step implementation guide forEvaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) andinvoicing plans

! An overview of accounts payable User Exitsand coding examples available in R/3 andmySAP ERP

! Undocumented tips to optimize and enhanceR/3 lockbox performance and a checklist forlockbox configuration

! A decision matrix that compares and contrasts SPL to other modules and applications,including CO-PA, BCS, EC-CS, and SAP BW

! Configuration tips to bolster SD and CO integration, complete with process descriptionsand a list of related OSS notes

! A list of specific tables and fields that explain how SAP stores critical production data in CO

! Checklists to set up key components of SAP Query

! A list of source tables for production variance information to improve SAP BW reporting andextraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities

! Tips and tricks to add styles and query views to Web reports along with advice to set upauthorizations to protect critical data

! Techniques to gather requirements for SAP BW projects and tips to better define roles,train users, and effectively manage a self-service reporting environment

! Lists of resources—including sources of SAP documentation, key SAP reports, andsupplementary magazine articles—to conquer FI integration problems

! Step-by-step instruction to configure your own Sales Information System (SIS) to determinesales bookings with order number details

! SAP QuickViewer screen prints that empower you to use this tool without external assistance

! A decision matrix to help decide whether to plan in R/3 or BPS

! A step-by-step process guide to better define and track your Balanced Scorecard project’s KPIs

! Step-by-step recommendations to improve your month-end close with full details of the SAPand non-SAP actions

! A list of tips, tricks, and lessons learned from PS results analysis at Siemens SPT&D

! A checklist for readying SAP BW data for SEM and samples of BEx Web Application Designeroutput

Take home valuable implementation and optimization resources

ConferenceMaterials

ConferenceMaterials

SessionMaterials

Valuable

resources for

everyone,

from beginners

to experts


Here’s who is attendingExecutives:

CEO, CIO, CFO, COOExecutive DirectorExecutive Vice PresidentGeneral ManagerPresident

Vice Presidents and Directors of:Accounts PayableAccounts Receivable and CreditAccountingBudgetsBusiness ArchitectureBusiness IntelligenceComplianceControllingCorporate FinanceEnterprise Application ServicesEnterprise SystemsERP

FinanceFinancial PlanningFinancial ReportingFinancial SystemsForecasting/PlanningOperationsTreasury

IT Teams:AdministratorBusiness Process EngineerConfigurationData ArchitectLead Technical AnalystManager, Application DevelopmentManager, Business ArchitectManager, Technical ServicesProject ManagerSystems AnalystSystem Development

Functional Teams – Managers,Analysts, and Specialists of:

AccountingAccounts Payable/ReceivableApplicationsAuditingBusiness ProcessBusiness SystemsBudgetingConfigurationControllingCost AccountingFinancial AccountingFinancial ApplicationsFinancial PlanningFinancial ReportingForecastingSAP COSAP FISAP SEM

What’s new this year Innovative new

sessions to take

your skills and

enterprise to the

next level

SAP Financials 2006 features more than 120 all new sessions across 11 all new tracks. Highlights of what’s new include:

✔ A track dedicated to rolling out and supporting your SAP financials system in a globalenvironment, with critical considerations for local, legal, currency configuration, andtax issues.

✔ A track devoted to lessons learned from recent mySAP ERP implementations andupgrades – step through experiences, challenges, victories, and critical details foradapting new financials functionality in mySAP ERP.

✔ Exclusive presentations on SAP Enterprise Analytics, Credit Management,Mendocino, Express Planning, MIC, mySAP ERP 2005, and the impact of thesesolutions on financial teams.

✔ Sessions on how to better optimize your use of core FI features and functions,including A/R, A/P, Electronic Banking, Special Purpose Ledger, and more.

✔ Pre-conference Jumpstart Day that enables you to attend any SAP Financials 2006jumpstart session and also provides you with a CD containing all of the jumpstartpresentations. Plus you can attend any of the jumpstart sessions offered at SAP HR2006 at no additional cost.

✔ More depth and breadth of coverage on core controlling areas, including profitabilityanalysis, product costing, internal orders, Material Ledger, variance analysis, costplanning, and integrating CO with the rest of your SAP business environment.

✔ Expanded coverage on how to more easily, build, customize, format, and distributefinancial reports using both R/3 and SAP BW-based tools.

✔ Innovative new case studies and sessions on integrated planning, forecasting, andbudgeting with BPS.

✔ And much, much more!


Customize your learning experienceAt SAP Financials 2006, 120 sessions span 11 comprehensive tracks. Mix and match your choice of sessionsfor practical training, strategies, expert instruction, and real-world advice that will be most helpful to you.

Jumpstart Day Jumpstart your educational experienceOur pre-conference Jumpstart Day takes place on Tuesday, March 7, and offers special, comprehensive 3-hour introductions to fundamental concepts that everyone who works with SAP financials needs to know.These sessions fortify your knowledge base and empower your organization to hit the ground running withits SAP-based financial initiatives. (See page 8 for details.)

Track 1 New trends and strategies for financial leadership Explore best practices and strategies to optimize the use of SAP financials in your organization.Understand how leading organizations staff up and leverage technology to deliver on key financial goalsand strategies. Examine the tools and capabilities that today’s financial managers need, and learn howSAP is being used by leading financial managers to meet their most pressing goals and objectives.

Track 2 Financial accounting (FI): Best practices, updates, and advanced tips and tricks

This track offers strategies and instruction to get more out of your financial accounting (FI) functionality,including Accounts Payable (A/P), Accounts Receivable (A/R), Asset Accounting (AA), General Ledger(G/L), and Project System (PS). Get expert insight on how new G/L functionality is being leveraged, andwhere special purpose ledger and other features may add significant value. Walk through advancedtechniques to optimize your configuration and smooth integration between FI and other core modules.

Track 3 Managerial accounting and controlling (CO): Best practices, updates, and advanced tips and tricks

Learn how to optimize the extensive functionalities available in CO. Collect tips and tricks to get the mostout of Profitability Analysis (PA). Delve into advanced topics and explore the full capabilities of CostCenter Accounting (CCA) and Profit Center Accounting (PCA). Master the merits and benefits ofMaterial Ledger (ML). Explore the best ways to leverage SAP’s Activity-Based Costing (ABC)capabilities. Improve reconciliations and data flow between core CO, FI, and other R/3 modules.Understand how CO functionality evolves with R/3 Enterprise and mySAP ERP.

Track 4 Financial reporting with SAP BW and R/3Simplify the creation, maintenance, and customization of financial reports with new insights into R/3 andSAP BW. Deliver reports more quickly and easily to end users and financial analysts, and empower themto customize and drill down into specific details and documents. Tap into advanced lessons on how toutilize Report Painter, SAP Query, and other core R/3 reporting tools. Exploit prebuilt SAP BW content.Optimize your use of SAP BW’s core reporting tools, such as BEx and the Web Application Designer.Identify best practices for creating detailed reports and distributing them via the Web. Prepare your teamfor the upcoming SAP reporting features.

Education with

depth, breadth,

and high impact...

Attendees of SAP Financials 2006 who want to learn more about SAP HR solutions, please note that yourregistration allows you to attend any of the sessions offered at SAP HR 2006 at no additional cost. Choose from over100 SAP HR 2006 sessions across these 10 comprehensive tracks:

! HR strategy, benchmarks, and leadership! SAP Human Capital Management solution

overviews, updates, and product directions! HR reporting and analytics with R/3 and SAP BW ! Talent and relationship management! HCM Service Delivery:

SAP Enterprise Portal, MSS, and ESS

! Payroll, time management, and benefits ! Organizational management! Upgrades, implementations, system

consolidations, and global rollouts! Technology, tools, and data management! mySAP ERP corporate services:

SAP Travel Management and SAP ICM

For detailed information about the sessions offered at SAP HR 2006, visit www.saphr2006.com.


across 11 comprehensive tracks

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CPE credits are awarded in the fields of accounting and auditing, ethics, management, and taxation.Earn up to 30 intermediate CPE credits by attending the full conference plus two pre-conference jumpstarts.

Earn up to 30 CPE credits

Track 5 Business planning, analytics, and performance managementReview the full capabilities of SAP’s integrated Budgeting, Business Planning and Simulation (BPS),Management Cockpit, and Balanced Scorecard solutions. Identify implementation hurdles and methods ofovercoming them, as well as advanced uses of BPS among finance organizations. Develop, track, andanalyze key business and financial indicators utilizing powerful cockpits and drill-down solutions.

Track 6 Financial consolidations, transparency, and reducing time to closeFine-tune your consolidated reporting strategy to improve transparency and make the most out of SAPconsolidation tools, including EC-CS and BCS. Optimize the flow of financial data and ensure thatreconciliations and postings are automated in an efficient and error-free manner. Tap into tools and bestpractices to close your books faster.

Track 7 Optimizing global financial processes and operations — Rollout, currency, and tax issues

Learn how to address the issues that confront global financial landscapes. Learn the best ways to managemultiple currencies and support country-specific, tax, legal, and business considerations. Ensure you meetunique financial reporting and accounting guidelines that are specific to certain regions. Hear how othersstreamline the rollout and integration of financial systems across multiple countries.

Track 8 Upgrading your SAP financial infrastructure Prepare for the impact of an R/3 Enterprise or mySAP ERP upgrade on your financials infrastructure. Get testingstrategies to ensure proper operation of your financial processes. Draw valuable lessons from recent R/3Enterprise and mySAP ERP (ECC 5.0) upgrades. Learn how to implement and configure the new General Ledger.

Track 9 Financial supply chain: Billing, treasury, cash management, and credit management

Gain an in-depth understanding of SAP solutions for deductions management, credit management invoicing,dispute management, and collections. Utilize key SAP functionality to enhance cash management andachieve more detailed, accurate liquidity forecasting.

Track 10 Continuous improvement and long-term complianceGet updates and best practices for compliance, governance, segregation of duties, and changemanagement, and to utilize SAP solutions to lower the cost and overhead of ongoing complianceactivities. Understand how newer domestic and international regulations impact your compliance effort.Learn new ways to account for organizational changes (mergers, acquisitions, sell-offs). Exploit SAPfeatures and tools, such as Management of Internal Controls (MIC) and Audit Information System (AIS).

Track 11 Technology, infrastructure, and SAP NetWeaver Master key productivity tools that help you optimize resources, better manage data, and more effectivelymaintain and update your systems. Automate financial processes with effective use of workflow. Step throughbest practices for archiving and securing key financial data and transactions. Improve the way you use SAPEnterprise Portal (also known as SAP NetWeaver Portal) to access and present critical financial information.

... plus

networking

forums and

interactive peer

exchanges on

critical new

issues

SAP Financials 2006 Jumpstart Day offers you the opportunity to learn fundamental concepts.These sessions fortify your knowledge base and empower your organization to hit the groundrunning with SAP-based financial initiatives. Jumpstart Day gives you greater access to expertspeakers and your peers.

Jumpstart Day


Unparalleled

access to the

world’s top

experts on SAP

technology

SAP BW 101 — Everything you everwanted to know about how SAP BWsupports financial organizations butwere afraid to askTuesday, March 7, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

SAP BW is a powerful tool for reporting on bothR/3-based and non-SAP financial data. Learn howSAP BW (also known as SAP NetWeaver BusinessIntelligence) serves as the technical foundation forSAP planning and analytic solutions such asBusiness Planning and Simulation (BPS) andBusiness Consolidation System (BCS). Attend to:

! Learn how SAP BW complements (orreplaces) your current reporting solutions

! See what capabilities are available for analytics, display, reporting on SAP and non-SAP data, and Web reporting

! Know the roles finance and IT professionalsmust play in data extraction, data transfor-mation, data loading, data modeling, andoverall administration

! Examine what tools you can take advantageof to address your planning and budgetingneeds – out of the box

! Learn what prebuilt queries and contentfinance teams can take advantage of

! Understand how data is stored and struc-tured in SAP BW and what you need to doto meet your needs for both financialreporting and ad hoc queries and analysis

! Avoid the most common pitfalls of integrat-ing SAP BW, R/3, SAP Enterprise Portal(also known as SAP NetWeaver Portal),and other SAP components

FI/CO 101 — A beginners’ guide to SAP financial accounting, controlling,treasury, and cash managementfunctionality Tuesday, March 7, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

This special 3-hour tutorial provides acomprehensive guide to SAP financial accounting,controlling, treasury, and cash management. Attendthis unique session to:

! Learn what functionality is provided andhow your peers leverage and customize it tomeet their business needs

! Discover the organizational structuredesigns that make transaction processingand reporting easier and more efficient

! See how to best manage the account deter-mination process with standard configura-tion and SAP-delivered “User Exits”

! Get detailed instruction on controlling accountassignment logic and review SAP’s specifichard-coded determination procedures

! Learn what valuation means in an SAP finan-cials environment and how to manage inter-company and intra-company profitability

! Find out what the Reconciliation Ledger is and how it keeps the FI and CO modules inbalance

! Understand the differences between COobject types and object classes, and how toexploit these differences for reporting

! Get insight into reporting tables, structures,and capabilities.

! Take advantage of SAP-delivered reportingtools such as Drill-Down Reporting, ReportPainter, and more

Attendees of SAP Financials 2006 Jumpstart Day who also want to learn about fundamentalbuilding blocks of SAP’s HR solutions can attend any of the four jumpstart sessions offeredat SAP HR 2006 Jumpstart Day, which also takes place at The Venetian hotel on March 7.

Details about these sessions can be found at www.saphr2006.com

Tuesday, March 7


Prepare for the

impact of new

SAP solutions

A comprehensive introduction to mySAP ERP FinancialsTuesday, March 7, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Understand and prepare for the impact of mySAPERP and the expansive functionality it brings tofinance teams. Explore the most commonimplementation and upgrade questions, issues, andchallenges. Attend to:

! Navigate through the key components ofmySAP ERP, from “ECC” to the “ExtensionSets”

! Identify the new features that have thebiggest impact on your existing systemsand processes, including the new GeneralLedger (G/L)

! Examine the benefits, requirements, andtrade-offs of SAP’s Financial Supply ChainManagement (FSCM) solutions, includingCredit Management, Dispute Management,and Biller Direct

! Explore new planning and consolidation capa-bilities that are delivered with mySAP ERP

! Evaluate the benefits that SAP NetWeaver(the technology platform on which mySAPERP Financials runs) brings to a financialorganization

! Find out how early adopters of mySAP ERPare faring and learn from their successesand challenges

! Compare mySAP ERP to past releases andother upgrade alternatives, such as R/3Enterprise and mySAP Business Suite

Getting started with SAP BusinessPlanning and Simulation (BPS) andBusiness Consolidation System (BCS)Tuesday, March 7, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Gain a solid understanding of SAP BPS and BCS,and the ways in which these popular solutionsenable financial teams to define, execute, modify,analyze, and refine a wide variety of strategicmanagement processes. Attend to:

! Understand exactly how these solutions com-plement your current capabilities for manage-ment reporting, integrated budgeting/plan-ning, and business process simulation

! Harness BPS capabilities for improved opera-tional planning activities, including: financialplanning, sales planning, profitability planning,cost center planning, personnel cost planning,and investment planning

! Master the fundamentals of BCS’ multidi-mensional accounting functionality, the logicthat enables a fast close, the graphical con-trols that manage data collection, adjustmentof entries, allocations, and currency transla-tion, and the way results can be viewed viaformatted and drill-down reports

! Understand the unique architectural andoperating requirements of BPS and BCS

! Find out if and where a pilot project can generate its quickest wins

! Discover what comes standard and ready-to-run and your options for customizingBPS and BCS operation

! Examine what BPS capabilities can be utilized for planning balance sheets, incomestatements, and cash flow

! Know what industry-specific modeling, simulation, business planning, and consolidations come out of the box

With concurrent sessions in the morning and in the afternoon, you can mix and match topics.Join us for this special, pre-conference day and jumpstart your educational experience. YourJumpstart Day fee entitles you to attend any combination of sessions.

Sessions at SAP HR 2006 Jumpstart Day include:

! Interactive training workshop for HR managers: Change or be changed

! SAP NetWeaver and mySAP ERP HCM: What every HR team needs to know

! Leverage SAP Enterprise Portal for HR: Implementation, upgrades, and administration

! A comprehensive introduction to mySAP ERP HCM for new customers


Insights into

the trends that

are reshaping

financial

activities

an efficient collections management system as an alter-native to purchasing third-party tools.

Changing the face of SAP financials: A real-world overview anddemonstration of Mendocino in FIMendocino is the joint SAP/Microsoft initiative thatenables information workers to access SAP enterpriseprocesses from Microsoft Office. Understand how inter-gration between SAP and Microsoft Office works, whatthis means to employees and managers, and how it willrevolutionize your budget monitoring process. Discoverhow managers use Mendocino to stay on top of theirbudgets, to recognize when a project is running overbudget, and to take appropriate informed actions. Learnand experience how intuitive managers work with reports,share reports with their team, and initiate posting adjust-ments, budget transfers, and transfer requests, all fromthe familiar environment of Microsoft Office. Also under-stand how Mendocino helps you enforce businessprocess compliance and learn about future directions ofusing Mendocino in FI.

Leverage the Balanced Scorecard tomonitor the health of your enterprise The Balanced Scorecard enables managers at all levelsto monitor and track both tangible, quantitative key per-formance indicators (KPIs), and qualitative factors asso-ciated with enterprise performance. Learn how yourindustry counterparts construct and tailor a BalancedScorecard and enable the business leaders in theirenterprise to optimize specific performance areas suchas sales, human resources, operations, and financials.See how you can link employee performance tracking toHR org structures and pinpoint responsibility for key

Track 1

New trends and strategies forfinancial leadershipCould a new General Ledger reduceyour time to close and enhance datatransparency?Learn how the new General Ledger in mySAP ERP 2005supports reduced closing times and greater data trans-parency. Discover how you can replace time-consumingperiod-end processes with real-time activities. Drill intoenhanced support for reporting under multiple account-ing standards. Find out how to eliminate period-end rec-onciliation processes. In the area of consolidated finan-cial reporting, see how new functionality being deliveredwith mySAP ERP significantly enhances integration andautomation of the processing of transactional data andmaintenance of master data. Utilize this functionality toreduce group closing times. Discover how a new capabil-ity known as the “closing cockpit” ties the entire closeprocess together.

Case studyHow Nike ensures efficient and effectivecollections managementDiscover how Nike, Inc. uses SAP R/3 4.6C and SAP BWin more than 50 countries to manage its credit and collec-tions processes. See how it modified its SAP system todeal with the very high line-item volume in the footwearindustry. Find out how Nike applies both the traditionalcredit note approach and the “deduct and pay” approachfor its larger customers. Learn how Nike deals with manyusers’ challenges and requirements, such as having allrelevant data for an effective collections call on-screen,producing prioritized call lists, and ensuring the effective-ness of Sarbanes-Oxley controls. Gain insights into howNike leverages its SAP system for efficient managementreporting. Walk away from this session with a clear under-standing of how you can modify your SAP system to build

Mark WhiteChief Financial Officer SAP America, Inc.

Philip SayDirector of Solution Marketing

mySAP ERP FinancialsSAP Labs, LLC

Keynote speakers


results. Find out how you can easily integrate and com-municate new corporate strategies. Get tips to help youdetermine which KPIs your company should track withthe Balanced Scorecard vs. Management Cockpit, aswell as how to develop solid security strategies to pre-vent unauthorized access to key financial data. You’llcome away from the session with a detailed checklist ofhow to develop a Balanced Scorecard that satisfies yourenterprise reporting needs.

Case StudyAre you ready for China? Leverage R/3for compliance with statutoryrequirements associated with deployingfinancial systems in this regionPrepare for the intricacies and challenges of rolling outR/3-based financial systems to China. Ensure that yourR/3 systems are compliant with statutory financial transac-tion and reporting requirements. For example, did youknow that for all business enterprises in China, the startand end date of a fiscal year need to coincide with the cal-endar year? Are you aware that the official G/L accountnumber ranges are recommended by the government?Have you been informed that cost of sales accounting,rather than periodic accounting, is followed? Get a funda-mental education on the differences in accounting sys-tems, computerized accounting, tax, and audit systems.Strategically position your organization and R/3 system todeal with compliance requirements more effectively.Understand how you can use SAP’s out-of-the-box func-tionality to meet China’s specific requirements.

Enterprise Analytics: A new way todisplay financial information System users often need information that is not readilyavailable from the application in which they’re working.Find out how Enterprise Analytics present business userswith decision support information in a readily comprehen-sible format. Learn how analytics provide actionableinformation within the context of business processes, withseamless integration between analytic and transactionalsteps. Identify the value of SAP Analytics and its ease ofuse for non-traditional users. Leave this session knowinghow Enterprise Analytics can improve decision-supportactivities with limited involvement of IT. Examine key fea-tures such as personalization and prepare for key prereq-uisites and implementation challenges. Understand howto leverage your current reporting infrastructure to enableanalytics.

Trust your numbers and ensure ongoingcompliance with a solid controlsmonitoring and enforcement strategyThe CEO wants assurance. You want answers. Can youtrust your numbers? Have your internal controls pluggedall the holes? Will your external auditors attest to compli-ance? Explore new Sarbanes-Oxley landmines andrecent compliance and controls fumbles. Review strate-

gies and solutions for real-time verification of the effec-tiveness of your controls and to automate monitoringand enforcement of controls. Evaluate your built-in SAPtechnology options to quickly remove access andauthorization violations from your system, monitorprocess controls in real time, prevent new violations, andautomate your response to compliance and financialcontrol challenges in SAP ERP systems.

The new options for providing self-services to managers and end usersExplore in detail the prerequisites, challenges, and bene-fits of implementing work center and business packagesfor self-services. Delve into new personalization and role-based capabilities included with the latest self-servicebusiness packages. Discover how employees and man-agers use work centers to process requests andapprovals, eliminate cumbersome manual processes,and allow control and access to the data they need.Learn how this functionality can help you improve thedecision-making process and increase user productivity.Take home a guide that details which technical compo-nents are required for which business packages.

Case StudyHow and why The Schwan FoodCompany automates offline reportingand delivers executive dashboardsLearn how The Schwan Food Company utilizes BEx,Management Cockpit, Business Planning and Simulation(BPS), and SAP Enterprise Portal (also known as SAPNetWeaver Portal) to automate offline financial reportingand to deliver executive dashboards. Discover how thesetools work together to provide the flexible reports thatcontain both offline and non-SAP data. Learn how to cre-ate new InfoProviders in SAP BW to house non-SAP andoffline data. See how The Schwan Food Company utilizesa combination of true characteristics and navigationalattributes to enable reporting on revenue and expensesby sales, operational, and financial views. See examplesof how to create MultiProviders to allow BEx reportingacross SD, FI, MM, and externally-sourced InfoProviders.Walk away with best practices and see a demonstrationof financial reports delivered with Management Cockpitand BEx Web Applications.

Managing change while maintainingcomplianceHow you make changes to your SAP system can have asignificant impact on your level of ongoing documenta-tion and testing work for Sarbanes-Oxley. Walk throughseveral simple steps you can incorporate into your cur-rent change processes that significantly reduce ongoingcompliance costs. Learn the tips and tricks associatedwith baselining automated (and system-dependent) con-trols within SAP to reduce both internal and externalcosts. Integrate the elements of a strong change man-

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Benchmark your

financial

processes

against those

being run by

your industry

counterparts


Scale your

financial

processes and

keep them

aligned with

evolving

business

activities

Track 1 continuedagement process within your current SAP supportprocess, and understand how to build a robust emer-gency change process. Examine the attributes and evi-dence required to get through an audit successfully, andwalk through an example of how to handle a specificchange from initial request through ultimate transport intoSAP production.

Plan an SAP BW implementation thatmeets your financial reporting needsLearn what it takes to accomplish a successful SAP BWimplementation for your financial organization. Get real-world tips and lessons learned to scope your project,estimate your implementation time, define an implemen-tation roadmap, build the right project team, and go liveseamlessly. Accurately define the timeline for the phasesof your SAP BW system’s development life cycle, includ-ing requirements gathering, design, build, unit test, sys-tem test, and deployment. Ensure your project estimateis on target for all phases of the implementation, and dis-cover why “just implementing standard business con-tent” may not be enough. Master the basics behind anSAP BW implementation team structure, and followguidelines for assigning tasks to your project team,including critical roles, responsibilities, and objectives.

Managing project portfolios with SAP’sInvestment Management moduleMore and more companies use a project portfolio per-spective to align corporate goals and allocate scarcefunds. Gain a deep understanding of this model, whichviews a portfolio as a group of projects, programs, andother work managed collectively to meet a strategicobjective. Arm your executives with the knowledge tomake real-time adjustments where and when necessary.Walk through a step-by-step process for managing proj-ect portfolios using SAP’s Investment Management (IM)module. Explore the common mistakes and little-knownsecrets surrounding the use of this core R/3 module.Demystify your options to systematically control commit-ments and spending at the individual level, and acrossgroups of projects. Learn to avoid the most common pit-falls companies face when creating project portfolios.Discover the importance of year-end settings when rec-onciling your bottom-up projects and top-down manage-ment budgets. Don’t get burned by an SAP transactionthat can render your portfolio reports useless. Take homemultiple techniques to control portfolio and project budg-ets and take home a how-to guide that walks you throughIM’s most important report.

Unleash the value of Manager Self-Service (MSS) Empower managers to run their departments more effi-ciently, effectively, and proactively with SAP ManagerSelf-Service (MSS). Learn how MSS centralizes control-ling and HR in one portal view, making information avail-able to managers in a single place, in real time. Authorizeyour managers to execute human capital and financemanagement strategies for budgeting, recruitment, com-pensation, and cost management. Automate tediouspaper-based processes, such as requests for masterdata changes or performance appraisals. Facilitateaccess to key HR and financial backend systems andmake pertinent information available to managersthroughout the enterprise. Delve into key MSS featuresand functions for managers and roles such as myBudgetand Business Unit Analyst. Uncover key prerequisitesand discover the best way to get started with MSS.

How to improve financial reporting andanalysis with SAP BWSee how R/3’s Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling(CO) modules interact with SAP BW. Navigate throughyour options for reporting on FI and CO data in SAP BW,and receive guidelines to optimize SAP BW reportingactivities that support specific financial objectives.Explore the analytic and decision-support functions thatare available to finance organizations with SAP BW.Know the data sources, such as Profitability Analysis,Profit Center Accounting, G/L, Special Purpose Ledger,and Enterprise Controlling Consolidations, that feed SAPBW. Determine which of these sources your reportsneed, and get expert recommendations to ensure thatdata flows smoothly and on time. Get proven methodolo-gies for summarizing financial data to improve reportingperformance and maintain a tightly integrated audit trailto the original source documents.


Streamline electronic payments with theAutomated Clearing House (ACH)functionality within Accounts PayableLearn how the ACH functionality in SAP can offer you acost-efficient and fast way to execute electronic payments.Get a 360-degree view of the different ACH payment types.Learn the customization steps required to execute ACHpayments properly. Explore different configuration optionsavailable within the Payment Medium Workbench. Find outhow to adjust the standard-delivered file layout to conformto your bank’s requirements. Walk through the differentACH file issuance and transmission options from a busi-ness prospective. Take home a project customizationguide and User Exit examples for ACH payments.

Tips and tricks to make the most of theSpecial Purpose General Ledger Learn how to develop personalized database tables andleverage the flexibility of FI-SL to gather, consolidate, andreport on data from all other SAP modules and externalsources. Utilize FI-SL to view different fiscal year variants,company codes, and activity assignments. Use reportingtools with which you are already familiar, such as ReportPainter, Drill-Down Reporting, and SAP Query to tap intothe power of FI-SL. This session profiles the functionalityand operation of FI-SL and teaches you how to make themost of its reporting capabilities. Discover when it makessense to use FI-SL over custom solutions, or when youneed to make system modifications. See how you canbetter utilize User Exits in FI-SL to deliver better financialreporting for your organization. Explore advanced FI-SLfunctionality such as document splitting that can help yousolve complex organizational reporting issues.

Faster, better, easier asset capitalizationCapitalizing on assets accurately and efficiently is manda-tory, but sometimes difficult. Whether the asset is a singlelaptop computer purchased on an invoice or an offshoreoil platform constructed using hundreds of contracts, youcan leverage a multitude of capitalization methods to getthe most from your assets. Navigate through your optionsand select the approach that is best for your company –be it a G/L, asset-centric, or project-centric method. Takehome a detailed chart that helps you select the best cap-italization method and SAP configuration for your compa-ny while maximizing your organization’s capitalization effi-

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Financial accounting (FI): Best practices, updates, andadvanced tips and tricksBest practices to automate invoicecreation within SAP Accounts PayableLeverage automatic invoice creation features to improveyour Accounts Payable (A/P) business processes. Drilldown into the automation options available to you,including Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) and invoic-ing plans. Avoid implementation pitfalls for ERS. Takehome invoicing plans and a step-by-step implementationguide for ERS. Delve into the master data setup requiredfor ERS and Invoicing plans and learn how to executeautomatic payment creation. Discover undocumentedways to enhance the standard A/P functions availablewith User Exits.

Navigate your SAP financial ledgeroptions and choose the best ledger forthe task at handWith more than a dozen options available in SAP forfinancial ledgers, finding the best solution to meet yourneeds can be challenging. Get proven techniques forselecting and using the fastest and most effective ledgersolution for your company. Discover which ledgers canbe used most effectively to store financial data andenable reporting. Understand what each ledger is, itsbenefits and drawbacks, and how to evaluate andchoose the best option for your company. Find out whichtools can be used for consolidation and which can beused for business segment reporting. Take home a matrixwith complete detail on each ledger, its functionality, andhow it works best. If you have not implemented SAP BWor have no plans to do so, discover how this impacts yourledger options.

Advanced techniques to optimize SAP R/3 lockbox performance andaccelerate cash receiptsDiscover ways to effectively use SAP R/3’s powerful lock-box to accelerate cash receipts. Maximize lockbox func-tionality to reduce internal costs and errors in cash collec-tions. Learn multiple ways to optimize SAP lockbox pro-cessing performance and to enhance its reporting capa-bilities. Navigate through the BAI/BAI2 codes that syn-chronize R/3 with your bank. Get comprehensive guid-ance on lockbox basics and explore its numerousenhancements. Take away undocumented tips for opti-mizing and enhancing R/3 lockbox performance as wellas a checklist for lockbox configuration.


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How to leverage SAP Business Workflowand imaging to optimize the efficiencyof accounts payable processes Maximize the efficiency of your accounts payableprocesses using SAP Business Workflow and imaging toautomate the complete life cycle of an incoming invoice.Learn new ways to streamline how an A/P departmentinteracts with purchasing, receiving, and approval. Gainvaluable insights into how SAP Business Workflow anddocument management ties into your mySAP ERP sys-tem. Master the concept of ArchiveLink and various SAPimaging options. Evaluate the benefits and limitations ofoptical character recognition (OCR) and intelligent char-acter recognition (ICR) in accounts payable. Walkthrough a best-practice accounts payable process andexplore the benefits of automated invoice processing.Assess the potential for improving the ways you now con-trol, monitor, and analyze your A/P business processesand determine whether or not you could eliminate bottle-necks, improve exception handling of incoming invoices,or automate the approval and posting of invoices. Walkaway with a comprehensive understanding of how imag-ing works in SAP. Learn how imaging and SAP BusinessWorkflow tie into A/P, and how to implement a best prac-tice business process.

Avoid 9 critical mistakes in Asset Accounting Asset Accounting rarely gets the same degree of atten-tion during projects as other SAP modules, and so iscommonly misimplemented. As a result, numerous mis-takes are made and configuration inconsistencies result.Discover the top 9 configuration-based problems thatcustomers face when setting up Asset Accounting.Examine common mistakes covering depreciation calcu-lation, currencies, reporting, master data maintenance,and the recalculation of asset values to ensure that theyare up to date. Pinpoint workarounds and solutions forthese costly mistakes so you can avoid poor reporting,lack of acceptance, and a barrage of OSS messages.Get detailed tips and tricks to solve these problems andtake advantage of underutilized functionality.

What every finance team now needs toknow about FI and MM integrationPut an end to the perennial battle between FI and MMfunctional analysts over who is responsible for FI/MMintegration configuration. Empower your FI team and takecontrol of the critical configuration and integration pointsbetween these areas to ensure clean postings in FI-G/L.

Discover what fields drive the FI postings made by MMtransactions and learn about key tables in this configura-tion. Delve into the three key sources of material move-ment postings that affect FI-G/L: deliveries, goodsreceipts, and plant material movements. Find out how FIand MM can get out of sync, how to detect potentialproblems, and how to get the modules back on trackwhen problems occur. Take home useful lists ofresources to help you deal with integration problems,including sources of SAP documentation, key SAPreports, and supplementary magazine articles.

Case studyHarness the Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL) for enhanced reporting andanalytic activitiesSeparate fact from fiction and develop an accurate pic-ture of what FI-SL is, and what it is not. Learn how theSpecial Purpose Ledger can help you enhance currentreporting or analysis activities. Discover how FI-SL inte-grates with R/3’s Report Writer/Painter solution. Learn touse this combination of tools with validations, substitu-tions, and sets to create a highly effective reporting envi-ronment in R/3 or as a staging ledger for SAP BW. Walkthrough a detailed case study of how one multibillion-dollar company uses FI-SL for its most critical cost andvariance analysis tasks. Experienced FI-SL users willbenefit from advanced tips and tricks. Leave this sessionwith a clear understanding of how FI-SL integrates withthe FI/CO modules, the strengths and limitations of FI-SL, decision points to guide you on when and how touse FI-SL for the reporting requirement at hand, and alist of the main steps to implement FI-SL. Take home adecision matrix that shows how FI-SL capabilities com-pare to the capabilities of other modules, including CO-PA, BCS, EC-CS, and SAP BW.

Keep project costs under control: How to accurately report capital andexpense expendituresMany companies view their businesses as portfolios ofprojects. When these projects combine expense andcapital spending, it’s often difficult to track and report onexpenditures accurately while meeting key organizationaland regulatory requirements. Learn how to use SAP’sProject System and Investment Management modules toovercome these challenges. Discover a common frame-work for structuring your future hybrid projects to balancethe reporting requirements of multiple stakeholders.Learn how to build the ideal work breakdown structure(WBS) and why this helps you track expenses and keyfinancial indicators more accurately. Determine whichSAP reports need to be built for project managers vs.accountants. Avoid the one process that can render stan-dard SAP project reports useless. Take home a clearunderstanding of which phase in a project, if mishandled,could result in misleading expense and capital budgets,and even criminal charges for your company!


Do’s and don’ts for smoothly integratingSD and FISD-FI reconciliation problems often arise because ofconfusion about whether the primary responsibility for thereconciliation belongs with the sales team or the financeteam. A customer invoice is really two documents: an SDinvoice and an FI invoice. Find out how both teams cantake steps to prevent and overcome reconciliation issues.Delve into the impact that key SD documents, includingcontracts, sales orders, deliveries, and invoices, have onFI. Get step-by-step instruction for how to determine andconfigure revenue accounts using fields from salesorders, material masters, or customer masters. Stepthrough do’s and don’ts for using billing document copycontrol to ensure that the right information is transferredfrom sales orders or delivery documents to the invoicesgenerated by FI. Identify and avoid common mistakesthat SD teams can make in the creation of billing docu-ments that will have a negative impact on FI and compro-mise the integrity of the revenue stream.

Create more accurate depreciationforecasts for fixed assetsConstruct more accurate depreciation forecasts for exist-ing assets, pending capital projects, or even just appro-priation requests. Identify several different ways to pro-duce a variety of forecast reports including annual, quar-terly, or even monthly depreciation. Take home tips toinclude pending and future capital spending in your fore-casts. Learn how to export SAP’s forecasts into otheroffice applications for post-processing such as MicrosoftExcel or Access. Walk away with a deeper knowledge ofwhat tools you need to use in order to produce disparatedepreciation forecasts.

Get your money faster by properlyimplementing and testing lockboxfunctionalityTired of it taking three to five days to process a payment?Leverage SAP’s lockbox functionality to process pay-ments more quickly and increase cash flow. Identify thebenefits of lockbox, not only as a tool to streamline theflow of payments, but also as a way to better automatekey tasks. Tackle common implementation decisions andissues, including the differences between the BAI andBAI2 file formats. Find out why and how you may have totailor your implementation method and approachesbased on file formats and the selected file transfer method– flat file vs. IDOC – and learn the pros and cons of each.Walk through the basic lockbox setup in SAP and learnwhy a lot of configuration is not required, but testing isessential. Discover undocumented tips and tricks for cre-ating a smooth and error-free testing process. Walk awaywith sample BAI and BAI2 flat file layouts and checklistsfor key SAP configuration steps that will assist in makingyour lockbox implementation a success.

Answers to the toughest and mostfrequently asked questions on SAP credit card and payment cardintegrationThe business logic for managing payment card transac-tions resides in SAP, but middleware and processor inte-gration runs far more smoothly for those who answer afew logical questions before undertaking an integrationproject. Get detailed responses to key planning ques-tions, such as: What is the best starting point for imple-menting payment card integration? Who should beinvolved in the process? How should multiple currenciesbe handled? Where is the best location to install the nec-essary middleware within a global SAP enterprise?Create a customized payment card integration checklistand hear valuable answers from the trenches on howbest to complete the tasks on the list. Identify how com-munication methods with your clearinghouses will varybased on the processor and platform chosen. Walk awaywith tips for how to adequately plan, navigate your inte-gration and middleware options, and reduce costs byconsolidating your clearinghouses intelligently.

Understand and fully utilize tables in SAP For those new to SAP, and even for those who considerthemselves experts, SAP tables can be enigmatic.Expand your knowledge of tables in SAP and what youcan do with them, including transactions you can use tocustomize and analyze specific tables. Get a multitude ofproven tips related to transactions SE16, SE11, andSM30, and learn the best ways to take advantage of tablereporting and the QuickViewer functionality. Walk awayfrom this session with a comprehensive understanding ofessential FI tables and the toolsets you’ll use to deal withthem. Learn how the new G/L affects your use of tablesand discover transactions you can use to explore tablecontents and to customize table settings.

Beyond the basics – explore the powerof User Exits to enhance AccountsPayable (A/P) functionalityLearn the difference between the types of SAP enhance-ment approaches available – User Exits, business trans-action events (BTEs), and Business Add-Ins (BAdIs).Reduce data entry efforts by utilizing default field valuesfor master and transactional data. Understand availablevalidation enhancements for master data and transac-tional data including invoice entry and logistic invoice ver-ification. Examine the User Exits available in the paymentprogram that enable you to default bank data or excludeitems during the proposal run. Take home an overview ofAccounts Payable User Exits and coding examples avail-able in R/3 Enterprise as well as in mySAP ERP. Learnhow to search for User Exits effectively and gather do’sand don’ts for leveraging them to build on existing func-tionality in Accounts Payable.


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Review multiple ways to handle assettransfers and value changes Learn new ways to manage differing parallel values of asingle asset with respect to various business events,such as asset appraisals, revaluations, partial retire-ments, and transfers. Avoid common reporting problemsand avoid the numerous adjustments to entries requiredto fix the values. Discuss in detail several solutions to thiscommon situation; get a step-by-step overview of SAP’snew program RAAUFW02 (revaluation and new valuationof assets). View actual screen prints and accountingentries associated with this new program. Learn how toproperly account for inter-company transfers — the mostconfusing asset value transaction for users. Walk throughthe correct accounting treatment process, identify com-mon configuration mistakes, and assess the optimal pathfor your organization.

Get more from SAP Evaluated ReceiptSettlement: Generate a more accuratepicture of sales and use tax liabilitiesDiscover new ways to leverage SAP’s Evaluated ReceiptSettlement (ERS) functionality to control costs and ensurethat you pay only the sales or use tax your companyshould. Free up your staff for other tasks and eliminatehuman error in sales tax liability determination by leverag-ing the automated process between SAP and the tax cal-culation engine. Gather tips on how to reduce your costsand time spent on tax transactions and issues. Getinsights on how to assess and maintain your financial con-trols for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Drill into valuabledetail on how an ERS system operates, and uncover hid-den tricks and issues to watch out for as you implementan ERS system. Understand the best ways to include ven-dors into the system and learn why the long-term savingsoutweigh the initial costs.


close process. Navigate through your reporting optionsand get a high-level understanding of how to configureactual costing. Receive essential tips on how to manageyour period-end processing once you have activatedactual costing.

Tips and tricks to optimize ProfitabilityAnalysis (CO-PA) reporting performance CO-PA’s strength in gathering data from various modules—Sales & Distribution (SD), Service Management (SM),FI, CO, and PCA—can also lead to its biggest weakness:degraded performance. Get techniques and tips to avoidperformance degradation that can limit the effectivenessof reporting and keep database growth in check. Explorespecific performance improvement tools and approach-es to overcome or avoid CO-PA reporting performancedegradation. Explore new ways to handle summarizationdata, frozen data, and report splitting. Determine whichperformance optimization tools are right for your compa-ny. Use summarization levels to boost your runtimes andoverall CO-PA reporting performance. Walk away with anupdate and maintenance strategy to maximize summa-rization levels and tips for defining them.

Case StudyImplementing Project System (PS) resultsanalysis and settlement at SiemensSPT&DGet lessons and insights from how Siemens SPT&D setup SAP to handle its percentage-of-completion, complet-ed contract, time and material, and straight-line accrualprojects. Gain a solid understanding of Project System’s(PS’s) results analysis functionality. Learn how PS resultsanalysis recognizes revenue and cost of goods sold.Understand what drives the calculation of work inprocess, cost in excess, loss contract reserve, andreserves for unrealized costs. Prepare for the additionalconfiguration options available in expert mode comparedto the simplified customizing. Learn the pros and cons ofSAP’s standard information system reports. Developcomprehensive project result reports that better fit yourneeds with Report Painter and Drill-Down Reporting.Master the interfaces to G/L accounting and ProfitabilityAnalysis (CO-PA). See how your project structure influ-ences your results analysis calculation and reporting.Take home a list of tips, tricks, and lessons learned fromPS results analysis at Siemens SPT&D.

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Managerial accounting and controlling (CO): Best practices,updates, and advanced tips and tricks

Analyze usage variance and purchaseprice variance to monitor and controlproduction costsEffectively leverage the CO module to capture and trackproduction metrics, from the top plant level all the waydown into individual production orders. View an onlinedemo and garner tips to configure the CO module andapply key settings of the material master. Identify keyconfiguration components and receive detailed recom-mendations to organize data in SAP. Exploit the data forproduction performance monitoring. Learn how to extractdata out of SAP to perform flexible analysis in any OLAP(Online Analytical Processing) tool. Take home a list ofspecific tables and fields explaining how SAP stores thiscritical production data in CO.

Keys to a hassle-free Material LedgerconversionUnderstand the key steps in turning on Material Ledger inan already productive SAP environment. Learn how todetect and correct Materials Management (MM) and FI-G/L errors that must be corrected before a successfulconversion. Discover issues involved in converting a largevolume of material master, production order, and pur-chase order data. Learn about conversion approachesthat minimize your system downtime and spread the con-version load across your available system resources.Identify key table indexes that can help optimize conver-sion performance. See examples of how to use theLegacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) to assistwith the conversion. Take home a list of key SAP notes onconversion, along with recommendations for how to effec-tively use them.

What every financial team needs toknow about how to configure andimplement actual costing in SAP Understand what actual costing means in an SAP con-text, its limitations, and how it differs from product cost-ing. Get a clear explanation of configuration steps,dynamic price changes, and requirements for activatingactual costing functionality in SAP. Examine the specificFI/Materials Management (MM) account assignmentsrequired to make this feature work. Walk through lessonslearned and examples of actual costing postings that aremade to your G/L for price variance as well as inventorypostings. See what accounting entries are generated dur-ing the month and how they will impact your period-end (Track 3 continued on next page)

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Optimize the key integration pointsbetween SD and COGet tips and insights to understand and optimize theinterface between SD and CO, a key touchpoint betweenlogistics and accounting. Discover new ways to fullyleverage the available customizing options. Learn howparallel manufacturing processes such as make-to-stockand make-to-order should be set-up in Cost ObjectControlling (CO-PC). Discover significant differences inhow revenues and costs flow through FI, CO-PC, andProfitability Analysis (CO-PA) and what you need to do asa result. Find answers to critical questions: When shoulda sales document be a cost object? How is customerspecific stock valued? How should the G/L accounts beset up and when do I need a cost element? Take homekey configuration tips, process descriptions, and a list ofrelated SAP notes.

Undocumented tips to unleash the fullproject management, budgeting, andreporting functionality offered in COinternal ordersTake advantage of underutilized cost and revenue track-ing capabilities and reporting and analysis functionalitiesthat can help you track project expenses and preparebudgets more easily. Understand what features and func-tionalities comprise internal orders, and how and when touse them. Get configuration tips for enhancing controland usability of internal orders. Discover when to use sta-tistical orders instead of real orders. Delve into CO orderbudgeting to integrate internal orders into your CO budg-eting process. Get valuable guidelines for costcenter/internal order planning, and learn how you canwield its power for reporting and analysis. Receive tips onhow Report Painter can fill the gaps in your financialreporting infrastructure, and find out how to optimizeorder and summarization hierarchies. Discover the nec-essary steps to control costs with order control and mod-ule integration using commitment management. Profitfrom the experience of companies that have integratedinternal orders into their business processes.

Advanced cost assignment methods inSAP: How to utilize the target=actualmethodLearn how to significantly increase the accuracy withwhich your CO system assigns costs by using the tar-get=actual (KNMA) transaction. Get guidelines and rec-ommendations to set up, configure, and execute tasks inthe system. Discover how to reduce data uploads andpost actual cost information with minimal effort. Shortenmonth-end processes drastically and eliminate inaccu-rate and irrelevant cost assignments. Dynamically adaptthe way actual costs are assigned and posted withoutany user intervention, reducing data collection effort and

costs. Walk through the essential steps required to set upthe target=actual method.

Turn your CO production variance datainto actionable informationGet detailed advice on how to develop an integrated costmodel and how to choose the right method of overheadapplication. Examine the numerous R/3 reporting tools thatanalyze production variance data, and learn how to choosethe right one for your application. Take advantage of les-sons learned by your peers who redesigned their costingsystems to deliver accurate and relevant information. Turnyour R/3 decision support system into a competitive advan-tage. Take home a list of source tables for production vari-ance information to assist with SAP BW reporting andextraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities.

How to apply cost-to-serve in the SAPcontrolling moduleRecognize how cost-to-serve principles are applied andimplemented in SAP. Delve into detailed discussions ofthe conceptual design, implementation, and configura-tion of the model. Find out your organization’s chal-lenges, such as learning to think as an internal serviceprovider. Identify how you can use cost-to-serve informa-tion to ensure that operational activities match strategicgoals. Manage overall operational resources and capac-ity effectively. Take home a step-by-step guide on how totransform the functions in your organization into consid-erations for establishing quantity- and resource-basedconsumption relationships. Understand the major phas-es of a cost-to-serve implementation and see examplesof the kinds of analysis and decisions that are facilitatedwith cost-to-serve. Walk through a detailed demonstra-tion that illustrates the use of data objects and transac-tions to calculate the cost-to-serve.

Case StudyMaterial Ledger case study: Make yourglobal inventory accounting systemFASB52-compliant Discover how the Material Ledger’s parallel currencycapability helps a multinational company keep track ofinventory globally in historical USD standard costs. Gaininsights into two unique options to set up an inventoryaccounting system that is compliant with FASB52: oneapproach that utilizes Material Ledger and one thatdoesn’t. Walk through key configuration settings forMaterial Ledger. Hear a unique perspective on how toleverage Material Ledger in an R/3-installed base withless-than-optimal settings. Take home a clear under-standing of the Material Ledger’s parallel currenciescapability, lessons learned from a typical Material Ledgerimplementation, and tips on how to keep currencies inFI/MM and Material Ledger in sync.


Unlock the benefits of ResourceConsumption Accounting (RCA)Discover what RCA provides financial managers andanalysts that other management accounting approachesdo not. See how RCA information was used in a numberof recent cases to make better decisions. Learn how RCAinformation combined with lean manufacturing principlescan help you improve operations. Examine RCA’s uniqueapproach to analyzing key decision cost concepts suchas avoidable and unavoidable costs. Explore the notionof attributable costs and why they are key to investmentdecisions. Learn the best ways to extract RCA informa-tion from SAP R/3. Identify critical implementation consid-erations such as the need for sound conceptual designof the cost model. Navigate through typical RCA imple-mentation options in SAP, and receive additional pointersfor model maintenance once your RCA model is up andrunning.

Case StudyHow Siemens SPT&D used ProjectSystem (PS) to maximize incoming orderfunctionality Utilize Project System (PS) functionality to produce theorder book and backlog values needed to create finan-cial statements. Dramatically reduce time to close byintegrating calculation and reporting within SAP. Learnfirst hand how the calculation works, where the data forthe calculation is coming from, and how results arestored for use later in reporting. Efficiently pass orderbook and backlog values into Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). Sidestep errors in SAP’s settlement functionality thatwill throw your CO-PA values out of balance. Gain an in-depth understanding of where and how the data isstored. Learn which tools are available to report orderbook and backlog values by project, profit center, andmarket-oriented characteristics, such as customer andregion. Take home a chart of lessons learned duringrecent implementations.

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Tips and tools to format and print yourSAP BW reports Explore and fully understand the requirements, benefits,and tradeoffs associated with the assortment of SAP BWtools and third-party tools available. Delve into formattingand printing capabilities, and the limitations of the SAPBW Business Explorer (BEx), Web Application Designer,Crystal Reports, and additional third-party tools. Examinekey criteria to help you determine which tool — or com-bination of tools — best meets your report formatting andprinting needs. Prepare for key challenges and require-ments when formatting numerical vs. graphical reports.Walk through demonstrations of how to add margins,column titles, headings, page breaks, sub-totals, andpage numbers to your reports. Take home a detailedmatrix to help you decide when to use each reportingtool. Get examples of formatted reports that wereachieved with different tools, and detailed documenta-tion on JavaScript and Visual Basic best practices to cre-ate and format better SAP BW reports.

Undocumented tips and tricks forfinancial power users to get the mostout of ad hoc queriesReceive a wealth of practical advice for how to fully lever-age the power of SAP BW ad hoc query functionality.Gain insights into how to train and trust your power usersand still maintain tight control over security and systemperformance. Understand how ad hoc queries differ frompredesigned certified queries in terms of informationaccess and SAP BW system performance. Get tips forhelping your users to avoid the three main causes ofpoor ad hoc query performance. Determine when itmakes sense to use calculated key figures vs. formulasin ad hoc queries. Discover when it is and is not advis-able to run ad hoc queries over the Web, depending onyour current version of SAP BW. Develop clear guidelinesand rules of thumb to prevent end users from designingmonster, performance-busting ad hoc queries. Properlyleverage structures and hierarchies to optimize ad hocquery performance

Beyond the documentation: Everythingyou need to know about Report Painter Learn everything you wanted to know about ReportPainter as you continue to use this R/3 reporting staple.Build reports that incorporate foreign currency transla-

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Financial reporting with SAP BW and R/3Step-by-step configuration tips forconstructing SAP BW financial reportsGet a unique perspective on a step-by-step configura-tion process for constructing a SAP BW financial report.Review demos on how to build detailed reports(actual/plan/trend) that include financial ratios. Learnhow to create complex reports, better interpret reportingdata, and ensure appropriate authorizations. Master theuse of cells, structures, and formatting options availablein the Query Designer. Know the requirements and limi-tations for integrating reports into the BEx WebApplication Designer to unleash even more custom andformatting options. Take home additional tips and tricksfor adding styles and query views to Web reports and forsetting up authorizations to secure critical data.

Understand and implement SAP Query:An A-Z guideBolster your knowledge of SAP Query. Get a detailedoverview of SAP Query’s key capabilities. Receiveundocumented tips and tricks for creating and maintain-ing SAP Query. Take home checklists for setting up keycomponents of SAP Query, examples of how to create aquery, and tools to assist you in choosing the appropri-ate time to use SAP Query. Understand how and whySAP Query can be your best option if you’re looking for aquick and easy financial reporting tool that comes withR/3. Discover the benefits of using its advanced function-ality such as logical databases and report layout variants.Walk through a decision tree for picking the right way touse SAP Query, as well as examples of how to set upSAP Query, including advance lessons on how to incor-porate extra fields within an InfoSet.

Implement and optimize BEx to improveyour current financial reporting Whether your SAP BW project is in the first phase ofimplementation or its fifth iteration, learn how to effec-tively use BEx to enhance SAP’s reporting capability.Learn how to implement BEx via the Web and preparefor both the benefits and shortcomings of BEx’s Webreporting capabilities. Walk though the features thatallow you to provide the most flexibility, including book-marking, low-maintenance hierarchy restrictions, utiliza-tion of global structures, and user-friendly variables.Avoid design mistakes that lead to bad first impressionsand can ultimately result in end-user resistance to BEx,particularly when it comes to financial reports. Definebest practices for BEx query design focusing on end-user usability, including naming standards, default query


Delve into a real-world case study on how to use calcu-lated key figures to determine the extended value of amaterial based on its current value today. Build, execute,and link complex calculations so that your reports gener-ate more detailed analysis and results. Discover if, when,and how to use virtual characteristics and key figures(ABAP required) vs. calculated or restricted key figure –and understand the performance implications of yourdecision. Get specific steps and tips for how to utilizepowerful tools and features to create more dynamic andflexible reports in your own organization

Distributing financial reports with SAPInformation Broadcaster: Do’s, don’ts,and real-world lessonsDrill down into the features and functions of the SAPInformation Broadcaster and determine if and how eachfeature could enhance your SAP BW reporting environ-ment. Get step-by-step instruction and demos, infusedwith real-world advice, for how to set up and operate theSAP Information Broadcaster. Identify and prepare forhardware and software prerequisites that may changedepending upon how you choose to publish and distrib-ute reports (Hint: PDF reports will require a separate PDFengine). Understand the key differences between usingSAP Information Broadcaster to publish and distributereports via your in-house email system vs. the SAPEnterprise Portal. Avoid security gotchas and apply con-trols and built-in support for SSL and HTTPS to ensurethat unauthorized parties do not gain access to broad-casted reports. Get sample code to help you bypassdomain conflicts that can arise when you call reportsfrom SAP BW into SAP Enterprise Portal. Step throughspecial considerations and challenges associated withpublishing SAP BW reports in a third-party portal.

SAP BW: New insights and updatesevery financial manager needs to knowOptimize new SAP BW 3.5 reporting and analytic capa-bilities, including Information Broadcaster, SAP BW-BPS,real-time updates from mySAP CRM, Analysis ProcessDesigner (APD), and data mining. Get a glimpse intoupcoming capabilities, including real-time data updatesfrom R/3 and Visual Composer. Understand how thesecapabilities affect your existing SAP BW reporting envi-ronment. See how the new report wizard reduces yourdependency on Excel macros, lookups, coding, andmaybe even Crystal Reports! Leverage APD data miningcapabilities to create data mining models according toyour company’s unique requirements so that analystsand managers can better predict trends and answer keybusiness questions. Find out how Visual Composereases integration between SAP BW and SAP EnterprisePortal by allowing you to bring data from multiple sys-tems into the portal and view it in the same page or iView.

tions without creating two separate reports. Discover howto use summarization objects and unique groups ofreporting orders. Gain greater proficiency working withvariable types and User Exits. Get tips on layout controland discover how to improve the look and feel of yourreport on screen. Take home an actual CO-to-FI reconcil-iation report and understand how it affects ProfitabilityAnalysis (CO-PA). Walk through real-world examples ofcompanies that integrated Report Painter into their busi-ness intelligence strategy.

Beyond the basics – Advancedtechniques to get more from BEx forfinancial teamsThe SAP Business Explorer (BEx) Query Designer andAnalyzer are staples of SAP BW reporting environments.Advance your understanding of these technologies andtap into undocumented BEx capabilities to improve thecaliber of the financial reports you create. Discover howto create offsets with variables to automatically performcalculations. Learn how to override existing cell format-ting with text variables. Delve into the 12 steps to set upand optimize BEx Query Designer. Apply undocumentedtips and tricks for creating structures against columnsets, key figures, and rows. Find out how to incorporatedynamic data ranges into your reporting calculations. Getthe most from calculated and restricted key figures. Geta handle on how and to what extent you can – and can-not – incorporate Microsoft Excel® formatting and func-tionalities into your SAP BW reports with BEx. Take homea demo of BEx functionality and BEx articles from BWExpert newsletter

Cheap and fast financial reporting withSAP QuickViewerDiscover how SAP QuickViewer, available since R/3release 4.6, enables flexible analysis of linked tables andlogical databases. Examine the varied uses of this tooland the ways in which queries can be transformed inABAP reports. Save up to 60 percent in development costand time compared to other SAP reporting approaches.Walk through real-life examples of how to create reportsusing QuickViewer and learn why this process is muchfaster than traditional development. Learn whyQuickViewer does not require specialized developmentskills, only a good functional understanding of your areaof work. Take home screen shots that empower you touse this tool without external assistance.

Advanced lessons for delivering flexible,dynamic financial reports and complexcalculationsSee how advanced techniques enable you to go beyondstandard SAP BW reporting capabilities and extractgreater value from your SAP BW system. Properly cus-tomize and define different types of variables – such asreplacement and customer exit – and calculations toincrease the flexibility and power of your SAP BW reports. (Track 4 continued on next page)

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Overcome sales reporting challenges: No customization required!Discover how the SAP Sales Information System (SIS)provides you with robust reporting capabilities and ismore cost-effective for some reporting needs than SAPBW. Leverage SIS to activate your custom informationstructure to get monthly sales order details. Populate andupdate your info structure with sales details, such asorders, shipments, and invoices. Save time and moneyby utilizing SIS to limit the development of custom ABAPprograms often used to determine monthly sales book-ings values. Know the role SIS plays within LIS and user-defined info structures, and discover what that means toyour reporting strategy. Examine the differences betweenSIS and SAP BW. Take home step-by-step instructions toconfigure your own SIS to determine sales booking withorder number details.

The advanced SAP BW techniques thatcan expand your financial reportingcapabilities You have basic financial data in SAP BW; now what canyou do with it? Unlock the full potential of SAP BW withinsights on how to perform extensive analysis, makeselected reports and activities accessible over the Web,link your financial reports to your logistic reports, and cre-ate executive or external quality reports and presenta-tions. Walk through concrete and real-world examplesthat illustrate some of SAP BW’s advanced capabilities.Identify data modeling requirements and receive expertinstruction to create more appealing financial reportsusing SAP BW’s newest and most advanced tools, suchas the BEx Web Application Designer and the VisualComposer. Acquire new design techniques that you canput to use right away. Take home a checklist for readyingSAP BW data for SAP SEM and samples of WebApplication Designer output.

Best practices to improve financialreporting and analysis using SAP BW Build a robust reporting environment that includes bothR/3 and non-R/3 data. Learn how to link variousInfoCubes to provide powerful drill-down and analysiscapabilities. Learn the best ways to effectively involveusers in the implementation process. Understand why it’simportant to market your SAP BW project in order to gainuser support and acceptance, and find out what happensif you don’t. Jumpstart your implementation and achievequick wins by using prototypes and “proof of concept”applications. Take home techniques for gatheringrequirements, defining roles, training users, and effective-ly managing a self-service reporting environment.

Case StudyBuild a full income statement analysisreport that can drill down to any level ofdetail Step through one company’s best practices for combiningFI/CO data from various tables and sources to develop afull income statement that can be analyzed by product oraggregations. Discover how Gruma Corp. uses profit cen-ter accounting, cost center accounting, product costing,and profitability analysis to gather data from different SAPmodules to create full income statement analysis andreports that can drill down to the product level. Find outhow you can increase reporting flexibility by implementingan effective data capture and recombination strategy.Learn which third-party programs can be used to combinethe data, make it uniform, and enable you to drill down tothe lowest level of detail needed. Examine how data extrac-tion programs were built to get this data out to SQL Server.

Enhance financial reporting with SAPNetWeaver BI in mySAP ERP 2005Dramatically improve the presentation of your reportswith mySAP ERP 2005’s new Business Intelligence func-tionality. Enhance your financial reporting capabilities sig-nificantly. Distribute reports in a more timely manner, andimprove report customization. Learn new ways to devel-op formatted reports using the new BEx Report Designer,and find out how you can eliminate or drastically reducethe need for creating formatted reports outside of yourERP system. Walk away from this session with a detailedunderstanding of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence’senhanced reporting capabilities in relation to MicrosoftExcel integration, report printing, and report distributionvia Information Broadcasting.

Yes, you can do advanced reporting forfixed assets Get concrete recommendations to overcome limitationsof reporting for fixed assets. Maximize the effectivenessof standard SAP reports. Discover tips and tricks to fur-ther enhance your reporting capabilities straight out ofR/3, without SAP BW. Discover several little-knownreports (such as the Blocked Cost Center report or theAsset Class Change report) that are not on any standardreporting tree but can be used easily. Learn how the DataBrowser and QuickViewer provide a quick and easy alter-native for certain reporting scenarios. Walk away with theability to fully utilize fixed asset reports and gain theknowledge to use other tools in the system for reportingand data-mining purposes. Take home the informationnecessary to avoid common reporting pitfalls, andreceive a reporting cheat sheet that enables you to usestandard reports more efficiently.


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dataDemystify SAP Analytics: How this newtechnology compares to traditionalfinancial reporting options Wondering what the SAP Analytics product is, and whatimpact it can have on financials? Develop a solid under-standing of SAP Analytics and its key capabilities, prereq-uisites, and advantages over your current financial report-ing methods and applications. Review specifics of howSAP Analytics differs from SAP BW, SAP SEM, SAPEnterprise Portals, and composite applications. Compareand contrast SAP Analytics with other similar competitivetools. Gain real-world insights into how current customersare using SAP Analytics to give them greater visibility offinancial business processes. Get a peek at SAPAnalytics configuration requirements and what it takes todefine business processes in SAP Analytics.

Key lessons to identify and deploy key performance indicators (KPIs)Discover the varied ways in which your counterpartsleverage key performance indicators (KPIs) to under-stand both internal and external strategic enterprise goalsand operational processes. Master the challenge ofdeveloping and deploying the correct mix of KPIs to giveexecutives and managers an accurate and valuable viewof what’s going on in the business. Develop expert strate-gies for defining the most effective KPIs for your organi-zation. Discover new ways to refine your KPIs to closelymatch your organizational goals, mission, and vision.Identify which KPIs need to be built and recognize the dif-ference between strategic and operational KPIs. Takehome practical organizational readiness guidelines toimplement a performance management system.Familiarize yourself with SAP’s KPI deployment optionsembedded in SAP Business Information Warehouse(SAP BW) and SAP Strategic Enterprise Management(SAP SEM), such as BW queries, Management Cockpit,and Balanced Scorecard.

Better support for current yearprojections and future-year plans andbudgets with BPSLearn how to utilize SAP’s Business Planning andSimulation (BPS) tool to support a three-year rolling fore-cast for the current year and budget/plan years.Understand the purpose of the model developed, thebenefits for financial analysts, cross-year integrationpoints to consider, the modeling of complex labor projec-tions, and performance impacts. Gain insight into system

Enhance current budget planningprocesses with SAP’s controlling (CO)functionalityMake sure that you use the full spectrum of SAP R/3’splanning functionality. Drastically shorten the time andeffort typically required to complete your budget/planningprocess. Tap into the extensive integrated planning func-tionality within R/3 controlling (CO). See how resourcesupply and demand planning can be automated to allowfor effective scenario evaluation during the budget/plan-ning cycle. Leverage SAP’s resource planning and for-mula planning functionality to derive a budget from asales plan, including insight into excess/idle capacity orresources. Incorporate dynamic if-then statements intoyour cost model and provide greater budget/planningflexibility. Discover when and how to use cost splittingduring the budget/planning process. Walk through adetailed demo of how an organization’s budget/plan isderived from a CO-PA sales plan and driven down todemand on resources when the sales plan changes.Prepare for the challenges and changes your organiza-tion will face when you use SAP CO’s extensive planningfunctionality.

5 questions you need to answer beforeplanning your BPS implementation SAP’s Business Planning and Simulation (BPS) tool isextremely flexible. With flexibility, however, comes manyoptions and opportunities for confusion and misuse. Withso many choices to be made up front, it’s important togain perspective from others who have been through it.This session will help you pinpoint and navigate theimportant decisions you need to make before embarkingon a BPS implementation. Examine critical planningoptions related to resources (time, testing, technical),interface (SAP GUI or Web), SAP BW (sizing and land-scape), and support strategies. Walk away with a sampleresource chart, a project timeline, and a decision tree fordetermining the best interface for your organization.Learn the five most important questions to ask whenplanning your project. Get advice on how to properly con-figure BPS from someone who’s been there. Understandthe business process changes that could be involvedand the resistance to change that may come from yourorganization. Avoid crucial pitfalls others have encoun-tered, like taking on too large a scope in your project orconfiguring your system with so much detail that itbecomes unsupportable. Ask the right questions up frontto ensure a more successful effort.

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Track 5 continued Get off on the right foot with Business Planning and Simulation (BPS) Take advantage of BPS’s core planning benefits, such asincreased flexibility and “what-if” analyzes. Delve intohow Business Planning and Simulation can use yourfinancial data to strategically analyze your entire organi-zation’s finances. Analyze the impact of individual opera-tions on overall organizational finances. Receive tips andtricks to properly activate SAP BW- and SEM-deliveredcontent to get financial planning to work. (Hint: The orderin which you enable these pieces is key.) Take home adecision matrix, which can help you compare the prosand cons of planning in R/3 or BPS. Get advanced rec-ommendations on the best ways to create what-if scenar-ios and retract planning and/or forecast data back intoFI/CO.

Plan reconciliation – Utilizing SAP tofacilitate budget creation andmanagement processesBudgeting can be a painful and resource-intensiveprocess. Discover how to leverage SAP’s CO functionali-ty to generate your organization’s budget for you. Gaininsight into key features that will help you take advantageof the excess or idle capacity of resources based on mixand volume changes. Prepare for important system set-up tasks, discover how to reduce data uploads, and postactual cost information efficiently with minimal effort.Receive valuable configuration tips for planning in SAP,such as how to use templates to access cost driver infor-mation already available in SAP CO. Learn how to set upquantity-based consumption relationships (the right wayto use target=actual relationships) as one way of enteringplan data. Find out how to upload cost driver informationon the fly with the Legacy System Migration Workbench(LSMW) and simple Microsoft Excel mapping spread-sheets. Complete fewer manual calculations, spend lesstime on data entry and recalculations, and reduce errorsduring budget cycles.

Know where you are and where youneed to be: How to prioritize andmonitor project status and success withthe SEM Balanced ScorecardLeverage the Balanced Scorecard to prioritize and moni-tor your SAP projects. Learn how to construct or tailor abalanced scorecard that monitors key deadlines andbenchmarks. Find out how you can utilize the BalancedScorecard to define, graph, view, and track KeyPerformance Indicators (KPIs). Discover the best ways toconfigure the Balanced Scorecard to align employee andproject team performance with company goals and totrack accountability. Determine which KPIs you should useto track your project with the Balanced Scorecard vs. theManagement Cockpit. Configure alerts in SEM that willimmediately notify you of project issues and emergencies.Take home a step-by-step process to define and trackyour project’s KPIs using the Balanced Scorecard.

capabilities, project considerations, cultural impacts,skill-set realignments, and many more aspects encoun-tered when implementing multi-year, multi-purposedfinancial projections. Leave this session with a completemethodology to address the cultural changes caused byintegration and an understanding of how to use BPSfunctionality to model the future-year impacts of currentdecisions.

Use BPS to automatically generate inter-company balance sheets in real timeWalk through detailed examples of an integrated Web-based planning application, which automatically gener-ates inter-company account and balance sheet postingsin real time, from an easy-to-use expense and revenuetemplate. Learn how to reduce data load and reforecast-ing times by integrating real-time SAP BW reports thatincorporate both actual and plan data to establish accu-rate and up-to-date forecasts. Find out how to performnear-real-time plan allocations and inter-company post-ings without locking users out. Benefit from tips and trickslearned in performance tuning and managing a rapid andcost-effective implementation.

Innovative approaches to get the mostout of Business Planning and Simulation(BPS) Identify new ways you can use Business Planning andSimulation (BPS) to cut costs, increase the level of dataaccuracy, and shorten the planning process. Discoverthe multiple types of planning made possible by BPS,including options for generating plans by profit center,cost center, payroll, and production volume. Examineways in which User Exits can expand functionality andlearn how BPS can act as a doorway into SAP BW. Seehow you can leverage the data you already have to auto-mate your business processes. Walk away from this ses-sion with new ideas for how to utilize BPS as an input tool,as an enabler to process standardization, or as an inte-gration tool in conjunction with Microsoft Excel. Find outhow other companies have benefited from BPS and takehome five ideas for using the tool at your own company.Deliver a comprehensive solution for your businessthrough the use of BEx reporting and the SEMManagement Cockpit. Hear examples of how differenttypes of organizations used BPS to automate, streamline,and regulate planning processes. See an example ofBPS as part of a complete profitability plan and actualreporting and analysis solution.


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cally and learn which control activities can be distributedthroughout the month to reduce time to close. Learn whyyou should not close your books before you confirm yourledgers are reconciled, and when to report those resultsfor your manager’s approval. Get practical tips to bettermonitor and review your actual closing processes andmake closing an embedded part of your ongoingSarbanes-Oxley compliance program. Find out why astandardized SAP system lowers your cost of mainte-nance and is a fast close prerequisite. Examine the toolsin your arsenal and wield them effectively to structureclosing transactions, speed approvals, and link process-es seamlessly.

Critical lessons for integrating plan datainto Business Consolidation System (BCS)Hear how to integrate plan data from Business Planningand Simulation (BPS) into the Business ConsolidationSystem (BCS) for multiple-period consolidation that repli-cate the actual consolidation process. Delve into the cus-tom process used to account for consolidation of invest-ments and joint ventures, as well as for contributions anddistributions between different corporate entities.Consider a creative data-staging solution some compa-nies use to clear out inter-company balances. Examinethe different solutions used to stage and analyze consol-idated data. Walk through key BCS configuration settingsfor loading data, performing multi-period processing, andexecuting elimination postings.

Are you leveraging the right controls tostreamline your close procedures andmaintain compliance?Discover why robust process controls beyond securityand segregation of duties (SOD) are required to stream-line the FI-G/L processes in SAP. Learn how you canleverage transaction controls to ensure information pro-cessing accuracy and data integrity. Examine key FI-G/Lcontrols and understand their importance in streamliningand securing close procedures that affect the FI module.Pinpoint key areas of weakness and proactive processsolutions, with emphasis on new regulations such asSarbanes-Oxley and fraud prevention. Don’t get burnedby financial close and G/L-related issues that haveproven to be widespread compliance weaknesses.Closely examine controls issues within G/L and FI, and

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Financial consolidations,transparency, and reducing time to close5 best practices to reduce time to close Review the SAP processes and organizational principlesof companies that have world-class closing processes.Get proven recommendations to achieve a fast close andnavigate through the checks and transactions that com-prise a world-class closing procedure. Implement open-item managed control accounts for incoming and outgo-ing goods and invoices. Learn why you should separateautomatic postings from SD and MM as well as associat-ed manual correction accounts. Find out why and how touse open-item controlled intermediate accounts toensure timely clearing of accounts payable and accountsreceivable. Take advantage of standard SAP transactionssuch as VFX3 and KE5T to ensure that your modules andledgers are in line. Take home a step-by-step approachto improve your month-end close, complete with fulldetails on SAP and non-SAP action items. Avoid pitfallsand recognize quick wins you can obtain by building aglobally coordinated year-end process. Walk away fromthis session armed with additional tips and best practicesto significantly improve the speed and quality of yourclosing processes.

BW-based consolidations: Make theright decision on the migration pathfrom EC-CS to SEM-BCSUnderstand your migration alternatives in making thetransition from FI-LC or EC-CS to SEM-BCS BW-basedconsolidations. Prepare for the key activities that willmake your migration a success. Gain an appreciation forkey considerations in determining the optimal datamodel for your consolidated reporting requirements andhow to map your existing model to SEM-BCS.Recognize and compare your alternatives for transfer-ring master and transactional data to SEM-BCS from anEC-CS environment. Explore new functionality beingdelivered with mySAP ERP 2005 specifically designed toassist with the data transfer process. Learn how you canoptimize your consolidated reporting environment sub-sequent to migration and how to support historicalreporting.

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effectively leverage these controls to minimize the risks inyour SAP system. Learn creative ways to utilize a combi-nation of configuration and transactional controls to prop-erly manage the FI-G/L process. Gather additionalinsights into the critical components of a well-managed FIprocess.

Tips and tricks to optimize your Business Consolidation System (BCS)configuration Get expert tips and tricks to get the most out of your SAPSEM Business Consolidations System (BCS). Learn howto optimize system design for integration and leveragethe reporting capabilities of BW-based consolidations.Step through key considerations for optimizing your datamodel to ensure it effectively supports business and legalreporting requirements. Examine the most effective waysto integrate BCS with SEM’s Business Planning andSimulation (BPS) as well as R/3 and SAP BW. Gain a clearunderstanding of how and why BCS differs from standardSAP BW-based reporting and what this means to youruser and IT communities. Get expert advice on synchro-nizing master data along with configuration of everythingfrom data collection, validation, currency translation,inter-unit eliminations, and more.

Lessons learned from large-scaleBusiness Consolidation System (BCS)implementationsBenefit from real-life experiences of BCS implementa-tions in large corporations. Examine and compare theirdrivers for implementation, project planning, project exe-cution, go-live, and ongoing maintenance. Receive help-ful tips and tricks on change management, resourcesneeded, and overall support. Walk away with knowledgethat enables you to plan and execute a BCS project suc-cessfully, including comparisons of BCS to Hyperion,decision criteria for making a change, and migration con-siderations. Tap into advice on how to properly plan aBCS implementation and get best practices to plan andstaff for a BCS project.

Bolster the efficiency, automation, andtransparency of your consolidationsprocesses with Business ConsolidationSystem (BCS)Learn how SAP BW-based BCS compares to current R/3capabilities in meeting your consolidations objectives.See how BCS enhances key consolidation processes,such as data collection, validation, currency translation,posting of corporate level adjustments, and execution ofinter-company eliminations. Compare and contrast FI-LC,EC-CS, and BCS, and learn why it’s important to under-stand the differences to fully leverage BCS’s flexible datamodel. Step through techniques to effectively integrateconsolidation tasks and R/3-based master data. Find outhow BCS monitors and controls the consolidationprocess. Examine options and best practices for integrat-ing BCS consolidations with both R/3 and BusinessPlanning and Simulation (BPS). Avoid common BCSimplementation pitfalls, such as converting historical data.

How much will it cost? A new way tomodel and estimate new product costswith SAP Product Development CostEstimation (PDCE)Discover an entirely new application that SAP has devel-oped specifically for new and anticipated product costestimation and modeling. Learn how you can includeexisting resources and define new materials in your R/3system while modeling and costing a product that does-n’t yet exist. Find out which releases of SAP ERP, SAP BW,and SEM are required for functional PDCE. Identify pre-requisites and see what it takes to set up and configurePDCE in SAP SEM and SAP BW. View a powerful demon-stration of how modeling is accomplished using PDCE.Take home a detailed illustration of how a new product ismodeled and its cost estimate derived in PDCE.

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SAPout how Gruma Corporation expanded its facilities andoperations in Europe and faced the challenge of imple-menting an SAP system that could grow and support itsbusiness. Drill down into the configuration decisionsGruma Corporation made to allow both local reportingand global consolidation, and find out where the compa-ny needed to use external tools. See which modules andmain settings Gruma Corporation selected to enableconsolidation and reporting. Pinpoint unique SAP fea-tures available to meet country-specific reporting require-ments. Get real-world tips and tricks on how to handle FIparallel currencies configuration, and on how to set upvalue-added tax (VAT) in Europe.

Success factors for implementingBusiness Planning and Simulation (BPS)for financials in a global environment Tackle the organizational and technical challenges ofimplementing Business Planning and Simulation (BPS)for financials in a global environment. Develop globalfinancial plans and processes that have a tremendousimpact on your organization. Navigate through toughplanning decisions, such as whether to perform a stagedrollout or “big bang.” Discover why your first prototype isan extremely important success factor. Get importantadvice on how to best staff your global project, and howto select appropriate data models. Receive implementa-tion tips and tricks that will help you optimize local flexibil-ity and autonomy, and minimize ongoing maintenance.For example, discover how to start with a global designand tie in local planning processes. Make the most ofyour one chance to convince your organization that BPSis the best product for your global financial planningprocess.

Global rollouts: Navigate your financialsystems through critical legal, business,cultural, and system challengesPrepare for the top issues and challenges that can affectany global rollout of SAP—from currencies to languagesto localized business processes. Get tips to deal with thekey language support differences between SAP releasesand get your SAP systems ready to support them. Handleimportant cultural issues between local and remote com-pany and headquarters locations properly. Learn how toput your team in a position to utilize new SAP functional-

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Best practices for handling multiplecurrencies in a global installationDiscover how Nike has addressed the complexities ofsupporting multiple currencies in a global implementationthat supports more than 50 countries. Find out how SAPneeds to be configured and managed to ensure correctFAS133 accounting and local statutes vs. US GAAP.Isolate critical currency impacts for variance and manage-ment reporting. Learn when to use the LedgerCurrency/Transaction Currency/Group Currency feature instandard SAP configuration for accurate currency state-ments. Examine how Nike leverages the “on-the-fly” capa-bility of SAP BW for currency variance analysis, which iscritical for management reporting. See how Nike accountsfor currency translation impacts when using SAP EC-CSand how this enables the business to report in US dollarson a like-for-like basis, excluding currency impacts. Takehome practical lessons learned from real-life currencyissues solved over the past five years at Nike.

Global reporting and analytics with SAP BW: Key decision points everyfinancial team needs to addressRecognize and address the unique challenges andadvantages that SAP BW brings to global organizationslooking to enhance financial reporting and analytics.Examine the options for dealing with your most common(and frustrating) challenges, such as the impact ofincreased data volumes on system performance.Discover the best way to define a “single view of the truth.”Navigate through the challenges of reporting in multiplelanguages, currencies, and countries. Identify options forhandling your business reporting by segment, company,or product, vs. handling your regulatory reporting bycountry. Identify the best ways to generate consolidatedfinancial reports and global views of your financial statuswith a single set of numbers. Weigh the strengths, risks,and decision points that are linked to different designsand philosophies used by your counterparts.

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Track 7 continuedity even if your headquarters staff lacks experience.Prepare for key configuration tasks that need to be per-formed on your system, including dealing with zero deci-mal place currencies, differing time zones, and localprinting issues. Review strategies and solutions for deal-ing with local, GAAP, tax, and other reporting issues.

Strategies and insights for improving VAT support within your SAP financialinfrastructureEnsure that your SAP configuration works at its peak effi-ciency to optimize global value added tax (VAT) compli-ance. Discover the relationship between the VAT and theINTRASTAT reporting of goods movement, and how thisrelationship affects your SAP infrastructure. Compareand contrast the best ways to define tax indicators formaterial masters and customers and see how to derivecorrect VAT codes and postings. Learn how to maintainVAT numbers and why it influences how taxes should beposted. Get expert advice to improve VAT compliancewithin FI, enhance your User Exits, and generate auto-matic VAT returns. Discover how INTRASTAT is influ-enced by VAT numbers and how SD and MM pricing pro-cedures affect both. Take home guidelines for setting upyour VAT infrastructure to ensure SAP properly calculatesVAT in all jurisdictions and keeps an audit trail for VATreporting.

Tips and tricks for mastering currency typesMake sense of the different choices and key questionsyou face when configuring currency types, such as whichcurrency type to use for a new special ledger, how manycurrencies to configure for a company code in FI-G/L,and what currency to use as group currency. Learn torecognize how these decisions have a major impact onthe reporting capability of your SAP system. Avoid thetrap of telling yourself that you can always change themlater: you’ll learn how difficult and expensive these config-uration changes are once your system is productive.Understand the differences between hard currency, indexcurrency, group currency, and global company currency.This session also highlights the differences between thestandard, group valuation, and profit center valuationoptions of company code currency and group currency.

Case StudyLessons from Nike’s global R/3 and SAP BW deployment Draw valuable lessons from Nike’s deployment of R/3 andSAP BW to more than 50 countries. Delve into their suc-cessful strategies for post go-live management, includingtheir approach to maintaining and executing data consis-tency, global system changes, and user support.Consider the implications and impact of rolling out variousfinance functions such as order management across dif-ferent regions. Balance local country requirements withglobal priorities effectively. Prepare for the challenges ofleveraging SAP country packs for local statutory needsand ensuring financial data consistency. Learn how tohandle local statutory situations and how to leverage newR/3 system capabilities like Unicode. Prepare for post-deployment system, scalability, reliability, and availabilitychallenges of supporting a global system on a 24x7 basis.

Best practices for globalimplementations of Fixed AssetsMany analysts lack the country-specific knowledge todesign a global Asset Management system during theinitial project phases. Don’t allow a disadvantageousdesign to cause serious and costly issues during subse-quent international rollouts. Leverage the flexibility andunique features of the SAP Fixed Asset system to designcomplex solutions that address country-specific require-ments while fulfilling overall corporate requirements.Identify the main elements required for a successful glob-al Fixed Asset system, such as a Global Chart ofDepreciation and a global Asset Class design. Learn howto address local statutory requirements while continuingto fulfill US reporting requirements. Discover how todesign a global template that can accommodate a vari-ety of country specific requirements. Demystify the vari-ous reporting requirements in different countries andlearn how to effectively use the reporting solutions provid-ed in the standard system.


how you can identify and audit high-risk corporate travel-ers and integrate travel and expense data with other pur-chasing data. Optimize your travel processes, cut indirecttravel costs, and lower travel agency transaction fees.Discover new Travel Management functionality in mySAPERP, including consistent user interfaces, trip routing sug-gestions, interactive maps, and user travel profiles.Navigate key prerequisites and implementation chal-lenges. Find out how SAP’s programming model, WebDynpro, offers customizable templates and style sheetsfor customizing user screens so the interface looks morelike the rest of your portal.

What does Express Planning in mySAP ERPFinancials mean, and what’s in it for me?Discover a major new function of Analytics in mySAP ERPFinancial Express Planning. Discover how this new tooleases your planning burden and how it can be used tobetter anticipate the various aspects of cost planning.Exploit Express Planning to reduce the amount of timeyou spend planning and reconciling. Receive a detailedoverview of key planning capabilities that can beaccessed and shared via a portal. Identify the key bene-fits of centralized planning using this new tool, includingsignificant time savings and improved user friendliness.

Migration strategies and options to easethe transition from SAP’s classic G/L tothe new General LedgerIn the process of considering a migration from the oldclassic to the new General Ledger? Learn and prepare forthe basic requirements to migrate from the classic G/L tothe new G/L in mySAP ERP 2004 and mySAP ERP 2005.Learn how to build a detailed migration project plan witha review of the 11 necessary project steps to take in orderto successfully accomplish your migration. Uncoverimportant requirements such as why you need to startyour project at the beginning of a fiscal year. Examine andprepare for other time constraints that you need to con-sider when planning your migration. Also identify thetimelines and milestones required to complete yourmigration project, and review the available tools to enablea successful transition.

Bulletproof testing strategies for yourSAP financial systems Garner lessons learned in planning and preparing suc-cessful integration testing for financial systems. Navigatethe different execution methods and options, including

Case StudyLessons for financial teams from ClarkCounty’s (City of Las Vegas) mySAP ERPimplementation Get valuable upgrade lessons and insights from ClarkCounty, Nevada. Learn how the first phase of theirmySAP ERP project focused on the implementation ofcore financials and procurement processes. See howthey dealt with the differences, and understand the chal-lenges and benefits that the new G/L brings to ClarkCounty. Hear lessons learned from this implementationthat apply to both private and public sector users. Identifythe substantial differences between the new and old G/Lwith respect to usability, ease of rollout, and user accept-ance. Discover specific steps Clark County took to effec-tively customize the new G/L, split functionality, leveragethe use of segments, and provide tight integration withCO. Learn how this upgrade differs from previous proj-ects, including migrations to R/3 Enterprise and R/3 4.6C.

What every financial team needs to knowabout the new G/L in mySAP ERP 2005Drill down into the key differences and enhancementsdelivered with the new General Ledger (G/L) in mySAPERP 2005 as compared to the SAP R/3 classic G/L.Leverage these capabilities to simplify your overall finan-cial reporting environment and reduce support costs.Walk through detailed explanations of key functionalenhancements accompanied by detailed discussionsand demos of how each works, including the migrationtool. Learn how new G/L functions can provide multi-dimensional reporting in support of legal, segment, andmanagement reporting. Discover how the new parallelledger functionality allows you to concurrently maintainyour books in support of multiple accounting standardsincluding US GAAP, IAS, and others. Receive the latesttips for utilizing the new G/L and find out how the newledger will enable you to maintain balanced sets of booksacross multiple dimensions on a real-time basis.

A comprehensive introduction to TravelMangement in mySAP ERP Get insights into how SAP Travel Management evolveswith mySAP ERP and provides you with options and tech-nology to manage employee travel and expense fromend to end. Walk through a complete demo that high-lights key features and functions, including trip planning,expenses, approvals, customized expense forms, andreporting. See what it takes to track corporate spendingwith key suppliers for airlines, hotels, and car rentals. See

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How to implement and configure thenew General Ledger: Lessons learned Step through critical considerations you need to addresswhen making the decision to transition from the old to thenew G/L, including whether your organization needs toreport on business segments to meet regulatory require-ments. Explore the value of the segmentation capability inthe new G/L and how it bolsters compliance efforts. Tapinto the new G/L’s online integration capabilities for FIand CO to better allocate costs and reconciliations downto the division level. Compare different incarnations of theG/L and gain insight into both the benefits and chal-lenges of mySAP ERP 2005. Examine the configurationused to set up the new G/L and its newly added function-ality, such as additions to the coding block, allocationswithin the G/L, reporting, and more. Garner lessons froma mySAP ERP 2004 implementation that is already live,and walk away with insights from a pilot program that canbe applied to any site contemplating a new G/L imple-mentation.

integration with SAP Solution Manager and optional useof the Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT). Learn how othercompanies ensure that all business processes are con-figured and tested to support their organization on anongoing basis. Create new strategies to drive testing anddocumentation efforts. Collect new ideas on how toorganize the testing efforts with an example test plan fora fast-paced implementation. Take home tips and tricksto extend the benefits of testing efforts beyond the imple-mentation phase.

Reduce costs and facilitate transactionswith credit card clearing functionality inSAP Travel ExpenseDiscover how SAP Travel Expense processing enablesthe import of corporate credit card files into the SAP sys-tem using accounting files supplied by credit cardproviders. Explore how this technology allows employeesto see their credit card expense receipts and assignthese receipts to their relevant expense report. Explorethe concept of SAP credit card partners, the businessprocess for electronic receipt management, existingcredit card options, trends of existing SAP customers,and best practices for utilizing this functionality in SAPTravel Management. Step through the pros and cons ofvarious file import options with credit card providers.Weigh the future impact of SAP NetWeaver ExchangeInfrastructure (SAP XI) standardization beginning withmySAP ERP 2005, and see how to improve rebates withindividual bill/company pay scenarios. Walk away withspecific tips for credit card clearing in SAP, including howto identify and improve internal controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and trim travel and expense costs withelectronic receipt management.

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hierarchies. By way of customer examples and imple-mentation tips, determine how you can most efficientlyimplement this solution.

Accelerate the Order-to-Cash processwith SAP Collections Management Discover how to be proactive in managing your receiv-ables by identifying and contacting possible at-risk cus-tomers. Learn how the solution enables you to set upoverall collection strategies supported by specific collec-tion rules applicable to different groups of customers.Automatically generate a daily, prioritized worklist foreach collector, based on those collection rules. Enablecollectors to easily review each complete, up-to-dateaccount and create follow-ups, promises-to-pay, disputecases, documentation and more. Receive important keyprerequisites and learn about the collaboration with SAPDispute Management and SAP Credit Management toprovide the complete picture. Obtain a comprehensiveoverview of the solution and tap into SAP CollectionManagement benefits such as an accelerated order-to-cash process, improved cash flow, and a reduction indays sales outstanding. See how SAP CollectionsManagement is integrated with the rest of the mySAPERP suite to maximize your current systems and provideadditional functionality with limited training.

Dispel the myths and uncover thebenefits of implementing SAP Treasuryand Risk, In-House Cash, and CashManagementAlthough Treasury Management is not typically one of thefirst areas of focus for an ERP implementation, it presentsbottom-line benefits and cost savings to an organization.Simplify and streamline today’s world of disjointed sys-tems, heavy manual processes, and spreadsheets, andanswer key treasury questions and concerns relating toSarbanes-Oxley compliance. Discover how a number ofdifferent companies use various SAP functionality toimprove treasury processes. Uncover the true abilities ofEnterprise Treasury, and use these features to improveprofitability. Get solid strategies to approach your owninternal treasury processes and integrate the SAP Treasurycomponent into your current Enterprise application infra-structure. Hear unique ways to use solutions such as SAPIn-House Cash and the different reasons for implementingit, such as streamlining your payment processing.

Case StudyTips and tricks to automate thereconciliation of bank statements usingSAP’s electronic bank statement (EBS)functionalitySee how Adobe leverages SAP electronic bank state-ment (EBS) functionality to automatically reconcile thebank statement, post interest and fees, and provide one-stop reporting for bank reconciliation. Gather the informa-tion you need to implement EBS, such as the file formatsyou will use, the accounts you are going to reconcile, andthe transactions posted to the bank statements. Discoverhow the electronic bank statement works in conjunctionwith the SAP A/P, A/R, and G/L modules to post and clearentries directly from the bank statement upload.Accurately configure bank sub accounts to use as clear-ing accounts for tracking reconciled vs. unreconcileditems, and learn the right way to set up an automatic pay-ment program to use the bank sub accounts. Ensure thatyour house bank configuration is correct and that it con-tains the necessary details for use of EBS. Get an under-standing of the SAP configuration steps used in imple-menting EBS, including advice on how to set up transac-tion types, define posting rules, assign external bankstatement transactions to SAP posting rules, and defineand assign account symbols.

Take bill presentment and payment on-line with SAP Biller Direct Discover how you can collaborate with your customers toimprove customer relations while also reducing costsand Days Sales Outstanding. SAP Biller Direct providesElectronic Bill Presentment and Payment (EBPP) func-tionality as well as various self-service capabilities. Seehow your customers can view all of their account informa-tion including invoices, billing documents, credits, pay-ment history, disputes, monthly balances with drill-downoptions, and more. Explore two ways (business-to-con-sumer transactions and business-to-business transac-tions) you can leverage this solution and evaluate theoptions, benefits, and challenges that go along witheach. Leverage SAP Biller Direct to effectively minimizecosts, eliminate unwieldy manual processes, and reducelag times on critical payments. Uncover the latest fea-tures in release 6.0, such as document upload anddownload functionality, customer user maintenance,credit card encryption, and display of various company

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Financial supply chain: Billing, treasury, cash management,and credit management

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how ESA helps you to centralize incoming and outgoingpayments, integrate multiple ERP systems within SAP In-House Cash, and set up a consolidated payment infra-structure.

Tap into the value of interest rateinstruments and cash flow transactions –SAP Treasury’s most flexible toolsInterest rate instruments and cash flow transactions pro-vide optimal flexibility to solve your organization’s mostunique treasury requirements. Identify the various inter-est rate instruments and cash flow transactions usedwithin SAP Treasury. See how you can use them for non-treasury functionalities, as well. Recognize the type ofbusiness problems that can be solved with these tools.Walk through the required configuration steps for SAPinterest rate instrument and cash flow transaction func-tionality, and get tips to implement this functionality inyour system.

Build comprehensive analyticalapplications for SAP CreditManagement with SAP NetWeaverVisual Composer Explore creative ways to leverage SAP NetWeaver VisualComposer to model and spruce up your own analyticalapplications. Develop a deep understanding of SAPAnalytics and their specific usage within SAP CreditManagement. Become familiar with the basic functionsof SAP Credit Management and learn how they can beimplemented and enhanced with the SAP NetWeaverVisual Composer. Unlock the benefits of VisualComposer’s unique user interface (based onMacromedia Flash technology). Learn how it can beused to display mission-critical business informationfrom SAP Credit Management, including blocked orderlists, payment behavior analysis, or early warning lists.Discover how to combine analytical and transactionaldata on the same screen and explore different ways toanalyze your overall customer credit portfolio and createsophisticated reporting capabilities. Deliver relevantinformation to the desktops of your employees in sales,financial, or credit management departments more eas-ily, and improve user experiences while reducing timeand effort spent on training.

Get the most out of SAP TreasuryCorporate Finance Management (CFM)functionality Explore the full functionality of SAP Treasury CorporateFinance Management (CFM). Recognize specific busi-ness reasons to implement CFM. Identify and get themost out of key functionalities in areas such as cashmanagement, money market, loans management, andsecurities. Accelerate your implementation with key stepsand critical success factors for an on-time, on-budgetproject. Uncover hidden yet valuable nuggets of SAPfunctionality, including zero conditions, the Data MediumExchange engine, and the Payment Medium Workbench,that help you optimize your implementation and eliminateuser headaches down the road.

SAP financials and invoice automation:What’s the best way for yourorganization to proceed?Explore the relative merits of building vs. buying a solu-tion to address your organization’s accounts payableneeds. Weigh benefits, requirements, and trade-offs ofusing workflow tools provided by SAP as opposed tobuying a solution that is designed specifically foraccounts payable. Prepare for key considerations andchallenges related to implementation times, integrationwith various SAP modules, compliance with legislation,system maintenance, reporting capabilities, data trans-parency, and more. Delve into additional tips and adviceto speed implementation, achieve seamless integrationwith SAP Financials, improve reporting and compliance,capture paper and electronic invoices, and support theworkflow required for review, approval, and coding. Learnhow other SAP customers enhance FI and other modulesby implementing invoice automation solutions to improvecontrols, reduce costs, and get more timely and accuratemanagement information.

Powerful examples of how an EnterpriseServices Architecture can enhanceyour existing SAP Financial SupplyChain Management functionalityLearn what Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA) is andwhat it means for your mySAP ERP Financials-basedprocesses. Weigh the generic benefits of ESA and itsimportance for the SAP development roadmap, and getspecifics on how ESA supports SAP Financial SupplyChain Management (FSCM) functionality. Discover howESA plays a vital role in optimizing order-to-cash businessprocesses with particular impact on SAP CreditManagement and SAP In-House Cash. Learn how ESAfacilitates the integration of third-party credit informationproviders like Dun & Bradstreet and facilitates integrationbetween SAP Credit Management with non-SAP systems(via SAP NetWeaver Exchange Infrastructure). Understand

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Limit your corporate liability with strongdata retention policiesDevelop rock-solid data retention policies that meet criti-cal company and legal requirements and limit your over-all liability. Navigate the dangers of ignoring corporateretention policies and keeping SAP data longer thanseven years. Take the necessary steps to create anenforceable data-retention management process in SAP.Discover how to identify and completely destroy all dataand associated documents upon expiration of the infor-mation life cycle. Weigh all your options for freezing criti-cal data that needs to be kept to avoid accidentallydestroying data pertinent for litigation or governmentalinquiries, in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and otherregulations. Get strategies and advice for how to provideyour end users with visibility to old data they need whileensuring the legal document of record is destroyed.

How to prioritize and execute whenmultiple international regulations impactyour internal control reporting Don’t get burned by the complexities and challenges ofdealing with multiple, disparate internal control reportingrequirements. Learn and prepare for the key issues thattypically crop up, such as the need for multiple audits.Discover solutions and strategies for how to deal with dif-ferent materiality thresholds and processes that are inscope for one regulation but may be out of scope foranother. Receive important tips for how to make yourcompliance program cost-beneficial, and how to plan forongoing maintenance. Walk through a detailed casestudy of how a company dealing with US, Canadian, andEuropean regulations is stepping up to the challenge.

Keep ongoing compliance costs incheck: Winning advice for how to getmore from your investment in SAP Regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and similar interna-tional internal control reporting requirements have nowturned compliance into an additional, ongoing cost ofdoing business. Understand how guidance issued bythe SEC and the Public Company Accounting OversightBoard (PCAOB) affects both how and when you test con-trols in and around SAP. Discover how to leverage SAPtools and functionality to make ongoing compliance anefficient, streamlined, and self-sustaining process basedon transactions you capture every day. Review tools andcontrols already at your disposal, and tap into expert rec-

Make the most of standard SAP controlsto maintain ongoing Sarbanes-OxleycomplianceDiscover new ways to leverage standard SAP controls tointegrate Sarbanes-Oxley compliance into your day-to-day operations. Tap into key controls to help you overseetwo major business processes: the sales cycle and theexpense or purchase cycle. Identify and exploit controlsoutside your existing arsenal, including configurationtransactions, available reports, and some User Exits.Leverage SAP result analysis to save time and gain bet-ter control over the monthly posting of revenue deferralsand cost accrual. Examine the impact controls have onyour P&L and balance sheet. Discover the benefits ofadding these controls to your standard monthly compli-ance checklist and task sheet.

Audit Information System (AIS) beyondtheory and internal controls: A quick guide to set up and use theinformation systemThe Audit Information System (AIS) can be much more thenthe gateway or entry point into your organization’s SAP sys-tem for your auditors. Yes, it provides external as well asinternal auditors with a dedicated set of tools to performsystem, business, and tax audits, but it can be much morethan that. Discover what the AIS really can do for you as afinancial professional, even if you are not part of the internalcontrol department. Learn about the various reports fromAIS that are useful for any financial professional. Uncoverkey customization steps including Basis, security, and func-tional requirements. Come away with the five steps that arerequired to set up AIS. Walk away with a detailed under-standing of the various reports that are part of AIS.

When, why, and how to add SAP’sManagement of Internal Controls (MIC)solution to your compliance toolbox In 2005, SAP releases the newest version of Managementof Internal Controls, MIC 2.0, to ramp-up customers.Examine its new capabilities, which help support the inte-gration of automated testing results for internal controlsoperating in SAP systems. Discover how testing resultscan be integrated directly into MIC using SAP NetWeaverExchange Infrastructure (SAP XI) functionality. Learn howautomated testing reduces testing efforts, lowers totalcost of ownership (TCO), and improves overall compli-ance efforts with continuous monitoring. Walk through adetailed overview of MIC and understand why you shouldutilize MIC for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts.

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Continuous improvement andlong-term compliance

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ommendations on how to exploit existing resources toensure ongoing compliance. Learn how other SAP cus-tomers provide provide real-time control monitoringthrough creative reporting inside and outside of their SAPsystems. Examine short-term and long-term strategies toreduce unnecessary compliance costs and increase theeffectiveness and strategic value of your compliance ini-tiatives.

Tips to optimize and sustain SAPSarbanes-Oxley compliance for 2006and beyondDiscover new ways to bolster your ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts and to dramatically reduceSection 404 compliance costs. Get advice on how to jug-gle the difficult task of implementing changes to the 404compliance processes while trying to cut overall 404costs. Explore top-priority tasks such as issues resolutionprocesses, controls optimization, controls automation,and how to best use SAP and other technologies toaddress these issues. Identify the best practices thatcompanies use to make their SAP-oriented 404 process-es more sustainable. See how they are leveraging auto-mated segregation of duties analyzes, automated docu-mentation of controls using SAP’s Management ofInternal Controls (MIC), and other non-SAP documenta-tion tools. You’ll also see how to roll out Sarbanes-Oxleybeyond the project management office (PMO) and intothe field. Recognize short- and long-term opportunities toimprove and streamline 404 compliance processesthrough the effective and strategic use of multiple SAPand non-SAP audit-oriented methods and tools.

Keeping your eye on the ball: Integratecompliance control efforts into ongoingSAP implementation and upgradeprojectsThe period of stabilization that companies have come toexpect after significant system change may no longer beacceptable for key Sarbanes-Oxley controls—find outwhy. Develop a thorough approach to integrate controldesign and assessment capabilities into each significantphase of the implementation/upgrade process to avoidsignificant control deficiencies and potential materialweaknesses. Learn why and how your processes forupgrading or enhancing systems must change to mini-mize the risk of control problems during the implementa-tion or after go-live. Drill down into each phase of theimplementation/development life cycle and learn whereadditional rigor should be applied, where common issueslie, and how to prioritize areas of concern.

Tips and tricks to reduce transaction taxcompliance costs through effective taxconfigurationDon’t leave tax calculation and recording until the lastminute in your SAP implementation. Prevent financialbusiness processes from negatively affecting corporateprofitability and provide your financial organization withan accurate transaction tax audit trail. Delve into the keyissues you need to consider during the initial stages ofyour SAP implementation to ensure tax payment accura-cy and compliance. Avoid surprises; include transactiontax determination in all stages of your SAP implementa-tion project plan. Set up your vendor/customer master,material master, and other essential components to min-imize tax return costs and ongoing maintenance of yourSAP financial data. Examine the key tax entities that youneed to support and the gaps to look for in your tax soft-ware. Learn how an understanding of these componentsempowers you to successfully integrate SAP with your taxsolution. Take home tips and tricks to better integrate atax management solution with your SAP system, a list ofkey tax entities that need to be supported, and the gapsto look for when evaluating tax software solutions.

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uncover tricky dependencies between FI/CO objects, theData Retention Tool (DART), and SAP BusinessInformation Warehouse (BW). Explore all the standardSAP access methods available to view, report, and printarchived FI/CO data, as well as where custom solutionsmake sense. See the latest improvements in the newestSAP ERP releases.

Archiving 201: Strategies to overcomethe 7 toughest SAP FI/CO challengesBased entirely on field experience this session, revealsseven common challenges your company may facewhen trying to archive FI/CO data, and how to prepare forand avoid these pitfalls. Pinpoint and prioritize exactlywhich FI/CO objects you need to archive. Explore com-mon pain points that FI/CO archive teams face, provensolutions to overcome them, and how to ensure criticaldata dependencies are not overlooked. Walk away withsolutions for loading SAP BW and the Data Retention Tool(DART) with archived data. Get advice on how to buildthe right team to archive FI/CO data. Take home valuablelessons and get a realistic idea of how to achieve all thebenefits of archiving while preserving the integrity ofFI/CO data online and in your archives.

Make SAP Solution Manager work foryou during and after your SAP financialsprojectDelve into the steps and strategies for using SAP SolutionManager to facilitate project preparation, blueprint, realiza-tion, go-live, and support activities. Examine differentapproaches you can take to optimize your use of SAPSolution Manager. Discover new ways to leverage SAPSolution Manager to ensure internal controls are beingappropriately applied while designing the businessprocesses in SAP. Take home a step-by-step guide to buildthe project structure in SAP Solution Manager, tips on stor-ing project documentation in SAP Solution Manager, andalternatives for using SAP Solution Manager to managetesting during and after implementation.

Enhance your current financialprocesses with more strategic use ofSAP Business Workflow and imagingsystems Examine the fundamentals of SAP Business Workflowand imaging and the benefits these capabilities bring toyour current Account Receivable processes. Explore theintegration of storage systems in SAP Business Workflow,

5 productivity tools everyone in financeshould master Whether you are a financial analyst, a technical expert, abusiness-side super user from business, or a member ofa project management team, You should master thesefive tools: Reverse Business Engineering (RBE), NoteAssistant, Customizing Cross-System Viewer (CCSV),SAP Query, and Data Browser. Learn how and why youshould use these tools for any project. RBE lets you iden-tify the most frequently used transactions in your systemso that you can focus your resources where they areneeded most. Applying SAP notes is more cumbersomethan you think, especially if there is a mistake in applyingthem correctly. Hear how you may invite more problemsthan you originally started with and see how NoteAssistant takes the pain out of note application, ensuringthat you make no mistakes when applying the code cor-rections. By using CCSV, you can compare and contrastyour customizing settings across different systems.Using SAP Query, you can avoid writing ABAP programsfor routine and flexible reporting. Simply select the datatables, select the fields, and create a quick and easy listreport. Data Browser, which allows you to access tableentries without ABAP code, can cause problems if notused properly, since it may consume a lot of memory.

A comprehensive overview of how tobetter automate financial processeswith SAP Business WorkflowLearn new ways to automate repeatable businessprocesses by using SAP’s Business Workflow. Overcomethe critical challenges of having to process more transac-tions at less cost, document procedures for compliance,and shift from transaction processing to analytics.Discover how and when you can trigger workflows andfully exploit SAP Business Workflow’s potential forautomating processes and generating notifications tosupport regulatory requirements. Walk through practicalexamples of financial workflows in action, as well as thesteps required to create a basic workflow on your own.Get valuable insights on how to inventory your currentfinancial processes for hidden workflow opportunities.

Archiving 101: Introduction to archivingfinancial data in SAPLearn how to archive FI/CO data in SAP to meet key busi-ness and regulatory requirements. Explore potentialimpacts archiving FI/CO data may have on your companyas well as the benefits beyond just system performance.Explore common FI/CO data archiving objects and

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Track 11 continuedas well as the role of Document/Content Managementand SAP Business Workflow in SAP NetWeaver. Exploitanalysis tools to control and monitor the life cycle of anSAP document. Take advantage of SAP OrganizationalManagement to route work items dynamically. Get tips tosimplify lockbox exception handling and check/remit-tance images receipt with SAP Business Workflow. Gaininsights into how to automate the assignment of checkimages to relevant SAP documents. Learn new ways tooptimize exception handling and approval procedures forincoming invoices. Leverage your existing SAP infrastruc-ture to improve your business procedures without signifi-cant investment in third-party applications, and discoverwhy solid technical and functional expertise is imperativefor a successful project implementation.

A step-by-step guide to bolster useradoption of your SAP portal initiativesFoster user adoption of your portal initiative by leveragingspecific features such as eventing, drag-and-relate, andpersonalization. Discover how single sign-on (SSO),event-driven navigation, and presentation of data frommultiple applications entices the user into regular use ofthe portal. Determine when and how you can use a com-bination of carrot-and-stick strategies to gain widespreaduser acceptance. Uncover do’s and don’ts of portaldesign and focus on the high-impact interface issuesusers will care the most about, such as good perform-ance, intuitive navigation, and exciting presentation. Keytakeaways include tips and tricks to utilize portal tools soyou can create a self-learning work environment, and amethodology for developing a personal work experiencefor your users.

Advanced tips and tricks for financialdata conversion with LSMW Get advanced tips and tricks for leveraging the LegacySystem Migration Workbench (LSMW) to resolve complexreal-world data conversions that your financial analyststackle on a daily basis. Take home specific guidelines forusing LSMW to update financial records for specificaccount types only, update account assignments for vari-able numbers of sales order lines, and post financial doc-uments with multiple accounting line items. Discover howthe addition of just a small amount of ABAP code helpsyou meet complex business requirements, such as finan-cial document postings, “if…then…else” conditional pro-cessing, and processing orders with header and multipleline items.

Are you under-utilizing SAP’s ComputerAided Test Tool (CATT) to test yourfinancial processes?Bolster the quality and efficiency of the testing activitiesyou exercise to ensure the quality of your financialprocesses. Explore CATT’s key components, includingvariants, parameters, and variables. Tap CATT’s fullpotential to automate your testing activities and save con-siderable time. Learn how your team can leverage CATTto validate returned data, error messages, databaseupdates, and more. Get tips to leverage Extended CATT(eCATT), a functional testing tool that resides in SAP WebApplication Server. Exploit your existing CATT test scriptsin the eCATT environment. Get do’s and don’ts to designtest scripts that get the most from CATT and eCATT.

Design and brand a portal that winsover even your most resistant financialend users and managersAnalyze the main reasons for user resistance and lever-age effective portal content, functions, and presentationcapabilities to entice reluctant managers and end users.Identify SAP Enterprise Portal business packages suchas Employee Self-Service (ESS), Assets, Resource andPortfolio Management, and WebEx, that are particularlyattractive to the financial user. Navigate through youroptions for customizing your portal design and get strate-gies to utilize this functionality. Discover the role thatbranding (internally, externally, and internationally) playsin helping to win over end users. Explore the spectrum ofbranding tools from easy-to-use to the more complex(see, for example, what tool allows you to change thelogon page). Arm yourself with useful tips and tricks toget content into the portal and keep both your technicaldevelopers and application users happy. Gather addi-tional insights and strategies to ensure performance isacceptable to all users and that both data and useraccess are secure.


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The conference for SAP financials

Strategies, best practices, and expert-led instructionfor finance professionals who rely on SAP softwareand for the IT teams that support them.

! Explore new SAP functionality, including the newGeneral Ledger

! Leverage your SAP BW and R/3 systems to build, customize, and distribute higher quality financialreports

! Tap into new and advanced techniques to leveragefinancial accounting and controlling features in R/3 and mySAP ERP

! Conquer the most difficult challenges of deploying andmanaging a global financial landscape

! Empower managers with integrated financial plans,budgets, forecasts, and key performance indicators

! Enhance the performance, scalability, and flexibility ofthe technical infrastructure on which your financialsprocesses rely

! Get up to speed with the latest compliance challengesand solutions

! Optimize your billing, payment, banking, creditmanagement, and closing procedures

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