SAP Business Process Automation by Redwood Greater continuity, consistency, and timeliness with enterprise-wide process automation Speaker’s Name/Department (delete if not needed) Month 00, 2012
SAP Business Process Automation by Redwood
Greater continuity, consistency, and timeliness
with enterprise-wide process automation
Speaker’s Name/Department (delete if not needed)
Month 00, 2012
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Agenda
Why business process automation?
Connecting people and technology
Introducing SAP Business Process Automation
Business and IT benefits
Q&A
Appendix
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Why business process automation
Business requirements
Fast, error-free
implementation
Limiting factors
Execution typically
not included in
process design
High performance
and availability
Heavy reliance on
custom code
Consistent and
reliable outcomes
Disconnected and
untested process
dependencies
Non-disruptive
maintenance
Extended
maintenance and
regression cycles
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Connecting people and technology
Automate and streamline processes
Lower total cost of ownership
Ensure business continuity, reduce risk
SAP HANA Platform
SAP Business Process Automation application by Redwood
Server
OS Agent SAP
applications
Web
Services
Business
Objects
Business
Intelligence
Solutions
Other Apps
Process Servers
Web-
Based
User
Interface
Database
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Introducing SAP Business Process Automation Harness real-time, event-driven process automation
Leverage the full potential of high-
performance environments
Harness real-time intelligence and
accelerate process execution
Manage process execution for routine,
ad-hoc and unpredictable events
Dynamically determine the right time, place
and circumstances to execute complex
business processes
Eliminate process execution bottlenecks and
gain the agility you need to meet changing business demands
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SAP Business Process Automation Centralize enterprise-wide process execution
Centrally control enterprise-wide
process execution
Achieve end-to-end process execution
across SAP and third-party
environments
Accelerate process execution across all
business areas
Tailor your process execution to your immediate
business situation with SAP Business Process Automation
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SAP Business Process Automation Increase visibility with user-friendly management tools
Quickly and easily define how you want
processes to execute
Track important updates with visual
status indicators
Flag key process milestones with live
monitoring
Monitor multiple processes at the same
time
View detailed historical process
execution
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SAP Business Process Automation Automate for the future
Keep pace with changing application-
specific requirements
Manage and integrate workloads for
legacy, existing and future
applications
Gain a common set of reusable,
immediately available services for
process automation
Embrace new application environments
as they develop with SAP Business Process Automation
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SAP Business Process Automation Deliver value for business and IT
Performance and agility
Greater business process continuity and consistency
Flexible, real-time process decisions based on
immediate business situations
Reliability and efficiency
Consistent, predictable, timely business results
Improved business and IT staff productivity and
effectiveness
Speed
Reduced process delays by removing technology and
application barriers
Fewer errors and less rework
Compliance
Lower business and personal liability risk
Reliability
Reduce errors through automation
No progress mystery—current status view of all
processes
Speed and flexibility
Event-driven process management and parallel
process execution
Less human intervention to delay processes
Efficiency
Integrate enterprise-wide SAP and non-SAP process
dependencies
Automation + fewer resources = cost savings
Lowered total cost of ownership
Single point of control across enterprise
Reduced custom code development
Centrally manage SAP and third-party process
execution
For IT For business
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SAP Business Process Automation Drives process automation across the enterprise
Automate &
Streamline
Processes Dynamic
Execution
Contextual
Process
Monitoring
Central
Point of Control
Lower TCO
Improved
Efficiency
Risk Mitigation Resource Balancing
Business
Continuity &
Reduced Risk SAP NetWeaver
Component
Regulatory
Compliance
Comprehensive
Automation Services
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SAP Business Process Automation and SAP Financial Closing cockpit
Get control of your financial
close
Reduce cost-of-close by 20% or
more
Significantly decrease time to
close books
Improve coordination and
collaboration with complete
process visibility
Allow more time for financial
analysis/reporting
Provide single point of control
across the enterprise
Improve accuracy of financial
reporting with more reliable data
Deliver full internal process
auditability
Finance
Internal
Audit Controlling
Consolidations
Shareholders Executive
Management
Auditors /
Regulators
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SAP Business Process Automation and business intelligence from SAP
Smart business intelligence reporting
Provides real-time BI by managing process-
specific reports ‘inline’ with processes
Supports informed, real-time
business decisions with accurate,
up-to-date reports
Reduces compliance liability risk
Includes BI processing in the wider
workload automation landscape
Enables integrated, enterprise-wide BI
monitoring and reporting
Increases BI data accuracy and integrity
BI from SAP Source Data
SAP Business Process Automation
drives process automation across the enterprise
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SAP Business Process Automation and high volume processing for SAP Industry Solutions
Turn high volume into high performance
Speed revenue recognition through faster
order fulfillment and entry to billing cycle
Enable increased billing and invoicing frequency
Improve customer satisfaction by reducing
order errors and speeding delivery
Improve cash management with more
accurate order, billing and collection
processes
Facilitate real-time insight into cash flow
and financial commitments
Reduce inbound and outbound processing
errors and delays
Provide end-to-end process control
and visibility
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Supporting business outcomes
Automate and streamline processes
Financial close time reduced from 1 week to 2.5 days
Reduced BI report delivery time from 24+ hours to overnight - for
terabytes of data
Lower total cost of ownership
40 financial FTE headcount focused on operational tasks
reduced to 1-3
focused primarily on business analytics
Reduced FTEs involved in monitoring processes from 12 to 1
Ensure business continuity, reduce risk
$10M cash flow increase
2-3 day DSO improvement
15% reduction in external audit costs
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