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Agenda
About Megger
SAP Landscape Highlights
Why SAP BPC?
Approach To Implementation
Business Benefits
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About Megger
Megger is a world leader in the
design, development and
manufacture of advanced test
and measurement equipment for
electrical power applications.
Operating on a global scale
• Six manufacturing sites in four
countries
• Sales and service divisions
operating in twelve countries
• 1200+ employees
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SAP Landscape Highlights
SAP Business All-in-One industry solution provides
an integrated SAP solution covering Manufacturing,
Purchasing, Sales and Financials.
SAP Business Warehouse and Business Objects
Reporting Suite covering sales reporting.
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
SAP is implemented throughout global operations
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Why SAP BPC?
Simplify planning and reduce budgeting cycle-time
Overhead planning had been undertaken on a
multitude of spreadsheets, all different at each of
the sites, and with multiple versions in circulation.
The initial pilot introduced the planning side of SAP
BPC with Overhead Planning
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Why SAP BPC?
Megger then implemented Consolidation in SAP
BPC in order to meet two real objectives:
• to move away from the current consolidation platform
• to introduce the robust platform as a method of improving
control around the consolidation, and provide a more
flexible platform for the group.
The planning platform scope was expanded further
in 2014 for the 2015 planning round to encompass
the planning of trade revenues by country, source
manufacturing site.
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Approach to Implementation
SAP BPC was delivered by Ciber in only 20 days
The project implemented Ciber's cost centre based
overhead planning model
The accelerated implementation was due to the
capability to deploy and adapt Ciber's self-contained
planning models
Knowledge transfer and support
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Business Benefits
An integrated planning, budgeting, forecasting and
consolidation solution
A single version of truth
Improved process turnaround and simplify business
processes in generating the annual budget sheets
Supporting the growth of the business
Ease of reporting
• the group accounting team can now roll-out online
reporting of the group reports to the individual sites
• help them to understand the impact of their individual
domains on the group result.
Welcome to Ciber’s webinar “Driving efficiency in planning and financial performance management”
Ciber is a Ciber is a global IT consulting company with about 6,500 consultants and approximately $1 billion in annual revenue.
Ciber provides leading SAP integration expertise, international presence and the manufacturing industry experience that you need to get the most from your IT systems to gain and maintain competitive edge. We are a fully certified Global SAP Partner with specialist skills in SAP Business Planning & Consolidation, ERP and Analytics through to full SAP Managed Services, CRM, GRC and mobility solutions. Ciber brings together key technologies with cloud or on premise delivery to ensure rapid realisation on our customers SAP investments.
The research this year focused on connections with the premise that success in manufacturing in 2014 will be defined by the quality of interconnectedness between people, businesses and things – finance and planning forming the strategic glue between these different elements.
On the people side, the research finds manufacturers struggling to manage and motivate multiple generations, whether an 18 year old apprentice or a 65 year old delaying retirement. It also points to the need for manufacturers to improve their image in order to recruit the next generation of workers.
From a business connection point of view, manufactures are looking to increase their focus on the customer and to build more resilience into their supply chains.
When it comes to things, the press is full of stories around smart manufacturing, the Internet of Things and things like 3D printing. The research also covers attitudes to these.
If we look firstly at the customer.
Tellingly, 80% admit they could be more customer centric.
Customrs are becoming more demanding. In the next 2 years, two-thirds expect to see customers demanding added value services. Customers are also likely to be more involved in product development and calling for customised products.
These trends suggest that the lines between manufacturing and services are blurring and manufacturers will need to adopt more of a service mentality
Looking briefly at supply chain issues now. 60% of manufacturers have seen their revenue or profitability suffer due to supply chain issues in the last 12 months. Disruptions range from security threats, IT outages, volatile exchange rates and as we are in Britain, it is not surprising that extreme weather plays a role too.
Manufacturers are not sitting idly though – three quarters know they could have better supply chain visibility and you’ll see here that they are focused on eliminating supply chain bottlenecks, improving alert systems and forecasting
Manufacturing is in an exciting, if a little scary, place right now – over the next year or so, most manufacturers see things like smart components, predictive analytics, mobile applications and 3D printing changing how they operate as a business.
Looking at 3D printing in particular, rather than seeing this as a threat, a massive 94% actually see this as an opportunity and are able to articulate benefits such as a quicker time to market, cost savings and increased flexibility.
Others see it creating brand new roles in their organisations although 1 in 10 think more Government regulation is needed.
This is just a taster of some of the findings from Manufacturing Success 2014 – they all underline the need for strong leadership and effective planning to thrive in what we’ve seen is a climate of massive change.
Thank you for your time.