CHS, the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative specializing in grains, food and energy, and its partner, Capgemini, will highlight achievements of the CHS United Program. Insights relating to design, development and testing of Agri-specific SAP capabilities (ACM, CM & Transportation) will be shared. Additionally, examples of "Agile like" methods used for acceleration and productivity will be revealed.

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Presentation Name
A Successful Design and Development
Approach for Rapidly Maturing SAP Solutions
Tom Pearson – CHS
Tausif Khiani – Capgemini
Tuesday, May 16th @ 2:00 pm
Theater 2
Session ID 44129

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CHS, the nation’s leading farmer-owned cooperative
specializing in grains, food and energy, and its partner,
Capgemini, will highlight achievements of the CHS United
Program. Insights relating to design, development and testing
of Agri-specific SAP capabilities (Agricultural Contract
Management (ACM), Commodity Management (CM) &
Transportation Management (TM) will be shared. Additionally,
examples of “Agile like” methods used for acceleration and
productivity will be revealed.
SAP Solutions: SAP Suite on HANA, Ariba, IS-OIL, CM, ACM &
TM

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OUR MISSION
• Nation’s leading cooperative, owned by
farmers, ranchers and co-ops
• Global energy, grains and foods business
• $330 million cash returned to owners in 2017
• Owners:
• 1,100 cooperatives
• 75,000 producers
• 20,000 preferred stockholders
• 11,000 employees worldwide
• Multiyear business transformation
• Partnering with Capgemini to redesign the
enterprise operating model by implementing SAP
• 1st go live: Finance & back office
• 2nd go live: Sales & marketing, procurement,
expanded finance, trading, manufacturing and
transportation
• 50 fulltime CHS employees
• 140 fulltime consultants
• Move from waterfall to Agile development model

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OUR MISSION
Change in approach:
o Agile development model powered
by Capgemini Agile Framework (CAF)
o “Playback” concept for rationalizing
the custom developed high impact
functionality
o Introduction of new tools and
techniques for efficiency gains
• Mind Maps
• Videos
• Slack Collaboration Platform
• Dragon Dictation
Challenges and Opportunities to
overcome for successful delivery
o Increase collaboration
o Improve communications
o Reduce development time
o Increase quality
o Increase user acceptance
o Limitations in the market for
niche skillsets

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IDENTIFY
COLLABORATE
RATIONALIZE
RECORD
CODE
PLAYBACK
OPTIMIZE
DOCUMENT
SIGN OFF
Development Journey for
Agricultural Solution
Reduced
Administrative
Overhead
Accurate &
Complete
Documentation
Improved
Visibility
Effective
Communication Quick
Development
Initiation

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New Tools & Techniques Utilized For Efficiency Gain
MIND MAPS to visually capture structured requirements with
business engagement
VIDEO RECORDINGS with process walkthrough and clear
identification of where the change needs to be development
SLACK, collaboration tool, for interactive communication
across teams & geographies
DRAGON DICTATION to construct the specification document
based on requirements outlined in video recordings

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Improved
Collaboration
Open
Communication
Development
Time
Reduced
Improved
Quality
Results
Quality
Communication
Development
Time
Design
Document
Defect
Rate
15%
75%
85%
90%
25%~

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countries and celebrates its 50th Anniversary year in 2017. A
global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing services,
the Group reported 2016 global revenues of EUR 12.5 billion.
Together with its clients, Capgemini creates and delivers business,
technology and digital solutions that fit their needs, enabling them
to achieve innovation and competitiveness. A deeply multicultural
organization, Capgemini has developed its own way of working,
the Collaborative Business Experience™, and draws on
Rightshore®, its worldwide delivery model.