Regional BI General Cable SAP Analytics Implementation · The following functional areas were...
Transcript of Regional BI General Cable SAP Analytics Implementation · The following functional areas were...
Agenda
A. About General Cable
B. Challenges
C. Solution Description
D. Methodology
E. Benefits
F. Demo
3
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics An Innovator’s Heritage
General Cable has been an innovator for more than 165 years.
With wire and cable products that are a critical part of the fabric of
the world, we have always been dedicated to connecting and
powering people’s lives.
4
13,000
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Company Profile
PLANTS located in
core markets 38 BILLION NET SALES
$6 SALES
& DISTRIBUTION
PUBLICLY TRADED
ASSOCIATES
No. 443
WORLDWIDE
5
Northampton, England
Horsens, Denmark
Aberdeen, Scotland
Lille, France
La Ferté-Macé, France Frankfurt, Germany
Milano, Italy
Grenoble, France Vitoria, Spain
Porto, Portugal
Morelena, Portugal
Seville, Spain Valencia, Spain
Madrid, Spain Barcelona, Spain
Bilbao, Spain Bucharest, Romania
Moscow, Russia
Abrera, Spain
Montcada, Spain Manlleu, Spain
Montereau, France
Nordenham, Germany
Langhus, Norway
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics
Our Europe and Mediterranean Locations
Distribution
Manufacturing
Sales Offices
Technology Center
Headquarters
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Challenges
Due to continuous growth and diversified environment General Cable for Europe looked to expand its BI capabilities and fulfill and resolve the increasing reporting needs. The following functional areas were identified as key for BI growth:
Sales & Marketing
Finance
Supply Chain
Product Management
Budget and Forecast Accuracy
On these areas the following challenges were identified:
o Different toolsets on each region
o No single version of the truth
o Highly diversified data environment across regions. No harmonization on hierarchies, customers, products, locations, etc.
o Non-standard definitions for business critical indicators
o Impossible to track down details from corporate reporting to local reporting automatically
o Loss of time with highly manual report-producing tasks relying mainly on Excel processing
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Solution / Architecture
The main objective of the project was to provide General Cable with a global Business Analytics solution that allows to manage the decisional business information in an agile, flexible and easy-to-use form, facilitating the process of decision making and achieving goals much more clearly and effectively
OP
ERA
TIO
NA
L D
ATA
WA
REH
OU
SE
AN
ALY
TIC
TO
OLS
DATA MARTS
DWH
SEMANTIC LAYER
REPORTING
DATA SOURCES
General Cable chose to partner with Stratesys, an SAP partner with known SAP Analytics expertise.
The solution designed by Stratesys included the best in market BI Analytics tools such as:
– SAP Business Intelligence
– SAP Data Services and Data Quality
– SAP Sybase IQ
This environment allowed General Cable to design a simple but robust end-to-end solution
Architecture
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Solution / Phases
8
The Regional BI project implementation was divided in phases in order to achieve gradual results and obtain the initial benefits as soon as possible.
The different BI functional areas were implemented sequentially so that there will be several go lives that will allow to have early results before the final go live (Agile Methodology). This also facilitates involvement from the end user and IT team .
Analysis Sales & Marketing
Other
Business Blue Print presentation. Finance
Supply Chain
Analysis & Design
Analysis & Design
Design
Multiple go lives to get results earlier
o 3 different projects one after the other to minimize the risk and get results faster
o Not all budget is compromised form the very beginning. o Next phases can be cancelled or postponed, scope can be reviewed at any time during
the project o Focus in a lower number of key users; which is easier to manage. o Key users are more involved as they can see the results earlier.
PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 1 Kick Off
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Methodology
o Incremental development.
o The requirements are unclear, they may change or require a lot of flexibility.
o Work done through collaboration of small self-organized and multidisciplinary teams, who must make decisions in the short term.
o Overlapping phases instead of one after another. Each development or sprint includes all phases (planning, analysis, design, construction, go-live, documentation and support).
o Each iteration or sprint ends deliverable or product that works, that is potentially usable.
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Benefits
Standard
Simple Agile
Automatic
The Regional BI project is an ongoing project but it has already provided General Cable with tangible benefits as well as a clear path for future BI developments
The main benefits achieved can be summarized in the following:
o Standardizing common corporate hierarchies, metrics and reporting requirements across units
o Simplifying consolidation process of reports as well as everyday reporting tasks on each region
oProviding agile and meaningful analysis to management with driver based goals
oReducing manual Excel time-consuming data manipulation to invest employee time in more strategic analysis
Regional BI Reporting
Organization
Technology
Methodology
Definition
Regional BI General Cable / SAP Analytics Benefits
11
•Experts in all functional areas •Experts on operational systems such as SAP ERP •Experts on SAP BI Analytics implmentations
•Using Best Practices in Design and Construction of SAP BI solutions •Specific methodology for Business Analytics •Accelerators and benchmarks: documentation templates, pre-defined KPIs catalogs, etc ...
•Unique and complete BI platform. •Complete Suite of BI that provides coverage for all business needs •Positioning of the solution and roadmap
•Ensure future scalability and autonomy •Training and collaborative construction approach •Training "on the job" before and after implementation