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Win with SAP HANA in the Retail IndustryTim HoodGlobal Vice President Strategic Technologies,Retail Industry Business Unit, SAP SENovember 2014
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Powerful CustomersGlobalizationEconomic PressuresSpeed-to-MarketDifferentiation
Real-time Value of Retail powered by SAP HANAWhats on the CEOs Agenda?
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Real-time Value of Retail powered by SAP HANAChallenges Faced by Retail Line-of-Business Leaders
How do I get real-time item-level inventory inall locations across all channels?
How do I leverage social networks andpredictive analytics to sharpen my demandforecasts?
How can merchandising, marketing, andsupply chain work together to maximizemargins?
Is the performance of each SKU from a netmargin, inventory turn, and shelf space pointof view available in real-time by store andmarket?
How can I predict and not react to customer buying patterns in real-time?
Are my stores equipped to save or grow thesale in-the-moment?
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What do Retailers Need to Thrive in todays tough market?
Redefined Customer Interaction New Level of Real TimeCustomer Data
Global, Channel agnostic supplychain
Put the customer at the center ofall processes
Increase the number of customertouch points
Engage with customers at everystage of the path to purchasewith personalized interactions
Real time personalized offersdelivered to consumers in any channel
Agility and speed in campaigns andpromotions
Customer data at the heart ofmerchandise, assortment, promotionand demand planning
Efficient use of inventory across allchannels and regions
New levels of interaction with suppliers toreduce costs throughout the supply chain
Allow consumers to easily crosschannels to order and receive productswhenever and wherever they want
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SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA in figures
SAPHANA
trained partnersSuite on HANA
7,600+
HANA basedapplications
> 70
users on asingle ERP onHANA system
100,000fasterperformance
Up to 100,000
productivescenarios andpilots
500+
Suite on HANAgo-live projectsin progress
460+Suite on HANAlive systems
105
end users onSAP HANA
>440,000
Live scenariosBW on HANA
220+
SuiteonHANA
Suite on HANAcontracts
1050+
May 2014
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The Technology AdvantageSAP Retail Powered by SAP HANA Platform for Innovation
Business Innovation /TransformationAgility and choice with acomprehensive suite ofapplications on a single in-memory platform
Personalized UserExperience with Role-Based ApplicationsNew class of real timeapplications
Single Source of TruthReal-time information forpersonalized insight
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Retail Value Map
Industry Value Map for RetailRetail. Right. Now
Customer-Driven SupplyChain
Real-Time Customer andSupply Chain Analytics
Integrated Demand andReplenishment Planning
Optimized Logistics andFulfillment Execution
Collaborative Sourcing,Buying and Manufacturing
Vendor Discovery andLifecycle Management
Sourcing and BuyingExcellence
Private Label Developmentand Manufacturing
Collaborative BusinessNetworks
Customer-CentricMerchandising
Real-Time Customer Insightand Predictive Analytics
Optimized Merchandiseand Assortment Planning
Marketing, Campaign andPromotion Planning
Perfect Price andPromotion Execution
Unified CustomerExperience
Real-Time CustomerInsight and Personalization
Superior Web and SocialExperience
Store Excellence *
Empowered MobileConsumer
Finance
Accounting and FinancialClose
Financial PerformanceManagement
Treasury and Financial RiskManagement
Collaborative FinanceOperations
Enterprise Risk andCompliance Management
Real Estate LifecycleManagement
People and Talent Core Human Resourcesand Payroll* Talent Management*Workforce Planning and
Analytics*Time and Attendance
ManagementTime and Attendance
Management
Indirect Procurement
TechnologySolutions
Analytics Consumer ExperienceData Management Application Developmentand Integration Enterprise Mobility
IT Management Application LifecycleManagementIT Infrastructure
ManagementIT Portfolio and Project
Management IT Service ManagementIT Strategy and
Governance
SAP HANA Platform
Most significantRetail on HANA
Advantage
www.sap.com/solutionexplorer
* SAP POS by GK is not available on HANAThe Complete* Retail Solution Set is available on HANA Today
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Item Management Improve efficiency of merchandisingoperationsIS-R on HANAOptimizations
Real-time Value of Retail powered by SAP HANAOpportunities in Customer-Centric Merchandising
AssortmentManagement
Improve efficiency of merchandisingoperations
AP on CARIS-R on HANAOptimizations
Promotion Planningand Execution
Plan promotions with highest impact on salesand margins. Improve promotion execution
PMR on CARIS-R on HANAOptimizations
Item AffinityAnalysis
Increase offer effectiveness, optimize productplacement and reduce cannibalizationHPA Application (FBS)
http://factbook.saphana.com
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With the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA, Eldorado is able to tune its marketing campaigns and product pricing in real-time, enhancing profitability and maximizing sales revenue in ways that were simply not possible before. The service fromintelligence combined with the performance and capabilities of the IBM Systems solution for SAP HANA make a directcontribution to Eldorados business success.
Fabricio Granja , Enterprise Architect at Eldorado LLC
Eldorado LLC- Retail (Electronic)Eldorado is the leading consumer electronics and household appliance retailer inRussia.
Significantimprovementin planning andreducing the Out-of-Stock rate
167x fasterOn average - Queryruntime on cash-register receiptsreports
y77% Reductionyin database size,dropped from 4 TB to560 GB using SAPHANA
Product: Deploy planning of Merchandise and Assortment using BW on HANA
yBusiness Challenges/Objectivesy Deploy flexible planning by cluster according to market trends and business needsy Inhibited reduction of the Out-of-stock level due to the non-performing assortment planning
system
y Create a market analysis portfolio for only in-time sales and demand forecastyTechnical Challengesy Reduce the 35-hour processing time of sequence planning on ABAPy Allow for analysis of in-depth cash-register receipts reportsy Improve the performance of business analysis report generationy Reduce the time to calculate inventory levelsyBenefitsy React faster to planning changes for Sales, Purchases, Stores and Promotionsy Ability to easily define and run new queries which were not possible prior to HANAy An average of 167x faster in query runtime on cash-register receipts reportsy 77% reduction in database size; dropped from 4 TB to 560 GB using SAP HANAy 66% faster to process complex sequence planning; time dropped from 35 to just 12 hours
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Real-time InventoryVisibility
Real time visibility to inventory levels at alllocations, the foundation for cross channel
commerce (click and collect)CAR
POS Inbound andOutbound
Relieve the time pressure on the nightlyprocessing window
IS-R on HANAOptimizations
CAR
Real-time SalesAnalysis
Provide visibility to sales activity and storeperformance in real time
CARShopper Insight (RDS)
Allocation Improve efficiency of merchandisingoperationsIS-R on HANAOptimizations
Real-time Value of Retail powered by SAP HANAOpportunities in Customer-Driven Supply Chain & Store Operations
http://factbook.saphana.com
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Centro Cuesta NacionalImprove inventory management and replenishment
Product: SAP HANA
Business Challengesy Maximize shelf space; just because the product is in the store doesn't
mean that its on the shelfy Find the optimal point of Replenishment by closely monitoring in-store
sales
Technical Challengesy Improve sales monitoring, because with the current infrastructure, real-
time or near real-time sales monitoring is impossibley Automate monitoring processes to identify in real-time, shelves that lack
products during peak shopping hours
Benefitsy 10% increase in total Salesy 8% increase in rotation of productsy Greater customer satisfactiony Minimize "Blind stockout"
CompanyCentro CuestaNacional
HeadquartersDominican Republic
IndustryRetail
ProductsFoods
HANA abre en CCN un nuevo mundo de posibilidades, y con humildad pero con gran satisfaccincelebramos el honor recibido y el excelente trabajo de nuestro equipo de profesionales de tecnologaque han hecho posible este gran reconocimiento.Gisselle Muoz, Vice-Presidente of IT of Centro Cuesta Nacional sad to SOMOS CCN (internal customer magazine)
English: HANA opens a new world of possibilities in CCN. It is with great humility and satisfactionthat we celebrate these honors and the excellent work from our technology team that has allowed forthis great recognition
10%IncreasedIn total Sales
16x fasterto run a report(reduced from 4hours to 15minutes)
8% IncreasedIn product rotation
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Customer Analysis& Segmentation
Identify and target the right customers with theright offers resulting in increased revenue and
margin
ADTCAR
Real-time Value of Retail powered by SAP HANAOpportunities in Unified Customer Experience
CampaignManagement
Improve the efficiency of Marketing operationsCRM on HANAPMR on CAR
RevelantPersonalized Offers
Deliver personalized offers to the rightcustomers, optimizing marketing spend
PMR on CARPrecision Marketing
ProductRecommendations
Recommend products based on item affinity,increasing basket size and revenue
HPA Application (FBS)CEICAR
http://factbook.saphana.com
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Home Shopping Europe (HSE24): First Customerfor SAP Customer Engagement Intelligence
RQ xxxxx (YY/MM)
CompanyHome Shopping Europe (HSE24)
IndustryRetail, Media
ProductCustomer Engagement IntelligencePredictive Analysis
ScopeCampaign Management Optimization
ProjectLive
StatusRamp-up since April 2013
Situationy HSE24 is a true multichannel retailer selling live across six different channelsy Needs to better understand their target audience in real-timey Wants to adapt their offers based on real-time analyticsy Today, Marketing is not empowered to deliver on these requirements, because: Marketing planning is spread across many files and tools Big Data is causing headache and need help from IT and expert users Reports on campaign performance are outdated Takes too long and does not match the real-time nature of HSE24 business
Business and IT Transformation with SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANAy HSE24 will leverage Big Data as an asset to drive business resultsy Gain actionable insights on the target audience in real-timey Empower the marketing professionals to run more and smarter campaigns while deciding better with
real-time reporting analytics on campaigns performance across 6 live selling channelsy Leverage predictive analytics to optimize product returns and thus saving costsy Become more agile with one platform from SAP to scale the business model into new markets and
have less dependency on IT
Benefitsy Improve ROI of campaigns by targeting the right audiencey Accelerate revenue growth by shifting from product to customer-based cross and up-sellingy Improve margin by leveraging predictive analytics to optimize marketingy Champion the delivery of a superior consumer experience across all channels
Thats what I call a modern UI!Christian Schnetzer (CRM IT Lead) quoting colleagues from the marketing department at HSE24
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Transactional(~50 Scenarios)
Insight to ActionVisual overview over a complex topicfor monitoring or tracking purposes
Search and ExploreView on essential information aboutan object and contextual navigationbetween related objects
Analytical(~50 Scenarios)
Factsheet & ContextualNavigation
(~85 Scenarios)
Task-based AccessAccess to tasks like change, create,and to entire processes with guidednavigation
Runs on anydatabase andSAP HANA
Runs on SAP HANA
Introducing FioriThe new People Centered User Experience
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Fiori: Example: Article Fact SheetEmbedded in Launchpad with fast Hana-Search
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Fiori Example: Retail Promotion Execution CockpitOperational Reporting with Insight-to-Action
Key Benefits
Capabilities
Use Case Description
With a big number of promotions, it is difficult to have an efficient overview onstatus of the promo preparation including follow-on documents and logisticaspects.
Currently, relevant information for the promotion are spread across differentbusiness objects. Therefore it is difficult to identify and solve issues in time.
The target is to create holistic real-time reporting capabilities, to simplify andspeed-up the detection of promotion preparation issues, to find the rootcauses (e.g. supply chain), and efficiently resolve them.
This allows to increase the success of promotions and the consumer satisfaction.
Real-time overview of status, issues and current performance ofpromotions which are in preparation or in execution
Direct drill-down to understand the root causes of issues combined with theinsight-to-action capabilities allows immediate action
Smoother promotion preparation and execution Higher promotion success rate due to avoiding errors Simple and intuitive UI
Pre-built SAP HANA Live virtual data models for real-time transactional analytics of retail promotion preparation and execution and related processsteps in the supply chain, based on real-time document level data of SAP ERP / IS-Retail and SAP HANA (integrated scenario or side car scenario)
Analyses with multiple analytical tools (e.g. Business Objects Clients) possible based on the Virtual Data Model (VDM) The insight-to-action promotion cockpit powered by SAP HANA and SAP Fiori brings together all needed information from various application areas, to
be able to detect and resolve exceptions efficiently
Planning
1) Content contains functionality planned by SAP as well as lab mock-ups . SAPs planning can change.
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Cloud options with SAP Retail on HANASubscription or bring-your-own-license, elasticity, ubiquitous access
SAP offers a wide range of deployment options to support your requirements
Private Cloud,HybridPublic Cloud
On-premise
Partner ScaleAny Scale Elastic ScaleLimited Scale
SAP HANA OnePublic Cloud (AWS) Subscription license at
99 cents / hour
30GB of compresseddata max
SAP HANAOn Premise 10 certified hardware
partners
Scales to any size
SAP HANAEnterprise CloudManaged Cloud Enterprise grade cloud
Mission critical 24 x 7
OpenCloud Ecosystem Cross license
reference architecture
Portability
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Managing Common Challenges
Challenge Solution
Hana is not proven, its too much of arisk for my business
Provide references: SAP has hundreds of customers running mission criticalbusiness processes on HANA
Conduct Technical info sessions with HANA experts describing HANAs DataCenter Readiness (Fault tolerance, Disaster recovery, Load balancing etc)
Hana is too expensive LREA licenses for HANA are comparable to the other Databases we resell Because of compression, HANA actually uses less resources than traditional
databases. Discuss the added value to the business that HANA provides (Real time
visibility, accelerated business processes and renovated user experience)
My company has no HANA skills SAP can operate Retail on HANA in HEC, technical skill set requirements areeliminated
SAP (and partners) can upskill the IT team prior to the project or as part of theimplementation project.
SAP projects are too long and tooexpensive
The actual migration from AnyDB to HANA is a very short process (hours ordays). The most significant challenge is often the upgrade to the supported EhP(EhP7 SP2 for IS-Retail). The most effort and time is usually in testing/validation
SAP has RDS and consulting specialists that can speed the process updramatically
Most of our SI partners have HANA COEs with quite a bit of experience
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Retail on HANAElevator Pitch
Up the minute view of the customerfrom wherever they choose to engagewith you
Boost company performance withpersonalized customerexperiences
Single calculation of customer demandacross all channels
Decrease stock outs, improvesales, and optimize use ofinventory
Common real time data platform toexecute the retail applications
Increase systems efficiency,reduce duplication of data andinterface costs
One set of data and insight acrosschannels, products and operations
Quickly maximize sales andmargins with targeted pricing andpromotions
What does Retail on HANA deliver? Benefit to the retail business
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SAP Retail on HANAWhiteboard
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base of 3000+ retailers
Corporate Operations
SAP Retail on HANA Introduced in 2013, strong market momentum.
Many live customers as of Q3 2014
Real Time Visibility with SAP BI Analytics on the operational data store, no
more waiting for information to show up in theData Warehouse
Drill down to granular data, no moreaggregations
Optimizations for Line Of Business Accelerated business processes for all Lines
of Business Relieve time pressure on nightly batch
processing window
Renovated User Experience with SAP Fiori New role based applications with simple and
intuitive UI that provide instant value
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The TCO Equation is ElusiveHardware is just 5-10% of overall costs
Hardware
ContinuousImprovement
Data Footprint
Replication & ETL
Operation
Search &Accelerators
Software
Significantreductions in all
other TCOdrivers enabled
by SAP HANA faroutweigh any
increase in H/Wcosts
SAP HANA H/W costsimpact less than 5-10% of
the TCO equation
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HardwareCost Perception
Perception Reality Fact Implementing SAP HANA as the
technology of the future is costly Combined OLAP and OLTP systems on
one platform thus reducing overallcosts
Pacific Drilling -Significantly reduced datasize and footprint
Certified Hardware means aconsiderable addition in costs to theinvestment compared to othertechnologies
No components are exclusive to SAPHANA and consist of standard ITservers
ASE Korea - 20%potential improvement inIT maintenanceproductivity
The SAP HANA Appliance approachincreases the TCO unnecessarily
The SAP HANA Appliance secures aready to run system and the TDI*concept can be an alternative to lowerthe Hardware TCO
MaschinenfabrikRheinhausen TDI*substantially contributesto protecting out ITinvestments
Existing Hardware can not be re-used Existing Hardware can be used forboth non-productive and productivesystems.
itelligence - New platformto develop and to launchnew solutions add-ons,and functionality based onSAP HANA
*TDI : Tailored Datacenter Integration
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TCO constantly decreasing on Suite on HANAHANA effects multiple elements in the TCO model
TCO Suite onAnyDB
TCO Suite onSAP HANA
System landscapesimplification
ContinuousImprovement
Operations
Hardware
Software
Hardware
Software
ContinuousImprovement
Operations
Search &Accelerators
Replication
Data Footprint
yAchievement in 2014:9 Seamless integration of HANA operations into data center
operations (tailored data center integration, TDI) with
existing enterprise storage Existing networking including check tools for critical KPIs Multi-VM virtualization for productive systems Installation by partner (both physical and virtual)
9 Significant drop of HANA server cost due to next generationIntel processors (Ivy Bridge) and productive use of Intel XeonE5 processor family
9 Multi-tenant database containers (with SP09)9 One-step migration and upgrade with DMO (database
migration option) of SUM (SAP Update Manager)
9 Reduction of data footprint with SAP Financial Add-on
For more information see:www.saphana.com/openness
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Factors affecting the Cost and Investments intoSAP Buiness Suite powered by SAP HANA
Differentiate through innovation
Smaller IT Landscape Footprint.Reduction of IT Complexity
Increased flexibility through TDI anddeployment options
Faster Decisions with real-time Analytics and moreLoB users attracted to sw
Reduced expenses through Optimized Planning
Increased speed in Business Processes
Industry Business Processes
ITLandscape
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New SAP Retail Learning Map Coming Soon!Available End of NovemberThe SAP Retail Learning Map will provide you with the knowledge you need to: Effectively position Suite on HANA and address retail industry requirements to the CMO Engage your audience when pitching the SAP Retail solutions to the CMO through whiteboard
Coming soon!Available at the end of November on sappartneredge.com Retail landing page
SAP Learning Map will include: SAP Retail: Overview SAP Retail: Selling to the Chief Marketing Officer SAP Retail: Pitching to a Chief Marketing Officer Interactive Video SAP Retail: Overview Whiteboard SAP Retail: Selling to the Chief Marketing Officer Whiteboard
Stay Tuned for more Lines of Business in Retail Industry learning maps yet to come!
Visit sappartneredge.com Retail page
Stay Informed: Subscribe to Partner News and Update your profile!
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Where and how to start?Business scenario recommendation, value discovery workshop . . .
y SAP offers a proven methodology and approach to helpyou discover your specific business improvement areasand to quantify the value potential for you.
y Our business scenario recommendation reflects yourcurrent usage of your production software.
Get your own report: http://www.suiteonhana.com
y Our value discovery workshops use a proven methodologyto help you identify your specific business improvementareas and to quantify value potential.
y A deployment road map shows which scenarios wouldyield the greatest business and IT value for your business.It lists suitable deployment options (on-premise, cloud, orhybrid) and the rapid-deployment solutions that would bestfit your needs.
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Real-time value of Retail powered by SAP HANAKey points to take home and Next Steps
SAP Retail on HANA provides a single source of truthabout your customers and your business, in realtime Transform into a real time retailer, react faster than
the competition
SAP Retail on HANA allows you to interact in realtime with millions of consumers, providing apersonalized experience across all channels Create a differentiating and compelling experience
for your customers
SAP Retail on HANA has accelerated key retail andLoB processes Optimize your LoB operations and change the way
people interact with SAP systems Reduce the time pressure on your nightly
processing window
SAP Retail on HANA finally allows you to use themountains of data generated in your business everyday to better serve your customers and manage yourbusiness
SAP innovations have revolutionized retail
Next Stepsy What we offer:
1:1 Follow Up sessions too Discuss specific customer opportunitieso Identify the potential in your industry in more detailo Support the re-qualification of your industry BAiO
template on HANA
y What we would like to get from you: Strong commitment to HANA Integrate Suite on HANA for new and existing customers
in your 2015 business plan Accelerate your GTM Plan for 2015 based on Suite on
HANA
Summary
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Thank You!
Tim HoodGlobal Vice President,Strategic Technologies Retail
SAP SE
+1(416)[email protected]@timhood100www.sap.com
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