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How SAP MaxAttention supports our customers’ program success Andreas Breitrueck Active Global Support / E2E Services SAP AG October 3-4, 2012, Skolkovo

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How SAP MaxAttention supports our customers’ program success Andreas Breitrueck Active Global Support / E2E Services SAP AG October 3-4, 2012, Skolkovo

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Agenda

Overview on SAP MaxAttention

One Customer Examples

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Agenda

• OVERVIEW OF SAP ACTIVE GLOBAL

SUPPORT AND SAP AGS OFFERINGS

• MOTIVATION - WHY SAP MAXATTENTION

• WHAT IS SAP MAXATTENTION?

• ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND DELIVERY

• WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT?

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SAP Active Global Support Overview Who we are!

We are the only team within the SAP ecosystem supporting all SAP installations from all over the world. While supporting the complete installed base, SAP Active Global Support acquires comprehensive knowledge about all technical risks (product and non-product related) customers are facing. We share this unique expertise in a customer tailored approach for a successful implementation, operation and continuous improvement. By doing so, we develop end-to-end support services for SAP, as well as integrating them into solutions, go-to-market and partner programs.

Global support organization

...with more than 5900 employees

...located in 54 countries

backed up with over 15,000 developers

SAP AGS supports more than 100,000 customers and 12,000,000 users in more than 120 countries.

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AGS Product Portfolio according Innovation, Ability and Mission Critical Support

SAP Product Support for Large Enterprises

SAP Enterprise Support

SAP Safeguarding

Direct access to innovation

SAP MaxAttention customizable

Innovation ability

Mission Critical Operation Non- Mission Critical Operation

high

low

Active Global Support (AGS)

SAP Active Embedded

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Agenda

• OVERVIEW OF SAP AGS AND SAP AGS

OFFERINGS

• MOTIVATION - WHY SAP MAXATTENTION

• WHAT IS SAP MAXATTENTION?

• ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND DELIVERY

• WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT?

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Changes in Technology Require New Support Capabilities

n  Cloud becomes reality – ~12% of world-wide software market will go to the cloud by 2011 (Merrill Lynch)

n  Flexible, cost-effective deployment options

n  Access to databases in main memory: 10,000 times faster than from storage drives

n  Future blade servers: up to 500 GB RAM + arrangement of 100 blades

n  Future data compression in stacks: 20x greater than today

n  Up to 50 TB main memory

n  ~60% of world’s population on mobile, still growing

n  Collaborative and transactional usage patterns

n  Anytime, anywhere

Source: Jim Snabe at Analyst Influencer Summit, Boston December 2009

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Right at the Heart of Every CIO

Observation in the market: As IT complexity grew there was a strong drive to reduce operation costs: Phase 1 Outsourcing, out-tasking or consolidation of data centers Phase 2 Harmonization, standardization and integrated application lifecycle management

Source: SAPPHIRE Presentation 2003 – Henning Kagermann

n  The “CIO issues” have not been changing in the recent years: with regards to reduction of operations costs in order to free up resources and capital to drive innovation and support business transformation.

n  SAP is investing in technology, tools and services to address requirements for business continuity, innovation and protection of investment, business improvement, and reduction of total cost of operations.

n  This reflects the evolution of SAP from application provider to solution provider support.

SAP scaled to support global single instance

CIO Issue

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Typical CIO Challenges It’s Not All TCO

BUSINESS CONTINUITY 99.9x availability

BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT Performance and level of automation

PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT AND ACCELERATED INNOVATION • Near zero downtime upgrades • SAP enhancement packages

REDUCED TOTAL COST OF OPERATIONS • Near zero defects • Level of integration and standardization • Integrated root cause analysis

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Focus on the Operations Phase Operations Optimization

RUN COSTS ARE 60-70% LABOR, THE REST SPLITS BETWEEN HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE

Labor

Hardware

Software

All areas must be addressed to reduce TCO

Some measures bring benefits in all areas (for example retiring legacy systems)

Most valuable measures can be achieved in operational excellence using RunSAP/ITIL and Customer COE concepts

62% 17%

21%

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Agenda

• OVERVIEW OF SAP AGS AND SAP AGS

OFFERINGS

• MOTIVATION - WHY SAP MAXATTENTION

• WHAT IS SAP MAXATTENTION?

• ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND DELIVERY

• WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT?

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Technical Risk Mitigation

manages

Impact and Probability of

Technical Issues

SAP Standards and Best Practices

enable

End-to-End Solution Operations

Technical Optimization

reduces

Total Cost of Operation

SLA for Accelerated and Predictable Issue

Resolution

Seamless Integration into SAP Back Office

SAP Active Global Support Shares its Unique Capabilities within SAP MaxAttention

SAP MaxAttention

PRO-ACTIVE Unique Capabilities

Business Continuity

SAP R/3 Enterprise/IS-U

SAP ITS

SAP BW/ SEM

GIS TIB

CO

Bus

SCADA

OMS

<customer> Metering System (AMR,HHT)

<customer> MWEB System

<customer> House ID System

<customer> POS/BLAN System

External Banks System

External Credit Card Companies

External Payment Agencies

External Fund Managers

External Cooperation Fund System

External Suppliers

External Customers

<customer> Loan System

<customer> Salary Adjustment System

<customer> Legacy System

<customer> Manpower Planning System (Access)

<customer> Retirement Fund System

<customer> Labour Union System

<customer> Intranet System

<customer> Swipe Card/ Clocking Machine System

<customer> Cremation Fund System (Oracle)

<customer> Insignia System (FoxPro)

Flat Files

<customer> EDI Gateways

<customer> Internet App Server

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

<customer> Insignia System (FoxPro)

<customer> Hospital System

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files Flat

Files

Flat Files

RFC/B

API

RFC/I

DOCs

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

RFC Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Flat Files

Microsoft Excel

Excel Files

RE-ACTIVE

Methodologies that are exhaustive and proven

Knowledge of latest issues and technologies

Skill of approximately 6,000 experts

Experience from hundreds of thousands of resolutions

Engineering Services

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Complex Environments Require Special Solutions: Engineering Support

INCREASED SAP LANDSCAPE COMPLEXITY Comment n  Every customer has

mission-critical applications along with integration needs

n  SAP landscapes become more complex the larger and more integrated they are

n  SAP provides ENGINEERING SUPPORT to manage complexity, risk and TCO

Managing scalability, complexity, risk, and total cost of operations is at the heart of SAP´s engineering support.

Complexity

Level of involvement

In- or out-sourced IT

Project support

ENGINEERING SUPPORT by the software vendor

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SAP Active Global Support Portfolio – Strengthening IT for Better Business Results

Sol

utio

n M

ain

Obj

ecti

ve

Life

C

ycle

Total Cost of Operations

High Availability Performance Data

Consistency Maintainability

Focu

s

Technical issue identification Definition of action plan IT planning – verification and

development of architecture concepts and operations strategies

Accelerated innovation

Technical quality management & end-to-end engineering assurance

Technical integration testing

Volume test optimization Optimization services

Handover to operations Upgrades and modification

management

Root cause analysis Run SAP like a factory E2E application lifecycle

management Business process integration &

automation management Standardization, harmonization,

consolidation

Assessment of Technical Feasibility

and Innovation Opportunities

Validation of Solution Integration

Optimization of End-to-End Solution

Operations

Plan Build Run

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RUN BUILD PLAN Life

C

ycle

S

tage

Accelerated Innovation Integration Validation

Run SAP Like a Factory

Upgrades / Modifications

Continuous Improvement

Application Lifecycle Management

Globalization / Localization

Security

Eng

inee

ring

Ser

vice

s A

cros

s th

e Li

fe C

ycle

Focus Topics Aligned to Your Needs

SAP Active Global Support is the engineering arm of SAP for our installed base to accelerate innovation, reduce cost and optimize performance, stability, integrity,

and maintainability of SAP solutions.

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Performance Customer Transactions

Hardware Bottlenecks (CPU & Memory)

Database Growth and Size

Continuous Improvement SAP MaxAttention Engineering Service Focus Topic

Typical performance optimization potential

Root cause analysis required

Reduction potential (based on experience from other customers)

SAP MaxAttention Aproach Provide recommendations to

improve top transactions Enable your own staff how to

optimize performance in custom coding

SAP MaxAttention Aproach Provide root cause analysis Search for solutions besides

additional hardware

SAP MaxAttention Aproach Give recommendations how to

reduce DB size and growth (avoid, summarize, delete, archive)

Day with highest average workload during peak dialog hours

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

Time

CPU

Util

izat

ion

(%)

hseep01 hseep01a1 hseep01a2 hseep01a3 hseep01a4 hseep01a5 hseep01a6 hseep01a7 hseep01a8 hseep01nfs 0

500 1000 1500 2000 2500

Avg. Resp Time Avg. DB Time Avg. CPU Time

ms

Customer developed transaction SAP Standard Transactions

600 700 800 900

1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600

Jun-

05

Sep

-05

Dec

-05

Mar

-06

Jun-

06

Sep

-06

Dec

-06

Mar

-07

Jun-

07

Sep

-07

Dec

-07

Dat

abas

e Si

ze (G

B)

Expected DB size (no activities) Expected size by utilizing typical opt. Potential

~ 350 GB

EXAMPLE

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Mission Control Center for Integration Validation SAP MaxAttention - Engineering Service Focus Topic

Order to Cash

Analysis Capabilities

Inbound delivery Financials (PEC)

Mission Control Center

Technology

Data Consistency

Performance

Operational Readiness In

tegr

atio

n V

alid

atio

n ESS/MSS

SAP Solution Manager Diagnostics, business process monitoring

Master data, transactional security, process consistency

Main ALM foundations

Performance and throughput

Scope defined

Blueprint ready

Customizing, configuration, development ready

Unit/module test finished

Integration test finished

Volume test finished

Cutover finished

Go live

Core Business Process Definition

Solution Landscape Understanding

Clear Phase Gates

EXAMPLE

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A service level agreement (SLA) is an agreement between the customer and SAP. It specifies in measurable terms the time frames for an initial reaction from SAP (IRT) and corrective actions.

SAP provides a corrective action or a work around within 4 hours for priority 1 messages.

For priority 1 messages which are not solved within 4 hours, SAP shall define together with you a joint action plan. This action plan will ensure, that the best experts at SAP will drive the solution remote and onsite with the highest priority.

SAP ensures fast message processing with a dedicated owner in the back office.

Sign-off of the technical quality manager during working hours.

The Service Level Agreement

SAP MaxAttention

Priority 1 Priority 2

Response 1 hour 4 hours

Corrective Action*

4 hours –

*a correction, a work-around or an action plan Only valid for installations within mainstream and extended maintenance

BENEFITS Financial impact of support issues on your

business is significantly reduced. Your business is brought back on track

faster.

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Agenda

• OVERVIEW OF SAP AGS AND SAP AGS

OFFERINGS

• MOTIVATION - WHY SAP MAXATTENTION

• WHAT IS SAP MAXATTENTION?

• ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND DELIVERY

• WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT?

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How Collaboration Works Establish a Cooperation with SAP

Reporting & Results

Measurement & Analytics

Projects/ Services

Engagement Plan Benefit Case 360° Review

DELIVERY PROCESS FOLLOWS THE BASIS PRINCIPLES OF SAP MaxAttention ENGAGEMENTS

Holistic identification of areas for improvements and prioritization of focus areas

Baseline evaluation per focus area and anticipation of potential benefit

Agreement on key performance indicators (KPIs)

Definition of engagement (project) scope and milestones including required effort

Identification of relevant engineering services

Setup measurement of impact based on benefit case

Setup and execution of improvement project with customer and partners

Measure impact and result of the project activities

Balanced scorecard: regular progress reporting

Provide measurements of agreed KPIs as part of the quarterly reviews

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Engagement Model and Governance in SAP MaxAttention

Issue Description:Issues in Monitoring & Performance like missing KPIs, unsufficient Performance of Core Business transactions and critical system messages

Comments

Operations Excellence:

Status:

In process

-50%Critical messages in SysLog

SepAugJulJun Dec Jan

-50%Missing Monitoring KPIs

NovOct

ActualTargetKPI

-50%Critical messages in SysLog

SepAugJulJun Dec Jan

-50%Missing Monitoring KPIs

NovOct

ActualTargetKPI

Completed MaxAttention Activities:• Support Management Assessment (SMA) performed

Planned MaxAttention Activities:• SAP System Administration

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Identification of strategic focus topics

Project Definition and Execution

Application Lifecycle Management

Integration Validation

Run SAP like a Factory

Security

Upgrade

Continuous Improvement

Collaborative Steering Committee Quarterly Meetings

Approval

Reporting

Approval

Reporting Reporting

Approval Approval

SA

P M

axA

ttent

ion

Eng

agem

ent

Life

cycl

e

Quality Issues

Project Definition and Execution

Project Definition and Execution

Project Definition and Execution

Strategic Planning

Identification of strategic focus topics

Identification of strategic focus topics

Identification of strategic focus topics

360° 360°

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Covering All Aspects of the Technical Solution and Application Lifecycle Management

Transparency of processes Handling of process issues Performance and

level of automation

BUSINESS PROCESS OPERATIONS

24 x 7 operation Job scheduling Near zero defects Level of integration

and standardization Integrated root cause analysis

24-HOUR SCHEDULE

System configuration 99,9x availability

IT TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Integration into application Lifecycle management Transactional consistency

TRANSITION INTO PRODUCTION

Upgrade & release planning Change control management Near zero downtime upgrades SAP enhancement packages

SOFTWARE CHANGEMENT MANAGEMENT

Incident management Root cause analysis Service level management

IT SERVICE MANAGMENT

FOCUS AREAS

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Technical Quality Manager (TQM)

360° ENGAGEMENT Customers Never Walk Alone Customer / Partner

Support experts Expertise on demand Developers Consultants

Embedded Support Team Issue analysis, tracking, and

resolution Facilitate real-time team-up with back

office Executive reporting and

review meetings

Engineering Architect (EA) within SAP MaxAttention

ISSUES SOLUTIONS SAP Solution Manager facilitates collaboration

between embedded support team and back office.

Global Back Office Assistance to embedded support

team Provides functional and technical

expertise for resolution

SAP AGS: Global organization with app. 6,000 employees in 54 countries backed up by more than 15,000 developers

SAP

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SAP MaxAttention Governance Model

SAP MaxAttention – Customized Value Generation Process

Action Plan Balanced Scorecard Manage Value Generation Targets

Define and monitor KPI’s and objectives

Tracking of joint action items to achieve targets

Technical Quality Manager (TQM)

Financial Perspective • Utilization of MaxAttention rights

Learning P e rsp . • Empowering of Suppor t/Operations organization

Operations Perspective • Smooth operations of all systems & processes

• OSS satisfaction (SLA & PCC) • Defined Data Mgmt. & Archiving strategy • Monitoring • Implementation of Solution Manager • Release status • Projects

• PROSAP (EMEA) • CPCC & Chargebacks (US)

Customer/Vendor Perspective

• Roche view: Special treatment as MaxAttention customer

• SAP view: Roche meeting SAP ’ s expectations

Status Status Status

Status

continuously Targets / Actions / Objectives Engagement Plan

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360° ENGAGEMENT – SAP MaxAttention Customers and Partners Never Walk Alone Customer / Partner

SAP AGS solution architects Support engineers Developers Consultants

SAP

Engineering Architect (EA) within SAP MaxAttention

Technical Quality Manager (TQM)

24 x 7 global expertise for strategic engagements GLOBAL BACK OFFICE

Implementation strategy

Value realization strategy

Sequencing & prioritization

Escalation Strategic alignment

Tactical implementation

Value realization Process leadership

Strategic Program Office

Steering Committee

Executive Ownership

Project Management

Functional Team

Technical Team

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SAP Engineering Architect Key to success: Your trusted advisor and management contact within

SAP Active Global Support

Fully understands your solution & business and defines with you the adequate engagement to ensure you meet business requirements

Is responsible to define key focus areas and an initial action plan for the engagement

Provides clear escalation paths to ensure the maximum attention to the engagement

Provides clear C-Level reporting based on the balanced scorecard and pre-defined key performance indicators during the executive meetings

Ensures quality of delivery by permanent monitoring of the engagement

To be Done

To be Done

In Progress

Completed

4

3

2

1

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SAP Technical Quality Manager Key to success: Your central technical contact person for the engagement

To be Done

To be Done

In Progress

Completed

4

3

2

1

Fully understands the customer solution, business processes and top issues is able to address areas of concern

Proactively monitors your key operations processes and provides optimization recommendations

Supports implementations of end-to-end solution operations

Top issue identification, project definition, issue resolution, and reporting technical quality management report

Ensures access to the relevant experts to address issues and ensures resolution “the right expert at the right time”

Provides, agrees on, follows-up action and project & service plan

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Agenda

• OVERVIEW OF SAP AGS AND SAP AGS

OFFERINGS

• MOTIVATION - WHY SAP MAXATTENTION

• WHAT IS SAP MAXATTENTION?

• ENGAGEMENT MODEL AND DELIVERY

• WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT?

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Benefits of the SAP MaxAttention Collaborative Engagement

Continuous long-term commitment that it will work! Continued and effective business operations

Access experience from ~100,000 customers Access to SAP best practices based on the experience with all our customers

Proactive risk mitigation to deliver projects on time Definition and constant tracking of the risk mitigation plan for roll-outs, operations, and upgrades Your mission-critical projects go live on time

Continuous improvement and operations optimization SAP as a responsible partner to reduce TCO and optimize your business processes Run SAP like a factory: Streamline your operations

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Agenda

Overview on SAP MaxAttention

One Customer Example

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Coating Company Germany

BUSINESS Coating Systems for Automotive, Rail, Ship and Aircraft industry 300 Employees > 60 in R&D ~ 20 in Production Key differentiators - Unique Know How on Recipes- Fast Sampling process

All Core ERP process Implementation fine

Issues on Recipe Mgmt. Side – major custom development requirements, efforts for RM increase to > 1000 Man-days

Build

Go Live fine for all components but Recipe Mgmt.

Recipe Mgmt. Mass processing creating DB Bottlenecks thus system unavailability

---

Decision to stop RM usage

Run Escalation RM

Removal of 90+% of Custom code –

Tuning of remaining custom code

Mgmt. Change on Implementation Partner

Multi mEUR extra cost

SAP Implementation SAP ERP, SAP BW, SAP HCM

Effort estimation to realize Recipe Mgmt. in SAP 20 Man-days

Plan

The careless ignorance of the customers unique differentiators coupled with a missing Technical Feasibility Analysis lead to severe consequences

Assess Feasibility

Thank You!

Andreas Breitrueck SAP AG

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