SAP xApp Analytics Helps Jabil Manage Corporate Governancefm.sap.com/pdf/8633_SAP_Jabil_Webcast12.13.06.pdf · ©SAP AG 2006, SAP xApp Analytics Helps Jabil Manage Corporate Governance

SAP xApp Analytics Helps Jabil Manage Corporate Governance

Erwin Heblon, Jabil

Harold Sandoval, SAP America

December 2006

© SAP AG 2006, SAP xApp Analytics Helps Jabil Manage Corporate Governance / Erwin Heblon and Harold Sandoval / 2

What We’ll Cover …

SAP xApp Analytics

Introduction to SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer

Using Visual Composer

Architecture and Requirements

How Jabil Went Live with SAP xApp Analytics

Summary


Surviving Not ThrivingMost information workers are under-equipped and overwhelmed

Disconnected from enterprise processes

Use both structured and unstructured data

Rely on power users for data retrieval

Unable to leverage corporate assets

Enterprise Apps

Business World

Power User


SAP xApp Analytics

SAP xApp Analytics ensures that Information Workers have everything they need to take immediate action in the context of the daily business processes that are relevant to them.

They are a family of easy to use analytic applications providing insight into all lines of business, built upon SAP NetWeaver, and targeted to a specific task performed by a specific role, that pull together information from any source in the enterprise.


TACTIC

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Order tocash

Hire toRetire

Idea toProduct

Procure to Pay

INTEGRATED BUSINESS INSIGHT – TAILORED TO PEOPLE’S ROLES

SAP xApp Analytics for Everyone

STRATE

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SCORECARD

OPERATIONS

COMMONDATA

/KPI

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SAP NETWEAVER

SAP R3 mySAP ERP ExcelXMLSiebel MySAP Business Applications

Oracle

Finance

Mktg

Sales MfctgIT

ProcureHR

„within the Order-To-Cashprocess the credit managermakes decisions on blocked order based on credit limit – a huge deal is pending“Blocked Order Lists

„the CEO cares about top-line-growth -this cases is a risk to overall performance “Balanced Scorecard, Risk Dashboards

„the VP of Sales needs to be constantly informed since this affects his pipeline“Pipeline Management, integrating ERP and CRM data


SAP xApp Analytics

Empower business usersActionable business insights in the context of the business processEmbedded analytics within mySAP solutions

Easy to create, extend or modifyNo need to write code, just drag-and-dropExpose the business logicnot the technical connectivity

Comprehensive analytic portfolioFunction- and industry-specific analytic applicationsDeliver pre-packaged best business practices

Creating Analytic Applications

Sample Analytic Application


Business Packages Focus on Industry and Functions

Financials and Human Capital ManagementManufacturing Supplier Relationship ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementEnvironment Healthcare and SecurityService and Asset Management Supply Chain ManagementConsumer Products and Apparel and Footwear ChemicalsOil and GasRetailMill ProductsHigh TechAutomotiveBanking and InsuranceUtilitiesLogistics Service ProviderHealthcareHigher Education and ResearchPublic Sector MediaTelco

Financial controllingSupplier relationship managementSupply-chain managementCustomer relationship managementProduct life-cycle managementHuman capital managementEnvironment, health, and safetyService and asset managementLogistics servicesManufacturingFinancials – contract accounting

Cross-industry Business Areas

Industry-specific Areas


Jane is a marketing manager and her daily tasks include analysis and decisions such as:

Marketing Project Performance Analysis

Monitoring the campaigns that are currently runningBetter understanding the performance and profitability of her campaignsActing upon poor-performing campaigns

To successfully accomplish her mission, she needs detailed information about her campaigns, as well as real-time access to stop a campaign


Analytics Without Action

SAP Systems Non-SAP SystemsERP SRM R/3CRM BI

Change

Transactional dataHistorical &

OLTP data


ERP SRM R/3SAP Systems

Composite Application With Taking Action

Non-SAP SystemsCRM BI

Historical &

OLTP data

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The Roadmap

Pilot 100+ Analytic Applications (VC NW 04)

Ramp-up SAP Analytics 1.1

(VC NW 04s)

Unrestricted Shipment SAP Analytics 1.1

(VC NW 04s)

PilotQ3 2006 Collection

(VC NW 04s)

Joint Development by SAP and Partners


Making Analytic xApps Pervasive

Hundreds of ideas

110 xAppsavailable

11 newxApps

• Ecosystem building analytics

Time frame

May 2006

Sept 2006

2007-2008 • Many more SAP xApp Analytic applications developed


Community/Marketplace for Analytic xApps

DevelopAnalytic xApps

Many applications developed by

partners

xApp 1xApp 2xApp 1xApp 3

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xApp 1xApp 2xApp 1xApp 3xApp n

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xApp 1xApp 2

xApp 3xApp n

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xApp n

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xApp 1

Analytic xApps Community/Marketplace

Publish developed applications to a

central marketplace


What Is SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer?

A Web-based, visual modeling tool

Enables sophisticated content to be created quickly and easily,without coding

The tool used to build SAP xApp Analytics

Also used to build transactional applications

Uses Adobe Flash as the runtime User Interface (UI), creating an interactive end-user experience

When used with other SAP BI tools such as BEx, it provides end-to-end business insight


Visual Composer Simplifies Creation of Performance Metrics

• Freestyle application modeling

• Browser-based

• Intuitive modeling and design

• Rapid application development

• Code-free development


Creating a Model

222Model the business rules

333Deploy and check

the model

111 Locate your data source


Why Use SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer?

BenefitsPowerful design tool for the creation of content for SAP NetWeaver Portal, using modeling capabilitiesVisual user interface instead of manually writing codeSophisticated yet simple-to-use tools for creating portal iViewsEnables processing data from back-end systems, including SAP and third-party enterprise systems Fully Web-based application allowing access to the software from virtually any machine worldwide


SAP BI Web Application Designer and BI Kit

Web Application DesignerComponent of SAP NetWeaver BIThe BEx Web Application Designer lets business analysts build BI Web applications that can fully leverage SAP NetWeaver BI’s analysis and planning services

BI Extension KitKit for SAP NetWeaver Visual ComposerThe VC BI Extension Kit can access SAP and non-SAP (including OLAP and relational) data via BI Java Connectors.Wizard simplifies access to non-SAP data sources


SAP xApp Analytics Architecture


Technical Prerequisites


• http://service.sap.com/swdc *

• SAP xApp Analytics available via path: Download Installations and Upgrades Entry by Application Group SAP xApps SAP XAPP ANALYTICS SAP XAPP ANALYTICS 1.1

The installation guide is available on SAP Service Marketplace at http://service.sap.com/instguides *

SAP xApps SAP xApp Analytics SAP xApp Analytics 1.1

Getting SAP xApp Analytics

Whereto

FIND it

* Requires login credentials to the SAP Service Marketplace


Resources

www.sap.com/analyticsIndustry papers, demos, customer success stories …

www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/visualcomposerHow-to guides, user-guides, forums, blogs …

www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/developerareas/bpx-analyticsCase studies, forums, blogs, documents …

www.sap.com/useducationSearch for “Analytics” and you will see some alternative for classroom or e-learning courses

www.sappress.comRyan Leask and Mathias Pöhling, SAP xApp Analytics (SAP Press, 2006)


Introducing the Business Process Expert Community

Collaborate on:Business Process Scenarios AnalyticsSupply Chain ManagementIndustry ProcessesBest Practices

Join today to collaborate with peers through

forums, blogs, and more.

The first community to focus on helping business process experts drive process innovation through collaboration and collective learning

http://bpx.sap.com


SAP xApp Analytics


SAP xApp Analytics – Case Study of Jabil

Jabil is an electronics solutions company providing comprehensive electronics design, production, and product management services to global electronics and technology companies

With more than 65,000 employees and facilities in 20 countries, Jabil provides comprehensive, individualized, focused solutions to customers in a broad range of industries

Jabil common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol JBL

www.jabil.com


Jabil – Corporate Governance

Because Jabil is listed on the NYSE, it must comply with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

Management of Internal Controls (MIC) 2.0 was implemented to manage and monitor these requirements in Jabil. MIC 2.0 is implemented in mySAP ERP 2005.

Sarbanes-Oxley affects senior management; this means they will have some interaction with the system

The six delivered SAP xApp Analytics for Corporate Governance provide a much nicer, more intuitive user interface for management


Jabil – Business Motivators

Jabil just went live on MIC 2.0 but needed a better reporting solutionthan the standard reports provided, particularly for reporting at the management level

Analytics was the fastest way to achieve the desired reporting requirements

It was not required to implement an SAP NetWeaver BI solution to use SAP xApp Analytics for Corporate Governance

Jabil is a large SAP shop and there is a support infrastructure already in place for SAP solutions with basis, security, and functional resources in-house


SAP xApp Analytics – Case Study

DevNW 2004

Portal

QualityNW 2004

Portal

ProdNW 2004

Portal

DevNW 2004s

Portal

DevECC 6.0MIC 2.0

QualityECC 6.0MIC 2.0

ProdECC 6.0MIC 2.0

= Portal System Connection= Transport Path= Manual Export/Import


SAP xApp Analytics Quality Assurance Program

The SAP xApp Analytics QA Program was an optional service offered by SAP

Its purpose was to get Jabil up to speed as quickly as possible with the new technology of Visual Composer and SAP xApp Analytics

It meant having an SAP xApp Analytics resource on site for threedays at the very beginning of the project

After SAP NetWeaver 2004s system installationBefore project kick-off


SAP xApp Analytics Quality Assurance Program (cont.)

Day one: Review new SAP NetWeaver 2004s installation and work on open issuesProject kick-off and introductionsDefine objectives and scope of projectFirst presentation and demo of SAP xApp Analytics and of building new applications with the Visual ComposerReview Analytics Start Kit– Blueprint template– Project plan template– OSS procedures– Design process– UI guidelines



Day two: Resolve all open issues on new installation – system up and runningSet up connection to back-end systemsCreate users and assign appropriate authorizationsCover all six SAP xApp Analytics for Corporate Governancein detail– Understand runtime– Understand design time– First discussions on UI changes



Day three:Training for Jabil staff on Visual Composer in their own systemImport all six Corporate Governance applications in Jabil’s landscapeDeploy applications to the PortalRepair/modify BAPIs in accordance with relevant SAP NotesPlan next steps


Project Time Frames

Project kick-off: June 7, 2006

Project go-live: August 29, 2006

Estimated project breakdown:QA service 3 daysInstallation and setup of SAP NetWeaver 2004s 4 daysOther Basis tasks (including SAP Notes, transporting, applying Support Package Stacks, configuring SSO, etc.) 15 daysChanges to six Visual Composer models: (About 2 to 3 days per model, including reworkfrom testing) 15 daysEnd-user acceptance testing 2 daysData testing 5 daysGo-live preparation and support 3 daysProject management 8 daysTOTAL (approx): 55 days


Project Time Frames (cont.)

In hindsight, what could have reduced implementation time?Issue: SAP NetWeaver 2004s Portal development system was a sandbox system and was unstable. This caused changes to the Visual Composer models to take longer than needed.Solution: In the future, look into getting a larger, more stable development systemIssue: SAP NetWeaver 2004 production portal was on the wrong Support Package Stack. It was on SPS11, and needed to be on SPS17. Therefore, this took time to coordinate with other departments using the Portal.Solution: Try to apply all upgrades prior to project commencement


Project Time Frames (cont.)

In hindsight, what could have reduced implementation time? (cont.)Issue: Some useful information that would have assisted was not documented by SAPSolution: Feedback was provided to SAP xApp Analytics Product Management based on findings at JabilIssue: Some time was lost having to deal with manual user mappingsSolution: Configure SSO from the beginning, even in the development systems


Jabil – Design of Controls


Summary – Future Scope for Analytics at Jabil

Additional Analytics projects now being considered in Jabil:Additional models for MICUse of composite applications in MIC that can both read and write data– Providing a read and write application will be very powerful, especially for a

sign-off application used by senior management

Other business uses outside MIC are also being evaluated by Jabil. This also includes reporting of metrics using both SAP and non-SAP source systems. Also under current evaluation is connecting SAP NetWeaver BI to the Portal for future Analytics projects


7 Key Points to Take Home

If you have SAP NetWeaver Portal 2004s (SPS7+), you have the Visual Composer

Visual Composer enables seamless integration of SAP and non-SAP, OLTP and OLAP data

SAP xApp Analytics are the business applications built with SAPNetWeaver Visual Composer

SAP xApp Analytics are composite applications designed to bring“analytics to the masses”


7 Key Points to Take Home (cont.)

Visual Composer applications can both read and write data to the back-end systems

SAP xApp Analytics 1.1 and Visual Composer (2004s) are both Generally Available

When used with other SAP BI tools like BEx, users get a complete Business Intelligence solution from performance management to ad-hoc analysis and reporting.


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