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1 Copyright Winshuttle 2014
June 25th , 2014
Part One: A Better Way to
Integrate Excel and SAP
Your Speakers Today
Evan Schulz, Sales Director, Winshuttle
Sanaz Zarkesh, Solution Engineer, Winshuttle
Introduce Yourself to Us!
Time to Answer Polling Question 1 of 3
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POLL #1
Please describe your role and responsibilities as they relate to
SAP business processes at your company.
(Please select one)
• Line of Business Management
• Business Analyst
• Information Technology Management
• Programmer – Systems Analyst
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Agenda
Customer Use Cases
Excel and SAP - Why Integrate?
Demonstration
Mass data upload to SAP from Excel
Data round-trip between Excel and SAP
Excel form for casual user
Design time experience
Summary & Q&A
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Please use the GoTo Meeting Question & Answer Panel to ask your questions during
the webinar
Please participate in our POLLS during the webinar
We will be sending the link to the recording of this presentation later in the week
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Today’s Webinar
The path to better Data & Streamlined Processes
Speed
Increase the speed of
updating and creating
new materials, vendors,
customers and other
master data records.
Quality
Improve data quality by
eliminating errors,
completing omissions
and preventing
duplicates.
Flexibility
Make continuous
improvements to
master data processes
without complex
infrastructure or
programming.
Data Validation
Validate data against
rules inside and outside
of ERP
Workflow
Create role-based
governance processes
reaching all stakeholders
Analytics
Perform bottleneck
analysis and provide self-
service status reports
Mass Maintenance
Perform mass
maintenance directly
from within Excel
Winshuttle Crawl/ Walk/ Run
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Standardised
and automated
processes
Limited automated
processes and
manual data
maintenance
Tactical Strategic
Org
an
isati
on
al
matu
rity
Organisational focus
Standalone Eliminate manual data entry
and free up valuable
resources
Capabilities
• Mass maintenance in Excel
• Ad-hoc queries to Excel or
Access
Governed Broader rollout to the
business without
compromising governance
Capabilities
• All Desktop capabilities
• Basic workflows on Excel
files
• Usage governance and
administration
Workflow Full automation of end-to-end
processes for data creation
and modification
Capabilities
• All Workgroup capabilities
• Web forms
• Custom workflows for
web forms and Excel files
• Server-based execution
• Process analytics
Customer Use
Cases
Customer Example
Use Cases include: • Data Migration for Go-Live
– Alcan acquisition = volume of data for new sites
– Winshuttle gave them the flexibility to get the job done fast and efficiently – not reliant on IT (LSMW)
– Migrated 8 US plants onto SAP, took 3 people, 4 days to move all the data over using Winshuttle
– Data included all open sales and purchase orders, GL balances, raw materials, etc.
• Budgets – Winshuttle gives a very flexible tool to download, adjust and upload budgets.
– Can adjust and re-adjust very easily by cost element/company etc. etc.
– Recently went through a budgeting cycle and went through 40 iterations using Winshuttle – was working in
front of the CEO and was able to present the new budget loaded in SAP in a matter of minutes and he could
not believe that they could do it that fast, rather than the normal go away for 3 days and re-present.
• Transfer Pricing – For 3,500 semi finished goods for US and Europe
– Download transfer prices, amend and re-upload in 6 minutes – compared to 3 days previously
– Competitive advantage - since they are able to reflect up to date pricing quicker and easier.
• Finished Goods – Creating F/Goods took hours – had customer Lotus Notes front-end solution = cumbersome & costly
– New front-end Winshuttle template = simple to use and strong end-user buy-in
• Vendor Contracts – Uses Winshuttle to change prices, quantities, add materials, delete lines etc.
• Mass Change – Validation and data checking to cleanse data (e.g. Vendors checks such as terms, contracts etc)
– Extract terms from 5 different areas in SAP to highlight/ensure consistency
– Front-end and SAP level validations enforced prior to posting changes
Customer Case Study
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Maersk Global Service Centres (GSC)
9 SSC customers within A.P. Møller Maersk
Captive SSC
Phase 1Overview – 11 months into deployment
Locations: Pune, Chennai, Chengdu, Manila
Initial User Base: 170
Processes (Tcodes) Supported: 19
Benefits Received
60 FTE savings
100% + ROI
Case Study Video – Karsten Lund (URL)
Conference Speaker Session Video – Christian Salling (URL)
“We’ve realized substantial savings from Winshuttle, and with no application performance
issues. And with Winshuttle’s simple interface, we’ve actually seen increased usage in SAP
which means a higher ROI on our ERP investment.”
Maersk Line: F-28 Processing
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Receive data from location in excel via
Format the data, check for missing information
Select payment
application scenario
Post payment through F-28 t-code manually field by field
Investigate not posted transactions and correct
the data
Repost payment
application manually field
by field
150 sec per transaction
Script Scope of the script No. of transaction Main Challenges
F-28 Post Incoming
Payment
0.50 Million Change from investigation done line by line to bulk
checking.
Receive data from location in Winshuttle
template
Run Winshuttle script for the batch (bulk
data)
Investigate not posted transactions and correct
the template
Rerun Winshuttle script on errors
(bulk data)
15 sec per transaction
Origin
al Pro
cess
Win
shuttle
Pro
cess
Our Ambition Maersk Line: Benefits
• Local variants to standard processes reduced by greater than 50%.
• Unsupported macros reduced by 50%.
• Estimated 10-15% productivity gains overall.
• 50 FTEs redeployed to projects requiring higher domain knowledge.
• Zero IT development resources.
• Projected first year ROI of 100% to 400%
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Typical ERP Challenges
Accessibility
Productivity
Usability
GOAL:
Drive real and
sustainable business
value
Data
Quality ERP
Everything is Connected Master Data is the strength
of the data foundation
that runs the enterprise
Errors and omissions
in master data
Operational
problems
Sub-optimal
decision-making
Reporting
Transactional Data
Master Data
Costing millions in both lost opportunities
and having to rectify mistakes
Incorrect delivery addresses
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POLL #2
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What are some of the challenges that you currently face with SAP usability?
(Please select all that apply)
• SAP GUI is very complex for our users to learn and use
• SAP process improvement requests take too long to build
• Managing SAP master data is time consuming and error prone
• Creating SAP queries and reports are too complex for us
• We spend too much time rekeying SAP data
ERP Promise and Pain
“Our ERP system
gives us the
infrastructure to
implement our ideal
business model”
Promise
“Our ERP system is
costly to maintain
and too inflexible
to meet changing
business needs.”
Pain
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Excel Is Default Choice for Users
Data Entry
Ad Hoc Reporting
Data Maintenance Mass Data Operations
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Excel Pros
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Familiar interface
Flexible environment
Tabular format Ubiquitous tool
Accessible training
Low barrier to customize
Excel Pros
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Familiar interface
Flexible environment
Tabular format Ubiquitous tool
Accessible training
Low barrier to customize
Excel Pros and Cons
No Security No Central Management
No SAP Validation No Structured Workflow
Requirements for Excel-SAP Integration
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• Respect SAP security
• Surface SAP functionality
• Integrate with structured processes
• Live within managed environment
• Maintain ease of use
POLL #3
Which of these SAP use cases would benefit your company and
thus help accelerate your SAP ROI?
(Please select all that apply)
• Streamlining SAP data entry and related workflow
• Improving SAP master data maintenance and control
• Creating SAP reports and queries with user friendly tools
• Integrating SAP with other legacy systems
• Easing the SAP upgrade & migration process
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Heroes who transform the way
their companies work.
Copyright Winshuttle 2014
Sanaz Zarkesh
Solution Engineer, Winshuttle
Demonstration: Desktop Excel Automation
Part 1:
Excel and SAP
Integration
Post Journal Voucher
Create Multiple Postings
Manage Errors,
Validate / Post
Budget Process
Extract Live Data - Review
Better Manage Budget Updates
AP Invoices
Collate and Post Invoices
Validate, Simulate,
Park / Post
Materials (MM)
Execute 3 processes – at once
Single Excel – End-to-
End
Authoring a Script
Select & Run
Record
Map
Run
Finance JE for
Finance
Link
Processes
Create
Script Round Trip
Winshuttle Crawl/ Walk/ Run
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Standardised
and automated
processes
Limited automated
processes and
manual data
maintenance
Tactical Strategic
Org
an
isati
on
al
matu
rity
Organisational focus
Standalone Eliminate manual data entry
and free up valuable
resources
Capabilities
• Mass maintenance in Excel
• Ad-hoc queries to Excel or
Access
Governed Broader rollout to the
business without
compromising governance
Capabilities
• All Desktop capabilities
• Basic workflows on Excel
files
• Usage governance and
administration
Workflow Full automation of end-to-end
processes for data creation
and modification
Capabilities
• All Workgroup capabilities
• Web forms
• Custom workflows for
web forms and Excel files
• Server-based execution
• Process analytics
Excel to SAP
Q&A
Evan Schulz/ Sales Director, UKI
Sanaz Zarkesh/ Solutions Engineer
Part Two: A Better Way to
Integrate SharePoint and
SAP
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June 25th , 2014
Agenda
Customer Use Cases
Winshuttle Workflow – Process improvement & governance
Winshuttle Forms & Workflow Demo
Q&A
Please use the GoTo Meeting Question & Answer Panel to ask your questions during the
webinar.
We will be sending the presentation & other materials from today’s session next week.
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Customer Use
Cases
• Reduced Material Master Creation
process from 28 days to 2
• $28M incremental revenue in 2013
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FMCG Customer
Customer Example Data Governance: • Background
– Early SAP adopters, as part of Eastman Kodak Company
– Global design shaped by early SAP functionality
– 78 company codes in 43 countries and 19 different languages
– Legacy Lotus Notes database applications to manage data change requests
• Goal – Long term plan to replace Material, Customer, Vendor and Pricing request processes in Lotus
Notes legacy application
• Solution – Implemented Winshuttle April 2012
– 2.1m transaction records have been uploaded using 308 scripts covering 63 different SAP transactions by 25 users and counting
– Identified use of forms & workflow for Material Master in July 2012
• Results – Within 4 weeks of starting the project they had a fully live US Dental Material Master Request
(MMR) process
“Winshuttle has been a great investment for Carestream. It allows us to build our platform for master data management in a modern way with tools that integrate into the back office seamlessly. We look forward to continued growth in the forms and workflow areas!”
Mary Farmer, Carestream
The path to better Data & Streamlined Processes
Speed
Increase the speed of
updating and creating
new materials, vendors,
customers and other
master data records.
Quality
Improve data quality by
eliminating errors,
completing omissions
and preventing
duplicates.
Flexibility
Make continuous
improvements to
master data processes
without complex
infrastructure or
programming.
Data Validation
Validate data against
rules inside and outside
of ERP
Workflow
Create role-based
governance processes
reaching all stakeholders
Analytics
Perform bottleneck
analysis and provide self-
service status reports
Mass Maintenance
Perform mass
maintenance directly
from within Excel
Use cases
• Paper based / Email based Processes
• Processes in Legacy systems
• Master Data Creation and Change
– Material master creation/change
– Engineering project requests
• HCM
– Personnel action
– New hire process
• Remote Enablement
– Vendor management
– Payment Request
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New material is
requested
Manager reviews
Uploads to SAP
Purchasing
updates
Central data
team reviews
and approves
Flexible process flows Single & mass creation and maintenance
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POLL #4
Is SharePoint used at your company – if Yes, which version?
(Please select one)
• Yes – SharePoint 2013
• Yes – SharePoint 2010
• Yes – Windows SharePoint Server (WSS 3.0) – MOSS 2007
• Yes – but I do not know which version our company uses
• No – our company does not have SharePoint
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Heroes who transform the way
their companies work.
Copyright Winshuttle 2014
Sanaz Zarkesh
Solution Engineer, Winshuttle
Demonstration: Enterprise SharePoint Integration
Part 2:
SharePoint and
SAP Integration
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Forms and workflow scenario:
The solution authoring process
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Record SAP
interaction
Design
workflow
process
Design look
and feel
Publish
solution
Assess
changing
requirements
Tweak design Publish solution
revision
Deploy continuous improvements rapidly
Evolve solution ownership
Flexibility and Adaptability
POLL #5
Please select one or more of the following use cases where you have an interest.
(Please select all that apply)
• Replace Paper based/ Email based Workflow Processes
• Update Processes in Legacy systems e.g. Lotus Notes
• Master Data Creation e.g. Material master creation
• ESS/MSS e.g. Personnel action, New hire process
• Remote Enablement e.g. vendor management, payment request
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The Winshuttle Advantage
• Skillsets required – SAP Functional knowledge
– Business Process knowledge
• No programming – Simple workflow development
– Short development cycle
• Empower business users – Simplified user experience
– Improved data validation
• Process visibility & governance
• Easy to adapt to changing business needs – Fast & flexible process improvement
– Supports iterative change
• Faster Time to Solution
• Faster Time to Value
About Winshuttle
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Referenceable Customer Base Thousands of enterprise customers in more than 60 countries
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• 27 – 29 October 2014
• Two full days of customer & expert led breakouts and training sessions
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Thank You / Q&A
Recording and Q&A
to be mailed
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Evan Schulz/ Sales Director, UKI
Sanaz Zarkesh/ Solutions Engineer