SBN Finance Function Day @SAP

08:30-09:00

Networking

09:00-09:10

Welcome

Introducing the Finance Function Day

09:10-10:00

SAP Business AI in Finance

In this session you will get an overview of the SAP Business AI Approach starting with our Assistant Joule followed by Finance AI Use-case as well as the technology foundation behind it.
•    Joule + the AI Foundation 
•    Embedded AI capabilities for Finance

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10:00-10:40

The journey, the challenges, the benefits of moving from FCC to SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Advanced Financial Closing in Equinor

According to SAP and their vision for Finance, bringing together and streamlining entity and group close is one of the pillars of helping companies become more agile. 
Advanced Financial Closing (AFC) is their tool to perfect planning, automate and monitor the financial closing process. 

Equinor, a former user of the onprem Financial Closing Cockpit decided to move their solution to the Cloud in connection with their NextGen project. 
Currently more than 8,000 tasks are being planned and monitored in the new solution but the journey is still ongoing along with the move to S4 for all the entities in Equinor. 

The presentation will cover the following:
1.    Why AFC
2.    Scope of the project
3.    The Project
4.    The challenges and pitfalls
5.    The benefits
6.    Demo and detailed showcase of the actual solution 
7.    Roadmap and wishlist

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10:40-11:00

Break

11:00-11:45

UPA - Universal Parallel Accounting

Erfaring i design av Finance Ledger struktur i S/4 prosjekt for å være forberedt på aktivering og migrering til Universal Parallel Accounting (UPA) som er løsning for parallel accounting allerede fra versjon 2022 for greenfield (og med støtte for migrering fra versjon 2023) for enkelte land. Tror dette er interessant for flere kunder i Norge. 

Fokus for presentasjonen:

• Det er viktig å ta de riktige designbeslutningene allerede når man oppgraderer til S/4 for å gjøre migreringen til UPA enklere. Spesielt for de løsningene hvor man benytter parallel valuation (Legal, Group, Proft center valuation – transfer prices) slik de større internasjonale gruppene gjerne gjør.
• Metodikk i prepare phasen for bedre forberedelse til explore phasen som ikke fremgår av standard Activate metodikk, men som anbefales for å bygge forståelse og starte transformasjonen.

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11:45-12:30

Lunch and Networking

12:30-13:15

DRC (Document Reporting and Compliance) in Statkraft

Lessons learned from implementing DRC in some countries as part of a B2G strategy.

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13:15-14:00

SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning Unleash the Triple Power

Discover the Full Potential: Ever wondered about the capabilities of SAP Analytics Cloud beyond its planning functions? Join Scandic Fusion as we showcase the power of SAP Analytics Cloud, initially designed for planning but now combining BI, Planning, and Predictive analytics all within one SAAS platform.

• Customer SAC Planning Use Cases: real-world SAP Analytics Cloud use cases implemented by Scandic Fusion, showcasing the platform's versatility and impact across various industries.
• Live Demo & Strengths: Witness a live demo illustrating the strengths of SAP Analytics Cloud specifically tailored for Planning, providing you with insight into its functionality.
• Roadmap Sneak Peek: Get a sneak peek into the exciting roadmap items lined up for 2024, unveiling upcoming features and enhancements that will further elevate customer experience.
• Wrap up and Q&A.

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14:00-14:15

Break

14:15-15:00

Insights from an SAP Public Cloud implementation in a manufacturing environment

In this presentation I will go through lessons learned in Ecoleans journey to SAP Public Cloud from mainly a product costing perspective. We will touch topics such as:

•     Important decisions to be made early in the project and scope selection 
•     The possibilities in public cloud as shown in the area of product costing
•     Lessons learned from the implementation
•     To go standard or not standard?

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15:00-15:45

Optimizing Financial Processes: Insights and Recommendations from the Signavio Assessment for a Swedish Manufacturing Company.

In the presentation, we will go through the practicalities of an SAP Signavio Assessment project highlighting findings and the recommendations from our analysis and furthermore go into the benefits of using Signavio to understand how your processes are performing and the role of Signavio when embarking on a SAP S/4HANA journey.

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15:45-16:00

Wrap up and Suvery