SBN Analytics Function Day 2025 @NTT DATA Business solutions

Coffee and networking

Welcome

Speakers

Didrik Arstad

Head of Finance, Analytics and Head of HR, SBN-Adfahrer

Key Takeaways from Sandvik’s SAP BW to Datasphere & BDC Transformation Project
An insightful session by NTT DATA Business Solutions, where they will walk through some of their key learnings from ongoing SAP BW to Datasphere migration project at Sandvik.
This session will cover:

• Why Datasphere over BW/4HANA?
  The strategic rationale behind the platform choice
• Essential Pre-requisites
  Recommended to be in place before initiating the transition project
• Transformation Alignment
  scope and drivers of the transformation
• Project Approach
  Combining Agility and Exploration with a waterfall model
• Accelerators Identified
  Tools, templates, and strategies that has helped speed up this project
• Challenges Encountered
  Across above mentioned topics

Recording: [slides on this link if available]

Speakers

Espen Leknes

Business Area Manager | Business Analytics, NTT DATA Business Solutions

Mile Magdic

Director Project Management , NTT DATA Business Solutions

Unlocking SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC): A deep-dive SAP BDC case study from the world’s first ongoing implementation
This session will focus on practical strategies, challenges faced, and key lessons that have shaped future use of BDC for the customer. As BDC brings together technologies like SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAP Datasphere, we will go over our experience examining multiple usage paths of BDC—from leveraging standard content to building custom solutions or using SAP-delivered data products—and share key decisions made along the way, both strategic and technical. Insights will be shared on what worked, what didn’t, and why certain approaches were chosen or avoided.

Recording: [slides on this link if available]

Speakers

Geir Ove Wist

SAP Consultant , Pearl

Timofejs Murenecs

SAP Analytics Principal Consultant, Pearl

Break

To move or not to move from BW to Datasphere in Equinor - concerns and considerations when recreating BW in Datasphere.
Equinor to give their thoughts on their journey to Datasphere and where the main challenges are to get business value out of new technology.

Recording: [slides on this link if available]

Speakers

Steinar Ellingsen

Leading Advisor Analytics in Finance and Control, Equinor

Arvind Kumar

Principal Analyst F&C Business Architecture & Processes, Equinor

Håvard Voldsund

Leader IT, Equinor

Reidun Husby Vågenes

Principal Analyst F&C Business Architecture, Equinor

Lunch

SAP Analytics Cloud, Green Token by SAP and SAP Signavio in driving measurable business and ESG impact

Join Westernacher in Oslo to see how three SAP powerhouses come together to turn data into decisive action. We’ll walk through SAP Analytics Cloud for real-time insight, GreenToken by SAP for auditable sustainability traceability, and the seamless hand-off to SAP Signavio for process-centric decision-making. 

Whether you own analytics, sustainability reporting, or process excellence, you’ll leave with a concrete playbook for connecting the dots and driving measurable business and ESG impact.

Agenda

1. Welcome & why this matters: Norwegian market trends in analytics + sustainability
2. Live walkthrough: SAP Analytics Cloud: Building a story from live SAP & non-SAP data, predictive, planning tips
3. GreenToken in action:  End-to-end material traceability; calculating Scope 3 & circular-economy metrics inside SAC
4. SAC × Signavio: Bridging insight & process: Push KPIs straight into Signavio to pinpoint bottlenecks and simulate improvements
5. Customer flash case: “Forest-to-Product transparency” 5-slide mini-case on pulp-to-paper chain (anonymised metrics)
6. Interactive Q&A & key takeaways: Your questions, maturity quick-scan offer for SBN members

Recording: [slides on this link if available]

Speakers

Mark Mrosek

Practice Director Business Planning & Analytics, Senior Project Manager, Westernacher

Johannes Strasser

Strategic Value Advisor | SAP Business Transformation Management, Westernacher

Break

SAP BDC in action. Project insights

valantic shares insights about the last 3 months of doing BDC project at our customers:

1. What our SAC, Datasphere and BW customers expect from BDC?
2. What are our customers doing to be ready for BDC?
3. Review and share customer experiences of having BDC in action

Recording: [slides on this link if available]

Speakers

Stefan Blinkmann

Head of SAP Analytics, Valantic

Manuel Essers

SAP Analytics Manager, Valantic

Marcel Beckmann

Manager SAP Analytics, CoE Lead xData, Valantic

University of Helsinki journey towards modern extended financial planning with SAP Analytics Cloud & SAP Datasphere
The University of Helsinki partnered with Scandic Fusion to conduct a proof-of-concept (PoC) from November 2024 to January 2025, aiming to evaluate whether SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) Planning could meet their financial planning needs and potentially replace their legacy SAP BPC solution. The PoC focused on testing end user experience of SAC Planning in a real-world scenario—and it proved to be a success.
The PoC laid a strong foundation for future collaboration. Currently, the University is implementing the first of three stages: financial planning, utilizing SAC seamless planning in SAP Datasphere on top of S/4HANA. This stage is targeted to go live by the end of 2025. The subsequent stages will focus on project planning and workforce planning.

Recording: [slides on this link if available]

Speakers

Raivis Blaumanis

Data Analytics Architect | Project Manager , Scandic Fusion

Summary of day and Thank you