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The most important event of the year for organizations using SAP® solutions to drive operational excellence

across the extended supply chain

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Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement 2014 provides an unparalleled opportunity to gain a 360-degree perspective on how to ensure innovation, visibility, and operational excellence across your extended supply chain.

Organizations are challenged to be proactive, efficient, and agile in an environment where silos often inhibit cross-functional collaboration and effective change management. From innovation to product and service performance, it is critical that all stakeholders are able to share information and ideas with ease to ensure optimal supply chain management.

Companies that understand how to achieve critical key performance indicators (KPIs), including time-to-market, reduced lead times, real-time shop floor data and improved vendor compliance, require a new level of collaboration, supported by reliable, readily retrievable data to make informed decisions.

Attend Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement 2014, April 1-4 in Las Vegas, to:

• Capture the latest trends, process and solution updates, and best practices from SAP leaders, customers, field consultants, and independent experts

• Learn how to avoid costly SAP implementation and integration errors• Ensure accurate sales forecasts, optimized inventory levels, and efficient warehouse operations • Streamline and automate master data transfer between SAP systems• Maintain compliance and chain of custody during complex global trade operations• Develop a sustainable and reliable after-market parts and service strategy • And much more!

Optimize the technology you already have and see firsthand the newest capabilities available from SAP to enable end-to-end business processes — from planning and production to storage, delivery, and after-market parts management.

We hope that you will join us, and look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas!

Sincerely,

Thomas OhnemusVP Solution Marketing SAP PLM, SAP Manufacturing, SAP SCM, SAP EAM, SAP Sustainability, SAP 3D Visual Enterprise

Schedule at a GlancePre-conference

Workshops Main ConferenceMonday, March 31

7:30 am Registration opens

9:00 am Pre-conference workshop sessions

12:00 pm Lunch

2:00 pm Pre-conference workshop sessions

5:00 pm Registration closes

Tuesday, April 1

7:00 am Registration opens and Continental breakfast

8:30 am General session

9:45 am Refreshment break

10:15 am Breakout sessions



1:00 pm Lunch

2:15 pm Breakout sessions

3:30 pm Refreshment break


5:00 pm Welcome reception

5:15 pm Ask-the-Experts

6:30 pm Day concludes

Wednesday, April 2





11:30 am Lunch






5:00 pm Cocktail reception

5:45 pm Ask-the-Experts


Thursday, April 3





11:30 am Lunch


2:00 pm Exhibitor Meet and Greet





Friday, April 4







12:45 pm Conference concludes

For more information and to register, visit www.scm2014.com or call SAPinsider at +1-781-751-8700

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Overview

Main Conference, April 1-4 • More than 120 sessions spanning 15 tracks

Track 1 Supply chain strategy Page 10

Track 2 Demand and supply planning Page 13

Track 3 Sales and operations planning Page 15

Track 4 SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization Page 17

Track 5 Materials and inventory management Page 20

Track 6 Warehouse management Page 22

Track 7 Transportation management Page 24

Track 8 Order management Page 26

Track 9 Global trade compliance Page 27

Track 10 Data management and reporting Page 28

Track 11 Plant maintenance and asset management Page 31

Track 12 Service and warranties Page 33

Track 13 Product lifecycle management Page 34

Track 14 Manufacturing Page 37

Track 15 Procurement and supplier management Page 39

Pre-conference Workshops, Monday, March 31

Special three-hour, pre-conference sessions hosted on this day offer you the opportunity to fortify your understanding of key SAP concepts and technologies, explore new trends and strategies, and enhance your learning experience at the main conference. Advance sign-up is required.

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More than 120 educational sessions and forumsExpand your skills and knowledge by learning from the top experts at SAP, independent consultants, and your industry counterparts.

Pre-conference WorkshopsSpecial three-hour, pre-conference sessions hosted on this day offer you the opportunity to fortify your understanding of key SAP concepts and technologies, explore new trends and strategies, and enhance your learning experience at the main conference. Advance sign-up is required.

Ask-the-ExpertsPull up a chair in the Ask-the-Experts area of the Exhibit Hall during our Tuesday and Wednesday evening receptions and spend one-on-one time with the top experts. Learn from their real-world expertise and get specific insights on topics and questions that matter to you most.

Live solution demonstrationsSee demonstrations and hear directly from SAP and leading vendors about innovative new solutions and their impact on SAP applications you want to extend, develop, or introduce to your employees and customers.

Customer-led case studiesTake away best practices and methodologies taught by the companies that practice them. Learn from highly experienced SAP customers to solidify your own strategies and tactics.

Interactive customer discussion forumsThese forums are informal, interactive get-togethers where SAP customers with similar interests, projects, and challenges can gather to talk about specific topics. Each topic will be facilitated by a subject-matter expert. You do not need to sign up in advance to attend, and there is no formal agenda. Just have a great discussion with people who share your concerns and interests.

Exhibit hall receptionsInteract with the best and the brightest minds working with SAP software. Build a lasting network of peers and meet with leading product and service vendors.

SAPexperts LIVEThis popular forum offers attendees the opportunity to meet leading authors from the SAPexperts SCM hub and discuss topics from recent articles. Follow the framework of the article as the author guides you through the most important parts. You’re not just a reader — you’re a participant.

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Pre-conference Workshops are in-depth, three-hour sessions designed to help build a solid foundation of knowledge in critical topics. Through a combination of demos, lecture, discussions, and Q&A, you’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of important topics quickly.

Our instructors have vast experience in their respective fields. The tips, insights, and best practices that they’ll share with you come from practical, in-the-trenches experiences, not just books and theory. They are also accessible and open to answering questions about your most pressing challenges.

Your Pre-conference Workshop registration fee gives you access to two information-packed sessions; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. You’ll leave both sessions with all the presentation materials, demos, handouts, and any other resources that are prepared by the instructor.

You’ll also leave with greater knowledge and confidence, and you’ll be ready to go further in-depth on these topics throughout the rest of the event.

Join us for Pre-conference Workshops Monday, March 31

Pre-conference Workshops

Pre-conference WorkshopsMorning sessions • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

SAP Supply Chain Management 101: A comprehensive guide to SAP’s operational planning and execution platform

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Updates and guidelines to deciphering the various planning engines in SAP APO Page 6

A complete and up-to-date guide to SAP Product Lifecycle Management Page 7

A detailed look at current and planned capabilities of SAP Extended Warehouse Management Page 7

Lunch • 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Afternoon sessions • 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The factory of the future: How to ensure continued success in an evolving manufacturing environment Page 8

Tools, techniques, and technical considerations for deploying the new SAP TM 9.0 Page 8

Driving better and faster decision making: Lessons to assess, improve, and execute an effective analytics strategy for your extended supply chain

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Taking inventory optimization and customer service to the next level with new and enhanced tools in SAP SCM Page 9


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Updates and guidelines to deciphering the various planning engines in SAP APO Søren Skjødt and Thomas Brassøe, Implement Consulting Group

This session provides an in-depth examination of the planning engines in SAP APO — including demand planning (DP), supply net-work planning (SNP), and production planning and detailed scheduling (PP/DS) — and highlights key decisions and guidelines surrounding tool selection, deployment, integration, and business process design. Through lecture, demonstration, use case exam-ples, and interactive exercises, attendees will come away with an understanding of:

y What each planning engine can and can’t do and how each fits into your SAP architecture and existing supply chain processes

y The capabilities and requirements of DP, SNP, and PP/DS and an assessment of the architectural and performance strengths and limitations of each

y Key criteria to map the various planning engines to supply chain projects and requirements

y Which planning tools complement each other and can be used in conjunction, including tips to exploit key integration points

y Possible scenarios for using a combination of DP, SNP, and PP/DS at the same time

y Master data requirements for DP, SNP, and PP/DS, including tips for sourcing and managing data from your SAP ERP system

Morning sessions • 9:00 am – 12:00 pm


SAP Supply Chain Management 101: A comprehensive guide to SAP’s operational planning and execution platformAshish Saxena, IBM

Whether you are evaluating SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM), currently implementing, or planning to upgrade or deploy new functionality, this session will prove invaluable to help you understand the full functionality and application history of SAP SCM — both as a standalone solution and in relation to the SAP ERP features it supplements. By attending this session, you will:

y Examine the capabilities and requirements of the core components of SAP SCM, including:

- SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO)

- SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SAP SNC)

- SAP Forecasting and Replenishment

- SAP Event Management

- SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM)

y Step through a cost/benefit analysis of a typical SAP SCM implementation and see how it differs based on your existing landscape and deployment approach

y Explore the architecture, technology landscape, dependencies, and requirements associated with implementing one, a few, or all of the SAP SCM applications

y Evaluate business and technical criteria to align SAP SCM functions with business requirements to help prioritize the order in which to deploy various applications

y Examine the requirements and challenges of data conversion from SAP ERP to SAP SCM

y Gain insight to determine if, whether, and how to replace or enhance existing SAP ERP functionality with next-generation releases delivered in SAP SCM



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A complete and up-to-date guide to SAP Product Lifecycle Management Dan Bender, SAP Labs and Renato Zadro, SAP AG

This three-hour session examines the continued expansion of the SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application port-folio and delves into the various ways its functions can be used to meet critical business process requirements and how it meets the needs of your integrated enterprise. Through product demonstration, lecture, and use case examples, attendees will:

y Obtain guidance for using SAP PLM functions to support the new product development life cycle, from specifications and recipes to product structures and documentation

y Examine the latest SAP PLM 7.02 release features, including enhanced capabilities for status and release management, document browsing, and mass change for recipes

y Explore options to extend SAP PLM functions with mobile capabilities and in-memory technology, such as SAP HANA®

y Learn about new usability and functional features of SAP recipe development

y See how to improve process integration by leveraging enhanced SAP computer-aided design (CAD) integration capabilities

Come away with details on the technology strategy and roadmap for SAP PLM, including insight into future investment areas and planned enhancements.

A detailed look at current and planned capabilities of SAP Extended Warehouse Management Richard Kirker, SAP Labs and Kyle Sorensen, LogiStar Solutions

Whether you are evaluating, implementing, or seeking ways to improve an existing SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) deployment, you’ll find the product instruction, expert recommendation, and best practices in this session invaluable. Attend to:

y Obtain critical information on leveraging SAP EWM as the backbone of your warehouse and distribution management processes, including details on release and enhancement package timeline, key features, and system architecture

y Compare and contrast SAP ERP functionality for warehouse management and SAP EWM and to understand where SAP EWM can be used to extend and complement SAP ERP features

y Evaluate various deployment options and usage scenarios, including guidelines to properly integrate SAP EWM with SAP ERP

y Obtain techniques to optimize the performance of your current SAP EWM implementation

y Examine new quality management functionality delivered in SAP EWM, including guidance on when and how to use SAP EWM quality inspection engine (QIE)

Come away with detailed roadmap information and insight into SAP’s plans to further innovate SAP EWM, from the 9.0 release and beyond.

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Tools, techniques, and technical considerations for deploying the new SAP TM 9.0 Christoph Reichert and Cem Korkmaz, Westernacher

This focused workshop will uncover the key business processes within SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) 9.0, technology capabilities of SAP TM, and benefits achieved by customers, including a significant reduction in operating costs, improved customer service, and a better bottom line. By attending, you will:

y Get a comprehensive overview of the new tools and functionality within SAP TM 9.0 and understand what sets it apart from earlier versions

y See how the SAP TM application ties into the order management process and how it manages freight planning and tendering, freight execution, and freight settlement processes

y Evaluate various deployment options and usage scenarios, including guidelines to properly integrate SAP TM with SAP ERP

y Obtain techniques to optimize the performance of your current SAP TM implementation

Come away empowered to develop an SAP TM roadmap that supports your organization's transportation and decision-making requirements, including business strategy empowerment, benefits realization, process integration, and design.

Afternoon sessions • 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

The factory of the future: How to ensure continued success in an evolving manufacturing environmentMike Lackey, SAP Labs

This special three-hour session examines the future of manufacturing and provides expert guidance, recommendations, and best practices for driving continued success in an ever-changing production environment. By attending this session, you will obtain:

y Product instruction and guidance for leveraging SAP manufacturing solutions to respond to production environment changes and thrive in the "factory of the future"

y Key success factors to gain a competitive advantage in production, including the importance of supporting more strategic initiatives and enabling better decision making

y Lessons to gain better visibility into manufacturing intelligence and drive more informed decision making by capturing data on the strategic, tactical, and operational level

y New ideas to extend your manufacturing capabilities using SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)

y Insight into how and where the latest functions delivered in SAP Manufacturing Execution 6.1 can be used to improve the operation of your manufacturing facilities

Come away with an architectural model and decision framework to implement and maintain world-class production, quality, and maintenance processes.




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Driving better and faster decision making: Lessons to assess, improve, and execute an effective analytics strategy for your extended supply chain Ganesh Iyer and Ramji Mani, Cognizant Technology Solutions

This three-hour session provides expert guidelines, key criteria, and proven strategies to establish an effective supply chain analytics program that exploits SAP analytics functionality to gain greater insight into your supply chain, make smarter forecasting decisions, and measure their results. Attend to:

y Get expert recommendations for prioritizing your objectives and defining a set of goals for a new and improved supply chain analytics program

y Obtain techniques to ensure that the data feeding your reports is of the utmost quality and consistency

y Explore technical prerequisites for leveraging the various analysis tools, including data extraction and integration considerations

y Receive best practices to track key metrics, such as order fill rate level, to provide insights that drive actionable analysis, including tips to identify patterns and predict trends

y Get an overview of reporting capabilities delivered in SAP and evaluate key criteria to determine which tool, or combination of tools, best supports your supply chain reporting needs

Come away empowered to determine and deploy an optimal supply chain analysis roadmap that supports your organization’s deci-sion-making requirements, including critical strategy, integration, design, and process decisions.

Taking inventory optimization and customer service to the next level with new and enhanced tools in SAP SCM Alan Hendry, SCMO2

Walk through real-world examples that demonstrate how leading companies are leveraging new and enhanced tools in the SAP SCM suite to make continuous improvements in service levels, while also reducing inventory. Attend this pre-conference work-shop for:

y An in-depth analysis of the full SAP SCM inventory optimization suite, including SAP Enterprise Inventory and Service Level Optimization (SAP EIS), SAP APO supply network planning (SAP SNP), and forecast optimization techniques in SAP APO demand planning

y An interpretation of the calculations behind the different optimization engines and how they are interdependent

y Tips and tricks for implementing advanced planning tools in SAP SCM and considerations for implementing a combination of these tools

y An understanding of what you can achieve using SAP SNP alone and examples of when SAP EIS is needed, such as for multi-tier networks

y Insight into how each tool fits into your existing SAP architecture and planning processes

Come away with a decision framework and critical success factors to implement and maintain the right combination of advanced planning tools for industry-leading customer service and forecast accuracy.

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Supply chain strategy

One size does not fit all: Lessons to segment your supply chain to improve agility, cost allocation, and responsiveness Søren Skjødt, Implement Consulting GroupAs supply chains become more complex, the "one-size-fits-all" model is decreasing in effi-ciency. Attend this session to understand the benefits of a segmented supply chain and learn how to implement one in your organiza-tion, including lessons to:

y Determine quantitative elements, such as cost of lost sales or holding costs, to model a demand-driven supply network that enables allocation of costs to critical business decisions

y Segment the operational and execution layers of your supply chain, and see how this enables better alignment of incentives, priorities, and targets

y Leverage key inputs, such as SKU behavior or order history, to differentiate types of demands in order to improve responsiveness to the main objective of each product or service

Supply Chain Integrity: A guided tour of SAP’s new solution strategy for managing supply chain disruptionsStephen Cloughley, SAP AGThis session introduces Supply Chain Integrity, SAP’s new solution strategy designed to close the loop between order processing, produc-tion, and distribution to ensure that the right products reach your customers at the right time. Attend this session for insight into:

y Enhanced architectural capabilities that integrate data from SAP and non-SAP source systems into a unified data model

y Recommended strategies and tools for dealing with product issues and business process roadblocks, including enhanced genealogy and traceability capabilities, to better identify and manage those product issues

See a demo that illustrates how functional-ity delivered in Supply Chain Integrity bridges the gap between manufacturing genealogy and supply chain traceability.

Breaking down functional silos to drive integrated supply chain execution Patrice Matthias, Reveal USAThe term "change management" typically refers to the initial post-go-live timeframe, though it is just as important as it pertains to maintaining and optimizing business pro-cesses. In this session, you will explore an innovative approach to take your business processes to the next level by breaking down functional silos to drive an integrated supply chain. Attend for lessons and new ideas to:

y Identify the organizational, governance, and structural changes required to optimize tangible business value using current supply chain functionality

y Leverage process aligned team (PAT) to add value to the bottom line by reducing inventories and operational costs, while simultaneously increasing service levels

A guide to SAP solutions and strategies for achieving a demand-driven supply networkMark David, SAPThis session provides an overview of SAP’s solution strategy and roadmap for driving supply chain excellence through optimal demand management, response orches-tration, and manufacturing and materials planning. Attend for updated insight into:

y Capabilities to analyze downstream demand signals and adapt to changing customer and market variability

y Solution extensions from SAP that can be used to better adapt demand and supply plans to dynamic market and business conditions

y SAP HANA-based functionality that enables real-time decision support to improve demand management and planning

Come away with an understanding of the SAP technology roadmap and planned invest-ments in the area of demand-driven supply chain.

Controlling the supply chain in real time through integrated business planning Martin Barkman, SAPThis strategic session explores new and inno-vative ideas for empowering supply chain leaders to contribute to integrated business planning with SAP solutions in analytics, plan-ning, and optimization.

y Gain visibility into supply chain performance through comprehensive supply chain monitoring

y Elevate sales, inventory, and operations planning capability with real time information through latest SAP collaboration, optimization, and analysis technology

y Drive out excess working capital and cost-to-serve while meeting or exceeding customer service level targets

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Track 1: Supply chain strategy

The 2014 guide to new SAP solutions that support end-to-end logistics and supply chain execution Markus Rosemann, SAP AGAttend this session to get a firsthand look at SAP’s full portfolio of logistics solutions and its latest vision for supply chain execution con-vergence. You will:

y Get an overview of new capabilities delivered in the latest transportation management and warehouse management solutions from SAP

y Grasp how SAP solutions for supply chain integrity extend the portfolio with comprehensive traceability capabilities for increased visibility

Step through real-world examples of how your counterparts are leveraging functional-ity from SAP to drive overall business value through logistics excellence.

How to build a logistics control tower for improved supply chain visibility Christian Titze, GartnerFind out how you can get controlled access to and transparency into accurate, timely, and complete events and data within and across organizations and services. Attend this session to understand:

y The concept of end-to-end supply chain visibility and the opportunities a control tower creates

y How a visibility framework provides critical insight into business partner collaboration as well as the processes, data, and technologies that are most relevant

y How to build an application layer on top of your SAP ERP landscape that connects with partners and systems to enhance collaboration in the extended value chain

Supply chain modeling techniques proven to uncover "hidden" bottom-line savings Toby Brzoznowski, LLamasoftAttend this session for insight into modeling strategies proven to optimize the supply chain for significant improvements in cost, service, sustainability, and risk mitigation. You will:

y Walk through examples of key modeling techniques proven effective at "finding" money in the supply chain, including product flow-path optimization, demand segmentation and inventory right-sizing, production footprint analysis, and transportation route optimization

y Review enabling technology from SAP that can be used to apply these techniques to your supply chain, as well as lessons for the proper integration of existing SCM data

Take home a white paper outlining real-world use case scenarios identifying how procure-ment teams have captured bottom-line savings with the modeling techniques taught in this session.

Simplifying global logistics: Proactively assessing the impact of geography on supply chain execution Bernd Mosbrucker, NOVIGO Supply Chain Consultants, by GOPAThis session explores tools and techniques to enable a holistic view of supply chain execu-tion across geographically diverse logistics networks. Attend to:

y Obtain strategies to simplify complex communication patterns across global enterprises

y Explore how to exploit key SAP capabilities in supply chain execution (SCE) to streamline insourcing and outsourcing of services

y Understand the importance of and get strategies to incorporate geographical carrier availability into your supply chain implementation projects

SAPexpertsPanel discussion

The sustainable supply chainPanelists: Matt Campbell, SCMO2; Deanice Jones, Ph.D., Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.; Manish Mishra, PwCAttend this informative panel discussion as our experts consider the environmental impacts of supply chains. In this lively conver-sation, you will:

y Learn steps you can take to increase efficiency and cost savings in areas including inventory management, supply and transportation planning, and plant maintenance

y Share experiences and best practices for wise resource utilization

y Gain the insight you need to ensure the sustainability of your supply chain

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A comprehensive guide to assemble-to-order methodology and the latest rapid-deployment solutions for SAP SCMLois Bruckner, SAP AmericaThis session explores SAP’s assemble-to-order approach (A2O) and suite of rapid-de-ployment solutions as a means to reduce implementation time. Learn about the lat-est enhancements and business scenarios that draw the most value from an A2O and rapid-deployment solution implementation approach. Attend for:

y Detailed insight into how a supply chain A2O and rapid-deployment solution implementation differs from a traditional SAP SCM deployment

y Guidance to prepare for a supply chain initiatives utilizing A2O and rapid-deployment solutions, including tips to determine whether to start at production planning or forecasting

y Key criteria to help determine if deploying SCM functionality via a rapid-deployment solution approach is right for your organization

Customer panel

Customer lessons to optimize your next SAP SCM initiative Moderator: Matthew Campbell, SCMO2Panelists: Simon Parkinson, Coca-Cola Refreshments, Pete Tews, Spectrum Brands, and Jeff Mayne, Newell RubbermaidParticipate in this interactive panel discussion for strategies and insights into successful SAP SCM projects based on real-world customer experiences. Join your peers, industry experts, and leading customers for lessons to:

y Gain further advantages from your current SAP SCM solution or to establish a roadmap and strategy to get started

y Build a best-in-class support team that can provide guidance to and engage with users throughout each phase of the project, including change management support

y Exchange ideas for addressing the integration challenges between SAP SCM and SAP ERP and examine different deployment options

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Demand and supply planning

Case studyAdvanced simulation drives global supply chain excellence at Beiersdorf Jürgen Böttcher, Ph.D., Beiersdorf Shared ServicesThis session walks you through the business model, process steps, and technology Bei-ersdorf implemented to enhance its global supply chain. Learn how the company used tactical, mid-term planning to identify mate-rial and capacity bottlenecks, including how it:

y Leveraged SAP APO functionality for SAP supply network planning (SNP) to design and build a process flow that enables automatic capacity balancing by SNP optimizer

y Tailored the SNP functionality to better suit its requirements

y Managed operational data for over 250,000 SKUs on a two-year planning horizon

View a demo of the company’s custom advanced simulation tool and how it auto-matically captures relevant master and transactional data, modifies data for scenario planning, and provides a pre-balanced distri-bution, production, and purchasing plan.

Sensing and quickly responding to demand signals leveraging the latest capabilities in SAP Demand Management Ganesh Wadawadigi, SAPObtain detailed product insight and best prac-tices for using SAP Demand Management to enable shortened lead times, reduced inven-tories, and improved customer service. Attend this session to:

y Examine each component in SAP Demand Management — from SAP Enterprise Demand Sensing and SAP Demand Signal Management to SAP Supply Chain Response Management

y Understand how SAP Demand Management tools can be used as standalone applications or in conjunction with SAP’s traditional planning tools

y Explore real-world use cases for insight into how your counterparts are leveraging these tools to first sense, and then quickly respond, to demand signals

Improve forecasting and responsive planning with demand sensing and real-time analytics in SAP APOAlan Hendry, SCMO2Get best practices to exploit the latest demand sensing and analytical capabili-ties delivered in SAP SCM to enable quicker and more accurate insight into SCM data. By attending this session, you will:

y Discover how to work with Demand Signal Management, Customer Forecast Management, and SNC Customer Collaboration to drive better demand sensing and supply chain responsiveness

y Explore real-world use case scenarios to see how businesses are exploiting the analytical capabilities delivered in SAP's latest forecasting and collaboration tools to respond to sales patterns in days instead of weeks

y See how SAP HANA-enabled technology can be leveraged to harness large volumes of data and drive faster and more accurate forecasting and responsive planning

Tools and techniques to meet all your subcontracting planning requirements in SAP Claudio Gonzalez, SCM ConnectionsThis session provides guidelines and crite-ria to properly leverage advanced planning engines in SAP to meet your subcontracting planning needs. Attendees will get an under-standing of:

y What master data is required and how to enhance planning parameters that are not aligned between your SAP ERP system and SAP SCM

y Which integration models need to be activated for a smooth subcontracting experience via the SAP APO core interface (CIF)

Walk through typical subcontracting sce-narios to see how SAP’s advanced planning engines can be used to support the end-to-end process.

Improve planning accuracy using the real-time analytical capabilities of SAP HANA in conjunction with SAP APO Sandy Markin, SAPAttend this session for a guided tour of SAP APO analytics built on SAP HANA, including a detailed look at the latest release of SAP Sup-ply Chain Info Center. By attending, you will:

y Discover how SAP Supply Chain Info Center can be used to fully exploit demand and supply planning data to deliver new insights that were not possible before

y Explore strategies for leveraging real-time analytical capabilities to enable more accurate and timely decision making across the extended supply chain

Come away with insight into SAP’s technical strategy around and roadmap for SAP APO analytics built on SAP HANA, including solu-tion release timeframes.


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Guidelines and criteria to determine an SAP APO data extraction method that supports SNP and DP requirements Jason Calcutt, Independent ConsultantTake part in this expert-led session for insight into options for extracting SAP APO supply network planning (SNP) and demand plan-ning (DP) data and criteria to determine which approach best suits your analytical require-ments. You will:

y Delve into various extraction technologies and processes, from standard daily extraction to using remote cubes, virtual providers, or the SAP Supply Chain Info Center

y Assess the strengths and limitations of each approach and know which one to use depending on criteria such as data source and analytical requirements

y Understand the best ways to analyze SNP and DP data to drive more accurate demand, supply, and inventory decisions

SAP APO vs. SAP Service Parts Planning: Capabilities, decision criteria, and prerequisites for determining the best solution for your organizationDavid Healey, HCLThis session examines SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) and SAP Service Parts Planning and provides criteria to help determine the best option for your spare parts management and after-market requirements. Attend this session for insight into:

y Capabilities and limitations of each solution and how they align with your organization’s spare parts planning requirements

y The potential impact a new solution implementation may have on existing spare parts planning solutions and processes and get lessons to mitigate the associated risk

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Track 3

Sales and operations planning

Cost-effective techniques to manage capacity constraints through the S&OP processSean Elliffe, Reveal USAThis session provides new options for exploit-ing key functionality in the SAP ERP system you already own to manage capacity con-straints through your sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Attendees will obtain:

y Lessons to implement a best-practice governance process to protect supply chain performance, drive data integrity, and ensure key planning rules are followed

y Tips to address ongoing competitive priorities and increase upper-quartile performance

y Techniques to control and guide customer demand — such as establishing manufacturing, product, or distribution hierarchies supported by product allocation and available-to-promise

Quickly adapt to technology or market changes with an agile-based S&OP approachSachin Shetty, Ernst & Young If you are embarking upon, leading, or sup-porting a supply chain improvement strategy, this session will provide valuable tips and new ideas for leveraging an agile approach to implement or improve S&OP processes. Attend to:

y Explore the benefits of an agile-based S&OP implementation, including how it enables user-drive scenarios while balancing project risk and control

y Avoid common implementation pitfalls by understanding the proper sequence and grouping of the configuration, integration, and other technical implementation activities

y Understand how to incorporate an agile S&OP implementation into a traditional supply chain governance structure

Guidelines to implement a flexible forecasting framework using scenario planning Thomas Brassøe, Implement Consulting GroupGo beyond typical sales and operations plan-ning (S&OP) practices to implement a flexible forecasting framework based on scenario planning. By attending this session, you will learn how to:

y Develop an agile S&OP process that enables long-range contingency plans and ad hoc near-term "what-if" modeling drills

y Take into account key performance indicators that shorten time-to-respond to demand shifts by leveraging SAP ERP or SAP APO

y Integrate scenario planning with SAP NetWeaver® BW for decision support analysis

Come away with an understanding of the con-ditions that favor scenario planning and assess if this process can help offset the uncertainty of demand in your industry.

Ensure accurate forecasting with lessons to get your sales and operations plan right the first time Joseph Grobler, Reveal USARather than introduce new software, this ses-sion provides guidance for leveraging existing functionality in SAP ERP to build an optimum sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Attendees will obtain strategies to:

y Leverage SAP ERP to generate an accurate sales forecast that reflects supply chain constraints

y Identify the most critical planning rules and institute a governance organization that ensures that they are closely followed

Come away with proven strategies to manage complex scenarios associated with forecasting with a non-SAP solution and working outside of S&OP.

Best practices to create and support an integrated S&OP approach Nilesh Sankpal, Cognizant Technology SolutionsThis session provides lessons to create an inte-grated sales and operations planning (S&OP) process that meets customer demand while maintaining desired service levels. Attendees will receive guidelines to:

y Use existing tools to achieve an integrated business planning platform, including the flexibility to integrate third-party forecasting tools into SAP S&OP

y Break down planning silos and bridge the gap between finance and capacity planning to streamline data flow across modules

Come away with criteria to evaluate the various integrated S&OP options and consid-erations for choosing the right approach.


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Innovative strategies for leveraging sourcing and procurement in S&OP: Reduce spend by securing materials in time and managing fewer short-notice ordersHenning Hopmann, Implement Consulting GroupHear an expert’s take on how to increase company-wide performance by integrating sourcing and procurement processes into sales and operations planning (S&OP). Attend this session for insight into:

y The benefits of leveraging sourcing and procurement in your S&OP process, from consideration of sourcing constraints to reduced supply risk and more accurate long-term planning

y Requirements for integrating sourcing and procurement processes into S&OP, including an overview of process design and related KPIs

y The impact sourcing and procurement will have on existing supply chain business processes and how to prepare for and manage change

Maximize revenue, profits, and customer service with Sales & Operations Business Planning Sandy Markin, SAPLearn how best-run companies across all industries are effectively managing risk and anticipating change using SAP solutions for Sales & Operations Business Planning, includ-ing Sales and Operations Planning, Enterprise Inventory, and Service Level Optimization. Attend this session to learn how to leverage Sales & Operations Business Planning func-tionality to:

y Precisely balance demand and supply as market conditions change

y Avoid capacity and material shortages via more effective resource usage

y Identify tactics to drive revenue growth and increase market share

y Minimize costs by managing inventory levels and discovering new opportunities for cost savings

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SAP ERP versus SAP APO: Which production planning functionality best suits my needs?Matthew Campbell, SCMO2This session provides key criteria to dif-ferentiate between production planning functionality delivered in SAP ERP and SAP APO production planning and detailed sched-uling (PP/DS) and supply network planning (SNP). You will:

y Get an overview of planning functionality delivered in SAP APO, including differences and similarities between SNP and PP/DS, and their applications to specific supply chain challenges

y Align the various SAP ERP and SAP APO planning tools to your organization’s production scheduling requirements to determine which tool or combination of tools best fits your needs

y Understand the unique role each solution plays in your production planning process, including how PP/DS integrates with SAP ERP for order execution

Come away with real-life project lessons to get results quickly from SAP ERP and/or SAP APO without being drawn into a lengthy and expensive implementation.

Streamline the data transfer between SAP ERP and SAP APO using the core interface Claudio Gonzalez, SCM ConnectionsThis session provides expert lessons to help you identify, optimize, and troubleshoot key integration points between SAP ERP and SAP APO via the core interface (CIF). Understand the differences between transferring master and transactional data between systems and learn how to:

y Optimize the creation of integration models based on the number of records affected and see how to activate the connection between systems

y Apply sequencing rules to avoid error messages that can grind your data transfer to a halt

y Use the CIF cockpit to centrally monitor data transfer in real time

Take home a previously undocumented col-lection of error messages common to data transfers with CIF, along with instruction to resolve them.

Improve forecasting and responsive planning with demand sensing and real-time analytics in SAP APOAlan Hendry, SCMO2Get best practices to exploit the latest demand sensing and analytical capabili-ties delivered in SAP SCM to enable quicker and more accurate insight into SCM data. By attending this session, you will:

y Discover how to work with Demand Signal Management, Customer Forecast Management, and SNC Customer Collaboration to drive better demand sensing and supply chain responsiveness

y Explore real-world use case scenarios to see how businesses are exploiting the analytical capabilities delivered in SAP's latest forecasting and collaboration tools to respond to sales patterns in days instead of weeks

y See how SAP HANA-enabled technology can be leveraged to harness large volumes of data and drive faster and more accurate forecasting and responsive planning

Improve planning accuracy using the real-time analytical capabilities of SAP HANA in conjunction with SAP APO Sandy Markin, SAPAttend this session for a guided tour of SAP APO analytics built on SAP HANA, including a detailed look at the latest release of SAP Sup-ply Chain Info Center. By attending, you will:




Case studyAdvanced simulation drives global supply chain excellence at Beiersdorf Jürgen Böttcher, Ph.D., Beiersdorf Shared ServicesThis session walks you through the business model, process steps, and technology Bei-ersdorf implemented to enhance its global supply chain. Learn how the company used tactical, mid-term planning to identify mate-rial and capacity bottlenecks, including how it:

y Leveraged SAP APO functionality for SAP supply network planning (SNP) to design and build a process flow that enables automatic capacity balancing by SNP optimizer

y Tailored the SNP functionality to better suit its requirements

y Managed operational data for over 250,000 SKUs on a two-year planning horizon

View a demo of the company’s custom advanced simulation tool and how it auto-matically captures relevant master and transactional data, modifies data for scenario planning, and provides a pre-balanced distri-bution, production, and purchasing plan.

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Capture greater value from your existing SAP TM solution: Strategies for transportation planning optimizationBhanu Sistla, DeloitteThis session examines often overlooked and underutilized ways of using standard SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) func-tionality to make dramatic transportation planning improvements. By attending, you will explore:

y Customization and integration techniques to use standard SAP TM planning functionality to build more accurate transportation plans based on supply and demand

y Strategies to overcome limitations in the SAP TM planning engine related to line loading, changes in the production schedule, and capacity utilization

y Options for integrating SAP TM with SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO), including guidelines to properly configure the integration

Make the most of your inbound fleet: Strategies to optimize inbound truck load and scheduling Sharad Pandey, Deloitte This session will examine how to leverage SAP APO functionalities such as heuristics and transport load builder (TLB) to generate order quantities that meet forecasted demand while optimizing inbound fleet. Gain tips and tech-niques to:

y Ensure better utilization of inbound transportation by generating purchase orders in SAP APO that include flexible shipment dates in order to take advantage of consolidation opportunities

y Learn how to configure key parameters in TLB to optimize inbound movement and reduce empty run time

y Optimize inbound fleet with strategies to define truck load at the vendor group level when placing orders and to manage multiple inbound stops

Case study

Time-saving lessons from Carlsberg Group’s implementation of global ATP and deployment modules in SAP APO Torsten Bjerggaard, Carlsberg GroupThis session explores Carlsberg Group’s joint implementation of the global avail-able-to-promise (global ATP) and deployment modules in SAP APO and provides insight into how the company overcame integra-tion challenges it encountered along the way. Attendees will:

y Examine how Carlsberg Group resolved the integration issues it encountered during its simultaneous implementation of global ATP and deployment in SAP APO

y Explore how the company uses a rules-based approach to drive a stock transport order (STO) global ATP consolidation scenario in SAP APO

y Hear how Carlsberg Group customized deployment to distinguish between requirements for sales orders and requirements for forecast, safety stock, or storage costs

Streamline complex order management processes with SAP SCM global available-to-promise Søren Skjødt, Implement Consulting GroupLearn the best ways to implement and utilize SAP SCM global available-to-promise (global ATP) to streamline the order-commitment pro-cess. Attend this session to:

y Obtain best practices and technical requirements to implement SAP SCM global ATP, including options to integrate it with SAP APO

y Understand the impact a global ATP implementation will have on existing SCM processes and get lessons to prepare for it

y Step through examples that explore how to exploit the full potential of global ATP to manage product allocations and sales order confirmations

Guidelines and criteria to determine an SAP APO data extraction method that supports SNP and DP requirements Jason Calcutt, Independent ConsultantTake part in this expert-led session for insight into options for extracting SAP APO supply network planning (SNP) and demand plan-ning (DP) data and criteria to determine which approach best suits your analytical require-ments. You will:




Case study

Leprino Foods Company drives measurable business results with SAP APO: Lessons and key considerations for tool selection, implementation, and optimizationRamesh Cooke, Leprino Foods CompanyThis session explores Leprino Foods’ extensive use of the production planning capabilities delivered in SAP APO supply network plan-ning (SNP) and PP/DS and highlights key decisions and lessons surrounding deploy-ment approach, tool selection, and business process design. Attend to:

y Examine criteria the company evaluated to determine which planning tools to deploy in initial versus subsequent rollouts

y Gain insight into the company’s planning strategy, including the innovative ways it enhances SNP and PP/DS functionality through customization and integration

Come away with insight into the changes Lep-rino Foods Company made (both from an organizational and IT perspective) as its supply chain matured and its planning requirements became more complex.

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Leading practices for automating your SAP APO master data and ensuring error-free planningManish Mishra, PwCThis session will provide expert advice that will enable your business owners and func-tional team to spend more time on data analysis rather than data correction. Hear tips on how to:

y Create automated workflows for your planning master data so it can be transferred across systems

y Stabilize your supply chain by eliminating manual master data correction by leveraging your existing ERP system

y Perform end-to-end master data integration and validation checks

SAP APO vs. SAP Service Parts Planning: Capabilities, decision criteria, and prerequisites for determining the best solution for your organization David Healey, HCLThis session examines SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) and SAP Service Parts Planning and provides criteria to help determine the best option for your spare parts management and after-market requirements. Attend this session for insight into:




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Case study

How Hollister minimized inventory costs and stabilized service levels using little-known, but incredibly effective toolsSteve Grace and Marie Morrisroe, HollisterAttend this session to hear how Hollister deployed a methodology to fulfill a corporate initiative toward inventory reduction, leverag-ing the MRP Monitor and Inventory Cockpit to classify materials for optimal segmentation and analysis of inventory types. Attendees will explore:

y The differentiating data parameters Hollister established for inventory sorting, including value, demand inconsistency, and lot sizes

y How the company leveraged the Inventory Cockpit to enable graphical representations of data through dashboards, including insight into the KPIs it used

y A live demo for insight into how Hollister reads and transfers data between SAP and custom tables in the MRP Monitor to execute inventory segmentation at the SKU and group levels

Using standard SAP metrics to establish inventory levels that meet fulfillment promisesSean Elliffe, Reveal USAThis session provides best practices to prevent stock-outs, better meet customer demand, and achieve target service levels — with-out incurring unnecessary inventory carrying costs. Attend for:

y An overview of standard metrics that are available within your SAP system and best practices to interpret and leverage them to enable a sound inventory management strategy

y Techniques for leveraging materials management (MM) and materials requirement planning (MRP) along with purchasing automation functionality to significantly reduce inventory levels

y An understanding of how lowering inventory averages helps drive optimized inventory turns

Tips and tricks for getting the most out of your standard MRP engineDavid B. Diehl, DeloitteThis session provides undocumented tech-niques and little-known tips to exploit core SAP ERP functionality for materials require-ment planning (MRP) to its fullest capabilities. Attend to:

y Obtain strategies for leveraging MRP to control quantity and dates on system-generated replenishment orders

y See how to optimize MRP lists to drive successful planning execution

y Get lessons to customize exception messages to meet unique business requirements

y Gain insight into when a migration from SAP ECC planning to SAP SCM may be necessary

Case study

How Leprino Foods Company simplified its inventory management processes by disabling handling unit management Steve Ciarrusta, Leprino Foods CompanyTake an in-depth look at how Leprino Foods Company stabilized and simplified its inven-tory and warehouse management processes. Walk away empowered to:

y Assess your primary support issues and the effectiveness of your current solution for issues that require development involvement to address and fix them

y Measure the impact disabling your handling unit management will have on process flows, technical and functional changes, and customer interaction

y Effectively prepare and manage your support and end users for the change

y Decide whether disabling handling unit management is the right move for your organization

Inventory optimization: A tour of SAP safety stock planning options and how to be successful with an inventory optimization project Matthew Campbell, SCMO2This session examines tools and techniques to effectively manage product transitions. By attending, you will gain insight into:

y Tools and safety stock planning methods in SAP ERP, SAP APO, and SAP Enterprise Inventory Optimization by SmartOps

y How to enable demand planning, product status codes, and planned phase-out dates to trigger automatic changes to planning parameters before phase-out

y Custom enhancements that enable seamless transition planning across SAP ERP and SAP APO

y How to automatically update lot size and safety stock settings to ensure appropriate inventory levels

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Guidelines for developing a materials planning framework using MRP Nilesh Sankpal, Cognizant Technology Solutions This session provides expert guidelines for uti-lizing SAP materials requirement planning (MRP) functionality to develop a planning framework that drives an optimum in-and-out strategy for inventory management. Attend to explore:

y Key criteria for determining a materials planning framework based on specific requirements, from desired stock levels and targets to supply constraints

y SAP safety stock and time planning methods, and how they compare to more advanced planning scenarios in SAP

y How to translate planning requirements, such as safety stock and lot size, to the SAP terminal

Case study

An inside look at Hollister’s lean purchasing and replenishment transformation Steve Grace and Marie Morrisroe, HollisterAttend this session to learn how Hollister uti-lizes SAP ERP functionality that supports Kanban to manage day-to-day purchasing execution, streamlining the process so that production operations can effectively become their own replenishment system. Attend to:

y Understand how Hollister successfully replaced its push-based purchasing process with a demand-pull approach, where materials are ordered upon consumption

y Get lessons from the company for creating scheduling agreements without intervention from planning or purchasing

Examine Hollister’s materials receipt pro-cess, which re-flags containers and starts the replenishment cycle again

Master the forecast and supply uncertainty in your supply chain with SAP Enterprise Inventory and Service Level OptimizationMartin Barkman, SAPExplore a new and improved way to plan and manage your complex supply chain while using inventory investment more efficiently to better serve your customers. Assess the capa-bilities and use-case scenarios surrounding SAP Enterprise Inventory and Service Level Optimization and learn how you can:

y Go beyond simple “forecast error” to measure, fully characterize, and master the uncertainty in your supply chain

y Drive root cause improvement initiatives through better knowledge, scenario analysis, and a more consistent planning approach

y Eliminate excess working capital and cost-to-serve while meeting or exceeding customer service level targets

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Warehouse management

Increase the visibility and efficiency of your warehouses with new and enhanced tools from SAP Richard Kirker, SAP LabsThis session provides insight into the lat-est warehouse management offerings from SAP and how new capabilities can be used to increase efficiency and visibility across your supply chain. Attend to:

y Become familiar with the shipping cockpit and how to use it to better manage outbound activities from a single place with embedded analytics

y Explore how the new SAP HANA-based labor demand planning functionality provides real-time insight into labor management

y Hear how enhanced integration capabilities streamline data flow between SAP EWM and SAP Transportation Management, dock appointment scheduling, and quality management





Empowering the warehouse worker: Operational management strategies that drive increased warehouse productivity Lars Smith Christoffersen, Implement Consulting GroupGet an overview of tools and techniques proven to dramatically improve warehouse productivity by empowering the warehouse worker. Attend this session for lessons to:

y Extend SAP ERP warehouse management barcode transactions to equip warehouse staff with more capabilities

y Empower warehouse workers to conduct ad hoc task handling by leveraging the radio frequency (RF) framework in SAP EWM

y Establish an effective warehouse management performance framework that tracks critical KPIs, such as picks per hour

New options for leveraging SAP EWM to drive quality assurance across your supply chainSuryakant Bhosale, PwC This session provides the information you need to make an informed decision surround-ing whether and how to activate new quality management functionality delivered in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM). Attend for insight into:

y The capabilities of SAP EWM quality inspection engine (QIE) along with the implications of choosing it to perform quality inspections across the supply chain

y How QIE compares to quality management functionality native to SAP ERP, including the pros and cons of each

y Deployment, integration, and usage scenarios for QIE

Come away with criteria to select the best quality management solution for your requirements.

Avoid costly rework by getting your SAP ERP/SAP EWM integration right the first timeSiva Venkit, PwCThis session draws on real-world projects for lessons learned and field-tested strate-gies to help you avoid common challenges associated with an SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) and SAP ERP inte-gration project. You will:

y Get configuration tips and organizational considerations to prepare for, execute, and support an integrated SAP EWM/SAP ERP environment

y Learn how to avoid or overcome integration challenges that may arise after system copy

y Receive tips to mitigate security and compliance issues associated with the integration

y Obtain testing techniques for validating your integration to ensure proper data flow and alignment

5 guiding principles to secure a successful SAP EWM implementation Thomas Klyvø, Implement Consulting GroupThis session provides a proven methodology based on several real-world SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) deploy-ments. Attend to:

y Identify the five guiding principles that are crucial for a successful EWM implementation, starting with the importance of prototyping

y Evaluate various SAP EWM deployment approaches and get criteria to determine which makes the most sense for your business requirements

y Learn strategies for avoiding the most common mistakes in an EWM implementation, such as avoiding too much project risk by knowing which types of scope extensions to fear


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Track 6: Warehouse management

Lessons to optimize the storage of products using putaway strategies in SAP EWM Suryakant Bhosale, PwC This session delves into putaway strategies available in SAP Extended Warehouse Man-agement (SAP EWM) and provides criteria to help determine which putaway strategy or combination of strategies best meets your requirements. You will:

y Explore the various putaway strategies in SAP EWM, from fixed storage bin and general storage to near-fixed picking bin and bulk storage, and how they compare to strategies in SAP ERP warehouse management

y Gain insight into required settings and master data for putaway strategies

y Know your options for leveraging business add-ins (BAdIs) to customize "out-of-the-box" putaway strategies

SAP warehouse management functionality vs. SAP EWM: Which solution is right for your business?Kristin von Hoerde, WesternacherGet key criteria for selecting the right ware-house management solution for your business. Find out whether SAP warehouse management functionality or SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) is the best option for achieving leaner, more effi-cient warehouse operations. By attending this session, you will:

y Examine the two primary SAP solutions for warehouse management, from the very basic functionality embedded within SAP ERP to the more expansive SAP EWM

y Compare features side by side and map those capabilities to your business requirements to assess which will best meet your needs

y Understand the implications and implementation considerations for each product

Interactive discussion forumAddressing your most pressing questions around SAP EWM implementationsKyle Sorensen, LogiStar SolutionsJoin this interactive session to learn about the key business processes and considerations around SAP Extended Warehouse Manage-ment (SAP EWM) implementations. Come prepared to ask questions and leave with:

y A clearer understanding of the technology capabilities available with SAP EWM and how it compares to SAP’s warehouse management and inventory management functionalities

y Insight into benefits achieved by customers and what it takes to be successful

y A better idea as to whether SAP EWM is the right solution for your business

Case study: How Liverpool established an integrated and automated warehouse system with SAP EWMJorge Luis Echeverria, LiverpoolFollowing its SAP EWM implementation, Liv-erpool now operates logistics flows and processes with an integrated system that meets the supply chain requirements in all locations and supports the strategic growth and plans of the company. Hear how this large department store chain:

y Increased the visibility and reliability of its inventory across its 46 warehouses

y Operates its entire supply chain on a solution of integrated information systems

y Standardized processes and performance evaluation to enable effective reporting

Reap the hidden benefits of an SAP EWM and SAP Global Trade Services integrationSrivathsan Narayanan, KryptThis session examines options to leverage SAP Global Trade Services with SAP Enter-prise Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) to ensure compliance and risk mitigation across your international supply chain. Attendees will learn the best ways to:

y Assess the business case for an SAP EWM/SAP Global Trade Services integration, including use cases that illustrate how SAP Global Trade Services can help drive supply chain excellence through improved compliance

y Generate meaningful reports for bonded stock benefit from duty-free warehouse storage while maintaining trade compliance

Walk through a demo that illustrates how to properly configure the integration between SAP EWM and SAP Global Trade Services.

Live demo: Navigating the latest SAP solutions for logistics and order fulfillmentBill King, SAP and Richard Kirker, SAP LabsGet an exclusive tour of recent enhance-ments made to SAP's supply chain execution platform for managing warehouses, transpor-tation, and supply chain disruptions. See how SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) work together as you:

y Explore the key features and functionality offered with SAP EWM

y Examine new planning and execution techniques using the latest release of SAP TM

y Understand how functionality delivered in Supply Chain Integrity bridges the gap between manufacturing genealogy and supply chain traceability


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Transportation management

Capture greater value from your existing SAP TM solution: Strategies for transportation planning optimizationBhanu Sistla, DeloitteThis session examines often overlooked and underutilized ways of using standard SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) func-tionality to make dramatic transportation planning improvements. By attending, you will explore:

y Customization and integration techniques to use standard SAP TM planning functionality to build more accurate transportation plans based on supply and demand

y Strategies to overcome limitations in the SAP TM planning engine related to line loading, changes in the production schedule, and capacity utilization

y Options for integrating SAP TM with SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO), including guidelines to properly configure the integration

Accelerate the time-to-value of your SAP Transportation Management initiative with a template-based approach Bjorn Bernard, GOPA ITCThis session provides lessons based on real-world project experience, to accelerate your SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) deployment and realize significant ROI in just one year. By attending, you will:

y Understand the concept of an SAP TM implementation template and how to create and leverage one that streamlines processes, reduces costs, and accelerates project timeline

y Examine a sample SAP TM template for insight into its standard components, from blueprint and modelling to configuring key parameters

y Gain insight into typical SAP TM deployment pitfalls and how using a template-based methodology can help avoid them

Reduce transportation costs and improve customer service using the latest release of SAP TM Bill King, SAPWhether you are a shipper, freight forwarder, logistics provider, or rail carrier, this session will provide you with valuable information on leveraging SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) 9.1 to achieve "360 Transportation Management." Attend to:

y Obtain guidance to properly use the new collaboration portal in SAP TM 9.1 to streamline strategic freight management, tendering, and invoice/dispute management processes

y Improve truck-load planning with lessons to get the most out of vehicle space optimization (VSO) functionality

y Get an overview of new SAP HANA-enabled transportation and event management cockpits and how they enable increased agility and responsiveness

Make the most of your inbound fleet: Strategies to optimize inbound truck load and scheduling Sharad Pandey, Deloitte This session will examine how to leverage SAP APO functionalities such as heuristics and transport load builder (TLB) to generate order quantities that meet forecasted demand while optimizing inbound fleet. Gain tips and tech-niques to:

y Ensure better utilization of inbound transportation by generating purchase orders in SAP APO that include flexible shipment dates in order to take advantage of consolidation opportunities

y Learn how to configure key parameters in TLB to optimize inbound movement and reduce empty run time

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Minimize costly risks by automating compatibility validations in transportation planning Dolphy Kalra, PwC This session sheds light on an often underuti-lized, but invaluable tool in SAP TM that can be used to eliminate the need for manual checks in the transportation planning process. By attending, you will:

y Get an overview of the conditions and incompatibilities functionality delivered in SAP TM and how to use it to automate compatibility validations in the transportation planning process

y Streamline the decision process around product categories that require incompatible storage conditions while in transit; for example, temperature-sensitive, hazardous, or corrosive materials

y Step through examples that illustrate how an automated compatibility validation process ensures compliance with regulatory rules and policies and reduces the need for downstream adjustments

Interactive discussion forumAre you ready for SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM)?Christoph Reichert, WesternacherJoin this interactive session to learn about the key business processes and considerations around SAP TM implementations. Come pre-pared to ask questions and leave with:

y A clearer understanding of the technology capabilities available with SAP TM systems

y Insight into benefits achieved by customers and what it takes to be successful

y A better idea as to whether SAP TM is right for your business, right now

Live demo: Navigating the latest SAP solutions for logistics and order fulfillmentBill King, SAP and Richard Kirker, SAP LabsGet an exclusive tour of recent enhance-ments made to SAP's supply chain execution platform for managing warehouses, transpor-tation, and supply chain disruptions. See how SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) work together as you:

y Explore the key features and functionality offered with SAP EWM

y Examine new planning and execution techniques using the latest release of SAP TM

y Understand how functionality delivered in Supply Chain Integrity bridges the gap between manufacturing genealogy and supply chain traceability

Enabling real-time feedback in logistics: Rethinking your carrier communication strategy Bernd Mosbrucker, NOVIGO Supply Chain Consultants, by GOPAThis session offers expert insights to achieve real-time feedback using multiple commu-nication channels in SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM). Attend to:

y See how to leverage SAP TM to improve electronic messaging communication using standardized Web services technology, mobile communication, and innovative portal access

y Explore options for leveraging dock appointment management capabilities to support accurate logistics communication

y Get recommendations and criteria for using the various communication channels and technologies to provide and collect more accurate and timely feedback from carriers


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Simplify inter-company billing with lessons to extend standard SAP conditions and logicHasan Yakisan, EnowaAttend this session for techniques to enhance reference conditions and logic to ensure con-sistent price determination for inter-company procurement and drop-ship processes. Iden-tify proven strategies to:

y Customize logic to enable integration between procurement pricing and D/S billing pricing

y Transfer pricing conditions to billing documents

y Create variant conditions, including considerations for integration and application

Come away with criteria to evaluate custom configuration scenarios against cost and effort to determine whether and when it makes sense to leverage them.

Case study

Time-saving lessons from Carlsberg Group’s SAP APO global ATP and deployment module rollout Torsten Bjerggaard, Carlsberg GroupThis session explores Carlsberg Group’s joint implementation of the global avail-able-to-promise (global ATP) and deployment modules in SAP APO. Attendees will:

y Examine how Carlsberg Group resolved integration issues it encountered during its simultaneous implementation of global ATP and deployment in SAP APO

y Explore how the company uses a rules-based approach to drive a stock transport order (STO) global ATP consolidation scenario in SAP APO

y Hear how Carlsberg Group customized deployment to distinguish between requirements for sales orders and requirements for forecast, safety stock, or storage costs

Exploring mass processing functions for planned and production ordersDavid B. Diehl, DeloitteThis session explores specific business scenar-ios that would benefit from the powerful and often overlooked mass processing functions in SAP ERP. Attend to:

y Explore the mass processing functions in SAP ERP and how to leverage them to streamline mass processing of order conversion, ATP checking, order release, scheduling, and more

y Understand what’s required to use mass processing results interactively to enhance your planning functions

Come away with a matrix of correlations between the different business scenarios and your specific requirements to see where mass processing would add the most value.

Streamline complex order management processes with SAP SCM global available-to-promise Søren Skjødt, Implement Consulting GroupLearn the best ways to implement and utilize SAP SCM global available-to-promise (global ATP) to streamline the order-commitment pro-cess. Attend this session to:

y Obtain best practices and technical requirements to implement SAP SCM global ATP, including options to integrate it with SAP APO

y Understand how to prepare for the impact a global ATP implementation will have on existing SCM processes

y Learn how to exploit the full potential of global ATP to manage product allocations and sales order confirmations

Ensure more accurate billing based on actual product composition — not theory or historyHasan Yakisan, EnowaAttend this session and get proven strate-gies to more accurately determine final billing price based on real-time data from your pro-duction floor. Attend this session to:

y Step through use case examples that explore the benefits, risks, and requirements of using real-time production floor data to bill customers for what actually ships

y Understand how to derive real-time data from the product stream, including required master data and configuration to integrate quality management, batch management, and pricing

y See a live demo of sales order pricing based on theoretical factors versus when it’s based on actual production results

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Global trade compliance

Track 9

A comprehensive look at what’s new in SAP Global Trade Services 10.1 Linda McKee, SAPThis session delves into new capabilities deliv-ered in the latest release of SAP Global Trade Services and how to utilize them to support the unique requirements associated with global supply chains. You will:

y Explore updates in the areas of import compliance and control, trade preferences and rules of origin calculation, and commodity classification for both exports and imports

y Examine enhanced capabilities for managing unique global requirements, including those associated with Chinese trading and free trade agreements

y Weigh the benefits and trade-offs of the rapid-deployment solutions for SAP Global Trade Services and get criteria to determine if it makes sense to leverage one for your implementation

Customer panel

Cross-industry perspectives on managing global trade compliance Moderator: David Moore, VigilantPanelists: Kevin Riddell, Tremco and William H. Lee, CareFusionThis interactive panel provides customer insights and lessons based on real-world global trade services (GTS) initiatives. Partici-pate in this discussion to:

y Discuss challenges commonly associated with GTS implementation and free trade compliance and how to avoid or overcome them

y Gain strategies for transferring classification numbers from ECC to GTS

y Hear a comparison of the GTS core, SPL, and TREX, along with considerations for using each application

Case study

The innovative ways Applied Materials uses SAP Global Trade Services to manage complex trade compliance and customs processesMarta Olds, Applied MaterialsThis session offers recommendations from a mature SAP Global Trade Services customer with experience using the most recent appli-cation enhancements to continually improve and maintain the management of complex regulatory and trade requirements. Learn how Applied Materials:

y Deployed an automated solution for assigning trade classification data to products for multiple regulations and countries

y Developed a process for managing product controls for sub-level sales bill of materials (BOM) components

y Managed an upgrade from SAP Global Trade Services 7.1 to SAP Global Trade Services 10.1 as part of a large scale, enterprise-wide integration project

Prepare for global regulations with best practices to protect your product chain of custodyKevin Wilson, Q Data USAPrepare for upcoming global regulations by attending this session on managing the prod-uct chain of custody and serialization with SAP solutions. Through product instruction and best practice techniques, this session will teach you how to:

y Increase product chain of custody visibility and ensure serialization requirements are met

y Minimize the risks of a counterfeit product entering the supply chain

y Implement a system of checks and balances to enforce a standardized global chain of custody

Explore options for integrating SAP’s out-of-the-box product tracking and authentication solutions with the SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure and SAP object event repository.

Reap the hidden benefits of an SAP EWM and SAP Global Trade Services integrationSrivathsan Narayanan, KryptThis session examines options to leverage SAP Global Trade Services with SAP Enter-prise Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) to ensure compliance and risk mitigation across your international supply chain. Attendees will learn the best ways to:

y Assess the business case for an SAP EWM/SAP Global Trade Services integration, including use cases that illustrate how SAP Global Trade Services can help drive supply chain excellence through improved compliance

y Generate meaningful reports for bonded stock benefit from duty-free warehouse storage while maintaining trade compliance

Walk through a demo that illustrates how to properly configure the integration between SAP EWM and SAP Global Trade Services.


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Data management and reporting

Assess, improve, and execute an effective reporting strategy for your extended supply chainTodd Smith, PwCThis session provides expert guidance to help define or refine your supply chain ana-lytics strategy with standard SAP reporting tools. Attend for expert recommendations and product instruction to:

y Determine which tool, or combination of tools, best supports your supply chain reporting needs and understand the impact of tool selection on system performance

y Exploit key integration points between logistics and supply chain functionality and planning, reporting, and analysis solutions

y Deploy KPIs and alerts via dashboards to provide insights that support improved decision making

Practical techniques to derive ongoing value from supply chain master data Joseph Grobler, Reveal USAThis session provides expert guidelines to leverage supply chain data as a foundation for process optimization across your organization. You will come away empowered to:

y Ensure that your supply chain master data is governed properly, with tips to establish business rules and standards

y Measure data accuracy, relevance, and effectiveness across various supply chain functions

y Identify the most common causes of poor master data quality across the supply chain

y Evaluate the pros and cons of centralized versus decentralized master data management

Leveraging standard SAP transactions and reports to improve purchasing, production, and sales execution processesJoseph Grobler, Reveal USAThis session explores often-overlooked SAP functionality that sets the direction for plant-to-plant and B2B interdependency and increases visibility across your supply chain. By attending, you will:

y Identify the most useful tools and reports delivered in SAP ERP and see how to leverage them to gain insight into purchase order status, inventory levels, and production status

y Learn how to analyze the findings via dashboards and real-time alerts that provide insight into the impacts and trade-offs across your supply chain

y See how your SAP ERP system supports the setting and monitoring of KPIs as a way to measure performance improvements at an organizational and departmental level

Support critical business decisions and requirements with actionable supply chain analysis Christian Titze, GartnerThis session provides expert guidance to capture intelligence and actionable analy-sis of your supply chain application portfolio, including how it aligns with key business processes.

y Get an overview of SAP SCM and SAP ERP functionality that supports critical business requirements and examine key criteria of each, such as process overhead, deployment costs, and master data impacts

y Map the capabilities of each solution to business requirements in various application areas, from warehouse management and event management to supplier collaboration

y See how to leverage this insight to prioritize and guide future investments and business initiatives that impact the innovation-to-delivery process

Leading practices for automating your SAP APO master data and ensuring error-free planningManish Mishra, PwCThis session will provide expert advice that will enable your business owners and func-tional team to spend more time on data analysis rather than data correction. Hear tips on how to:

y Create automated workflows for your planning master data so it can be transferred across systems

y Stabilize your supply chain by eliminating manual master data correction by leveraging your existing ERP system

y Perform end-to-end master data integration and validation checks


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Achieving "quick wins" using standard SAP analysis tools like LIS Patrice Matthias, Reveal USAWith the advent of advanced BI technologies, the logistics information system (LIS) is often overlooked as an analysis tool. This session explains why LIS is not obsolete and sheds light on often overlooked — yet invaluable — ways of using it to make dramatic supply chain improvements. You will:

y Obtain techniques to capture the low-hanging fruit readily available from your SAP ERP logistics information system (LIS) — standard analytic tools that enable ABC analysis, correlation, dual classification, and comparisons

y Look at the exception monitor functionality as a way to proactively manage events before they impact customer commitments

y Get expert guidance to interpret and confirm the accuracy of your LIS results

Streamline the data transfer between SAP ERP and SAP APO using the core interface Claudio Gonzalez, SCM ConnectionsThis session provides expert lessons to help you identify, optimize, and troubleshoot key integration points between SAP ERP and SAP APO via the core interface (CIF). Understand the differences between transferring master and transactional data between systems and learn how to:

y Optimize the creation of integration models based on the number of records affected and see how to activate the connection between systems

y Apply sequencing rules to avoid error messages that can grind your data transfer to a halt

y Use the CIF cockpit to centrally monitor data transfer in real time

Take home a previously undocumented col-lection of error messages common to data transfers with CIF, along with instruction to resolve them.

An innovative approach for deriving actionable intelligence from the shop floorAjay Malempati, SEAL ConsultingThis session examines how to derive near real-time visibility into the shop floor by inte-grating SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII), SAP ERP, and Google Maps. Attendees will:

y Examine key integration points between SAP MII, SAP ERP, and Google Maps technology

y Obtain strategies to streamline disparate shop floor data and present it in a report or dashboard to analyze the mapping of assembly steps and ensure shop floor efficiencies

y Find out how to create role-based and industry-specific analysis of manufacturing plant data

Leading practices to measure, monitor, and model supply chain metrics with SAP Supply Chain Performance Management Todd Smith, PwCThis session explores the best ways to use SAP Supply Chain Performance Management to enable detailed analyses and better decision making across your supply chain. Attendees will:

y See how to extract critical supply chain metrics to model "what-if" scenarios and grasp the trickle-down impacts when even one causal factor is modified

y Obtain best practices for leveraging data extraction and transformation functionality to streamline integration with transactional systems

y Find out how to utilize proactive diagnostics to get better insight into operational drivers, opportunity discovery, and deviations from performance targets

Best practices for using 3D visual software from SAP to drive enhanced decision support for your design-to-sell process Robert Merlo, SAPThis session explores 3D visualization func-tionality from SAP and examines how to integrate it with business data across your value chain to accelerate decision making across all lines of business. Attend to:

y Take a guided tour of the latest technological and customer engagement innovations in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise applications

y Understand the technology requirements and dependencies required to use SAP Visual Enterprise

y Discover how every piece of data contained within the graphic is accessible from a single, user-friendly visual interface

How to build a logistics control tower for improved supply chain visibility Christian Titze, GartnerFind out how you can get controlled access to and transparency into accurate, timely, and complete events and data within and across organizations and services. Attend this session to understand:

y The concept of end-to-end supply chain visibility and the opportunities a control tower creates

y How a visibility framework provides critical insight into business partner collaboration as well as the processes, data, and technologies that are most relevant

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Improve planning accuracy using the real-time analytical capabilities of SAP HANA in conjunction with SAP APOSandy Markin, SAPAttend this session for a guided tour of SAP APO analytics built on SAP HANA, including a detailed look at the latest release of SAP Sup-ply Chain Info Center. By attending, you will:




Standard SAP tools, reports, and monitors that drive increased control and service across procurement and plant maintenanceJoseph Grobler, Reveal USAThis session explores strategies for tighter integration between plant maintenance (PM) and procurement in the areas of inventory, non-inventory, and services using SAP’s stan-dard exception monitors. Attend for insight into:

y SAP’s standard exception monitors that can be used to measure the supply process that is carried out by purchasing

y Best practices that can be incorporated into daily PM activities to improve the level of service purchasing provides to the maintenance organization

y Utilizing SAP functionality and data management requirements for improving and maintaining the performance of PM operations

Guidelines and criteria to determine an SAP APO data extraction method that supports SNP and DP requirementsJason Calcutt, Independent ConsultantTake part in this expert-led session for insight into options for extracting SAP APO supply network planning (SNP) and demand plan-ning (DP) data and criteria to determine which approach best suits your analytical require-ments. You will:




Production planning and execution techniques for real-time responsive manufacturingAndy Macaleer, SAPAttend this session for an overview of tools and techniques to optimize SAP materials requirement planning (MRP) on SAP HANA to gain real-time business insight and identify material flow issues faster than ever before. Attend this session to:

y Get ideas for providing improved service to your customers by matching demand and supply more efficiently

y Learn how production orders can be planned across the internal and external manufacturing network with lean planning capabilities

y See how production orders can be scheduled on specific routes and equipment and executed efficiently with visual instructions and tracking all assembly details

SAPexperts LIVEHow to use resource network planning in SNP Optimizer Planning Manish Mishra, PwCDon't miss this opportunity to meet SAPex-perts author Manish Mishra and discuss his popular article from the SAPexperts SCM hub — the most trusted resource for 100% vali-dated, independent SAP expertise. Updating and expanding on his article, Manish will dis-cuss the following:

y The concept of a resource network in SAP APO and master data that defines the sequence of resources used for production flow

y A method to utilize the resource based relationship in the Cost/Profit based optimization tool

y Options for integrating Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) and SNP optimizer for resource network planning

You'll receive a copy of the article free of charge and engage with peers who share your interests and priorities.

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Plant maintenance and asset management

Case study

How Dairy Farmers of America improved its bottom line with SAP plant maintenance functionality Deanice Jones, Ph.D., Dairy Farmers of AmericaHear firsthand how Dairy Farmers of Amer-ica implemented SAP plant maintenance functionality to streamline inventory control, preventive maintenance, and repair measure-ments. Obtain lessons from the company to:

y Identify implementation considerations and technical prerequisites, from master data cleanup to planning the structure and representing objects in the system

y Integrate plant maintenance (PM) with materials resource planning (MRP) to streamline reorder point strategy and better manage spare parts inventory

y Leverage maintenance planning functionality in conjunction with PM, including radio frequency (RF) functionality and tips to define and integrate it into your system

Tools and techniques for boosting manufacturing performance and asset utilizationSam Castro, SAPAttend this session for lessons to use real-time operations monitoring, 3D visualization capabilities, and SAP HANA-powered Over-all Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to integrate real-time plant information into business systems for a holistic view of equipment per-formance. By attending, you will learn to:

y Avoid revenue loss, reduce manufacturing costs, and optimize inventory by gaining better insights into operational performance

y Quickly pinpoint root causes of problems and identify and act on a resolution

y Achieve real-time visibility into yield and performance, inventory and delivery, and production responsiveness to enable operational alignment and to help drive business goals

Leveraging standard SAP transactions and reports to improve purchasing, production, and sales execution processesJoseph Grobler, Reveal USAThis session explores often-overlooked SAP functionality that sets the direction for plant-to-plant and B2B interdependency and increases visibility across your supply chain. By attending, you will:

y Identify the most useful tools and reports delivered in SAP ERP and see how to leverage them to gain insight into purchase order status, inventory levels, and production status

y Learn how to analyze the findings via dashboards and real-time alerts that provide insight into the impacts and trade-offs across your supply chain

y See how your SAP ERP system supports the setting and monitoring of KPIs as a way to measure performance improvements at an organizational and departmental level

Lessons for leveraging robotics concepts to exploit the full potential of SAP plant maintenance functionalityJohn Tallerday, Dimension Technology SolutionsThis session will demonstrate how an artifi-cial intelligence (AI) methodology developed by MIT for autonomous robots has been inte-grated into the SAP plant maintenance (PM) module to help organizations better plan and manage risk. Attend to:

y Learn how to synchronize maintenance strategy, reliability centered maintenance (RCM), and PM using robotics concepts

y Get recommendations on what level of visibility into (current and future) operational and maintenance risk to provide stakeholders

Take home a copy of the code developed in this research and documentation on how to integrate it into your PM processes using busi-ness application programming interfaces (BAPIs).


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Standard SAP tools, reports, and monitors that drive increased control and service across procurement and plant maintenanceJoseph Grobler, Reveal USAThis session explores strategies for tighter integration between plant maintenance (PM) and procurement in the areas of inventory, non-inventory, and services using SAP’s stan-dard exception monitors. Attend for insight into:

y SAP’s standard exception monitors that can be used to measure the supply process that is carried out by purchasing

y Best practices that can be incorporated into daily PM activities to improve the level of service purchasing provides to the maintenance organization

y Utilizing SAP functionality and data management requirements for improving and maintaining the performance of PM operations

Strategies to improve maintenance operations through more efficient work center management and scheduling Rajiv Kane, PwCThis session provides product instruction and techniques for leveraging SAP Multiresource Scheduling to streamline work center man-agement and scheduling. Attend to:

y Discover how to bypass SAP ERP HCM organizational management when modeling the resource planning structure and how this streamlines maintenance work scheduling

y Understand what’s required to create and change maintenance work centers in order to increase the flexibility of maintenance work scheduling

y See how dispatched work in SAP Multiresource Scheduling can be deployed on mobile devices using SAP Work Manager


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Service and warranties

Case study

How Ford Motor Company streamlined its global supply chain by moving from a legacy application to SAP Service Parts Planning Michael Czach, Ford Motor CompanyHear how Ford Motor Company migrated from a legacy application that was unable to scale globally to SAP Service Parts Planning in order to streamline global parts planning and distribution across time zones and currencies. Attend this session to:

y Examine Ford Motor Company’s approach for designing a new advanced service parts planning solution from scratch

y Hear how the company overcame challenges associated with converting, migrating, and integrating large volumes of master data in a complex IT system landscape

Come away with key lessons the company learned, from the importance of data har-monization to finding the right network integrator.

Is your product warranty costing you money?Todd Smith, PwCThis session will provide expert recommen-dations to evaluate, identify, and address warranty leakage issues to ensure your prod-uct warranty isn’t costing you money. You will come away with:

y Lessons to evaluate after-sales service approaches, including Return Materials and Reverse Logistics, and how to leverage them to calculate product-specific warranties

y Tips to assess warranty leakage in your organization and when it makes sense to leverage a warranty reserve and/or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) warranties to reduce support costs

y Guidelines to properly monitor, measure, and maintain your after-sales service strategy

Take home a warranty reserve calculator.

SAP APO vs. SAP Service Parts Planning: Capabilities, decision criteria, and prerequisites for determining the best solution for your organizationDavid Healey, HCLThis session examines SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) and SAP Service Parts Planning and provides criteria to help determine the best option for your spare parts management and after-market requirements. Attend this session for insight into:




A detailed look at SAP Global Batch Traceability and its support for corporate product genealogy Stephen Cloughley, SAP LabsWhether you are partnering with global sub-contractors or managing production and distribution internally, batch traceability in the supply chain is a critical issue. This session takes a detailed look at how to streamline this process using SAP Global Batch Traceability. Attendees will:

y Explore how to leverage SAP Global Batch Traceability to research batch genealogy for the purpose of a recall or to service a product

y See how batch genealogy data is extracted from batch "where used" sources across multiple SAP ERP and non-SAP environments

y Look at a batch "tree" presented as a dynamic and interactive Web UI

y Step through a demo showing the graphical presentation enabling streamlined escalation efforts when traceability questions arise


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Track 13

Product lifecycle management

Expert lessons to create a forward-looking PLM strategy and roadmapAlan Mendel, LeverXThis session examines critical success factors to develop and deliver a comprehensive SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) roadmap that identifies a shared set of goals and delivers planned results. Attend to:

y Explore best-practice approaches to execute an effective SAP PLM roadmap enterprise-wide

y Obtain strategies to establish a dedicated team to support the key components of a PLM strategy and roadmap, including stakeholder and management buy-in and research initiatives

y Get lessons to leverage your SAP PLM roadmap as the backbone to plan, scope, and assign resources to future PLM initiatives up to five years in advance

A detailed look at SAP Global Batch Traceability and its support for corporate product genealogy Stephen Cloughley, SAP LabsWhether you are partnering with global sub-contractors or managing production and distribution internally, batch traceability in the supply chain is a critical issue. This session takes a detailed look at how to streamline this process using SAP Global Batch Traceability. Attendees will:

y Explore how to leverage SAP Global Batch Traceability to research batch genealogy for the purpose of a recall or to service a product

y See how batch genealogy data is extracted from batch "where used" sources across multiple SAP ERP and non-SAP environments

y Look at a batch "tree" presented as a dynamic and interactive Web UI

y Step through a demo showing the graphical presentation enabling streamlined escalation efforts when traceability questions arise

Case study

A guided tour of Rich Products’ product development transformation Gary Klosko, Rich ProductsThis session examines how Rich Products transformed product development and data management processes through an SAP recipe development implementation. Get insights into how the company:

y Enhanced standard product labeling functionality with logic to support intelligent authoring of ingredient statements and nutritional fact panels

y Improved workflow and unified product data for increased speed-to-market and reduced compliance risk

Come away with project management tips from Rich Products on the factors that impacted its implementation timeline, includ-ing designing a change process for existing recipes and setting end-user expectations.

An overview of the latest SAP functionality for managing specifications and recipes Dan Bender, SAP LabsThis session provides insight into enhance-ments made to SAP recipe development and how it is evolving from a system of records to a process and data enablement solution. You will get best practices and product instruction for leveraging the latest SAP Recipe Manage-ment capabilities to:

y Design and integrate product and process formulations for the process and consumer industries

y Protect revenue and comply with regulations with Product Safety Stewardship

y Support your product formulation, product specification, and product labeling needs

Come away with new usability and functional features, such as recipe ingredient optimiza-tion, mass change, multi-formula editor, and hand over-to-manufacturing.

Lessons to better allocate and prioritize project funding using SAP Portfolio and Project ManagementGianni Pelizzo, EspediaWhether you are evaluating SAP Portfolio and Project Management or currently using it to plan, allocate, and prioritize project funding, this session will provide you with best practice techniques to exploit it to its fullest potential. Discover how to:

y Model project criteria — such as expenses, overhead, labor and materials costs, and plan versus actual — according to yearly funding allocations

y Capture critical data from SAP Portfolio and Project Management and model what-if scenarios for optimal decision support

y Define an evaluation matrix and feasibility analysis to support strategic product investment decisions


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Empower your product development team using the latest SAP CAD integration solutionsVinay V, SAPThis session provides a comprehensive look at the SAP computer-aided design (CAD) Desktop user interface. By attending, you will obtain lessons to:

y Leverage SAP CAD Desktop to enhance process integration, increase collaboration, and improve access to relevant information

y Edit document-based structures using a CAD interface, both in the CAD system and your SAP system

View a demo that illustrates how SAP CAD Desktop empowers product engineers with the ability to easily access and use CAD files and design information directly within SAP.

An up-to-date guide to the latest capabilities delivered in SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management Renato Zadro, SAP AGThis session provides an overview of the latest functionality enhancements and integration capabilities delivered in SAP Enterprise Port-folio and Project Management. Attend for strategies to improve the monitoring of proj-ect ideas, schedules, resources, and workflow, including lessons to:

y Integrate SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management with SAP Enterprise Project Connection to ensure appropriate allocation of resources and expertise across your enterprise and business networks

y Effectively manage and standardize commercial projects to leverage real-time transparency

y Leverage SAP Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management with SAP BusinessObjects™ solutions to aggregate, analyze, and report on product performance data

Improve product packaging and label design artwork processes by exploiting key capabilities in SAP recipe developmentDave Wong, Linx/ASThis session explores how to exploit key capabilities in SAP recipe development to accelerate product labeling and artwork man-agement. By attending this session, you will find out how to:

y Generate ingredient statements, nutritional fact panels, and marketing statements

y Leverage enhanced labeling functionality for complex requirements, including those associated with multiple ingredient panels and flexible rules for composition aggregation

y Integrate enterprise recipe data into product packaging and label design artwork to reduce compliance risk

Integrated product development for sustainable innovation in discrete industriesVinay V, SAPFind out how you can achieve shorter change cycles, continuous quality assurance, and smoother production ramp-ups with Inte-grated Product Development. Attend to:

y Gain strategies for linking design teams with logistics, purchasing, and manufacturing units

y Learn how to optimize the use of components, streamline product configurations, and ensure product traceability

y Find out how to protect revenue and comply with regulations with Product Safety and Stewardship

Come away empowered to build products right the first time, rather than redesigning them at a later stage.

Supply Chain Integrity: A guided tour of SAP’s new solution strategy for managing supply chain disruptionsStephen Cloughley, SAP AGThis session introduces Supply Chain Integrity, SAP’s new solution strategy designed to close the loop between order processing, produc-tion, and distribution to ensure that the right products reach your customers at the right time. Attend this session for insight into:

y Enhanced architectural capabilities that integrate data from SAP and non-SAP source systems into a unified data model

y Recommended strategies and tools for dealing with product issues and business process roadblocks, including enhanced genealogy and traceability capabilities, to better identify and manage those product issues

See a demo that illustrates how functionality delivered in Supply Chain Integrity bridges the gap between manufacturing genealogy and supply chain traceability.

Case studyHow 3M is driving enterprise-wide business transformation with a global rollout of SAP PLM James Keefe, 3MAttend this session for firsthand insight into 3M’s SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) implementation and how it is being used as a cornerstone in the company’s global, enterprise-wide business transforma-tion initiative. Hear directly from 3M’s PLM Lead for Business Transformation about the company’s ongoing project and come away with insight into:

y Primary business drivers behind the company’s decision to replace its existing multi-business PLM solution with SAP PLM

y Lessons learned and key results from initial phases of the implementation, including deployment of SAP document management system and SAP Project and Portfolio Management

y How 3M overcame the complexities of a global landscape and diverse business structure to ensure a successful PLM rollout

Come away with insight into 3M’s SAP PLM strategy and technology roadmap for the next four years, including plans to implement SAP Visual Enterprise and CAD integrations.

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Best practices for using 3D visual software from SAP to drive enhanced decision support for your design-to-sell process Robert Merlo, SAPThis session explores 3D visualization func-tionality from SAP and examines how to integrate it with business data across your value chain to accelerate decision making across all lines of business. Attend to:

y Take a guided tour of the latest technological and customer engagement innovations in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise applications

y Understand the technology requirements and dependencies required to use SAP Visual Enterprise

y Discover how every piece of data contained within the graphic is accessible from a single, user-friendly visual interface

Live demo: Driving integrated business processes in R&D and engineeringVinay V, SAP and Renato Zadro, SAP AGThis session demonstrates how to extend the product development process through inte-gration across SAP PLM, SAP Portfolio and Project Management, product compliance, handover to manufacturing, and 3D visualiza-tion. Take part in the demo to:

y Learn how to apply pre-built integration, one source of truth for product data, visual 3D modelling, and closed-loop action management to your product development process

y Run through some critical business processes ranging from product feedback receipt to new product development

y Investigate social media interaction for a better understanding of product feedback and analysis for taking corrective action

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Manufacturing

Setting up unlimited resource capacity pools in an assembly manufacturing environmentDavid B. Diehl, DeloitteThis session offers best practices for leverag-ing a pooled capacities approach to improve manufacturing resource utilization and opti-mize assembly schedules. Gain tips and techniques to:

y Set up one work center for each assembly work station that enables an unlimited number of resource pools to be included at that one installation point

y Enable concise work station planning for your complex assembly area

y Identify which capacity planning tools should be used for specific instances and how to configure the tools for your manufacturing operations

Embracing technology innovation to enable a more strategic manufacturing organization Frank Platt, SAPThis session provides proven strategies for enabling SAP functionality to incorporate innovative technology and ideas into your manufacturing processes. Attend this session to gain strategies to:

y Provide connected engineering and manufacturing teams with a visual and paperless continuous information exchange

y Decrease manufacturing cycle times and increase effective data stewardship utilizing 3D visualization from engineering to work instructions

y Enable rapid handover of information with efficient mappings of engineering to manufacturing bills of materials, routings, and production instructions

The newly defined SAP solution roadmap and strategy for manufacturing innovation Frank Platt, SAPThis session presents SAP’s current and future vision for innovation in manufacturing ana-lytics, mobility, cloud, in-memory computing, and line-of-business applications. Attend to:

y Step through product demos that illustrate the best ways to leverage new capabilities to enable flexible, responsive manufacturing to enhance the end-to-end value chain

y Obtain new ideas to define your strategies and plans with innovative design thinking

y View examples that show how to quickly incorporate these next-generation offerings without disruption using the SAP assemble-to-order (A2O) project approach and SAP Rapid Deployment solutions

An innovative approach for deriving actionable intelligence from the shop floorAjay Malempati, SEAL ConsultingThis session examines how to derive near real-time visibility into the shop floor by inte-grating SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII), SAP ERP, and Google Maps. Attendees will:

y Examine key integration points between SAP MII, SAP ERP, and Google Maps technology

y Obtain strategies to streamline disparate shop floor data and present it in a report or dashboard to analyze the mapping of assembly steps and ensure shop floor efficiencies

y Find out how to create role-based and industry-specific analysis of manufacturing plant data

Tools and techniques for boosting manufacturing performance and asset utilizationSam Castro, SAPAttend this session for lessons to use real-time operations monitoring, 3D visualization capabilities, and SAP HANA-powered Over-all Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to integrate real-time plant information into business systems for a holistic view of equipment per-formance. By attending, you will learn to:

y Avoid revenue loss, reduce manufacturing costs, and optimize inventory by gaining better insights into operational performance

y Quickly pinpoint root causes of problems and identify and act on a resolution

y Achieve real-time visibility into yield and performance, inventory and delivery, and production responsiveness to enable operational alignment and to help drive business goals

Meet the finalists: SAP Innovation Challenge for Mobile Manufacturing Solutions 2014Sam Castro, SAPHear from three finalists of the SAP Innovation Challenge for Mobile Manufacturing Solutions 2014 contest and view live demonstrations of the innovations before placing your vote for the winner. By attending, you will:

y Learn from early adopters and get new ideas for using mobile applications to improve the flexibility and timeliness of your manufacturing processes

y Get real-world customer insight into the best practices to adopt and worst practices to avoid when it comes to mobilizing your manufacturing processes

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Track 14: Manufacturing

Live demo: An inside look at the SAP manufacturing platformFrank Platt, SAPIn this live demo session, attendees will get a firsthand view of SAP Manufacturing Execu-tion (SAP ME), SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII), and SAP Overall Equipment Effectiveness (SAP OEE) and how these solutions can be used to improve man-ufacturing processes. Attend this session and gain:

y Insight into the technical capabilities of SAP ME

y Techniques for integrating manufacturing systems with SAP MII

y Perspective on how to create a holistic view of equipment performance using SAP-HANA powered OEE

Best practices for maintaining and sustaining your global SAP ME implementationKim Brookshire, AtosThis session provides a proven methodology based on a template approach and several real-world SAP Manufacturing Execution (SAP ME) deployments. Attend to receive:

y Guidelines for employing a phased template approach for multi-site SAP ME implementations

y Lessons to manage multiple simultaneous deployments and considerations for using an integration tool, such as SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)

y Tips to maintain, as well as locally sustain, your site deployments and ensure future success as SAP ME functionality expands

Case study:How Medtronic achieves compliance by leveraging SAP manufacturing solutionsDean Kossila, Medtronic Hear firsthand how Medtronic leverages SAP to manage complex operations in a heavily regulated industry. Attend to:

y Review the SAP Manufacturing Execution and SAP MII solutions for compliant manufacturing

y See how the company provides traceability and as-built configurations, quality, and production order management with “one source of the truth” master data

Case study: How Colgate-Palmolive ensures continuity of business with SAP MIIJoseph Jeffs, Colgate-PalmoliveCome hear how Colgate-Palmolive is uti-lizing SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) as part of a larger MES strategy to provide continued operations for its plants when SAP infrastructure is not avail-able. By attending this session, you will:

y Review the types of functionality Colgate-Palmolive's SAP MII solution supports

y Learn how Colgate Palmolive uses iDoc and remote function calls to communicate between SAP ECC systems and SAP MII

y Review the operator interface technologies and some of the challenges of designing Web pages for various handheld devices

Production planning and execution techniques for real-time responsive manufacturingAndy Macaleer, SAPAttend this session for an overview of tools and techniques to optimize SAP materials requirement planning (MRP) on SAP HANA to gain real-time business insight and identify material flow issues faster than ever before. Attend this session to:

y Get ideas for providing improved service to your customers by matching demand and supply more efficiently

y Learn how production orders can be planned across the internal and external manufacturing network with lean planning capabilities

y See how production orders can be scheduled on specific routes and equipment and executed efficiently with visual instructions and tracking all assembly details

Cost-effective techniques to manage capacity constraints through the S&OP processSean Elliffe, Reveal USAThis session provides new options for exploit-ing key functionality in the SAP ERP system you already own to manage capacity con-straints through your sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. Attendees will obtain:

y Lessons to implement a best-practice governance process to protect supply chain performance, drive data integrity, and ensure key planning rules are followed

y Tips to address ongoing competitive priorities and increase upper-quartile performance

y Techniques to control and guide customer demand — such as establishing manufacturing, product, or distribution hierarchies supported by product allocation and available-to-promise


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Procurement and supplier management

Case study

How Leprino Foods Company significantly reduced procurement costs by improving its PO collaboration processManuel Solis, Leprino Foods CompanyHear how Leprino Foods Company increased the effectiveness of its end-to-end purchase order (PO) collaboration process and cut pro-curement costs by revamping its SAP ERP materials requirement planning (MRP) imple-mentation. Learn how the company:

y Linked negotiated corporate contracts with buyers’ purchase orders (PO) to optimize pricing

y Established regular reports and "health checks" throughout the contract and PO cycle

y Improved "just-in-time" procurement to meet service targets

Step through a demo of Leprino Foods Com-pany’s end-to-end purchase order (PO) collaboration process, leveraging the MRP run.

Expert guidelines for achieving automation in the end-to-end operational procurement process Pranay Shah, Independent ConsultantHear recommendations and key consid-erations for increasing automation in the end-to-end procurement process, from cata-logs to invoices, for your organization. Attend this session for:

y Details on key pain points in the operational procurement process, such as various manual tasks in supplier registration, as well as PO and invoice collaboration

y Various options and recommendations for addressing these pain points to reduce cycle time and improve compliance

y Techniques to leverage various SAP solutions to automate the entire process and manage challenges associated with system integration, security, and data standards

The Road Ahead: Sharing the roadmap for SAP and Ariba procurement solutions and the Ariba NetworkEmily Rakowski, SAPJoin this session to get an overview on what’s next for the SAP and Ariba procurement solu-tions, and what you should invest in moving forward.

y Get relevant roadmap details, covering the SAP on-premise procurement portfolio, theAriba on-demand procurement portfolio, and the Ariba Network.

y Gain insight into SAP's future vision for the Ariba Network, including plans to extend it across supply chain and transportation processes

Achieving E2E Supply Chain orchestration through an innovative supply chain business networkMark Averskog, SAP Labs and Raj Alluri, SAPThis session explores product updates, road-map information, and new implementation scenarios for SAP Supply Network Collabo-ration (SAP SNC), including how it leverages the Ariba Network to create a comprehensive cloud-based solution that drives partner col-laboration. Attend to:

y Understand how to use SAP SNC to share and exchange critical-to-business information effectively with customers and partners

y Explore business scenarios that illustrate how to prevent stock-outs, improve demand response time and asset utilization, reduce inventory, and enable faster order cycle times using SAP SNC

y Learn how to leverage the Ariba Network in conjunction with SAP SNC to extend your supply chain to partners for improved communication and collaboration

Evaluation criteria to determine the best procurement model for your organization: On-premise, cloud-based, or hybridGurminder Sandhu, PwCThis session examines key decision-making factors that will help you evaluate the most appropriate procurement model for your organization. Attend to:

y Eliminate the confusion surrounding the various procurement deployment models with an overview of similarities and differences between on-premise, cloud-based, and hybrid procurement models

y Review requirements and prerequisites for each deployment approach and get key criteria to align them with your organization’s procurement needs

y Gain insight into the cost, resources, and effort required for each procurement model


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SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management: Qualify, manage, and evaluate suppliers to drive more effective procurement processesRajiv Jain, PwCThis session examines the best ways to lever-age SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management to streamline the end-to-end supplier rela-tionship, from onboarding to continuous development. Attend to:

y Explore the business processes supported in SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management — including supplier registration, supplier qualification, supplier portfolio management, and supplier order collaboration — and how they compare to SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management functionality

y See how to leverage its SAP Supplier Lifecycle Management capabilities to create qualification requests, either for a potential supplier or for qualified suppliers, based on specific projects

y Obtain lessons to streamline supplier data management, including options for supplier self-service data maintenance

Driving collaborative commerce with the Ariba Network John Lark, Ariba, an SAP companyThis session provides comprehensive insight into how the Ariba Network integrates with SAP ERP and SAP SRM to drive collaborative commerce across procurement processes to multiply your savings opportunities. Attend to:

y Examine how Ariba solutions work in an SAP environment and gain insight into integration capabilities and network connectivity

y Review real-world customer case studies and learn how companies have increased efficiencies in their procurement process by leveraging the Ariba Network

Identify cost-saving opportunities with lessons to implement a spend category structure Golrang Almgren-Jensen, Implement Consulting Group Get expert insights to properly segment spend by-products and services in order to determine an optimal sourcing and procure-ment strategy for each category. Take away from this session lessons to:

y Effectively categorize procurement spend, qualify spend categories, and determine the best purchasing channel for each

y Identify functionality in SAP SRM and SAP ERP that can be used to support a spend category structure

Come away with guidelines to apply your new category structure to existing spend data, including tips to integrate procurement and financial data.

Case studySAP Runs Ariba: How SAP is extending ERP and SRM deployment by leveraging the Ariba on-demand portfolio and networkSteffen Klewiz, SAP AGCome listen in as SAP shares the story of its Ariba deployment and get lessons from the early adopter to help guide your own imple-mentation. By attending this session, you will:

y Get details on SAP's solution selection and the decision criteria it used when determining which Ariba offerings to implement

y Hear about SAP's global deployment approach and how it leveraged a rapid-deployment solution to lower implementation risk and accelerate the timeframe

y See how the company maintained its existing investments in on-premise SAP ERP and SRM, including invoice management solutions, by leveraging them in conjunction with Ariba

Lessons for managing spend to improve end-to-end procurement processesSanjib Mukherjee, DeloitteThis session examines common challenges associated with capturing final procure-ment spend and provides expert insights for overcoming them with a sound spend man-agement strategy. Explore approaches to:

y Identify the most important spend KPIs and effectively track and analyze them

y Effectively segment spend categories by priority

y Drive data-driven spend decisions and identify spend patterns

y Leverage maintenance orders and consumption-based planning scenarios to structure procurement around service orders

Understanding and optimizing contract management in SAP SRM 7.0 Henning Hopmann, Implement Consulting GroupThis session examines how to leverage the central contract functionality delivered in SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) to enforce the use of centrally agreed con-tracts. By attending, you will:

y Align common contract scenarios with various functions delivered in SAP SRM, from contract distribution and negotiation to reporting

y Delve into the pros and cons of SAP SRM contract handling functionality and how it compares to contract management solutions in SAP ERP

y Get best practices for leveraging contract management capabilities in SAP SRM, from alert and monitoring functionality for expiring contracts to its cross-system integration capabilities



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Tools and techniques for better spend analysis, sourcing, and contract management Sundar Kamakshisundaram, Ariba, an SAP companyThis session explores strategies to address challenges associated with incomplete or inaccurate spending data, manual sourc-ing, and risk-laden contracting processes. Attend to:

y Obtain strategies to ensure process, supplier, and active contract compliance

y Identify tools and techniques to drive more effective sourcing

y See how to leverage the Ariba procurement tool to manage both goods and services in one interface for more efficient spend management and analysis

Live demo: A firsthand look at Ariba solutions for the analyze-source-procure-pay processDaren Szakelyhidi and Rick Zarbo, SAPIn this live demo session, you will get a first-hand view of how Ariba solutions support the full analyze-source-procure-pay process. By participating, you will:

y See how this end-to-end approach can help you to increase visibility into spend, streamline sourcing and contract management, and improve supplier collaboration

y Find out how you can more efficiently manage your procure-to-pay processes

y Discover the benefits of the Ariba Network and the integration points to your SAP on-premise solutions

Procure-to-pay best practices proven to drive top-line growth while cutting costsDrew Hofler, Ariba, an SAP companyThis session identifies the best ways to lever-age Ariba on-demand solutions to achieve procure-to-pay (P2P) success in your organiza-tion. Attend to:

y Discover how to unlock "hidden" value for procurement by enabling all goods and services within a single user interface

y Explore the various ways P2P solutions can drive increased user adoption, spend compliance, and new cash management opportunities

Step through real-world use cases that illustrate how leading SAP customers are leveraging Ariba’s Procurement Content as a way to cut costs through streamlined P2P.

Innovative strategies for leveraging sourcing and procurement in S&OP to reduce spendHenning Hopmann, Implement Consulting GroupHear an expert’s take on how to increase company-wide performance by integrating sourcing and procurement processes into sales and operations planning (S&OP). Attend this session for insight into:

y The benefits of leveraging sourcing and procurement in your S&OP process, from consideration of sourcing constraints to reduced supply risk and more accurate long-term planning

y Requirements for integrating sourcing and procurement processes into S&OP, including an overview of process design and related KPIs

y How to prepare for and manage the impact sourcing and procurement will have on existing supply chain business processes


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Attendee demographics

technical27%

manager41% functional

32%

Other3%

Pacific West USA15%

Midwest USA23%

Western USA2%Midsouth USA

2%

Central USA14%

Mid-Atlantic USA13%

Southeast USA7%

Northeast USA6%Canada

5%

Latin America

5%Europe

5%

Job Titles Geographic Distribution

Common Industries

23%

13%

10%

8%

8%

6%

6%

5%

5%

4%

4%

3%

2%

2%

1%

manufacturing

consumer products

high tech & electronics

life sciences & pharmaceuticals

professional services

healthcare

oil & gas

aerospace & defense

public sector

chemicals

raw materials, mining & agriculture

retail

logistics & postal services

other

engineering, construction, & operations

0 5 10 15 20 25

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