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Agenda

Why business process automation?

Connecting people and technology

Introducing SAP Business Process Automation

Business and IT benefits

Q&A

Appendix


Why business process automation

Business requirements

Fast, error-free

implementation

Limiting factors

Execution typically

not included in

process design

High performance

and availability

Heavy reliance on

custom code

Consistent and

reliable outcomes

Disconnected and

untested process

dependencies

Non-disruptive

maintenance

Extended

maintenance and

regression cycles


Connecting people and technology

Automate and streamline processes

Lower total cost of ownership

Ensure business continuity, reduce risk

SAP HANA Platform

SAP Business Process Automation application by Redwood

Server

OS Agent SAP

applications

Web

Services

Business

Objects

Business

Intelligence

Solutions

Other Apps

Process Servers

Web-

Based

User

Interface

Database


Introducing SAP Business Process Automation Harness real-time, event-driven process automation

Leverage the full potential of high-

performance environments

Harness real-time intelligence and

accelerate process execution

Manage process execution for routine,

ad-hoc and unpredictable events

Dynamically determine the right time, place

and circumstances to execute complex

business processes

Eliminate process execution bottlenecks and

gain the agility you need to meet changing business demands


SAP Business Process Automation Centralize enterprise-wide process execution

Centrally control enterprise-wide

process execution

Achieve end-to-end process execution

across SAP and third-party

environments

Accelerate process execution across all

business areas

Tailor your process execution to your immediate

business situation with SAP Business Process Automation


SAP Business Process Automation Increase visibility with user-friendly management tools

Quickly and easily define how you want

processes to execute

Track important updates with visual

status indicators

Flag key process milestones with live

monitoring

Monitor multiple processes at the same

time

View detailed historical process

execution


SAP Business Process Automation Automate for the future

Keep pace with changing application-

specific requirements

Manage and integrate workloads for

legacy, existing and future

applications

Gain a common set of reusable,

immediately available services for

process automation

Embrace new application environments

as they develop with SAP Business Process Automation


SAP Business Process Automation Deliver value for business and IT

Performance and agility

Greater business process continuity and consistency

Flexible, real-time process decisions based on

immediate business situations

Reliability and efficiency

Consistent, predictable, timely business results

Improved business and IT staff productivity and

effectiveness

Speed

Reduced process delays by removing technology and

application barriers

Fewer errors and less rework

Compliance

Lower business and personal liability risk

Reliability

Reduce errors through automation

No progress mystery—current status view of all

processes

Speed and flexibility

Event-driven process management and parallel

process execution

Less human intervention to delay processes

Efficiency

Integrate enterprise-wide SAP and non-SAP process

dependencies

Automation + fewer resources = cost savings

Lowered total cost of ownership

Single point of control across enterprise

Reduced custom code development

Centrally manage SAP and third-party process

execution

For IT For business


SAP Business Process Automation Drives process automation across the enterprise

Automate &

Streamline

Processes Dynamic

Execution

Contextual

Process

Monitoring

Central

Point of Control

Lower TCO

Improved

Efficiency

Risk Mitigation Resource Balancing

Business

Continuity &

Reduced Risk SAP NetWeaver

Component

Regulatory

Compliance

Comprehensive

Automation Services

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Appendix Business use cases


SAP Business Process Automation and SAP Financial Closing cockpit

Get control of your financial

close

Reduce cost-of-close by 20% or

more

Significantly decrease time to

close books

Improve coordination and

collaboration with complete

process visibility

Allow more time for financial

analysis/reporting

Provide single point of control

across the enterprise

Improve accuracy of financial

reporting with more reliable data

Deliver full internal process

auditability

Finance

Internal

Audit Controlling

Consolidations

Shareholders Executive

Management

Auditors /

Regulators


SAP Business Process Automation and business intelligence from SAP

Smart business intelligence reporting

Provides real-time BI by managing process-

specific reports ‘inline’ with processes

Supports informed, real-time

business decisions with accurate,

up-to-date reports

Reduces compliance liability risk

Includes BI processing in the wider

workload automation landscape

Enables integrated, enterprise-wide BI

monitoring and reporting

Increases BI data accuracy and integrity

BI from SAP Source Data

SAP Business Process Automation

drives process automation across the enterprise


SAP Business Process Automation and high volume processing for SAP Industry Solutions

Turn high volume into high performance

Speed revenue recognition through faster

order fulfillment and entry to billing cycle

Enable increased billing and invoicing frequency

Improve customer satisfaction by reducing

order errors and speeding delivery

Improve cash management with more

accurate order, billing and collection

processes

Facilitate real-time insight into cash flow

and financial commitments

Reduce inbound and outbound processing

errors and delays

Provide end-to-end process control

and visibility


Supporting business outcomes

Automate and streamline processes

Financial close time reduced from 1 week to 2.5 days

Reduced BI report delivery time from 24+ hours to overnight - for

terabytes of data

Lower total cost of ownership

40 financial FTE headcount focused on operational tasks

reduced to 1-3

focused primarily on business analytics

Reduced FTEs involved in monitoring processes from 12 to 1

Ensure business continuity, reduce risk

$10M cash flow increase

2-3 day DSO improvement

15% reduction in external audit costs

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