sometimes it is the stuff you know that hinders true progress
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Save Millions and Get the Information You Want from SAP: Life Sciences Leader Sysmex Shows HowMicrosoft BI Conference - June, 2010Marilyn Richards, Sysmex Robert MacLean, Simplement Inc.
SESSION CODE: BIC208
Business Intelligence Maturation
Early Adopters - Redbrick
Data Warehousing 101 – Microstrategy, SAS, Business Objects, etc., - heavy reliance on Star schemas
Increasing sophistication with new features but still labor intensive – e.g., forecasting in Cognos
SAP – slow to start, BW/BEX reliance to BOBJ
How many of you have been down this road???
There’s a new game in townWhy the Data Liberator™ / MSFT BI Stack?
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance… It is the illusion of knowledge”
—Stephen Hawkins
Sometimes it is the stuff you know that hinders true progress
Roadblocks to true BI
Data sourcing –SAP tables difficult to understand
SAP tables difficult to extract
Required functional SAP knowledge
Explicit skill set to use a particular BI tool
Data LoadingDowntime, speed, complexity
Performance tuning is/was a fulltime job
Ad hoc was not really Ad hoc
Sysmex – A Life Science Leader
Global Company – 5 regions
4300 employees, $1.5 B sales
Global leader in Hematology
Core SAP runs business
Need a single BI strategy for single version of truth
Business Intelligence Strategic Study
Obvious initial choice was BOBJ
Conducted detail study of all major players – 15 page questionnaire
Rated functional, technical and cost factors
Included self-service BI as a major consideration
Who won?
Why Microsoft was the clear winner
Microsoft was our Platform of ChoiceSQL Server® pervasive
BizTalk® for integration
SharePoint® for Inter and Intra Net
SharePoint® for Workflow
Excel® highly leveraged
Enterprise Agreement
Already utilizing Microsoft BI Suite for some reporting
Found Simplement/Liberator™!
How was I so lucky to find Simplement/Liberator™??
Needed real time access to SAP data
Did not want to spend excessive amounts on data extraction
Needed easy SharePoint® integration
Wanted to have access to wide pool of talent and consultant expertise without SAP rates
Recognized a good thing and followed up with references
Added value from Simplement/Liberator™
It has liberated our SAP data without one line of ABAP
We now have English Metadata – easy to understand
Security automatically transferred from SAP structures to BI
Easy extraction of SAP data to our corporate offices in Japan
Eliminates ABAP reporting in SAP
Ability to use SQL Queries and Change Data Capture
Decreased reliance on Cubes thanks to PowerPivot
Easy, native SharePoint® integration for workflow
The end and beginning of our story
Extractions done quickly
Developed over 25 reports in 2 months
Much easier to find resources for development
Leverage our Microsoft Platform and suite of tools
Most important – users and Executives are thrilled
Ready to start leveraging PowerPivot for self-service BI!!!
Simplement Data Liberator™ - What it Is and What it Does
Simplement Architecture
Extracted table Meta Data
Sample Reports
BI empowerment – with PowerPivot
Simplement Data Simplification
Wrap Up and Q & A
Benefits of staying in MSFT stackAdded value of Simplement for data accessThe BI World is changing - new methods and approaches eliminate some traditional work and make self-service more viable Questions for Robert MacLean: [email protected]
Discussionquestions for Robert MacLean: [email protected]
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Using Microsoft Office 2010 with PowerPivot to Analyze SAP BW Data (BIU303) - Thursday, 8:00 a.m., Room 244
Creating a Cohesive Reporting Strategy for SAP Customers, Using Microsoft BI (BIP02-INT) - Thursday, 5:00 p.m., Room 240
Product Demo Available at Booth # 2045, or by request to [email protected]
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