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SAP Solution BrieSAP BusiessObjects EtepisePeomace Maaemet Soutios

SAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio, Vesio o the MicosotPatom

CFOs ad executive teams ae udeeat pessue to maximize poitabiity,

educe costs, miimize isk, ad impovestakehode coidece. To be eective,you eed eiabe, up-to-date iacia adopeatioa data o pai puposesas we as budeti, oecasti, aay-sis, ad statutoy ad maaemetepoti. You eed to iteate copo-ate ad depatmeta pai, modecost sceaios, ad peom sesitivityaaysis to ceate budets based ostateic pas ad assumptios. Fiay,you eed to eabe a uy documeted

audit tai ad compiace with euatoymadates such as the Sabaes-OxeyAct o cosoidati ad epoti com-pay iomatio, both exteay aditeay.

But aii a tue pictue o you oai-zatios cuet heath et aoe utuepeomace ca be amost impossibeto achieve. Citica opeatioa ad ia-cia iomatio is typicay scatteedacoss mutipe appicatios ad data-bases, tapped as ustuctued data i

e-mai attachmets ad speadsheets.I may cases, iacia data is diicutto audit o ueiabe due to ieectivecotos.

Busiess pai is ote a chaotic adieective pocess. Budeti caquicky deteioate ito speadsheethe as opeatios maaes submitueaistic budets, executives chaethe iues, ad vesio coto pob-ems cause cousio. Cosoidatios

ca be equay pobematic whe data isdistibuted acoss dieet depat-mets, systems, ad couties. Thats

why eadi compaies tu to ete-pise peomace maaemet sou-

tios ike the SAP BusiessObjectsPai ad Cosoidatio appicatio,vesio o the Micosot patom.

Designed or Users, Built orBusiness

SAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio ives you access to ei-abe copoate data ad steamiespai ad cosoidatio pocesses.It ets you ai opeatioa pas with

copoate oas, iitiatives, ad meticsdeied usi the SAP BusiessObjectsStatey Maaemet appicatio. Youexecute to pa, udestad isk actos,ad have the iacia esouces budet-ed to suppot a iitiatives.

SAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio is desied o a busiessuses, povidi pesoaized, oe-basedaccess to uctioaity that is: Use ocused Pocess cetic Uiied

Use FocusedThe sotwae oes a upaaeed expe-iece to busiess uses. Desied oituitive use, it eatues amiia MicosotOice appicatio iteaces, iteietactio paes, ad se-sevice epoti.

Native Interace to Microsot OiceApplicationsFamiia Micosot Oice appicatios

icudi Exce, as we as a ituitive,100% thi-ciet Web iteace, seveas ative iteaces to the appicatio.

Unified Planning andConsolidationSTrEAMlInE PlAnnIng AnD DElIVEr AFASTEr ClOSE

To maae peomace

eectivey, you eed a uiiedpai ad cosoidatiosoutio that is ituitive adaie yet adhees to stadadbusiess pocesses. Thisheps steamie the paipocess ad poduces statu-toy ad maaemet epots

that isti coidece whieeduci busiess isk.

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Pai ad BudetiYou ca peom bottom-up ad top-dow iacia ad opeatioa paiwith a sie appicatio ad use ite-ace. You ca coaboate o pas,maae stakehode iteactios, tack

vesios ad chaes, eae maaesi the pai pocess, ad eabe ceaoweship ad accoutabiity. Paipocesses ae suppoted by busiesspocess ows ad automatio that hepesue the iht peope paticipate atthe iht time. Ad you ca icopoateustuctued data such as MicosotOice documets ad e-mai to hep tethe stoy behid pas.

The appicatio suppots a steamied

pocess o busiess-eevat budetsthat eveyoe aees o ad that aiwith stateic pas. Widey distibutedstakehodes ca wok toethe ospeadsheets, both oie ad oie.Because you stat with a sie, co-sistet vesio o opeatioa ad ia-cia data both ea-time ad histoica you ca be coidet i the iteityad accuacy o you budets.

FoecastiTo simpiy oecasti, busiess po-

cess ows ae tihty iked to the dataad pocesses suppoti paiad budeti. What-i modei adsceaio-pai uctios eabeassessmet o budeti easoabiityi ea time.

repoti ad AaysisSAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio suppots iacia adopeatioa epoti ad aaysis. Youca peom poductio ad maaemet

epoti (icudi exceptio epots),iacia ad opeatioa aaysis, ad

Busiess uses ca access MicosotExce speadsheets iked diecty toive opeatioa data; as data is updated,so is the speadsheet. Woki withtoos they kow we, busiess useseed miima taii ad ae poduc-

tive om day oe.

Intelligent Action PanesBusiess uses view eevat, cotext-sesitive seectios based o wheethey ae i a appicatio ad thei secu-ity poie, eabi them to udestadwhat to do, whe, ad why.

Sel-Service ReportingA uses ca access iomatio adceate epots o the y without hep

om IT. Da-ad-dop iteaces eabethem to ceate epots ituitivey. Youca ceate custom epots o adaptthe epot tempates that come withthe sotwae to meet you eeds.

Pocess CeticTodays iace depatmet mustesue that sta ad ie-o-busiessmaaes oow cosistet pocessesetepise-wide. Without the iht sup-pot o pocesses such as aua oquatey budeti o cosi the books,

eve sma deviatios ca thow o keyiues.

Se-sevice busiess pocess owsuide uses thouh each step o a ivepai o cosoidatio-eated po-cess, povidi coidece that a ee-vat cotibutos cosistety competea equied steps. Busiess pocess

ows ae automaticay tacked adaudited ad ae customizabe to theeeds o you oaizatio.

UiiedSAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio is a sie appicatiothat deives pai, budeti, oe-casti, epoti, ad iacia cosoi-datio uctioaity, eimiati the eedto use mutipe appicatios that equiemaua iteatio. The esut is saved

time ad moey, ewe eos, ad amoe cosistet use expeiece. Thecetaized data epositoy cotais up-to-date actuas om you opeatioasystems i additio to pa data. Thispovides istat access to a competepictue o how you busiess peomedad how it is expected to peom. Iyou eed to di ito the speciics tocompae maketi expeditues astyea to the budet this yea, o exam-pe you ca do that om oe appica-tio. Activities such as budeti ad

statutoy epoti ae tasomed itoeiciet, coaboative pocesses thatoste coidece. With a eate ude-stadi o compay peomace, youca make bette decisios that cotib-ute to utue busiess esuts.

Business Planning

With SAP BusiessObjects Paiad Cosoidatio, you ca peomactivities such as pai, budeti,

oecasti, ad epoti with amiiaad ituitive toos.

With SAP BusiessObjectsPai ad Cosoidatio,

you ca peom activitiessuch as pai, budeti,oecasti, ad epoti

with amiia ad ituitivetoos.

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mutidimesioa aaysis. The sotwaeaso povides a pak-ad-o eatuethat captues the data you ae cuetywoki with so you ca wok emoteyoie whe peomi aaysis.

Financial Consolidation

now you ca meet ea ad maae-met cosoidatio ad epoti equie-mets o a ast cose pocess. Becausea ceta data epositoy cotais up-to-date actuas om you opeatioa sys-tems, you have istat access to hamo-ized chats o accouts. This shavesweeks o you cosoidatio pocessad suppots compiace with euatoymadates, such as the Sabaes-Oxey

Act. You ai a sie, cetaized viewo peomace data ad ca istatyeeate cea, taspaet iaciastatemets ad epots eati to, oexampe, poit ad oss, cash ows, adbaace sheets. The sotwae heps youcompae budet vesus actuas data,automate the itecompay eimiatiopocess, ai taspaecy ito copo-ate tasactios at a eves, maaeay umbe o cuecies, ad peomcovesios, aocatios, ad eimia-tios. Automated epots suppot a e-

poti stadads, icudi gAAP adIteatioa Fiacia repoti Sta-dads (IFrS). Fiay, the sotwae im-

poves compiace with euatoy adiacia stadads ad eeates a uydocumeted audit tai.

Business Beneits

SAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio, vesio o the Micosotpatom, ets you: reduce cyce time i ceati ad ap-

povi budets by eabi stakehod-es to coaboate to ai budets

Impove pai ad oecastiaccuacy

Empowe iace to ow ad modiycommo busiess pocesses withoutIT assistace

Icease poductivity with miima tai-

i thaks to ative access to amiiatoos such as Micosot Oice Miimize busiess ad compiace

isk by eabi taspaet iaciaepoti with a uy documeted audittai om a sie data epositoy

SAP BusinessObjectsEPM Solutions

SAP BusiessObjects Pai adCosoidatio is oe o the SAPBusiessObjects etepise peo-

mace maaemet (EPM) soutiosthat hep you capitaize o the vaue oexisti data assets. With these sou-tios, you oaizatio becomes moeaie, aii oaizatioa aimet,visibiity, ad coidece to optimize co-to ad competitive advatae. The sou-tios ca iteate with SAP BusiessSuite appicatios; SAP BusiessObjectsoveace, isk, ad compiace sou-tios; SAP BusiessObjects busiessiteiece soutios; ad SAP

BusiessObjects iomatio maa-

emet soutios. As a esut, youca maximize poitabiity, maae iskad compiace, ad optimize copo-ate systems, peope, ad pocesses.

Fo exampe, with the SAP

BusiessObjects Fiacia Ioma-tio Maaemet appicatio, youca maae the pocess o accessi,mappi, ad oadi iomatiodiecty om souce systems to SAPBusiessObjects Pai ad Cosoi-datio. SAP BusiessObjects FiaciaIomatio Maaemet combies i-tuitive opeatio with uctioaity thataciitates u compiace, buids tust,ad heps esue data eiabiity omsouce to discosue. It povides co-

ectivity to SAP ad o-SAP appica-tios. It ets you move esouce, capac-ity, ad iacia data om the SAPBusiessObjects Poitabiity adCost Maaemet appicatio to SAPBusiessObjects Pai ad Cosoi-datio o pai ad budeti pu-poses. You ai obust data coectiocapabiities ao with sto iacecotos, data vaidatio, ad auditabiity.This educes the isk, cost, ad eoto data iteatio. I additio, it hepsesue the deivey o quaity iacia

data to suppot taditioa peomacemaaemet pocesses, as we asew pocesses based o iteatedpeomace maaemet sceaios.

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Ca you SAP epesetative, o visitwww.sap.com/ameicas/soutios/sapbusiessobjects/ae/etepise-peomace-maaemet/paiadcosoidatio/idex.epx.

With embedded suppoto iacia cosoidatio,the sotwae aciitatescompiace with euatoyad iacia epoti

equiemets.

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SummaryThe SAP BusiessObjects Pai ad Cosoidatio appicatio, vesio o the Micosotpatom, bis ode to busiess pai pocesses by hepi you pa, budet, adoecast moe eectivey. With embedded suppot o iacia cosoidatio, the sotwaeaciitates compiace with euatoy ad iacia epoti equiemets.

Business Challenges Acceeate cyce time o pai ad budeti ad icease busiess use poductivity Impove the accuacy o pai ad oecasti Mode potetia busiess stateies ad decide o a couse o actio that maximizes vaue

ceatio Steamie the statutoy cosoidatio pocess Keep compiace ad auditi costs dow

Key FeaturesBusiness planning and budgeting gai suppot o top-dow ad bottom-up pai

ad budeti, eadi to timey, moe accuate pas aied with stateic oasForecasting Eabe cotiuous pai ad oi oecasts to meet apidy chai

busiess coditiosReporting and analysis geeate poductio ad maaemet epots (icudi

exceptio epots) o the yConsolidation Fui ea ad maaemet cosoidatio ad epoti equiemets

o a aste, moe compiat cose

Business BeneftsReduce cycle time i ceati ad appovi budets by eabi iace ad ie-o-

busiess maaes to coaboate to ai budetsImprove planning and orecasting accuracy via a uiied, aie soutio that suppots

apid eoecasti ad stadad busiess pocessesEmpower business users to own and modiy common business processes without IT

assistance via a soutio they ca maitai themsevesIncrease business user productivity with ative access to amiia toos such as Micosot

OiceMinimize business and compliance risk by eabi taspaet iacia epoti with

a uy documeted audit tai om a sie data epositoy

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