SAP Insights | March 2021

SAP Insights | March 2021
From Data & Analytics, to Security & Privacy, to Business Process Optimization and Risk & Compliance, we have you covered!
WEBINARS
5-Part Webinar Series
Enabling Your Financial Transformation Journey Leveraging SAP Solutions
- Apr 1 | 11:00 am ET Analyzing Your Finance and Operational Performance with SAP Analytics Cloud Planning
- Apr 15 | 11:00 am ET Optimizing Processes and User Experience with SAP Fiori
- On-Demand Phase 0 - Preparing for Your Financial Transformation Journey with SAP
- On-Demand Executing Your Finance Transformation with SAP S/4HANA Finance
- On-Demand Protecting S/4HANA Finance with Emerging Security and Control Technologies
6-Part Webinar Series
Key Controls in the SAP Procure to Pay Process
Take part in our 6-part webinar series on and learn how to identify and mitigate control weaknesses in Procure to Pay access controls, Segregation of Duties controls, application (configuration) controls and data-driven controls.
Topics Include:
- On-Demand Introduction to SAP Control Environment
- On-Demand Vendor Master Date Maintenance
- On-Demand Purchasing
- On-Demand Delivery and Receipt
- Apr 6 | 10:30 am ET Invoice Processing
- Apr 13 | 10:30 am ET Vendor Payments
REPORT
2021 CIO Perspectives: Strategic Business Priorities and the SAP Agenda
BLOGS
Why Now is the Best Time to Move to HANA 2.0 - Part 1: The Advantages
In Part 1, we review what can be gained from the move.
With a new release of SAP HANA on the horizon, many of our customers have been faced with pressure to upgrade their existing HANA 1.0 systems to a more up-to-date version. In this blog post, Protiviti will discuss the reasons for upgrading to HANA 2.0 system, the risks of not upgrading and the benefits an upgrade can bring.
Bots are Better: Improving SAP Compliance Testing Processes...and More
Robotic Process Automation (RPA), when deployed correctly, can significantly expedite what would otherwise be heavily time-consuming tasks. When applied to SAP Basis testing, almost the entire data extraction aspect of the testing process can be automated. Not only does deploying an automated solution for testing increase efficiency and quality, it also frees up time for employees to focus on value-add tasks rather than redundant, repetitive activities.
iPlan: How to Accelerate SAP Analytics Cloud for Planning Implementation
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is a critical process in every organization to drive results and performance is a critical process in every organization to drive results and performance. In this blog, David Bath describes how using a template-based implementation approach with iPlan will accelerate any SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) for planning implementation.
Automatic Predictive Forecasting in SAP Analytics Cloud
Protiviti's Chris Hickman describes why a demo is imperative to choosing a toolset.
"One of my favorite things about being a consultant is demonstrating toolsets to both existing and potential clients. But what sets a toolset apart from the competition and how can a business use it to their advantage?" Read this blog post to find out more!
A Modern Take on Data Visualization with SAP Analytics Cloud
Augmented analytics is a process in which actionable insights can be derived using artificial intelligence and machine learning through simple interfaces such as natural language queries. To put it in simpler terms, ask a question and get an answer! All that is needed is a platform such as SAP Analytics Cloud and a good data model.
The Role Data Plays in an SAP S/4HANA Move: Key Steps to Sustaining Value
Data quality and SAP S/4HANA migration seem to be distantly connected topics and hard to convince that they do depend on each other quite significantly. In this blog, let us examine why it is important to take a critical look at data quality before embarking on a large transformational journey such as S/4HANA or any other digital transformation that may be planned.
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