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Shorter turnaround timeframes and voluminous data result in the need for faster and more efficient decision systems. The ability to sit back and develop long-term strategies has become an unaffordable luxury. Time-to-action is critical. Quicker access to information is vital to maintain the pace of business.

By 2004, 50% of global 2000 companies will have a corporate wide BI strategy. By 2005, BI will be used by 70% of corporate end users in mid-size and large enterprises.

Source: Gartner Group

Most companies face considerable barriers, like those mentioned below, in harnessing their corporate information for effective decision-making.

Multiple systems and data sources
Inconsistent data across systems
Lack of standards for key business metrics
Inappropriate/inadequate technology
Departmental stovepipes
Lack of understanding

mySAP Business Intelligence enables you to identify, integrate, and analyze relevant information. So you can make informed decisions and take appropriate action to succeed in the marketplace. It enables you to use all your information, whether it resides in SAP, non-SAP, or legacy applications. A customer can therefore manage and analyze every aspect of the business across the entire value chain -- including multiple divisions, multiple partners, and various touch points.

Business Benefits:

Access to historical data to make sound and intelligent decisions
All-encompassing view of the entire organization’s operations and opportunities
Employees have access to the required information at the right time
Integration of disparate data to provide a comprehensive analysis
Enables employees to be more responsive
Helps identify new sources of revenue
End-to-end solution
Open platform complemented through partners
Business content to maximize ROI

Strategy Development
Architecture Assessment
Business Requirements & Gap Analysis
Data Modeling
BW and SEM Planning, Design & Implementation
Custom BW Application Development
BW Web Enablement
APO, EBP and CRM BW Reporting Support
Education & Training

SEAL uses components of SAP’s ASAP methodology and incorporates many of the principles and best practices recommended by experts such as Ralph Kimball and Bil.

Create a vision for success by beginning with the end in mind
Use a pilot to create an initial success
Roll out successive iterations in small increments which deliver tangible functionality in three- to four-month cycles

SEAL encourages beginning with a top-down approach to requirements, one that focuses on business goals and drivers and key performance indicators (KPIs). This approach requires executive and senior management input and is more likely to encourage operational activities that are aligned to business goals. Complimenting the top-down approach with an abbreviated bottom-up approach provides a reality check without simply re-building reports that already exist.

Consumer Products Manufacturer

Created flash reports for daily operations analysis
Custom cube for KPI reporting consisting of 9 Infosources, 25 aggregates and 45 queries
4 custom cubes developed for Quota, Invoice Copy, Unmixed Flash, Deduction system

Hi tech Distributor

All reporting in the BW
Global Financial Reporting
APO support
Executive Decision Support reporting
Quality Management reporting

Foods Distributor (Expanded proof of concept for order performance reporting)

ODS Design
Summary Level InfoCube
Drill down to document level
Derivation of service and delivery performance measures

Brewery (Increase value from initial implementation standard cubes for EBP)

Developed measures that depict the value of the EBP implementation
Trend in orders placed through EBP
Catalog vs non-catalog orders

Logistics Company (Team Lead and Manugistics integration)

Multi-terabyte data base and global rollout
Upgrading their R/3 extractors for the BW3.0B (Kernel, qRFC, and PI)
Converted all logistics cockpit to new V3 extraction methods
Defragmented the disk simultaneously

Hi Tech Manufacturer (Global Customer and Product Segment Report)

Designed and developed a pilot application for global customer and product segmentation
Enabled divisions in Japan, Europe and the US to report sales and profitability within a common framework
This is a full cycle implementation, drawing on sales and profitability data from CO-PA and segmentation characteristics from the R/3 Classification system

Consumer Products/Luxury Goods Manufacturer (Strategy Workshop)

Educated IT staff on BW capabilities, architecture issues and third party software alternatives

Bio Sciences Company (Strategy Workshop)

Prepared IT data warehouse developers for differences in working in an SAP environment
Concentrating on features of SAP’s BI architecture and BW product

SEAL offers proven methodologies, best practices, and tools to get your (mySAP BI) solution implemented quickly, enabling consistency in data and an enhanced view of operations.

BW Implementation:

SEAL BI practice offers a "BW Jumpstarter Pack" that implements BW in an accelerated manner to jumpstart a larger BW project in a fixed timeframe of 6-8 weeks.

Jumpstarter includes:

BW Proof of Concept
Assessment project template
Implements 3-4 infocubes
Design Documentation
Uses “out-of-the-box” functionality with minor modifications
Connected to R/3
Covert historical data
Implement in Production
Project Status summary

SEAL Benefits:

BW implemented and running in 8 weeks
Customer project team gains experience on BW
Foundation for BW processes is laid
Helps you evaluate the shortcomings in the standard content
A combination of SAP ASAP methodology with Kimball and Inman principles