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How to Gain Insights from your Data with

Business Value Assessment (BVA)

WHAT IS BUSINESS VALUE ASSESSMENT (BVA)?

The BVA is a set of diagnostic and predictive modeling processes that analyze the actual usage

of an organization's SAP systems and identifies potential areas of improvement.

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Example Areas of improvement include process, system and usage refinement.

WHAT DOES THE BVA DIAGNOSE?

The BVA identifies:

User complexity by SAP transaction codeComplexity refers to the volume of fields users typically maintain each time a transaction code is accessed.

Potential user compliance gapsComplexity anomalies across user communities identify where segregation of duties may be overlooked or ungoverned.

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USER COMPLEXITY BY SAP TRANSACTION CODE

Complexity refers to the volume of fields users typically maintain each time a transaction code is accessed.

The BVA helps diagnose:

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POTENTIAL USER COMPLIANCE GAPS

Identify complex anomalies across user communities where segregation of duties may be overlooked or ungoverned.

The BVA helps diagnose:

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COMMON ROUNDTRIP MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES

Roundtrip maintenance refers to SAP data record search, access and edit task combinations.

The BVA helps diagnose:

HOW DID WE USE THE BVA?

The BVA is a catalyst to aid effective, targeted and data-driven business transformation initiatives.

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Process & System

Refinement

Stakeholder Input

Business Constraints

Business Needs

Winshuttle BVA

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BVA PROCESS

Extract Analyze & Identify

Interview & Shadow

Transcribe Review, Codify,

Analyze &Extrapolate

Deliver

SAP transaction and usage data

key users, transaction, transaction volume and frequency

process improvemen

t plan

key process candidates

recorded interviews, document & index findings

key users & managers based on SAP log extract analysis

WHAT DOES THE BVA PREDICT?

Potential time saving opportunitiesTime saving (and the related financial saving) is achieved through automation of manual data entry tasks. Automation of high volume data loads can significantly reduce utilization of valuable resources.

Potential workflow opportunitiesUser pattern analysis combined with SAP and business process knowledge leads to the identification of (sometimes unexpected) business workflow processes.

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HOW DO WE USE THE BVA?Focused business enablement

Automate high

volume manual tasks

Save resource time

Focus on higher value tasks

Continuous Improvement

BVA process

Compare results

Implement refinement

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Monitor usage

Interpret and learn

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What can be learned from analyzing your

data?

The next slide provide examples on how we provide guidance based from your BVA.

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WHAT IS THE PROCESS?

Retrieve SAP logs

Compare with

Winshuttle

database

Compile BVA

report

Discuss findings and way forward

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Typical timeframes

o SAP log retrieval = 1 to 2 hours with SAP administratoro BVA report generation = Approximately 5 days

o Initial results discussion = 1 hour with key stakeholders

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JOIN OUR WEBINAR:

David Lane Eli Lilly Lead SAP Architect &

Six Sigma green belt Double-digit full life-cycle SAP releases in

multiple industries, single global SAP instance, business process expertise, IT and business

process outsourcing.

Mukunda Krishnaswamy CTO at MimosaSoft

Focused on developing applications that help manufacturers and retailers efficiently

exchange and publish product data. With over seventeen years of IT experience and

has written over thirty trade articles for many publications.

What You Will Receive for Attending •An opportunity to learn about SAP process improvement from Six Sigma green belt experts•A free initial business value assessment survey

What You Will Learn •The current benefits of linking with IT and a Lean or Six Sigma methodology •Eli Lilly’s Kaizen program utilizing Business Value Assessments (BVA) focusing on SAP order to cash process innovations•Results, learnings and best practices using Six Sigma tools to streamline business operations

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Accelerating SAP Process Innovation with Winshuttle

January 8th, 20148:00AM PST

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Please contact bvaprogram@winshuttle.com or speak to your local Winshuttle representative.

Want to learn more about our BVA process?

Interest in conducting an initial free value assessment survey?