Learn How To Make Your
SAP As Easy To Use As An
ATM
]
[ CHRISTINA CRONE
ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
Tiki Tsakiris
MEMBER SINCE: 1999
Business Development
Coordinator
Synactive, Inc.
[ [ MIKE STOKO
ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE: 2003
[ BOB GAUTHIER
ASUG ASSOCIATE MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE:1998

[ Agenda
 ERP Roll-out Concerns
 Product Overview
 Before and After Views
 Who We Are
 Open Forum for Questions and Comments
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[ SAP ERP Concerns…
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[ Why is Usability Important?
 Impact on Business:
 Project Cost
 Development
 Training
 Maintenance
 Productivity
 User efficiency
 Data integrity
 Calculating ROI
 Increase productivity while decreasing processing time
 Better usage leads to better relationship with your customers
 Reduce cost
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How Can GuiXT Solutions Improve
[ Usability?
 GuiXT Solutions Suites for SAP
 Consolidate/Optimize Data Entry
 Default values
 Create role-specific screens
 Customize menus
 Convert field types
 Streamline SAP transactions into your specific business
process
 Remove Distractions/Confusion
 Remove screen elements and functions that are not used that
can create unnecessary confusion for the user
 Make entry fields and function Read-Only
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[ How Can GuiXT Solutions Improve
Usability?
 GuiXT Solutions Suites for SAP
 Use Familiar Terms
 Change standard SAP terminology to terminology specific to
your company that is familiar to your users.
 Images to Aid Identification
 Supports .bmp, .gif, .jpg, etc. file types
 Instructions for Complex or Seldom Used Procedures
 Add step-by-step instructions on how to complete the
process
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[ Product Overview: Where is GuiXT?
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[ GuiXT Features
 GuiXT provides a comprehensive suite of solutions for
simplifying and customizing SAP® applications
 GuiXT allows end users to populate complete and accurate
data within their SAP environments
 GuiXT allows user acceptance of workflow processes
throughout every module and transaction within SAP
(dramatically cutting down on Support Calls, Training and Re-
Training costs)
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Create Sales Order – Native (27
[ Screens!)
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Create Sales Order – GuiXT (3
[ Screens!)
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[ Use Images to Aid Identification
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[ Benefits of Using GuiXT
Standard SAP ERP Screens GuiXT Screens
Clicks 42 Clicks 8
Key Strokes 59 Key Strokes 15
Screens 11 Screens 4
Elapsed Time 2:20 Elapsed Time 0:22
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Purchase Requisition – Native (7
[ Screens!)
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Purchase Requisition – GuiXT (1
[ Screen!)
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Advanced Energy: Benefits of Using
[ GuiXT
 Cut creation of purchase requisition time from 8 min. to 4
min.
 Low total cost of ownership.
 Limited resources were required to run and implement
GuiXT software.
 Annual savings of over $100,000.
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[ Project Completion: 38 Screens to 1!
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[ Manual to GuiXT Comparison
Manual Process GuiXT Automation
 Siemens metrics
Time taken to Time taken to
No. of No. of complete in No. of No. of complete in
Clicks Screens minutes Clicks Screens minutes
Base Project Setup 42 14 20 1 1 3
Book BaseProject 34 15 30 1 1 5
ChangeOrder Setup 42 14 20 1 1 3
Book ChangeOrder 34 15 30 1 1 5
POC Level (End of Execution) 70 38 8 1 1 2
Project Level (End of Warranty) 38 25 5 2 1 3
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[ Appraisals (HR) – BEFORE
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[ Appraisals (HR) – AFTER
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[ Canada Post: GuiXT Metrics
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GuiXT Portal Suite: Comparison with
[ SAPGUI
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GuiXT Portal Suite: Comparison with
[ SAPGUI
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[ Mobile
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[ GuiXT Benefits
 Accelerate Your SAP Implementation
 Enjoy A Fast ROI
 Accelerate Operations
 Cut Training Time and Costs
 Improve Customer Service
 Eliminate Costly Mistakes
 Make SAP usable by anyone
Make Your SAP As Easy To Use As An ATM!
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[ Who We Are
 Founded in 1998 by two former employees of SAP:
 Dr. Gerhard Rodé, inventor of ABAP
 Thomas Ewe, inventor of Java GUI
 Core GuiXT runtime bundled with SAP since 1998 SAP (4.6B)
initiative
 Certified by SAP in SAP GUI & NetWeaver Portals
 Supported in the SAP Support Portal (formerly OSS)
 Enterprise functionality in use by >250,000 end-users
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[ Who has implemented GuiXT?
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[ GuiXT Takeaways
 Combines screen tabs and multiple transactions easily
 Changes SAP sequence or order of items to a manageable
flow for your organization
 Changes SAP terminology to fit your Organization
 Works across all modules in SAP within Desktop, Web UI,
Mobile and Off-line environments
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[ Upcoming Event
Free Webinar:
NorthWestern Energy: Cut Costs & Boost Productivity
Thursday, July 23 – 10am PDT
Register at www.GuiXT.com
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[ Questions & Answers
Tiki Tsakiris
Business Development Coordinator
Synactive, Inc.
1-650-341-3310 ext. 116
Tiki.Tsakiris@GuiXT.com
www.GuiXT.com
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