Dickinson + Associates specializes in SAP consulting services across North America, Europe, and Asia, focusing on the delivery of SAP S/4 HANA and BI/Analytics solutions. The SAP Digital Boardroom enhances executive decision-making with real-time insights and simplified processes, allowing for comprehensive data visualization and improved collaboration. Their offerings include cloud solutions and advanced technologies to support data-driven business transformations.

1. Customer
Revolutionizing Executive Insight
The SAP Digital Boardroom
August, 2016

2. Customer
We Are:
Focus: Delivery of quality SAP S/4 HANA, BI/Analytics, and
SAP HANA Platform consulting services to customers
across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Our People: A team of 140+ full-time SAP professionals reflects the
ideal mix of years of relevant business knowledge, very
strong SAP credentials, and solid communication skills.
Our Innovations team is comprised of both veteran
professionals and agile technologists.
Offices: Chicago, IL (Headquarters)
Satellites: New York, NY | Scottsdale, AZ | Cincinnati, OH
We are:

3. Customer
SAP S/4 HANA
Dickinson + Associates is a market leader in S/4 HANA. We have invested heavily in
training and already have an S/4 HANA implementation underway.
SAP Platform and Technology
SAP Platform and Technology tools provide and enterprise technology foundation to
support applications, analytics and mobile technology while providing a platform for
native custom development.
SAP Fiori UX
SAP FIORI is the future UI for SAP. We understand the technical deployment,
development and use of these applications.
SAP Fiori UX
“Simple” Solutions for
the Next Generation
Predictive Analytics,
Advanced Visualization,
BOBJ Cloud
Enhanced User
Experience and Adoption
Project and Program Management Professionals
D+A has deep knowledge of PMI standards and good practices. We also understand
the application of SAP AcceleratedSAP™ and SAP Activate methodologies and have
experience in Global Project Mgmt.
Continue to Improve Delivery
of High Quality Solutions
SAP Cloud Solutions
D+A can support the SAP portfolio of cloud solutions to help your business quickly
leverage the most current and innovative applications.
Reduce IT Complexity
and TCO
SAP Business Intelligence and Analytics
Dickinson + Associates can provide thought leadership in the application and use of the
SAP BusinessObject Suite for data discovery and visualization, reporting and
dashboards plus mobile intelligence.
SAP HANA EDGE, Enterprise
and HANA Cloud Platform
Dickinson + Associates SAP Expertise

4. Introduction to the SAP Digital Boardroom
Overview of key capabilities
Value of improved decision making and insight
Business cases that support moving to a digital analytics platform
Demonstration

5. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom
Reimagine your Boardroom for the Digital Economy
Total Transparency Instant Data-Driven
Insights
Simplified Boardroom
Processes

6. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom
Reimagine your Boardroom for the Digital Economy
Total transparency
n Get a complete picture of the company situation in real-time
n Visualize in-context insights to maximize impact on the audience
n Align executive decisions on one source of truth across business areas

7. Customer
Total Transparency
Get a complete picture of the company situation in real-time
■ Real-time 360° reporting
without data duplication
■ One reporting
environment
■ Content from different
business areas aligned on
a single semantic model

8. Customer
Total Transparency
Visualize in-context insights to maximize impact on the audience
■ Leverage touch display technology to present in a
natural manner
■ Assign data visualizations to different screens to
leverage the available screen space for context
information and as an anchor during data
exploration
Overview Screen Main & Exploration Screen Context Screen
Supports the current agenda
topic
Details on the current agenda story

9. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom
Total Transparency
Align executive decisions on one source of truth across business areas
Visualizations & Stories
MarketingFinance
SAP HANA
HR
SAP S/4HANA
Procurement
Other DataSources
Manufacturing
SAP BW
Other LoBs
Data Connectivity & Modeling

10. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom
Reimagine your Boardroom for the Digital Economy
Instant data-driven insights
n Answer ad-hoc questions on-the-fly to better understand the business
n Analyze root causes to identify business risks and opportunities in real-
time
n Simulate impact of potential decisions to financials and operations

11. Customer
Instant data-driven insights
Answer ad-hoc questions on-the-fly
Supports the current agenda
topic
Details on the current
agenda story
Details on the current
agenda story
Overview Screen Main & Exploration Screen Context Screen
Click to
Explore
Answer a detail question
from the audience…

12. Customer
Instant data-driven insights
Analyze root causes to identify business risks and opportunities in real-time
Overview Screen Main & Exploration Screen Context Screen
Supports the current agenda
topic
Drill-down to transactions in
real-time to identify risks and
opportunities
Supports exploration steps
with additional detail

13. Customer
Instant data-driven insights
Simulate impact of potential decisions to financials and operations
Visualize important value drivers of business and
their relationship, and simulate changes
Create a value driver tree with powerful financial
formulas (e.g. account hierarchy summation logic,
waterfall calculations, basic calculations)
Simulate based on a multi-dimensional model
§ One or several
influencing drivers
§ See cross-impact on
KPIs across the value
driver tree
See the impact of simulation across different areas on
overview dashboards
Planned Innovation

14. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom
Reimagine your Boardroom for the Digital Economy
Simplified boardroom processes
n Transform the boardroom experience for better outcomes
n Reduce boardroom meeting preparation time and effort
n Leverage predefined best practices to accelerate time to value

15. Customer
Simplified boardroom processes
Transform the boardroom experience for better outcomes
§ Versatile: from three screen touch experience to single
screen experience for projector and laptop
§ Most natural: interactive data visualizations through touch
on multiple very large screens
§ Real: live, re-usable content versus static, manually
produced, single-use Excel and PowerPoint files
§ Built-in: Information design best practices

16. Customer
Simplified boardroom processes
Reduce boardroom meeting preparation time and effort
§ Define an interactive agenda
§ Link agenda items to overview dashboards,
exploration areas, and context information
§ Present based on the agenda in an executive-level
user interface
§ Explore freely, answer ad-hoc questions and return
to the agenda at any time

17. Customer
Simplified boardroom processes
Leverage predefined best practices to accelerate time to value
Immediate rollout
with optional
Services
engagement
Pre-Defined
Best Practice
visualizations
Easy extension
and
customization
Virtual DataModel, basedonCDS Views
Physical Tables
SAP S/4HANA
SAP Digital Boardroom
SAP-
delivered
CDS
Views
SAP-
delivered
CDS
Views
SAP-
delivered
CDS
Views
SAP-
delivered
CDS
Views

18. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom
Completes our Strategic and Embedded BI Offerings
SAP Digital Boardroom
• Total transparency
• Instant data-driven insights
• Simplified processes
Procurement
Finance
HANA BW
Supply Chain
HR
Etc
Sales
OTHER
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
• Planning
• BI
• Predictive*
• Governance*
Top Floor
SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics
• Smart Business Cockpits
• Analytical SAP Fiori apps
• Predefined Reports and
Visualizations
Shop Floor
SAP S/4HANA
*PlannedFunctionality

19. Customer
SAP Digital Boardroom based on SAP BusinessObjects Cloud
Cloud Data Sources
and Applications
Data Connectivity
& Modeling
Visualizations &
Stories
Collaboration &
Events
Auditing&
Monitoring
Planning
Planning
Allocation
BI
Exploration
Predictive*
Forecasting
Segmentation
GRC*
Access Controls
SAP Digital Boardroom
On-Premise Data Sources
and Applications
SAP HANA Cloud Platform
Core Services
Capabilities
Administration&
Security
* Planned

20. Customer

21. Customer

22. Customer
Additional Resources
SAP BusinessObjects Cloud Webinar
Ÿ Take a detailed look at BusinessObjects Cloud
running on SAP HANA
Ÿ Discuss integration of BPC and SAP Cloud for
Planning
Ÿ Review delivered functionality
Ÿ Setting up personal Home pages specific to key
users
Ÿ Demonstrate planning scenarios with
BusinessObjects Cloud
https://youtu.be/4n0LP9qB_Sw
Planned Innovation

23. Customer

24. Customer
Contact
Rob Jerome
Vice President, Innovation + Technology
rob.j@dickinson-assoc.com
Rich Chlebek
Manager, Innovation + Technology
rich.c@dickinson-assoc.com