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StrategyFMCG ERP recovery: unified reporting via SAP Analytics Cloud
A Singapore FMCG group ran Oracle while its UK energy drinks business ran SAP, and the numbers never matched. This is how governance, scope control and SAP Analytics Cloud turned a stalled reporting project around in six months.
· 10 min read
StrategyFinance modernization for a family-owned conglomerate
A family-owned group running businesses across the UK, Africa and Asia cut its monthly close from 15 days to 5 by moving consolidation out of Excel into SAP S/4HANA Group Reporting. Here is what it did, in what order, and what I would change if it started today.
· 8 min read
TechnicalSAP BPC: when it works, when it doesn't, and what comes next
SAP BPC is still supported, but its future depends on which version you run. Here is what it still does well, the maintenance dates that matter, and when to move planning to SAC and consolidation to Group Reporting.
· 11 min read
TechnicalSAP Analytics Cloud: strategy, pricing, when it works
SAP Analytics Cloud combines reporting and planning in one place, but only works when the data under it is trusted. What it does, what it costs and when it is the right choice.
· 8 min read
ERP for CFOsThe $66B ERP industry and why CFOs still reach for Excel
A logistics supervisor told me his team exported ERP data to Excel every week for inventory planning, after the company had paid a fortune for planning modules. That gap, not the go-live, is the real ERP failure story, and AI does not close it on its own.
· 8 min read
Written by Noel D'Costa
25 years in ERP delivery across SAP, Oracle and Microsoft, now a chief technology officer. I write from the programmes I have run, for the people making these decisions.
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