February 28, 2023 | Sankt Leon-Rot, Germany

Planning, Analytics & Sustainability Forum 2023

How to turn data into your competitive advantage.

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Managing changes is an integral part of every manager’s job today. As a matter of fact, collecting data as much as you can get doesn’t help a lot. To make precise decisions you really need to use the right data. Learn from our SAP Planning and Analytics experts at Westernacher Consulting and SAP what they have in mind about analyzing data and how they use them for detailed planning afterwards. Get to know the best practices and benefit from exciting success stories.

To top it off, sustainability in business is more important than ever. Companies are under pressure to be transparent with data and processes. See how we combine planning and analytics with sustainability. We invite you to attend Westernacher’s “Planning, Analytics & Sustainability Forum 2023”. Learn how to become an intelligent and sustainable enterprise of tomorrow.
Be ready for the value chain of the future.

The agenda.

9am

With today’s accelerated speed of change, leaders must rely on the right technology to meet customer expectations with agility. Acting on real-time business data has become vital to run as intelligent, sustainable enterprises. Learn how other companies are accelerating innovation and unlocking business potential.
Mohamed Abdel Hadi
CTO Business Technology Platform, Vice President of Customer Advisory Group, Middle & Eastern Europe, SAP

9:40am

HUGO BOSS’s Mobile Analytics Apps unlock the full potential of the company data for decision makers around the globe. The ability to access all relevant data at any time is an essential factor for success, to boost our store’s efficiency. Learn how HUGO BOSS unleashed the full potential of SAP Analytics Cloud Mobile capabilities to establish In-Store Analytics to the point.

Boris Kälberer, Head of IT, IT Analytics, HUGO BOSS

Martin Newton, Team Leader, IT Analytics – Supply, Logistics & Finance, HUGO BOSS

10:15am

SAP Data & Analytics portfolio consists of solutions for business intelligence, data warehousing, database and data management as well as for business planning. Learn how you can use these solutions along end-to-end scenarios with the applications of the Intelligent Suite. This is how you increase the value of your data. Get an overview of new features and key developments.
Hagen Jander
Vice President, Head of Product Management & Strategy, SAP

11:15am

As a consulting company constantly striving for innovation and excellence with a focus on solving our customers’ challenges, we came up with a solution that not only reduced our CO2 emissions but helped ourselves to become carbon neutral in record time. We are going even further and show you how you can integrate the green line into your decision-making processes to shape the strategy of your company.
Mark Mrosek
Practice Director Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting

11:45am

Decision-making is a complex task. In the area of demand and supply planning, it is usually a matter of responding to unwanted developments. To implement corporate goals, visualization is needed. Start at the right place in the company. Simulate different scenarios if necessary.
We will show you how you can clearly display your demand and supply situation with the help of SAP Analytics Cloud and dive into the details. Make concrete decisions and actions. By simulating different options, you get a sound base to achieve a given management target or to improve a situation.
Claudia Quilitz
SAP Solution Architect Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting

Mathias Welsch
Technical SAP Solution Architect, Westernacher Consulting

1:30pm

Breakout Sessions 1
How to set up a CCF and move forward on the road to sustainability.

Westernacher Consulting became Carbon Net Zero in 2021. Based on Westernacher´s experience we share our best practices to help companies determine their corporate carbon footprint and define targets for CO2 reduction.

Mark Mrosek
Practice Director Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting
The next step after BW 7.5 to BW/4 or to DWC?

Existing SAP BW 7.5 customers need to start planning their next steps when support expires in 2027. Until recently, the obvious next step was to migrate to BW/4HANA. We will look at what this would involve and investigate what is now possible with DWC.

Dr. Russell Sadd
Practice Lead DACH Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Hiltrud Hahn
Senior Consultant Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting
SAP Analytics Cloud mobile app: How to get started.

Today smartphone use is playing an increasingly important role in business. Dashboards with the most important KPIs should be displayed via mobile phone with just one click. Learn how you can make your SAC dashboards usable in mobile apps and what requirements and restrictions there are.

Claudia Quilitz
Solution Architect P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Maren Junghanß
Senior Consulting Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting

2:15pm

Breakout Sessions 2
Carbon emission tracking in transportation operations.

Rules and regulations, consumer behavior and new market players are changing companies current market positions. New business models towards sustainability gain importance for global and local operating companies, investors and venture capital firms. Learn and understand about the possibilities of how SAP and the latest technology can enable your company and business model to stay competitive and gain market positions.

Mark Mrosek
Practice Director Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Thorsten Schmidt
SAP TM Practice Director DACH, Westernacher Consulting
DWC as the data foundation for enhanced planning with SAC.

SAC has fast become a popular alternative to SAP BPC as it offers a quicker, simpler means for a company to build financial planning applications. However, SAC has limitations compared t BPC. Here we explain why a deeper data foundation is necessary for planning, and how the new DWC planning integration brings advanced capabilities to SAC.

Dr. Russell Sadd
Practice Lead DACH, Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting
SAP Analytics Cloud: connectivity options.

The SAP Analytics Cloud is used as an analysis platform for various systems. A simple setup of information channels is therefore essential to transfer data comprehensively and quickly to SAC. Standardized connections allow for the import of information to SAC. Get access via live connection in (near) real time. Learn which types of data transfer exist, how they work and which integration scenario is suitable for the respective business cases.

Claudia Quilitz
Solution Architect P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Alexander Hero
SAP Consultant, Westernacher Consulting

3:15pm

Breakout Sessions 3
A deep dive into SAP Sustainability Control Tower.

We will give you an overview of the requirements of ESG reporting and introduce SAP’s solution with the SAP Sustainability Control Tower. Transform into an intelligent and sustainable enterprise based on financial as well as environmental, social and governance indicators.

Mark Mrosek
Practice Director Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Hiltrud Hahn
Senior Consultant Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting
A deep dive into collaboration cost planning with SAC and SAP IBP.

“Collaborative planning” is the way a company gains great synergies by combining financial planning in SAC with supply chain planning in IBP. Westernacher experts will highlight some valuable integration points. A deep dive into a real customer case study involving enhanced cost planning in SAC for IBP optimization is what you don’t want to miss.

Dr. Russell Sadd
Practice Lead DACH, Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Mathias Welsch
Technical SAP Solution Architect, Westernacher Consulting
Data security in analytics and data warehousing.

Data security has become very important. Especially in the field of analytics and data warehousing. On the one hand, the relocation of numerous applications and data from on-premises systems to a cloud has raised awareness of questions of data storage and protection against unauthorized access. On the other hand, legal requirements such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union have issued legal regulations that specify detailed requirements for rules to be observed.

Claudia Quilitz
Solution Architect P&A, Westernacher Consulting

Dr. Peter Hannig-Mues
Senior Consultant Business P&A, Westernacher Consulting

The experts.

Hadi-sw
Mo Abdel
Hadi
CTO – Vice President Business Technology Platform – Middle and Eastern Europe, SAP
Hagen Jander SAP Speaker at Westernacher Consulting Event
Hagen
Jander
Vice President, Head of Product Management & Strategy – Data Warehouse, SAP
kaelberer-boris-sw
Boris
Kälberer
Head of IT, IT Analytics, HUGO BOSS
Newton-Martin-sw
Martin
Newton
Team Leader, IT Analytics – Supply, Logistics & Finance, HUGO BOSS
Quilitz-sw
Claudia
Quilitz
SAP Solution Architect, more than 10 years of professional experience in BI projects. Her focus is on Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse solutions in the SAB BW, SAP HANA and SAP Analytics Cloud environment.
Solution Architect Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Welsch-sw
Mathias
Welsch
Senior SAP consultant and techno-functional architect with more than 20 years of experience in SAP technology. Over the past five years, his focus has been on SAP Cloud products, primarily SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), focusing on data modeling and integration aspects between SAP IBP and SAC.
Technical SAP Solution Architect, Westernacher Consulting
Hero-sw
Alexander
Hero
Consultant in the field of analytics and specialist for Industry 4.0. He focuses on the implementation of business cases of SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BW.
SAP Consultant, Westernacher Consulting
Junghans-sw
Maren
Junghanß
Senior SAP consultant with more than 20 years of professional experience in various fields of expertise, including SAP BI and SAP HCM. In recent years, her focus has been on SAC with numerous SAC projects of planning and analytics.
Senior Consultant Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Mrosek-sw
Mark
Mrosek
Mark is Senior Project Manager at Westernacher with more than 10 years of experience in finance and analytics across a wide range of different industries. He is lately focusing on SAP Analytics Cloud and is currently managing first-time customer implementations across three continents.
Practice Director Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Dr Russell Sadd Westernacher Webinar Speaker
Dr. Russell
Sadd
Senior Solutions Architect and Practice Lead, with over 21 years of experience in leading large-scale custom SAP implementations around data warehousing and analytics. He is an expert in designing planning and data science solutions based on SAP BPC, SAP SAC, SAP DWC and SAP HANA.
Practice Lead DACH Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Hannig-Mues-sw
Dr. Peter
Hannig-Mues
Senior SAP consultant with more than 20 years of experience in business analytics and planning. He has designed and implemented numerous business intelligence and planning applications of various sizes.
Senior Consultant Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
Hahn-sw
Hiltrud
Hahn
Senior SAP Consultant and Business Intelligence specialist with more than 25 years’ experience in the design and realization of solutions in the area of operational reporting and business analytics.
Senior Consultant Business Planning & Analytics, Westernacher Consulting
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February 28, 2023
9am – 5pm

SAP University
Sankt Leon-Rot, Germany
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