In part one of this two part blog I reviewed the upcoming enhancements and new features coming to the Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) product. In this blog I will cover the remaining products in SAP’s EPM portfolio.
SAP released the latest update to the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) roadmap on March 19th. Although I won’t go into great detail on the roadmap or discuss every new feature, I will provide high level overview of the highlights as I see them.
If you are looking for information on EPM 10.5 or 11.0 you won’t find it in this latest update to the roadmap. Why? Because SAP has taken a different approach to releasing new functionality since the release of EPM 10.0. Are the days of major and minor releases gone forever? Only SAP can say for sure but as of right now, SAP is delivering enhancements and new functionality via support packs. This makes it more important than ever to stay up-to-date with everything included in each support pack. Even if you don’t plan to install a support pack immediately, it is important to know what new features/enhancements you might want to take advantage of.
This latest roadmap is broken into two sections: Planned Innovations and Future Direction. Planned Innovations are usually in the 3-9 month timeframe whereas Future Direction is usually 12-24 months out. I will focus on the Planned Innovations in this blog.
Strategy Management
Profitability and Cost Management
Financial Consolidation
Intercompany
Disclosure Management
SAP continues to deliver tighter integration among the solutions in the EPM portfolio as evidenced by this latest roadmap update. I hope this information was useful. If you are thinking about expanding your usage of EPM functionality in your organization but don’t know where to start Column5 can help. We offer an EPM assessment service that helps organizations understand where they are on the EPM maturity curve and map out a comprehensive plan to get to where you want to be.
If you would like to see the full roadmap you can access it at www.service.sap.com/roadmap. You will need your S-userid to access the service marketplace.
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BPC v10 Roadmap & Demonstration
During this joint Column5 and SAP Webcast, we will discuss the upgrade path/process to SAP Planning and Consolidation version 10.0. We will demonstrate new features, tips and tricks along with implementation considerations.
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