Six years ago, after being in an EPM client role for a few years, I decided to transition to a EPM10 & BPC consultant role. There are pro’s and con’s to every professional choice. If you are thinking about making the switch into a consultant role, this may help your decision process. This is not a comprehensive list just a personal perspective. For many this may seem like a lateral move, but it was much more of an upgrade.
Topics:
Training,
Performance
The question of how to perform change management for BPC NetWeaver comes up often from customers. With three ways to move items between landscapes this leaves customers with the question of what is the best method? We’ll go over the pros and cons of each method.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
NetWeaver,
Performance,
Microsoft,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
It seems every day we are always searching for something on the Internet. A good recipe for pea soup, the cheapest hotel in Oakland, California or the difference between an Aardvark and an Armadillo. We are creatures of habit. You most likely get your news or local forecast from the same source on line each morning, the same way you probably go to the same coffee house. Although there are thousands of similar sites, we find a website that provides us with the information we are looking for and we stick with it. I have found over the years that these habits cover not only one’s personal searches but their professional as well.
Topics:
Best Practices,
Performance,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
Many clients want to implement BPC v10 themselves with no input from technical services which affects development time, project time line and overall project success.There is a right and wrong way to implement BPC and ensure overall project success. We want every client to achieve the highest quality installation.
Topics:
Best Practices,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Performance,
Implementation
It’s natural to assume that your large customers, who unquestionably are the source of most of your revenue, also deliver the major part of your profit. The Pareto Principle suggests that 80% of your profits come from 20% of your customers and assumes that the 20% are represented by the largest customers.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Financial Information Management,
Performance,
Value
At some point all software will be upgraded to take advantage of new features, new technology, and/or to keep in synchronization with other software which has been upgraded. I’ve assisted a number of companies with BPC software upgrades. Some have been very quick and efficient while others were not as efficient as they could have been.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Performance,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the differences between installation consultants and technical consultants. In Part 2, we dug into the details of technical landscape design. In this third and final post of the series, I'll outline some of the Column5 Technical Services that can help ensure your project keeps moving forward in the post implementation environment.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Performance,
Implementation
In Part 1 of this series, I discussed the differences between installation consultants and technical consultants. In Part 2, let's dig into the details of technical landscape design.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Performance,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
Column5 is the premier partner of SAP in the enterprise performance management (EPM) space, and in the Technical Services team, we often come across competitors' proposals and RFPs that refer to installation consultants as distinguished from a technical consultant role.
Topics:
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management,
Performance,
Implementation,
BPC (Business Planning & Consolidation)
I've been implementing planning solutions for many years. One of the areas that we often find on the agenda for a planning application design meeting -- or, if it's not on the agenda, something we will bring up -- is the question of whether the organisation has a separate budgeting cycle or whether the budget has been subsumed into a rolling forecast process.
Topics:
Process Improvement,
Excel,
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM),
Project Management,
Innovation,
Performance,
Roadmap,
Forecasting