Accelerating and Automating Planning Processes

SAP Analytics Cloud Predictive Planning

Antoine Chabert, Predictive Product Manager, SAP Analytics Cloud

May 19th, 2022

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 SAP Analytics Cloud

6300+ customers
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 SAP Analytics Cloud
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Analyze, predict and plan, all in one Accelerate confident decision making
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The Business Value of Predictive Planning
The New Normal of Planning is powered by Predictive

By 2024, 70% of new artificial intelligence projects in the finance domain will be deployed
using out-of-the-box functionality.
Source: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning & Analytics Solutions, October 2020, Greg Leiter, Robert
Anderson, John Van Decker

57% of the organizations plan to use artificial intelligence for financial planning and
analysis in the next years. 11% are using it today.
Source: FP&A Trends Survey « Planning and Forecasting in times of High Uncertainty»

83% of the organizations using artificial intelligence for financial planning and analysis
consider their forecasts being “Great” or “Good”. 50% of average organizations do so.
Source: FP&A Trends Survey « Planning and Forecasting in times of High Uncertainty»

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 Predictive Planning
An integrated, end-to-end experience
▪ Historical data is brought to the planning models
Planning
from the source systems.
Models
Source data Source data
(actuals) (actuals) ▪ Predictive scenarios (time series forecasting models) are
created on top of planning models, up to 1000 predicted
combinations at a time.
SAP Analytics Cloud
Predictive Planning
Data Time Series ▪ Predictive forecasts are saved into private versions.
Sources Forecasting They can be used in public versions to expose the
Scenarios
predictive forecasts to wider planner groups.

Planned Predictive
data forecasts ▪ Stories can include predictive forecasts side by side
with the actuals, plans, and budgets.
Stories

▪ Beyond SAP Analytics Cloud it is possible to export data

back to data sources like SAP BW, SAP S/4HANA or
SAP HANA.
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Predictive Planning
Key Advantages

Smart Integrated Self Service Trusted

Forecast accurately at scale All in one BI / Predictive / Planning Give everyone the power to predict Provide white box predictions

Fact: We do compete with state of Fact: we run the predictive Fact: while we are open to data Fact: We offer white box models,
the art solutions, whether open directly within the planning scientists, our primary end-users not black box ones.
source or from other software process, not as a silo. come from Finance, Sales & HR.
vendors We offer forecasting based on
influencers / drivers.

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Use Cases
 Predictive Planning
Major use cases

Expense & Cost Revenue & Sales Workforce

Planning Planning Planning (HR)

How will my expenses What will be the revenue How can I project the evolution of
evolve? forecast per business unit? my workforce?

What will this mean to my How will sales and revenue

How can I forecast HR tickets &
year-end figures? To my evolve for specific products in
staff the right resources?
budget? the future?

SAP Analytics Cloud is a generic analytics tool, flexible enough to be applied to additional predictive & planning use
cases.
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 F. Hoffmann–La Roche AG
Finalist

Use Case: Roche is using Predictive Planning to forecast research & “Our 10-year ambition requires a radical shift in the
development expenses across cost center and cost types and keep their way we work. I am excited to see Finance at the
multi-billion forecast under control. forefront of this digital transformation.”

2 Hours 7% Improvement 14.000 Alan Hippe

in forecast accuracy Chief Financial and IT Officer
to generate a 4 billion data point entries now
financial forecast vs using predictive planning automated
vs. manual process More information:
several weeks with SAP Analytics Cloud • Business Transformation Study
involving 30 Finance (out of 20.000) • SAPPHIRE NOW 2021 on-demand session
resources • December 2021 – customer reference call
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 SAP Controlling is using SAC Predictive Planning in different scenarios
• Travel & Expense forecasting at group level
Forecasting travel expenses in the “new normal” COVID-19
context.
• Strategic Financial Planning.
• HR ticket forecasting
Staff in advance the resources to cope with the ticket volume.
• Infrastructure expense forecasting
Forecasting infrastructure expenses (buildings etc.).
• Marketing expense forecasting
Forecasting marketing expenses.
Learn how Corporate Controlling uses Predictive Planning
Learn how Global Controlling modernizes Financial Planning
“With SAP Analytics Cloud we are able to reduce our
investments for capital expenditure planning and
forecasting while maintaining a superior service level”
“With SAP Analytics Cloud we are able to fully digitize our capital
expenditure planning within one tool. In addition to the planning
capabilities, the solution allows us to run simulations as well as
predictive time-series scenarios.”
Sebastian Behrendt, Chief Controlling Officer, SAP
Demonstration

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Product Innovations
Automating Predictive Planning (February 2022 release)
Prediction refreshes can be triggered from stories, applications or scheduled using multi actions. Blogs.

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Increased Transparency of Predictive Models (February 2022 release)
The impact of each component on the predictive planning model is made clearer.

This time series forecasting model is made of:

• An exponential trend, influencing actuals at 95%
• Cycles influencing actual values for 2,5%
• 2% of actual values remain unexplained

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Single Exponential Smoothing Technique is added (May 2022 release)

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Forecast on Business Calendars (planned for August 2022 release)

Roadmap item

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Enablement
 Enablement Resources
• Learning
• NEW! openSAP – Become an Augmented BI Expert, week 4, units 4 to 7
• openSAP – Planning with SAP Analytics Cloud – Advanced Topics, week 3, unit 3
• Demonstration

• Best Practices
• NEW! Top 5 Predictive Planning Lessons
• Tips and Tricks and Advanced Knowledge
• Frequently Asked Questions
• YouTube Best Practice Playlist

• Blogs / Community Topic Page

• NEW! Forecasting with SAP Analytics Cloud
• Predictive Planning Community Blogs
• Predictive Planning – Algorithm’s Logic
• Predictive Planning – Community Topic Page

• Product Help
• About Forecasting with Predictive Planning

• PartnerEdge
• SAP Analytics Cloud Main Page

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Predictive Planning Automation

Blogs focused of predictive integration into multi actions

• Automate Forecast Update With Predictive Planning
• Hands-On Tutorial: How to Schedule your Predictive Planning Model
• Implementing Predictive Step in Multi Actions
Everything you want to know about multi-actions
• See how SAP Analytics Cloud Multi Actions change the way that you do planning
One tag to get the four blogs at once: https://blogs.sap.com/tag/multi-action/
Q1 2022 Blogs
• Sneak Peek into SAP Analytics Cloud release for Q1 2022
• What’s New in Q1 2022 (2 minute demonstration)
• SAP Analytics Cloud: Q1 2022 Product Updates (3 minute demonstration)

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Do not hesitate to contact me!

Antoine Chabert
SAP Analytics Cloud Product Management
antoine.chabert@sap.com

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