Companies that are moving, or considering moving to S/4HANA to make business decisions that will achieve a real-time market, can only accomplish this if their data is accurate and up to date at the time of migration. Information Excellence gives your company the advantage of doing business in real time with centralized and correct data and master data, while other companies are making critical business decisions on outdated content.

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Information Excellence for Digital
Transformation

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Method360Data Readiness for S/4 HANA
Companies that are moving, or considering moving to S/4HANA to make business decisions that will achieve a real-time
market, can only accomplish this if their data is accurate and up to date at the time of migration.
Information Excellence gives your company the advantage of doing business in real time with centralized and correct
data and master data, while other companies are making critical business decisions on outdated content.
Benefits of Information Excellence for S/4HANA deployments:
• Access to all the speed and search capabilities of the next generation of EIM for S/4 products
• Improved business agility through increased speed and accuracy of analysis
• Increased productivity, collaboration, and accountability among IT and business teams
• Standardized data definitions and governance
• Centralized governance, compliance and transparency of master data during creation and change through integrated
staging, approval and central audit trail
• Consistent definition, authorization and replication of key master data entities
• Elimination of error-prone manual maintenance processes for master data in multiple systems

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Accelerating Data
Volume Growth
Changing
Business Models
22 Billion IoT
devices by 20181
4,300% increase in
annual data production
by 20202
50% of the G2000 will see
much of their business depend
on the ability to create digitally-
enhanced products, services
and experiences by 20203
Shrinking
Response Times
40% of B2B digital commerce
sites will dynamically calculate
and deliver product pricing by
20184
1. IDC: “Worldwide IT Industry 2016 Predictions” Nov 2015
2. Forbes: “Big Data Overload: Why Most Companies Can't Deal With The Data Explosion” , Bernard Marr, April 2016
3. IDC FutureScape: Worldwide IT Industry 2017 Predictions
4. Gartner: 100 Data and Analytics Predictions Through 2020
Information Excellence
Digital Transformation Is Driving
The Need for Information
Excellence

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What can information excellence do for your
organization?
Automate
Business Processes
Simplify
the Application Landscape
Deliver
Real-Time Insight
Reduce
Compliance Risk
30%reduction in
IT operations cost1
1. HCL: Examining the future role of SAP
2. IDC: Innovating with Real-Time Data and Insights
3. GenScript Biotech: Creating a Precise and Efficient Digital Business
4. European Union General Data Protection Regulation: Article 83, Paragraph 5 & 6
4%of revenue per
violation of EU GDPR4
$52Mhigher
annual revenue2
130% increase in order
deliveries with no additional
staff members3

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Method360But IT complexity is a barrier to using
information optimally
1 IDC MaturityScape: “Information, Digital Transformation”
2. AIIM: “A Holistic Approach to Digital Transformation”
3. Gartner: “Predicts 2016: Information Strategy”
Data
Integration
&
Cleansing
ERP
EDW
Master
Data
Mgt
RDBMS
Content
Mgt
CRM
SCM
HR
ILM
Hadoop
•77% of organizations lack a
comprehensive information
platform1
•85% of people say they spend
extensive amounts of time trying to
find their content2
•50% of chief data officers will
be unsuccessful through 20193

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SAP reduces IT complexity with a unified data
platform
SAP HANA
Middleware Enterprise Information Management
Database (ASE, IQ, SQL Anywhere) Distributed Computing (Vora)
Enterprise
Business
Applications
Custom &
3rd Party
Applications
Data Warehouses
& Lakes
Analytical & IoT
Applications:
SAP BW/4HANA
IoT, Big Data, Open Source EnginesAny DB
“
ENGIE is enabling its
digital transformation
initiatives with new
technologies, with Big
Data, IoT and mobility as
priorities.
This will require a
completely new data
architecture including
data storage.”
Gérard Guinamand,
Deputy CIO, ENGIE
”

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What can a unified data platform with comprehensive
information management do for you?
1. Simplify the application
landscape
2. Deliver trusted data for
real-time insight
3. Automate and simplify
business processes
4. Reduce risk and
simplify compliance

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Order
Management
Logistics
System
Billing
System
Financial
System
Campaign
Management
“
We consolidated 23 legacy systems into a single instance of SAP to reduce costs and improve efficiency. Our key
to success was ensuring that only high-quality, business ready data was migrated.
Andrea Smith, SAP Convergence IT Program Manager, Zurich Insurance Group
”
HR
System
THE DIGITAL
CORE
1. Simplify the application landscape
System decommissioning and data migration

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2. Deliver trusted data for real-time insight
Data integration, quality, and self-service data
preparation
SAP HANA
PLATFORM
Internet of things Business Network Social Networks Big Data
“
The power and real-time
capabilities of SAP worked well
with the mass storage capabilities
of Hadoop to give us the insight
we need to run a more successful
business.”
Justin Chen, Chief IT Officer,
Nippon Paint China
”
VIRTUALIZEEXTRACT CLEANSE INTEGRATE ASSOCIATE
Business Model
Innovation
BI, Analytics,
& Planning
Operational Optimization
& Problem Resolution
Governance, Risk
& Compliance
f

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3. Automate and simplify business processes
Master data management and content management
“
Our global data governance program, supported by SAP software, provides a robust, compliant
platform and enhances process efficiency and control.”
Mandy Fairley, Global Data Governance and Center of Excellence Lead, Vodafone Group Plc
”
Order to Cash Procure to Pay Design to Order Service & Maintain Hire to Retire
ENTERPRISE
MASTER
DATA
Customers Vendors Products EmployeesAssetsFinance Materials Location
Correspondence
Price
Sheet
Engineering
Designs
Signed
Contract
Offer
Letter
Non-
Disclosure
Agreement
Invoic
e
Order
Invoic
e
BOM Part
Orders
Service
Contract
Maintenanc
e Records
Performanc
e Reviews
Part
Orders
ENTERPRISE
CONTENT

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Information Excellence for the Digital Enterprise
S/4 Readiness
Although the business outcomes companies are hoping to achieve with digital
transformation are nothing new. The importance of information in successfully
realizing these outcomes is growing.
With a focus on information excellence, organizations can transform data into
insight, act in the moment, and innovate without constraints. These three
imperatives combine to demand the organization’s attention if it is to succeed in
it’s digital journey. Future success will depend on a company’s ability to:
 Transform Data into Insight
 Act in the moment
 Innovate without Constraints
Why Information Excellence?

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What do organizations want from Information
Excellence and Digital Transformation?
Driven by trusted, complete, and relevant Information
Gain “Real-Time” Insight
Faster time-to-action
Achieve Business Excellence
Increased operational efficiency
and productivity
Drive Innovation
Greater responsiveness to
rapidly changing conditions

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Method360Information Excellence
Master Data
Management
Architecture &
Metadata
Management
Connect and collect
information from all sources
Content
Management
Information Lifecycle
Management
Policy & Quality
Management
Data & Content
Provisioning &
Preparation
Model & discover information
assets, relationships, lineage
& process flows
Access relevant content
within business processes
Proactively address quality
at the point of entry
Define your policies and
ensure compliance
Compliantly archive, delete
and retain information
DW
CRM
HR
f
ERP
SCM

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Method360Information Excellence for the Digital Enterprise
S/4 Readiness
Challenges
High costs of poor data quality,
compromising S/4 HANA deployment
success
Lack of agility for migrations, M&A, and
consolidation events due to lack
governance and automation
Reduce off-contract spend and improve
volume discounts in purchasing
Lack of insight into the value of physical
assets and poor asset governance
Business Value & Impact
Lower TCO due to standardized and simplified data
governance
Accurate payment data ensures accurate invoices
improving cash flow
25% less vendor spend with better procurement analysis
Scorecards to give both data steward and executive
steering committee visibility into data quality status with
drill down capabilities from high level domain scores
 Get the most from your S/4 system; insure that your
systems are always working with the highest quality data
possible.
 Spend less time and money dealing with errors due to
faulty data and more time moving your business forward.
 Improve your decision-making in real-time by leveraging
high quality data for your analytic uses.
Ensure a smooth transition from legacy environments to
the groundbreaking simplicity of S/4 HANA

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Method360Information Management
A few stats around Data Quality and Data Governance…
20% of ALL BUSINESS COSTS are associated to bad data quality. Gartner 2013
40% Is the amount of business initiatives that fail to achieve their targeted
benefits due to poor data quality. Gartner 2014
77% is the amount of companies affected by inaccurate and incomplete data.
Gartner 2009
46% of organizations believe that the quality of risk data to be at issue and make
compliance with BASEL III and Solvency II challenging. Deloitte 2014
61% of organizations’ IT leadership know that their business processes suffer
because of data quality. Forbes Insights 2010

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Method360PRACTICE AREASInformation Management
 80% of data migrations efforts fail or significantly exceed their timeline
and/or budget.
 Over half of all ERP projects are considered “challenged” in part to data
quality issues.
 Migration projects on average cost 30% more than their expected budget.
 Migration Projects on average overrun their schedule by 41%.
 An alarming 80% of organizations will underestimate the costs related to
data acquisition task by an average of 50%
We bring proven experience with SAP technologies and best
practices reduce your overall costs, enhance data quality results and
enable your migration to be executed on schedule.
Don’t fall victim to the mistakes of the past.

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Method360
Information Management

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Method360
Leading Data, Planning and Analytics
Professional Services Company
 Celebrating our 18th year of operations and 17
years with McKesson
 Headquartered in San Francisco, CA with local
offices throughout the US & Canada
 Niche focus - data, planning & analytics
 Technology and industry thought leaders with
numerous book publications and speaking
engagements
 Global distributed delivery model with onshore,
nearshore (MX) & offshore (India) capability
 Flexible delivery models – project, strategic
sourcing (staffing), and managed services
 Right sized - large enough to support large scale,
global projects but yet remain nimble and give
ample attention to our clients
 Certified services partner with many leading
software solution providers
Method360 Overview

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Method360Our Practice Areas
Data AnalyticsPlanning
Financial
Management
Information
Management
Analytics
Our Advisory & Deployment Services
Better Data
Better Planning
Better Analytics
Ready to make a better decision?TM
S/4HANA
S/4HANA

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Method360Client Strategy
BETTER DATA
BETTER PLANNING
BETTER ANALYTICS
Access the highest quality data when, where and how
it is needed to gain a strategic advantage.
Bridging the gap between technology and business finance to
deploy world class financial applications
We understand the process of building Advanced Analytics
capabilities in large and complex SAP customer organizations

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Method360Information Management
Bridge the divide between business & IT
Effective information management requires Business and IT departments to work
together. Method360 works across the entire enterprise to facilitate your information
management program. We help put in place the right people, processes and
technology required for your company’s success.
Often business executives are the first to
engage Method360 for information
management expertise, to establish
better data quality and access to data,
for improved operations, reporting and
analysis.
With an unprecedented volume of data being
generated from disparate internal and external
sources, expectations are requesting IT
departments support information management
initiatives and work together to improve
information management business processes.

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Method360Contact Information
S A L E S P R A C T I C E S
SALES & MARKETING
GREG CLARKE
714.380.2753
gclarke@method360.com
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
JAMES HANCK
415.694.8229
jhanck@method360.com
CHERI MALLORY
720.840.4494
cmallory@method360.com
PMO AND DELIVERY
ERIK AXTON
925.389.6708
eaxton@method360.com
ANALYTICS
BLAKE DUGGAN
415.548.0762
bduggan@method360.com
S/4 HANA
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GREG STIMPSON
925.640.8785
gstimpson@method360.com