Is your SAP BPC solution still delivering value?
As a SAP BPC user, you want to get the most out of your investment – but are you actually achieving that? Many organisations using SAP BPC for financial planning, consolidation and reporting face similar challenges. In our experience, many enterprises discover that their SAP BPC application no longer fully meets expectations. Performance can decline over time, or business requirements may change, leaving SAP BPC out of sync with current processes.
Gain quick insight with a SAP BPC Scan
Our BPC Scan provides quick and clear insight into where your SAP BPC application can be improved. This targeted SAP BPC assessment focuses on performance, data quality and process efficiency. You will immediately understand why performance may be falling short. Moreover, how SAP BPC can be realigned with current market standards and best practices across finance, consolidation and reporting functions.
What do we assess during the SAP BPC Scan?
As part of the scan, we:
- Performance Analysis: We identify recurring pain points that impact performance and provide actionable recommendations to enhance efficiency. Our SAP BPC performance analysis is designed to reduce processing time and improve system responsiveness. For example, it can be that data processing bottlenecks are causing delays in your consolidation process. We would recommend a robust approach to data flow management to improve consolidation and overall SAP BPC performance.
- Optimisation Opportunities: We pinpoint areas within your business processes that can be optimised to align with current market standards and best practices. This ensures your SAP BPC solution supports scalable and future‑ready finance processes. For instance, it could be that the setup of reporting processes has a structural problem. We propose a one-off clean-up action to avoid future discrepancies and reduce manual effort.
- Master Data Quality Check: We perform a thorough review of your master data to ensure accuracy and consistency. High-quality master data is essential for reliable SAP BPC reporting and consolidation. An example would be identifying missing master data attributes that cause calculation failures and recommending an extra step in the reporting process to check the master data proactively.
- Calculation Validation: We review and validate your calculations to ensure they are accurate and efficient. This safeguards the integrity of your financial results in SAP BPC. For example, the calculation might not be completely correct due to missing or incorrect calculation rules. We would recommend adjusting this calculation to ensure compliant and auditable reporting.
- Application Simplification: We identify opportunities to simplify and rationalise your application landscape, making it easier to manage and use. Simplifying SAP BPC reduces maintenance effort and long-term operational risk. For instance, we might suggest reducing the number of steps in your processes to make the application less complex and easier for end users to navigate.
- Upgrade Assessment: We assess the benefits of upgrading to the latest SAP BPC version to take advantage of new features and improvements. This includes evaluating SAP BPC on BW/4HANA as part of a future-proof SAP landscape. For example, we might recommend upgrading to BPC 2021 on BW/4HANA 2023 to extend support and improve functionality. Furthermore, highlighting the risks of using unsupported software from both a security and compliance perspective.
- Development Server Evaluation: We evaluate the use and potential of a development server to prevent changes and errors in the production environment. This supports a controlled and stable SAP BPC operating model. An example would be actively deploying and updating the acceptance server to ensure that adjustments to the system do not affect production data or critical reporting cycles.
Maximise value from your SAP BPC investment
By leveraging our BPC Scan service, you can ensure that your SAP BPC application is performing at its best and is aligned with your current business needs. Our structured SAP BPC review helps organisations improve performance, reduce risk and maximise return on investment. Get more value from your SAP BPC – start your SAP BPC optimisation journey with our BPC Scan service today!
