ASUG Kentucky Chapter Meeting
Friday, June 12, 2015
Indiana Wesleyan University
1500 Alliant Avenue
Louisville, KY 40295
(Click on the presentation title to see the corresponding abstract)
08:00
Registration, Networking, Continental Breakfast
08:30 – 08:40
Welcome from KY Chapter Leaders
Eric-Stephan Neill, Dallas Marks, Darren Hites
08:45 – 09:30
5 Critical Steps to Avoid business Disruption and Accelerate Your SAP Project
Floyd Scott, Worksoft
09:35– 10:20
Simplify SAP with ClearUI
Jon Gilman, Clearsoftware
10:20 – 10:35
Break
10:35 – 11:20
Order to Cash
Jason Anderson, Esker
11:25– 12:10
Optimizing SAP Projects and Support Organizations
Jen King, Teksystems
12:10 – 13:10
Lunch
13:15– 14:00
Morgan Foods improves demand planning with simple, fast, and affordable forecasting and MRP
cockpits
Compliments of our Sponsors
Compliments of our Sponsors
Roger Heaverin, Director of IT, Morgan Foods
14:05 – 14:50
Compliments of our Sponsors
Eric Jones, Director, Supply Chain Planning, itelligence
How Lexmark Utilizes BPC 10.0 NW on HANA for Integrated Financial Planning
Tamara Vincent, CoE Manager, Financial Planning and Reporting, Lexmark International
15:00– 15:45
Why should my organization use Simple Finance?
Charlie Davidson, FICO Senior Solution Engineer, YASH
14:50– 15:00
Break
Compliments of our Sponsors
15:05 – 15:50
SAP integrations with 3rd party software/expansion packages
Wesley Keller, Product Manager – Accounting Solutions, Lexmark International
15:55 – 16:35
TBD
16:40 – 17:00
Closing/Prizes
Thank You to Our Sponsors
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Abstracts
Order to Cash
Level: Functional / Business / ECC
Esker helps companies like Honeywell, bioMerieux and BASF automated inbound orders into their SAP system with
little to no human intervention required. Also, Esker helps companies deliver invoices to their customers in what
preference they desire including physical mail, email and portal. The portal is not only used for bill presentment but
customers can also make payment from the same portal.
John Anderson, Esker
Simplify SAP with ClearUI
Level: Functional / Technical / User Experience / ECC
User experience (UX) is a hot topic these days with SAP customers. As competitors continue to gain ground by
offering web-based ERP packages with elegant user interfaces, SAP has begun to focus heavily on UX. In this session,
Jon will demonstrate the SAP-certified ClearUI solution from Clear Software that allowed finance users at Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Minnesota to be 400% more productive while reducing training costs by 75%. He will also compare the
solution to SAP Fiori and SAP Personas and answer general questions about UX.
Jon Gilman, Clearsoftware
SAP integrations with 3rd party software/expansion packages
Level: Functional / Business / ECC 6.0, SRM, ArchiveLink, BAPIs for Finance/AP
Wesley Keller, Product Manager – Accounting Solutions, Lexmark International
Optimizing SAP Projects and Support Organizations
Level: Business / Soft Skills
Learn how to optimize the value of your SAP software initiatives. How to identify the right mix of skill and experience
across all project roles, to achieve a low TCO and greater ROI.
Jen Kling, TekSystems
How Lexmark Utilizes BPC 10.0 NW on HANA for Integrated Financial Planning
Level: Functional / Business / Finance / ECC
Overview of why Lexmark selected BPC, how we use BPC, and lessons learned since our integrated planning journey
started in 2009.
Tamara Vincent, CoE Manager, Financial Planning and Reporting, Lexmark Intrernational
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5 Critical Steps to Avoid Business Disruption and Accelerate Your SAP Project
Level: Business / Functional
The enterprise landscape is becoming increasingly complex and the use of cloud apps, mobile devices, and inmemory computing are transforming the way today’s companies do business. As a company adds new technologies
– SAP HANA, Fiori or cloud applications – or upgrades existing applications and systems, the need for quality
execution of business processes grows exponentially. How do you ensure that your SAP project is successful and
won’t interrupt business? While manual testing may once have worked to ensure the quality of systems and data,
today manual effort cannot keep up with the pace of change. Highly automated business process validation has
become a “must-have” rather than a “nice-to-have” solution. This presentation explains how global companies can
ensure quality business execution, achieve faster deployments of technology, and mitigate the risk that comes with
using HANA and other applications in an SAP landscape.
Floyd Scott, Worksoft
Why should my organization use Simple Finance?
Level: Functional / Business / S4 / HANA
With the launch of S/4HANA, many organizations are asking "Why should my organization use Simple Finance?" For
customers that want to transform their financial operations to be more agile and more aligned to organizational
goals, operate at a lower cost and reduce closing and re-porting time frames, this presentation will illustrate the
benefits of Simple Finance on the S/4HANA platform and the improved User Experience with Fiori mobile apps. The
session will also cover the non-disruptive migration path for existing SAP customers to S/4HANA and Simple Finance.
Charlie Davidson, FICO Senior Solution Engineer, YASH
Charlie Davidson is the SAP FICO Senior Solution Engineer from YASH Technologies. Charlie brings with him 10 years
of experience with SAP solutions for FICO, PS (Project Systems) and OTC Integration with involvement in all stages of
sales and project lifecycles.
Charlie’s previous SAP experience was with RSA, the Security division of EMC, as the primary FI Business Systems
Analyst where he built effective working relationships with the Finance community as well as having led several
projects and handled day-to-day support activities.
In addition to Charlie’s practical experience with SAP, he has an Accounting degree from Bentley University, an
engaging presentation style and is skilled at creating solutions to business challenges.
Morgan Foods improves demand planning with simple, fast, and affordable forecasting and MRP cockpits
Level: Functional / Business / ECC 6.0 with SAP certified add-in: G.I.B Dispo-Cockpit Forecasting and Operations
Morgan Foods was presented with a challenge of improving demand planning across all materials and sales channels.
In an industry that experiences seasonal demands, short product lifecycles, heavy promotional and weather related
impacts; getting the forecast right can mean the difference between profit and loss. Roger Heaverin, Director of IT at
Morgan Foods, will share how he evaluated the options available for his supply chain and sales teams to improve
demand planning accuracy without complicating or adding cost to his IT landscape. He will explain the steps taken to
make the improvements within his organization, and the results he has seen so far. Supporting Roger, will be
itelligence Director of Supply Chain Planning & Optimization, Eric Jones. Eric will expand upon the options available to
SAP users today, and take questions.
Roger Heaverin, Director of IT, Morgan Foods, Eric Jones, Director, Supply Chain Planning, itelligence
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DIRECTIONS
From Lexington area
Take US 64 WEST to EXIT 17 (BLANKENBAKER PARKWAY)
Turn LEFT on BLANKENBAKER PARKWAY and get into left lane
Turn LEFT onto Bluegrass Parkway and get in left lane
Turn LEFT onto ALLIANT AVE – IWU is on the left in 0.3 miles
From Covington / Cincinnati area
Take US 71 / 75 SOUTH and continue on US 71 SOUTH (Louisville)
Take exit 9A to merge onto I-265 S/KY-841 S/Gene Snyder Fwy
Take exit 25B to merge onto I-64 W toward Louisville to EXIT 17
Turn LEFT on BLANKENBAKER PARKWAY and get into left lane
Turn LEFT onto Bluegrass Parkway and get in left lane
Turn LEFT onto ALLIANT AVE – IWU is on the left in 0.3 miles
From Bowling Green area
Take US 65 NORTH to EXIT 131A to merge onto I-264 E
Take exit 19A to merge onto I-64 E toward Lexington
Take exit 17 for S BLANKENBAKER PARKWAY and get into left lane
Turn LEFT onto Bluegrass Parkway and get in left lane
Turn LEFT onto ALLIANT AVE – IWU is on the left in 0.3 miles
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