
- By Jörg Hofmann

Various myths surround the implementation of S/4HANA. We check the facts for you.
- April 28, 2023
- 11 Minutes
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Dynamic times call for flexible, automated and integrated applications for business planning and forecasting. In doing so, we not only look at technological and business aspects, but also at the organisational framework conditions.
The PIKON maturity model offers help for your self-assessment, information on optimisation potentials and orientation for your individual roadmap to integrated business planning:
Are you on the way to an integrated business planning to make the right decisions as a data-driven company and remain competitive in the future?
To support a well-founded self-assessment of your status quo, we have developed the PIKON maturity model for planning and analysis processes. Take the check and identify optimisation potentials.
From a technological point of view, the demands on modern planning and forecasting applications are constantly increasing. Dynamic times call for more and more simulation and forecasting features in addition to flexibility and the integration of partial planning. Modern planning tools, such as SAP BPC and SAP Analytics Cloud, in hybrid scenarios too, enable the efficient and automated creation of plans or forecasts and support decision-making – real added value for your company. If you want to go into tool selection, use our checklist.
Checklist
Which planning tool is best suited to your requirements?
The checklist offers you help with the decision on the basis of key questions. You’ll find further information in our blog article “BPC vs. SAC“.
In addition to technological trends, companies should also anchor new planning approaches in their processes. Value-driven models as well as coordinated and integrated partial planning are just a few examples of modern approaches to designing planning processes. In doing so, we take all your company’s planning processes into account, be it strategic or operational planning. Our reference model can serve as a basis for this.
The organisation and also each individual employee, as the human being, should be considered and included in the considerations when designing planning processes. Transparency throughout the planning process should also play a role and is also a cornerstone of efficient planning solutions.
We work with you in interdisciplinary teams to develop suitable solutions for your company and taking business, technological and organisational aspects into account we help you build up a pioneering planning system and establish it in your company.
An effort is being made to optimise the planning process in some departments or by some people with responsibility for this. In the workshop, we create a common understanding among all participants as to what added value lies in optimising the planning process for the company.
Time required: 4-8 hours
Online or as a face-to-face event
In the workshop we work out the actual situation of the current planning. Who is responsible for planning, what is planned and which tools are used for this?
Time required: 4-8 hours
Online or as a face-to-face event
The potential to optimise the planning process and the support offered by tools will be worked out during the workshop.
8 hours
Online or as a face-to-face event.
With PIKON we have a consultant with whom we can further develop our strategic concepts against the background of digitization and at the same time a strong partner in the transition to S/4HANA as the digital core of our business processes. The PIKON 3-Point-Approach helps to win the people at Putzmeister over to the corresponding changes.
Dr. Christian Danninger
CFO, Putzmeister Holding GmbH
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