This presentation summarizes the FinanceSuite Cash & Liquidity Management solution. It provides global cash visibility and optimization through features like cash pooling, forecasting, and automated cash management processes. The solution also automates liquidity planning through flexible modeling and automatic retrieval of data from SAP modules. Key benefits include increased transparency, accuracy of forecasting, and reduced manual effort through integration with the customer's SAP environment.
2. Agenda Business Value Solution Overview of functionalities – Cash Management Cash management processes Cash Position Worksheet Overview of functionalities – Liquidity Planning Procedure planning process Data origin Intragroup communication Display planning Process of actual data assignment Benefits 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 2
3. FinanceSuite Payment Management Cash & Liquidity Management Treasury Management AutoBank Cash Management Liquidity Planning/Forecasting Intragroup Reporting Cash Position Worksheet Simulation Payment Monitor Bank Statements Loan Management Bank Account Administration Credit Lines Remittance Advices Derivatives (FX, IR, Swaps etc.) Payment Factory Bank Performance Analysis HR IS-U Lockboxes Treasury Accounting Bank Relationship Management Bank Statement Management Finance Suite Bank & SWIFT Connectors Performance Cockpit Limit Management eBAM Messaging BW FI Manual Payments Dispute Management In-House Banking Bank Conditions MM SD Workflow Subledger Integration Intercompany Netting Workflow CO FS-CD eBAM 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 3
4. Business Value: Cash Management Global cash visibility: Real-time cash balances for all entities Optimisation of cash Efficient utilisation of cash Cash pooling / sweeping / zero balancing Cash forecasting based on known incoming payments and outgoing payments (SAP payment runs, ad hoc payments, money market, cash pooling) previous day's forecasts entry of new forecasts and manual payments Automation of manual cash management processes 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 4
5. Business Value: Liquidity Planning Automate manual processes for retrieval of data and actual data assignment Flexible options for modelling Worst case, best case Effects of acquisitions Leverage historic data to predict future cash flows Increased returns by matching maturities of investments and borrowings (optimise interest) Comprehensive liquidity reporting for internal and external stakeholders Analytics enable accuracy of forecasting (plan/plan or plan/actual) Accurate information for decision making Considerable increase of transparency and degree of detail 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 6
6. Solution:FinanceSuite Cash & Liquidity Management Bank Reconciliation Financial Supply Chain SAP HR CFM/CML In-house Cash Liquidity Planning Cash Management Planning ST-Planning Simulation Cash Pooling FX FinanceSuite Cash & Liquidity Management SAP Web Access SAP Web Access BW MM Treasury Derivatives Payments Actual Cash Flow Assignment Loans FI FS-CD Bank Statement Item Variance Analysis Account Reconciliation Reporting Information Systems SAP Companies SAP Accounting Banks Non-SAP Companies SD CO 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 7
7. Overview of Functionalities: Cash Management Processing of bank statements Forecasts Automated retrieval Manual or import Intraday reconciliation Account reconciliation Cash pooling Intercompany clearing Bank fee calculation Line management Group-wide cash visibility: Cash Position Worksheet Intragroup communication Comprehensive financial reporting Corporate Presentation 8 10/08/2011
8. Cash Management Process Transfer of account data Account reconciliation/ determination of value date-based opening balance System calculates value date balances per account Reconciliation previous day‘s forecast/bank statement items Current day‘s forecasts per account / determination of value date-based closing balance per account Payment orders Payments FinanceSuite Treasury Management National and international payment transactions with automatic short-term planning Automatic transfer of data (money market, foreign exchange, loans, interest derivatives, guarantees). Investment and borrowing of overnight and fixed term deposits. Automatic planning of interest, incoming and outgoing payments. Payment orders from cash pooling, money market and payment transactions are transferred automatically to the bank Automatically from: Payment file accounting, HO modules, subsidiaries, CFM/CML, TRM Cash pooling national/international Automatic and manual cash pooling to determine the company's overall liquidity 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 9
9. Cash Position Worksheet: Balance Forecast Corporate Presentation 10 10/08/2011 Link to connected functionalities Drill down to flow and planning details
10. Cash Position WorksheetDrill down to account level of selected CM transaction 11 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation Change of amount because of forecasts Change of amount because of flows
11. Overview of Functionalities: Liquidity Planning Planning Highly configurable and flexible plan group structure Rolling update of liquidity planning (based on actual and/or planning data) Leverage historic data to determine future cash flows Actual Seamless and automatic retrieval of plan information via, e.g., MM, SD, FI, CFM/CML/TRM Very strong assignment capabilities of actual data Account reconciliation Autocode FI search function Reporting and Analytics Analytics to validate accuracy of forecast Plan/actual comparison and plan/plan comparison Reports enable solid decision making on corporate liquidity Corporate Presentation 12 10/08/2011
12. Liquidity Planning Process Business Plan (plan balances, plan P+L, investment planning etc.) Personnel Plan Production Plan Investment Plan Sales Plan etc. Conversion (derivation CF & value date deferral) Finance plan, value date-based display FinanceSuite Cash & Liquidity Management Variance analysis/plan/actual comparison Value date-based actual data assignment 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 13
13. Planning Figure Entry: Data Origin External Plan Data Manual planning Importplan data Material (MM) Derivationcash flow/plan group Assignment of actual data Orders (SD) Liquidity planning Planning figure pool Open Items (FI) FinanceSuite Cash & Liquidity Management Treasury (CFM/CML) Collection/ completion plan data Cash flow planning figures Cash flow actual data FinanceSuite Treasury Management Operative planning 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 14
14. Intragroup Workflow:Deadline Monitor for Forecasts and Plan Data Process to be approved Status display Responsible reporting group 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 15
16. Actual Data Assignment Process Corporate Presentation 17 FI Research Payment Run Distribution SAP®R/3®FI Forecasts FI Research, Distribution of Aggregate Items Retrieval of Bank Statements Autocode Cash Flow Planning Figures Account Reconciliation Bank statements without plan groups Bank statements with Autocode plan groups Bank statements with Autocode and forecast plan group Bank statements with Autocode and forecast plan groups, aggregate item distributions and FI research FinanceSuite Cash & Liquidity Management Reporting Reporting Reporting Reporting 10/08/2011
17. Detailed result Actual Data Assignment: Functionality FI Research 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 18
18. Cash & Liquidity Management: Benefits Complete integration in your SAP system You continue to profit from your investment in SAP Connection of SAP and non-SAP companies possible High and reliable degree of automation of processes Group-wide liquidity overview and simplification of daily cash management processes Balance overview in real time in Cash Position Worksheet Automatic proposals for cash pooling Simulation of transfers with possibility of manual adjustment Extensive reporting (such as cash management position, liquidity forecast) Gain sound figures for strategic controlling Automatic setup of rolling liquidity planning Flexible and detailed processing of plan structures Simple performance measurement of companies, business areas, products Comparison plan and actual data as well as plan and plan data Minimisation of manual effort due to automatic value date-based actual data assignments 10/08/2011 Corporate Presentation 19
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