Oracle OpenWorld 2019
Join us for a conversation with Thermo Fisher Scientific to hear about its experience with Oracle Cloud Services. A global company with disparate data sources and hundreds of users, Thermo Fisher chose Oracle Cloud to unite its lines of business under a shared taxonomy, guaranteeing high availability, accuracy, and transparency. The solution uses Master Data Management and Financial Data Quality Management Enterprise Edition (FDMEE) to ensure connectivity at the proper touchpoints with on-premise Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and a Corporate Management Essbase solution, aligning the budgeting and forecasting processes with the actuals. See how Profitability and Cost Management Cloud Service (PCMCS) solves the traceability conundrum in multi-layer corporate allocations.
Journey to a Standardized Cloud Budgeting Solution with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Alithya
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Achieve Financial
Excellence with Oracle
EPM Cloud
September 16, 2019
Ross Martin
Caroline Stenpeck
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Agenda
❑ About Us
❑ Existing Architecture Overview
❑ Project Background
❑ Challenges and Opportunities
❑ Project Overview
❑ System Architecture
❑ Data Flow
❑ Model Overviews
❑ Benefits Achieved
❑ Lessons Learned
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About Your Presenters
▪ Caroline Stenpeck, Senior Manager, Financial Systems & Reporting, Thermo Fisher Scientific
− 8+ years experience in corporate finance
− 6+ years experience in financialsystems
− Experienced Hyperion Planningadministrator
− Project manager for EPBCS rollout
− Boston, MA
▪ Ross Martin, Lead Consultant, Alithya
− 10+ years experience in systems and IT
− Over 6 years experience in financialsystems across a variety of industries
− Certified implementationspecialistfor on-premise and cloud solutions
− Concentrated expertise in Planning, Modelingand Analytics
− Boston, MA
www.alithya.com
rossomartin
Caroline Stenpeck
www.thermofisher.com
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Alithya Overview
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Comprehensive Business Solutions
Alithya’s solutions drive improved business performance through better decision making, strong customer engagement, and optimized operations
Deep Partnership Drives Customer Value Adaptable Deployment Models
Diverse Client Portfolio & Industry Expertise
RetailEnergy/
Utilities
Team Highlights
Multiple
Oracle ACEs
Seasoned
delivery team
with avg 8
years serving
clients
Experienced
management
team with avg 15
years in the
company
Certified Cloud
Resources
Enterprise Performance
Management (EPM)
Analytics
Financial Services
Technology CPG and
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Outstanding
Achievement
in Big Data
100 Most Promising
Big Data Solutions
Providers
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EPM Suite ERP Architecture
▪ 170+ ERPs
▪ Some examples (varying versions across landscape):
System Overview
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Standardization and Empowerment
Source feeds into the base
members for detail level reporting
Thermo
Fisher
Modular Components
Entity/PL/BU/Division
Reporting
Multiple iterations of modules, designed to accommodate various business models
Expandable – as needed for organizational growth
Shareable between units – mix & match as needed
Standardization Line
HFM & Essbase
Operational Planning Solutions
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Challenges & Opportunities
➢ Disparate systems within divisions
➢ Broken and/or unsupported systems
➢ Varied allocation models/processes
➢ Excel dominant tool managing processes
➢ Manual activities prevalent at all levels
➢ Corporate allocation process ‘offline’
➢ Long and complex overall planning cycle
Challenges
➢ Budget and forecast compensation expenses by cost center.
➢ Fringe / benefits planning based on common US & Non-US
methodologies.
➢ Provide a common standardized budgeting process and solution
to ultimately support all Divisions.
➢ Incorporate the department/cost center concept into the
Divisional budgeting and forecasting process.
➢ Automate load of budget into Corporate Essbase tool to facilitate
internal budget reviews and Corporate consolidation.
Opportunities and Goals
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Phased Rollout
▪ Instrument Manufacturing
▪ Instrument Services
▪ Long Cycle Instrument
Manufacturing
▪ Contractual Manufacturing
❖ Prime Margin Revenue and
Standard Cost Model
BusinessModelRequirementsProjectExecution
▪ Distribution
▪ Instrument Manufacturing
▪ Instrument Services
▪ Chemical Reagents
❖ Operational Staff Model
▪ Diagnostic Services
❖ Additional Business Model
Specific Needs to be
Addressed In Analysis
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
▪ Build = 8 weeks
▪ Conference Room Pilot = 1 week
▪ User Acceptance Testing = 4
weeks
▪ Rollout = 6 weeks
▪ Training = 8 weeks
▪ IterativeBuild = 12 weeks
▪ Show & Tells = 12 weeks
▪ Rollout = 6 weeks
▪ Training = 8 weeks
▪ TBD
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
And
Beyond
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Functional Goal Overview
General
• Enterprise-wide P&L planning
framework
• Enterprise-wide actuals day 1
• Global reporting across
hundreds of users
• Injection of Department (“Cost
Center”) level planning
• Interactive planning and
intelligent modeling
• Currency translation and
normalization
• Additional plan cycle processing
capabilities
Financials Planning
• Revenue
• Direct COGS
• Operating Expenses
• Intelligent modeling
• Standardized framework
Headcount Planning
• 70,000+ employees
• Department averages
model – no named
employee or job title
• Compensation Expenses
• Benefits & Taxes
Initiatives Collection
• Replace excel request
process
• Workflow process for
approved/denied
initiatives
• Scalable to handle CapEx
and Depreciation
Allocations
• Allocate across
Departments, Cost Pools,
or Products
• Divisional allocations
• Corporate allocations
Other Models
• Division-specific
Integrated Warehouse
Staffing model
• Division-specific
Commercial Revenue
model
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Project Architecture
Master Data (Data Relationship Management)
Divisional Trial
Balance Upload
FDM
Oracle
Planning
Cloud
Actuals by Department
Div3
Div2
Div1
Div4
HFM Essbase
AOP/Fcst
Allocations
FDMEE
Actuals by
Entity/PL
Actuals
By Department
AOP/FCST by
Entity/PL
Actuals by
Entity/PL
Thermo Fisher Financial Planning & Reporting Suite
Green
Blue
Components constructed as part of project.
Existing investment
Followondivisions…
Div5
Div6
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Actuals Reconciliation Model
• Granularity“cross walk” from legacy systems to new systems (Datasource, Entity, Function, Department)
• Reconciliationroutineto tie back to systems of record (HFM)
• Conversionof data from ledger-view (year-to-date) to planning-view(periodic)
• Processing of currency and constantcurrency
• Admin-onlyreporting needs
• Enables “enterprise-wide” actualson day 1 of go-live
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P&L Input Model
▪ Departmental granularity
▪ Flexible process for Actualsflowing into forecasts
(“actualization”)
▪ Integrated, purpose-builtmodules
− Personnel expense planning
− Divisionaloperational planning
▪ Abilityto accept budget/forecasts developed externally
▪ Maintaindataintegrity from disparate sources that may
contend/overlap
▪ Intelligent modeling and “seeding” functionalityfor quick
plan creation
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P&L Reporting Model
▪ Aggregation epicenter for reporting
▪ Dynamic reporting for “time series” representations of data
(MTD, YTD, 5Q average, TTM, QTD, etc)
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Headcount Model
▪ HR data integrated from Workday
▪ Sensitivity protection – departmental basis
▪ Averages model surrounding compensation (salary, bonus,
allowances,etc.)
▪ Headcount activity includingnew hires, terminations, and
transfers
▪ Globalassumption definitions(merit, tax, benefits)
▪ Flexible exception planning– driver and direct entry
(overrides and seasonality)
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Initiatives Model
▪ Workflow management for capitalspend requests and
improvement tracking
▪ Foundationfor potentialfunctionality(CapEx tracking,
depreciationschedules)
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Benefits Achieved
✓Unified, supported systems
✓Cloud-based platform
✓Application-based process and workflow
✓Enhanced granularity for planning, reporting, and analysis
✓Easily accessible
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Lessons Learned: 1 - Dimensional Architecture
1. Injection of Net-New Detail
a. Department built from scratch
b. Volume
c. Iterative approach (Phase 2)
d. Maintenance expectation management
2. Usage of specific “type” dimensions
a. Department within the “Entity Type” dimension
3. Attribute dimensions and reporting
a. Entity
b. Function
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Lessons Learned: 2 - Workload Segregation
1. Segregating Actuals and Plan
a. Actuals processing/preparation vs. Plan development and calculation
2. Use the right tool for the right purpose
a. Leverage PCM for Allocations
b. Use ASO for aggregations
3. Purpose built models
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Lessons Learned: 3 - Managing Stakeholder Involvement
1. Road-mapping/Decisionmaking
1. Getting the right people in the room to steer the ship
2. Making timely decisions with compromise
2. Dissonance between corporate and divisions
1. Balance corporate’s strategy with divisional needs
3. Divisional Expectations
1. Data availability
2. Reporting
3. Changes
4. Regular maintenance
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Find Alithya At OpenWorld 2019!
IT Financial Management with Oracle EPM Cloud [PRO5553]
Monday 9/16 | 9am-9:45am
Conference Sessions:
Client Conference Sessions:
Customers Present: Enterprise Data Management with Oracle EPM
Cloud [PAN5560]
Wright Medical
Thursday, Sept 19, 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
PCMCS Customer Presents [PAN5562]
Pacific Life
Thursday, Sept 19, 3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
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Journey to a Standardized Cloud Budgeting Solution with Thermo Fisher Scientific and
Alithya
Monday 9/16 |12:30pm-1:15pm
EDMCS and FDMEE – The Foundation to Wright Medical’s Hybrid EPM Landscape
Tuesday 9/17 | 9am-10am
Streamline Capital Planning in Healthcare, Higher Ed, and Transportation with Alithya’s
Capital Portfolio Process
Tuesday 9/17 | 12pm-1:15pm
Oracle ACE Panel: Definitive, Accurate Answers from Oracle Recognized EPM Experts
Tuesday 9/17 |1:45pm-2:30pm
The Wright Move – A Continued Journey to the Oracle EPM Cloud
Wednesday 9/18 |9am-10am
Secrets of an EPM Cloud Solution – How to Deliver Superior Profit Performance
Wednesday 9/18 | 12pm – 1:15pm
Find Alithya At OpenWorld 2019!Breakfast/Lunch & Learn/Afternoon Presentations at Thirsty Bear
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Networking & fun!
Cheers & Beers
Unwind in the afternoons with us during the conferencewhile enjoying
a fine selectionof craft beers brewed by Thirsty Bear.
Thirsty Bear Brewing Company
Mon 9/16 | Tues 9/17 | Wed 9/18
2pm - 4pm
661 Howard St | San Francisco | CA | 94105
Wine Down with Us at Happy Hour
Join us for complimentary cocktails and appetizers at our annual
Oracle OpenWorld HappyHour.
Wine Down SF
Tuesday, September 17th
2019
5pm - 8pm
685 Folsom Street | San Francisco | CA | 94107