Cash Panel with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC): Multidimensional real-time data analysis in Corporate Treasury

• Static reports, long preparation times, poor informative value, difficult readability and incomplete presentations: Unfavourable deficits of this kind are still frequently observed in corporate liquidity reporting (sub-discipline of treasury management). Despite increased awareness of treasury reporting in recent years, the analysis and reporting possibilities have so far lagged far behind the technological feasibility: the standard reporting within the framework of common treasury management systems is no longer sufficient in most cases or proves to be too inflexible.
• For example, characteristics and dimensions from operational systems cannot be added easily. Extensions and adaptations require high development efforts, as data models within the transactional system are very difficult to modify. In view of this, the SAC Cash Panel from s-peers presents itself as an optimal, efficient and up-to-date solution in the form of a uniform reporting platform (dashboard). This allows real-time access to all cash data and presents the results of analyses carried out in an easily understandable way by means of visual standardisation - combined with interactive functions.

The design of the SAC Cash Panel is based on the International Business Communication Standards (IBCS®) on the basis of the SUCCESS reference set of rules by Prof. Dr.-Ing. The internationally established IBCS® are conceptual, perceptual and semantic guidelines for visual presentation in reporting and formal business communication.

Thanks to the targeted application of this standardised notation concept, the dashboard conveys the information in such a way that factors relevant to decision-making are made available to the respective report recipients in a precise, transparent and addressee-appropriate manner.

Optimal choice of diagrams based on the IBCS® significantly increases the informative value of the individual reports and thus of the entire dashboard. At the same time, the visualisation of the reports is reduced to the relevant information so that the most important aspects can be quickly absorbed and interpreted despite high complexity.

Treasury reporting based on IBCS® thus provides you with a true, accurate and transparent picture of the situation:

• Reduction to the essentials
• High information density (incl. comparison possibilities)
• Consistent standardisation through uniform visual language
• Consistent structures and clear messages
• Fast detection and pattern recognition for the reading

From a technological point of view, the SAC Cash Panel is based on the SAP Analytics Cloud: this new SAP product allows the full use of business intelligence (BI) and analytical technologies throughout the organisation - including functions that also enable end users in the business departments to perform quick analyses themselves via self-service BI.

The bundling of analysis, reporting and planning functionalities in a single platform with a uniform database enables seamless exchange between diverse organisational roles (supported by collaboration and commenting functions, among other things).

SAP guarantees the operation and support of the cloud solution. Thanks to the SaaS model (Software-as-a-Service), the software is obtained as a service, with a rental price per user. This includes release updates, support from the SAP hotline (365 days/24 hours), mobile apps for tablets/smartphones, process documentation, eLearning and WIKI. At the same time, there are no additional costs or investments for operation, maintenance and IT infrastructure (hardware, DB).

The standard package is:
12.500,- CHF plus VAT