Why BPC?
March 05, 2018

Why BPC?

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

SAP BW/4HANA Edition

Overall Satisfaction with SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

BPC Planning is used as a global financial planning and consolidation tool across all business units. It reduces the cycle time of rolling forecasts and brings accuracy and reliability to the forecast data. It eliminates manual work and the need to deal planning data in Excel. The workflow approval helps to improve the decision-making process.

Pros

  • Real time consolidation
  • One Source of truth for Plan and Actual
  • Powerful Predictive Analytics capabilities

Cons

  • Multiple Architecture Solutions available for BPC could end up with wrong selection of the tool that may not be appropriate for the organization
  • Need to procure additional software to compliment BPC (SAP Analytics for Cloud), the cost associated with additional license requirements
  • Maturity and stability of the latest version
  • Reduced Cycle time to perform Financial Planning and Consolidation
  • Improved confidence on the forecast data
  • Reduction in the cost of Finance Function
While the integration is seamless with SAP, non-SAP sources require mapping that needs to be maintained to convert to a BPC master data equivalent. The integration requires maintenance and regular support to ensure it is accurate and reconciling. When multiple ERP sources are used, it is time-consuming to build multiple interfaces.
With S/4 HANA SAP, BPC blends very well, compared with other consolidation and reporting tools. The roadmap of BPC projected by SAP are promising with add on features to the product and integration with SAP S4/HANA and other visual analytics tools. The integration with SAP Analytics for Cloud is also great.

More appropriate when you have multiple ERP Systems

Also, for large companies who are acquiring new companies, easy way to get consolidated results of newly acquired companies in BPC

Less appropriate:
Organizations using single ERP and do not have complex product line verticals and large geographical presence

SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation) Feature Ratings

8.6
Long-term financial planning
8
Financial budgeting
8
Forecasting
9
Scenario modeling
9
Management reporting
9
7.8
Financial data consolidation
8
Journal entries and reports
6
Multi-currency management
9
Intercompany Eliminations
6
Local and consolidated reporting
9
Detailed Audit Trails
9
8.8
Financial Statement Reporting
9
Management Reporting
9
Excel-based Reporting
8
Automated board and financial reporting
9
Not Rated
Benchmarking with external data
Not Rated
8.3
Flat file integration
9
Excel data integration
9
Direct links to 3rd-party data sources
7
BI Standard Reporting ()
Not Rated
Ad-hoc Reporting ()
Not Rated
Report Output and Scheduling ()
Not Rated
Data Discovery and Visualization ()
Not Rated
Access Control and Security ()
Not Rated
Mobile Capabilities ()
Not Rated

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