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renecedat
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Dear Community,

Welcome to our blog 3 from our eight-part blog journey. In this blog we will provide you with a comprehensive understanding on Value Analysis based on the next section of the SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition.

Please note that this blog is an updated version of the blog (Estimate the benefits of your process performance ... - SAP Community) which was previously shared.

*Access previous blogs:

 

What is Value Analysis?

See how much your company can gain by optimizing your processes:

  • See the potential value of achieving specified process improvement targets for certain standard performance indicator types. Performance indicators are grouped by value driver and in order of value.
  • Understand how the potential value is calculated based on a specified improvement target and a predefined formula that uses metrics that come directly from the process performance data collected from your source system.
  • Influence the value calculation by changing and saving the improvement target, as well as some input values used in the formula.
  • Monitor your progress towards achieving the potential value for each performance indicator.


See how this is applied with a concrete example:

In this new “Value Analysis” section, you will start by uncovering concrete value drivers, such as reducing finance cost. You can pick one and drill down to individual indicators of performance impacting this value driver and see the monetary benefits of improving the related performance. The tool shows you the calculations and inputs, including SAP assumptions you can modify according to your needs or specific situation.

This capability provides easy and automated value case creation for SAP Signavio. We hope it will assist you in your value-driven discussions & decision making.

Let me show you how it works!

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In the example above, let’s click on “Reduce Sales Costs”:

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And then on arrow on the right for the related indicator "Sales documents created":

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A new page appears:

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The top part of this new panel are the "Baseline State" and "Target State":

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On the left, for the Baseline State, we see the current automation rate is 7,93%, we can also see when the data for the automation rate was collected and more importantly, the monetary impact. We will come back to it at the end of this blog.

On the right is the Target State, we see the improvement percentage and the target as well as its monetary impact value.

Please note: "Target State" is by default the goal of being among the best 25% performing companies for the related performance. It is possible to change this target state and the assumptions.


The bottom left is the "Input Values and Assumptions" section.

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The input values come from your system -such as the "number of sales documents created in a week"-.
The assumptions are generic, like for example “Average time required to create a sales document manually” (minutes).

On the last section on the bottom right, you will see the formula to calculate the potential benefits:

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It is in essence the multiplication of the inputs and assumptions on the top.
Finally, the Potential Value:

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The "Baseline Monetary Impact" is the maximum potential benefit (here the benefits of going from the current 7.93% automation rate to 100% automation rate). The goal is to achieve the baseline monetary impact through process improvements that lower costs, here reducing costly manual effort through increasing automation.

The "Target Monetary Impact" is the benefit of going from the targeted 76.97% automation rate to 100% automation rate.

The difference between the baseline monetary impact and the target monetary impact is the "Potential Value". Or if you prefer the estimated benefits of going from an automation rate of 7.93% to 76.97%. This is this figure we focus on.

Let's see in detail:

Baseline Monetary Impact = 3,000 outbound deliveries created in a week x 48 weeks worked per year x 1-7.93% Sales documents automatically created x 10min x 25EUR = 552.4K EUR / Year

Target Monetary Impact = 111 x 48 1-76.97% x 10min x 25EUR= 138.2K EUR / Year

Potential Value = current potential benefits - target potential benefits = 552.4K Eur – 138.2K = 414.2K Eur

Please note: The progression tab is only available on SAP Signavio Process Insights full edition as SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition is a one-time report.

This capability -part of SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition- is an easy first step to build your case for process transformation. Some assumptions are made by SAP, but you can change them if you feel your specific situation does not qualify for the standard inputs.

In the next blog of our eight-part blog journey, we will explore the Process Flows.

You can request SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition for your productive SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA system on https://url.sap/discovery-edition.

Key takeaways

  1. Value Analysis in SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition: Access detailed information on value analysis for various performance indicators. Users can identify specific value drivers and explore individual performance indicators to understand the monetary benefits of improving performance.
  2. Value Case Creation: The capability enables you to make value-driven decisions based on concrete data and insights.
  3. Focus on Process Transformation: The capability provided by the discovery edition is presented as an initial step towards building a case for process transformation, empowering users to leverage data-driven insights to drive meaningful changes in their processes.

Overall, the blog aims to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of value analysis within SAP Signavio Process Insights, emphasizing its accessibility, functionality, and potential to drive process transformation initiatives.

*SAP Signavio Process Insights, discovery edition in General Availability. Request your free analysis today! (*For all SAP maintenance customers)