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Global Corporate Performance Management. Gernot Molin - Program Manager. Agenda. The Customer The Problem Key Objectives Key Drivers For Selection The Solution Core Benefits Questions. Customer - Key Facts. UK Shipping Company - a $0.5 billion turnover organisation
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Global Corporate Performance Management Gernot Molin - Program Manager
Agenda • The Customer • The Problem • Key Objectives • Key Drivers For Selection • The Solution • Core Benefits • Questions
Customer - Key Facts • UK Shipping Company - a $0.5 billion turnover organisation • Controls a fleet of over 90 oil tankers, product carriers and liquefied natural gas vessels • Industries: Oil & gas, transportation & logistics • Category: Global corporation • Software: MIS DecisionWare, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, Informatica Power Centre • Data sources: Various SAP® systems, Oracle Financials, CODA, Informix
The Problem Previous management information and financial management system did not meet the needs of this shipping organisation going forward: • Manually Intensive • Relied heavily on individual’s knowledge • Not globally consistent • Not technologically scaleable to support aggressive growth strategy • No visibility of future performance trends
Key Objectives • A reliable and consistent environment reflecting the source data it receives on a daily basis from back-end accounting and operational transactional systems • A globally consolidated system replacing the multiple manually intensive spreadsheet based tools that were being used • A system to provide the sound platform needed to support a global growth strategy also allowing for follow-on phases delivering an enhanced capability
Key Drivers For Selection Customised solution A solution that meets the unique corporate requirements of this global shipping company Flexible technology An adaptable solution that could quickly and easily keep up with the changing pace and requirements of the business One-stop shop Vendor to provide all systems and services for the management information system and beyond Relatively inexpensive to deploy and easy to maintain Packaged applications to speed up deployment and low effort maintenance to minimise costs No walls, no limits Potential to scale to massive data volumes and thousands of users. Existing solution to be extended with packaged applications.
Source Systems • ISMISInformix 7.2.3 (Standard Edition) ISMIS is a tailor-made shipping-invoice-system based on an Informix database programmed and maintained by Dolphin Computers • CODAMicrosoft SQL Server 2000 CODA is the accounting system for the UK • PISCESOracle Financials 10.7 on Oracle RDBMS Enterprise Edition v7.3.4.3. PISCES is the accounting system for Singapore • CITY HALLOracle Financials 10.7 on Oracle RDBMS Enterprise Edition v7.3.4.3. CITY HALL is the accounting system for Malaysia • BIEOracle 8i The BIE is a dimensional data warehouse deriving its data from an SAP/R2 FI and J2 system • SAP BW Oracle 9i The SAP BW is the main US financial Business Information Warehouse
MIS OnVision MIS Excel Integration Access Layer Direct Access Direct Access OLAP Layer MIS Alea Microsoft Analysis Services Voyage Monitoring and Benchmarking Fleet Management and Ship Vetting Global Finance Group Financial Outlook Strategic Plan Master Data Management ETL Process ETL Process Relational Layer Corporate Performance Management Data WareHouse Source Systems ETL Process ETL Process ISMIS BIE SAP BW CODA PISCES CITY HALL Architecture
relational DWH Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Informatica Power-Centre STAGING AREA (STA) STAR SCHEMAS (SS) META DATA REP (MDR) OPERATIONAL DATA STORE (ODS) Relational Layer • Data Warehouse Key Benefits • Following the “Ralph Kimball Approach” • Makes an organisation’s information easily accessible • Presents the organisation’s information consistently • Is adaptive and resilient to change • Serves as the foundation for improved decision making • Is the ideal base for analytical applications
Group Financial Outlook US Finance Global Finance SG Finance UK Finance Forecast & Assumptions Voyage Monitoring and Benchmarking OLAP Layer
StandardReporting MIS onVision -ad hoc Reporting-Budgeting-Forecasting -Meta-Data Master-Data Maintenance MIS Excel-Integration Relational DWH MOLAP Access Layer
Core Benefits Benefit Summary: • Growth Maintain pace with new challenges (e.g. Green Book, Value Project) • Control Increased timely and accurate decision making including financial forecasting • Efficiency Reduced manual intervention, reduced impact of new business requirements & increased data integrity
Benefits Across the Organisation • Better quality of information • Greater ownership and visibility of data • Improved predictability • Improved decision making
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