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  1. Balance-Sheet and Cash-Flow Planning with SAP NetWeaver BI
    by Rajasekhar Gummapadu, Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

    Balance-sheet and cash-flow planning helps you get your cash picture under control. Learn how to design a solid, flexible SAP NetWeaver BI data model for balance-sheet planning. Examine the five key steps required to create balance-sheet planning and cash-flow planning.

  2. Keep Track of Characteristic Relationships within SEM-BPS
    by Keith Howard, Managing Consultant, SEM, SAP UK

    During the planning stages of a product, it is essential to consider changes in relationships among the product group, division, business unit, and profit center. The author demonstrates how to account for these variations using the characteristic relationship functionality of SEM-BPS. He focuses on the configuration of BW hierarchies, BW attributes, reference data, and user exits.

  3. Move Plan Data from BW/SEM to R/3 Using Retractors
    by Marc F. Bernard, Senior Applications Consultant, SAP America Inc.

    By transferring plan data back to R/3, you can perform tasks such as comparing plan to actual data and budget control.

  4. Nine Ways to Get More from Your SEM-BCS Implementation
    by Matt Christensen, Senior Consultant, PRAGMATEK Consulting Group

    SAP's Strategic Enterprise Management Business Consolidation (SEM-BCS) functionality consolidates financial results for reporting purposes. The author reveals key features and benefits of BCS. He also provides tips, advice, and references that will enable you to optimize your implementation.

  5. Sarbanes-Oxley: Speed Your Closing Processes with BW and SEM
    by Peter Jones, Platinum BW and SEM Educational Consultant, SAP America

    One result of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is that companies will need to close their books faster. BW and SEM offer functionalities and applications that help you achieve the fast close, including process chains, Business Consolidations System, and the Corporate Performance Monitor. We show you how you can use each of these to speed your closing.

  6. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: How Will It Affect You?
    by Michael Nadeau, Editor, BW Expert

    SAP BW and SEM teams will play a key role in bringing their companies into compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a U.S. law enacted to set higher financial accounting standards for publicly held businesses. We outline the key areas that you need to be thinking about and what your first steps in these areas might be.

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