Embedded analytics in SAP S/4HANA Cloud is a powerful tool for real-time data analysis and decision-making across various business areas. The following use cases are based on real business requirements, in customers' systems, leveraging embedded analytics capabilities to help business managers gain a better understanding of their business and make informed decisions.
You may refer to this blogpost if you are still on a 2SL system, or you do not want to put more effort on RESTFUL ABAP in ADT when you are on a 3SL. With more and more 3SL implementation. More use case with RESTFUL ABAP in 3SL will be shared later.
- Open Payables
This use case presents the open payables data for all vendors via document line items. You can filter and sort suppliers to help you manage and track your open payables so you can close with your suppliers in a timely manner.
For more information, refer to
Embedded Analytics Cloud Customer Use Cases: How to Create a Custom SAC Story and Dashboard in S/4HANA Cloud: click here
- Group financial statements
This use case shows the group’s financial statements, including the expense accounts accumulated for the current period and the current year. By comparing data from different periods, you can help your organization understand trends in financial status, as well as the contribution and trend of expense accounts.
For details, please refer to
the embedded SAC customer use case to share the group report: click here
- Expenses for the period (three-year comparison)
This use case is used to present data for the comparison of expense account balances across three years. By visualizing expense account balances across years, you can help your business understand how expenses have changed and how they vary across years.
For details please refer to
the period fee form shared by the embedded SAC customer use case across three years: click here
- Financial KPI Form
This use case mainly showcases key financial KPI metrics, as well as multidimensional comparisons. Comparing data across different dimensions, such as departments, product lines, and so on, can help companies understand the differences in financial performance and identify potential problems and areas for improvement.
For details please refer to
the financial key figure comparison shared by the embedded SAC customer use case: click here
- Material Stock Overview
This use case is used to display material stock quantities and amounts for a specified date. Filtering and sorting can be done based on materials to help companies understand the inventory situation for sound inventory management and purchasing decisions.
For details, please refer to
the embedded SAC customer use case to share the material inventory analysis: click here
- Inventory Aging
This use case shows real-time warehouse age, including bin location batch information. It provides visibility into the age of materials in different batches, as well as the turnover of inventory for inventory optimization and management.
For more information, please refer to
the Embedded SAC Customer Use Cases: click here
- Material movements
This use case is used to show the movement of materials, including the data of vendors and cost centers. It helps you track the procurement and sales of materials and the flow of materials between cost centers.
For details, please refer to
the embedded SAC customer use case to share the goods movement analysis: click here
- INCOME STOCK
This use case shows the amount and stock quantity of material movements during the period. Provides visibility into material sales and inventory turnover and capital utilization for supply chain management and inventory optimization.
For details, please refer
to the Embedded SAC Customer Use Case Share Inbound Inventory Report: click here
- Purchase Order Status Monitoring
This use case enables end-to-end visibility into purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices. Embedded analytics give business managers real-time visibility into the status of every step in the procurement process to identify and act on issues in a timely manner. For example, if a purchase order has not been received for a long time, managers can follow up in time to ensure a smooth procurement process.
Please refer to
the embedded SAC customer use case to share the purchase reconciliation dashboard for details: click here
- Gross Profit on Sales: This use case is mainly used to show the amount, cost, and margin of sales in multiple currencies. In multinational corporations, the diversity of money kinds is a common challenge. Embedded analytics can help you aggregate and present your sales data in different currencies while calculating the gross profit on sales. This allows business managers to better understand sales performance while comparing sales across currencies to support decisions across global business.
For details please refer to
the embedded SAC customer use case to share the sales margin analysis: click here
- Outbound Delivery and Billing Overview: This use case is designed to present outbound deliveries and billing information on one page for reconciliation (receivables). With embedded analytics, business managers can see outbound deliveries and billing at a glance, identify and act on exceptions in a timely manner. In this way, companies can better manage receivables and make financial management more efficient.
For details refer to
the embedded SAC customer use case to share the outbound delivery and billing overview: click here
- Sales Order Fulfillment: This use case enables sales orders to be analyzed on a weekly basis to help organizations understand the status of fulfillment. With embedded analytics, business managers can view weekly order fulfillment, detect delays or delays, and take action. As a result, you can better manage sales processes, increase customer satisfaction, and increase business efficiency.
For details please refer to
the delivery completion analysis shared by the embedded SAC customer use case: click here
In summary, embedded analytics has a wide range of applications in the enterprise. Customized reports make it easier for business managers to access key business metrics and make timely decisions. Applications of these embedded analytics use cases can help increase operational efficiency, reduce risk, and sustain business growth.
