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Roche
• Embedded predictive planning capability offered by the SAP® Analytics Cloud solution • Native integration with the existing data foundation in SAP Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA®, allowing years of historical data to be leveraged to enable more accurate and harmonized forecasting in a matter of hours rather than weeks • Single, integrated, scalable solution, lowering maintenance effort and reducing costs • Fast implementation and deployment of predictive planning capabilities
Life sciences | Switzerland SAP® Analytics Cloud solution and SAP Business Warehouse
2 hours to generate a US$4.2 billion financial forecast – reduced from several weeks
70% of forecast data entry points automated with SAP Analytics Cloud
BTP Story
Advancing medicine by optimising financial forecasting with predictive planning Committed to driving groundbreaking scientific and technological advances that have the potential to transform the lives of patients worldwide, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG (Roche) has been working to improve healthcare for over a century. Its purpose, “Doing now what patients need next,” guides what the organization does every day. With a 10-year plan to deliver twice the number of medical advances at half the cost to society, Roche looked to make a radical shift in the way it works. Taking a leading role in supporting this ambition, its R&D finance team joined forces with IT. With a goal to optimize end-to-end processes and accelerate its digitalization journey, together they sought more efficient ways to execute the manual and time-consuming finance forecasting process across its decentralized R&D business units.
14,000 forecast data entry points automated
Challenges
• Siloed demand planning & forecasting processes • Lack of system support for strategic initiatives • Lack of standardization & automation • High operating & maintenance costs • Innovation constraints • Lack of collaboration & capability to scale
Outcomes
“Every minute we allow our R&D organization to focus on the science has an exponential impact on bringing transformative medicines and treatments to society.”
• Expand business networks and collaborations • Reduced Costs
Head of R&D Finance, F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG -David Dubowski
• Improved finance operations • Improved decision-making • Reduced Time To Market
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