Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

for SAP
June 6, 2017

Solutions Marketing
Copyright Winshuttle 2017

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Business transformation
through automation.

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We save around $1.9 million per year in avoided
programming, reduced data entry workload costs and
Service Level Agreement (SLA) costs. Most importantly,
we have given our users a tool that enhances their
productivity and the accuracy of the data in our
systems.
Chantal Gauvreau
Business Process Manager
SAP Center of Excellence

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What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)?

RPA is machine and software automation

that frees humans by mimicking human activity
in manual, tedious, repetitive, rules-based
transactions, processes and workflows,
initiating responses and communicating with digital systems.

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What are some common RPA use cases?
Finance & Accounting

AR/AP JE/GL Fixed Travel & Inventory Financial Finance

Assets Expenses Close Master Data

Global Business & Shared Services

Accounting Human Resource Customer Supply Master Data

Management Service Chain

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What is Winshuttle RPA for SAP?
Deep SAP integration
Simple, fast automation for business users
Quick, low-cost implementation

Core RPA Core RPA + BPM

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How does Winshuttle RPA for SAP help?

Saves time on Reduces cost & Improves data Delivers scalability,

repetitive tasks, reallocates FTEs quality & reliability flexibility & faster
increases productivity benefit realization

Increases Requires no Empowers business Extends company-

compliance, coding changes to users without IT wide to automate
reduces risk core IT systems dependence growing use cases

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How does RPA work through the desktop?
Transaction
Upload

Data Record & map Run Re-use &

Excel Download extend

Use Winshuttle to automate:

Secure & Compliant • Standard & custom transactions

SAP Connection
• SAP ECC, S/4HANA & SAP industry
specific solutions
RFC

Winshuttle Studio Function Module

Performance Security Governance

ECC & S/4HANA
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How does RPA work through the enterprise?
Roles, policies, auditing & reporting

Record & map Run Re-use & Workflow Applications

extend

Excel Web Forms Access Text SharePoint SQL Server

SAP Integration Server

Winshuttle Function Module

Performance Security Governance

ECC & S/4HANA
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How is Winshuttle positioned in the RPA market for SAP?
Ease of Use Time-to-Value
Complex High Technical RPAs
• Automation Anywhere
• Blue Prism
• UiPath

Continuous
Improvement Complex Easy Low High Cost
Technical Programming Excel App Business-Led IT-Led Automation
Skills
Technical RPAs are better for Winshuttle RPA for SAP can
data collection in diverse help customers and RPAs with
formats (e.g., .pdfs) & non- fast, simple Excel-based
SAP systems using various IT-Coding IT-Led automation.
collection tools (e.g., OCR). SAP Interface Integration

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 Why choose Winshuttle RPA for SAP?
Technical RPA

Deep SAP integration GUI screen-scraping

Fast, accurate, named data fields, easy to change & maintain, S/4HANA certified Slower, less accurate and reliable, varying data locations, harder to change & maintain

Easy user interface deployment Technical IT implementation

Familiar Excel & webforms interface with no infrastructure or system programming IT led, complex, special ABAP connection & coding skills required

Low-cost user empowerment High-cost services investment

User implementation, licensed per named user, ongoing automation Heavy professional services investment, licensed per bot, more difficult to cost-justify

Quick, high ROI Longer time to value

Can automate, deploy and return value in days to weeks Project-driven implementation, requires months to automate, test & deploy

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What’s our key takeaway?

Winshuttle empowers business users to move data quickly

to and from SAP using familiar interfaces
to reduce manual, repetitive, labor intensive processes
and improve quality, efficiency, cost and productivity.

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Thank you
Visit winshuttle.com or www.adsotech.com for more
information.

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Appendix

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Which transactions are best suited for RPA?
Multi-system access (SAP, Excel/Access, legacy systems)
Manual data input prone to human error
Frequent, repetitive, high volume with workload peaks
Clearly defined rules-based processes
Limited exceptions and human intervention
Structured sets of data
Documented, standardized transactions
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Why choose Winshuttle RPA for SAP?
Data Efficiency Cost Scalability Employee
Manual Long Staff FTEs, Increased Repetitive,
entry, data processes, loan interest, transactions, tedious work,
errors, period close penalties, processing disengaged,
rework, IT delays, late duplicate backlogs, skill unfulfilled
dependence statements payments mismatch employees

Trusted Shortened Reduced More capacity Empowered

quality business operating without more business
data cycles costs FTEs teams

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 Desktop 3-step automation
1 Record 2 Map 3 Run
Script Fields Script

Data
Data

Data
Excel
Web Forms
Access

SAP Desktop Client

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 Enterprise automation
1 Record 2 Map 3 Run
Script Fields Script

Data
Data

Data

Data
Excel Excel
Web Forms Web Forms
Access Access
Text
SAP Desktop Client SQL Server

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 Enterprise automation with workflow
1 Record 2 Map 3 Run
Workflow w /Routing
Script Fields

Launch Workflow:
• Check

Data
Data

Data

Data
• Add Data
• Notify

Excel Excel
Web Forms Web Forms
Access Access
Text
SAP Desktop Client SQL Server

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