Frequently asked questions: Tap the power of advanced analytics with SAP Spend Control Tower
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Frequently asked questions
Tap the power of advanced analytics with SAP Spend
Control Tower
Topic: SAP Spend Control Tower solution
Date: 3 June 2024
Frequently asked questions
Tap the power of advanced analytics with SAP Spend
Control Tower
Topic: SAP Spend Control Tower solution
Date: 3 June 2024
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What is the SAP Spend
Control Tower solution?
OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS
SAP Spend Control Tower is SAP’s new, next-generation analytics solution
designed to give companies faster, better visibility into enterprise-wide
spend data. Built on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) –
providing a strong foundation for rapid innovation – the new solution
quickly captures and transforms data from multiple source systems into
relevant information you can see all in one place. Automated connectors
expedite integration with SAP ERP, streamlining data extraction, cleansing,
enrichment, mapping, and more, with support for uploads from non-SAP
systems as well. A sleek and modern user interface powered by SAP
Analytics Cloud streamlines tasks and workflows, allowing you to complete
even complex analyses with simplicity and speed. The solution also
includes a new AI/machine learning (ML) model for spend categorization
based on United Nations Standard Product and Service Code (UNSPSC)
version 25 as well as supplier enrichment from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). The
underlying data model is delivered through the procurement data
warehouse capability, which is built with data lake architecture using SAP
S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP Analytics Cloud.
What are some of the
current and planned
capabilities for SAP Spend
Control Tower?
The table below shows functionality highlights for the initial release of SAP
Spend Control Tower as well as capabilities planned for future releases
(subject to change):
Capability Initial Release Planned
Automated Data Ingestion
SAP Concur Reference Data
Flat File Data Ingestion
Standard SAP Analytics Cloud Dashboards
Reference Spend Information from SAP Fieldglass
Solutions
Pricing Dashboards
Diversity Dashboards with D&B Data
Expanded Diversity Data Model for Third-Party Data
Import
SAP Sustainability Footprint Management Solution
Integration and Scope 3 Emission Dashboard
What is the SAP Spend
Control Tower solution?
OVERVIEW AND BENEFITS
SAP Spend Control Tower is SAP’s new, next-generation analytics solution
designed to give companies faster, better visibility into enterprise-wide
spend data. Built on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) –
providing a strong foundation for rapid innovation – the new solution
quickly captures and transforms data from multiple source systems into
relevant information you can see all in one place. Automated connectors
expedite integration with SAP ERP, streamlining data extraction, cleansing,
enrichment, mapping, and more, with support for uploads from non-SAP
systems as well. A sleek and modern user interface powered by SAP
Analytics Cloud streamlines tasks and workflows, allowing you to complete
even complex analyses with simplicity and speed. The solution also
includes a new AI/machine learning (ML) model for spend categorization
based on United Nations Standard Product and Service Code (UNSPSC)
version 25 as well as supplier enrichment from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B). The
underlying data model is delivered through the procurement data
warehouse capability, which is built with data lake architecture using SAP
S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP Analytics Cloud.
What are some of the
current and planned
capabilities for SAP Spend
Control Tower?
The table below shows functionality highlights for the initial release of SAP
Spend Control Tower as well as capabilities planned for future releases
(subject to change):
Capability Initial Release Planned
Automated Data Ingestion
SAP Concur Reference Data
Flat File Data Ingestion
Standard SAP Analytics Cloud Dashboards
Reference Spend Information from SAP Fieldglass
Solutions
Pricing Dashboards
Diversity Dashboards with D&B Data
Expanded Diversity Data Model for Third-Party Data
Import
SAP Sustainability Footprint Management Solution
Integration and Scope 3 Emission Dashboard
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Capability Initial Release Planned
Spend Classification – UNSPSC
Spend Classification – Custom
Supplier Enrichment
Industrial Benchmarks and Performance Dashboard
Advanced Opportunity Analyzer
Integration to SAP Ariba Category Management
Solution
Additional AI Content – Forecasting, Fraud
Detection
How does SAP Spend
Control Tower differ from
the SAP Ariba Spend
Analysis solution?
Like SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, SAP Spend Control Tower addresses the
problem of visibility into total spend across the enterprise, yet goes well
beyond that in myriad ways. The solution’s advanced, versatile platform
supports accelerated innovation across business functions, giving you quick
access to the latest developments and functionality. It provides a highly
intuitive and engaging user interface driven by SAP Analytics Cloud as well
as new AI/ML models based on advanced algorithms for spend classified to
UNSPSC version 25 taxonomy. Additional dashboards showing external
supplier diversity data, sustainability performance in relation to your spend,
global industry benchmarks and comparisons, deeper analysis of spend-
related data from SAP Concur solutions, opportunity recommendations,
pricing variation analyses, and more are planned for future releases. The
incorporation of new data science and AI-driven features covering fraud
patterns, anomaly identification, and forecasting is also planned, helping to
streamline data synthesis and analysis and enable your procurement
organization to make informed decisions more quickly and efficiently.
Does SAP Spend Control
Tower support Ariba
Classification Taxonomy
(ACT) codes?
No, the solution does not require or support ACT codes. SAP Spend Control
Tower uses UNSPSC version 25 or custom commodity codes.
Does SAP Spend Control
Tower include analytics on
diversity and green data?
Yes. SAP Spend Control Tower currently supports analytics on diversity and
green data in a way similar to what is offered in SAP Ariba Spend Analysis,
with the data available for you to add to custom reports. Preconfigured
dashboards for these areas along with additional related data are planned
for a later release.
Capability Initial Release Planned
Spend Classification – UNSPSC
Spend Classification – Custom
Supplier Enrichment
Industrial Benchmarks and Performance Dashboard
Advanced Opportunity Analyzer
Integration to SAP Ariba Category Management
Solution
Additional AI Content – Forecasting, Fraud
Detection
How does SAP Spend
Control Tower differ from
the SAP Ariba Spend
Analysis solution?
Like SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, SAP Spend Control Tower addresses the
problem of visibility into total spend across the enterprise, yet goes well
beyond that in myriad ways. The solution’s advanced, versatile platform
supports accelerated innovation across business functions, giving you quick
access to the latest developments and functionality. It provides a highly
intuitive and engaging user interface driven by SAP Analytics Cloud as well
as new AI/ML models based on advanced algorithms for spend classified to
UNSPSC version 25 taxonomy. Additional dashboards showing external
supplier diversity data, sustainability performance in relation to your spend,
global industry benchmarks and comparisons, deeper analysis of spend-
related data from SAP Concur solutions, opportunity recommendations,
pricing variation analyses, and more are planned for future releases. The
incorporation of new data science and AI-driven features covering fraud
patterns, anomaly identification, and forecasting is also planned, helping to
streamline data synthesis and analysis and enable your procurement
organization to make informed decisions more quickly and efficiently.
Does SAP Spend Control
Tower support Ariba
Classification Taxonomy
(ACT) codes?
No, the solution does not require or support ACT codes. SAP Spend Control
Tower uses UNSPSC version 25 or custom commodity codes.
Does SAP Spend Control
Tower include analytics on
diversity and green data?
Yes. SAP Spend Control Tower currently supports analytics on diversity and
green data in a way similar to what is offered in SAP Ariba Spend Analysis,
with the data available for you to add to custom reports. Preconfigured
dashboards for these areas along with additional related data are planned
for a later release.