Efficient eReporting with SAP EC®

Andreas Pfeifer is partner with Accenture. Andreas Schuler is senior manager with Accenture.

• 1 Capital Market Oriented Corporate Reporting.- 1.1 New Reporting Standards in the Wake of Globalization.- 1.2 The Need for Integrated Reporting.- 1.3 Integration Roadmap.- 2 The Holistic Implementation Concept for EfficienteReporting.- 2.1 Significance of Information Technology.- 2.2 Holistic Strategy.- 2.3 Potential for Efficiency Gains Through the Use of a Corporate Data Pool.- 2.4 IT Strategy.- 3 Cornerstones of an SAP EC eReporting Project.- 3.1 Establishment of a General Procedure.- 3.2 Project Organization as Control Instrument.- 3.3 Strategy for Global Project Marketing and Communication.- 4 Representing the Requirements of an eReporting Concept with SAP EC.- 4.1 The eReporting Challenge to System Design.- 4.2 Overview of SAP Functionality and Architecture.- 4.3 Procedure for Introducing SAP EC.- 4.4 System Architecture for an Internet-Based Corporate Data Pool.- 5 Successful Implementation of an eReporting Concept with the Use of SAP EC.- 5.1 Principles Associated with the Introduction of SAP EC.- 5.2 Expanding the Standard SAP EC Functionality.- 5.3 Efficiency Gains in the eReporting Process.- 5.4 Built-In Quality by Implementing a Secure Test Strategy.- 6 Preparing the Company for a Successful Productive Deployment of SAP EC.- 6.1 Changes Associated with the Rollout.- 6.2 Transferring Knowledge during the Rollout.- 6.3 The Use of a Business Readiness Tool.- 6.4 Web Community as Communication Platform.- 7 Aspects of Operating a Global SAP EC eReporting System.- 7.1 Designing the Transition from the Development Phase to Productive Operations.- 7.2 Systematic Development via Requirements Management.- 7.3 Maintenance of Master Data and Structure Information.- 7.4 Key Figure Transparency via Balanced Scorecards and mCommerce.- 8 Outlook.- 9 Appendix.- 9.1 Financial Statement Disclosure.- 9.2 German Corporations on the NYSE.- 9.3 Software Selection.- Register of Illustrations.- Table of Abreviations.- About the Authors.