JBS Launches SAP Analytics Cloud Implementation Support Service

Japan Business Systems, Inc. (Headquarters: Minato Ward, Tokyo; President: Yukihiro Makita; hereinafter, “JBS,” securities code: 5036) has newly launched the SAP® Analytics Cloud Implementation Support Service.

SAP Analytics Cloud is a cloud-based BI* solution that integrates various management data stored in a company’s systems and analyzes and visualizes it in real time. With a shortage of personnel with data management and utilization skills an immediate and pressing issue for many companies, everyone from the top of the company to those on-site can obtain the necessary information in a timely manner, which helps with strategic and rational decision-making.

Leveraging JBS’s more than 20 years of experience in implementing and maintaining SAP systems, we provide one-stop support from formulating data utilization policies to implementation. The service promotes data-driven management and contributes to strengthening corporate competitiveness.

*BI: abbreviation for business intelligence. Systems and methods for collecting, analyzing, and visualizing corporate data to help with management decisions and business improvement.

Amid rapid change and increasing economic uncertainty worldwide, budget management and investment efficiency are important management issues. In order to strategically and rationally allocate management resources and strengthen a company’s competitiveness, it is necessary to collect, integrate, and analyze data within the company, make decisions based on that data, and improve operational speed. However, the reality for domestic companies is that there are challenges such as a shortage of personnel with the skills to manage data quality and utilize data, and also the training of such personnel.

Reference: Investment in Data Management is on the Rise, but More Than Half of Companies are Short of Human Resources ─ Survey Reveals Realities and Challenges Faced by Domestic Companies | IT Leaders (Japanese)

SAP Analytics Cloud, provided by SAP, which boasts the top share in the ERP system field, is a cloud-based BI solution that integrates a company’s information assets and analyzes and visualizes them in real time. JBS helps companies enhance their competitiveness and sustainable growth by supporting the implementation of SAP Analytics Cloud, from formulating data utilization policies, to defining the data required for data visualization, analysis, and planning, to implementing reports and plan management that match their business operations.

We utilize the knowledge of our expert consultants who are familiar with SAP systems and SAP Analytics Cloud and consider the best ways to utilize data for your business. Using a wide range of pre-defined templates, we support customers from policy formulation and data definition through to implementation.

• Formulate a data utilization policy
  Define the data required for reports and planning screens.
  If there are multiple data sources, build a data warehouse (SAP® Datasphere) to aggregate them.
• System implementation
  Visualize data analysis: create effective reports for each position, from management to on-site staff.
  Budget planning management: create budget planning screens for each area, such as financial accounting, management accounting, sales, and purchasing.

• Can integrate and analyze distributed data.
  It can connect to various data sources such as SAP HANA®, SAP S/4HANA®, and Google Big Query, and data from different systems can be centralized and analyzed in an integrated manner.
• Real-time data analysis and visualization
  Data can be analyzed and visualized in real time, allowing for speedy decision-making based on the latest data.
• Understanding complex data and discovering insights
  Creates dashboards and reports to visually display data. This makes it easier to understand data and helps discover insights.
• Improves the accuracy of plans and forecasts.
  Supports financial planning, supply chain planning, and business planning. Uses machine learning to perform predictive analysis and improves the accuracy of plans.
• Promotes data-driven management.
  Accurately recognizes a company’s information assets and supports data-based decision-making. Improves management efficiency and strengthens competitiveness.

JBS introduced SAP’s cloud-based ERP SAP S/4HANA® Cloud in 2024 and is also promoting the in-house use of SAP Analytics Cloud. Based on these experiences, we introduce challenges that we have faced and their solutions to smooth the implementation process. In the future, we will also enhance our know-how and support systems for actual solutions, support and guide our customers so that they can utilize the best in leading IT technologies, aiming to join customers in growing their business.