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The purpose of this message is to update a variety of interested parties on
the status of several "hot" topics. I will be very brief, so please inquire if you want to know more. Also, please forward to anyone I may have left off this distribution. I can't remember everyone who attended the various meetings last week. Reporting Live Users - A number of workshops have been conducted and are scheduled to be conducted to help users better understand how to get at information in SAP. APACHI and South America users have had workshops; CALME and EECC are scheduled, and NEPCO/OEC are being planned. Please contact me, Greg Nikkel or Kim Lesley to find out more on status. Also, any feedback you have for me on the effectiveness of these workshops and suggested next steps will be welcomed. 4/1 and 7/1 Go Lives - Susan Bellinghausen and Emitra Nelson and the respective representatives from the Business Units are working to make the next to go lives smoother with respect to reporting. Again, any feedback you could pass on to me, Kathy Kokas, or Susan regarding suggestions or concerns is appreciated. Long Term Reporting Strategy - We are still looking to identify a lead person to head up the long term reporting strategy. This would involve understanding any true reporting gaps, as well as the right processes and tools for closing these gaps. In addition, the right degree of "common" and business unit specific reporting needs to be defined, and the degree to which reporting solutions are function-specific or cross functional (e.g., financial, HR, procurement, projects). Close/Consolidations Bob Butts and Jan Johnson have taken point to head up a group to review the consolidation and close process to determine how/when we get the process optimized. Susan Bellinghausen has followed up with Bob to schedule the requested demos of ECCS vs Hyperion functionality. F/X I was requested to obtain resources to do a third party review of the overall effectiveness of our foreign exchange transactions as they flow through different modules. I am meeting with Kimberley Scardino of Arthur Andersen this week to outline the assignement, and have obtained a commitment from SAP America to bring appropriate SAP expertise to the review. We expect to complete this review in approximately 3 weeks. The outcome would be a report on whether effective processes and controls are in place for f/x processing, and suggestions for how we could more effectively use SAP's capabilities in this area. Customers - please let me know how we're doing. Thanks!
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