accenture clone and test

Accenture Clone and TestPart of the Accenture HR Productivity Suite

Align your IT systems with businessrequirementsRapidly evolving business environmentsmean that organizations have to be pre-pared for change on all levels, and need ITsystems that can respond effectively andefficiently to business challenges andenable high performance.

Changes in operational IT systems whetherincreases in scope, changes in customiza-tion, or just simple upgrades to newversions can be time consuming, undulyslowing the pace of change. The necessityof extensive testing with real data before anew version of an IT platform can be safelyadopted can hamper your organizationsflexibility and productivity.

Accenture Clone and Test streamlinesconfiguration changes, helping usersachieve a high performance when movingto new versions of their SAP system.

Produce and compare test datasimply and safelyAccenture Clone and Test enables you toperform real-life tests of new versions ofyour mySAP ERP systems. You can copyrelevant sets of data from your operationalsystems into a test system, then easilyperform tests and comparisons between the two.

Protect sensitive data using your own rulesAccenture Clone and Test protects sensitiveemployee and costing data by using a rule-based transformation that can be easilyadapted to your needs. Sample sets of rules,based on experience with hundreds ofclients, enable you to start right away.

Accenture Clone and Test a powerful aid in moving to newSAP system configurations andversions in sync with your business evolutionUsing Accenture expertise in both businessfunctions and SAP ERP solutions, AccentureClone and Test makes it easy for you tospecify consistent units of business infor-mation for copying and testing. Thisapproach makes Clone and Test powerful,flexible, fast, user-friendly and above all,reliable and safe.

Features:PowerCopy any selection of meaningful data: Accenture Clone and Test can copy virtuallyany data from mySAP ERP Human CapitalManagement, the most important datafrom mySAP ERP Financials and othermySAP ERP components.

For mySAP ERP HCM, this functionalityreaches beyond Workforce Process Management to include: Talent Management data and

structures Travel accounting and planning Human Capital Management related

CATS data Industry specifics, such as statutory

returns or data from industry solutionssuch as the Public Sector.

You can even specify customer-definedtables.

For mySAP ERP Financials, both master dataas well as transactional data arecovered, and include: General ledger accounts, accounts

payable and accounts receivable Asset management Bank master records

Cost centers, profit centers and theirstandard hierarchies

Cost elements, activity types and statistical key figures

Internal Orders

FlexibilityAccenture Clone and Test helps ensuremaximum flexibility in creating your testenvironments.

You can copy and compare data directlybetween different mySAP ERP HCM andFinancials systems, between differentclients within the same system, betweendifferent SAP releases or even within thesame client.

Accenture Clone and Test enables you tocreate a snapshot of your employee data-base or of financial data at the push of abutton. You can apply any configurationchanges or import patches, then comparethe data with the snapshot you created.

And by using the rule-based conversionoptions you can even use Accenture Cloneand Test to merge or divide productivemySAP HCM installations particularlyuseful in mergers and acquisitions ordivestitures.

Reliability and safetyAccenture Clone and Test is fully integratedwith the SAP authorization concept. Userscan only copy data for which they have avalid authorization profile, with additionaloptions for even greater control. Yourproductive mySAP ERP environment iscompletely protected against accidentalcopying or deletion.

Data anonymization can be set as manda-tory to protect sensitive personnel datafrom unauthorized access.

Accenture Clone and TestPart of the Accenture HR Productivity Suite

Fast, safe, and meaningful tests of mySAP ERP HCM and Financials objects Copy, scramble and compare data

User-friendlinessAccenture Clone and Test is designed to beuser-friendly, with the SAP look and feelwhich helps to foster easy acceptance.

Functions can be selected from a clearlystructured role-based user interface. Asimple wizard offers step-by-step guidancethrough the selection options for copyingorganizational structures, including therelated employee data.

In addition, personalized settings enableusers to tailor the user interface exactlyaccording to their needs, stripping all itemsthat are not relevant to their task.

Clear and straightforward screens enablerapid, accurate work and higher employeeperformance and acceptance.

SpeedTesting often involves working under timepressure and Accenture Clone and Test has been developed to meet the highestperformance standards. It uses the latestavailable techniques to select, extract,transfer, and import data from and into anymySAP ERP HCM and Financials environ-ment, including different releases.

Individual employee records can be copiedor compared in seconds. But AccentureClone and Test can also handle large datavolumes extremely rapidly.

International use Accenture Clone and Test can be used inany country supported by mySAP ERP.

The user interface is available in English,German, French, Dutch, Spanish,Portuguese, and Polish.

Support Accenture Clone and Test is supportedby skilled professionals from Accenture

Human Capital Management Solutions with expertise in business and technologyand a dedicated support desk ([email protected])to help you resolve problems and answeryour questions.

Evolution in cooperation with our clientsOur experienced product management anddevelopment team works in close partner-ship with clients, assessing their require-ments and adapting Accenture Clone andTest to their needs, as well as to future SAPreleases.

What our customers sayWe cannot imagine the support of our HR system without using AccenturesClone and Test Georg Scholz, Consultant, mySAP HR Application Support, Degussa AG

"Accenture Clone and Test enabled us tosubstantially reduce our previous testingactivities such as for the installation ofsupport packages and simultaneouslyimprove the quality of our results." Helmut Herrmann, Head of Department,Information and Payroll Management,Volkswagen AG

More than 700 clients around the globealready rely on Accenture Clone and Test.

Some examples: Anheuser Busch BASF Bayer Deutsche Lufthansa Deutsche Post World Net Henkel John Deere Kimberly-Clark KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Shell Sony Volkswagen Zurich Financial Services

About Accenture Human CapitalManagement SolutionsAccenture Human Capital ManagementSolutions, part of Accentures HumanPerformance group comprises deeply skilledprofessionals who specialize in SAP HumanCapital Management(HCM) technology,strategy and implementation. With approxi-mately 600 SAP HCM experts globally,Accenture Human Capital ManagementSolutions is one of the largest and most

experienced global providers of humancapital management services and solutions.The organization provides deep expertiseand delivers proven results in leveragingSAP HCM technology to drive higher levelsof HR performance for clients. Completingthe portfolio is a proprietary suite oftechnology tools that increase functionalityand productivity, improve quality andreduce timelines for implementing andrealizing value from the leading SAP HCMtechnology platform. As part of a globalnetwork of more than 7,000 Human Perfor-mance professionals and more than 17,000consultants skilled in SAP, AccentureHuman Capital Management Solutions isuniquely capable of delivering globalcomplex, SAP HCM-enabled HR transforma-tion initiatives to help our clients achievehigh performance.

About AccentureAccenture is a global management consult-ing, technology services and outsourcingcompany. Committed to delivering innova-tion, Accenture collaborates with its clientsto help them become high-performancebusinesses and governments. With deepindustry and business process expertise,broad global resources and a proven trackrecord, Accenture can mobilize the rightpeople, skills, and technologies to helpclients improve their performance. Withapproximately 140,000 people in 48countries, the company generated netrevenues of US$16.65 billion for the fiscalyear ended Aug. 31, 2006. Its home page iswww.accenture.com.

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