SAP Value Lifecycle Manager- Customer Quick Start Guide. March, 2017

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1. Register for/login to VLM (https://valuemanagement.sap.

Lifecycle Manager at a glance New Users: Register for Value Lifecycle Manager by completing new user form (one- time activity) See how organizations are using SAP Value Lifecycle Manager Required

2 1. Register for/login to VLM ( Open the Value Lifecycle Manager If you forgot your password click here to receive your credentials via Existing Users: Enter username & password Create your VLM account SAP Value Lifecycle Manager at a glance New Users: Register for Value Lifecycle Manager by completing new user form (one- time activity) See how organizations are using SAP Value Lifecycle Manager Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*) Generic domain accounts such as Gmail, Hotmail etc. are not permitted Your password must be a minimum of 8 characters and include at least one upper case character, one lower case character, and one numeric character. If having difficulty reading the Word verification box, refresh by clicking on the button on the right Accepting SAP s Terms & Conditions is mandatory for all external users 2

2. Email Authentication Email authentication is the final step to

submit the form, a message pops up on the screen to inform you

#1 #2 You are required to access your email account to open the

the link provided in the email to complete the registration

Email authentication ensures VLM access to be allowed to

3 2. Authentication authentication is the final step to complete the registration process and start using VLM Once you submit the form, a message pops up on the screen to inform you that an has been sent to the address provided by you. #1 #2 You are required to access your account to open the sent by the SAP Value management support team and click on the link provided in the to complete the registration process. authentication ensures VLM access to be allowed to authenticated users only. Users who do not access their and click on the link provided in the will not be able to login to VLM. #3

The email also includes links to training material that will help you get started on VLM.

4 3. Training Material for Quick Start Congratulations! You are ready to start your journey with VLM. By clicking on the link in the sent by the SAP Value management support team, you have activated your new VLM account. The also includes links to training material that will help you get started on VLM. Please feel free to click on the links to access: Quick Start Guide - a quick overview of the SAP Value Lifecycle Manager Benchmarking Fundamentals e-book - a guide to benchmarking an organization s performance against peers

5 4. Value Lifecycle Manager: Landing Page My projects: Manage existing Projects My Profile: To edit your user profile To create a new project directly 5

5. Create a Project Create new project option is directly available at the landing page as well as when you add a survey from the benchmarking survey catalog If you know the Industry and the business

typically based on the organization or portion of the organization they are representing Project attributes include Region & Country, Scope (entire company or division), Industry & sub-industry,

6 5. Create a Project Create new project option is directly available at the landing page as well as when you add a survey from the benchmarking survey catalog If you know the Industry and the business priority, choose Create a New Project option directly from the landing page Annual Revenue should be in actual monetary value Projects are a useful way to organize initiatives by their scope which is typically based on the organization or portion of the organization they are representing Project attributes include Region & Country, Scope (entire company or division), Industry & sub-industry, Revenue, number of Employees, currency and Valid date range for data All surveys under the same Project share these attributes If project level info. is changed, you must re-save any surveys within that project so any KPIs that depend on the Revenue value, you enter when creating a project, can be re-calculated 6

7 6. Add a Survey Benchmarking Survey Catalog Choose Industry/Line of Business Scroll to see the surveys available under various topics Add the survey to the existing project or to a new project

7. Complete the Survey Click page number to navigate pages Complete all pages of the survey.

responses for consistency & accuracy After answering questions in the survey be sure to click on Save Entries Help text provides explanations for questions Select the

SAP Benchmarking team where you can specify your question Show Results: This allows you to validate your survey responses for completeness and consistency of data.

8 7. Complete the Survey Click page number to navigate pages Complete all pages of the survey. Page1: Read Instructions, Page 2: KPIs/metrics, Page 3: Best practices Click Contact Us to request assistance Once survey is completed, click Show Results to check responses for consistency & accuracy After answering questions in the survey be sure to click on Save Entries Help text provides explanations for questions Select the Overall Peer Group to directly View Results Tips: Contact Us: For any survey/value Lifecycle Manager questions, click on Contact Us ; it will activate an to the SAP Benchmarking team where you can specify your question Show Results: This allows you to validate your survey responses for completeness and consistency of data. You will be able to view the results if the Overall Status of Survey Check is Yellow or Green Request Custom Peer Group: Click on the blue text to provide details of a more relevant peer group and request to enable that peer group for viewing results online 8

9 8. Request a Business Case (A Business Case will be added by your SAP contact.) Request a Business case 9

Save or Discard values Navigate to other tabs Change the view to Value Driver, Pain point, Best

10 9. View/Edit added Business Case Business case added by the SAP contact will be available on the landing page under the project Edit the properties of the Business Case Close the Business case window Save or Discard values Navigate to other tabs Change the view to Value Driver, Pain point, Best Practice and Solution Enabler Note: If you are not aligned to an SAP contact, please 1 0

Select Industry/Line of Business or Micro Surveys Selected Industry Surveys and BCTs under selected Industry displayed

11 Additional Resources (Click About to view the available content) Click About to view the resources available on VLM. VLM know how, user guides and Fundamental E-books. Select Industry/Line of Business or Micro Surveys Selected Industry Surveys and BCTs under selected Industry displayed Tips: If your SAP contact has already selected your survey(s) and created your project(s), you can skip this step. Go directly to the My Projects screen and see the surveys you are enrolled in

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