PwC Consulting Professionals Discuss Strategic SAP® Application and Implementation at the SAPPHIRE® NOW Conference and the 2011 ASUG Annual Conference

NEW YORK, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US Advisory professionals Richard Cebula, Munish Gupta, Akash Ganeriwalla, Axel Fielder and Scott Cobb will be presenters at the SAPPHIRE® NOW conference and the 2011 ASUG Annual Conference. PwC US is an Onyx-level exhibitor at the event, which takes place May 15-18, 2011, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.

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PwC will be presenting topics to help organizations align SAP® technologies and applications with strategic business objectives and strategies. PwC professionals will also address the financial, operational, technical and compliance challenges faced when making significant investments in SAP solutions.

"We look forward to our participation in this year's SAPPHIRE NOW and the 2011 ASUG Annual Conference and are proud to have some of our most experienced consulting professionals presenting on topics that are a priority on our clients' agendas," said Rodney Seligmann, leader, SAP Consulting Services at PwC. "PwC and SAP have a longstanding strategic alliance and together we have completed hundreds of successful SAP solution-based engagements across a wide range of industries."

The sessions PwC will participate in at SAPPHIRE NOW and the 2011 ASUG Annual Conference include:

• "IFRS Reporting"
  Panelist Richard Cebula, PwC
  Roundtable discussion on IFRS reporting.
  • Monday, May 16, 10:30 a.m. EDT in Small Business and Midsize Companies Campus

• "How Nordson Migrated to New GL to Perform Multi-GAAP/Fiscal Year Reporting"
  Copresented by Munish Gupta, PwC
  Discussion of best practices, details on New GL migration scenario and key success factors for planning and executing New GL migration project for a global company.
  • Monday, May 16, 12:30 p.m. EDT in Business Analytics Campus

• "SAP CRM Mobile Sales Force Automation with Sybase and iPad Integration"
  Presented by Axel Fielder, PwC
  The main focus of the presentation will be to share the specific implementation and deployment approach of the SAP Mobile Sales application, part of the SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application. Lessons learned and derived best practices and special considerations will be the key value for the audience interested in a current and up-to-date SAP Mobile Sales solution with focus on user experience and ability to deliver.
  • Monday, May 16, 12:30 p.m. EDT in room 4102

• "Legal Consolidation with SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation"
  Co-Presented by Akash Ganeriwalla, PwC
  Discussion of the SAP BusinessObjects™ Planning and Consolidation application as a unified and flexible solution that allows companies to obtain concrete results on planning, measurement and optimization of company performance, granting an efficient use in all areas of the financial consolidation function.
  • Tuesday, May 17, 1:00 p.m. EDT in Business Analytics Campus

• "How General Mills Extended Sales Force Automation Functions on the Apple iPad"
  Presented by Axel Fielder, PwC
  Focus on customer management and mobilizing the SAP ERP and CRM applications.
  • Tuesday, May 17, 11:00 a.m. EDT, ASUG Education Session in room 205

• "Unlocking Hidden Value in the Tax Function Using SAP Business Intelligence"
  Presented by Scott Cobb, PwC
  Fundamentally, tax professionals have been asked to do more with fewer resources.  The SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) platform can help enable an organization to minimize routine data collection activities and enhance analytical capabilities to realize value from the Tax function.
  • Wednesday, May 18, 2:45 p.m. EDT, ASUG Education Session in room 2012

Attendees can learn more about PwC's consulting services at the Orange County Convention Center, Booth 2306, or by visiting www.pwc.com/us/sap.      

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About PwC's Consulting Capabilities in Support of SAP Solutions

As an SAP global services partner, PwC  helps clients using SAP solutions with business transformation initiatives that drive performance improvement throughout the extended enterprise and the SAP environment.  Working together with SAP, PwC can address the financial, operational, technical and compliance challenges organizations face when undertaking significant implementations of SAP solutions.

About PwC's Advisory Practice

PwC's Advisory professionals help organizations improve business performance, respond quickly and effectively to crisis, and extract value from transactions. We understand our clients' industries and unique business challenges, and look across the entire organization — focusing on strategy, structure, people, process and technology—to help clients build their next competitive advantage.  See www.pwc.com/us/advisory for more information.

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