What’s new at Controlling 2014?

So what’s new at Controlling 2014? Our team hears that question a lot. Here a list of the top 10 new features at Controlling 2014: 

1. All new case studies from McCormick, Deere & Co., Eli Lilly, Rockwell Automation, Woodward, and SPX Genfare. 
2. More in-depth and advanced content on planning, budgeting and consolidation functionality in the SAP Planning track. 
3. More networking and advanced SAP Material Ledger content – Check out the session on the expert guide to obtaining combined CKM3 (material price analysis) with cost component split in SAP ERP. 
4. An entire session dedicated to Enhancement Packages 5 & 6 and where to find the business functions that matter for Controllers.
5. Requested by attendees at Controlling 2013 – a platform agnostic session that addresses how to design an ABC model. Don’t miss Gary Cokins presentation on analytics for product, channel, and customer profitability reporting.
6. Opportunities for you to get your questions about SAP CO-PA answered in a focused networking session - Expert Led Networking: CO-PA. 
7. A session on SAP Results Analysis - An expert guide to leveraging SAP® Results Analysis to recognize project revenue and costs.
8. Updates on SAP HANA and its impact on SAP Controlling. 
9. An all new plenary presented by Janet Salmon on Smart Financial Package 1.0 – Moving controlling and finance closer together. 
10. A new pre-conference session on SAP Planning -- Interactive Forum: Which SAP planning tool is the best one for my organization?.

Updated for 2014!

1. More great networking opportunities including targeted networking sessions let by subject-matter experts including SAP CO-PA, SAP Planning, SAP Material Ledger, IFRS & global implementations and rollouts.
2. We will continue to offer CPE credits for 2014. ERP Corp is certified as a registered sponsor on the National Registry of CPE (Continuing Professional Education) sponsors.  
3. Updated and new pre-conference content. For example, Paul Ovigele and John Jordan will include updated content in their tips and tricks for SAP® Controlling and Financials session including new material on:
• Defining and using worklists in financial transactions
• Retroactively updating  SAP General Ledger Accounts for Line Item Display and Open Item Management
• Integrating secondary cost elements in SAP General Ledger
4. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements on a new pre-conference panel focused on innovations in controlling and financial analytics.
5. Back by popular demand – we will be repeating the post-conference day on Wednesday. The content will be entirely driven by you and the SAP Controlling topics you want to learn more about and collaborate on with your peers. See what one SAP customer thought of the post-conference day in 2013. 
6. Based your feedback, we have carefully selected a handful of the most popular and highest rated sessions from 2013 to freshen up and repeat in 2014.