1. Simon Rabone
IBM Automation with Watson for period end closure in a global electronics company
Global Oracle AD&M Offering Leader
IBM Global Business Services

2. Period end closure – the actors
Rebecca – Financial Controller
Jessica – Finance Manager
Peter - Accountant
I need
Faster period end closure
Improved business performance reporting
I need
Better data accuracy
Automated reconciliation
I need
Improved collections processing
Better productivity
Rebecca is responsible for timely period closure and corporate reporting. Her pain areas include long running accounting processes that result in extended period closure and delayed period end reporting
Jessica is responsible for data accuracy in the department. She faces frequent issues because of data entry mistakes, leading to additional checks and reconciliation
Peter manually enters invoices and also manually monitors invoice integrations from third party systems. He often encounters failed transactions in Invoice interfaces that delay collections processes and impacts his Productivity

3. IBM Automation with Watson for Oracle Applications
IBM Automation with Watson for Oracle Applications completely transforms the Support Experience of users. It helps Jessica, Peter and Rebecca resolve their business issues through a combination of Cognitive, Automation and Monitoring capabilities
Cognitive capabilities are a combination of 4 advanced solution components working together to provide business and technical services for clients
Breadth and depth of these capabilities are vastly different varying on their ability to work with user in an interactive way or completely behind the scenes or sometimes a combination of both
Implementation of these capabilities has multiple dimensions and the scale of implementation is different for each capability – most will not be implemented in a big bang

4. BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION
IBM Automation with Watson for Oracle Applications capabilities plotted on a value driven framework
Coding Assist
Employee Assist
INTERACTIVE
Automated Business Request
Agent Assist
Cognitive Services Analytics
Automated Service Request
IT OPTIMIZATION
BUSINESS OPTIMIZATION
Dynamic Automation
Business Process Self Heal
Technical Self Heal
BEHIND THE SCENES

5. Period end closure in Finance Department for a multinational Electronics Company
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6. The 5 keys to success for Cognitive Automation
Set a new standard
Start small and grow
Showcase successes
Continuously improve
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