[May 22, 2013]

GL Wand Users Share Tips on Streamlined Financial Reporting from SAP during SAPPHIRE Event

SAP (News - Alert) users learned how Excel4apps expedites financial reporting from SAP with its flagship GL Wand solution at SAPPHIRE NOW, Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Annual Conference, held May 14-16 in Orlando. In an interactive customer panel, Kevin Lybbert, senior cost/SAP analyst for Purcell Systems, and Anton Farenyk, SAP FI analyst for EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc., shared perspectives on how their companies are improving and streamlining SAP financial reporting with GL Wand.

Specifically, Lybbert an Farenyk discussed the challenges Purcell and EXFO (News - Alert) were experiencing prior to implementing GL Wand. Panel attendees learned how the companies now extract live data from their SAP systems using GL Wand's Microsoft (News - Alert) Excel interface for fast, flexible ad-hoc reporting and analysis. They also heard how to report balances from the new SAP general ledger (GL) and the classic GL, as well as how to execute cost center accounting, profit center accounting, orders, activity types, and statistical key figures (SKF), all within the ease of Excel.

"We were delighted to have two of our valued customers speak about the difference GL Wand has made in financial reporting processes, allowing them to make the most of their SAP investment," said Chris Meyer, President, Americas for Excel4apps. "It is our mission to take away the frustration and pain points with financial reporting tasks as we've done for Purcell Systems (News - Alert) and EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering."

According to Lybbert, Purcell Systems has significantly expedited monthly closes by creating financial reports in GL Wand. "We've reduced our month end from four days to one with GL Wand and we can now trust the data," he said, referring to GL Wand's access to real-time SAP information.

Farenyk of EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering reflected on GL Wand's ease of use during the panel discussion. "GL Wand is such an incredibly intuitive tool. We've barely needed any training from Excel4apps," he noted.

GL Wand is an SAP Certified Integration solution and an award-winning, Excel-based financial reporting tool for finance professionals using SAP Financials for SAP 4.7, ERP 2004/ECC 5.0, or ERP 2005/ECC 6.0. It enables highly efficient and secure financial reporting, shorter month ends, and faster refreshes with ad-hoc inquiry and drill downs.

About Excel4apps

Excel4apps is a best-in-class provider of Excel-based reporting and budget-loading software for SAP and Oracle (News - Alert). Designed for financial professionals, its award-winning GL Wand, Reports Wand and Budget Wand products easily and securely deliver real-time ERP data using Microsoft Excel to save reporting time and effort. Excel4apps serves over 12,000 SAP and Oracle users worldwide, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. To schedule a demonstration or try a free trial, visit http://www.excel4apps.com/support/SAP/elearning category=Demos today.

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