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DC-110 — Manage Intercompany

Architecture Document (TOGAF BDAT)

Finance Plan To Report (FPR) Tower
Capability DC-110 · DC Manage Accounting and Control Data

IAO Program · R1 – R5
Generated: April 2026
Sajiv Francis

IAO Architecture Pipeline — Intel Confidential

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

This Architecture Document defines the Business, Data, Application, and Technology (BDAT) architecture for DC-110 Manage Intercompany within the IAO program.

Dimension Value
Tower Finance Plan To Report (FPR)
Process Group DC Manage Accounting and Control Data
Capability DC-110 - Manage Intercompany
Release R1 – R5
Total Systems 0
System Status 0 Deployed, 0 Developing, 0 EOL, 0 Pending IAPM
RICEFW Objects 1 Reports, 4 Interfaces, 9 Enhancements, 1 Forms

All system nodes in architecture diagrams are IAPM-linked — click any node to open its IAPM page. Diagrams require securityLevel: 'loose' for click events.

2. Business Context & Objectives

2.1 Classification

Level Value
L0 Tower Finance Plan To Report
L1 Process DC Manage Accounting and Control Data
L2 Capability DC-110 - Manage Intercompany

2.2 Business Drivers

# Driver Description Strategic Alignment Priority
1 S/4 HANA Finance Consolidation Migrate legacy costing and reporting platforms to unified S/4 HANA finance backbone IDM 2.0 Core Finance Transformation High
2 Real-Time Financial Visibility Enable real-time cost reporting and variance analysis replacing batch-driven legacy processes CFO Digital Finance Initiative High
3 Regulatory Compliance Readiness Ensure SOX compliance and audit trail continuity through the ERP transition period Intel Corporate Compliance Medium
4 DC-110 Process Migration Migrate DC-110 business processes and 0 integrated systems from legacy to S/4 HANA target architecture IDM 2.0 Finance High

2.3 Success Criteria

Metric Target Measure Baseline Owner
Month-End Close Cycle Time < 3 business days Calendar days from period close trigger to final posting 5 business days (legacy) Finance Controller
Cost Variance Accuracy < 0.5% deviation Variance between standard and actual cost post-migration 1.2% (ICOST baseline) Cost Accounting Lead
System Availability (Finance) 99.9% uptime S/4 HANA finance module availability during business hours 99.5% (legacy) IT Operations
DC-110 Migration Completeness 100% flow chains validated All 0 flow chains verified in target state 0% (pre-migration) Tower Architect

2.4 Companion Documents

Document Description
Business Architecture Included in this document (Section 3) — process flows from BPMN diagrams
This Document Full BDAT Architecture — Business + Data + Application + Technology

3. Business Architecture (TOGAF “B”)

3.1 Business Process Overview

(No BPMN files found in input/bpmn/ for this capability.)

3.3 Business Roles & Responsibilities

Business roles and responsibilities will be derived from BPMN swim lane assignments when process models are available.

4. Data Architecture (TOGAF “D”)

4.1 Data Flows — Source to Target

Data flows with DB platform details will be populated when tower architects complete the extended flow template columns (42-47) via the Input Portal.

4.2 Data Flow Diagrams

DATA ARCHITECTURE — Database-to-database data flows. Applications (blue) sit above their hosting databases (green cylinders). Thick arrows show data movement between databases.

4.3 Data Lineage

Data lineage (source schema/object → target schema/object mappings) will be populated when tower architects provide validated schema details via the Input Portal.

4.4 RICEFW Data Objects

Data-centric RICEFW objects (Reports and Conversions) from the Object Tracker:

Object ID Type Description Status Source Target Complexity
FPRR0461 Report Inter-company Outage Pre-consolidate Report (ACDOCA) 10. Object Complete NA NA 03.Medium

4.5 Data Governance & Quality

Concern Approach
Data Ownership Per-entity owners listed in Section 3.1
Data Classification Financial data classified as Intel Confidential
Data Retention Per Intel corporate retention policies
Data Quality Validated at source; reconciliation at target

5. Application Architecture (TOGAF “A”)

5.4 Component Overview

System Inventory

System IAPM ID Status

5.5 RICEFW Inventory

Object ID Type Description Status Source → Target Middleware Complexity
FPRR0461 Report Inter-company Outage Pre-consolidate Report (ACDOCA) 10. Object Complete NA → NA NA 03.Medium
FPRI1286_IP Interface Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Outbound IDOC flow_IP 10. Object Complete MULESOFT → S/4 SFT 03.Medium
FPRI1286_IF Interface Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Outbound IDOC flow_IF 10. Object Complete MULESOFT → S/4 SFT 04.Low
FPRI0864_IP Interface Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Inbound IDOC flow_IP 10. Object Complete MULESOFT → S/4 SFT 03.Medium
FPRI0864_IF Interface Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Inbound IDOC flow_IF 10. Object Complete MULESOFT → S/4 SFT 04.Low
FPRF0230 Form Invoice output Layout - America 10. Object Complete NA → NA NA 02.High
FPRE0648_IP Enhancement RD04 - Intercompany invoice billing posting to different GL accounts 10. Object Complete NA 03.Medium
FPRE0648_IF Enhancement RD04 - Intercompany invoice billing posting to different GL accounts 10. Object Complete NA 04.Low
FPRE0647_IP Enhancement Intercompany - Subledger Posting template & Approval Workflow 10. Object Complete NA 03.Medium
FPRE0647_IF Enhancement Intercompany - Subledger Posting template & Approval Workflow 10. Object Complete NA 04.Low
FPRE0647_CFIN Enhancement Intercompany - Subledger Posting template & Approval Workflow 10. Object Complete NA 03.Medium
FPRE0462 Enhancement Enhancement to develop automatic creation of payment advice number in the AR … 10. Object Complete NA → NA NA 03.Medium
FPRE0289_IP Enhancement Update XREF1, XREF2 and XREF3 fields in subledger line items 10. Object Complete NA → NA NA 04.Low
FPRE0289_IF Enhancement Update XREF1, XREF2 and XREF3 fields in subledger line items 10. Object Complete NA → NA NA 04.Low
FPRE0289_CFIN Enhancement Update XREF1, XREF2 and XREF3 fields in subledger line items 10. Object Complete NA → NA NA 03.Medium

Summary: 1 Reports, 4 Interfaces, 9 Enhancements, 1 Forms

5.6 Integration Patterns

Integration patterns will be populated when tower architects provide validated middleware and protocol details via the extended flow template.

6. Technology Architecture (TOGAF “T”)

6.1 Platform & Infrastructure

TECHNOLOGY / PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE — Platforms (green) host applications (blue). Thick arrows show platform-to-platform integration flows.

Platform Inventory

Platform inventory will be populated when tower architects provide validated technology platform details via the extended flow template.

6.2 SAP Development Object Status

Metric DEV QAS PRD
Transport Requests
Custom Code Objects
CDS Views
Fiori Apps
BAdIs / Enhancements

6.3 NFRs & Design Principles

Category Requirement Target / SLA Priority
Performance Month-end batch costing/closing completes within SLA window < 4 hours end-to-end batch window High
Availability S/4 HANA finance modules available during business hours 99.9% (Mon-Fri 06:00-22:00 PST) High
Scalability Support 2x transaction volume growth over 3-year horizon Handle 500K+ journal entries/day Medium
Recoverability RPO/RTO for financial systems meets audit requirements RPO < 1 hour, RTO < 4 hours High
Data Volume Support growing data volumes from legacy migration + BAU 50M+ records in material ledger Medium
Latency Near-real-time posting for financial transactions < 5 seconds for online postings Medium
Concurrency Support concurrent month-end users across time zones 200+ concurrent finance users Medium

6.4 Security & Governance

Concern Approach Standard / Policy Owner
Authentication Single Sign-On (SSO) via Intel corporate Azure AD identity Intel IT Security Policy - Identity Management IT Security
Authorization Role-based access control (RBAC) with SAP authorization objects Intel SAP Security Standards - Role Design SAP Security Team
Data Classification All financial/operational data classified per Intel Data Classification Standard Intel Data Classification Policy Data Governance
Data Encryption (at rest) AES-256 encryption for SAP HANA database and file storage Intel Encryption Standard Infrastructure Security
Data Encryption (in transit) TLS 1.3 for all system-to-system and user-to-system communication Intel Network Security Policy Network Engineering
Network Segmentation SAP systems in dedicated network zones with firewall controls Intel Network Architecture Standard Network Security
API Security OAuth 2.0 / certificate-based authentication for all API integrations Intel API Security Guidelines Integration Architecture
Audit Logging Comprehensive audit trail for all data changes and user actions (SAP Security Audit Log) SOX Compliance / Intel Audit Policy Internal Audit
Certificate Management Automated certificate lifecycle management for system-to-system trust Intel PKI Standard Certificate Authority Team
Compliance SOX controls, export control (EAR/ITAR) screening, data privacy (GDPR) Intel Corporate Compliance Framework Compliance Office

7. Project Context

7.1 Project Roadmap & Go-Live Plan

ID Description FS TDD Build FUT Status
FPRR0461 Inter-company Outage Pre-consolidate Report (ACDOCA) 2024-08-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-01-17 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-01-17 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-21 00:00:00 (100%)
FPRI1286_IP Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Outbound IDOC flow_IP 2025-03-21 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-11 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-11 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-09-10 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRI1286_IF Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Outbound IDOC flow_IF 2025-03-21 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-02 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-02 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-09-10 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRI0864_IP Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Inbound IDOC flow_IP 2024-12-13 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-09-10 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRI0864_IF Interface between SAP IP and IF boxes for Inbound IDOC flow_IF 2024-12-13 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-09-10 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRF0230 Invoice output Layout - America 2024-06-21 00:00:00 (100%) 2024-09-13 00:00:00 (100%) 2024-09-13 00:00:00 (100%) 2024-10-18 00:00:00 (100%)
FPRE0648_IP RD04 - Intercompany invoice billing posting to different GL accounts 2024-10-18 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-04 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-04 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-07-16 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRE0648_IF RD04 - Intercompany invoice billing posting to different GL accounts 2024-10-18 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-10 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-10 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-07-16 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRE0647_IP Intercompany - Subledger Posting template & Approval Workflow 2024-11-15 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-28 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-28 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-16 00:00:00 (100%)
FPRE0647_IF Intercompany - Subledger Posting template & Approval Workflow 2024-11-15 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-28 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-28 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-16 00:00:00 (100%)
FPRE0647_CFIN Intercompany - Subledger Posting template & Approval Workflow 2024-11-15 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-28 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-03-28 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-16 00:00:00 (100%)
FPRE0462 Enhancement to develop automatic creation of payment advice number in the AR … 2024-08-16 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-07-11 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-07-11 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-08-13 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRE0289_IP Update XREF1, XREF2 and XREF3 fields in subledger line items 2025-03-21 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-18 00:00:00 (100%) 3. Off Track
FPRE0289_IF Update XREF1, XREF2 and XREF3 fields in subledger line items 2025-03-21 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-24 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-18 00:00:00 (100%)
FPRE0289_CFIN Update XREF1, XREF2 and XREF3 fields in subledger line items 2025-03-21 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-04-18 00:00:00 (100%)

7.2 RAID Log

RAID items will be auto-populated from the Smartsheet RAID log when matched to this capability.

7.3 Recommendations & Next Steps

# Category Recommendation Priority Owner Target Date Status
1 Architecture Complete extended flow attributes (Data Entity, Integration Pattern, Tech Platform) in Flows tab for full BDAT coverage High Tower Architect 2026-Q2 Open
2 Data Define data ownership and classification for all 0 flow chains to satisfy Data Architecture (TOGAF D) requirements Medium Data Architect 2026-Q3 Open
3 Testing Develop integration test scenarios covering all 0 flow chains for FUT/SIT readiness High Test Lead 2026-Q3 Open
4 Business Architecture Review and validate Business Architecture process steps against latest Signavio/BIC process models Medium Business Analyst 2026-Q2 Open
5 Security Complete security review for API integrations and data flows per Intel Security Architecture standards Medium Security Architect 2026-Q3 Open

DC-110 — Architecture Document (TOGAF BDAT) · Finance Plan To Report · Generated: April 2026