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DS-030 — Perform Customer and Product Profitability Analysis

Architecture Document (TOGAF BDAT)

Finance Plan To Report (FPR) Tower
Capability DS-030 · DS Provide Decision Support

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 DS-030 Perform Customer and Product Profitability Analysis within the IAO program. It includes 3 BPMN process diagram(s) in Section 3.

Dimension Value
Tower Finance Plan To Report (FPR)
Process Group DS Provide Decision Support
Capability DS-030 - Perform Customer and Product Profitability Analysis
Release R1 – R5
Total Systems 0
System Status 0 Deployed, 0 Developing, 0 EOL, 0 Pending IAPM
RICEFW Objects 3 Enhancements

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 DS Provide Decision Support
L2 Capability DS-030 - Perform Customer and Product Profitability Analysis

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 DS-030 Process Migration Migrate DS-030 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
DS-030 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

This capability includes 3 business process(es) modeled in BPMN 2.0, covering the end-to-end workflow for DS-030 Perform Customer and Product Profitability Analysis.

# Step ID Process Name Lanes Tasks Gateways
1 DS-030-010_Create_and_Maintain_Master_Data DS-030-010_Create_and_Maintain_Master_Data Cost Accountant, SAP Consultant 5 1
2 DS-030-060_Transfer_Costs_from_Accounting DS-030-060_Transfer_Costs_from_Accounting Cost Accountant 20 4
3 DS-030-110_Analyze_Profitability DS-030-110_Analyze_Profitability Cost Accountant 5 2

3.2 Business Process Diagrams

BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE — 3.2.1 DS-030-010_Create_and_Maintain_Master_Data — DS-030-010_Create_and_Maintain_Master_Data

Swim Lanes: Cost Accountant · SAP Consultant | Tasks: 5 | Gateways: 1

Legend: ● Start · ● End · User Task · Service Task · ◇ Gateway · Sub-Process

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BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE — 3.2.2 DS-030-060_Transfer_Costs_from_Accounting — DS-030-060_Transfer_Costs_from_Accounting

Swim Lanes: Cost Accountant | Tasks: 20 | Gateways: 4

Legend: ● Start · ● End · User Task · Service Task · ◇ Gateway · Sub-Process

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BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE — 3.2.3 DS-030-110_Analyze_Profitability — DS-030-110_Analyze_Profitability

Swim Lanes: Cost Accountant | Tasks: 5 | Gateways: 2

Legend: ● Start · ● End · User Task · Service Task · ◇ Gateway · Sub-Process

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3.3 Business Roles & Responsibilities

Role / Lane Processes Involved Description
Cost Accountant DS-030-010_Create_and_Maintain_Master_Data, DS-030-060_Transfer_Costs_from_Accounting, DS-030-110_Analyze_Profitability
SAP Consultant DS-030-010_Create_and_Maintain_Master_Data,

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

RICEFW data objects (Reports and Conversions) will be auto-populated from the Smartsheet Object Tracker when matched to this capability.

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
FPRE0764_IP Enhancement Import Headcount details by cost center and update in S4 for HR benefits spen… 10. Object Complete NA 03.Medium
FPRE0764_IF Enhancement Import Headcount details by cost center and update in S4 for HR benefits spen… 10. Object Complete NA 04.Low
FPRE0574_IP Enhancement Margin analysis Dimensions creation 10. Object Complete NA 04.Low

Summary: 3 Enhancements

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
FPRE0764_IP Import Headcount details by cost center and update in S4 for HR benefits spen… 2024-12-13 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-07-16 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRE0764_IF Import Headcount details by cost center and update in S4 for HR benefits spen… 2024-12-13 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-05-23 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-07-16 00:00:00 (100%) 1. On Track
FPRE0574_IP Margin analysis Dimensions creation 2024-10-18 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-01-17 00:00:00 (100%) 2025-01-17 00:00:00 (100%) 2024-11-08 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

DS-030 — Architecture Document (TOGAF BDAT) · Finance Plan To Report · Generated: April 2026