We're Not Here to Socialize
Social media has found its way into the classroom and it is leading the education revolution. Ed Shimp in Higher Education, Mobile, Public Sector, SAP Education, Social Media and Social Networks [Feb. 10, 2012 04:24 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Reasons and methods for government agencies to go mobile in 2012
This blogger is convinced: Government should go mobile big time, and now. This is the beginning of a weekly blog on gov and mobile. Andreas Muno in Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Higher Education, Mobile, Public Sector [Feb. 08, 2012 04:19 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Invitation to HERUG 2012
I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend the SAP Higher-Ed & Research User’s Group (HERUG) annual meeting, hosted in Baltimore by Johns Hopkins University, May 7-10, 2012. Geof Corb in Higher Education, Public Sector [Jan. 18, 2012 12:45 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Leveraging technology innovation for a more citizen centric and open government
Leveraging technology innovation for a more citizen centric and open government Dante Ricci in Public Sector [Jan. 04, 2012 07:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Alternate Financial Year in Payroll India
How to configure Alternate Financial Year in Payroll India.. suman poddar in ERP, Human Capital Management, Public Sector [Jan. 03, 2012 08:54 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Primary Support Twitter Channel (Part 2)
SAP Primary Support Twitter Channel is the best way to get the news, notes and all the info from SAP Support! Ivan Martin Marra in CRM, ERP, Human Capital Management, Public Sector, SAP Developer Network [Dec. 16, 2011 03:16 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Time desync of data loading from data source - 0CSM_CASE_ATTR
How to solve Time Zone issues which cause incorrect data loading from data source - 0CSM_CASE_ATTR Hema Lakshmi in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, ABAP, Public Sector, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Nov. 28, 2011 03:35 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Grants Claims Management and Availability Check in CRM 7.0 (Part 1)
Grants Claims Management and Availability Check in SAP CRM 7.0 (Part 1) Sameer Upponi in CRM, Public Sector [Oct. 24, 2011 03:06 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Sold Out! SAP Retail Forum 2011
SAP Retail Forum 2011 brings the best and brightest in the Retail Industry together. Our them is Retail Without Boundaries today - pragmatic, insightful ways to knock down barriers, cross organizational boundaries, and grow retail and allied businesses into new markets and find new ways to grow. Colin Haig in Business Process Expert, Consumer Products, Public Sector, Retail, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 17, 2011 08:47 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobilize Your Citizen Services now: SAP Citizen Connect goes Ramp-up
SAP Citizen Connect mobile app in ramp-up now. Get it! Andreas Muno in CRM, ERP, Higher Education, Mobile, Public Sector [Oct. 17, 2011 02:19 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Join us for the BPM in Public Sector Webinar
Are you interested in how SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management can be applied in the Public Services? Then be sure to join the webinar on Thursday, October 13th, 2011; 16:00-17:30 (CET) - 10:00am -11:30am (EST) by by Andreas Muno, Solution Manager in Public Services, SAP Rukhshaan Omar in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Public Sector [Oct. 11, 2011 08:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Leveraging the convergence of new technological advances to help the world run better... let me count the ways
Society has an opportunity to make the world run better through a convergence of new advances in technologies like in-memory computing, analytics and mobility like never before. Dante Ricci in Public Sector [Sep. 14, 2011 01:34 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Innovation in Intelligent Mail Services utilized in Local and State Government
David Lau in Postalsoft, Public Sector [Sep. 05, 2011 07:02 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Why government agencies need a strategy for mobility now
Government agencies not only experience the budget squeeze, they feel mobility demands becoming ever more sophisticated increasing pressure from two sides... Andreas Muno in Enterprise Social Systems, Mobile, Public Sector, Social Media and Social Networks [Sep. 02, 2011 01:08 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobilizing Manufacturing - Keys to a Successful Strategy
The value of Mobility in Manufacturing. Business Transformation Project and service provided by SAP BTS for a Mobility Assessment. Ron Watkins in Aerospace and Defense, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, Mobile, Public Sector [Aug. 17, 2011 06:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – Smartphones on the battlefield?
The notion of “business as usual” is changing. Use of smartphones might become mainstream in organizations that have traditionally sought to be cautious about adopting commercial communication technology. This should be an indication to organizations hesitating to adopt mobility that the world around them continues to change rapidly. They need to embark on their own mobility journey sooner rather than later. Puneet Suppal in Business Process Expert, Defense, Mobile, Public Sector, Security [Jul. 21, 2011 02:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

58,600 Indiana Residents Lose Confidence in State IT Practices
Drivers in Indiana receive mailings addressed to someone else. Information governance practices would help alleviate some problems. Ina Felsheim in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Data Integration and Quality Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Postalsoft, Public Sector [Jul. 13, 2011 02:38 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Urban Management Demo Shows How SAP Is Helping Cities Run Safer
In a joint project, SAP Research, SAP Marketing Showroom and Trial Solutions have developed a demo to introduce an Urban Management Prototype based on SAP CRM. The underlying Urban Management platform can be used to call up different information and processing services via the Internet. Check out a video of the demo now! Jennifer O'Rourke in CRM, Public Sector, SAP Research [Jan. 26, 2011 07:51 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Enhanced GLN Functionality Guides now Available on the SAP Service Marketplace for Healthcare
SAP's support of GLNs and GTINs may be one of our best-kept secrets (at least, outside Retail and Consumer Products). The fact is, SAP has supported GLNs and GTIN since 2006, and the functionality has been in core ECC since ECC 6.0 EHP2. In addition, SAP supports Traceability in the SAP Auto-ID Enterprise application. 2010 is the year of the “GLN Sunrise,“ whereby healthcare trading partners voluntarily will begin transacting business using the Global Location Number (GLN) in lieu of individual location codes and account numbers. The first step is the use of Ship-to GLNs on Purchase Order (850), Order Acknowledgement (855), Advanced Shipment Notification (856), and Invoice (810) EDI transactions. GLNs on EDI transactions for Rebates and Chargebacks (844, 845, and 867) are being addressed in the SAP Solution for Rebates and Chargebacks by Vistex. Jonathan Arck in Public Sector, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Wholesale Distribution [Jan. 06, 2011 06:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Open Data Usability Strategies
Different organisations are employing a variety of usability strategies to present their data to the public. Some employ in-house visualisation tools, while others simply release raw data in standard formats. Which strategy represents the most effective medium for data dissemination and understanding? Richard Fahey in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Public Sector [Nov. 30, 2010 12:12 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Creating a Mashup with CRM 7.1 and the FAST GVS
describing the Mashing features available fromrelease CRM 7.1. This work was done within the FAST research project and sponsored by the EC. Thanks to F. Harl for the video. Florian Urmetzer in CRM, Public Sector, SAP Research, Service-Oriented Architecture, Widgets [Oct. 25, 2010 02:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

EU-Trennungsrechnung an Hochschulen
Alle deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen müssen seit Beginn des Jahres 2009 darlegen, dass sie die Kosten zwischen wirtschaftlichen und hoheitlichen Tätigkeiten klar abgrenzen. Grundlagen dafür sind die Regelungen des EU-Beihilferechtes sowie des EU-Gemeinschaftsrahmens. Hierdurch soll eine unzulässige Quersubventionierung und eine damit einhergehende Wettbewerbsverfälschung vermieden werden. HER Team in Public Sector [Sep. 09, 2010 09:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP CRM Grantor Management: Upgrade from BRF to BRF+ (BRFPlus)
This blog briefly introduces how to activate the BRF+ (Business Rules Framework Plus) demo rules in CRM Grantor management and it's effects. Matthias Kucharska in CRM, ERP, Public Sector [Aug. 25, 2010 06:15 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A Concern with the Recent USPS Announcement for the Third Quarter of 2010
A concern with the recent USPS announcement that may affect small and medium sized businesses in the United States. David Lau in Postalsoft, Professional Services, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Public Sector [Aug. 19, 2010 11:22 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Dragon in the Room: China's Carbon Cap & Trade
China's carbon / greenhouse gas cap & trade announcement would create the world's largest emissions trading market, but is unlikely to come to fruition in the short term. Garrett Miller in Financial Excellence, Manufacturing, Public Sector, Standards, Sustainability [Jul. 27, 2010 01:24 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

BRFplus Updates, Summer 2010
With this blog, I’d like to give some updates on BRFplus: - Partner Tests - Collection Management with BRFplus - New Example - TechEd 2010 Carsten Ziegler in ABAP, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Public Sector, SAP Business Workflow [Jul. 21, 2010 07:17 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Performance in BRFplus – Surprise, Surprise!
A new performance paper for Business Rule Framework plus (BRFplus) is available. The blog contains the highlights and a link. Carsten Ziegler in ABAP, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Public Sector, SAP Business Workflow [Jul. 21, 2010 06:55 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Healthcare in China - exciting opportunities
HIMSS 2010 APAC took place in Beijing, and SAP participated together with IBM and Panasonic. Read more about healthcare activities in China! Martin Burger in Healthcare, Life Sciences, Public Sector [Jul. 13, 2010 12:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

PBF : Public Budget Formulation
PBF - New budgeting tool for Public Sector Enterprises Pratyush Panda in Public Sector [Jun. 27, 2010 06:35 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Governor Schwarzenegger Launches the Cradle-to-Cradle Inspired Green Products Innovation Institute with Help from SAP
A few weeks ago, SAP supported the launch of the Green Products Innovation Institute (GPII) at Google HQ together with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, William McDonough, Wendy Schmidt, CEO's from a significant number of SAP customers, and about 200 other sustainability leaders. William McDonough announced that many years of intellectual property will be donated to the GPII by as the basis for new open standards development around the Cradle-to-Cradle Design Framework. John Mayerhofer in Chemicals, Standards, Retail, Public Sector, Product Lifecycle Management, Procurement and SRM, Open Source, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Sustainability [Jun. 18, 2010 09:49 AM | 1 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

How I should anticipate the impact of the oil spill
The effects of the BP Oil Spill are expanding into everyday life. What information can I use to make sure I can weather the storm with minimal impact? Anthony McKinney in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, CRM, Oil and Gas, Public Sector, SAP Research, Sustainability [Jun. 18, 2010 07:15 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Apps 4 Climate Action: Code for the Climate!
Introductory post to introduce the Apps 4 Climate Action contest. The contest involves developing web and mobile app to raise awareness of climate change. The contest also promotes the Province of BC's new Climate Change Data Catalog, a repository of local, provincial and federal climate change, environment and geo-spatial data. David Wrate in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Public Sector [May. 05, 2010 10:58 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Top Ten ePM trends for Next Decade - #3
Wow, truly how SAP is thinking on the direction for ePM, Industry Analytics was identified the core direction by SAP, my next blog in the blog series for ePM trends…. Muthu Ranganathan in Analytics, Banking, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, Enterprise Performance Management, Healthcare, Public Sector [Apr. 27, 2010 10:04 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Podcast: How SAP Community Network, Partner PGS and EcoHub Help Collier County Manage Grants
Don't miss this podcast with SAP customer Collier County. You will learn how Penitus Global Solutions(PGS)in collaboration with SAP Community Network developed a grants management solution that is available on EcoHub and in good use by Collier County. Natascha Thomson in Beginner, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Process Expert, Public Sector [Apr. 12, 2010 05:08 PM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Linear Asset Management (Part 1)
In Asset Intensive Industries like Oil & Gas, Railways, Utilities and Public Sector the utilization of traditional hierarchical structure of assets to represent their production or infrastructure networks is a complex and difficult process. The need to represent and model assets which extend for several kilometers (or miles) with changing characteristics and conditions requires modeling and management tools to provide the specific capabilities to support and manage these complex assets. Dean Fitt in Oil and Gas, ERP, Public Sector, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) [Apr. 05, 2010 08:36 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Commitment update in the Service. Availability Control Error!…. why?
In this blog, we are describing an usual error reported under Funds Management which actually has to do with Customizing of MM Units of Measure. Mar Novalbos in Public Sector [Mar. 25, 2010 07:34 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Pump Up The Volume: In Memory For Public Security
Each day oceans of data wash over public security agencies, connecting the drops in seas of information that rise everyday, become ever muddier and more difficult to navigate is a fundamental challenge for public security. How can In-Memory become a disruptive technology which improves safety & security. SEAN O'BRIEN in BI Accelerator, Emerging Technologies, Public Sector, Analytics, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects) [Mar. 18, 2010 10:18 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Updates on BRFplus
The blog contains news about Business Rule Framework plus (BRFplus): • Status of the next release (NW 7.0 EhP2) • Invitation to test in 2010 • New features in NW 7.0 EhP3 • Comparison BRF vs. BRFplus • New BRFplus book Carsten Ziegler in SAP Business Workflow, Public Sector, Composition Environment (CE), SAP Business Suite, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, ABAP [Mar. 01, 2010 09:45 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Makes Decisive Move in EDI
SAP makes big move in the EDI/B2B space by announcing the SAP Information Interchange solution and enhanced relationship with Crossgate. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, Procurement and SRM, Public Sector, Retail, SAP Business One, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Solution Manager, Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), Standards, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Automotive, Banking, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, SAP Business Suite, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Healthcare, Industrial Machinery and Components, Insurance, Integration and Certification, Life Sciences, Wholesale Distribution [Feb. 23, 2010 07:01 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Winter Storms and Emergency Management
Winter Storms such as the most recent Mid-Atlantic Snowstorm cause significant disruption. To rapidly bring daily routine back to normal, participation between government, industry, and communities is necessary. Anthony McKinney in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Process Expert, SAP Business Suite, Public Sector [Feb. 11, 2010 08:19 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Google Voice and SAP Project Management
These are tough trying economic times, when Institutes/Universities and Implementing partner are saving costs on communication fronts, we as SAP professionals need to collaborate everyday for quick and faster solutions. Vinod Kumar in Public Sector, Professional Services, Higher Education, Healthcare [Feb. 05, 2010 05:56 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Top Ten ePM trends for Next Decade - #8
Continuing on the Top Ten ePM trend blog series.... Muthu Ranganathan in Aerospace and Defense, Public Sector, Professional Services, Life Sciences, Insurance, Healthcare, Financial Excellence, Enterprise Performance Management, Consumer Products, Business Process Expert, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Banking, Analytics, Retail [Jan. 29, 2010 06:30 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Wednesdays at Sadie's
How do you keep users involved and motivated to increase their SAP skills? At Inland Empire Utilities Agency in Chino, California, they do it with user-to-user help and good lunches. Leo Sopicki in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Solutions, Career Center, ERP, Improving My Experience, Procurement and SRM, Public Sector, Utilities Industry [Jan. 25, 2010 11:53 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Tendering process in Public Sector procurement
This is a beginner level article which attempts to briefly describe the tendering functionality available with SAP SRM PPS to support some specific business processes in public sector procurement. Madhur Shah in Procurement and SRM, Public Sector [Jan. 12, 2010 09:31 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

ABAP Concepts: Simple ABAP Concept - I The Module on Exit Command in Module Pool
This blog is specially for the beginners who needs to create a custom module for the implementation in an organization and Module Pool programming important concept for its navigation as well as the an ideal application should follow such methods. GauravPa in Improving My Experience, Beginner, ABAP, Code Exchange, Public Sector, SAP Developer Network [Jan. 11, 2010 01:14 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

SAP CLM : The answer to an "Enterprise wide Contracts Solution"
The gruelling question for SAP E-Sourcing/ CLM is on addressing enterprise-wide needs to cater to both buy and sell side of the Supply Chain, primarily meaning Usage of SAP CLM for enterprise wide Tender (Sell side from a Sales opportunity) & contracts management covering the whole nine yards on Procurement, Sales and Real-estate contract management, it is very difficult for corporations to get the visibility into these centralized contracts and tender repository, SAP CLM is the crafted solution that can address this business challenge. Read on... Tridip Chakraborthy in Procurement and SRM, Public Sector, CRM, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance [Jan. 11, 2010 01:05 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Hot SAP skills 2010 - sometimes overlooked
A blog answering the question "Which are the hot SAP skills for 2010 which are sometimes overlooked?" in order to keep a promise given before the holiday season. Bernhard Escherich in Business Process Expert, Public Sector, Identity Management, Healthcare, Governance, Risk and Compliance, CRM, Career Center, SAP Business Suite, Business Solutions, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe [Jan. 04, 2010 02:39 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Integration Testing Strategy in SAP Projects:
I have tried to outline the Integration Testing Strategy in SAP Projects also some best practises and guideline to choose Testing Tools. Keshava Murthy Dasappa in Aerospace and Defense, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, Master Data Management (MDM), Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Product Lifecycle Management, Public Sector, Retail, SAP Developer Network, Defense, CRM, Alloy, Application Lifecycle Management, Automotive, Banking, Beginner, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Solutions, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Software Support and Maintenance [Dec. 27, 2009 11:51 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

External Clouds 2009-2011 - Cost Dimension
The posting describes how clouds will evolve in the coming months and years and what that means for SAP customers and partners Frank Stienhans in ABAP, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechTour, SAP TechEd, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Public Sector, Professional Services, Integration and Certification, ERP, Emerging Technologies, SAP Business Suite, Business Solutions, Beyond SAP, Standards [Dec. 23, 2009 10:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Beyond Copenhagen
This post talks about two emerging industry, government, and customer driven co-innovation initiatives that are worth watching: The Sustainability Index, The Cradle-to-Cradle System Design Framework John Mayerhofer in Beyond SAP, Consumer Products, Emerging Technologies, Public Sector, Standards, Sustainability [Dec. 22, 2009 09:32 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]