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Enterprise Mobility, Remote Sensors and Nervous Systems
Mobility Analyst and SAP Mentor Kevin Benedict shares his thoughts and insights on enterprise mobility, M2M and the real-time enterprise. Kevin Benedict in Chemicals, Mobile, Oil and Gas, Professional Services, RFID [Jan. 18, 2012 08:53 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Enterprise Mobility and 4D Field Services
Mobility Analyst and SAP Mentor Kevin Benedict shares his insights on mobile strategies and field services. Kevin Benedict in Business Process Expert, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Mobile, Oil and Gas, Utilities Industry [Dec. 21, 2011 06:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Formula & Average Pricing
Formula and Average pricing is functionality available in SAP IS-Oil. The prices in Oil industry fluctuates daily. Price quotes for material gets picked up daily based on availability of quotes by different oil Exchanges (Third party quotation provider). Oil distribution and marketing companies need to use this price for sales. Gopal Sharma in Oil and Gas [Nov. 18, 2011 12:03 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP MDM Solution - Industry matters
This blogs basically talks about some of my breif views on how some industry knowledge can help you to put your MDM solution on your clients landscape in an effective way. Deepak Gupta in Improving My Experience, Manufacturing, Master Data Management (MDM), Oil and Gas [Sep. 27, 2011 04:06 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Customers Talk MDM: Part Five - Surgutneftegas
Blog series about SAP customers and their take on SAP's master data management solution. Part five features Surgutneftegas, one of the largest oil and gas producers in Russia. Markus Ganser in Analytics, Data Integration and Quality Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Oil and Gas [Aug. 25, 2011 06:12 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Harnessing AMI to Improve Demand Forecasting
Thanks to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), utilities now have access to more granular data on electrical usage patterns than ever before. But how a utility uses this information-rich data can make the difference between valuable insight and wasted opportunity. Relying on scientific and technology expertise, Performance and Insight Optimization Services from SAP offers the advanced analytics utilities need to leverage AMI data. Using clustered data in mathematical models, SAP can help produce more accurate forecasts at the customer or meter level. The result: predictive analytics that give utilities crucial insight into specific customer behaviors that can improve demand forecasting and, ultimately, the bottom line. Joanne Kelley in Analytics, Oil and Gas, Utilities Industry [Jul. 05, 2011 12:16 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SCADA Integration with SAP using SAP PI – Part 1
This blog describes SCADA integration with SAP using SAP PI. Praveen Kurni in ERP, Oil and Gas, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Jun. 09, 2011 06:28 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SCADA Integration with SAP using SAP PI – Part 3
This blog explains about an Interface with respective to SAP PI. Praveen Kurni in Oil and Gas, ERP, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Jun. 09, 2011 06:26 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SCADA Integration with SAP using SAP PI – Part 2
This blog is a continuation of SCADA Integration with SAP using SAP PI – Part 1. Content explains about the Systems Integration Praveen Kurni in ERP, Oil and Gas, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Jun. 09, 2011 06:23 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Actual injuries and environmental incidents are only the tip of the iceberg
Learn from small incidents in order to improve your operation and consequently prevent larger incidents. Mary Kilgo in Chemicals, Manufacturing, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [Feb. 25, 2011 12:29 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

What Gets Measured, Gets Managed – Part 2 - More about those predictive metrics
What measurements are indicative of future good performance in manufacturig operations? Mary Kilgo in Chemicals, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [Feb. 16, 2011 02:37 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Deepwater Horizon blowout and oil spill was avoidable – OBVIOUSLY!
Presidential commission says Gulf spill was due to a failure of management - hoarding of critical information. Mary Kilgo in Chemicals, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [Jan. 06, 2011 09:04 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

First Manufacturing Companies to Win Energy Performance Certification
Superior Energy Certification Program to Leverage ISO 50001 Raj Valame in Chemicals, Manufacturing, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [Dec. 22, 2010 03:22 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Why do industrial catastrophes happen?
What is the cause of industrial catastrophes? How can Operational Risk Management reduce risks to as low as reasonably practicable? Mary Kilgo in Chemicals, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [Nov. 29, 2010 05:19 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

No such thing as green energy?
Humans can't create energy without some impact to the environment. Creating large amounts of solar, wind, and geothermal energy can't be done without some negative consequences. Mary Kilgo in Oil and Gas, Sustainability, Utilities Industry [Nov. 10, 2010 03:02 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Lessons Learnt in an SRM 7.0 Plan Driven Procurement Scenario implementation.
this blog brings together the approach and flavor of a typical Plan Driven procurement implementation with SAP SRM. The storyline of the blog starts with a business challenge faced by the organization, formulation of business case to address it, implementation, process transformation and validation of business benefits, all in all this excerpt gives any implementation team an overview of how a custom crafted PDP with PM scenario is implemented. Tridip Chakraborthy in Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) [Nov. 08, 2010 11:26 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Keeping People and Environment Safe
How companies can improve their operations to be more protective of people and the environment. And how software can help! Mary Kilgo in Chemicals, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [Nov. 03, 2010 05:07 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Clevest Solutions Presents Mobile Applications at SAP Inside Track Vancouver
Clevest Solutions came to the SAP Inside Track in Vancouver to share their insight into mobile applications for a rapidly changing energy and utilities industry. Laura Jamieson in Community Day, Mobile, Oil and Gas [Sep. 16, 2010 08:22 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Brazil's NF-e - some reasons for implementing
Foreign consultants studying Brazil's mandatory GRC-NF-e. Kevin Benedict has a great idea of NF-e integrated in the whole EDI scenario. Alexandre Carvalho in ABAP, Automotive, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Healthcare, Integration and Certification, Oil and Gas [Jun. 21, 2010 06:19 PM | 8 Comments | 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]

Protect your SAP ERP investment & improve your core business processes
After analyzing somewhere between 400 and 500 backend systems we saw that over 90% of all analyzed systems show (very) significant potential for Business Process Stabilization & Improvement! Learn about direct and indirect business impacts and learn how Business Process Monitoring and Business Process Analytics in SAP Solution Manager can help to improve your core business processes. Volker von Gloeden in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP Solution Manager, Run SAP, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Jun. 13, 2010 09:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What Al Gore DIDN'T say at Sapphire
If I was Al Gore and I was preparing to be the key note speaker at a technology conference, what would I talk about? Al and I have a few things in common – we are both horrible public speakers for one, and we are both democrats. Raymond Adams in Chemicals, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, SAP SAPPHIRE, Sustainability [Jun. 02, 2010 01:40 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

CAN YOU HELP? Emergency Response 2.0: Solutions to the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
We are asking people worldwide to participate in an InnoCentive Challenge to respond quickly with ideas to the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Natascha Thomson in Beyond SAP, Oil and Gas, Sustainability [May. 05, 2010 05:58 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Inside SAP TSW - Part I
Inside SAP TSW for ECC 6.0. All that you wanted to know at one place. Ravindranath Nayak in Oil and Gas [Apr. 30, 2010 05:58 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP IS - Oil : ASTM 2004 Routines Compilation on Windows
In my Blog, I have covered how Oil and Gas Customers could go ahead with using ASTM 2004 Routines shipped by API [FlowCal now] with their SAP IS - Oil implementation on their Windows Server Setup. Also a brief introduction is given about QCI and why it is the soul of all Oil and Gas Business transactions. Please apply the SAP Note: 1510931, which fixes a Float Truncation Issue on Windows. Navneet Kumar Mishra in Oil and Gas [Apr. 12, 2010 08:49 AM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

Operational Goals, EDI and SAP Information Interchange
This economic recovery looks to be a slow grind that will test management's capacity to increase production without adding significantly to headcount. This will force companies to seek greater efficiencies in order to increase production. Reducing paper processing and administration costs is one way to reduce costs. Expanding EDI and B2B data exchanges with trading partners is an effective way to reduce costs, but not if it requires an increased headcount of expensive EDI professionals and consultants or more software and hardware. Kevin Benedict in Business Process Expert, Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Procurement and SRM, Organizational Change Management, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Human Capital Management, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Standards [Apr. 05, 2010 11:34 AM | 7 Comments | 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]

More on Brazil's NF-e (e-Bill of Lading) Requirements
This article provides additional details on supporting Brazil's new complex requirements for supporting electronic bill of ladings in accordance with the SEFAZ regulations. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Mar. 22, 2010 08:13 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Supply Network Collaboration (SNC) Forum is here
Supply Network Collaboration (SNC) has a new forum of its own under SAP Solutions. Also the SNC Wiki within SAP SCM Wiki space is undergoing a revamp. Somnath Manna in Beginner, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Solutions, Wholesale Distribution [Mar. 08, 2010 03:26 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Global Trade Management - Position Management Without TEW
Position Management (PM), one of GTM functionalities used to be required to use Trading Execution Workbench (TEW), but now it's not. This blog tells you how to use PM without TEW. Nobuhiro Kusumoto in ABAP, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, ERP, Enhancement Packages, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Wholesale Distribution [Feb. 11, 2010 01:12 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

How to avoid classic SAP Mobile solution mistakes.
There are many mobile solutions available that allow access to SAP applications but most are limited by online/offline capability,type of mobile device support or specific application they can integrate to. This blog entry is to share my experience with other business-process SAP users that are contemplating a mobile solution in 2010 NM2_Consulting in ABAP, Utilities Industry, Travel and Logistics Services, RFID, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mobile, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Healthcare, ERP, Emerging Technologies, SAP EcoHub, Chemicals, Wholesale Distribution [Jan. 31, 2010 01:39 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Sales Order Enhancement Series: Full Text Search for Customers (plus Creation)
The Full Text Search for Customers is a Sales Order Enhancement that makes life easier for anyone who works with the ERP Sales Order (any order type). Users can search for customers quickly and intuitively from the header of the sales document. You can use any part of the customer name, address, city, zip code at once, like you are used when searching the web. Ingo Woesner in Business Solutions, Consumer Products, Enhancement Packages, ERP, Improving My Experience, Oil and Gas, Retail, Search, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 11, 2009 06:41 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

FAQs about Business Process Monitoring
During customer visits as well as during big customer events such as SAP TechEd there are questions around Business Process Monitoring (BPMon) that come up again and again. So this SDN Blog should provide a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) around Business Process Monitoring within SAP Solution Manager. Volker von Gloeden in Automotive, SAP Solution Manager, Run SAP, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, ERP, CRM, Consumer Products, Chemicals, SAP Business Suite, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, SAP TechEd [Dec. 11, 2009 12:56 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TSW beyond Oil & Gas Businesses
SAP TSW applied to businesses beyond Oil&Gas / Mining Harish Kumar Srivastava in Consumer Products, Enhancement Packages, Chemicals, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas [Dec. 04, 2009 11:45 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Typical Use Cases for Business Process Monitoring in SAP Solution Manager
This blog will tell you what the typical use cases are where other customers introduced Business Process Monitoring successfully. The following four use cases 1) Automating labor intensive monitoring tasks 2) Internal benchmarking and gaining business process transparency 3) Support and safeguard GoLives 4) Monitor SOX compliance will be shortly explained in loose order together with its possible benefits. Volker von Gloeden in Application Lifecycle Management, Run SAP, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, CRM, Chemicals, SAP Business Suite, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Banking, Automotive, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 04, 2009 07:30 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

EnergyEfficiency Part XII: Making Energy Efficiency Pay
Energy efficiency is important. In this series of blogs we have been concentrating on what can be done to reduce energy costs and consumption. But there is another side of the equation. Some companies are seeing other oppertunities. In this blog we discuss some of the other ways energy efficiency can pay off. John Harrison in Business Process Expert, Aerospace and Defense, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Defense, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Automotive [Nov. 23, 2009 08:59 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Wal-Mart and Supply Chain Financing Require EDI
This article discusses a recent Wall Street Journal article on Wal-Mart's Supply Chain Financing initiative and how EDI/B2B connectivity is required to make it work well. Kevin Benedict in Banking, Shared Services Center (AIC, EIC), SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, RFID, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 17, 2009 07:15 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

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