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Thoughts and Views : De-centralized Warehouse Management
Sometime back I worked in an assignment which involved Decentralised Warehouse Management (DWMS) . That was the first time I worked in decentralised warehouse management scenario and I thought it will be nice to pen down my experience and personal perspective on DWMS. Kaushik Choudhury in Beginner, Business Process Expert, ERP, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 10, 2011 07:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

National Retail Federation’s Big Show: An Event Unlike Any Other
The 101st NRF annual convention and expo will kick off next January in New York City. Retailers from all over the world will be in attendance after record sales during Black Sunday weekend and Cyber Monday and with hopes of continuing that momentum into NRF. In this blog, Mohamed covers the latest retail sales and consumer confidence measures and the challenges retailers must address for success as they face with the rise of the smart shopper and consumer. Mohamed Amer in Consumer Products, Mobile, Organizational Change Management, Retail, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 29, 2011 05:13 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How does Customer Enforced EDI Impact on Small Enterprises?
When large Retailers insist their suppliers process their orders through Web based EDI solutions, what effect does this have on the small enterprise? Tim Guest in SAP Business One, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 16, 2011 02:20 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP PRESS New Release - Global Available to Promise with SAP: Functionality and Configuration (SAP GATP)
Learn how to implement and configure SAP GATP to meet your company’s order fulfillment cycle, including the key elements of GATP in SAP SCM with complete, step-by-step instructions. Each chapter provides real-life business scenarios and case study examples, and offers insight on basic and advanced ATP methods, as well as practical tips and tricks on implementing and sustaining the GATP solution Sandeep Pradhan in Business Solutions, Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, SAP Education, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 26, 2011 02:00 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]

SAP's Load Build/Line Buying solution for Procurement Organizations
This blog discusses SAP's product offering for Load building / Line buying within Procurement and the industry best practices. Udit Shah in Retail, Wholesale Distribution [Aug. 17, 2011 01:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Four P's in Retail Stores - People, Product, POS, Performance
SAP software solutions for retail stores cover four key areas: People, Product, Point of Sale (POS), and Performance. Learn how retailers can use SAP to schedule labor, stock the right product, ease the checkout, and monitor store sales KPIs in realtime. Colin Haig in Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, Consumer Products, Retail, Wholesale Distribution [Aug. 02, 2011 12:27 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Join SAP Wholesale Distribution twitter conversation
SAP Wholesale Distribution team now has an official Twitter page. Our handle is @SAP_WSD. We would like to invite you to join this select group to: • Keep in touch with the latest happenings in our industry • Easily follow some of our Industry, Customer as well as SAP thought leaders and their top of mind issues • Get engaged to post your thoughts and participate in discussions with us and other social networking members about current business topics important to you. Hope to see you all on social media and make it an enriching experience for all of us. /SAP Wholesale industry team Neetin Datar in Wholesale Distribution [Jun. 20, 2011 07:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Relax - the 1980's all over again - with Mobile Devices
It's the 1980's all over again except end users are deploying mobile handheld solutions instead of PC's. Workers are buying their own equipment and bringing it to work with them. Professionals in IT need to secure, control, and monitor the wild collection of BlackBerry, iPAD, iPOD, Android, Smartphones, PlayBooks and Tablets. Consumers are bringing them to work, and it's out of control. SAP Sybase Afaria to the rescue ! Whether it's in the office, the store, the warehouse, or on the road, user's want instant access to apps and information. Colin Haig in Mobile, Retail, Security, Software Support and Maintenance, Wholesale Distribution [Jun. 16, 2011 09:40 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Sales Order Enhancement Series: Material Info
Have you ever missed a search tool in ERP that gives you quick access to the most relevant material information with a few clicks? I mean: availability in selected plants, prices, customer discount, scales, margin, last sales orders, basic data, purchasing info, etc. Then the new transaction MATERIAL_INFO is the answer you have been waiting for! It is available with SAP ERP 6.0 Enhancement Package 5 and leverages the great Senhancements "Enhanced Material Search" and "Material View". Ingo Woesner in Enhancement Packages, ERP, Procurement and SRM, Search, Wholesale Distribution [Jun. 03, 2011 06:14 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Enhanced Material Search - Part 5: Major improvements in Enhancement Package 5
The Enhanced Material Search provides a great alternative to the classic material search in ERP Sales and Purchasing transactions, offering full text search capabilities for materials and supplier catalog products (without material number), plus on-the-fly Creation of new materials. In this 5th BPX article about the Enhanced Material Search with Creation I present great improvements and support of further transactions in Purchasing and Retail done in Enhancement Package 5, which is currently in RampUp. When I convinced you with the new features you can apply for rampup on https://service.sap.com/~form/sapnet?_SHORTKEY=01100035870000730505& Ingo Woesner in Enhancement Packages, Procurement and SRM, Retail, Search, Wholesale Distribution [Feb. 17, 2011 09:40 AM | 6 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]

A way to improve your supply chain by utilizing your ‘shelfware’
What if you could optimize your supply chain without purchasing additional software? It sounds too good to be true? No, it’s not. Here is a way to improve your supply chain with utilizing ‘shelfware’ Nobuhiro Kusumoto in Consumer Products, ERP, Manufacturing, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 07, 2010 12:03 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

My first blog - Continuous Improvement, how can we best optimise SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM)?
My first blog - Continuous Improvement, how can we best optimise SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM. The purpose of this Blog is to share my personal experience on value engineering and supply chain projects. Having been involved in SAP logistics projects since 1997, Having recently been involved in several continuous improvement (CI) engagements with clients. I was struck by the value that this benchmarking and best practice review gives, even if the value comes from a different pair of eyes reviewing a supply chain operation. James Rickard in ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Travel and Logistics Services, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 26, 2010 10:38 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Agricultural Wholesale Distributor Overview
basic level understanding of agricultural wholesale distribution, products, suppliers, customers, and pain points. Matthew Petersen in Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 25, 2010 01:24 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Enhanced Material Search - Live Session CANCELLED
In the coming Enhancement Package 5 the Enhanced Material Search will sport great new features and personalization options. Ingo Woesner in Retail, Procurement and SRM, Wholesale Distribution, ERP, Enhancement Packages [Jul. 13, 2010 04:30 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Archiving POS data: Tame the Point of Sale Tiger
What to do with all that data ? Point of Sale (POS) systems generate more transaction data than just about any system on earth. Are you compliant? Keeping the right ifnormation ? Now we have a solution for retailers or any similar business running a cash register system, based on SAP Document Access by Open Text for SAP Retail. Colin Haig in Wholesale Distribution, Retail, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Consumer Products, Business Process Expert [Jul. 12, 2010 11:21 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP B2B Google Analytical Insights - Segment Your Users
When it comes to achieving B2B ecommerce success, leaving well enough alone isn't a winning strategy. If you want to increase the value that you and your customers are deriving from your SAP Integrated B2B website, you need to understand who is coming to your website and what they're doing there. Sam Bayer in Analytics, Wholesale Distribution, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Retail, Open Source, Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, CRM, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Business Process Expert [Jun. 21, 2010 10:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Agility in Action - Supporting an SAP Distribution Center Relocation in Real Time
Webshops provide transparency...for better or worse...to the behind the scenes machinations of the sales and distribution processes in SAP. This post discusses a novel way to maintain your web presence while you physically relocate a distribution center, and perform all of the master data updates. Sam Bayer in Analytics, ERP, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Products, Wholesale Distribution, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Organizational Change Management, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, CRM, Business Solutions, Business Process Management, Master Data Management (MDM) [Jun. 14, 2010 10:29 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]

Google Analytics is an SAP Customer Service Agent's Best Friend
This post describes how Google Analytics can be used to proactively alert Customer Service Agents about potential delivery issues customers are having with their orders. Sam Bayer in Analytics, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, Open Source, Mill Products and Mining, Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, CRM, Consumer Products, Business Solutions, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Wholesale Distribution [Jun. 09, 2010 09:48 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Grinding the Gears of Customer Service
A difficult customer purchasing experience is the backdrop to discuss the importance of integrate data from SAP with eCommerce websites. Sam Bayer in Business Solutions, CRM, Wholesale Distribution [Jun. 07, 2010 12:53 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Cut Wire in Electrical Wholesale Distribution
Cut wire is an issue for electrical wholesale distributors. This article describes some of the details of this issue and how SAP can address them. Matthew Petersen in Wholesale Distribution [May. 22, 2010 12:01 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Enabling the Hot Key Scenario in a Wholesale Distribution Company using SOA
wholesale distribution hot key sales process Matthew Petersen in Wholesale Distribution [Apr. 15, 2010 08:40 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Lifting the Veil: Assuring the Quality of Partner Products
Creating a win-win situation for customers with the SAP Partner Program based on the example of the Vistex partnership in Wholesale Distribution and other industries. Magnus Meier in Application Lifecycle Management, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Partnership, Retail, Wholesale Distribution, SAP EcoHub [Apr. 08, 2010 07:17 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile SAP Apps for Sales Order Capture and Delivery
This article discusses Banks Holdings Limited's implementation of mobile SAP CRM. Kevin Benedict in Consumer Products, CRM, ERP, Mobile, Retail, RFID, Travel and Logistics Services, Wholesale Distribution [Apr. 05, 2010 09:23 AM | 2 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]

e-Recruiting: An important tool for Wholesale Distributors
Wholesale Distributors can benefit from SAP's e-Recruiting solution Lynn Lupo in Business Process Expert, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 23, 2009 10:35 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP POS LOG: PCI DSS Security Note
SAP has a security note on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards and SAP Point of Sale. Learn how to avoid potential problems with PCI DSS. Colin Haig in Business Process Expert, Public Sector, Retail, Security, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 16, 2009 06:28 AM | 2 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]

Going Into 2010: What Can a New Perspective Do For You?!
My personal journey with BPX began with denial, reluctant acknowledgement, passed through experiential intrigue, and this year entered full-fledged embraced adoption. Consider the pressures and pace of change along the Information and communication technology dimensions at the individual and enterprise levels; then layer a virtual and connected world and the result is a complex set of challenges and opportunities facing business today. BPX platform presents an opportunity to leverage these changes positively for those prepared to consider a new way of getting business done Mohamed Amer in Beginner, Travel and Logistics Services, SAP Research, Run SAP, Retail, Professional Services, Partnership, Organizational Change Management, SAP EcoHub, Consumer Products, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Wholesale Distribution [Dec. 07, 2009 09:11 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Secure Tracking and Tracing using GS1 and SAP OER - Leverage GS1 EPCIS in Healthcare – EPISODE I
In this new blog series I will write about GS1 in Healthcare, what we did, how our prototype looks like and, most importantly, the benefits of this solution. Stefan Weigand in ERP, Business Process Expert, Wholesale Distribution, Travel and Logistics Services, Sustainability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, RFID, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Standards [Dec. 03, 2009 04:40 AM | 1 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]

Upcoming WEBINAR: Delivering Results: Clarity and Sustainability in Retail
The retailing environment today is more complex than ever; however, the rise of social networks offers retailers a new engagement model with their customers. Technology is increasing the power of the consumer with greater ability to discover, share, and spread the word around the globe or your immediate trade area. Register for the webinar to learn more on these and other trends and opportunities. Verlin Youd in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Mobile, Enterprise Performance Management, SAP Crystal Reports, Consumer Products, Business Process Expert, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Wholesale Distribution, Retail, CRM, Travel and Logistics Services [Nov. 12, 2009 02:09 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Delivering Results: Clarity and Sustainability in Today's Retail, a Webinar with NRF's STORES Magazine
Retailers have unparalleled opportunities to gain insights about their shoppers. Social networks and communities are offering retailers a new engagement model with consumers. Additionally, today’s consumers are increasingly expecting retailers they do business with to demonstrate socially responsible behavior. Register for the webinar to learn more on these and hear how SAP BusinessObjects solutions can help you take advantage of these opportunities. Mohamed Amer in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Sustainability, Wholesale Distribution, Travel and Logistics Services, Retail, Organizational Change Management, Mobile, Enterprise Performance Management, SAP Crystal Reports, CRM, Consumer Products, SAP Business Suite, Business Process Expert, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Standards [Nov. 06, 2009 02:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

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Hi Josef, can you please send me your email address? Then I can share the (lo...

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Hi Josef, now I understand. I discussed it with development, but there is no ...

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