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Somnath Manna

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Got into SAP world nine years back. Since then playing with SAP SCM/APO. Thanks to that have been able to work and travel around USA and Europe. Hooked to SDN for four years now and SAP Mentor since 2009.

SAP Inside Track India - Why should you be there!
SAP Inside Track India is being co-hosted from Bangalore and Kolkata on December 3 (Saturday).  Nov. 23, 2011
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TechEd Bangalore Day 3
Final day of TechEd Bangalore 2011 Oct. 21, 2011
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TechEd Bangalore Day 2
Sharing Day 2 experience from TechEd Bangalore Oct. 20, 2011
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TechEd Bangalore Day 1
Day 1 experience from TechEd Bangalore - Keynote, TechEd TV Live, Demo Jam Oct. 20, 2011
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Fresh from InnoJam looking forward to TechEd
Charged up from InnoJam it's time for TechEd.  Oct. 17, 2011
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InnoJam Bangalore - from participant perspective
InnoJam Bangalore got over about 5 hours back. Here is first-hand experience as a participant. Oct. 16, 2011
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SAPPHIRE Day 1 - Wow it's huge!
My notes from Day 1 of SAPPHIRE in a 3-part series. This being a first time event in US for me is special. May. 16, 2011
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Growing in your SAP Career
There is no right or wrong path to success in your SAP Career. Read more if you want to know my thoughts on progressing as SAP Functional Consultant. Sep. 3, 2010
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SAP Inside Track Bangalore - Sessions
The first ever SAP Inside Track Event is taking place in Bangalore this Saturday. Here is a glimpse of the sessions planned. Aug. 11, 2010
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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. Mar. 8, 2010
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Possible Use-case for 12Sprints
12Sprints currently under Beta testing phase has been describes as cloud-based collaborative decision-making application for the Enterprise. Here is a possible use-case for it supporting Monthly Sales & Operations Planning meetings common in Supply Chain Planning process Feb. 14, 2010
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Solution Architect Role Puzzler Continued ...
Recently there has been an Enterprise Geeks Podcast and followup blog about SAP Project roles in particular about Solution Architect Role. This blog is a follow-on to those discussions more from SI perspective the role of Solution Architect Role in SAP project. Feb. 3, 2010
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Year-end Sharing in response to Craig's Challenge
Craig's year-end closeout challenge was to share our professional highlights for 2009. So here it is on the final day of the year in good old - text only blog. Dec. 30, 2009
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Does SAP Have Right Solution for Public Sector Organisations
India undoubtedly has one of the world's biggest Public Sector organisations. Some of these are going in for IT Transformation projects. Does Enterprise Application Software vendors like SAP have the right solutions for these unique opportunities. Jul. 2, 2009
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Learnings from my SAP Career
This blog has been cooking slowly for quite some time. Then came Blag and Craig's blog - SAP Changed My Life. Its nowhere near as dramatic as Craig's or even Blag's, a bit mundane given its from a functional consultant's perspective. Jun. 5, 2009
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Demand Forecasting in Tough Times
In these tough times one question during any S&OP Cycle is how to manage the demand forecast. This blog is around a solution for it using SAP APO. May. 29, 2009
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SAPInsideTrack London: My notes
SAPInsideTrack is a great way of meeting and discussing with like-minded SAP enthusiasts apart from traditional SAP run events like TechEd, Community Day. Its run in "unconference style" and organised by the Community users like you and me - that's what makes it great.  Apr. 6, 2009
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From Functional to Technical - Part 4
Continued sharing experience of exploring technical stuff as a Functional Consultant. This time a perfect example of Technical Analyst working together with Functional Analyst to come up with a solution. Jan. 1, 2009
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From Functional to Technical - Part 3
Third part in the series From Functional to Technical sharing thoughts and learnings in my attempt to become a Techno-Functional Consultant Dec. 5, 2008
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TechEd Bangalore - Day of hanging out at ClubHouse
Reporting on TechEd Bangalore last day, closing day, day to say GoodBye and See you next year Nov. 17, 2008
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TechEd Bangalore - Day of Process Slam
Reporting on TechEd Bangalore Day 2 - Day of Process Slam and RIA Hacker Night  Nov. 17, 2008
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Blog List for Community Day and TechEd Bangalore 08
There are many recent blogs around Community Day and covering TechEd Bangalore 08. This blog is pointer to Wiki Page having aggregation of such blogs - one stop shop. Nov. 17, 2008
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TechEd Bangalore - Day of DemoJam
Reporting on TechEd Bangalore Day 1 - Opening Day or Demo Jam Day Nov. 17, 2008
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Get Well Soon Arun
This is a Get Well Soon message for a fellow SCNer and Mentor who is missing Community Day & TechEd. Nov. 14, 2008
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TechEd and Environment Awareness
Where does Environment Awareness come in at TechEd - read this fun blog Nov. 14, 2008
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Community Day Bangalore - TechEd Day 0
Coverage of Community Day Bangalore - TechEd Day 0 Nov. 11, 2008
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Why should you come to Community Day Bangalore
If you are undecided whether or not to attend Community Day Bangalore read on .... Oct. 22, 2008
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Mapping APO Functionalities to Different Supply Chains - Part 2
This blog covers the remaining APO functionalities (primarily PPDS) at a high level that are typically used in each of three Supply Chains - Pharmaceutical, Lubricants and Consumer Electronics previously blogged.  Oct. 13, 2008
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From Functional to Technical - Part 2
Part of my previous blog From Functional To Technical. Intruiging challange faced with a Custom Report working in Dev but not in Quality and how it was resolved. Oct. 13, 2008
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From Functional to Technical
It's always a challenge for a Functional consultant to pick up Technical stuff or at least it had been for me. However being a functional consultant for a fair bit of time, writing specs for enhancements, working in Support projects makes you explore more of technical stuff. This blog is to share the experience of getting into more of technical aspects from a pure functional consultant. Oct. 7, 2008
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Where & How to start!
Many a times newbies to SAP have the question - Where and How to Start? Thanks to SCN more and more people are getting "onboarded" to SAP world. But majority of them still grapple with the basic question "Where and How to Start?". This blog is to share experience and provide a path using SCN, other SAP and external sources. Sep. 11, 2008
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Necessary But Not Sufficient
This is the name of Eliyahu Goldratt's latest (published way back in 2000) book co-authored with Eli Schragenheim and Carol A. Ptak. Like his other books on Theory of Contraints this book also takes the reader through a storyline but most importantly outlines changes in the Enterprise Application solution. A must-read! Feb. 15, 2008
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Articles on SDN
Hope you have visited the Articles link in SDN. But Articles are not categorised by Topics / Themes. As a result it becomes difficult to browse for Articles. Short-cut: Created Wiki page and put in links to articles under different categories.  Feb. 13, 2008
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Mapping APO Functionalities to Different Supply Chains
This blog covers different APO functionalities at a high level that are typically used in each of three Supply Chains - Pharmaceutical, Lubricants and Consumer Electronics previously blogged.  Jan. 10, 2008
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Reuse Recycle
After reading Jim Spath's blog I thought of putting in a comment. But as I started keying in it kept on growing, so decided to blog my thoughts. Jan. 9, 2008
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Supply Chains in different Industries - Part 3
This third blog outlines features of a typical Consumer Electronics Supply Chain. Jan. 3, 2008
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Supply Chains in different Industries - Part 2
Continuing in this series this second blog gives example of a Lubricant manufacturing Supply Chain typical of Downstream Oil Industry. Jan. 3, 2008
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Supply Chains in different Industries - Part 1
Any Supply Chain Model consists of a common set of entities (or Business Partners) namely Vendors / Suppliers, Manufacturing or Subcontracting Plants, Distribution Centres and finally Customers. However the nature of industry determines the nuances of each Supply Chain. This blog is an attempt to capture some of the industry-specific Supply Chains and see how SAP's SCM/APO application fits in.  Jan. 3, 2008
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ERP Operations Wiki is here
ERP remains the heart of SAP's business applications. The core process areas in ERP are Financials, Human Capital Management and Operations. While ERP Financials and HCM had their own space in SDN Wiki, Operations were left out. Not any more! ERP Operations has its own Wiki space now. May. 2, 2007
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SCM Wiki is here
Have you explored the SCM Wiki? Take a look to this section, explore the different pages, add content, post your comments. Feb. 20, 2007
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Demystifying CIF - Part II
This is the second blog in the series Demystifying CIF.  Dec. 31, 2006
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Demystifying CIF
The Core Interface Function (CIF) has been the standard interface between APO (SCC) and R/3 (ECC) for master data and transaction data. This first blog in a short series attempts to explain CIF in a storyboard manner. Later blogs will get into more detailed aspects and provide practical tips. Dec. 21, 2006
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Journey of an SDNer
This blog is to share the experiences of an SDNer who came in its fold recently. The blog is divided in three segments aptly named as Past, Present and Future.  Dec. 20, 2006
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