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Energy Efficiency Part IX: Energy Planning
Another in a series of blogs concerning Energy Managment. This blog dicusses some ideas for including energy as part of production planning. John Harrison in Business Process Expert, Chemicals, Defense, Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas [Oct. 09, 2009 10:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Better Insight in Manufacturing: Moving Beyond Dashboards to True Business Intelligence
Beyond Dashboards : The key to better insights series. The first part of this series will discuss the importance of better information both in terms of quality and its integrity in making the decision making process robust within the organization. Siddharth Taparia in Aerospace and Defense, SAP SAPPHIRE, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Master Data Management (MDM), Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Enterprise Performance Management, Crystal Reports, Chemicals, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Automotive, Analytics, Web Intelligence [Sep. 14, 2009 01:26 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

EnergyEfficiency Part VIII - Energy Reporting & Visibility
Another entry in a continuing series of blogs discussing various topics in energy management. This blog covers energy reporting and visibility John Harrison in Business Process Expert, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas [Aug. 06, 2009 06:08 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Energy Efficiency Part VII - Energy in the Warehouse
Another post in a continuing discussion on the topic of Energy Efficiencies. This time we look at some possibilities in the warehouse John Harrison in Business Process Expert, Chemicals, Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas [Jul. 20, 2009 04:01 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Producing Printed Catalogs with SAP NetWeaver MDM - Part 2
In addition to the recent how-to guide explaining the basics of print publications with SAP NetWeaver MDM, a follow-up guide provides insight into more advanced layout and page definition topics. Markus Ganser in Business Objects, CRM, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Master Data Management (MDM) [Jul. 14, 2009 12:38 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

New Year Resolution revisited: In 2009 we will keep our manufacturing plan stable
Dealing with deviations, quality issues and late production plan changes in ERP Manufacturing with the new production order split. Flexibility without giving up on cost transparency. Stefan Weisenberger in ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, Mining and Metal, Business Suite 7, Business Process Expert [Jun. 11, 2009 10:15 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Spring is here and so is SAPPHIRE '09
SAP and ASUG continue to co-locate the two events, SAPPHIRE & ASUG in one location. The event will take place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida from May 12th to 14th (May 11th is a ASUG only conference day and is a pre-conference day for SAPPHIRE. SAP will also be hosting a virtual online event that provides a glimpse into Sapphire called "INSIGHTS from SAPPHIRE". The virtual event, available to SAP customers, analysts, bloggers, & press, will be online on Monday, May 11th and run through May 15th. Hansen Lieu in CRM, Retail, Public Sector, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Higher Education, Healthcare, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Banking, Aerospace and Defense, SAP SAPPHIRE [May. 07, 2009 01:15 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Warranty Processing via the new Automotive Dealer Portal
The new Automotive Dealer Portal made by SAP includes: Vehicle Sales Management, Spare Part Sales and Warranty Management. The new Automotive Dealer Portal typically is hosted by the OEM or importer for the dealer or service provider as a portal web front-end. This blog talks about the third component, Warranty Management within the new Dealer Portal. Warranty process challenges are discussed, how the Dealer Portal helps address these challenges, solution details and benefits are given. Another blog will go into functional details soon. Soren Detering in Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Business Process Expert, Defense, Enterprise Portal (EP), ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing [Apr. 22, 2009 01:34 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Vendavo Webinar: Improving Profits by Effectively Managing Pricing in a Global Organization
Especially in times of economic turmoil, chemical and manufacturing companies must turn to the most influential driver of profits: active management and execution of price. April 21, 3 PM CEDT / 9 AM EDT, Web-cast. Thorsten Wenzel in Chemicals, Composition Environment (CE), CRM, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, SAP xApps, Service-Oriented Architecture, Webinars [Apr. 03, 2009 05:42 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

OAGi Planning New Version
OAGi is planning a major upgrade to its eBusiness standards to incorporate CCTS standards stack and other improvements designed to achieve cross-industry interoperability Mark Crawford in Aerospace and Defense, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Interoperability, Industrial Machinery and Components, Defense, Chemicals, Banking, Automotive, Standards [Dec. 30, 2008 05:58 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Business Network Transformation, Small Worlds and the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
This articles discusses business network transformation, the concept of Small Worlds, and the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon as it relates to business network enablement. Kevin Benedict in Automotive, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Developer Network, SAP Business Workflow, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, ERP, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 09, 2008 09:42 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

EDI / B2B Audits to Measure ROIs
This article discusses how to measure an ROIs for an EDI / B2B system and implementation project? Kevin Benedict in Automotive, SAP Process Integration (PI), Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, ERP, Chemicals, SAP Solution Manager [Dec. 05, 2008 08:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobilizing & Automating Business Processes in a Down Economy
How can you justify implementing enterprise mobile software applications in a down economy. We discuss several reasons in this article. Kevin Benedict in Business Process Expert, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Developer Network, RFID, Oil and Gas, Mobile, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Chemicals, Utilities Industry [Nov. 25, 2008 12:54 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Challenges in implementing SAP Solution in Engineering Industries
This is my first blog in SCN. I have tried to bring up the typical scenarios and challenges faced while implementing SAP SCM/ERP solution for a typical Engineering industry specifically in Indian context. Keshava Murthy Dasappa in Beginner, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, ERP, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, Master Data Management (MDM) [Nov. 21, 2008 08:32 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Energy Efficiency
A series of articles on the topic of energy management. The series will cover a number of topics regarding energy management and including energy in various business processes John Harrison in Aerospace and Defense, Retail, Public Sector, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Chemicals, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 20, 2008 11:00 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Insights on the Downturn
At a SAP-sponsored CEO-forum last week SAP colleagues had the opportunity to discuss actual business and to get insights from the participants. This event was cross-industry. Paul Centen in Aerospace and Defense, Higher Education, Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas, Professional Services, Public Sector, Retail, Utilities Industry, Healthcare, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Analytics, Automotive, Banking, Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Chemicals, Consumer Products, CRM, Defense, ERP, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 19, 2008 02:31 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Energy management through policy deployment
Recognizing the significance of the theme of energy management in the current time, managing it by energy policy deployment through a management system is considered a good response. Anbazhagan Sam Venkatesan in Beginner, Business Process Expert, Business Solutions, Chemicals, Sustainability, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas [Oct. 15, 2008 06:49 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

TechEd sessions: skill pool on cross industry expertise supporting emerging markets
The pace of IT industrialization be increase, once the FS crisis is mentally overcome. The world of tomorrow will not be a logical extension of yesterday’s world. Increase the IT industrialization for emerging markets imply an increase in demand on expertise and get enough knowledge and expertise in time. This is the great opportunity to collaborate and to challenge capabilities in changed environments. It’s probably easier to learn the “industry flavors on top” compared to the “business architecture and business suite capabilities on top”. Paul Centen in Aerospace and Defense, Travel and Logistics Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, Public Sector, Professional Services, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Higher Education, Healthcare, Chemicals, Business Objects, Beyond SAP, Banking, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 10, 2008 09:24 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Global Trade Management - Integration #2 (GTM-GTS)
A seriese of SAP GTM blogs, the second integration is GTM and GTS, part of SAP GRC. It's a great integration if you do an international trading like export/import. Nobuhiro Kusumoto in ABAP, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 08, 2008 01:47 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Get an Overview of Print Publishing and Planned Print Enhancements with SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1
eBook featuring an overview of the print publishing process with SAP NetWeaver MDM (used for the production of printed product catalogs)and showing the MDM enhancements and new features in the print publication area that are planned to come with the next major release. Markus Ganser in Beginner, Industrial Machinery and Components, Master Data Management (MDM), Wholesale Distribution [Sep. 22, 2008 06:54 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Global Trade Management - Integration #1 (GTM-TRM)
A seriese of SAP GTM blogs, the first integration I am going to introduce is GTM and TRM (Treadury and Risk Management). It's a powerful integration and you definitely need if you do business across the boarder. Nobuhiro Kusumoto in ABAP, Retail, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense, Wholesale Distribution [Sep. 19, 2008 10:22 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Global Trade Management (GTM) - Business Cases
Here is a business case for SAP Global Trade Management (GTM). It's clear for anyone to be able to understand how GTM can make a difference. Nobuhiro Kusumoto in Aerospace and Defense, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Aug. 24, 2008 01:53 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

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Recent Industrial Machinery and Components Discussions

Greenhouse Gas Sources
Posted on Nov. 23, 2009 09:55 AM
by John Harrison
Supplying energy to both automotive (logistics),& buildings (commercial, residen...

Greenhouse Gas Sources
Posted on Nov. 20, 2009 06:34 PM
by Paul T Lord
Hello John, I read your blog on Energy Management with great interest. One stat...

GTM - creation of multiple forex document
Posted on Nov. 03, 2009 04:23 AM
by Sur Mits
Hi, I have a requirement of booking multiple forward contracts against one Le...

SAP EM and cloud
Posted on Oct. 27, 2009 08:18 AM
by Kevin Benedict
SAP may in fact be following the market, as several industry hubs have implement...

GTM: Retail Pricing
Posted on Oct. 27, 2009 07:40 AM
by Nobuhiro Kusumoto
Hi Naveen, Please send me (nobuhiro.kusumoto@sap.com) the following informati...

GTM: Retail Pricing
Posted on Oct. 27, 2009 12:49 AM
by Naveen Tummalakunta
Hi Nob, We are looking to use GTM with Retail Pricing. In short we want pr...

SAP EM and cloud
Posted on Oct. 26, 2009 06:23 PM
by eric vanrude
I feel it would be great if SAP delved deeper into cloud and EDI than the curren...

Comment
Posted on Oct. 13, 2009 10:42 PM
by Authi Sundaram
Hi Kevin - This is a very interesting and realistic blog. Couple of points wh...

GTM and Credit Management
Posted on Oct. 05, 2009 08:32 AM
by Nobuhiro Kusumoto
Hi, Very sorry for my delayed response. I need to wait for a couple days to ...

GTM and Credit Management
Posted on Sep. 30, 2009 03:53 PM
by Kevin Brock
Hi Nob We are going to use GTM in our project. We are on ECC6 Ehp4 on a retai...

GTM with SAP NetWeaver PI
Posted on Sep. 24, 2009 08:51 AM
by Nobuhiro Kusumoto
Hi, Since I am not an expert in this area, not sure that I can give you enoug...

GTM with SAP NetWeaver PI
Posted on Sep. 23, 2009 08:50 AM
by Ethan Hunt
Hi Mr. GTM, thanks for your insight on GTM. Please can you let me know if the...

Measurement
Posted on Sep. 14, 2009 03:23 PM
by Vitaliy Rudnytskiy
Lord Kelvin said "If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it". I would s...

True BI
Posted on Sep. 14, 2009 08:25 AM
by BI Buddy
Nice start. Hope this will cover DataMining and Predictive Workbench :-) Thanks...

GTM
Posted on Aug. 28, 2009 12:02 AM
by Gururaj7
Hi, I am ramping up with GTM and i am having errors while doing the expenses....