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Two Different Approaches for Scheduling Outbound Calls in Your Contact Center: Call Lists and Planned Activities:
This blog examines two different options for scheduling outbound telemarketing and telesales efforts from the SAP CRM Interaction Center: call lists and planned activities. John Burton in Beginner, Business Process Expert, Consumer Products, CRM, Retail, Utilities Industry [Oct. 19, 2009 10:52 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile Application Workflows and SAP ERP
As mobile applications become more complex and sophisticated and used by large enterprises there will be an increasing emphasis and requirement for automated mobile workflows and supported ERP business processes. Kevin Benedict in Business Process Expert, Utilities Industry, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Business Workflow, RFID, Mobile, Master Data Management (MDM), ERP, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 02, 2009 12:36 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

54 Questions to Help You Select the Right Handheld Computer for the Job
Handheld computers, barcode scanners, RFID readers and other kinds of mobile devices are used throughout the supply chain, in field services and in warehouse and logistics processes. Selecting the appropriate devices can be a challenge. These questions will help you narrow the selection. Kevin Benedict in Consumer Products, Utilities Industry, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, RFID, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mobile, Wholesale Distribution [Sep. 30, 2009 07:51 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Ariba or SAP for EDI, B2B and e-Invoicing?
This article discusses the similarities between Ariba and SAP's offerings that will soon force companies to choose between them. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Automotive, Utilities Industry [Aug. 27, 2009 08:24 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Podcast: Discussing Trends in the Utilities Industry with James McClelland of the Utilities@BPX Community
I invite you to listen to this BPX community podcast with James McClelland, Industry Solution Marketing - Energy & Utilities, SAP, to learn about the latest trends in the Utilities industry, and how you can stay ahead of the curve. Natascha Schuberth in Beginner, Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Sustainability, Utilities Industry [Aug. 24, 2009 05:03 PM | 0 Comments | Audio Download Media | Permalink]

Take the Chance and Get an Insight into SAP Sapphire Hot Topics
Take the Chance and Get an Insight into SAP Sapphire Hot Topics Melanie Fiolka in Utilities Industry [Aug. 13, 2009 04:59 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Functional Scope of Business Process Monitoring in SAP Solution Manager
This blog describes the functional scope of Business Process Monitoring as well as usual target groups and the integration possibilities with other SAP tools. This should make the decision easier if you should get started and how to get started with Business Process Monitoring. Volker von Gloeden in Business Process Expert, Retail, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, CRM, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Suite 7, Banking, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Run SAP, Procurement and SRM, ERP, Business Process Management, Utilities Industry [Jul. 23, 2009 08:56 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

HOSTING solutions for small scope SAP landscapes for the CHEMICAL industry
Christian Wissmann from oXya presents options for efficiently deploying and hosting small scope SAP landscapes in Chemicals to best address spin-off and divestiture situations. Christian Wissmann in Business Process Expert, Chemicals, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Professional Services, Retail, Utilities Industry, Wholesale Distribution [Jul. 09, 2009 07:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Webinar: Delivering Cost Savings with SAP SRM – sponsored by Wipro & SAP
Wipro & SAP jointly invite you to a one-hour webcast on procurement solutions from SAP including the SAP SRM 7.0 release. Find out how Business Suite 7, the BPX community and Wipro services can increase your ROI. Natascha Schuberth in Business Objects, SAP Developer Network, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Business Suite 7, Business Process Expert, Utilities Industry [Jul. 01, 2009 11:52 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Factors Affecting Price in Utilities
Highlighted briefly the broader level points to consider while evaluating how Energy firms price/quote while negotiating a contract Amitav Otta in Utilities Industry [Jun. 23, 2009 09:14 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Migration in Utilities Industry
A short narrative on data migration in the Utilities Industry using the solution provided in SAP IS-Utilities. Dominic Pappaly in ABAP, Utilities Industry [May. 29, 2009 11:06 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Exceptions in High Volume Systems
Exception Management in SAP High Volume Systems like IS-U, use of standard tools EMMA BPEM and integration with BI Hans Kardol in Utilities Industry, Business Process Expert [May. 27, 2009 05:13 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Evaluation - Service process handling at distribution system operators in liberalized markets
Increasing liberalization, regulatory intervention, availability of new metering techniques and new market actors are being established in the European energy markets. These basic conditions will lead to a new understanding of service process handling – and to a higher complexity of processes. I want to discuss how service processing from a distribution point of view will evolve in the next future. Joerg Ferchow in Utilities Industry [Mar. 16, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Alloc. more than one paym. to a distribution lot.
How to allocate more than one payment to a distribution lot. Alexander Breuer in Utilities Industry [Mar. 10, 2009 03:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

German utility company streamlines maintenance planning process – experiences from an SAP Enterprise SOA project
This blog describes daily live experiences from an interesting NetWeaver BI and SOA project. It was made at a German utility company and finally became an SAP Enterprise SOA reference case. Stefan Walter in Analytics, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Composition Environment (CE), Business Intelligence (BI), Visual Composer, Utilities Industry, Service-Oriented Architecture, ABAP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Web Dynpro [Feb. 04, 2009 02:02 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile Applications, Rugged Handhelds, Invoice Processing and SAP
Mobile software applications and rugged handheld computers may enable faster invoicing, but business processes need to change in order for efficiencies to be realized. This article discusses issues related to processing invoices unassociated with purchase orders. Kevin Benedict in Business Process Expert, Oil and Gas, RFID, Utilities Industry [Jan. 23, 2009 09:40 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Enterprise Architect's World - Episode 61
The move to Cloud-Computing is inevitable. Here's an example of a hypothetical Energy Management Solution hosted on the Cloud that can be metered and paid like Utility bills upon useage. Iyengar Karthik in Utilities Industry [Jan. 22, 2009 04:55 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Tokenization as a means of securing credit card numbers
Securing payment card numbers is essential in order to maintain compliance with the PCI DSS standards. Native payment card number encryption functionality in most of SAP's products. However, tokenization can provide an additional level of security of payment card numbers, help diminish PCI DSS scope on SAP's applications and even remove payment card numbers from your SAP application databases completely. Eric Bushman in ABAP, SAP Business Workflow, SAP Developer Network, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture, Utilities Industry, Wholesale Distribution, Retail, Public Sector, Professional Services, Banking, Business Solutions, Chemicals, Consumer Products, CRM, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Healthcare, Master Data Management (MDM), EcoHub [Jan. 02, 2009 11:58 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Procure-to-Pay and AP Optimization Strategies in a Down Economy
This article describes current trends and strategies that CFOs are implementing to reduce costs associated with processing paper invoices, and to speed up the processing of invoices so early payment discounts can be captured. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, SAP Developer Network, SAP Business Workflow, Retail, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Defense, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Banking, Automotive, Utilities Industry [Dec. 16, 2008 01:51 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Designing and Automating Business Processes for Use on Mobile Devices
This article discusses ways to automate business processes beyond the 4 walls and out into the field using mobile devices. Kevin Benedict in Business Process Expert, Mobile, RFID, Utilities Industry [Dec. 01, 2008 02:28 PM | 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]

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]

Real Life Customer Examples for High Volume Scenarios with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
This log gives an overview of real life customer examples for high volume sceanrios with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. The customer are based on the latest release SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1, as well as the older releases SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.0 and SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3.0. Udo Paltzer in Application Server, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Integration and Certification, Beyond SAP, Utilities Industry [Nov. 03, 2008 05:28 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Banking business on change: payment processing
Banking business is adapted to local commodities regarding commercial and retail customer behavior. Changes in regulations and customer behavior affected the value position of payment processing. The need for high volume processing initiated discussions about platform, applications, interfacing, and flexibility. Details about first customer success regarding SAP payment engine are disclosed. Paul Centen in Automotive, Banking, Beyond SAP, CRM, Interoperability, Professional Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards, Utilities Industry [Oct. 02, 2008 06:00 AM | 0 Comments | Audio Download Media | Permalink]

Extending REACH to Oil&Gas
With wildly fluctuating prices of crude walloping the Downstream Oil&Gas sector, the need for consolidation in the industry leads towards increasing mergers and acquisitions. In light of this, financial experts now see REACH compliance considerations as integral during M&A evaluations. Kieran O'Connor examines the implications for the Oil&Gas industry. Kieran O'Connor in Automotive, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Sustainability, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Utilities Industry [Aug. 20, 2008 08:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

REACH - A Central BPX Information Repository
Since there's been a lot of information posted about REACH throughout the communities over the past year, here Kieran O'Connor collects the most relevant links from BPX and also from the official Websites of the European Union and the European Chemical Agency to provide a central store of information. Kieran O'Connor in Utilities Industry, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Solutions, Chemicals, Consumer Products, Sustainability, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Industrial Machinery and Components, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Beginner [Aug. 18, 2008 03:57 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

BPX Exclusive - REACH Compliance Solution Demo
In a BPX exclusive, the community sponsors a Webinar On-Demand to unveil the first executive offline demo for SAP REACH Compliance. Here, Kieran O'Connor provides a link to the recording together with a description of the process flow. Kieran O'Connor in Aerospace and Defense, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Industrial Machinery and Components, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Enterprise Service Community, Sustainability, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Automotive, Utilities Industry [Aug. 14, 2008 01:04 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

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Hey there, Thanks John for mentioning me! Sunil: Is your current CTI integ...

Feasibility of CTI for CRM 7.0
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