Maximizing ERP Return on Investment with On-Demand Support Services
ERP adoption marks a fine start to surviving the current environment. The companies that thrive will be those that realize their enterprise potential—and balance pressure for higher performance with shrinking internal resources—by enlisting outsourced support partners. Laure Poquette in EcoHub, Enterprise Service Community, ERP, Run SAP, Sustainability [Nov. 19, 2009 10:13 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How to Create an Activity within the Employee Interaction Center (EIC)
We are often asked about how to set up the Employee Interaction Center from a configuration and development standpoint but as is too often the case with a newer SAP product, there is a lack of understanding on how to use the product that end user (agent) will be working with. This blog will outline how to create an EIC activity within the ERP version of the Employee Interaction Center. Jarret Pazahanick in ERP, Shared Service Center [Nov. 19, 2009 10:12 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Believe It or Not - III (Team Work)
Team Work holds the key in any operations or projects. Trying to share folklore to get insight of the topic discussed on. Srivastava.G in Business Process Expert, ERP [Nov. 18, 2009 11:32 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Competitive Pressures and Value Propositions, Is Lean the Answer?
The latest kick is Lean and Six Sigma but in most cases that will not make the difference in addressing competitive pressures or your value proposition. Focus on business drivers for your SAP implementation before the project, throughout the project, and after go-live to see real benefit. Bill Wood in Analytics, Beyond SAP, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, ERP, SAP Developer Network, SAP Research [Nov. 18, 2009 07:13 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Leadership Qualities
Important leadership qualities to consider when succession planning Babak Varjavandi in Business Process Expert, ERP [Nov. 18, 2009 12:41 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Podcast: Boosting Network Performance with Accelerated Application Delivery (AccAD)
Come and see how AccAD can vastly improve the access performance for your remote user. Nghia Nguyen in ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Nov. 17, 2009 11:39 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | 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 Service Center, 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]

Messages, EDI, and SAP: More Than Just Data Vessels
Welcome to the first of a series of blog postings about messages and message standards in EDI and SAP. Join me as I cover the basics of the key message standards used in EDI in an SAP environment including EDIFACT, X12, and IDocs. So stay tuned ... and I hope you enjoy the ride. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, SAP Process Integration (PI), Retail, Ranting, Procurement and SRM, Integration and Certification, ERP, Beyond SAP, Beginner, Standards [Nov. 16, 2009 06:21 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Incentive Commission Management in SAP CRM – a quick overview
This blog provides an introduction to the Incentive & Commission Management scenario available in SAP CRM. Sandeep Nargund in CRM, ERP [Nov. 16, 2009 05:33 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Optimized Supplier Spend Reporting
Organizations that suffer from fragmented supplier and material data hosted in data silos across systems can draw direct value from SAP’s capabilities for optimized supplier spend reporting. Markus Ganser in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, ERP, Master Data Management (MDM), SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 12, 2009 01:49 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Unicode Character and SAP Standard Interfaces based on RFC
Communication between Unicode-Systems and None-Unicode Systems when using SAP Standard Interfaces based on RFC. Martin Vierling in ABAP, Procurement and SRM, Partnership, Healthcare, ERP, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Banking, Application Server, Retail [Nov. 11, 2009 08:43 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Virtualization, Sustainability and Selfishness
How sustainability within SAP landscapes provides business benefits, which means you can focus on the bottom line, and save the planet at the same time! John Appleby in Beyond SAP, Business Intelligence (BI), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Portal (EP), ERP, Sustainability [Nov. 10, 2009 01:09 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ZSU53 - Missing authorization assistance
A tool which lists profiles/roles containing the missing authorizations from your profile! As compared to SU53, ZSU53 (the missing authorization assistance) not only tells you which profiles/roles contain the authorization but also lists the users associated with it! Asim Rasheed Mian in ABAP, ERP, Identity Management, SAP Developer Network, Security [Nov. 10, 2009 08:56 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Multiple CRM
This blog provides a brief overview of the 'Multiple CRM' implementation supported by SAP CRM. Sandeep Nargund in CRM, ERP [Nov. 10, 2009 08:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A Love of Jazz and the Data Dictionary
An improvised blog riff on jazz, the SAP data dictionary, and just a few of my favorite things. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, ERP, Integration and Certification [Nov. 09, 2009 05:51 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Believe It or Not - II
These days nothing can be predicted as amazing it all happens. Interesting as it may be. Keeping this in mind I am initiating some interesting facts in SAP. I am trying to collect the information which can be categorized as Believe it or not the SAP way. Srivastava.G in ERP [Nov. 06, 2009 02:28 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile SAP Client (Android): android SAP Customer search client demo
Development of an android client for mobile phones, that searches for SAP ERP clients by name with the help of standard - out of the box - SAP web services. Thomas Schnocklake in ABAP, CRM, Emerging Technologies, ERP, Java Programming, Mobile, Open Source, Search, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 06, 2009 02:26 AM | 13 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Master of One . What Next ?
This blog has come out of some of my doubts and apprehensions on been handling a single module for quite some time Gajesh Nagesh in Beginner, Beyond SAP, ERP [Nov. 06, 2009 02:23 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Missed SAP TechEd 2009? Get 130+ sessions with Virtual SAP TechEd
If you missed out on the education and networking opportunities from SAP TechEd 2009 event, consider getting the next best alternative: Virtual SAP TechEd now available at 20% discount till December 31, 2009. Siva Darivemula in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Product Lifecycle Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Interoperability, Integration and Certification, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Enterprise Performance Management, EcoHub, CRM, Business Suite 7, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), Banking, Automotive, Application Server, SAP TechEd [Nov. 05, 2009 01:27 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Event trace and extending a BOR object
Learn how to use the event trace to find events that exist in your system and then extend an SAP object, adding an attribute, event, use the new objects in your workflow! Ginger Gatling in ABAP, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Suite 7, ERP, SAP Business Workflow [Nov. 05, 2009 08:51 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

EDI, SAP NetWeaver, eSOA and Cloud Computing
This article explores the problems custom EDI integration scripts cause companies and how SAP's new eSOA and cloud computing approach to EDI means to resolve it. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Integration and Certification, Automotive, Banking, Business Suite 7, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Healthcare, Industrial Machinery and Components, Insurance, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 05, 2009 08:08 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Y-Code or Why Code?
Need for customised codes in today's environment Babu Jayendran in ABAP, Business Process Expert, ERP, Security [Nov. 05, 2009 01:28 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Results of SAP Survey on Order Management
Key Findigns from SAP Survey on Order Management Prashant Dube in Business Process Expert, CRM, ERP [Nov. 04, 2009 04:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Documenting an Unfolding Story: Blogging, SCN, and Community
Knowledge sharing through blogging is an on-going process of exploration and discovery. Building a community like SCN is an unfolding story written by each of its participants everyday. This is just one paragraph of that story. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Careers, Community Projects, ERP, Integration and Certification, Ranting, SAP Developer Network [Nov. 02, 2009 06:05 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Agile Is A Journey
This Blog on Agile SAP Development focusses on the cultural challenges involved when a more rapid approach to deliver good quality software is chosen. Michael Koch in Composition Environment (CE), SAP Developer Network, Ranting, ERP, Enterprise Service Community, Emerging Technologies, Careers, Application Server, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards [Oct. 31, 2009 04:16 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

BPM in Ten Years? My Best Shot
At SAP TechEd 2009 Vienna, I met Chris Horak, who told me that he wondered what the future of Business Process Management might look like: “What will the successors of today’s BPM and ERP software in 10 or 15 years look like?” I took up the challenge and gave the matter some thought. Here's my best shot at it. Thorsten Franz in Beyond SAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Ranting, ERP, Emerging Technologies, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Universal Worklist [Oct. 31, 2009 04:15 PM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

Different ESS/MSS upgrade options when upgrading to ECC 6.0
Are you planning on SAP upgrade to ECC 6.0, but not sure how to handle the ESS/MSS upgrade. You have customized the ESS/MSS business package and strugling with the fact that some of those are delivered with new Business packages. Read thiws blog to Know different options you have with their Pros and Cons. Mohid Khan in ABAP, Web Dynpro, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Java Programming, ERP, Enterprise Service Community, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Business Process Expert, Beginner, Enhancement Packages [Oct. 30, 2009 12:55 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

The Real Reason Executive Participation Creates SAP Project Success
Successful SAP projects occur with executive involvement because of the nature of their role of setting direction, creating long term goals, and developing strategy. This is the hidden reason that is often overlooked--, it is their strategy "imprint" on the project that changes the dynamics. Their forward looking insight provides more possibility for satisfied customers and successful implementations than the more common reasons of authority or visibiity. Bill Wood in Beyond SAP, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Solutions, CRM, ERP, Manufacturing, Professional Services [Oct. 30, 2009 08:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Workflow: Add a start condition to your first workflow created from scratch
This blog extends the elearning "Creating a workflow from scratch", in this elearning you add a start condition to your workflow. Ginger Gatling in ABAP, Business Process Management, Business Suite 7, ERP, SAP Business Workflow [Oct. 29, 2009 05:40 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Technology Implications of IFRS
This blog discusses details of a webinar I'm co-presenting on November 4th titled, IFRS Consolidations and Financial Reporting. Glen Feinberg in ERP, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) [Oct. 27, 2009 01:25 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Supply Chain Event Management, EDI and Cloud Computing
This article explores how SAP Event Management (SAP EM), RFID, EDI and cloud computing all work together to make extended multi-enterprise supply chains successful. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, Travel and Logistics Services, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Business Workflow, RFID, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 26, 2009 12:48 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Coding the STATUS IDoc Delete One-Step
Part 2 of KISS Those STATUS IDocs Goodbye. Coding a one-step STATUS IDoc delete that also cleans out all associated work flow items is as simple as stringing together a few SAP standard function modules. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, ERP, Integration and Certification [Oct. 26, 2009 06:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Calling All Students and Recent Graduates!
New video on University Alliance and the Career Center on SCN Claudine Lagerholm in Beginner, Business Objects, ERP, Business Solutions, Business Process Management, University Alliances Message Board, Careers [Oct. 25, 2009 05:31 AM | 1 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

BPM/BRM on an empty stomach
My views on BPM/BRM. And hey BPX, did you use java.lang.string as the java type in your Enumeration type when you were creating business rules? Vijay Vijayasankar in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Business Solutions, CRM, ERP, Professional Services, SAP Business Workflow [Oct. 22, 2009 08:31 PM | 13 Comments | Permalink]

Wave, Web Dynpro, and the Magic Glue: Google Wave and Web Dynpro Integration Part 1
Google Wave is here, and many active contributors from SCN have been swarming all over it, using it, experimenting, programming against its API, and discussing possible use cases and their business value. I have been working on the topic of Web Dynpro integration: How can we integrate waves and Web Dynpro? And what does this mean for the future of enterprise software? Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Visual Composer, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Ranting, Interoperability, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Emerging Technologies, Composition Environment (CE), Business Suite 7, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Web Dynpro [Oct. 21, 2009 02:58 PM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

New SAP Press Book: SAP and BusinessObjects
In this short blog I introduce the upcoming SAP Press Book "Reporting and Analytics with SAP BusinessObjects" Ingo Hilgefort in BI Accelerator, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Crystal Reports, ERP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Intelligence [Oct. 20, 2009 01:54 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Video Shoot: Sue Martin at SAP TechEd on SAP Certification Changes
During SAP TechEd Phoenix, I shot a couple of live flipcam videos with Sue Martin, Global Director of SAP Certification. During the videos, we talked informally about the changes underway within SAP Education. We discussed the perception of SAP certification as largely unchanged through the years and why that is no longer true. Jon Reed in Business Process Expert, Community Projects, Integration and Certification, SAP TechEd, ERP, SAP Developer Network, University Alliances Message Board [Oct. 20, 2009 11:00 AM | 2 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Switching from Traditional EDI and Going Green with SAP EDI
This article describes the challenges an SAP user had with traditional EDI and how new business motivated them to go green with SAP EDI. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, Utilities Industry, Travel and Logistics Services, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Retail, Procurement and SRM, Oil and Gas, Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Industrial Machinery and Components, ERP, Consumer Products, Chemicals, Automotive, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 20, 2009 07:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – SAP customers seek new ways to improve return on their SAP investment
Innovation in how organizations support their SAP investment is in many ways just as important as how they innovate with SAP at the center of their technology investments. The role of a community-based approach should be considered as also the importance of the BPXer. Organizations are beginning to look at new models emerging within the SAP ecosystem that rely on a community-based approach and look to lower the TCO (financial and environmental) for their technology investments. Puneet K. Suppal in Business Process Expert, SAP TechEd, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Professional Services, ERP, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Business Process Management, Sustainability [Oct. 19, 2009 08:07 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Talent Visualization by Nakisa (TVN) OrgChart: An Introduction from a Consultants view
SAP TVN OrgChart: An Introduction from a Consultants view Luke Marson in ERP, Organizational Change Management [Oct. 19, 2009 07:33 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Enterprise Portal Landscape Strategy
This article details how to produce an Enterprise Portal strategy. How do different usage types interact and how many portals you should have. John Appleby in Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Portal (EP), ERP, SAP Solution Manager [Oct. 19, 2009 05:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

KISS Those STATUS IDocs Goodbye, Part 1
A simple one-step solution to cleaning up IDoc records and workflow items generated by a successful STATUS IDoc interface. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, Business Objects, ERP, Integration and Certification, SAP Business Workflow [Oct. 19, 2009 05:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SESSIONS ON SAP BEST PRACTICES FOR CHEMICALS
The Industry Business Unit Chemicals is presenting a series of 7 recorded knowledge transfer sessions on SAP Business All-in-One and the preconfigured, chemical-specific package SAP Best Practices for Chemicals. This package is a proven, comprehensive package that is designed specifically for the chemical industry and midsize company implementations. Natalie Bernzen in Business Process Expert, Chemicals, ERP [Oct. 16, 2009 01:27 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Assessing IFRS Readiness
First webinar of a three-part IFRS webinar series on conducting an IFRS assessment. Nick Difazio in ERP, International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) [Oct. 15, 2009 01:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Business Process Operations topics on SAP TechEd 2009
This blog points to SAP TechEd lectures and hands-on sessions providing insights especially on the topics of Business Process Monitoring and Job Management. Volker von Gloeden in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Suite 7, ERP, Run SAP, SAP Solution Manager, SAP TechEd [Oct. 14, 2009 12:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Troubleshooting F110...
F110 is a widely used transaction. This blog looks at important check-points, pointers necessary to run F110 without undue iterations. Neeraj Batra in ERP [Oct. 13, 2009 10:18 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Project Management Courses Come to Learning on Demand by SAP
Learning on Demand by SAP extends course offerings with Project Management and Business Analysis courses via ESI International. Gavin Heaton in Beginner, Beyond SAP, Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, ERP, Organizational Change Management, Professional Services, SAP Developer Network [Oct. 13, 2009 02:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Keys to Ensure a Successful SAP’s Employee Interaction Center Implementation
The keys to ensure a successful SAP’s Employee Interaction Center Implementation. Jarret Pazahanick in CRM, ERP, Shared Service Center [Oct. 12, 2009 03:45 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mapping IDocs to X12 Transactions and EDIFACT Messages
It's an inexact science perhaps but we can provide a base cross-reference between SAP IDocs and X12 transactions and EDIFACT messages. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, Beyond SAP, ERP, Integration and Certification, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Oct. 12, 2009 03:26 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

How EDI and B2B Connections Can Destroy Your Company
This article identifies the dangers of upgrading or changing your ERP without first considering the implications to your EDI integrations. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, Integration and Certification, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Master Data Management (MDM), Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Insurance, Industrial Machinery and Components, Healthcare, Automotive, Banking, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Suite 7, Chemicals, Consumer Products, CRM, EcoHub, ERP, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Wholesale Distribution [Oct. 12, 2009 02:41 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]