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How mySAP ERP Affects the Business Unit Analyst

mySAP ERP includes role-based portals for many user groups including the business unit analyst. The author focuses on this role and its configuration. She also examines two areas within the role, reporting and internal service requests. You have probably heard about SAP’s new product mySAP ERP. It includes mySAP Financials, mySAP Human Capital Management, mySAP...…

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Installing CCMS Agents on AS400 Servers

Manager If you have a pure AS400 environment, it can often be difficult to find staff with skills to monitor the systems. Discover how, with a base set of commands, you can implement the Computer Center Management (CCMS) agent on your AS400 servers to push data to SAP Solution Manager for centralized monitoring — even...…

Use Trust Relationships for Quicker and More Secure RFCs

Learn the four basic steps involved in setting up a trust relationship between mySAP CRM and R/3, or mySAP ERP Central Component (ECC) 5.0. Also find out how to set up user authorization profiles to enable access to both systems. Key Concept When you set up a trust relationship between two systems, you only need...…

Improve Sales Force Productivity with Visit Planning

The visit planning functionality in mySAP CRM 2005 can help sales representatives improve their efficiency by reducing the amount of time spent on administrative work. Discover how you can add a third-party tool to optimize the reps’ daily agendas. Key Concept A visit plan contains a list of the customers you contact regularly. Sales teams...…

5 Tips to Improve Your mySAP CRM Reports and Analytics

These five data modeling tips help you create a comprehensive mySAP CRM data warehouse using SAP Business Information Warehouse functionality to bring together data from the necessary disparate sources. Key Concept Modeling CRM data differs from modeling other data in SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) in several aspects. For example, mySAP CRM uses a closer...…

Improve Operational Effectiveness by Properly Loading and Monitoring SPL Data

Review the operational considerations and the effective use of sanctioned party list functionality in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services. See how to index business partner records effectively and manage your content and operational activities. Key Concept Screening business partners is controlled by three factors: record changes in the source system, content updates, and time. Record...…

Ask the HR Expert How to Prepare for mySAP HCM HR

Understand these six key considerations and your mySAP HCM implementation will be a success. Key Concept Dear HR Expert, We will be implementating mySAP HCM shortly. Can you please let me know about the following? Preparation required for implementation The process of implementation Required data updates Automation level to be acquired before actual implementation Skills...…

Implement Minimum Production Lot Sizes within CTM Planning While Maximizing Capacity Usage and Demand Fulfillment

The Capable-to-Match (CTM) engine in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization executes planning per individual demand. When using minimum lot sizes, CTM applies the minimum lot size consideration individually to each demand within a time bucket. This can lead to underutilized capacity in the factory and unfulfilled customer demands. Learn about an approach you can use...…

How to Execute Heuristics in Supply Network Planning

Learn the process flow of an SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) supply network planning (SNP) heuristics run. Follow a step-by-step procedure to configure and run three types of heuristics and interpret the results. Key Concept An heuristics run can be broadly classified into three categories: location, network, and multi-level heuristics. The main characteristics of...…