SAP Messaging

2 Enhancements Unlock the Potential of SAP Wave Picking

Improve warehouse productivity and efficiency by streamlining your warehouse activities with wave creation logic and a wave monitor. Key Concept A warehouse pick wave consists of a group of deliveries or work packages that need to be processed together during picking. For example, these deliveries need to ship together on the same truck, or you...…

Calculate the Best Fitting Forecast with SAP APO Macros, Forecast Errors, and Process Chains

Learn how to implement a fully automated forecast analysis system with model comparison within SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization demand planning. Key Concept A process chain is a series of processes that waits in the background for an event. Some of these processes can trigger a separate event that starts other processes, hence forming a...…

ITSmobile: A New Technology for Warehouse RF Applications

/MobileEvaluate ways ITSmobile can enhance your warehouse operations. Get valuable implementation tips and insights to consider. Key Concept Internet Transaction Server mobile (ITSmobile) replaces WebSAPConsole as the latest SAP technology for developing mobile data entry applications using GUI-based handheld computers. ITSmobile allows the user to execute warehouse radio frequency (RF) transactions on the mobile browser...…

Efficient Production Planning Using SKU Groups with the SNP Optimizer

SCMFind out how to overcome the limitations of Supply Network Planning’s aggregate and block planning capabilities. Key Concept Aggregate planning is a feature in Supply Network Planning (SNP) whereby net requirements calculation from medium to long term can be executed at a product group level using aggregate objects such as SKU groups, location groups, resource...…

How to Use ABC-XYZ Classification in SCM 7.0, Enhancement Package 2

Find out how to harness the ABC-XYZ functionality of SCM 7.0, enhancement package 2 to automate classification of products and optimization of statistical forecast model selection according to historical sales value and the products’ value volatility. Follow 6 steps to set up SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) Demand Planning for product classification and forecast...…

• SAP Analytics and AI

Streamline Master Data Maintenance in Demand Planning

Learn the process flow of realigning data and copying characteristic value combinations (CVC) in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) Demand Planning (DP). Follow a step-by-step procedure to understand the prerequisites, importance, configuration, and execution of the CVC maintenance process and interpretation of results. Key Concept Demand Planning (DP) in SAP Advanced Planning and...…

• SAP APO

Manage Promotion Planning in SAP APO

Learn how promotion planning can be configured in SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO) to model special events or promotions separately from the normal forecasting process. Follow a step-by-step procedure to configure and run the associated master data objects, run simulations, and interpret the results. Key Concept Promotion Planning is a special feature provided...…

• SAP Release Management

New End-to-End Project Deployment Process in Solution Manager 7.1 and 7.2

Learn about developments done with multiple large corporations for the IT Requirement-to-Deploy process in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and 7.2. Follow the management of the IT Service Management (ITSM) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) spaces from requirement management, to design, build, test, and deployment in an integrated fashion. Key Concept The Requirement-to-Deploy focus solution is...…

An Introduction to HR Renewal 1.0 Feature Pack 4

This article provides you with an overview of HR Renewal 1.0 Feature Package 4, along with advice on how to install and configure it. Key Concept SAP Gateway is the technology that allows external applications, devices, environments, and platforms to connect to SAP systems in a secure way. It offers a unified and controlled framework...…

• SAP Process Control

Everything You Need to Know About Offline Forms and SAP Process Control

SAP Process Control provides a popular alternative to online completion of assessment surveys, tests of effectiveness, and other surveys—SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe. These offline forms are easy to use but can be initially challenging to set up and test. The following article presents an end-to-end guide that will help you configure, deploy, and manage...…