Case Studies

Implement the Appropriate Contract Manufacturing Solution

Decide the appropriate solution for contract manufacturing in an SAP system based on your business needs. Learn about the possible options available across the main logistics modules. Gain details about the main master data and transactional data needed to implement the manual and subcontracting solutions. Key Concept Contract manufacturing (CM) is the process by which...…

Design a Quote Request Process Using Product Costing Components

Learn how to use product costing and internal orders to create a system that can meet all the basic requirements for developing a quote request. Key Concept The quote request process can start with an external customer request or an internal product simulation exercise. Multiple departments become involved to develop or review this process. As...…

Best Practices in SAP BusinessObjects Data Services Data Flow and Job Design

Review these best practices in developing a data flow and understand the importance of reusability in SAP BusinessObjects Data Services job design. When constructing a good data flow, it is important to minimize the effort by thinking in terms of reusability up front in the design process. Considering the code as a reusable object is...…

Avoid the Top 3 Common Mistakes in Supply Chain Optimization

Find out some best practices to follow when you want to incorporate new technology and software into your supply chain processes. Key Concept In any supply chain optimization project, you must address strategic factors to ensure your business benefits from sustainable improvement. These factors include the project vision, reward systems, and use of tools. I’ll...…

Outsourcing of Payroll in an SAP Environment: Part 1 — Evaluation

Prepare for evaluating options surrounding payroll outsourcing in the SAP environment. Payroll outsourcing involves evaluation as well as implementation. Evaluate several payroll factors to determine which approach is most suitable for your organization. Key Concept Payroll outsourcing in an SAP environment can follow a methodology that goes far beyond a typical in-house payroll implementation. The...…

Give Your Procure-to-Pay the Next Power of Analytics with SAP Spend Performance Management Solutions

BIFinancialsGet an overview of the SAP Spend Performance Management solution and learn about the business case for implementing it. Learn the details about the features of Spend Performance Management. Using a case study example, gain an understanding of Spend Performance Management implementations and lessons learned. Key Concept SAP Spend Performance Management is an SAP BusinessObjects...…

An Introduction to SAP HANA Enterprise Information Management (EIM): A New Way to Move Data into SAP HANA

Learn the steps needed to set up an SAP Enterprise Information Management (EIM) task to real-time replicate and manipulate a data feed to SAP HANA from an external source database. Learn how to integrate the Smart Data Integration and Smart Data Quality transforms within EIM to clean, join, and otherwise manipulate data via SAP HANA...…

SAP Predictive Analytics: The End Result of a Long History of Data-Mining Tools from SAP (Part 1)

This is the first installment of a series of three articles that help with understanding the basics of the SAP Predictive Analytics toolset and its history. In this part, learn about the automated analysis component of SAP Predictive Analytics (specifically, a classification analysis) and see how it can be used to generate money-saving analysis of...…

• SAP Configuration

Configuration Validation Reporting Made Easy

Configuration validation is a reporting utility that helps you know the technical configuration of any SAP system either in flat-list values or in a comparison. The comparison of a group of systems against a target reference system or against predefined configuration values is the crux of the configuration validation utility. Key Concept Configuration validation is...…

• SAP APO

Enable Global ATP to Provide Differential Customer Service

Learn how to enable Global Available-to-Promise (Global ATP) to optimally allocate sales order confirmations considering various customer parameters and business needs. Key Concept Key configuration objects such as check instructions and scope of check play a very important role during an availability check. Check instructions control what availability check methods are called during the available-to-promise...…