Rapid implementation solutions are being developed as a way of adding value to large deployments. Are they all they are cracked up to ...
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
What's new: Easier communication, faster invitations, and better tracking
With the latest release of SAP StreamWork, you'll be able to communicate more easily, invite others more quickly, and track your activities, actions, and agendas more closely. Read on to see how you can: Tag and track conversations. Alert others with @mentions. Invite multiple people quickly. Add due dates to activities. Monitor action item completion. Set agenda schedules more accurate...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
SAP - Super & Awesome Performer
SAP - Super & Awesome PerformerSAP has been a market leader, if not the market leader in the enterprise resource planning, ERP systems arena for the last three decades. Although the competition is fierce with a lot of new entrants in the market place from large and small vendors over this time, SAP is still a leader in enterprise software.How...?Its a like parent child relationshipGod Father : ERPSuper parent : SAPAwesome Childs : HANA The Great Solution Manager R/3 mySap CRM SRM Rapid deployment system(RDS) Business one Business All in One Business By design APO BI SNC(ICH) & etc.,Therefore I, we...
SAP Solutions for Aerospace and Defense
To run a successful Aerospace and Defense manufacturing business in today’s complex marketplace, business leaders must have access to accurate, comprehensive information.The ability to improve Business Intelligence programs and make decisions based on real-time information is vital to achieve higher margins and meet customer requirements. For companies that have grown through acquisition or have maintained multiple sets of business processes and reporting approaches, the continuing use of different financial, procurement, and supply chain systems can cripple efficiencies by making enterprise-wide visibility and management difficult—if not impossible.To...
The SAP® Business ByDesign™ : Built-in Business Analytics, Services & Support
Financials• Financial and management accounting• Cash flow managementCustomer Relationship Management• Marketing• Sales• ServiceHuman Resources Management• Organizational management• Human resources• Employee self-serviceSupply Chain Management• Supply chain setup management• Supply chain planning and control• Manufacturing, warehousing, and logisticsProject ManagementSupplier Relationship Management• Sourcing• PurchasingCompliance ManagementExecutive...
SAP Business ByDesign - Access to the right components, at the right time
Because SAP Business ByDesign has been built with a software as a service model, you're able to access all the components as you need them. For example: For those who are looking for a customizable software tool that allows you to innovate while still creating custom reports, you can choose the components you need to monitor specific areas of your business and easily create those reports. For those looking for a software solution that will grow with your company but still want to manage costs, the low monthly subscription costs of SAP Business ByDesign allow you to choose business management applications that fit your budget. As your budget...
SAP Training Manuals
Wow! This is a big move for us. Our SAP Training Manuals are now for sale. Learn which ones are available, how to buy the manuals, and copyright restrictions. The careful reader will note that we didn't say much on the website about why we are doing this, and any concerns that we have about possible cannibalization of future training revenue. As the economy has gone downhill and the recovery has stalled over the last 18 months, corporate IT training has changed rapidly. Companies have slashed travel and training budgets, and training vendors (even SAP and Oracle) are scrambling to figure out what to do next. What makes sense, in this market,...
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
SAP seeks to speed up, facilitate HANA deployments
SAP is applying its Rapid Deployment (RDS) software model to its in-memory technology. The move, according to SAP, is a response to customers SAP says are looking for a way to deploy HANA faster, easier and more predictably than they can now,Like the existing RDS applications, which are designed to be part of larger enterprise applications that address a certain function or specific need, the RDS packages for HANA are centered around more straightforward use cases. So far, that includes deploying the SAP CO-PA Accelerator software, or using HANA for faster BusinessObjects reporting, according to Phillips Hofmann, head of SAP RDS communications.SAP...
Is Virtualization Stepping Stone to the Cloud for SAP Customers?
Take Aberdeen Survey Today! http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifHave questions about virtualization, private clouds, public clouds, hybrid clouds and the future of your SAP environment?Optimal is proud to partner with Aberdeen Group in promoting a survey to better understand the plans SAP customers have today for virtualization and cloud migration.As thanks for taking 10 to 15 minutes to answer this survey, respondents receive a complimentary copy of the report which is expected to be available after December 31st.Take Aberdeen Survey Today!Optimal Promotes Aberdeen SAP Virtualization & Cloud Sur...
Monday, December 5, 2011
SuccessFactors is worth premium, says SAP co-CEO
The co-CEO of Germany's SAP, Jim Hagemann Snabe, says that the $3.4 billion buy of SuccessFactors is worth the hefty premium and will give the German software group prominence in the clo...
Sunday, December 4, 2011
SAP buys US software company SuccessFactors for $3.4 bln
ermany's SAP, a software company specialising in human resources functions, on Saturday announced it was to acquire US company SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion.Under the deal, an American subsidiary will pay $40 per share in cash for SuccessFactors, 52 percent more than the closing stock price on Friday, a statement said.The deal is the latest development in the growing rivalry between SAP and competitor Orac...
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Google Maps gives SAP's business intelligence a new direction
SAP and Google have teamed up to bring Google Maps and Google Earth to SAP's business intelligence software.The idea behind the tie-in is to allow large volumes of data to be presented visually, helping users make quicker decisions based on real-time informati...
Sample SAP Mobility Architecture
Provides an enterprise-class mobility platform delivered, maintained, and further developed by SAP, as your unified mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP. • Includes fully integrated mobile device, user, apps, and security capabilities• Includes non-SAP, thin integration layers, so that well selected instant value prepackaged solutions can be added out of the box• Supports multiple mobile devices and operating syst...
SAP to Spend US$2 Billion in China
SAP has announced multi-year spending plans of more than US$2 billion through 2015 to grow its business in China. The company intends to deepen its investment in this key global market to further underscore its long-term strategic commitment to the world's second-largest econo...
Upcoming Technologies in SAP?
What are the new upcoming technologies in SAP?NetWeaver is the way to go. So is Java. And while you're at it, get your feet wet in the open source world. SAP has a major commitment to open source, and skills in open source technology such as LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) will be extremely useful in the SAP world of the futu...
Upcoming SAP Mentor Monday Webinars
SAP Mentor Monthly Webinar Series (First Monday every Month)Presenters: SAP Mentors Monday TBA http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20110906T1330&p1=137&ah=1In these monthly series that take place on the first Monday of every month, we will discuss what has happened around the SAP Mentor Land and what to expect in the following month. SAP Connect Session: https://sap.na.pgiconnect.com/sapmm Dial in: Numbers Participant Passcode: 3032344038...
Monday, September 12, 2011
SAP Fresher FAQ
Here some of the most frequently asked questions by people looking for a career in SAP.1. What is the duration of SAP course?The SAP course duration vary from institue to institute. In some institutes it is 45 dyas training plus 15 days project whereas in some it can go up to four months.2. What is the fee struture?Fees depends upon institute to institute. Some small institutes charge 10-15,000 rupees, whereas some better known institutes like Reliance(Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore) charge 20-25,000 rupees. Authorized institutes like Siemens do not train candidates who are not willing to take certifiaction and they charge around 2.8 lakhs for...
What is SAP HR Module
SAP HR is a global HR resource management system solution is one of the largest modules in the SAP R/3 system which consists of many submodules like , coversOrganizational ManagementPersonnel AdministrationRecruitment Time ManagementPayroll Benefits CompensationManagement Personnel CostPlanning BudgetManagement PersonnelDevelopment Training & Event ManagementTravel ManagementEtcMany of these sub modules are further sub divided into many components for eg Time Management is further divided into Time Administration, Shift Planning,Incentive Wages and Time Sheet.Environment Health & Safety is further divided into Occupational Health &...
What is SAP AM Module
What is Enterprise Asset Management?Enterprise asset management (EAM) means the whole life optimal management of the physical assets of an organization to maximize value. It covers such things as the design, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance and decommissioning/replacement of plant, equipment and facilities. "Enterprise" refers to the management of the assets across departments, locations, facilities and, in some cases, business units. By managing assets across the facility, organizations can improve utilization and performance, reduce capital costs, reduce asset-related operating costs, extend asset life and subsequently improve...
CRM/SAP CRM Module
What is CRM?Customer relationship management (CRM) is a broadly used term that covers concepts used by organizations to manage their relationships with customers and stakeholders to reduce costs and increase profitability by solidifying customer loyalty.CRM brings together information from all sources within and outside an organization to give one, holistic view of each customer in real time.Customers can benefit from their data being utilised within a CRM system. For instance, an increase in unsolicited telemarketing calls is generally resented by customers while a small number of relevant offers is generally appreciated by customers. CRM software...
Fake Experiance
Freshers who want to enter in to SAP field tends to fake experiance and credentials. Mind you, if you do this, then you are risking your career and aspirations. Now a days, companies have realised this menace and are blacklisting candidates with fake experiance and fake credentials. Once a candidate is blacklisted, he ort she cannot apply to any other company and could land in jail also.Accenture had recenly fired 2,500 SAP consultants with fake experiance. Wipro with some other two companies have started blacklisting candidates with fake experiance and fake credentials.IT industry has identified this problem and serious efforts are being taken...
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Application Link Enabling
Application Link Enabling (ALE) supports the creation and operation of distributed applications and application integration is achieved via synchronous and asynchronous communication , not via a central database. Provides business-controlled message exchange with consistent data on loosely linked SAP applicati...
Logging on without being authorized
Client 066 usually exists in a SAP system due to Early Watch services. Often this client does not have master users. If it is true, anyone can log into the system using the client 066, user SAP*, and password PASS. Enjoy yourse...
BW/BI T - Codes
DB04Database Performance MonitorDB12BW Backup logsDB13Database administrator Oracle Planning CalendarDB16Overview of Database Check MessagesLISTSCHEMAList SchemasPFCGAuthorisation role maintenancePFTCWorkflow task maintainRRMXBusiness Analyser Loader RS12Overview of master data locksRSA1Administrator’s WorkbenchRSA2Display BW DatasourceRSA5Transfer Business Content DataSourcesRSBBSQuery Jump TargetsRSO2Generic Data Extraction Tools. Maintain / Create datasourceRSQ02Maintain Infosets transactionsRSQ10Roles for Infoset queryRSRVAnalysis and repair of BW ObjectsRSSMReporting Authorisation ObjectsRSZCCopy Queries between cubesRSZDELETEDelete queries...
ABAP T - Codes
AL11SAP directorie structureBAPIBAPI Explorer, view all sap BAPI'sBRFBusiness rule framework transactionBRFAPL01Define new application class. Once defined use tcode BRF to create application class.BUSPProject management of SAP enhancementsFILEMaintain Logical file path definitionsGRANT_CUSTOMIZECustomize Grant management screens via SAP's BDT(business data toolset) - Must have permission from SAP to use this method of modificationOAORBusiness document navigator (edit ENJOYSAP_LOGO etc forALV Tree)OLEExamples for OLE ProcessingPFTCWorkflow task maintain SA38Execute SAP ABAP programSALEIDoc and ALE developmentSCC1Client Copy, copy transport SE01Transport...
Friday, September 2, 2011
SAP FI/CO - Step by Step FLOW
1. Basic settings.
Define company.
Company code.
Business area.
Chart of accounts.
Account groups.
Fiscal year variant.
Field status variant
Document types and number ranges.
Define retained earnings account.
Tolerance group for employees and
GI, A/CS.
Assigning all above definition to company code.
2. General Ledger (GL)
GL master creation.
Journal entry posting in INR.
Journal entry posting in foreign currencies.
Blocking a GL posting.
Unblocking a GL account.
Parking a document.
Holding a document.
Reference document.
Sample documents.
Account assignment...
Monday, August 29, 2011
Who Can Be SAP Certified and At What Levels?
The certification program is available for SAP employees, partner employees, independent consultants, and client employees. Already SAP is ahead of Oracle—Oracle’s certification programs for E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, and Siebel are only available to Oracle employees and partner employees.
About three years ago, after discussions with both clients and partners, SAP announced three levels of certification: Associate, Professional, and Master. Currently the associate level and professional level exams are available. The master level is still in development.
The SAP website defines these levels as follows:
Associate: “This...
Seven Steps to Studying for an SAP Certification Exam
If you are trying to get certified in an area that you actually know nothing about, this might also work, but I have real reservations about trying to pass yourself off to clients and employers as someone who ‘knows’ the area you are certified in. If you are a ‘fresher’ then a ‘certification’ is about the only way to separate yourself from the competition.
Read all the SAP implementation and training manuals and other published books you can. Highlight portions you need to remember, and take notes in the manuals as you read. If you don’t have access to SAP training manuals, there...
SAP Basis and Security Technology
The term 'Basis' when used in the context of SAP technology refers to the application layer of the SAP system. When you think about the role a 'Basis Adminstrator' has, it should include system administration tasks such as managing the database, transporting development and configuration objects from one SAP system to another, monitoring system performance to ensure no interruption in system stability occurs in the SAP production environment, installing and upgrading the software on the servers, and system security.
Security refers to both application security in the SAP Runtime environment and the system access outside the SAP Runtime environment....
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
SAP Business Suite
SAP Business Suite is a bundle of business applications that provide integration of information and processes, collaboration, industry-specific functionality, and scalability. SAP Business Suite is based on SAP's technology platform called NetWeaver.
SAP Business Suite has five constituents:
SAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
SAP PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
SAP SCM (Supply...
SAP CRM
The SAP CRM application is an integrated customer relationship management (CRM) software manufactured by SAP AG that targets business software requirements of midsize and large organizations in all industries and sectors.
SAP CRM solutions help integrate sales, service and marketing through business processes and enterprise applications. These solutions help organizations manage three important customer-focused issues: generating new growth, attaining operational excellence, and enhancing competitive agility.
SAP's CRM solution includes several modules that support key functional areas including:
SAP CRM Sales
SAP CRM Marketing
...
Monday, August 22, 2011
SAP R/3 Glossary
ALE (Application Link Enabling)
It provides integration for separate R/3 systems, keeping full interaction. This makes possible distributed enterprise applications.
Application server
The application server is used to run the business application programs in the R/3 client/server concept. The application modules are loaded from the data base server to the application server as required. Thus the application server requires only storage capacity to accommodate UNIX, Swapping and the SAP runtime environment.Batch Input
A technique to input data safely. It ensures application data integrity for background interfaces. It pretends to be...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
SAP GUI
SAPGUI is the GUI client in SAP R/3's 3-tier architecture of database, application server and client. It is software that runs on a Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh or Unix desktop, and allows a user to access SAP functionality in SAP applications such as mySAP ERP and SAP Business Information Warehouse (now called SAP Business Intelligence). It is the platform used for remote access to the SAP central server in a company netwo...
Friday, August 19, 2011
SAP Solution Manager
The SAP Solution Manager is an integrated, customer platform that
provides the procedures, tools and content needed to successfully and
efficiently implement and operate their SAP solutions, regardless of
the complexity of the system landsca...
Friday, August 5, 2011
SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP Enterprise Portal, also known as an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP) or corporate portal, is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational boundaries. It provides a secure unified access point, often in the form of a web-based user interface, and is designed to aggregate and personalize information through application-specific portlets. One hallmark of enterprise portals is the de-centralized content contribution and content management, which keeps the information always updat...
Monday, August 1, 2011
SAP NetWeaver Products
SAP is fostering relationships with system integrators and independent software vendors, many of the latter becoming "Powered by SAP NetWeaver".SAP NetWeaver is part of SAP's plan to transition to a more open, service-oriented architecture and to deliver the technical foundation of its applications on a single, integrated platform and common release cycle.ProductsThe core products that make up SAP NetWeaver include: SAP NetWeaver Application Server SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (EP) SAP NetWeaver Identity Management (IdM) SAP NetWeaver Master Data...
SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver is SAP's integrated technology platform and is the technical foundation for all SAP applications since the SAP Business Suite. SAP NetWeaver is marketed as a service-oriented application and integration platform. SAP NetWeaver provides the development and runtime environment for SAP applications and can be used for custom development and integration with other applications and systems. SAP NetWeaver is built using open standards and industry de facto standards and can be extended with, and inter operate with, technologies such as Microsoft .NET, Oracle Java EE, and IBM WebSphere.SAP NetWeaver's release is considered as a strategic...
SAP GUI
SAPGUI is the GUI client in SAP R/3's 3-tier architecture of database, application server and client. It is software that runs on a Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh or Unix desktop, and allows a user to access SAP functionality in SAP applications such as mySAP ERP and SAP Business Information Warehouse (now called SAP Business Intelligence). It is the platform used for remote access to the SAP central server in a company netwo...
SAP Business Solutions
Business Solutions SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO)SAP AnalyticsSAP Apparel and Footwear Solution (AFS)SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW)SAP Business Intelligence (BI)SAP Catalog Content Management (CCM)SAP Convergent Charging (CC) SAP Enterprise Buyer Professional (EBP)SAP Enterprise LearningSAP Portal (EP)SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) (From release 7.0 onwards, SAP XI has been renamed as SAP Process Integration (SAP PI))Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)Enterprise Central Component (ECC)SAP Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS)SAP Incentive and Commission Management (ICM)SAP Knowledge...
List of SAP products
This present a list of products of the enterprise software company SAP AG SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Product Life cycle Management (PLM)Supply Chain Management (SCM)Supplier Relationship Management (S...
Major Enterprise Applications - SAP
SAP's products focus on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), which it helped to pioneer. The company's main product is SAP ERPSAP ERP is the one of five major enterprise applications that makes up SAP's Business Suite. The four other applications are:* customer relationship management (CRM) - helps companies acquire and retain customers, gain deep marketing and customer insight, and align organization on customer-focused strategies* product life cycle management (PLM) - helps manufacturers with a single source of all product-related information necessary for collaborating with business partners and supporting product lines* supply chain management...
SAP
SAP is the name of the company founded in 1972 under the German name (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) is the leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software package.started in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany, states that it is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's fourth-largest independent software supplier, overall.The original name for SAP was German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte, German for "Systems Applications and Products." The original SAP idea was to provide customers with the ability to interact with a common corporate database for a comprehensive...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Types of ERP
SAP, BAAN, JD Edwards, Oracle Financials, Sibel, People Soft. Among all the ERP?s most of the companies implemented or trying to implement SAP because of number of advantages over other ERP packages.There are two types of ERPs1.Horizontal ERP2.Vertical ERPHorizontal ERP:Horizontal ERP will fit for any sort of organization there is no industrial specific ex:SAP,ORACLE AppsVertical ERP:Vertical ERP is Industrial specific this will not fit for all types of industriesex:DTR(Plastic industy),Axis(Steel indust...
Limitations of ERP
Success depends on the skill and experience of the workforce, including training about how to make the system work correctly. Many companies cut costs by cutting training budgets. Privately owned small enterprises are often undercapitalized, meaning their ERP system is often operated by personnel with inadequate education in ERP in general, such as APICS foundations, and in the particular ERP vendor package being used.Personnel turnover; companies can employ new managers lacking education in the company's ERP system, proposing changes in business practices that are out of synchronization with the best utilization of the...
Disadvantages of ERP Systems
While advantages usually outweigh disadvantages for most organizations implementing an ERP system, here are some of the most common obstacles experienced: The scope of customization is limited in several circumstancesThe present business processes have to be rethought to make them synchronize with the ERPERP systems can be extremely expensive to implementThere could be lack of continuous technical supportERP systems may be too rigid for specific organizations that are either new or want to move in a new direction in the near fut...
Advantages of ERP Systems
There are many advantages of implementing an EPR system. A few of them are listed below: A perfectly integrated system chaining all the functional areas togetherThe capability to streamline different organizational processes and workflowsThe ability to effortlessly communicate information across various departmentsImproved efficiency, performance and productivity levelsEnhanced tracking and forecastingImproved customer service and satisfaction...
What Is ERP
ERP (enterprise resource planning) is an industry term for the broad set of activities that helps a business manage the important parts of its business. The information made available through an ERP system provides visibility for key performance indicators (KPIs) required for meeting corporate objectiv...
Implementation of an ERP System
Implementing an ERP system in an organization is an extremely complex process. It takes lot of systematic planning, expert consultation and well structured approach. Due to its extensive scope it may even take years to implement in a large organization. Implementing an ERP system will eventually necessitate significant changes on staff and work processes. While it may seem practical for an in-house IT administration to head the project, it is commonly advised that special ERP implementation experts be consulted, since they are specially trained in deploying these kinds of systems. Organizations generally use ERP vendors or consulting...
