SAPNetWeaverMasterDataManagementEnrichmentController

SAPNetWeaverMasterDataManagementEnrichmentController

SAP Business Objects and SAP NetWeaver MDM - Bringing Together The Best of Two Worlds--Markus Ganser

This is really good news for data stewards and other IT people dedicated to information management and data quality management: SAP Business Objects and SAP NetWeaver continue to team up in a common approach to establish sustained enterprise strategies.

Attentive community readers may already have noticed that the SAP NetWeaver Information Management space and the SAP Business Objects Information Management space are semantically closely related, both covering one and the same hot spot in current enterprise strategies applied to gain the competitive edge. This has already been addressed in the Extending the Value of SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence with the Business Objects Business Intelligence Platform presentation. And - the common ground can also be observed in the master data management space.

As already depicted in the SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management roadmap graphic below, you can see one example of how these areas have started to interact, combining the best of two worlds featuring end-to-end data quality driven master data management.



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[*) Please note that possible future developments are subject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reason without notice]

With the Data Quality Management (DQM) for SAP NetWeaver MDM package at hand, you can leverage the powerful address cleansing capabilities of SAP Business Objects Data Services in SAP NetWeaver MDM*.

For an architectural overview of SAP NetWeaver MDM and SAP Business Objects interacting through the DQM-MDM Enrichment Adapter see the following graphic.

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From the package you will get the following benefits:

1. Ready-to-run sophisticated address cleansing capabilities on an international scale.
2. Master data excellence by combining master data quality and master data persistency
3. Streamlined service-based integration via the MDM Enrichment Architecture.
4. Workflow-embedded data enrichment process.

The related user guide provides a general overview of BusinessObjects™ Data Quality Management software, version for SAP NetWeaver MDM, as well as specific information for installing and integrating this product with SAP NetWeaver MDM.

SAP Business Objects Data Services customers can download the Data Quality Management (DQM) for SAP NetWeaver MDM package from the SAP Download Center (Path: Download > Installations and Upgrades > Entry by Application Group > SAP Business Objects packages and products > BOBJ DQM FOR SAP NW MDM).

*) refers to SAP NetWeaver MDM 5.5 SP6; version for SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 is coming soon (will be announced separately)

SOA and MDM - Two Integration Solutions That Go Great Together? By Loraine Lawson

I just happened to receive notice today in my inbox of a Webinar on master data management (MDM) and SOA. Normally, I save these announcements for Friday's integration news round-up, but the event is scheduled for this Thursday, March 20, at 11 a.m. ET.

This event caught my eye for a couple of reasons.

First - though perhaps not the best reason - it's like a meeting of the products on opposite sides of the "peak of inflated expectations" on the famous Gartner hype cycle: Master data management is on its way up and SOA...well, I suspect SOA may be headed for the trough of disillusionment. I know I'm feeling pretty disillusioned since I learned people can't even agree on a definition for the "service" in SOA. But I won't go there...for now.

Second, both SOA and MDM involve, in one way or another, integration - so I can't help but wonder what happens when you marry the two, which is precisely what the event promises to discuss.

Third, MDM is all about the data and, as regular readers know, SOA has data "issues," whether you're talking data integration or data services. So, it'll be interesting to see how the two even fit together. The promo e-mail entices with this bit of marketing:

"More than just the latest three-letter acronym, SOA case studies demonstrate that in order to be successful, you must spend time on the data contents of all those messages flying around your ESB or EAI infrastructure (hint: it's not just web services!). Conversely, MDM isn't just the latest trend....Combined, MDM and SOA provide the best of best worlds and increase your chance of succeeding with an enterprise-wide future data architecture."

Marty Moseley, the CTO of Initiate Systems, is the presenter in this event, which is the latest in an ongoing vendor-sponsored MDM University Webinar Sessions. You'll need to select the presentation and fill out a basic form to preregister. After submitting the form, you'll gain access to the previous presentations, which are available for on-demand viewing.

One thing that SOA and MDM do have in common: Neither are supposed to be tied to specific technologies or vendors. While that's well-publicized with SOA, it's perhaps not so often said about MDM.

If you're just starting an MDM initiative, you might want to check out my February interview with Rob Karel, a Forrester Research principal analyst specializing in master data management (MDM) and data integration.

Karel explains what you need to know about MDM and what you should do before you talk to vendors about specific solutions, including this list of questions you should answer before you talk to vendors:

* Do I have sufficient business sponsorship and participation in the MDM effort?

* Am I solving for operational MDM, analytical MDM, or both?

* What sources and targets do I need to integrate my MDM solution with?

* What data integration solution should I leverage (ETL, SOA, EII, EAI, etc.)?

* Am I looking for a single vendor solution or best of breed to build out my MDM ecosystem?

* Have I scoped our MDM strategy appropriately?

Karel also walks through the MDM adoption steps you should take - assuming you want a solution that fits your needs, rather than just buying what a vendor offers. Given that Thursday's MDM/SOA Webinar is vendor-sponsored, the Q&A with Karel might be a useful pre-event read.

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Introduction to SAP Components and Modules

Every company has many departments, and it is essential to integrate each of these departments to function uniformly. SAP software integrates all internal processes by means of several modules. The advanced SAP technology enables R/3 to handle business management processes throughout all the sections of the organization. Any change in the organizational structure can be easily reflected by the SAP technology, and it provides space for the expansion. Both decentralization and centralization of processes can be done efficiently if the company has installed SAP software. Irrespective of the size of the business, SAP helps the company to organize all its business activities.

Components of SAP
As with any software system, SAP has a basic system called the kernel. This is the engine of the entire R/3 system responsible for carrying out all functionalities. The screen interpreter checks user input and displays error messages. This takes the input fed to the system and transfers the input to the ABAP/4 interpreter. This interpreter executes the instructions written in ABAP/4 programming language which was used to develop SAP. The SAP system also has a data dictionary for storing all types of definitions used in various modules. Flow control is handled by as a separate component which maintains perfect data flow inside the system. Interfaces connect the software with the outside environment enabling communication between the user and the system.

Modules of SAP
For any business, logistics, accounting, and human resources are the three essential departments carrying out the entire business process. SAP has separate modules for each of these departments and these modules help the organization to execute the business management tasks. SAP enables customization, making the software suitable for any organizing doing any type of business.

Logistic modules
The business processes like sales and distribution handling (SD), material management (MM), production planning (PP), plant maintenance (PM), and quality management (QM) are taken care of by logistic modules. Any organization will require most of these modules if not all. Materials used for production are handled by the MM module. PP and PM modules ensure that the production process works as required. QM module is used to handle quality assurance of the product. The ultimate aim of any organization is to sell its products and hence, SD module is an important module in the SAP system.

Accounting modules
Accounting is important for an organization and the SAP accounting modules automate the accounts department. The FI module handles all accountings like ledgers, balance sheets, and profit and loss statements. Asset management is also carried out by the FI module. The controlling functionality is carried out by the CO module which controls not only the costs but also the objectives of the company. Enterprise controlling (EC) module takes care of integration of company information and external markets to devise efficient marketing strategy.

Human resources modules
Among the various departments, the HR department is crucial for an organization. The personal administration (PA) module of the SAP system takes care of maintaining the records of all the staff. Any department can get access to these data and this module makes the updated data available throughout the system. The personnel planning and development (PD) module incorporates all that is essential for managing the man power of the organization.

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The Best SAP Jobs On The Market

The SAP job market in the United Kingdom and Europe is growing along with the general economy. The reason for this parallel growth is that SAP business solutions are intimately connected with the rise of smaller businesses into industry leaders. Companies looking to compete in their market sector have begun to invest in SAP software and professionals who are well versed in its capabilities. In essence, SAP software and the people who utilize it are crucial investments in corporate success. The necessity for business solutions in the form of SAP programs means that there is a strong SAP jobs market for the right professionals.

Professionals interested in growing with a company should look at smaller accounting and financial firms that use SAP software. SAP jobs with companies just getting off of the ground may not be as lucrative in the short term, the right professional with the specific SAP knowledge needed to improve a company can be responsible for the growth of a company. As such, investing time and energy into these types of positions can lead to great rewards down the road for SAP professionals. However, the consolation prize for SAP professionals who work with smaller companies that don’t make it is an invaluable experience usable in the next job hunt.

Graduates and young professionals well versed in SAP and with a little industrial experience can make for good SAP trainers. SAP professionals can teach university students and professionals already in the workforce how to use SAP and updated information on SAP software. Training positions are great for professionals who like to speak with diverse groups, like a little variety, and want to use their SAP knowledge to help others. Training jobs are available with recruiting agencies, software companies, and larger corporations.

SAP professionals can often find their way through larger corporations as trainees. National and international accounting firms, banks, and financial planners often utilize training programs to help graduates adjust to the corporate world. Training sessions help integrate knowledge about SAP software and other IT issues into real world settings, which is invaluable to professional success. These opportunities are obviously limited, as companies often only need a few SAP professionals at any one time. As well, like any other IT positions, hundreds of applications from the UK and around the world flood human resources departments for these corporations. SAP professionals often do well to find temporary positions or freelance consulting before applying for training programs.

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Creating MDM Repository

Importing Sales Hierarchies into MDM

This is a documented process for standardizing Excel sales hierarchy sheets, importing via MDM Import Manager, and cross-checking with MDM Data Manager. This assumes a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and MDM Import Manager.

Standardizing Excel Documents

1. Receive document, place in central location.


2. Rename document as PartnerName_sales_hierarchy.xls. [See Naming Conventions]


3. Open in Excel.


4. Rename primary sheet with same name as document: PartnerName_sales_hierarchy.


5. Move and rename columns: Hierarchy, Model Number, Partner.


6. Check for:




1. Missing information or empty boxes.


2. Missing hierarchy information (sometimes designated by a lack of the @ symbol).


3. Unnecessary base model numbers.


4. Yellow blocks, red or blue text (designates unfinished data).


5. Duplicate rows.


6. Model numbers belonging to two completely different categories (unless it’s an accessory).


7. Replace all &#174 symbols with their corresponding symbol. (ie. &#174 is ®)


8. Remove all formatting including hyperlinks and colors.


9. Bold column headers.


10. AutoFit rows (usually 12.75) and columns.


11. Save and close.

MDM Import Manager: Sales Hierarchies

1. Open MDM Import Manager.


2. Information to connect to the MDM Repository:




1. Repository: WPC_071607_PRACTICE [adc-mdmet1.na.ad.whirlpool.com]


2. Language: English [US]


3. User: Admin


4. Password:


3. After clicking on “Next,” you will need to use the following:




1. Type: Excel


2. Remote system: MDM


3. File name: PartnerName_sales_hierarchy.xls


4. After clicking on “Finish,” you will be presented with a large screen of information.


5. In the upper left corner, select the source table: PartnerName_sales_hierarchy$.


6. In the drop-down menu directly to the right, select Products.


7. On the Source Hierarchy panel, expand PartnerName_sales_hierarchy$ by clicking on the small + sign.


8. Right-click on Hierarchy, then Set Split Delimiter > Split Hierarchy…


9. In this box type “@” and click “OK.”


10. Again right-click on Hierarchy, then Split into Hierarchy.


11. Directly below, click on the tab that says “Map Fields/Values.”


12. Match the Source field called Hierarchy <Split Hierarchy> to the Destination field called Hierarchy Listing <Catalog Hierarchy Listing>. Then click “Map.”


13. Below these panels, expand both the “Source values” and “Destination values.”


14. Ctrl+A to select all Source values, then deselect Hierarchy by Ctrl+clicking.


15. Under Destination values, find the corresponding partner name and click on it.


16. Between the two panels, click “Add,” then “Add Branch as Child.”


17. Return to the middle two panels to do some more field mapping. Map Model Number (source field) to Model Number [DF]. Also map Partner (source field) to Catalog Hierarchy Listing.


18. For this last pairing, return to the bottom two panels for more value-specific mapping. Map the value name Partner Name (source value) to Partner Name (destination value).


19. After all mapping is complete, click on the “Match Records” tab.


20. Double-click on Model Number [DF] under “Mapped destination fields.”


21. Move over to the right panel called “Default import actions.” On the first line, change “Skip” to “Create.” (On the first line, if it doesn’t say “0 of 0,” then our source Excel sheet may have base models, and we must acquire a new and up-to-date sheet.) On the second line, change “Skip” to “Update (All Mapped Fields).”


22. Click on the “Import Status” tab and save your map as Partner Name Map.


23. Execute your work by clicking on the exclamation point.


24. Breathe a sigh of relief as you close the MDM Import Manager. On to the next one!

Want to become a SAP consultant?

SAP security is the best place to build a career if you are smart and well educated. If you are ambitious too, you will easily find the best way to reach higher and higher places inside the structure of our company and we will help you acquire the skills to become more and more competitive. Just like we were a very small company founded by only five people and finished by being one of the biggest companies in the world, you can become from a student who just knows too much, a highly successful professional involved in many interesting activities.

Most people who work for SAP hold the title of SAP consultant. This is because finally this is what our company does: it provides advice for big companies. We offer the companies packages of high-tech services and we implement them. If you will be a SAP consultant so you will have to understand the product very well. You may become a SAP consultant in any number of fields, such as mining, oil, postal services, transport, pharmaceuticals, education. As a SAP consultant you not only have to know our product very well, you also have to know the field you will work in just as much. Being a SAP consultant is not an easy job and it requires you to stay very well informed and up to date.

A SAP consultant may be under a lot of stress but the satisfactions are huge. On the one hand, a SAP consultant gets to know and understand very well all of our services. On the other, a SAP consultant gets in touch with the clients and he or she has to explain the products to the customer. So this just means that the job of a SAP consultant is not in any way dry or only technical. It is related to social sciences too, as a SAP consultant has to know how to deal with the clients, to understand their needs and be able to communicate with them. At an advanced point in the career, the SAP consultant may even give advice to the company about which services are needed on the market, which are in greater demand. The SAP consultant may be in the best position to propose new products to be developed by our company. Do try to become a SAP consultant. There are many possibilities of growth in the company and it is the best way to start your way up.

Once you know that, you will also ask yourself which specific field you should start working for. Most people coming to interviews for our company say they want to work for SAP security. SAP security may indeed be our best known field because SAP security comes together with any field in our activity. No matter what business solution we provide, we also have to provide SAP security for these solutions.

Because our solutions are highly specialized, it is usually impossible for other companies to offer SAP security. So, most possibilities for work in SAP security will come from our company as well. There may be other protective software for the business solutions we provide, but we do recommend, if you want to become an expert in SAP security, to start in our company.

What you need to know if you come to work for our company in the area of SAP security is that this job may differ very much depending from the type of solution you are working on or the type of company you are providing solutions for. The area of the world where our activity takes place is very important also. SAP security is such a general term, but it encompasses very many specific and highly specialized activities. Before you come to apply for a job in the field of SAP security, we advise you to get some information about the width of our services and the type of solutions we provide. We recommend that you find the field where you would feel more comfortable working and not just resume to the desire and thought of becoming a member of our SAP security staff.

All these explanations are meant to encourage you though. Do come to work for SAP security. Do come to be a SAP consultant. We are a very rich company and there will be many opportunities for you as well as chances for personal development. You just need to know what you want and be ambitious. We will build up on the knowledge you have and teach you many new things also.

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The Demand For SAP ERP in the SAP Industry - What You Must Know About ERP Systems

People who are related to their field of technology know that the demand of SAP ERP in the SAP industry is creasing day by day. There are many significant features of ERP which are increasing its demand. People who are involve in technical works must have understood the above assumption but an average person might not understand the above assumption.

Actually, SAP is an abbreviation of Systems, Applications in Processing for data processing and is a famous company of Germany. While, ERP is an abbreviation of Enterprise Resource Program and it is a module. The demand for ERP started increasing when industries started earning more income by the use of SAP.

The work of ERP is being expanded in the industries. At the moment, industries are utilizing by SAP ERP only in six sectors related to the software which are named as Public Services, Financial Services, Service Industries, Consumer Industries, Discrete Industries, and Process Industries respectively.

SAP ERP are used in industries for the projects management. The benefit of ERP is that anyone can feed data in this system according to his requirements. The data can be analysed in ERP any time. SAP ERP enhances the operating efficiency of the industry. The data can be managed in the proper way without affecting the speed of the operating systems. It is the disadvantage of many operating systems that they affect the efficiency. However, it does not affect the speed but increases the efficiency of the operating systems.

SAP ERP can be used to integrate by keeping in view the future planning of the industry and the industry improves its value in the market by it. When value improves, income of the industry automatically improves. it can be customized and it helps the industries to make up new gradation and enhancement in the industries.

The above mentioned advantages are the actual reasons for the increasing demand for ERP in SAP industries. The famous industries of the world are using it and are increasing their sales successfully all around the world. As soon as a company comes to know about the advantages of ASP ERP, that company starts using it for the enhancement purposes. Now, the technology is not limited to some specific countries of Europe. Its use is increasing in Asia and Africa as well due to its significant features. There are many industries which are utilizing by SAP ERP in China and many other Asian countries.

Always keep it in mind that the technicians have to take a lot of care when they customize ERP as their small mistakes can result in the big disasters for the industries. Special skills of the technicians are required for the customization of SAP ERP. If it is customized properly, only then they would work and the industry would utilize by them. The industries must be careful when they select technicians for customizing ASP ERP. The operators for ASP ERP too must be experts.

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Increasing Demand For SAP ERP System

SAP is an acronym for "System Application & Products" whose function is to create a centralized database for all possible applications within an organization. SAP has been designed with such a versatility way that it efficiently handles and effectively coordinates all functional departments. It needs to be noted that today major companies including Microsoft and IBM are using SAP products to run their own businesses.

SAP products are generally focused on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and its applications are built around R/3 system which provides the expertise to manage product operations, cost accounting, assets, materials and personnel. The R/3 system of SAP runs on majority of platforms including windows 2000 and it uses the client/sever model.

SAP NetWeaver is the most recent technology introduced into the market by SAP. SAP products are primarily aimed at large organizations which mainly comprises of Fortune 500 companies and is arguably the number one choice for ERP system worldwide. SAP has software solutions called SAP Business One (SAP B1) and SAP all in one which are mainly created for small and mid sized organizations. SAP products are used by more than 75,000 customers worldwide and in more than 120 countries and the numbers are constantly increasing.

As the world’s leading provider of business software, SAP delivers products and services that help accelerate business innovation for business people. The phenomenal growth of SAP is due to their technology of innovation, co-innovation with customers and partners. Despite stiff and growing competition from Oracle, Baan, JD Edwards and more recently from Microsoft, SAP has managed to retain its market share and be the market leader. SAP ERP solutions provide a reliable means to integrate all these information systems thereby improving process efficiency and operational productivity. The distinct advantage of SAP solutions is that they are up-gradable and can also be customized according to the evolving business requirements of any business house.

Today SAP solutions have become almost indispensable for international businesses as almost half of the world’s Fortune1000 companies have implemented ERP solutions from SAP. This proprietary enterprise resource planning software conveniently automates the entire transactions of an enterprise. Presently SAP has the expertise to implement ERP solutions in more than twenty-five different industry verticals.

SAP has a growing demand in the emerging markets of Asia and Africa and several small and medium enterprises have realized that implementing SAP not only helps manage day to day operations efficiently but it also sharpens business insight by providing real time access to timely information. SAP R/3 solutions is capable of running on several databases Oracle, ADABAS, Informix, DB2/400, Microsoft SQL Server 6.0. With its latest offering my SAP, the company intends to get a stranglehold grip in the enterprise software market. Its future business strategy is to introduce existing ERP customers to mySAP. mySAP has helped the company obtain considerable market share through e- business applications like mySap Customer Relationship Management, mySAP Supply Chain Management, and mySAP Product Lifecycle Management.

During recent times, the ongoing demand for persons skilled in SAP technologies is growing at a rapid pace according to Foote Partners LLC, an analyst firm in Vero Beach, Fla., that tracks pay rates for IT jobs. The salary for SAP persons is rising particularly for those with skills centered on SAP’s latest NetWeaver platform.

A distinction should however be made between SAP employees and the SAP consultants who work with the vendor’s partners. "As a result of the strong demand and market uptake for SAP solutions, there is a corresponding increased demand for IT consultants with SAP skills. We are actively working with our partners to build the pipeline to meet this demand," - a SAP spokesperson said.

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SAP Education Benefits

The main objective of SAP Education Benefit was to achieve a successful technical upgrade. This SAP Education Benefit article was mainly focused on changes in the project level. The project management approach permitted the orange county public schools to achieve the successful upgrade from SAP 4.0 to 4.7.

Regarding the project management, some impressive numbers were also disclosed by the consultant. Mr. Jerry veal, the managing consultant of this project said that in a year 200,000 hours of manpower was saved. He also says that $ 750,000 runtime hours in an annual year were also saved.

If arithmetic is performed, it even adds up the saving of millions of dollars in a year. This is what we have heard from other school systems with successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations. Another important factor is that OCPS has already worked out with change and project management strategy which is upcoming functionality expansion.

The destination is same for OCPS to take its own way. For instance, OCPS avoid the big bang approach to implement, placing a phased approach into play. This OCPS has some financial procurement, HR, payroll, plant maintenance, teacher certification, and some other modules.

Sap’s on Demand Version

SAP previews the on demand version in his back office some software product like enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) at a recent analyst summit.

Mr. David Bradshaw says regarding this preview: he says “Each consumer will have their separate case of the software running on a separate server blade, with a separate database for storage of data. The SAP will maintain this software directly, fixing bugs and providing updates without taking the system down."

In such a situation, the on demand versions of SAP software will be preconfigured for certain verticals. The SAP service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach will allow consumers to squeeze the functionality. Customization started increases for mid-market CRM and ERP, so that it will increase or improve the technology development.

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SAP ABAP Performance Tuning Tips & Tricks

Need for performance tuningABAP is the universal language in the World of SAP programming and the focus is also on getting a team of efficient programmers as early as possible in each and every part of the project, both for handing over the technical specifications to them and also for asking them to toss out the ABAP programs within the “given deadlines” as well.

The key focus of assembling an efficient program takes a back seat since this force has a greater pressure of schedules along with deliveries to accomplish successful outcomes. Also an proficient ABAP program is one which brings the wanted output to the user in a finite time according to the complexity involved in the program, rather than hearing the comment “I put the program to run, have my lunch and come back to check the results”.

A performance optimized ABAP program saves the time of the end user, thus increasing the productivity of the user, and in turn keeps the user as well as the management happy leaving aside the hyperbole. SAP ABAP performing tuning tips and tricks are used for making the ABAP programs efficient in doing their work. This tuning tips and tricks also assume that the reader is well versed in each and every concepts and syntax of ABAP programming.

SAP Implementation Benefits SAP solutions embrace an extensive range of business domains, such as Financial Accounting Controlling, Asset Management, Project System, Human Resources, Quality Management, Production Planning and Sales and Distribution. We also help for small and mid-size firms that achieve profits and have significant advantages through SAP investment via our expertise in presenting SAP solutions.

Some SAP implementation benefits include:

• Gradual declination in the total cost of ownership


• Accomplishment of faster return on investment


• Imparting flexibility in business processes


• Inspection of entire business processes


• Integration, collaboration, planning, execution, and coordination of the complete supply chain network


• Achievement of consistent as well as apparent business insights


• Develop employee productivity


• Creation of a quality work environment


• Achievement of operational excellence and growth


• Exploitation of additional solutions with ease

Both SAP Implementation and SAP training are worth investing since it takes into account regarding the benefits it offers. Our partnership with leading application vendors permits us to convey competitive SAP advantages to our enterprising customers. Enterprises get in touch for the processing of SAP Consulting and SAP Upgrade solutions. We also offer its consulting, implementation and training services for the upcoming Microsoft Dynamic Business Solutions.

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Why Do I Need SAP Training & Why is it Important For Your Career and Business?

In 1972, five ex-IBM engineers founded SAP. Translated from German, it means Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing. The full name of the parenting company is SAO AG. Based close to the town of Heidelberg, SAP has subsidiaries in 50 countries. Because of their success, the original founders have marketed SAP AG into the third largest software maker in the world.

More than half of the world’s top 500 companies and over 17,500 customers make use of this software maker. There are over 27,000 employees worldwide and SAP AG commands a revenue of $7.34 billion and a net income of $581 million in FY01. Because SAP is listed in Germany it makes up the 30 stocks of DAX and on the New York Stock Exchange as ticker:SAP.

In 120 countries with more than 10 million users, there are 44,500 installations of SAP. Why did this company become successful? In 1979 SAP released SAP R/2 into the German market; it was an instant success! Every large German company had a SAP software and for years this company stayed within Germany’s boundaries. Eventually the software company expanded throughout Europe and towards the end of the 1980’s, client-server architecture became well known.

SAP released R/3 and in 1988 it was publicized in the North America region which resulted in an outstanding successful business venture. It took only five years for the North American market to adopt 44% of total SAP worldwide sales. More than 3,000 people have added the names of many of the Fortune 500 to their customer based list. Currently SAP is available in 46 specific country versions, incorporating 28 languages; industry specific versions number 21. Large companies are no longer the proud owners of SAP as smaller companies have seen the need to incorporate this software into their business.

There are good reasons why companies are implementing SAP. Replacing outdated and inefficient IT Architecture allows for a competitive advantage. Other good reasons are to enable business process change since it is easier to change companies process to adapt to SAP. There is a competitive advantage and of course this depends on the company. Behind every successful business is a cost benefit analysis. If SAP cannot be implemented with a positive outcome than it probably should not be embarked on. A ballpark cost would be $4,000 and is based on a price per user with an annual support cost of 10% and periodic upgrades. Check with SAP for additional information.

The shortest time to implement SAP is 45 days, and there are multi nationals who continue to implement SAP over 5 to 10 years and many have planned as successful global deployments but one should be able to get a single instance project completed in a little over a year. The least of SAP implementations can be done on a part time basis and the largest will involve up to a thousand individuals including armies of consultants. The smallest SAP implementations uses a production system box, a box for test and a box for development. The largest implementations use well over 100 boxes especially if programs are involved. This can cost from $400,000 to millions of dollars.

SAP can be all things to all companies, and it is here to stay.

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Customization Of SAP ERP

Sap faces enormous changes in turnover of this period. More innovations have been done in the process of SAP. Tremendous growth has been faced due to the improvement of technologies. In many business sector, SAP becomes the most important, essential and day-to-day applications. To retain their strategy position in marketing, SAP applications have been used for their processing. Most of the companies tend to install SAP in their organization for company development. For product appraisal and business out processing, SAP has been used by most of the business sectors. SAP is a software tool used to build the business process strongly.

Customization of SAP has been started by most of the business people. Nowadays, most of the SAP ERP has been customized by all businesses. The cost of customizing SAP ERP is quite costlier and it is a manual implementation applications. The designing of SAP ERP enables to carry the customization in a most effective and preserved manner. It also helps to generate the designing from one version to another. Customization of ERP becomes mandatory in every part of the technology and because of this technology development most of the people tend to customize their software. Customization of ERP estimates the implementation of software in programming and consulting services of the organization.

SAP ERP has been designed to customize the ERP in optimal level. Customizing the SAP ERP makes the software a unique set and allows flexible customization. This flexible customization of SAP allows the business people to make new up gradation and enhancement. Generally, customization will be made in the form of tables to have easy reference and review in future. The entire process of customization can be easily carried out and it contains the necessary development tools. This process also allows additional flexibility of customization.

This technology allows customizing the modification to the customer and stores all customized components in the retrieved form. When the required functionality is not found, using customization this functionality can be got backed. When entire customization is done on the site, it is easy way to achieve fast and competent out processing. Therefore while installing or exercising ERP, the technician should be very careful. Customization should be made correctly and adequately, too much of anything will fit for nothing. So, the technician should be careful while customizing the ERP. Customization should be made moderately.

Most of the companies spend more money in customizing SAP ERP for their enterprise. To bring the project in a great success, this customization is done by this business sectors. Companies making customization finds difficult to up gradate and they finds difficult to support. Up gradation and changes is the important and essential one to improve the development of business sector. When customization is done moderately, the customization or up gradation can be done, but too much of customization makes difficult for the technician to up grade. The customized functionality can be easily up graded when a new version is released and installed. Customization is a straight forward and acute way to make the management tool efficient.

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Does SAP's Involvement in ERP Projects Improve the Performance of Their Alliance Partners?

In late 1997, SAP Consulting came into existence in order to assure that SAP would have a stake in the success of SAP engagements. Prior to that time, in the words of many SAP executives, the software supplier had been relegated to "wildly cheering on the sidelines". While SAP Consulting is often the prime systems integrator for engagements, their role as a sub to alliance partners has been portrayed by them as a definite boost to engagement success.

A major study of the SAP market was recently completed by Performance Monitor, an independent marketing research firm. This research includes 809 interviews with clients of the leading SAP systems integrators, including Accenture, BearingPoint, Capgemini, CSC, Deloitte, IBM, and SAP Consulting. During the course of the interview, clients provide an assessment of their systems integrators’ performance during their SAP project.

In all, SAP Consulting has been included in a support role for approximately three out of four SAP projects conducted by their leading alliance partners included in this research. Contrary to SAP claims that their involvement in alliance partner projects is a plus, we find that as recently as 2004, the reverse was true. While SAP showed improvement in 2005, there was not much difference in the performance of alliance partners when SAP was involved and when they were not.

In 2006, however, alliance partners saw an increase in the quality of their delivery when SAP Consulting was included as part of the delivery team. So what has changed over the last few years that has caused this improvement? SAP Consulting’s performance as a provider has been increasing as well. They have been performing at above industry average rates for the last two years.

SAP Consulting’s performance has improved compared to the group average over a three year span. The results from the leading seven providers are separated by just over half a point, meaning that SAP Consulting’s year over year improvements are meaningful.

Clients still need to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of including another partner in the mix for the SAP systems integration project. Adding another partner creates additional management on the part of the project team, but it can create additional value, as well as a more direct conduit to the SAP organization, when effectively managed. This data reveals an increasing trend that including SAP Consulting as a delivery partner with one of their alliance partners can improve overall project performance.

About This Research

This research was conducted by Performance Monitor, an independent marketing research firm. The research includes 809 SAP systems integration projects that have been completed over the last three years. For more information please visit: http://www.performancemonitor.net/mm.php?content=may_2007.

Paul Reynolds Chief Research Officer, Performance Monitor As Chief Research of Performance Monitor, Mr. Reynolds has conducted several major market studies that measure the field performance of the leading service providers in the enterprise application marketplace, including ERP systems integration, CRM systems integration, application outsourcing, and application development and maintenance. Mr. Reynolds’ expertise includes methodology development, data analytics, and research process design. Prior to co-founding Performance Monitor, Mr. Reynolds served as the Vice President and Director of Quantitative Research Services at META Group (acquired by Gartner), a Connecticut-based IT research and advisory firm. In this capacity he was responsible for all North American primary research conducted by the firm. He received the 2002 META Group Analytical Insight Award for his co-development of the METAspectrum vendor evaluation methodology. The award is given to the one analyst/consultant doing the most to advance the company’s analytical methodologies, tools, and frameworks. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Paul_L_Reynolds

SAP Business One in Ecommerce: Integration highlights

SAP BO is moving to ecommerce with the acquisition of NetPoint ecommerce and web CRM modules, however if you already have functioning ecommerce website the idea of redeployment might be not very attractive. Let’s take a look at simple ecommerce functionality

• Ecommerce Business Logic. When new customer decides to place the order, ecommerce should create new customer record with delivery address, then create web order, plus typically charge customer credit card. All this logic is standard functionality of out of shelf or custom made ecommerce application.

• Excel CSV Templates and Integration Workbench. First what could come to your mind is deploying user-friendly SAP Integration bench by putting customer and sales order information into Excel or csv templates. This might work, however it might be exposed to human errors and probably you should consider, that these csv templates were intended to help you with initial data integration and conversion from legacy ERP to SAP BO.

• Light SAP B1 SDK programming. This customization option is not as difficult as you could think of. You need Visual Studio .Net developer, familiar with C# or VB.Net programming. In SAP BO we recommend you do not import ecommerce orders as invoices, but instead place them as Sales Orders. The reason – SAP BO Invoices are not stored in the batch but immediately posted when you add them – in our opinion you should review customer orders prior to post them all the way through to General Ledger

• SAP Business One as ERP Backend. Besides its integration capabilities, SAP BO has light manufacturing, bill of materials, assembly, robust inventory control module, plus it has integrated CRM, which could help you in generating customer leads via telemarketing campaigns, etc. SAP B1 has integration module, which allows you to consolidate SAP BO company to high-end SAP application, such as mySAP or SAP All-in-One – this option should be considered by large companies, opening subsidiaries overseas

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Integrating XML into SAP Business Connector

Corporations are always in search of the most effective mechanism for both acquiring and selling goods as well as services at very minimum total cost over the Internet. The Business Process Connectors for SAP systems supports for the dynamic integration between the application processes and server systems thus it facilitates in faster and efficient functioning of SAP R/3, SAP Portals and MySAP solutions. In the current model, SAP Business Connector Framework uses XML schemas for generating a JSP that can be assessed from any of the web browsers dynamically, so that one can test and deploy integration tools between the application server environment and SAP systems immediately. For the purpose of adding flexibility, convergence of XML schema approach to the SA Business Connector facilitates to all the SAP standards. Thereby the customers can leverage the power and flexibility of XML into their business documents with an improved efficiency and improved cost-effectiveness as well.

Integrating Business Connectors with XML

SAP BC combines both the RFC server and the client. Additionally it supplies an XML layer over R/3 functionality and also comes with XML automation since it has the ability in converting SAP’s RFC format into XML. There is no requirement of SAP R/3 automation at the receiving end since it supports both synchronous RFC and asynchronous RFC protocols.

Benefits of XML Integration:

End-to-End Web Business Processes

Internet bridges the gap between different businesses, systems and users and facilitates them to do business via web. SAP BC makes communication easier by its XML conversions. By means of integration with XML, it enables the exchange of structured business documents over the Internet by providing common standard for various applications together with IT systems for communing with each other and for exchanging business data. Open Business Document Exchange over the Internet

SAP Business Connector uses hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) for exchanging XML-based documents over the Internet. Without the need of developing tool, it guarantees the security in replacing of documents in accordance with the help of its SSL (Security Socket Layer) technology. Additionally, SAP BC offers openness and flexibility for complying with emerging semantics of business that keep on changing frequently.

XML Solutions for SAP services

SAP BC makes all solutions to be accessible by means of XML based business documents and with the support of XML-based interface Repository (IFR) and empowers SAP customers to benefit from SAP functionality over the Internet, it helps all major existing interfaces that are being offered by SAP. This particular IFR gives the choice of downloading XML schemas and tenders a uniform XML interface representation despite different implementation technologies such as RFC, IDOC and BAPI. XML messages are easily translated into equivalent SAP internal call whenever you need and it gets converted back into XML format when received from SAP system thereby enhancing the existing programming model for distributed applications formed by ALE along with SAP BC.

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SAP Business One Ecommerce Integration Highlights

In this small article we would like to give you SAP Business One SDK integration options, if you already own and operate e-commerce business. Legacy ecommerce website might be substantial historical investment and the idea to slash it and re-implement SAP Business One ecommerce module might be theoretically logical, but very expensive step, which will undermine your legacy ecommerce investment,, at least large portion of it. You can stay in SAP B1 realm and deploy different tool – SAP Business One SDK – you will need SAP BO technical consultant or programmer to code your plan

• Connector approach. Yes, this good old-days approach is still feasible. Try to design the connector – you ecommerce should send data into staging table, from where connector should pick data and mark it as processed/integrated or delete.

• Integration Simplicity. Try to make it really primitive and very simple – in this case SAP BO SDK programming should be very light, quick and simple and will not require tons of SAP B1 SDK programming experience

• Sales Orders. SAP B1 architecture suggests you use Sales Order, rather than invoice as integration object. We discourage you to integrate on invoice level, because invoice should be “added” or in accounting terms “posted”. In ERP you probably would like your operator to review customer orders, prior to be posted

• Programming Language. C# and VB.Net – this is very good news for you – these programmers are available on the job market, plus a lot of consulting companies practice these services. Tool of choice is Microsoft Visual Studio (.Net)

• SAP B1 Ecommerce module. We recommend you to review this module seriously and if you can afford to re-deploy your ecommerce website – this might be another good option, which should work in long term, assuming that you have enough time and resource for redesign

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Are You Certifiable?

In the UK an energy performance certificate will be required of any homeowner putting up her or his house for sale as of June 1st of this year. The regulations on homes already constructed differ from new homes, although each must undergo rigorous scrutiny to get their energy performance certificate.

Energy ratings, which determine the qualification for an energy performance certificate, tell the consumer and the assessor just how energy efficient the dwelling is. New homes now have energy ratings in place upon completion of construction, this year the regulation compels existing homes to comply as well. In subsequent years owners of rental property will be compelled to earn an energy performance certificate as well.

There are two primary energy ratings that are given in the UK. One is called the Standard Assessment Procedure SAP rating and the other the NHER rating.

An SAP rating is recommended by the UK federal government, and is the yardstick by which a qualification for energy performance certificate is determined. The SPA energy rating is based only on the cost of energy for heating water and for space. This SAP rating is the one required for the new homes and those being significantly renovated. The latter could be the addition of a new room, for example. Any housing association, organization or council that owns any stock must submit a report of its average SAP rating figures for its region. This is the means the UK government uses to monitor the energy used in each region, the carbon emissions associated with the usage and the compliance with energy performance certificate regulations.

What is currently in place for SAP ratings is devised of a 1100 scale. A SAP energy rating of one is quite poor, and certainly not eligible for any energy performance certificate. 100, of course, is excellent. The typical UK dwelling now earns a rating of 45, although those specifically being built now with an eye towards SAP rating compliance and the earning of an energy performance certificate would realize an 80 rating.

This SAP rating system, referred to as SAP 2005, was launched in the UK in April 2006, and its now the basis for earning an energy performance certificate. Different from its preceding rating system, SAP 2001, the 2005 SAP considers fixed internal lights and integrated energy systems that are renewable.

An NHER rating, in comparison to SAP, considers the local environment beyond the dwelling. It considers how this environment will affect the energy rating of the building. The NHER rating calculates not only the water heater and space heating and cooling costs as does the SAP rating, but also considers lighting, cooking and other appliance. When determining energy performance, for purposes of a certificate or its simple help or hindrance to the environment as a whole, NHER clearly is far more comprehensive than is the SAP rating system.

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Innovation Of SAP Programs

Today, SAP finds a development in technology advancement and more innovation has been done in this SAP. With the advancement of technology, more new SAP programs have been initiated. SAP investment is a profitable investment and more information is created for the organization. SAP helps to interpret and implement information to the organization properly and correctly. Most of the people will invest in any of the SAP program and then implement in any of the SAP program. SAP implementation helps to make appropriate report with SAP development, native connections and overall integration. SAP programs like SAP BW, SAP R/3 is used as data query for crystal resources.

SAP BW is used as a data source for reports and queries. Generally, most of the people finds difficult to differentiate complex query with simple reports and simple query with complex reports. Most of the people build their structure as per their complexity in skill and report. Understanding the implementation of different SAP programs, helps to recognize the difference from the data collection and sourced. When SAP programs are implemented properly and find the data in the infoprovider correctly, then SAP provides a best outsource to the user. Analyzing the query and preparing the report for the user, helps the user to obtain effective outsource. Designing the SAP BW query evaluates the key figures and determines the data arrangement for filtering.

Query filtering reduces the data processing time and reduces the data. Effective SAP BW helps to optimize the performance of BW query and report. Preparing crystal report for the enterprise application formats the report effectively. Formatting and designing the SAP gives an effective report for the business enterprise. Today, more number of business enterprises is using the SAP to prepare an effective report with processed data. With different formula and processed data, effective and efficient report can be made for the query. It is essential to be noted in SAP programs are that all factors to be considered to process data and prepare report for the business enterprise. There are many numbers of factors available to calculate the crystal report.

When SAP data sources are retrieved properly for processing then the user gets the correct report for the organization. SAP innovation has provided more useful services to the business enterprise to get a proper outsourcing from the data. SAP programs have been innovated to make the users benefited from the different programs. With the advancement of technology in SAP, more new programs will be innovated.

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