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Topic
Ch art o f Accou nts and
Accou nt Grou ps
Payro ll Fina nce Jou rna ls and
Accrua l
Emai l Purcha se Ord er
attachme nts
Purch asin g - Ea rl iest De live ry
Da te
Purch asin g - L atest Rece ipt
Da te
Change PP Order, Co02
Cross-Company orders
PMO - Gateway and Teamplay
SAP Authorization Document
ALE Sync be tw een SAP FI
Cl ien ts
Transfer Pricing
SAP_ALL - Plants Abroad
Data Migration
SAP and C lin ical S upp lie s
Trackin g
SD / PP : Make-to-Order
If you ha ve worke d with an y o ne of th e BAPI's, pl ease g et back to th is mail w ith your
BAPI - GL and Invoice postings contact numb er and p rovi de me wi th a ny docu mentati on/cod e avai lab le wi th yo u.
SAP Shared Services
Impli cation s for a mid -yea r
cutove r
Accou nts Pa yab le: Missin g
che ck i nformatio n on ve ndo r
pa yment fi le to ba nk
MM/AP: Re mitta nce ad vice for
ERS
SAP_AL L: Qu estion s re :
Co nversi on from Retai l Base d
Accou nting to C ost Ba sed
Accou nting fo r IS-Re ta il
Sal es - Ba rcodi ng C ustomer
Shi pmen ts
SAP_Al l Europ e mid mo nth
cutove r i ssues
SAP_AL L Payme nt C ard
Proce ssing for Sa les
1) L esson 's l ea rned a nd succe ss/d isaster storie s.
2) R esou rces requ ired to imp leme nt.
3) Amo unt of w ork fo r stan da rd and n onstan da rd tra nsactio ns.
4) L ist o f stand ard tran saction s su ppl ied .
SAP Console Knowledge Needed 5) H ardw are(se rver) requ ireme nts/co sts.
SAP_AL L ATP
Ch eckin g/Backord er
pro cessin g
SAP_AL L Re ma nu fa ctu ring w . Sometime s, the custome r re ta ins o wne rship o f the in comin g 'rep air/rema n' item an d
Seri al Nu mbers
Barcodes
Lo okin g fo r B est Pra cti ces on
Ha ndl ing Frei ght Ch arge s
SAP Collections Processing
Ce ntrall y l ocated ve rsus
Re mote Proje ct Tea ms
ESS Usage Pattern
SAP AP WORKFLOW
SAP_AL L Servi ce
Man age ment OR Wa rra nty
SD - FI: Prod uct H iera rchy v.
Di visio n
Production order variances
Expe rien ce with Imple men ti ng
Cre dit Card Pro cessin g.
Secu rity Acce ss R estriction s
on cro ss mo d tra nsa cti ons
Where h ave we i mple men te d
two pa ckage s at o ne cli ent?
Othe r q uestio ns: Is i t so me thin g th at n eed s to b e execu te d at ye ar en d or can it be
don e mid yea r? An y q ui ck w ay to i den ti fy an y h ard co din g in custom ob jects arou nd
SAP ALL - Fi scal Ye ar Cha nge peri od rep orting ? Wha t a re th e impa cts on o pen in g and cl osin g bal ance s, i nven to ries
in Pro ductio n Envi ronme nt etc?
If anyo ne ha s a BP P for the transa cti on MIGO cou ld you p lea se fo rward i t o n to me .
SAP_All MM MIGO Ou r tea m i s i n nee d of a n exa mple for this t-code .
See king e xpe rien ce in
in te gratin g Wi ndch ill P DM w ith Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce in in te gratin g PTC 's Wi ndch ill PD M p ackag e with R/3
SAP
nu mber of sap i mp le mentatio ns over the la st 3 yea rs ? We n eed thi s i nformatio n in resp on din g to a n RFP. Than ks fo r
comp leted i n last 3 yea rs?
Re -eng ine erin g after ano th er
in te grator imp leme nted
SAP_AL L: Pl ease h elp u s
eva lua te o ur SAP 4.6 Tra ini ng (in trane t po rta l) and SAP L aun chPad (Ad ditio na l fu nction i n SAP H elp , wh ich p rovid es
Prog ram
Amex (or othe r b an k ca rd
pro vide rs) Procu remen t Ca rd
da ta Inte gratio n with SAP
Ne ed SAP Best Practices for
Automa te d Cle arin g of
Affi lia te d Comp an y
Re ceiva ble s a nd Pa yabl es
capital budgeting by project
Re ntal Equ ipme nt: Inve ntory or Th e clie nt I am worki ng wi th re nts e qu ipme nt o n a short-term ba sis (2 -3 da ys) a nd
Fixed Asse t
Has an yone h ave do cume ntation o n th e to ol s o r se rvices ava ila ble to De Dup lica tion
of cu sto mer masters fro m a d ata con versio n sta ndp oin t a nd a po st-GoL ive
persp ective? Afte r the clien t g os live o n SAP the y wan t a tool tha t wi ll che ck fo r
DeDuping of Tools and Services dup lica te cu sto mer masters. The y w ill b e add ing 2 -300 p er da y.
HEL P! SAP Re ports -
Co nsume r Pa ckage d
Good s/Ma nufa ctu ring
Best Practice: Mo vin g th e HR
PD structure be tw ee n syste m
iView Development
Re lea se of R eq uisi ti ons for
total req uisi ti on va lue
eLearning
SD - Rebate Processing -4.6C
Add ing C redi t Ca rds in SAP
after th e Ord er is Shi ppe d
Lean Warehouse Management
Managing Product Kits in SAP
SAP: Report Distribution
Eval uated R ece ipt Setleme nt
(ERS)
Remittance Advice
The What Response / Result
accou nt g roup s a nd w hat you use d th em fo r?
Hop efull y tha t wo uld be abo ve wha t stand ard SAP de live rs.
Hi FI CO and Pa yroll g urus
1)At o ur clie nt w e wil l be in te rfa cing externa l non SAP pa yrol l (C an adi an) in to o ur
gen eral l edg er and co sting mo dul es.
We a re also u sing time co nfirmatio ns in SAP (CATS and i nterfaced ti me coll ection s to
PP co nfirmatio ns C 011 N).
My p robl em is th at the p ayrol l inte rfa ce is alw ays goi ng to be 2 to 3 we eks AFTER the
ti me was con fi rmed an d worke d (and costed) in SAP.
We e xpect and u nde rstand tha t some ki nd of accru al wi ll take care o f this, and have
some id eas, but.........
Did yo u have thi s p robl em or simil ar?
Wh at d id you re commen d to th e clie nt a nd wh at d id yo iu do to sol ve th is?
Do you h ave samp le jo urna ls of wha t you d id to solve th is?
2) We p lan to do re valu atio ns of the a cti vity type p la nne d rates, to actu al rates ba sed
on actua l payro ll costs.
Becau se th e payro ll is la te , the re valu ation s w ill a lso spi ll oi nto the 'wro ng' p erio d.
Wh at d id yoi u do to solve th is issue ? Also an a ccrual ?
whe n e-mai lin g Purcha se Ord er do cumen ts to vend ors we al so wa nt to ad d PO
atta chmen ts (fo r e .g . a Word d ocume nt co ntain ing detai led ma te rial sp ecifica ti ons) to
th e emai l. D ocume nts a re attache d to the PO, u sin g th e Ob ject fo r Se rvices
Fu nction ali ty (no t SAP DMS). E-ma ili ng the a ctu al PO d ocume nt works gre at, bu t we
are strugg lin g to g et th e atta chmen ts to be e -ma il ed as we ll. If anyo ne h as expe rien ce
with this, your in put wil l be gre atly ap preci ated.
we ha ve th e fo llo win g bu sine ss re qui remen t: Wh en a mate rial i s re ceive d X n umbe r
of d ays earl ier than the pla nne d del ivery da te on the Purch ase Order, SAP shou ld
issue a w arni ng messa ge du rin g recei ving . We shou ld al so be a ble to set up di ffe re nt
earl y re ceip t tole rance s (in # o f d ays) fo r d iffe rent materia ls.
It app ears as if SAP w ill o nly co nsid er th e actual Pu rchas e Ord er del ivery da te w hen
determi nin g if a re ceip t is ea rly, i .e . n o to lera nce' s a re possi ble . It al so app ea rs a s i f
th e warn ing me ssage co nfig uratio n is app lica ble to al l materi als, so differen t materi als
cann ot b e mana ge d differen tl y i n th is rega rd.
Any hel p wil l be ap preci ated .
Hi eve ryone , we h ave some q ue sti ons reg ardi ng the L atest R ecei pt D ate fi eld o n the
Purcha se Ord er:
It app ears as if th is fi eld has to be po pul ated ma nua lly in the PO, i s th ere an yway to
automa te thi s, ba sed o n para meters deri ved from th e materi al master for e.g.?
It app ears as if th is fi eld is n ot avai lab le in the Pu rcha se Req uisi ti on, is th is correct?
once a n end - u ser ha s a cces to tran saction C o0 2, h e can cha nge everythi ng. We
wou ld li ke to re stri ct acce ss to certai n fiel ds and va lue s.
Exampl e: Insp ector X ca n cha nge a u ser sta tu s but no othe r va lue i n the pro ductio n
orde r.
Any ide as how to sol ve this pro ble m ?
On thi s e nga geme nt, w e have o ne bo x w ith two comp any cod es. Co mpan y c ode A
will b uy from Comp any cod e B. In th is proce ss C ompa ny code A g ene rates an Idoc
as outpu t. H ow do I ge t SAP to p ick-up thi s o utbo und i doc from Comp any co de A
and re ad it back in for Co mpa ny Cod e B?
We a re worki ng on a p ursui t a nd trying to find e nga ge ment whe re we use d eith er
Ga te way or Teamp lay succe ssfu lly o n an en gag emen t. If you a re awa re of su ch an
eng age ment, p lea se rep ly to b oth myself and Rich ard Na chaze l.
On thi s SAP Portal p roje ct, we w oul d requ ire to give so me sup pli ers access to th e
SAP a nd the BW b ox.
We a re loo king for a le gal d ocu ment or autho rizatio n do cumen t that we cou ld u se to
get sign ed ag reeme nts with the sup pli ers prio r to settin g up thei r u ser-id s o n R3 an d
BW.
Plea se fo rward the d ocu me nt to me o r p oin t me to the rig ht re source
We a re curren tl y e nga ged o n a Fina nce Sha red Se rvices pro ject. One o f the
obj ectives of th is proj ect i s to se t up a "ce ntral " SAP Cl ien t wh ich wi ll synch roni ze
Accoun ti ng Do cumen ts thro ugh AL E w ith other SAP Cl ien ts.
Doe s a ny of yo u have expe rien ce (or know s a bou t o ur referen ces) in the FI (mai nly
Accoun ti ng Do cs) syn chron izatio n be tw een 2 o r mo re SAP Clie nts?
Ou r p roje ct team ne eds to sha re expe rien ce, ma inl y i n th e vol ume/pe rfo rmance a rea.
We h ave be en aske d to prop ose a sol ution fo r a u ti litie s g roup h ere in A ustrali a who
are wa nting to imp leme nt Tran sfe r Pricin g. The y cu rrently do n ot use PCA an d are
hop ing to avo id imp leme ntin g PCA, ye t still g et the fu nction ali ty of TP.
We h ave sea rched thro ug h K!N et for an y i nformatio n an d were u nab le to find
anythi ng, nor ha ve we h ad the exp erie nce h ere in Au stra lia o f imp leme nting Tra nsfer
Pricin g. We are h opi ng to ga th er any in fo rmation from an yon e who h as had
expe rien ce in imp leme nting th is s ub-mo dul e, p articul arly in fo rmation a bo ut yo ur
app roach , cli ent requ ireme nts, d esig n docu ments, l esson s lea rnt o r a nythin g at all
you can h elp u s w ith!
Any informa ti on wo uld b e gre atly app recia te d and can be se nt to my e-mai l add ress
(d etai ls bel ow).
Loo king for you w ho h ave imp leme nted the "Pl ants Abroa d" functio nal ity i n a SAP.
More spe cifical ly, w e are in the D esig n (Blu epri nt) p hase o f a 4 6c impl emen ta ti on,
and w e are lo okin g fo r th e chal len ges/ob sta cles we will b e facin g if w e choo se to use
th is fu nction ali ty. I'd a lso li ke to kn ow ho w we ll it fu lfill s the l ega l (intrastat) repo rti ng
re qu ired for Euro pea n cou ntries.
Ou r p roje ct is a mySAP.com impl emen ta ti on ; we a re pla nni ng to use L ega cy System
Migra ti on Workbe nch for data mig ratio n in al l SAP co re modu les (MM, FI, CO, FM,
PM, PS, H R and PY) so, if so me of you ha ve had u sed L SMW pl ease l et me kn ow
your exp erie nce, ti ps or tri cks.
Ou r cl ien t, a lea din g bio -te chn olo gy compa ny loca te d in C ali fo rnia w ith ope ration s i n
Europ e and Ind ia , is intere ste d in eva lua ti ng the u se of SAP for a po te ntial
impl emen ta ti on wi th in thei r C lin ical D evel op me nt orga niza ti on for Cli nica l supp lie s
Tra cking . This comp any al read y h as a sig nifica nt a nd gl oba l in sta lle d base o f SAP
(re l 4.6b ) o n a glo bal b asi s a nd curre ntly use SAP fo r Fin an cial s, Materi als
Mana geme nt, Sal es an d Distrib ution a nd Prod uction Plan nin g.
Th e clie nt w oul d be in te rested i n ta lkin g to u s re ga rd in g our imp leme ntation
expe rien ce in this spa ce an d any po ints of vi ew we ma y have a roun d Cli nica l
Supp lie s Tracki ng wi th in SAP. Id eal ly, w e wou ld li ke to se t up a conve rsation w ith th e
Clie nt Seni or Dire cto r o f App lica ti on Tech nol ogi es.
Ou r cl ien t is imp leme nting 4 .6 c w ith all core mod ule s. I h ave qu estio n on pro cessin g
sale s o rders wi th re fe rence to a q uotatio n fo r ma ke-to-ord er pro ducts
Situatio n : In th e stand ard SAP 4.6c Make-To-Orde r s cena rio, if the sa les ord er is
created w ith referen ce to a quo ta ti on, the sto cks a nd costs are man ag ed in th e
quo ta ti on. Th e quo tation # i s a dop te d in to the sa les ord er / p ro du cti on ord er /
purch ase ord er as accou nt assig nmen t. Fro m the p rodu ction a nd
pro cureme nt p erspe ctive, all the a cti vities are a ssocia te d wi th the q uotatio n. Also
in the stock requ ireme nts l ist (MD 04), th e spe cial stock is no t
b ased o n th e sale s o rde r b ut o n th e quo tation .
Comp lica ti on : If the re are mul ti ple sale s o rders crea te d with refere nce to a sin gle
quo ta ti on, th en a ll the pl ann ing , pro cureme nt, a nd pro ductio n activitie s are
tie d to the si ngl e qu otation d ocume nt. Thi s l ead s to lo t of confu sion from tra cking
persp ective.
Any ide as / sug gestio ns / so lutio ns on ho w we co uld ma nag e th e sto cks a nd co sts at
th e ind ivid ual sa les ord er leve l.
I am wo rking o n a coup le o f Interfaces to Post In voive R ecei pt a nd GL , from Le gacy
syste m to SAP u sing the fo llo win g BAPI's for on e of o ur clie nts i n Hou ston.
BAPI_ ACC_ GL _POSTING_POST
BAPI_ ACC_ IN VOICE_ RECEIPT_POST
SAP N etwork,
We a re worki ng on a p ursui t for a Fina nce sha red servi ces eng ag ment whe re th e
clie nt h as muli ti ple i nstance s (a nd ve rsion s a nd vin ta ges) of R/3 al l over the comp any.
The cl ien t is con side ring a ce ntral i nstance l inke d (ALE) to th e dece ntrali zed
instan ces, to sup port Fi na nce ss fo r GL, AP, AR.
I wo uld b e intere ste d in e xperi ence s, wa r stori es, l esson s l ea rn ed a roun d simil ar
typ es of cl ien t exp erie nce s.
I am see king a w hitep ap er or ana lysis of wha t the imp lica ti on s a re fo r a mi d-yea r
cutover an d wha t ha pp ens if you do i t. Ca n you p lea se respo nd b ack if yo u have
materia ls th at cl earl y o utlin e th e issu es and ri sks a nd mitig ating solu ti ons?
Clie nt is a US divi sion o f gl oba l Pha rmaceu ti cal comp any. ER P so lu ti on ha s n ot b een
chose n. Cu rrently run nin g JDE + a nu mber of bo lt-ons. The CFO i nsists on
mini mi zing impa ct to th e orga niza ti on a nd ha s stated h is pre fe rence for yea r-end
cutovers. The ir bud getin g an d pla nni ng pro cess in volve s thre e roun ds (March, Jun e,
and Se ptembe r). Th ey roll u p to Corp orate HQ in France . No p lan i n pla ce fo r
Exte rnal re portin g syste m, BW w oul d be i n-scop e if SAP is cho sen .
Ou r C lie nt ma kes payme nts to its ven dors throu gh its ban k. Afte r a p aymen t run , the
payme nt fil e is tra nsmitted to the ba nk th roug h EDI. Amo ng othe r d etail s thi s fil e
contai ns th e check in fo rmatio n.
Wh ile co nfigu ring thi s sce nari o th rou gh the au to matic pa yment prog ram, the system
is gen eratin g an id oc file b ut n o check nu mbers a re bei ng assi gne d. (We tried th e
next ste p in the pa ymen t pro gram that is norma lly do ne for man ual ch eck ('pri nt') b ut
th e check nu mbers are stil l no t assi gne d and the re is an e rror whe n th e syste m trie s
to g ene rate th e ido c).
I thin k the re is somethi ng in th e config uratio n th at we are mi ssing . If you h ave d one
th is one b efore, I wo ul d app recia te so me poi nters.
Ou r cl ien t req uire s the re mitta nce a dvice for ERS-re lated p aymen ts to ven dors to
incl ude e ither the ven do r's p ackin g slip n umb er or PO nu mber or some n umbe r
mean ing fu l to the ve nd or so th at the y ma y a pp ly cash pro perl y. 
It seems that sta nda rd SAP remittance a dvice for ERS tran saction s i nclu des a system
assig ned n umbe r i n th e refere nce fiel d.  This nu mber is mea ni ngl ess to a ve ndo r. 
Is there a stan dard w ay to incl ude the ve ndo r's packi ng sli p numb er or PO n umbe r
eithe r i n th e referen ce fiel d or any othe r fie ld on th e remittance a dvice . If n ot, ho w do
compa nie s typi call y a ppl y ca sh an d/or do an alysi s e asil y w hen th ere is ove r/u nde r
payme nt?
We a re curren tl y w orkin g with a Ca nad ia n retail cl ien t that is loo king to i mple ment
SAP w ith IS-R etail o n rele ase 4 .6 C. The p hase 1 i mple men ta ti on wo uld i nclu de SAP
Fi nan cial s (FI, CO), L ogi sti cs (MM, SD, R etail ), SAP Store, and R etail BW; p hase 2
wou ld in clud e WMS. Th e clie nt i s cu rren tly ru nni ng thei r b usin ess on Oracl e
Fi nan cial s a nd Re te k ER P.
Fro m a n accou nting stan dp oin t, th e clie nt i s cu rrently u si ng re ta il-b ased a ccoun ti ng
method s. With th e impl emen ta tion o f SAP, the cl ien t wi ll ne ed to cha nge from retai l-
base d accou nting to co st-b ased a ccoun ti ng . As such, our team ne ed s to un derstan d
th e impa ct of th is chan ge . Spe cifical ly, w e nee d to und erstand the fo llo win g:
Th e key differen ces betwe en re ta il-b ased a ccoun ti ng a nd cost-ba sed acco un ti ng from
both a bu sine ss p roce ss a nd SAP fu nction al stan dpo int.
Th e key issue s, con stra ints an d best practice s w hen co nve rti ng from retail -base d
accou nting to cost-ba sed a ccoun ti ng.
Th e busi ness pro cess impa cts of the cha nge to b ack offi ce fu nction s, di stri butio n
chan nel s, wa reho uses, stores, etc.
Th e recomme nde d conve rsion sc ena rios from a busi ness pro cess an d tra nsactio nal
sta ndp oin t.
Th e associ ated effort fo r the re commen ded co nversi on sce nari os.
At No vell us we are sco pin g th e effort to pro vide b arco des on sh ipme nts to key
customers (li ke In te l). Barco de in fo rmatio n wil l be stand ardi zed wi th n o be lls an d
whi stl es. La bel s w ill b e gen era te d and sl app ed o nto th e box wh en it is pa cked...
If anyo ne ha s d on e th is in a 4.0 or be tte r e nviro nmen t pl ease re spon d ba ck w ith...
- Proj ect Pl an or pi ece there of whi ch rela te s to this effort fro m Bl uep rint th roug h
Prepa re & D epl oy
- SWAG at to ta ls hou rs a nd # re source s re qui red in Bl ue prin t throu gh Prep are &
Dep loy
- $$ $ estimate for th e ha rdwa re to su ppo rt a sin gle site th at g ene rates a la bel
- Overal l assessme nt o f wh ether it wa s H , M, L d iffi culty to i nclu de in th e overa ll
desi gn
- Le ssons le arne d and recomme nda ti ons
Ou r cl ien t ha s j ust g one live i n th e US and w e are p lan nin g fo r o ur next go -l ive in
Europ e. We wou ld li ke to kn ow , asi de from th e add ition al SAP comp lexi ti es, o f an y
leg al or statutory issue s w ith a mid -mo nth cutove r vs. a "sta rt o f the mon th " cutover.
We a re re-imp leme nting SAP 4.6C , cli en t is curre ntly ope rating o n 3.1
Rol lou t in Eu rope i nclu des the fol low ing co untrie s:
Au stri a
Sw ede n
N orwa y
Fran ce
Italy
UK
D enma rk
Fin lan d
Germa ny
H oll and
I am lo okin g fo r a p roje ct pl an i nclu din g estimated timi ng, ta sks and re source s for
accep ti ng cred it ca rds in Sa les an d Distrib ution to a li ve SAP site.
Th e clie nt i s u ti lizi ng 4.6C .
I'm lo okin g fo r so meo ne wi th e xperi ence i mple mentin g/in te rfa cing SAP Co nsol e.
Speci fi call y, I'd like to kn ow the foll owi ng:
Any informa ti on reg ardi ng the fol low ing q uestio n is wel comed . Than ks i n adva nce.
Ou r cl ien t is util izin g 4.6C functio na lity with the IS Au to 3 .0 solu ti on as we ll as
ware hou se mana geme nt and a ll othe r co re modu les imp leme nted . Plea se let me
know i f the foll owi ng are n ow p ossib le wi th thi s re lea se (fu nctio nal ity w as not
avai lab le w. 3.1I).
1.) Is i t po ssibl e th at sto ck tran sport orde rs ca n perform ATP c hecki ng at th e ship pin g
pla nt's stora ge l ocatio n? If so, h ow ca n th is be acco mpli shed . If no t, are there a ny
re comme nde d work aro und s/u ser exi ts.
Ou r cl ien t is util izin g SAP 4 .6 C w. IS Auto 3.0 an d all co re mod ule s i nclu din g plu s
limite d use of extend ed mo dul es such as QM, SM, a nd WM.
Qu estion :
Wh at a re best practice s a rou nd rema nufacturi ng wi th se rial n umb ers whe re th e seria l
numb er remai ns unch ang ed from start to fini sh? Fo r e xampl e, a broke n tra nsmissi on
(a ka 'core ') is returne d with seri al nu mber 11 1. Tha t transmi ssion co re is
re man ufactured /re pai red an d retai ns th e seria l numb er 11 1.
Th e customer is curre ntly usin g a pro ductio n pla nni ng ap pro ach wh ich do es not all ow
th e seria l numb er to b e ad ded u ntil the en d of th e prod uction p roce ss a t go ods rece ipt
as a fi nish ed go od. Th is reman ufacturin g is sometime s ma ke to sto ck. In thi s ca se,
th e customer rece ived a re man uctured u nit and w as acce ssed a 'core d ep osit' at
invo icin g. They then re tu rn the bro ken un it ' core' in o rde r to rece ive thei r co re credi t.
th is is th e same un it tha t i s re tu rned to the custo me r.
I am lo okin g to sp eak wi th s omeo ne that has use d SAP bar cod e fu nctio nal ity.
Speci fi call y, we a re usin g Archive Lin k to l ink ima ges to SAP a ccou nting d ocume nts.
Ou r re qui remen t is to be ab le to pa ss d ata fro m SAP to the arch ive after th e li nk
betwe en the ima ge an d the SAP docu men t is mad e. In o rder to do thi s I nee d to
sto re th e bar cod e en tri es in SAP. I co nfigu red tran saction OAC5 , an d sel ected ho ld
R/3 entry and H old e xte rna lly. H owe ver, w hen I go to tra nsa cti on OAM1 th e intern al
bar cod e is bei ng stored but th e externa l ba r co de is no t be ing store d (the kee p entry
fi eld d oes no t ha ve an X in i t). Ho weve r, this be ha vior ap pea rs to be ra nd om in that
some of th e bar cod es in the e xte rnal b ar code ta ble a re bei ng kep t, an d some are n't,
even tho ugh the config uratio n was no t cha ng ed. Our ima gin g compa ny sai d th ey had
th e same pro ble m i n th eir test envi ronme nt.
Loo king for some i nsig ht o n the sub ject of " Best Pra cti ce" fo r h an dli ng
fre igh t cha rges.
Ou r cl ien t is lo okin g fo r w ays to b e ab le to capture
pla nne d fre igh t costs on the p urcha se orde r. The y h ave tried a ddi ng
cond ition re cords on the purch ase ord er at h ead er an d lin e item with li ttle
success an d are curre ntly ad din g fre igh t as un pla nn ed du ring i nvoi ce
proce ssing . They ha ve a con cern that th ey are lo sin g dol lars be cause the y
cann ot a ccuratel y a nd e ffici ently pl an freig ht o n the po a nd use th e
matchin g proce ss to en sure the su ppl ier is cha rgin g th e ag reed u pon frei gh t
charg es.
We h ave tried to sol ve th is issu e with con ditio n record s, sep ara te
lin e item on the pu rchase orde r, rep orting a fter the fact, a nd no w
unp lan ned frei ght bu t the cli ent bel ieve s th ere is a be tter wa y to ha nd le
th is situatio n.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny be st pra cti ces fo r h and lin g pl ann ed freig ht th ro ug h th e
procu remen t pro cess?
I am sen din g th is mail o n be hal f of my co lle agu e Virgi nia Cha nce, who i s from ou r
Op erate Group . Plea se find b elo w, re qui remen ts in o ur pre sent eng age ment for th e
SAP AR a rea.
To ca pture comme nts a utoma ti ca ll y d ated an d ti me sta mpe d on the custome r re cord.
Based o n commen ts en tered a utomatica lly no ti fy col lecto r tha t a pro mise ha s b een
broke n.
Automatic crea ti on an d no ti fi cation of ta sk l ists b y co lle ctor "call l ist for the da y" "fax
list fo r the d ay" " letters to b e sent" .... turn ove r to co lle cti on. Th ese are d riven b y
dun nin g stra te gie s.
Ou r p resen t cli ent uses a system cal led 'GETPAID ' to ca te r to ab ove re qui remen ts. If
you ha ve come acro ss the se req uire ments before a nd i mple mented the se, p lea se le t
me or Virgi nia kn ow ho w did yo u imp leme nt the se alo ng wi th a ny use o f ne w
dime nsio n prod ucts, en ha nceme nts e tc. N eed less to say, we ap preci ate hea rin g
back from you. Tha nks,
My cl ien t is pl ann ing to cen tra lly lo cate thei r SAP pro ject in Sa n Jose, Cal iforni a. The y
have a b usin ess uni t lo cated i n Boston, MA a nd a nothe r i n San Di eg o, C A. Poten ti al
proj ect tea m me mbers from both b usin esses are e xtre mely rel uctant to tra vel to San
Jose on a re gul ar sched ul e (e.g. w eekl y).
I'm lo okin g fo r mo re in fo rma tion o n proj ects tha t h ave imp leme nted virtua l te ams th at
have w orked re motely an d we re 100 % assig ned to the p roje ct.
Wh at i nfrastructure di d you imp leme nt to su ppo rt the virtua l teams? Wha t po lici es and
sta nda rds did yo u admi niste r to man age l osses in p rod uctivity? What risk mitiga ti on
pla ns did yo u deve lop ?
Addi ti ona l In fo a bo ut the p roje ct:
Th e geo grap hic scop e is limi te d to th e USA. The p roje ct d uratio n is estimated a t 24
months. After comp letin g th e Blu epri nt a nd Re ali zation pha ses th e proj ect tea m will
be on the ro ad in ro ll-o ut mode . No te tha t we w ill fin ali ze the sol ution (d esig n, co nfig ,
deve lop ment) fo r a ll bu sine ss uni ts simu ltane ousl y. There w ill b e no l ocal izatio n. The
scope i nclu des core R /3 , BW, sma ll comp one nts o f CR M a nd SEM.
I wa s w ond erin g if a nyon e of you ou t there w ho h as worke d with ESS befo re wou ld
have a d ocume nt o r g rap h th at d ispl ays th roug ho ut a fisca l year wh at i s th e usag e
pattern for ESS tran sactio ns? For instan ce, R emun eratio ns Statemen ts (Pay stub)
disp lay, how d oes a comp an y fore cast i ts pe ak usag e from a ban dwi dth persp ective ?
On e very 15th an d 30 th o f ea ch month? Wh at a bou t the rest of th e month?
On e of o ur clie nts h as req uested u s to pro vide th e fo llo win g fo r a n SAP AP Workflo w
solu ti on
* SAP AP wo rkfl ow feature s
* In te gratio n with othe r SAP-modu les
* Hig h leve l Imp leme ntation time -lin e fo r a n SAP AP wo rkfl ow sol ution
* Cost mode l
Plea se bou nce ba ck to thi s e mail i f you h ave an y expe rien ce with SAP AP Workflo w.
I am curre ntly invo lved i n a SAP assessme nt. Th e clie nt i s a tie r 1 automo ti ve
supp lie r. Th e speci fi c b usin ess are as we are tal king w ith do a si gni fi cant amou nt o f
re man ufacturin g as wel l. They cu rre ntly use SAP 4.6C a s w ell a s th e a utomotive
vertical . Th ey are usi ng a smal l amo unt of se rvice man age ment, WM, PS, an d QM
curren tl y a lon g with the stan dard co re R3 functio ns.
I am req uestin g a Sub ject Matte r Sp ecia lists in the are as of w arran ty pro cessin g and
service ma nag emen t. I wou ld l ike to sched ule 1 -3 30 min ute ph one i ntervie ws over
th e next 3 wee ks to b oun ce ide as and d iscu ss cu rrent clie nt i ssues in o rder to
prop ose hi gh le vel strateg ic solu ti ons.
If you ha ve any of the foll owi ng in fo rmation p lea se forwa rd:
1.) w hite pa pers/pro cess fl ows/fun cti ona lity associ ated to service ma na geme nt.
2.) w hite pa pers/pro cess fl ows/fun cti ona lity associ ated to wa rra nty and re pai r
Loo king for a rece nt e xamp le, prefera bly in the ca pi ta l equ ipme nt se gmen t of the
manu fa ctu ring i ndu stry (no t re qui red thou gh) wh ere SD Di visio n an d th e Produ ct
Hie rarchy fiel d were re view ed to dete rmi ne w hich co uld b est...
- Provi de SD ord er-to-cash p rocess simp lici ty & mee t pro duct lin e repo rti ng
re qu ireme nts
Th is is a typ ical e arly de bate in setti ng up the o rg stru cture an d I wa s j ust l ooki ng for a
re cen t exa mple . Presen tl y w e are p ropo sing n o log ic in the sa les are a but wan t to
ensu re th at FICO re portin g is at th e app ropri ate leve l of detai l...
Exampl e of d esig ned g en eric structures in p rodu ct hi erarch y or other materi al master
fi eld s w oul d be gre atly ap preci ated.
o rder for th e fi nish ed go od s p art n umbe r, I w ill b e ab le to do the same a na lysis at th e
p art n umbe r, pl ant, e tc. HOWEVER , my clie nt w oul d like to be a bl e to a llo cate my
se mi-finis hed p arts p rodu cti on o rd er vari ance s to the fini shed goo ds (base d on wh ere
the y w ere use d), so tha t the y ca n get ana lyze p rofitabi lity at the Fin ishe d Go od s l evel
-- th us en abl ing a t the Fin ishe d Go ods le vel the a bil ity to take Re venu e - C ost o f
Sa les - all re lated o pera ti ng va rian ces (incl udi ng semi -fi nish ed pro du cti on vari ance s).
A simp le sol ution w oul d be to cha nge the va lua tion me th od of raw an d semi-fin ish ed
g ood s from stand ard to movin g ave rage , bu t the cl ien t ha s cl earl y stated the y do no t
w ant to d o th is.
I do no t thin k tha t we can do the Top -Dow n Distrib utio ns fu nction i n CO-PA, be cau se
I have n't se en a llo cation s a vail abl e be tw een the sa me chara cte ristic -- from the
"Ma te rial " ch aracte ri stic (S emi-fin ishe d goo ds) to the " Materia l" chara cte ristic
(Fin ishe d Go ods). Yo u can a llo cate fro m a p rodu ct gro up l evel to a materi al le vel, bu t
n ot b etwee n materia ls.
L et me kn ow if you ha ve an y i dea s for a po te ntia l solu ti on
My p roje ct is pl ann ing o n impl emen ting the cre dit card functio na lity in 4.6c. We are i n
th e very earl y stag es of th e proce ss a nd wo uld l ike to talk to anyo ne wh o ha s
expe rien ce in the pro cess in clud ing :
1. Sco pin g out th e wo rk i nterms of time a nd reso urces
2. Pro ject pla n or list of step s th at n eed to b e ta ken
and
3. Se lectin g th e In terface pro duct used to co nne ct to th e ba nk.
We fou nd the foll owi ng li st o f certifie d vend ors fro m the S AP w ebsi te a nd wo uld a lso
be in te rested in a ny exp erie nce an yone h as ha d with an y o f these .
Comp any Produ ct Na me
Cle arCo mme rce Cl earC ommerce En gin e
Cybe rCash WebAu th orize
Cybe rSource Payl inX Enterp rise Pa yment Server
MEI D ele go
Paymetric XiPay
Tru stMa rque Int'l TrustMarq ue Payme nt Trust
Nee d sugg estion s o n ho w to l imit cross modu le transa cti ons to a pa rti cula r mo dul e.
Fo r e xampl e:
FB0 1 Po st Do cumen t
FB0 8 Reve rse Docu ment
Th ese are tran saction co de s w hich ca n post or reverse d ocu ments of a ny docu men t
typ e - GL, AP, AR, etc. My clie nt's i nterna l au dit dep artment is requ irin g us to restrict
access to th ese transa ction s to a pa rti cula r mo dul e - fo r in stance , if we ha ve a GL
Journ al Entry Processo r se curity role , the y a re requ irin g th at FB0 1 in that role o nly
have a uthori ty to proce ss FB0 1 fo r GL Entrie s. If FB0 1 is al so incl ude d in an AP
In voice Pro cessor secu rity ro le, we must restrict to o nly AP docu ments.
Th e clie nt's se curity te am ha s d etermin ed a wa y to d o th is usin g docu men t types;
how ever, it w ill re qui re a sign ifican t a mo un t of config uratio n cha nge s a nd retestin g for
our functio nal tea ms. Has a nyon e seen a noth er app roach u sed succe ssfull y?
I am trying to find o ut w he re we ha ve impl emen te d tw o pa ckage s a t the same cl ien t,
fo r i nstance SAP an d Peo ple soft, SAP a nd JD E a nd so forth.
Ou r cl ien t curre ntly has a fiscal ca len da r b ased o n month e nds on the 2 8th of each
month. The y w oul d like to mo ve to a ca len dar pe riod mo de l. Sin ce th ey are in
prod uction the y a re no t sure o f the wo rk, risks an d ap proa ch to ma king thi s ch an ge.
Doe s a nyon e out th ere h ave exp erie nce in d oi ng this? Any thou gh ts, pla ns or
expe rien ces wou ld be a pp recia te d.
usin g eithe r the Win dchi ll Info* Engi ne ERP Ada pter or an other techn iqu e?
D oes an yone h ave a sh ort a nswe r to ho w many SAP imp leme ntation s w e have d on e
your he lp!
We a re worki ng on a p ursui t a nd ne ed some h elp i de ntifying w here w e did the
fo llo win g:
Qu ali fi cation for a pro ject whe re SAP was pre viou sly impl emen te d with a l ot o f mod s
by ano th er integ rator an d we came i n and re -eng in eere d th e use of SAP and re duce d
th e amou nt o f mod s re qu ired .
- Su mmary of Ke y C han ges
- R ole s a nd Re spon sibi litie s
- Tra nsactio n tra ini ng, whi ch is ba sed on :
- H and s o n Exercise s a nd De mon stra ti ons bu ilt usin g a Simul atio n to ol (RWD's
Si mula to r)
- R WD Infop ak Wo rk Instructio ns (Simil ar to " BPPs" / "Scrip ts" / "Tran sactio n
Gui des" con ta ini ng SAP scree n shots)
- Ava ila bil ity o f Train ing C lie nt for certa in exe rcises (pa rti cula rly master data or
re portin g tra nsactio ns, b ut not th ose that req uire sp ecific setup o f transa ction d ata)
4 ) En d User Cl assroo m / On -th e-Job Trai nin g
- Supe r U sers provi de train ing to e nd use rs a t thei r l ocatio ns. Trai nin g is eithe r i n
forma l classro om setti ngs, or "On th e Job" / On e on One train ing w here onl y a sma ll
n umbe r o f pe opl e pe rfo rm the sp ecifie d role .
- All train ing ma te rial s p rovid ed in Su pe r U ser sessio ns are al so provi ded fo r En d
U se r tra ini ng (pri maril y C D's contai nin g el ectroni c ma te rial s a nd simu latio ns, a nd
b ind ers with ha rd copi es of co nce ptual ma te rial s a nd Infop ak Wo rk Instructio ns)
5 ) Trai nin g in Post Go L ive Su ppo rt
- All RWD Wo rk In stru cti ons ava ila ble to en d use rs thro ugh R WD 's Web Architect
cl ien t-d ocume nted wo rk i nstruction s in ad ditio n to SAP stan dard h elp fil es).
I am wo rking w ith Disn ey in eva lua ti ng Pro cureme nt (PC ard) Servi ce provi ders --
wou ld an y o f you kn ow if we h ave do ne an y w ork in the p ast w ith AMEX o r a ny of th e
other Ban k C ard servi ce provi ders in integ rating re portin g an d invo ice da ta su ppo rti ng
a PCard Pro gram in to SAP? If so, if yo u coul d sen d me any in fo rmation from you r
expe rien ces, I wou ld ap pre ciate it. Di sney is mai nly in te rested in wha t it ta kes in time
and e ffort to i ntegra te th e tw o and w hat type of resul ts we 've exp erie nced . If yo u
have a ny que sti ons, you ca n reach me o n th e mob ile n umbe r b elo w.
Exa mple Si tu ation :
C ompa ny A (ven dor) sel ls prod uct to C ompa ny B (cu sto mer)
Two cu sto mer invo ices for $10 00 e ach are pro duce d in Co mpa ny A's l ega cy Billi ng
system an d sent to C ompa ny B
Interface from Bil lin g syste m to SAP crea te s A/R in voice e ntries in C omp any A's
b ooks at $10 00 ea ch.
C ompa ny B e nters A/P in voice s ma nu all y i n SAP (first i nvoi ce is ente red for $10 00,
b ut d ue to disa gree men t on w ho is resp onsi ble fo r d emurra ge cha rges, secon d
i nvoi ce is entere d as $80 0)
Pro pose d solu ti on:
Pa yment prog ram is run an d A/P i nvoi ces are pa id an d cle ared i n Comp any B (no
a ctu al che cks o r AC H payme nts a re crea te d and a n inte rco mpa ny clea ring a ccoun t is
h it ra th er th an a ba nk cle arin g accou nt)
C ustom versio n of p aymen t li st pro gra m i s ru n to cre ate interface fil e of Comp any B
i ntercomp any pa yments whi ch are the n loa ded a s C ustome r p aymen ts on a ccoun t in
C ompa ny A via b atch inp ut (interco mpan y cl eari ng acco un t is hi t rathe r tha n a ba nk
cl eari ng acco unt)
Au to matic clea ring p rogra m i s ru n fo r C omp any A customer wh ich cle ars th e first
i nvoi ce, b ut d oes no t cle ar the seco nd in voice w ith the de murrag e discre pan cy.
C ompa ny A cu sto mer ope n items are i nvestig ated an d the sho rt pa yment due to the
d emurra ge di screpa ncy on the se cond i nvoi ce is inve sti gate d and re solve d manu al ly.
I'm wo rking w ith a clie nt who cu rrently do es it's capi ta l bud get manu al ly in Excel . Th e
majo rity o f its capi ta l bud get is al loca te d to ne w p roje cts p lan ned for the up comi ng
year. Th e clie nt d oes no t w ish to create pro jects in SAP du ring the a nnu al b udg eting
proce ss to al low p lan nin g an d bud getin g ag ain st the pro jects in the system.
Has an yone h ad an y expe rien ce compl eting ca pita l bud gets fo r n ew/foreca sted
proj ects w ithou t setting th em up the pro ject in SAP du ring the b udg etin g proce ss?
I wo uld l ike some fee dba ck fro m a nyon e with exp erie nce imp le me ntin g SAP for a
service co mpan y, spe cifical ly a service co mpa ny th at re nts o ut e qu ipme nt (i .e ., a
re ntal ca r co mpan y). Wo uld l ike to kno w if the y re corde d th e eq uip ment as
inve ntory? Or d id they in clud e the eq uip ment in the ir fi xed asse t le dge r.
main ta ins the eq uip ment in the a sset l edg er.
I am wo rking w ith a Con sumer Prod ucts manu fa ctu rer on thei r ma na geme nt re portin g
stra te gy and a m l ooki ng for a li st of ind ustry stan dard re po rts.
I wo nde r i f an yone mi ght ha ve a list of stan dard re po rts that come wi th SAP' s
Con sumer Prod ucts Mfr. p ackag e?
Fl orid a Powe r & Li ght is loo king fo r a w ay to tran sfe r the H R Perso nal D evel opme nt
Stru ctu re (PD Stru ctu re) betwe en SAP in sta nce. In the p ast a H R consu ltant use d a
prog ram like (R HCOPYSTRUC T) to create an e xtra ct o f the en ti re stru ctu re. The n I
to ke th at fil e and I move d it to the ap prop ria te se rver and the n he u plo ade d it. I ju st
don 't reme mber the step h e did .
Qu estion :
Doe s a nyon e know s a p roce dure h ow to easi ly move the H R PD stru ctu re betwe en
SAP i nstance ?
Ou r SAP Portal Tea m i n Chi cago is loo king to le verag e any a nd al l deve lop ed SAP
iVie ws beyo nd wh ats a vail ab le at th e iVie wstudi o. We are l oo king for the comp leted
iVie w and a d escrip ti on of the asso ciated ro le, da ta source , an d leve l of e ffo rt req uire d
to d evel op the iVi ew. Any and a ll assi sta nce wi th th is wel l be gre atly app recia te d.
Ou r cl ien t ha s the re qui remen t for a rel ease strateg y w hich invo lves the ap prova l of
purch ase req uisi ti ons at th e total req uisi ti on val ue. Stand ard SAP provi des the
method o f ap provi ng a t the req uisi ti on item val ue le vel .
Anyon e have e xpe ri en ce or a recomme nda ti on for ho w to a ccompl ish this?
I ha ve hea rd th at S AP i s p ropo sing a n ew e Lea rnin g solu ti on at Fl orid a Pow er and
Lig ht.
Any informa ti on ab out it bei ng offered e lsew here , a nd ho w it stan ds with the ir RWD
partne rship ?
Anyon e out th ere u ti lizin g reb ate proce ssing i n 4.6C (p referab ly live b ut i n te sti ng
mode o r l ater OK). If so ca n you b oun ce back to this ema il wi th a n umbe r I can rea ch
you. Pro mise to ta ke 30 min utes or le ss o f you r time …
Th e clie nt p lan s o n usin g stand ard cred it ca rd proce ssing in 4.6C w ith an in te rfa ce to
a clea ring h ouse . Thi s si tu atio n was po sed by the cl ien t an d we are n't sure ho w to
han dle thi s.
An end cu sto mer pla ces an o rder on Ope n acco unt and the n we shi p an d bil l fo r the
goo ds. After in voici ng the cu sto mer call s b ack and d eci des they wa nt to pa y fo r the
goo ds with a cred it ca rd. Ho w do w e proce ss the cre dit card ? The i nvoi ce is alre ady
created a nd po ste d to FI.
Is the on ly optio n to cance l th e invo ice, ente r the cre dit card on the s ale s o rder an d
re in voice ? I have to ima gin e this ha s co me up be fore. We d on't ha ve a fu lly
fu nction al de velo pmen t e nviro nmen t to te st this in yet.
We a re worki ng on a p ursui t wh ere w e nee d to sp eak a bou t Le an Wareh ou se
Mana geme nt. If you h ave a ny expe rti se or know led ge , we a re intere ste d in g etti ng
some in fo rmation o n th is to pi c. Are you aw are of a sp eci fi c mo dul e app roach for
config uratio n and va lu e prop a roun d th is spe cifi cal ly?
We a re in the Blu epri nt Ph ase a t Welch Al lyn.
Th e clie nt se lls a vari ety o f Kits th at compro mise fini shed g ood s. We have 1 Ma te rial
master # th at re prese nts th e Kit a nd this is wh at a pp ears on the o rder, de live ry a nd
In voice . At the time of in voici ng ho weve r h ow do w e po st to th e prop er profit cen te rs
fo r the fin ishe d goo ds that compro mise the Kit? We a re ju st starting to exp lore S ale s
Ord er BOMs as a sol ution . Is thi s the /a co rrect d irectio n?
Is there a me ans to fa cili ta te repo rt di stri butio n of BW Rep orts usin g
th e BEx An alyze r? We ne ed to sen d out ab out 100 d iffe rent cost center
expe nse rep orts to ab ou t 10 0 differen t p eop le in the form of an Exce l fi le.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny exp erie nce do ing th is in Busi ness Wareh ouse o r d oe s
anyo ne kno w if thi s ca n be d one i n Busin ess WAre ho use usi ng the BEx
Anal yzer? Is the re a way to au to matical ly dow nlo ad a sin gl e BW rep ort to a 10 0+
differen t exce l fi les (1 file p er cost center/cost center gro up )?
My cl ien t is in a 4 .6 c en viron men t an d pla ns on usi ng the Eva lua te d Rece ipt
Settl emen t (ERS) functio nal ity fo r p ayin g vend ors fo r PO items. So me te sts ha ve
bee n run an d th e functio nal ity w orks with the exce ptio n of the me ssage
determi natio n.
I wo uld l ike to spea k w ith some one o r se e some do cumen tation o n how to set up (o r
even turn o ff) th e ou tp ut me ssage s for ERS. I am un abl e to se ttle to a ccoun ti ng an y
docu ments until thi s me ssage prob lem is sol ved.
Plea se respo nd ba ck to thi s me ssage , or I ca n be re ache d at the cl ien t n umbe rs
bel ow. Tha nks in ad van ce fo r yo u hel p.
I ne ed to ta lk to so meo ne wh o can he lp wi th Remittan ce Advice to Ven do rs b y ED I.
We ca n gen erate ou tp ut informa ti on to th e ba nks; h owe ver, w e are no t g etti ng ou tp ut
fo r ve ndo r re mitta nce ad vice d ata. Th e clie nt i s u sing 4.6C.

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7/8/2002 Craig T. Schneider
7/8/2002 Richard Ruhsmann
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7/2/2002 Jessica G. Littell
7/1/2002 Daniel W. Johnson
7/1/2002 Richard Ruhsmann
7/1/2002 Aida J. Hilton
7/1/2002 Krishnananda Kamath
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6/20/2002 Daniel R. Pionk
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SAP EZY Plan
SAP ALL:
Cu sto mizin g/In te rfa cin g with
Order Entry
Advanced Shipping Notice
SAP FI CO Da ta Con versio n
metho dol ogy
Sin gle Face to C ustomer : One I wo uld l ike to ta lk to fol ks w ho h ave wo rked on a si mila r si tu atio n. Al so ple ase pa ss
Cu sto mer / One Orde r on if you ha ve any tho ugh ts / i dea s / POVs a roun d th is situatio n.
High Tech Industry Solution
Samp le Cl ien t Issue d APO
RFP Nee ded
Brai nwo rks Exp erie nce -
Urg ent Rep ly Req ue ste d
Functio nal Are a De fi nitio n and
use …
QM: Inspe cti on re sults
(in comin g interface )
SAP_AL L : Integ ration o f OSI
PI system wi th PP-PI system
Use o f bu sine ss area s o r p rofit re portin g, w ithou t crea ti ng the co rrespo ndi ng comp an y co des to satisfy the
cen te rs for statutory rep orting ? re qui remen t, wou ld be g rea tly a ppre ciated .
Please distribute to SAP_ALL
SAP_AL L: Basis qu estion
reg ardi ng Ind ustry So lutio ns
IP Address Changes
Co nfigu ration (a nd o th er
rel ated in fo rmatio) re Activa ti on Any other rel evan t in fo rmatio n (ti ps, w atch-ou ts, etc.) wo uld a lso b e wel come.
of PDC Interface for PP
SAP_AL L BW Que sti on: Ke y
Figu res Disp laye d with
in correct Scali ng Factor
SAP KANBAN request
Master Recipe Conversion
SAP Know led ge Assi sta nce -
Interfaces
JDE to SAP
Mig ration /C onve rsion - Ple ase We a re also i nterested i n an y w hite pa pers or exa mple s o n how w e han dle i nterface s
Re spon d
SAP_AL L: Estimatin g
Functio nal a nd Tech nica l
Re qui remen ts
Peo ple So ft Fina nce -> SAP
Co nversi on
MM-PUR Me ssage Type
con fi gura ti on q uestio n fo r 4 .6 C wou ld con ta in the actu al ou tp ut p rogra m a nd forms.
SAP_ALL: IS Media
SAP_AL L: SD Bill ing -
Re currin g bil lin g, su bscrip ti on s can rea ch you
Clients using POMS and R/3
My la st qu estion i s a bou t co nvertin g Uni t of Measu re cod es and a ssocia te d
q uan ti ti es. Acco rdin g th e SAP gui deb ook "ED I Co nfigu ration Gui de " p ubl ishe d some
time b ack, SAP do es no t ha ve fu nction ali ty to con vert cu sto mer's Uni t o f Mea sure
co des an d associ ated q uan ti ti es into SAP UoM co des an d associ ated q uan ti ti es.
SAP EDI - Transl ating The y re commen d th at thi s co nve rsion b e don e by th e EDI subsystem. Do you kn ow if
Cu sto mer Numb ers and UoMs the re is any ne w fu nction al ity i n SAP tha t we co uld use to do this?
INFORMATION REQUEST
MM-Idoc : Interco mpan y Sto ck I wo uld a lso be i ntereste d to kn ow the pro cess othe r e nga geme nts a do pted if Id oc
transfer Proce ss w ith Bill ing was no t imp leme nted. (Ob viou s c hoi ce wou ld be to man ua lly po st the Incomi ng
do cumen t
SAP_AL L: Loo king for E3
Prop osal /Pu rsuit/App roach
do cumen ts an d pre sentatio ns
Sou th Africa n CGEY offi ce onl y up in the p hon e di rectory. C oul d aome one b e kin d eno ugh to resp on d with a ph one
to respo nd
IMPOR TAN T! IP a dd re ss
cha nge fo r a ll Da lla s SAP
serve rs.
SAP_ALL: PP question
SAP_AL L: Emplo yee Util izatio n We a re not impl emen ti ng HR (w hich I kno w will su pp ort thi s), bu t still n eed so me
Metrics
Busi ness Area s a nd D omestic
Tax Savin gs
SAP witho ut S D; Interfaci ng to interface w ith leg acy Sale s syste m to be tter en abl e APO fun cti ona lity fo r fin ishe d
le gacy Sal es syste ms
SAP ALL: Lockbox for Mexico
SAP Lan dsca pe Strategy &
Transp ort i n 4.6x
Attn : QM/Batch C lassi fi cation
SMEs
Attn: QM Resources
Automa ti c Pa ymen ts usi ng
Ci ti ban k
Data Migration and Cleansing.
Li fe Sci ence s - Interface s &
Bol t-o ns
SAP_AL L: Con versio n of PP
Ro uting s to PM Main tena nce
Task Lists
SAP_AL L: Busin ess
Co nfigu ration S ets
SAP AR - short pay processes
He lp w/ RF a nd Ba r Co di ng
an d SAP
Re : Ha ve you in tegra te d Vertex Wo rking o n a prop osal / pu rsuit over the ho lid ay wee ken d and n eed so me he lp!
or Hyp erio n with SAP on yo ur
en gag emen t?
PCC solution for small company consi dere d.
Are You Impl emen ting 4 .6 C? - In p ursui t mod e in ba y a rea . If you are i mple mentin g 4.6C p lea se bou nce b ack with
UR GEN T
Are You o r H ave Yo u Buil t a
Sol ution Incl ud ing Win dchi ll
an d/or Pro Busi ness?
UR GEN T
SAP Knowledge sharing
Check Handling Scenarios
SAP_All: Data Stewardship
Succe ssfu l SAP + Vertex, a s
extern al system to get sale s
an d purch ase tax calcu latio n,
imp leme ntation e xpe rien ce in
Ca nad a
Man agi ng "Pa lle ts": Ba tch vs.
Ha ndl ing U nits
Pha rmaceu ti cals - Con tra cts &
Ch arge backs
Co st an d ti me to conve rt
hi sto ry i n a SAP syste m
merg er
SAP_AL L 4.6C ED I
Functio nal ity
*L et's Hea r From You !! o n
materi al master
SAP Interface
SAP_AL L - MM - In terna l vs.
Externa l Numb er Assign men t
Joi nt Ve nture Que sti on - FI &
Basi s
Le an Man ufacturi ng - SAP
Imple mentatio n
SD Re source s - All Othe r Ca n
Di srega rd
SD-Item Propo sal fun cti ona lity
in SAP
MM - Pu rchasi ng/MRP Re port
Questio n
Purchasing Cards
Pursuit Support Question
SAP_AL L He lp on M1 34 &
M13 8 Tra nsactio n
4.6C U pgra de a nd Re port
Tree/Secu rity p robl ems
FW: RFQ/Req
Expe rien ce with SAP
Kno wle dge Ware ho use
SAP_AL L Cred it Notifica ti on
w/o HR
PP-PI Ma te rial C alcu latio ns for is it p ossib le to do comp lex ca lcul ation s (q uad ratic, l ogri th mic, h ypob ol ic, l ine ar
Proce ss Orde rs
Ou r cl ien t, BC Ga s, in p lan nin g on p urcha sing SAP EZY Plan to assi st in the ir
bud getin g, a ctu al co st an alysi s a nd yea r e nd fore casting . Has an yone impl emen te d
SAP Ezy Pla n, w hat are the tricks to integ rating i t pro pe rly with CO and PS, and h ow
fl exib le is the tool .
Plea se respo nd if:
(1 ) You ha ve worke d with a cli en t that had si gni fi cantly cu sto mized the SD Sa les
Ord er Entry scre en (VA01 ) i n orde r to me et the ir nee ds. I'd li ke to d iscuss the
pros/con s a nd cha lle ng es th at w ere faced .
(2 ) You ha ve worke d with a cli en t that has in te rfa ced a n intern et a ppl icatio n or CRM
orde r e ntry a ppl icatio n with R/3 SD sa les ord er entry.
I wo uld l ike to spea k w ith an yone w ho ha s i mple mented ASN fro m XML /ED I.
Speci fi call y, my clie nt i s i nterested i n ho w th is migh t be u sed to au to -create a go ods
re cei pt vi a workflo w. If an yone has exp erie nce or do cumen tation , pl ease co ntact me
at the cl ien t site nu mbe r b elo w.
Somethi ng we h ave al l do ne 10 tho usan d times, but sta rt ove r e ach n ew pro ject.
Con versio n/ L oad ing Fin an cial a nd Man age ment costs, b ala nces, cost o bje cts, etc.
Maybe for du ring the ye ar, or at ye ar end , or wh en ever. Al so th e rela ti onsh ip
betwe en the FI an d CO bal ance s, for ope n pro ductio n orde rs, an d WIP ba lan ces, d o
yoiu a lwa ys l oad w ith FI jou rnal s, the n execu te Overh ead Tra nsactio n, e tc.
Do you h ave an y p lan s, temp lates, best practice , p roced ures, etc?
Doe s the n ew CGEY metho dol ogy con ta in reco mmend atio ns fo r thi s?
Ou r cl ien t ha s 4 b usin ess un its (l ega l entitie s - SAP compa ny cod es) with ea ch one
manu fa ctu ring (mu ltipl e pla nts) i t' s o wn li ne of prod ucts. One o f the key bu sin ess
drive r i s p rovid e customers wi th the ca pa bil ity to pl ace on e purch ase o rder for all
prod ucts re gard less of th e bu sine ss u nits. Thi s me ans in SAP, the cli ent shou ld b e
abl e to p rocess on e sal es orde r p er customer (cen tra lize d cred it ma nag emen t) for all
prod ucts i rrespe cti ve of the busi ness un it w here i t' s g etti ng shi ppe d fro m.
I'd l ike to ta lk to someo ne wh o has some i nsi ght into SAP's Hig h Tech Indu stry
Solu ti on. I ne ed to kno w wha t ad ditio nal fu nction ali ty the sol ution o ffe rs o n to p of
sta nda rd SAP.
I al so wou ld li ke to kn ow if th ere i s a p re-con fi gure d solu ti on (PC S) for hi gh tech.
We a re in ne ed of fi nd ing the fol low ing ma te rial for a p ursui t. If you are a ware o f a ny
such materi al of have a ny id eas of who m I may contact, ple ase le t me kno w
Th ank you , Jessi e
REQUEST:
"Ssampl e RFP for an S AP APO proj ect? N eed a copy of a clie nt i ssued R FP. We
are he lpi ng a cli ent th rou gh this pro cess and se nd ing a sa mple w oul d be ve ry u seful.
If you ha ve th e resp onse w e sent to the sp eci fi c sa mple tha t wo uld b e gre at a s w ell ."
We a re worki ng on a p ursui t a nd ne ed assi sta nce from an yone w ho ha s e xpe ri en ce
with Brai nwo rks so ftwa re, a time a nd a tten dan ce repo rti ng so ftwa re solu ti on.
Plea se respo nd ba ck i f yo u have h ad an y e xpe rien ce usin g or impl emen ti ng
Brain works, espe cial ly if the re was in te gra ti on wi th SAP.
SAP me ntion s fun cti ona l are as are use d to su pp ort U S Gaa p cost o f sal e acco untin g:
"If you wa nt to re prese nt p rofits u sing the cost-of-sale s a ccoun ti ng meth od, th e
syste m n eed s to acce ss the chara cte ristic Fu nction a rea in FI or CO. The functio n
area ca n be de rived a utoma ti call y for al l costs p osted in FI and C O ba sed on th e
existin g postin g assig nmen ts. It is then store d in the p osted do cumen ts. Th e
tra nsactio n data in Pro fit Ce nter Accou nting a lso store s the fun cti on are a."
Wa s h opi ng to hea r w ha t othe r p roje cts ha ve use d Fu nction al Area s for, an d any
sto ries/ advi ce to g o alo ng ?
We a re pla nni ng to use thi s fea tu re to su ppo rt o verhe ad cen te rs (Bu rden Cen te r)
typ e of re portin g. We wi ll exten d this to inl clud e other cate gori es th at ma ke up co st of
sale s a ccoun ti ng, but am ho pin g to h ear wh at th ose categ orie s mi ght be ?
We a re impl emen ti ng rel ease 4 .6 c. I w oul d app recia te h ea ring from an yone w ho ha s
written an i nbo und i nterface for in spectio n resul ts. Si nce SAP do es not sup port
BDC's for th is tra nsactio n (for th is rele ase) an d a fe w othe r o ption s h ave b een
re comme nde d I wo uld l ike to un derstan d th e ben efits of the d iffe rent op ti ons.
Our cli ent here p lan s to in tegra te the ir MES system OSI PI with SAP R/3 PP-PI so
th at R /3 ca n pul l all the proce ss d ata and g oo ds moveme nt d ata dire ctl y fro m OSI PI.
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce with this be fo re?
a ble to ha ve one b ill in g docu ment as wel l. We know th at i f we h ave more tha n on e
co mpan y co de, th en tha t wo uld re qui re more than one sa les org ani zation . There fo re,
thi s w oul d nece ssitate multip le sa les ord ers, b ecau se th e Sal es Area (Sal es org,
D ivisio n, and D istribu ti on Ch ann el) is a t the he ade r l evel o f the o rder.
So , we thi nk our op ti ons for extern al rep orting o n Bal ance Sh eets, Inco me
Stateme nts, an d Cash Flo ws, were w e to h ave on e le gal e ntity, are :
Bu sine ss Are as: I a m n ot sure ho w goo d th e reco ncil ing e ntries are a t the e nd of th e
mo nth, o r i f SAP wil l main ta in on fu tu re versio ns
Pro fi t Ce nters: I a m n ot su re ho w to cre ate "ba lan ced" Bal ance shee ts: fo r i nstance ,
i f I d ebi t the custome r fo r the re ceiva ble , then I cred it mu ltipl e profit centers for th e
re venu e. Ho w do I l ater re-po st the re ceiva ble to the mu ltipl e profit centers, witho ut
h avin g a recon cili ation n igh tmare?
An y h elp w here co mpan ies h ave attempted to suc cessfull y a chie ve leg al en ti ty
We a re fo llo win g a pursu it for a Fib re pa ckagi ng an d Card bo ard Box
manu fa ctu rer in Austral ia for a gre enfie ld imp leme ntation .
On e of the ke y re qu ireme nts i s tha t the man ufacture r w ill co ntinu e to u se
KIWIPLAN for prod uction a nd sch edu lin g requ ireme nts w hich will b e in te rfa ced
to SAP.
I am kee n to h ear from an yone w ith expe rien ce in card bo ard bo x ma nufacture
and h avin g KIWIPLAN a nd SAP impl emen ta ti on exp eri ence w ill b e a bon us. To
differen ti ate ourse lves from ou r co mpetitors, wil l requ ire us de monstrate a
know led ge of th eir bu sin ess proce sses and " uni que ness"... an y i nformatio n
you ha ve wil l be ap preci ated .
I ne ed to ta lk to a Basis pe rson wh o has imp leme nted a ny In dustry Solu ti on s b efore.
A b onu s w oul d be if you h ave al so impl emen te d a Pre-C onfig ured so lutio n be fo re.
Here i s the si tu ation :
Ou r cl ien t wi ll go l ive wi th o ne of it's affi lia te s o n 4.6 C (no i ndu stry sol ution ). They wi ll
th en spl it o ff and o pe rate on a comp letel y se pa rate SAP i nstance /l an dscap e (March
200 3). The co mpli cation i s th at the y a re consi deri ng the H igh Tech Ind ustry So lutio n
fo r thi s n ew in sta nce. Th is mea ns we wi ll ha ve to mo ve data a nd con fi g fro m the
sta nda rd impl emen ta ti on to the in dustry solu ti on. I n eed to kno w wha t the i mp lic ation s
are, wha t to loo k o ut fo r a nd ho w we can ma ke this ha ppe n fo r the m.
As n otified e arli er, a ll IP a dd resses in the D all as ADC we re chan ge d due to
re qu ireme nts b roug ht a bo ut b y p roje ct Merl ot. So me of you wh o have b ee n
accessi ng SAP syste ms b y IP ad dress may ha ve expe rien ced p robl ems conn ecting
due to these ch an ges. Bel ow pl ease fin d a li st of hostna mes with the ir new IP
add resses for th ese systems. If yo u shou ld ha ve qu estion s co ncern ing the se
chan ges
Hostna me Old IP Addre ss Ne w IP Ad dress SID System De scriptio n
abra ham 199 .5 0.15 8.11 2 06.24 5.46 .1 1 ID2 IDES Syste m
We a re curren tl y o n a proj ect w he re th e customer is pl ann ing to u se PDC system
(K RONOS) for sho p fl oor da ta co lle ction .
We w oul d app recia te a ny in fo rma tion re lated to IMG Co nfig uratio n fo r l inki ng a PDC
syste m to SAP, sp ecifica lly for PP re qu ireme nts
Your ea rly respo nse is req ue ste d, a s w e are ge ttin g rea dy to test th e interfa ce.
We h ave a situa ti on in w hich some of our key figu res are d ispl ayed w ith an in correct
scali ng factor in Bex. For exa mpl e, Be lgi um Fra ncs are di spla yed a t 10 0 ti mes th e
expe cte d valu e. The va lue for this key figu re is sto red co rrectly on the cub e, b ut is
disp laye d inco rrectly in Bex an d RSR T. N ot a ll key figu res (or curren cy type s) a re
affe cte d, o nly certai n on es and the re doe s not seem to be a pa tte rn. Ha s a nyon e
expe rien ced this be fo re?
If you ha ve expe rien ce wi th Ka nba n fu nction al ity su ppo rti ng ei th er or bo th o f these
fl avors, pls. bou nce ba ck with a nu mber wh ere I mi ght reach you.
Scena rio 1: Intern al Tran sfe rs - trigg erin g contai ners to go e mpty b ased o n end of
lin e backflu sh. Empty conta ine rs trig ger stock tra nsfer to n ea r l ine l ocatio n fro m
gen eral store s. Con ta ine r Fil l Up kicks o ff th e sto ck tran sfe r tran sactio n.
Scena rio 2: Exte rnal C all s - transfe rs from Gene ral Stores to Nea r L in e (as descri bed
abo ve) whi ch resul t in e mpty co ntai ners trigg er kanb an cal ls to externa l supp lie rs.
Th ese rep len ishme nt trig gers wo rk a s th e execu ti on sid e of MR P gen erated p lan nin g
re le ases.
We a re tryi ng to ascertai n if the re is a sta nda rd SAP l oa d prog ram to l oad ma ste r
re cip e's. I wou ld a ppre ciate if you cou ld bo un ce back to th is mail w ith you r exp erie ce
on lo adi ng master reci pes. Th e cli ent is pla nni ng to use the PP/PI mo dul e an d we are
tryi ng to determi ne if we wo uld nee d to w rite a ABAP p rog ram do the lo ad.
p rocessi ng 23 0 GL fee ds (Glob al) an d tra nsformin g th e mul ti ple fee ds, ch art o f
a ccoun ts, and b usin ess eve nts (e xplo ded i nto GL entrie s) i nto a glo bal GL (su mmary
e ntry) a nd a GL ware hou se that contai ns th e de ta il. The cu rrent syste m h as a la yer
tha t is comp rised o f vari ety o f tech nol ogi es and " app roach es/desi gns.." fo r co nvertin g
the fee ds into a sin gl e GL .
C GEY ha s b een a sked to pro vide the fol low ing :
H elp the m a rchitect and re de sign the "i nterface " (ETL/EAI) l ayer to map the 2 30 feed s
i nto GL (a s i t is toda y). The re desi gn wi ll be d one i n a sin gle tech nol ogy (Informatica
o r OST - a rul es eng ine ), wi th a mo re rob ust ma ppi ng that wil l mini mize the a moun t of
ma nua l lab or, ce ntrali zed erro r h an din g and w orkflow , an d a lo wer cost of o wne rship
i n te rms o f mai ntane nce an d supp ort.
D esig n, d evel op an d test co nversi on an d tra nsforma ti on of th e existin g interfa ce laye r
tran slatio n maps to th e ne w rede sign ed in te rfa ce la yer maps. Th is wil l requ ired the
e xtra cti ng the exi sti ng da ta th at co mprise d th e tra nsl ation ma ps and
co nvertin g/tra nsformin g into the "n ewl y d esig ned maps", and su bse que ntly loa din g
i nto th e ETL too l th at is part of the o veral l ne w interface l ayer.
We are se ekin g to fin d an y kn owl edg e capi ta l fro m a ny of th e fo llo win g: Pro posa ls
a nd wo rk p rodu cts CGEY pursu its and p roje cts or an y me ans tha t you h ave in
g atheri ng re-u sabl e know led ge .
Plea se bou nce ba ck to thi s e -mail i f you a re awa re of any en gag emen t wh ere w e did
a JDE to SAP mig ration . We ne ed this for a pursu it a nd w oul d wel come an y d irectio n
as to o ur expe rien ces/histo ry.
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Imple mentatio
t a ne w part n.numb er is en te red or up dated i n
the system, it ca n notify ab out th is in da ily ba sis. It i s re qu ired tha t al l chan ges ca n be
se en in a scre en . Thi s scre en mu st ha ve a lin k w ith th e XYZ system in o rder to see
o rigi nal e qui pmen t con tra cts for ou r p arts. The system, a lso must be a ble to sen d
ma te rial re qui sition s to that XYZ system.
- Th e system must b e abl e to ma na ge ba r co din g.
- Exclu sive scree n fo r the su pp lie r in formatio n main te nan ce. The informa ti on mig ht b e
d own l oad ed from ABC to XYZ systems.
QUESTION S
1 . Wh at a re some al te rnative s fo r e sti mating tha t wo uld g ive the p ursui t team a
h igh er deg ree of con fi den ce?
2 . Wh at a re some al te rnative s fo r structuri ng an d fra ming o ur assu mption s a nd
p ricin g?
3 . Wh at g ene ral assu mptio ns shou ld we co nsid er to l imit our risk?
Do you h ave kno wle dge of a Pe opl esoft Fin an ce->SAP conve rsio n? OR famil iari ty
with Peo ple soft Fina ncia ls da ta structure s a nd mig ration s? If you do I wou ld
app recia te a few mi ntune s on the ph one - p lea se send me a n umbe r w he re I can
re ach yo u or call my mob ile .
In the co nfigu ration fo r me ssage type s for Purch ase Orde rs, it is possi ble to de fi ne u p
to 5 Pro grams, Fo rm R outin es, a nd Forms for a sing le PO o utpu t type. I have a fe w
que sti ons ab out th is:
1. Do the j obs exe cute in a strea m o r i n para lle l?
2. Are al l th ree fiel ds requ ire d?
3. Ca n I use the p rog ram and Form Ro utine to spe cify job s tha t wi ll val ida te o r
mani pul ate th e PO da ta prio r to pri nting ? Exa mple : The setting s for pro cessin g 1
wou ld be the va lid ation /mani pul ation p rogra m a nd Form Ro utine a nd Proce ssing 2
Does anyone out there has some experience with IS Media
If you ha ve expe rien ce wi th R ecurri ng Bil lin g / setti ng up bil lin g fo r su bscrip ti ons in a
Medi a/Te leco m e nviro nmen t, ple ase re ply to th is emai l with a ph on e numb er whe re I
Has an yone w orked w ith an y o f the foll owi ng comp ani es that have u sed an RF
syste m ca lle d POMS in te grated w ith thei r SAP R/3 system?
Bristol Meye rs Sq uib (Me ymac & Ep erno n, Fra nce)
PNG-Cla irol (Forme rl y B MS ) (Stamford , CT)
Aventis (Formerl y H MR) (Shira kawa , Jap an)
PNG (H unt Vall ey, MD )
PF La bs (To to wa, NJ)
Mallpinckro
the rocessdt cod e). The p artne r p rofile i s d efine d fo r a n in te rnal SAP custome r
n umbe r. There fo re, SAP e xpects th at the IDOC wi ll con ta in a n SAP cu sto mer numb er
w hen i t is rece ived i .e . in o rde r to find a p artner pro fi le the tran slatin g must b e don e
vi a th e EDI su b-system. Is th is correct?
It i s a lso my und erstand ing th at SAP ha s a tab le (ED PAR - p opu lated vi a con fig .
tran saction VOE4) that al lows yo u to ma p externa l custome r n umbe rs to in te rnal
cu sto mer numb ers. It a ppe ars that th is ta ble i s o nly rea d after th e partne r p rofile h as
b een d etermin ed. Is this co rre ct? If th is is th e case the n we can u se th is ta bl e to
tran slate the extern al trad ing p artner nu mber an d store nu mber to a sold -to a nd sh ip-
to resp ectivel y, bu t gi ven tha t this tabl e is read o nl y a fter the pa rtn er profil e we stil l
n eed to ha ve a SAP customer nu mber in the IDOC. This mea ns th at w e have to d o a
tran slatio n of the trad ing partne r n umbe r b efore thi s tab le is rea d. Is th is correct?
If you ha ve worke d in the i mple mentatio n (or have i nformati on) on o ne of th e foll owi ng
compa nie s, I w oul d nee d you r h elp i n fi ndi ng ou t:
1- wha t mod ule s w ere imp leme nted
2- numb er of u sers
3- impl emen ta ti on start a nd e nd da te
We a re desi gni ng an In te rcompa ny Sto ck Tran sfe r p rocess in SAP 4 6B versio n and
th e proce ss i s
Rece ivin g pla nt g ene rates PO o n Issu ing p lan t
Issu ing p lan t crea te s SD D eli very an d posts GI.
Issu ing p lan t ge nera te s Bill ing d ocume nt a nd se nds a Std IN VOIC Idoc (SAP Std
outpu t type RD 04) wh ich po sts a n inb oun d In voi ce in the rece ivin g pla nt IR b efore GR
(In the sa me SAP Insta nce)
GR p osted in re ceivi ng pl an t.
We h ave the pro cess worki ng e xcept th at o utput type sho ws Gre en on the Bill ing
docu ment but th e Inbo und Ido c stop s a t Status 64 . I h ave ru n prog rams such as
RBDAPP0 1 to p ost the In bou nd ap pli cation docu ment witho ut su ccess.
Has an yone d one th is in the pa st succe ssfu lly? If so I wi ll very ap preci ate you cal lin g
me in pe rson to wal k o ver th e setting s to de te rmine i f I have n ot co nfigu red a ny
setti ngs.
In voice ).
I am lo okin g fo r d ocume nts (p rimari ly po werp oin t pre sentatio ns) rega rdin g an y E3
(E xte nde d Enterpri se Effe cti vene ss) p ropo sals or pu rsuits th at we may ha ve don e. I
am loo king to use the informa ti on to pla n fo r a nd to structure a mee ti ng wi th th e CIO
of a g lob al cle ani ng so lutio ns compa ny th at h as al read y i mple mented SAP. Our
ini ti al di scussio ns with the CIO h ave ce ntered a roun d th e di agn ostics of se veral
proce sses incl udi ng Servi ce Parts Log istics (SPL).
Plea se emai l or contact me at 612 -799 -234 4 (mobi le) or 61 2-4 92-2 627 (Mi nne apo lis
Office) if you ha ve any in formatio n to sh are. Tha nks
We a re tryi ng to get in tou ch with some one (p referab ly a VP) in you r C ritical
Te chno log ies Servi ce Lin e to ta lk abo ut a n op portun ity. This wa s u nfortuna tely the
onl y me chan ism we ha ve righ t no w to reach yo u as we do not have a n ame to lo ok
numb er, n ame an d prefe rabl y a n emai l add ress.
As mo st eve ryone i s a ware , pro je ct Merl ot i s a ddre ssing va riou s i ssues su rro un din g
th e sepa ration o f Ca p Gemin i, Ern st & Youn g fro m l eg acy Ernst & You ng. As a re sult
of thi s a cti on, th e IP a ddre sses of a ll SAP servers must be ch ang ed on o r before
Mond ay June 2 4th to hel p compl ete th e sep aratio n of C GEY' s n etwork from E&Y
LLP. This cou ld po te ntia lly affect a ny user trying to a ccess SAP systems by IP
add ress in thei r SAPL og on util ity. I wil l sta rt cha ngi ng IP add resses on Mo nda y Ju ne
17th in a n effo rt to mee t the Jun e 24th d ead lin e. As the se chan ges take pl ace , I w ill
commun icate the ne w IP Ad dresse s o f the SAP syste ms vi a an SAP_ ALL ema il. Y ou
can then ma ke th en ma ke th e requ ired ch ang e to your SAPLo gon utili ty if nece ssary.
Your pa ti ence d urin g this pro cess is grea tl y a ppre ciated .
We a re loo king for pe opl e wh o have e xperi ence i n rep etitive man ufacturin g. Our
clie nt i s a b evera ge man ufacture r a nd ha s se veral p la nni ng req uire ments I wo uld l ike
to d iscuss wi th a fel low PP reso urce .
We a re intersted i n obtai nin g in fo rmation o n how o th er pro jects have h and led
empl oyee u ti liza ti on, such a s e ffeci ency rep orting su ch as pro ductive time vs. ti me
spen t at work.
fe edb ack th at sh ows tha t SAP DOES su ppo rt thi s fun cti ona lity.
Th e clie nt i s p ropo sing a ta x sa ving s structure tha t may favo r the use o f Busi ne ss
Areas an d less use o f Co mpa ny Cod es. This ha s b ee n a proce dure tha t is li ve at a
SAP C lie nt, Co lga te . Th e clie nt has sche dul ed sessi on s a ll we ek to de te rmine the
pros an d cons of Busin ess Area s.
Th e majo r p robl ems revovl e arou nd o btain ing the mo st Tax be nefits with a Busi ness
Area en abl ed sol ution and o btain ing the Supp ly Cha in be nefits with APO and a n
app ropri ate org structure tha t acco moda te s b oth.
If you ha ve informa ti on re gard ing the p ros and c ons of Busin ess Areas in g en eral a nd
fo r d omestic tax savin gs in pa rticul ar, p lea se respo nd wi th co ntact informa ti on.
Clie nt is movin g fo rward w ith SAP mo du les: MM, PP, FI, AP, PM, PP. C lie nt pla ns to
goo ds inve ntory and mo veme nts.
We a re tryi ng to determi ne wh ethe r to set up a lo ckbo x in a US ban k for a comp an y i n
Mexico . The comp any, whi ch is a sub sidi ary of a U S co rpora ti on, rece ives pa yments
in US do lla rs a nd Peso s. The q uestio ns we are tryin g to add ress are:
1. C an a lo ckbox acco un t wi th a U S b ank acce pt payme nts i n both do lla rs a nd
peso s?
2. Wha t wo uld b e some o f the col lectio n proce ss tha t ca n be use d in Mexi co
(e qu ival ent to l ockbo x e tc)?
Also if you can p rovid e some cl ien t na mes whe re you ha ve ad dresse d payme nt
coll ection p rocess in Me xico, th at wou ld be a g reat he lp.
Ia m l ooki ng for any rece nt e xampl es in a 4.6x en viron men t: (Pre sentatio ns, Word
Docu ments)
a) SAP La ndsca pe Strateg y:
Detai lin g clie nts i n Dev/QA & Pro dn, l esson s l earn ed e tc
b) Tran sport Stra te gy:
Pro cess used for Transp orts fro m D ev->QA->Prodn
We a re impl emen ti ng Batch Cl assifica ti on a s a p art o f the
QM mod ule (4 .6 B) a nd are h avi ng pro ble ms 'co ntrol lin g'
autho rizatio n to Ba tch Master main te nan ce (MSC2N ).
Is there a ny way we ca n restrict u ser acce ss to mai ntain ing
speci fi c ch aracteri sti cs i n th e batch ma ste r-classi fi catin vie w
whi le al low ing a ccess to b atch master mai ntena nce?
If No, is th ere an y o th er wa y thi s ca n be ach ieve d? (any flag s,
user exi ts etc. tha t can be use d in cla ssificatio n/cha ra cteristic
main te nan ce).
We 've tri ed usi ng the 'N ot for Inp ut' fla g on the C hara cte ristic, Ad dl da ta
ta b but th is also re stri cts cha racteri sti c ma inten ance o n th e materi al master
classi fi cation vi ew as we ll as ba tch se arch co ndi ti ons
I am lo okin g fo r a ny docu men ta ti on you h ave on te st scen ario s, test scri pts, d ata
conve rsion te mpla te s, tips & tri cks, o r o th er exemp lary de live rabl es
I wo uld l ike to spea k w ith an yone w ho ha s d one ele ctro nic transfers of fu nd s thro ugh
th e automa ti c p aymen t p rocess (F110 ) i n th e US th roug h Ci ti ban k. Th e clie nt i s
curen tl y u sing C itiba nk softw are to make the se payme nts a nd C itiba nk is hed gin g on
th eir ab ili ty to ta ke a fe ed d irectly from SAP. An y h elp with the techn icia l issue s
wou ld be a ppre ciated
I am sche dul ed to sta rt wo rk at a cl ien t site from next wee k on master da ta mi gratio n
fro m mu ltipl e leg acy syste ms to SAP. I wa s w ond erin g if I coul d requ est any on e of
you to share a ny know le dge yo u migh t ha ve rela ted to Data cle ansi ng a nd mig ration (
Master Data) from syste ms l ike BPCS 4.0 2 45 , BPC S 3 .0 a nd Syn ergy to SAP i n th e
area s o f MM, PP an d SD. Th is wou ld be o f gre at h elp fo r u s to hi t the gro un d runn ing
and j ump start the p roce ss.
I am in the p rocess of ga th erin g informa ti on on i nterface s & bo lt-ons we d eal t wi th in
Life Scie nces system integ ratio n proj ects (a ny ERP packa ge ). I n eed thi s i nformatio n
fo r the FastPha rma solu ti on (Ra pi d SAP Impl emen ta ti on) tha t we a re deve lop ing fo r
Pharma a nd Bio te ch compa ni es
Ou r cl ien t is con verting from R/2 to R/3. Pa rt of th is tra nsitio n in clud es th e
impl emen ta ti on of Service Ma nag eme nt. We a re intere ste d he arin g fro m a nyon e who
has exp erie nce con verting sta nda rd PP R outin gs to PM Ma inten ance Task Li sts
usin g sta nda rd SAP to ols. We are tryin g to a void a custom conve rsion p rogra m. Any
inp ut w oul d be gre atly ap preci ated.
In a re cent web cast SA P cl aime d usin g BC sets w oul d cove r the d ocume ntation
re qu ireme nts for a val ida te d system impl emen ta ti on. I wo uld l ike to talk to someb ody
who ca n expl ain me the me cha nics of BC sets i n gen era l and sp ecifica lly the di ffere nt
ste ps in the san dbo x instan ce and the d eve lop ment instan ce. Pl ea se contact via
emai l, a t my cell o r cl ien t nr.
Ou r cl ien t ha s a sked us to revi ew thei r AR "sh ort p ay" pro cesses an d are a lso lo okin g
at SAP's de du cti on man age ment an d ano th er app lica ti on ca lle d "Ge t pa id" .
Plea se respo nd ba ck to me i f you h ave an y i nforma tio n ab out th ese a ppl icatio n to ols
or if yo u have d one any pro cess reen gin eeri ng a roun d th e AR/Cred it b usin ess
proce sses (speci fi call y sh ort-pays). An y h el p wou ld be a ppre ciate d!!!
Has an yone d one a ny SAP proj ects w here w e ha ve had to cod e Bar Co de an d RF
interface s u sing SAP' s too ls? We a re loo king at u sing SAP Co nsol e to supp ort o ur
effo rt an d we ne ed to ge t some a ddi ti ona l in fo rmation o n th e scope of the e ffort and
th e effe cti vene ss o f the so lutio n.
If you ha ve any in fo rmatio n th at yo u fe el may he lp p lea se contact Joh n Boutton
dire ctl y.
Vertex was in te gra te d withi n th e Shel l Che mical S AP
impl emen ta ti on (no t b y myse lf p erson all y).
Vertex is bei ng i ntegra te d at the D eg ussa imp leme ntation . -
Nee d to kn ow wh ere we h ave i ntegra te d SAP w ith Vertex or Hyp erio n Ran dal l Gro gan
We h ave a smal l clie nt tha t is in te rested i n usin g th e Preco nfigu red SAP Cli ent (PCC)
solu ti on to impl emen t for th ei r h igh tech ma nufacturi ng b usin ess.
I’ m l ooki ng to spea k w ith an yone w ho ha s h ad e xperi ence w ith such a sol ution to
share a ny lesso ns lea rned conce rnin g reli abi lity of the o ffe ring , ea se of
impl emen ta ti on, and sp ee d to g o-li ve. I’d be i ntere ste d in he arin g wha t ad di ti ona l
config (i f an y) w as requ ired a nd i f an y SAP in dustry solu ti on s su ch as hig h te ch were
clie nt n ame.
In p ursui t mod e in ba y a rea . Plea se respo nd ba ck with cli ent name i f you 've ha d th e
ple asure o f bu ild ing a n SAP solu ti on that inte grated w ith Wi ndch ill o r Pro -Busin ess...
We a re usin g SAP 4 .6 c w ith IS Au to 3 .0 . We are lo oki ng for lesso ns lea rned , be st
practice s e tc. with resp ect to the fol low ing sce nari o.
"Wh at a re th e pros a nd con s for chan gin g # of deci mal pl aces for a curre ncy fro m 2
deci mal pl aces to 5 deci mal pl ace s".
Detai led d escrip ti on: Cli ent ne eds to tra ck p urcha sing co sts for materi als to 4 or more
deci mal pl aces. Is there a w ork aro und to pro vide thi s fun ction ali ty wi th in SAP witho ut
chan gin g th e syste m d efin ed 2 de cimal p lace s. (Some of the o ption s co uld be for
examp le costin g fo r 1 00 ite ms i nstead o f 1e tc..) We are l oo king for more i nformatio n
and o th er optio ns, pros an d cons for vario us op ti ons.
My cl ien t is imp leme nting SAP Fina ncia ls in a sh ared se rvices en viron ment. Po st
SAP g o-li ve, the y w ill b e supp ortin g th e same bu sine sses they are cu rrently
supp orting , as we ll as some a dd ition al bu sine sses. I w ou ld li ke any do cumen ta ti on /
inp ut o n how to ha nd le di ffere nt ch eck proce ssin g scena rios in the futu re fo r
payme nts ma de ou t of le gacy systems (ex. vo ids, reissu es, e tc .). In ad ditio n, se veral
differen t ba nks/ b an k a ccoun ts are b ein g moved to a si ngl e accou nt, a nd the sha red
service w on't have access to leg acy syste ms.
We a re in the pro cess of cre atin g a central ized D ata Stewa rdshi p at R eich hol d fo r
Master Data. I wou ld ap pre ciate an y d eli verab les we h ave u sed on o th er proj ects. In
particu lar, w e coul d use he lp w ith proce ss flo w fo r cre ating n ew Ma te rial s, Ven dors,
Custome rs, etc.
Th e curren t custome r, by imp leme nting SAP : FI-CO-MM-SD-PS-PP, has cho sen
Vertex as externa l syste m, to ge t sal es and p urcha se tax calcu latio n fo r the co mpa ny
code i n th e US, b y j urisd iction code .
We a re in the pro cess to cre ate the comp any cod e in SAP for Can ada .
I am lo okin g fo r e very CGEY e xpe rti se, a nd succe ssfu l SAP + Vertex impl emen ta ti on
in Ca nad a.
Th en I w oul d like to spe ak ab out th e pros an d con s, we h ave by:
* choo sing Ve rte x i n Can ad a,
* or by makin g th e Can ad ian tax con fi gura ti on in S AP : customer pri cing p roced ure
(S D) and tax pro cedu re (SD,MM,FI), wi th o r w itho ut j urisd iction co de,
With i t's le gacy system, o ur cli ent is curren tl y ma nag ing p all ets by assig nin g a uni que
ID n umbe r to ea ch pal let. The p all et i d numb er is prin te d on a tag w hich a lso in clu des
th e materia l numb er, d ate of prod uction a nd b atch numb er.
Th e requ ireme nt i s to rep rodu ce this wi th SAP R/3 (versi on 4.6 C). We have i den ti fi ed
2 optio ns to a ddre ss th is requ ireme nt:
1) Ba tch ma nag emen t. Th is invo lves cha ngi ng the d efini ti on of th e ba tch from it's
curren t use b y the cl ien t. It also i nvol ves th at the batch wi ll ha ve a dua l sign ifica ti on:
batch functio nal ity a nd p all et i d. These two si gn ificatio ns must fit on 10 ch ara cte rs.
2) H and lin g Uni ts. We do n ot have mu ch expe rien ce with thi s fun cti ona lity and w e
are see king yo ur expe rti se / e xperi ence s. By the re sea rc h we di d, w e bel ieve i t
invo lves con fi guri ng the p ackag ing fun cti ona lity in SD. Fro m w hat we un derstan d, th e
han dli ng un it n umbe r i s th e resul t of th e packa gi ng transa cti on li nkin g th e pa ckagi ng
materia l with the sal es materia l.
Plea se give u s yo ur commen ts o n th e pros an d con s o f ea ch optio n accord in g to yo ur
expe rien ce. Spe cifical ly, w hat risks are a ttach ed wi th e ach o ption a nd wh o has
impl emen te d han dli ng un its before . Do no t he sitate to call for more d etail ed
informa ti on.
I am lo okin g fo r i nformatio n on se ttin g up the "C harg eba ck" p roce ss for Pha rma
clie nts i n SAP. Any in fo rmation is grea tl y a ppre ciated .
My cl ien t ha s re cently go ne thro ugh a tech nica l up grad e fro m 3 .1 i to 4 .6 c fo r the ir
Europ ean system. The y a re no w mergi ng the Ameri can system whi ch is still o n 3.1i
into the up grad ed Eu rope an system so everyo ne i s o n one cl ien t. The y wan t to be
abl e to b ring o ver existin g da ta i nto th e new syste m a nd wo uld l ike an e sti mate of th e
ti me and co st an d also any in fo rmation o n best pra cti ces.
Th e history that th ey are i nterested i n is:
Asset Acco untin g - a ll da ta fo r a ll yea rs vs. new
Cost Cen te r Acco untin g - p revio us fiscal ye ar vs. al l
Profit C enter Accou nting - p re vio us fi scal yea r vs. all
Ord er/Proje ct Accou nting - al l da ta
CO-PA - pre viou s fisca l year vs. a l
Ou r cl ien t is up grad ing the ir SAP syste m from 3.1I to 4 .6 C with a ve ry a ccele rated
sched ule . We w oul d like to sp eak to someo ne wh o ha s kn owl edg e of ch an ges,
chal len ges, opp ortuni ties, etc. in i mple mentin g EDI fun ction ali ty wi th in a 4.6C
envi ronme nt (kn owl edg e of any comp ariso ns to SAP 3.1 w oul d be esp ecia lly
ben eficia l).
Ou r cl ien t use s ED I functio na lity in SAP 3.1 fo r:
Ou tg oin g PO' s
Ou tg oin g Sale s Invo ice s
In comin g AP i nvoi ces (supp lie r a nd frei ght carrie rs)
I can b e reach ed d irectly at th e clie nt a t 91 9-9 90-7 813 o r vi a my ce ll ph one bel ow.
We a re loo king for Best Practices o n Materia l Master Stra te gy. Top ics to be an alyze d
incl ude the fol low ing :
* Cen tra lize d VS d ecen tra lize d org ani zation ?
* Materia l Typ es used i n Manu facturin g/Spare s En viron ment
* Poli cies an d gui del ine s a rou nd materi al master crea ti on/mai nten ance
* Uni ts of measu res?
* Part N umbe ring a nd Spe c 200 0/ATA
* Cla ssificatio n
* Norma liza ti o
If anyo ne ha s h ad a ny dea lin gs with a softwa re vend or call ed Van gu ard Sol ution s
Gro up, In c. an d th ei r p rodu ct Graph ic Performan ce Serie s (GPS) pl ease re spon d
back to th is emai l with you co ntact informa ti on. The p roje ct I am worki ng at is
intere ste d in ei th er interfa ci ng GPS to R /3 o r re pla cing GPS wi th a si mila r p rodu ct
whi ch can be i nterfaced .
We a re bei ng aske d to provi de a "wh ite pa per" style an alysi s o f the b ene fi ts vs.
constrai nts co mpari ng the u se of i nterna l vs. extern al n umbe r a ssign ment on materi al
masters. Before w e beg in thi s stud y, are the re any e xisting p ape rs d one fo r o th er
clie nts tha t mig ht a ddre ss th is issue ?
We h ave a cli ent tryi ng to de cide b etwee n puttin g a n ew Joi nt Ve nture o nto an
existin g SAP i nstance , o r cre ating a n ew, sepa rate SAP instan ce fo r e ach Jo int
Venture . Wh at w oul d be so me speci fi c p rocessi ng rea sons to con side r o r ru le ou t
eithe r o ption ? Are the re an y o th er consi dera ti on s (su ch as securi ty) that we sho uld
ta ke into acco unt?
We h ave an u rgen t cli en t req uest to l ocate a few C GEY cli ents whe re we ha ve
impl emen te d SAP, util izin g Le an Man ufacturin g prin cipl es. Le an Mfg. h as somew hat
of a b road d efini ti on so to hi ghl igh t a few ke yword s....a n envi ronme nt w here th e
fo llo win g prin cipl es / techn iqu es we re bei ng use d.
Kanb an
Pull Sch edu lin g
Cel lul ar Mfg .
Th e clie nt w ants to u nd erstand h ow othe r co mpan ie s i mp le mented SAP in the se
envi ronme nts.
If anyo ne ha s w orked on an i mple mentatio n whe re Le an pri ncip les / tech niq ue s w ere
invo lved , pl ease re ply.
Plea se fo ward me a ny informa tion yo u have a roun d le adi ng pra cti ces fo r Sa les Orde r
Mana geme nt. In a dd ition , I co uld u se any p resen ta ti ons you h ave o n hig h leve l SD
vani lla fun cti ona lity and w ha t bu sine ss b ene fi ts a co mpan y ca n obtai n as a resu lt o f
impl emen ti ng an d leve ragi ng the SD fun cti ona lity with oth er SAP mo dul es (i.e. A/R,
FI, PS, etc.).
My cl ien t is in te rested in a p resen tation o n SD, h owe ver, th e prese ntation s I saw o n
K!N ew are mo re gea red to CRM or la ck th e "hig h leve l" con te nt I nee d for th is clie nt.
Ou r cl ien t wo uld l ike to use 'Item Propo sal' ( Frequ ently ord ered ma te ria ls and
qua ntity co mbin ation ) fun cti ona lity at the time o f e nterin g Sale s o rders bu t the
fo llo win g limi ta ti on in Item Propo sal is n ot h elp ing u s to full y me et our cli ent's
busi ness req uire ments.
Sta nda rd SAP ' Item Prop osal ' d oesn 't h ave Cu sto mer Materia l numb er fi eld a nd the
visib ility of Custome r Ma te rial n umbe r i n Item Pro posa l sele cti on li st is a grea t h elp to
Custome r Se rvice Re p.(CSR) esp ecia lly wh en cu sto mers pla ce Purcha se orde r o ver
pho ne wi th the ir Materia l nu mb ers an d CSR en te ring l ive ord ers in the system.
We a re loo king for a rep ort o r to ol for Purcha sing Ma nag eme nt to mon itor th e buye rs
performa nce. The cl ien t wi shes to rep ort o n th e numb er of resche dul ing me ssage s
th at the y h ave an d the do lla rs a ssocia te d with the re sched ule d Pos
I am lo okin g on be hal f o f a col lea gue for an y docu mentatio n rega rdin g pu rchasi ng
card functio nal ity i n SAP. Spe cifical ly, h e wou ld li ke docu men ta ti on on h ow this
fu nction ali ty is imp leme nted an d con ta ct in fo rmation for some on e with exp erie nce in
th is th at h e coul d ta lk to. If you h ave an y informa ti on, ple ase con ta ct D oug Gib son at
856 -986 -795 9 or respo nd b ack to thi s e mail a nd I will fo rward o n th e informa ti on.
Can yo u ple ase tell u s w he re w e repl aced SAP as the p rimary in te grator. We w ant to
show a p ursui t cli ent whe re we h ave succe ssfu lly teame d with SAP usi ng CGEY as
th e prime i ntegra to r.
I am trying to train the u sers in se ttin g up, compl eting and d ocume nting the
tw o tra nsactio ns MI34 (Ba tch In put: En te r C oun t wi th Refere nce to
Docu ment) & MI38 (Ba tch Inp ut: En te r C oun t w Re fe renc e to D oc).
I am lo okin g fo r a ddi ti ona l in fo rmation for do ing the tra nsactio ns MI3 4
(B atch In put: En te r C ou nt w ith Refere nce to Docu men t) & MI3 8 (Batch In put:
Enter Cou nt w R eferen ce to Doc). Th e BPP's th at I have (Bu sine ss Pro cess
Proced ure) for tra nsactio n M13 4 (Batch In put: En te r C ou nt w ith Refere nce to
Docu ment) & MI38 (Ba tch Inp ut: En te r C oun t w Re fe renc e to D oc)are ve ry h igh
leve l and d oesn 't h elp .
We a re curren tl y w orkin g on an u pg rade from 3.1H to 4.6 C.
After the up grad e, some of th e repo rt trees a re missin g. D oes an yone h ave a p re-
defin ed strategy to ge t custom rep orts a dde d to an are a menu AN D en sure that we
can mai ntain se curity/autho riza tio ns to th ose rep orts?
Th e RFQ # is lo cated in EKP O (EKPO-EBELN) wi th EKKO-BSTYP = 'A'.
>
> Th e Req uisi ti on # i s l ocated i n EBAN (EBAN-BANFN).
>
> Th e requ isitio n # on the R FQ record i n EKPO i s n ot p opu lated (EK PO-BAN FN ).
> Th e tra cking # on the RFQ re cord in EKPO do es not alw ays match with the
> tra cking # o n EBAN (EKPO-BEDNR != EBAN -BEDNR).
>
> Qu estion : wh ere 's the l ink be twee n th e RFQ on EKPO an d th e requ isitio n on
> EBAN? What tabl e/colu mn can be u sed ?
We , at GE Sil icon es, a re tryi ng to see i f we sh oul d be u sing SAP's Kn owle dg e
Wa reho use. We are l ooki ng for pe opl e who h ave a ctu all y u sed it. Plea se con ta ct
me at my CAPC OMM or at my cl ien t nu mber 51 8-2 33-2 769 .
We a re tryi ng to set u p th e au to matic credi t no ti fi cation in R/3. Thi s i s stan dard
th roug h th e KRML ou tput fo r cre dit proce ssing . Th e cli ent is on 4.6C a nd d oes no t
have H R fo r the a rea tha t this is be ing a ssign ed.
We h ave set up a cred it control a rea an d credi t rep grou p as wel l as th e risk catego ry.
H owe ver, w e are un abl e to fi gure o ut h ow to create a nd assi gn the pe rson nel
numb er th at w ill l ink to th e inb ox. D oes this wo rk i s 'sa le s p erson nel ' a re crea te d.
In PP-PI you ha ve ab ility to perform materi al cal cula ti ons in o rde r to more a ccuratel y
determi ne comp one nt re qu ireme nts for a pro cess orde r.  We a re aw are that you can
do simp le mathe matical ca lcul ation s (a dd ition , sub tra cti on, multip lica ti on , di visio n) but
calcu latio ns)?

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SOP problem in flexible planning
Lo okin g fo r a n exa mple o f a
po st go -live g ove rnan ce mode l th erea fter. We are g athe ring thi s i nformatio n to a nswe r a n in qui ry from on e of o ur
use d on a l arge ER P
imp leme ntation
SAP and D ocu ment
Man age ment - R eq uest fo r
Informatio n
Re que ste d De live ry Da te'an d
'Sh ip Da te ' i n Sale s orde rs -
SD Gurus pl ease re spo nd
urg ently
SAP Busin ess Wo rkfl ow
Automa ti ng AP pro cessin g
Ca sh Budg et Mana geme nt
refere nce
Lock Box Functionality
Materi al master format &
Aero space /D efen se
SAP_AL L Te xt D etermin ation - outpu t do cumen ts (i.e. pi cking l ist, pa cking list, i nvoi ce, a ckno wle dge ment). We do
Sal es and d istrib ution
Service Management Issues
4.6 Consignment experience
SAP Rea l Esta te Mana geme nt My cl ien t is in te rested in fin din g ou t more a bou t imp leme nting Prope rty Man age ment.
- Prope rty Man age men t
SAP_AL L Site Re adi ness
che cklists
Ca sh Budg et Mana geme nt a nd l iqid ity fo recastin g, a nd Ca sh Bud get Mana geme nt: b oth have sa me and simila r
Li qui dity Fo recast
SAP_ALL : PI Sheet Question
CATT
Package selection
AATP with SAP
Back-o rder Proce ssing -
Urg ent - Pl ease h el p
SAP_AL L : BPP for M134
(Batch Inpu t: Enter Co unt with
Re fe rence to Do cume nt)
Importan t SAP San dbo x
Informatio n
SAP Imp leme ntatio n Supp ort
Re que st
Error Message Unknown
Lo okin g fo r S AP to Sie bel
Integra ti on Exp erie nce
How d o we fix th e histori cal da ta (abo ut 1 8 months wo rth ). Has an yone e ncou ntere d
th is prob lem be fo re?
Or, doe s a nyon e ha ve any cle ver ide as on ge tti ng those d ata to also p ost i n USD?
COPA Experts re: S WITC HING We i ntend to turn on th e compa ny code cu rrency
OPERATIN G CONC ERN Or, do we h ave con ta ct w ith someo ne in side o f SAP that I can sp eak wi th informa lly
CU RREN CY abo ut thi s?
cred it ca rd auth oriza ti ons for
custome r sa les ord ers
SAP_ALL: SD: Configurator
Workflow issue
ATP Issue s w ith pla nn ed
ord ers and ATP Co mittme nt
Ho rizon
Questio n Re: Automa ti on of
BW e mail
BPS Allocations
Experience with InfoPak
SAP Know led ge Ware hou se or Plea se repl y b y mo st con vien t me ans asa p as we ha ve to have the re spon se do ne
iTutor Expe rien ce
SAP-PS functionality inquiry
Sin gap ore GST & Statutory
Expe rien ce &/o r Know led ge
wa nted?
Urg ent - Exp erie nce w ith
Re cruitsoft
Batch Cl assifica ti on le vel
cha nge from
Materi al/Batch/Pla nt to
Materi al/Batch
Batch input-session overview
SAP ALL Co st C enter
De fi nitio n and Me trics
SAP to JDE or JDE to SAP
Vendor Master Consolidation
SD / PP - ATP Checks
Ch eckli st for add ing /del eting
Co mpan y C ode s
He lp wi th Offsh ore
Man ufacturin g in SAP
SAP Pharma Be st Pra cti ces
Sol ution
CO-Prod uct C osting -
Val uatio n typ e vs. mu ltipl e cost per materi al. H owe ver it se ems like yo u cou ld use sp lit valu ation w he re you can
estima te
none
SAP_AL L: PP/QM Qu estion o n R ecord s? I a m a ttach ing some in fo rmation from the cli ent th at ill ustrates th e prod uct
Lo t Poo lin g
Imple mentin g Procu re men t of
Co mple x Se rvices in SAP
Information on JVA and PRA
MM/Basis - Max # of l ine i te ms
on C ontracts
Prod uct co st su per exp erts.
HEL P!
QM - Inspe cti on p lan /l ot
coo rdin ation q ue sti on
SAP_AL L - S AP fun cti ona l
en han cemen t e xampl es
SAP_ALL: Royalty Question
Split Valuation
BPCS
SAP Portal Opp ortuni ty at
Ca den ce…
SAP vs. PeopleSoft
Transportation in SAP
Info Pak (RWD Technologies)
Information for SAP Proposal
H owe ver, w hen w e run the tran saction s MC 93, MC94 , or MC9 5, w e are o nly ab le to
vi ew 6 of th e leve ls. When we scrol l fro m re cord to record , da ta e xists, b ut w e do no t
se e th e valu es fo r l evel s 7 or 8.
Pro ble m D escrip ti on
Whe n you crea te a n In fo Stru ctu re (Tra nsactio n MC21 ) yo u are l imited to ni ne
(9 ) l evel s i n your cha racteristics.
Yo u also n eed to Cre ate Master Da ta for you r Pl ann in g Hie rarchy in
(Tran saction MC 61). Whe n Crea ti ng, Ch ang ing , an d View ing th is Master Data
for the Pla nni ng Hi erarch y yo u can vi ew al l leve ls of thi s Info Structure .
H owe ver, w hen yo u go to transa cti on MC9 3, MC 94, or MC95 , wh ich is the
p lan nin g ta ble , you c an on ly see the first si x (6 ) l evel s. Altho ugh yo u can
co ntinu e to d rill d own to the 7 th a nd 8th le vel yo u are un abl e to v iew the
n ames of th ese le vel. S o, yo u do no t kno w for whi ch materia l numb ers (leve l 8) you
a re fo recastin g qua ntitie s. Ob viou sly, thi s p oses an eno rmous pro ble m tha t we n ee d
to reso lve.
Pl ease co ntact me w ith an y in formatio n you may ha ve on thi s top ic via my cell p hon e
(8 47) 91 0-65 86, or respo nd to this e-ma il messa ge.
I am lo okin g fo r a ny docu men ts de scribi ng a po st go -live gove rnan ce mode l th at has
bee n used o n a la rge ERP imp leme ntation . I am lo oki ng for any hi gh le vel
prese ntation s o r w hite pa pe rs tha t may de scribe the me thod s, tool s a nd structure
used to go vern an imple men ta ti on pro ject duri ng the p ost g o-li ve supp ort p erio d an d
ene rgy clie nts. If anyo ne h as any in fo rmation th at the y ca n share w ith me it w ou ld be
grea tl y a ppre ciated .
We h ave a Bio te chno lo gy (Life Scie nces ) clie nt i n Cal iforni a th at is curren tl y i n th e
proce ss o f sel ecting a n en te rprise d ocume nt ma nag eme nt system. Th ey also h ave a
larg e SAP i nstall ed ba se on 4 .6 b (USA and Eu rop e). One o f the qu estio ns th at the
clie nt i s a sking i s the re leva nt capa bil ities of th e Docu ment Man age ment fu nction ali ty
withi n SAP. Are we a ware o f a ny clie nts w here the y h ave imp le mented d ocume nt
mana geme nt w ithin SAP or a re pla nni ng to impl emen t in 4.6c. D oes SAP repre sent a
viab le op ti on as op po sed to an en te rprise d ocu ment mana geme nt so lu ti on li ke
Docu mentum.
Addi ti ona lly, are we a ware o f a ny clie nts i n Europ e whe re they ha ve chose n
'Docu mentum' a s the D ocume nt Ma na geme nt so lutio n.
Th anks
Sce in aWh
nari o1: dvanence fo CSR
the r yo urehe lp. Your
nters resp
the 'De liveonse w ill binethe
ry D ate' greoatly
rderapp recia
e ntry te d.en as pe r
scre
cu sto mer's requ est,th e syste m h as th e capa bi lity of ca lcul ating the ma te rial ' Ship
d ate' base d on tran sit d ays of th e Rou te .Thi s i s si mila r to SAP's 'Re que ste d De live ry
d ate ' fun ction ali ty an d we do n't see an y p robl em to meet th is busi ness req uire men t.
Sce nari o2 :Wh en the CSR e nters the 'Sh ip Da te ' i n th e ord er entry screen a s p er
cu sto mer's requ est, the system ha s the ca pa bil ity o f cal cula ti ng 'D eli ve ry date'
thro ugh forw ard sche dul ing ( a dd ing tran sit d ays to S hip d ate ) a nd the CS R has the
vi si bi lity o f b oth 'Ship date' an d 'Re que ste d De live ry D ate' at th e ti me of o rder en try.
We ha ve notice d 40% o f the sa les ord ers fo r 3 5% o f the shi p to cu sto mers mee t
sce nari o2 an d th e clie nt wou ld li ke to h ave bo th 'Ship D ate' an d 'Re que ste d Del ivery
D ate' fu nction al ity i n SAP.As you a ll kno w SAP doe sn't h ave 'Sh ip-D ate' functio nal ity
for this scen ario .
Am wo nde ring i f an y o ne o f you h ave come a cross ab ove men ti one d Scena rio2 and
h ow the scen ario w as han dl ed wi th g ood w orkaro und s i n core SAP
w ith ou t core mo difica ti on to SAP.
I wou ld rea lly ap preci ate an y h elp yo u migh t be a ble to p rovid e me in this matter.
Pl ease fee l fre e to co ntact me at a ny one o f the n umbe rs l isted be low .
We a re loo king for techn ical a nd fun cti ona l assistan ce on a n RFP to val ida te o ur
solu ti on an d sampl e workp lan s.
Th e proj ect i mple ments SAP Workflo w fo r an Accou nts Pa yabl e pro cessin g of
invo ices (rel ated in voice d ocume nts). The cli ent has aske d for workflo w fo r the
fo llo win g even ts/tasks:
Vend or is missin g --- use w orkflow to no ti fy ro le to create ven dor maste r a nd no ti fy
AP tha t ven dor is rea dy
Remi t to vend or is missin g --- u se workflo w to n otify role to crea te re mit to ven do r a nd
notify AP tha t remi t to ven dor is rea dy
Sign ature au th orizi ng p aymen t is in correct or missin g --- workflo w to o btain
app roval s
Cost Ob ject Corre cti on or missi ng -- use wo rkfl ow to ob ta in cost obj ect
Blocke d In voice -- use w orkflow to re lea se blo ck
Th e clie nt h as speci fi ed tha t the software so lutio ns sho uld b e limi te d to D ocume ntum
(i mag ing i nvoi ces) and SAP wo rkfl ow.
Any live si te s w ith Cash Bu dge t Ma nag emen t functio na lity?
Any expe rien ce out th ere ?
I ha ve a clie nt re qui remen t to use L ock box func ti ona lity and w e have fo und so me
issue s:
1. SAP do es not match the do cumen t or custo mer numb er.
In the p aymen t ad vice we mu st assi gn the custome r to the p aymen t ad vice b efore
we can se e th e invo ice n umbe rs tha t ha ve bee n pa id.
2. If the system ha s a n in voice n umbe r a nd id en ti fi es th e customer an d th e in voice
amou nt d oesn 't ma tch , the po sti ng w ill b e "on-a ccoun t" , until the rer is manu al
interve ntion to match the o pen i te ms. We wou ld li ke to have the system kee p th ese
items as unp rocesse d, n ot on acco unt to d etermin whe re to p ost e ach item.
If anyo ne ha s a ny exp erie nce wi th the se spe cifi c issue s ca n you pl ease co ntact eithe r
myself or Th orsten Wenn emuth a t 97 3-54 1-88 83, or bo unce b ack to thi s me ssag e
with a nu mber an d a go od time for us to ca ll.
Doe s the Ae rospa ce & Defen se (A&D) ind ustry h ave an y speci al requ ireme nts
arou nd the topi c o f ma te rial ma ste r n umbe rs (system assi gne d vs. u ser defin ed)?   
Some cli ent contacts have sta te d th at " Due to ou r re latio nshi p as an e xisting
aero space d efense co ntractor we ca n not cha nge ma te rial n umbe rs a nd we h ave to
use the on e's that th ey te ll us" .  Doe s thi s so und ri ght?   Is thi s a re al A&D
re qu ireme nt?
I am curre ntly at a cl ien t usi ng SAP 4.6C . Th ey are in sta lli ng SAP CR M 3 .0 i nterne t
sale s.
Req uire ment:
To p ass th e customer in te rne t sal es orde r l ine i te m n otes in to the SAP R/3 item no te.
Th is doe s n ot a ppe ar to be po ssibl e as th e text type tha t is pu bli she d to the w eb is
speci fi call y re qui red to be as d efine d out of the box. In R/3, th ey ha ve a custom item
note that was cop ied fro m the stan dard R /3 te st item no te .
My Que sti on:
Is it possi ble u sing R /3 a ccess seq uen ce or other no n ABAP method to co py te xt from
one text id/type to an other. For exa mple , if I p ut 'Tin a' in the R /3 i te m n ote, can I
automa ti call y co py th is to th e R/3 'CRM item no te te xt id /fie ld that is created i n R/3?
If so, h ow cou ld this be don e? Plea se fe el free to con ta ct me di rectly.
Th e reaso n th at thi s i s re qu ired i s tha t the R/3 item no te curren tl y p rints on mul ti ple
not wan t to have to mo dify all R /3 o utput do cumen ts to incl ude the C RM te xt ID.
Pro ble m: Ca nno t in voice w ithou t p erformin g TEC O of service o rder.
2 . C ann ot cre ate con soli dated q uotatio n for Service Orde r a nd its sub o rd ers
C ustomer wa nts to man age re pa ir of co mple x e qui pmen t wi th su b ord ers so th at the y
ca n ind epe nde ntly tra ck prog ress and status of the comp one nts b ein g rep aire d.
H owe ver, w hen yo u wan t to crea te q uotatio n, yo u wi ll ha ve to ru n DP80 for ea ch
o rder an d syste m cre ates as man y q uotatio ns as th e nu mber of service o rders.
C ustomer wa nts o ne qu ote for all the i te ms b ein g repa ire d.
3 . Ca nno t crea te co nso lid ated De bit Memo Re que st & bi lli ng do cumen t for Service
Orde r a nd its sub ord ers
C ustomer wa nts to man age re pa ir of co mple x e qui pmen t wi th su b ord ers so th at the y
ca n ind epe nde ntly tra ck prog ress and status of the comp one nts b ein g rep aire d.
H owe ver, w hen yo u wan t to bi ll for th e service s, you w ill h ave to run D P80 for each
o rder an d syste m cre ates as man y D ebi t Memo R equ ests a s the numb er of se rvice
o rders.
C ustomer wa nts o ne con soli da te d bil lin g docu ment fo r a ll the i te ms re pai red. At the
sa me ti me, the y w ant to b e ab le to do cost margi n an alysi s o f the sub o rders to
co mpare R even ue vs. C ost fo r re pai r o f ea ch compo nen t.
I ne ed to ta lk fo r j ust 2 0 min utes to so meon e wh o has 4.6 MM consi gnme nt
expe rien ce.
Plea se if yo u have thi s kind o f exp erie nce gi ve a cal l (419 ) 2 48 85 33, lea ve a
CAPCOMM or send a n e-mai l.
Cou ld you p lea se conta ct me if you ha ve expe rien ce in thi s a rea
We h ave 12 si te s tha t we will b rin g up on SAP be gin ni ng Aug ust 1 st. In p repa ration
fo r the g o-li ve we wi ll be gin w eekl y co nfere nce cal ls with ou r si te co ord ina to rs
beg inn ing n ext w eek.
I wo uld l ike to see an y e xamp les of:
Site read ine ss ch eckli sts
Go -live ch eckli sts
Site cutover pl ans
etc.
We are thi nkin g of u sing C ash Bu dge t Man age men t, and / or L iqu idi ty Foreca sting to
p roivi de in fo rmation o n Cash Flo w rep orting a nd Foreca sti ng o n a dai ly, w eekl y,
mo nthly, and a nnu al b asis.
The cl ien t foreca sts curre ntly in e xc el, with da ily, wee kly, mo nthly an d an nua l,
n umbe rs for in fl ows of cash by cu sto mer and p rodu ct (le ss tha n 50 p rodu cts an d le ss
tha n 50 custome rs sa y). Same for cash o utfl ows. Numb ers are g iven a s b udg eted
a nd actua l, a nd va ri an ce. Al so have a bil ity to p ost a dju sts to bud ge te d, a nd make
co mments (sure it is excel ). We wou ld crea te a committment item per pro dcut and
cu sto mer and p rodu ct an d ven dor, and u se an e nha nceme nt to p opu late the
co mmittme nt i te m o n th e postin gs as they flow i nto CBM.
L ooki ng for referen ce site, sto ries, fu nction ali ty imp leme nted, req uire ments satisfied ,
o th er uses of SAP a rea o f Ca sh Budg et Ma na geme nt.
Al so any id eas be side s d oi ng do wnl oad s to exce l to satisfy thi s type o f req ui re men t,
o r i s C BM a nd of L F a go od p lace to try.
Al so fo r so me ana lysis of th e di ffere nces an d simil aritie s i n uses a nd functio ns of
i nformatio n. An yth ing yo iu h ave mig ht h elp (b esid es SAP sta nda rd docu mentati on).
Our cli ent here w oul d like to ch ang e th e layo ut o f the ir PI She et (PPPI Proce ss
Mana geme nt) to fit the ir existin g man ufacturin g instructio ns. Has an yone b een
invo lved w ith th is before ? If so, w hat is th e ti me and effo rt req uire d fo r thi s ?
If anyo ne ha s a d ocu ment on CATT trai nin g, ca n you p lea se mail i t to me? I a m tryi ng
to d o a short brow n-ba g sessi on on C ATT fo r a cl ien t.
I am lo okin g fo r l esson s l earn ed d urin g th e sele cti on o f Packag e.
You can j ust re ply on th is emai l.
Has an yone u sed AATP fu nction ali ty of SAP su ccessful ly? My clie nt w ants to
compa re SAPs ca pab ili ty wi th o hter pl ann ing systems.
Wo nde ring i f an y o ne o f you h ave exp erie nce wo rking with Back-o rder pro cessin g in
SAP a nd ho w it co uld be use d to free u p commitme nts a nd con fi rmation s.
If you cou ld pro vide me a ny in fo rmation , it wou ld be e xtre mel y h elp fu l to o ur proj ect
te am...Ple ase con ta ct me a t ei th er of the fol low ing numb ers...
Doe s a nyon e have BP P (Bu sine ss Pro cess Proced ure) for transa cti on M134 (Ba tch
In put: En te r C oun t wi th Refere nce to Docu ment).
The SAP R/3 4.6B Sa ndb ox Twi ste r T46 wi ll be re pla ced w ith a bran d new R /3 4 .6C
syste m a t bu sine ss cl ose Apri l 12 , 20 02. A n ew use r accou nt a nd ne w SAPLo gon
informa ti on wi ll be re qui red for an yone n eed ing a ccess to th e new Sa ndb ox
envi ronme nt. Yo ur old u ser acco unt fo r Twi ste r T46 w ill n ot w ork on the n ew
sand box. Anyo ne n eed ing to req uest a use r a ccoun t for th e ne w SAP Sa ndb ox
envi ronme nt, wil l nee d to re spo nd to thi s e mail w ith th e foll owi ng in fo rmation :
Name :
Home Offi ce Loca ti on:
Phon e Numb er:
Sector/Affil iatio n:
Phon e Numb er:
Email Ad dress:
Cou ld you re ply ba ck to this me ssage tod ay if yo u ha ve any in fo rmation o n Hel p De sk
supp ort for an SAP imp leme ntatio n? Th e clie nt (a 1 ,2 00 pe rson man ufacture r) is
loo king for the foll owi ng statistics:
Cal l volu mes:
Pre g o-li ve
Po st go -live
Immedi ate (We ek 1)
Ongo ing (1 mo nth, 2 months)
Averag e Hel p Desk : U ser Supp ort Ratio (i .e ., 200 U sers : 1 HD Ag en t)
Wh at re mote hel p to ols ha ve pro ven most effe cti ve?
Plea se respo nd in the most co nven ien t man ner for you , e-ma il, CGEYComm, cell o r
lea ve me a numb er to ca ll. I am no t lo okin g fo r a g los sy p resen ta ti on, so fe el free to
shoo t off a ny sta ts, pre sentatio ns, e mail s, etc con ta ini ng the ab ove in fo. I w ill scru b
as nece ssary.
We h ave col lective o rder functio na lity set u p with KMAT ma te rial s. We h ave a tree o f
th ree ord ers (On e Col lective Pro du cti on Order). After rele asin g th e col lective o rder
th e end u sers performs con firmatio ns and o btain s the fo llo win g COGI error:
No Val id item exi st in o rder 10 01 821 .
Th e materia l th at trig gers the e rro r is th e low est l evel a ssembl y i n th e col lective o rder
fo r w hich a p rodu cti on ord er exi st. We ha ve don e th e foll owi ng che cks:
Made su re th at the co mpo nen t (Assemb ly) vali dity covers the p rodu cti on pe riod a nd it
doe s.
Made su re th at n o en gin eeri ng cha nge s h ave o ccurred - the re has be en n one si nce
last Septemb er.
And the col lective p rodu ct structure w as runn ing p erfect until l ast Mo nda y (4 /1 /2 00 2)
hen ce th e reaso n why w e th oug ht i t may ha d some th ing to do w ith vali dity pe riod .
Che cked BOMs & Ro uting s a nd the y w ere the same a s th ey were l ast w eek. If yo u
seen thi s me ssage b efore p lea se repl y to the e-ma il o r co ntact me a t 60 3-54 8-7 714 .
Th ank you
As p art o f the Telme x p ursu it, Jerry Bird wel l is loo king q ual ificatio ns or an y b est
practice s for an y e nga ge me nts whe re we ha ve used EAI to integ rate Sieb el a nd SAP.
If yo u are aw are of an y cl ien ts wh ere we h ave he lp ed in te grate these two
app lica ti ons, ple ase le t Je rry kn ow.
BIG PROBLEM:
In te rnatio nal cl ien t
Imp leme nted PA in Euro pe , curre ncy = EURO, b efore the y ma de an y a tte mpt a t
glo bal a lig nmen t. C ompa ny cod e $$ turne d off
Clie nt has op eratio ns in US, Paci fi c, Euro pe
Th en CGEY came in . Gl oba l al ign ment dictates that this in te rnatio nal o pera ti ng
conce rn must h ave USD a s th e curren cy
SAP sa ys tha t this wi ll mess up th e history thusl y: fo rmer postin g of 100 E w ill n ow
app ear to be 10 0U SD. So the nu mbers in th e segme nts re main the sa me, but don 't
have the fla g th at says Euro. An d fu rth ermore , the re is no au to matic conv ersio n to
make them USD
Clie nt has al read y a gree d to go forwa rd with the pro po sed sol ution . Th e big que sti on
is:
Loo king for de sign s a nd a ppro ache s for imp leme nting credi t card p aymen t an d
autho rizatio n fu nction al ity in 4.6c.
expe rien ces with cred it ca rd interfa ces betwe en SAP and autho rizatio n clea ring
hou ses
re comme nde d autho rizatio n servi ces
I'd like to speak with anyone who has implemented the product configurator in SD.
Doe s a nybo dy have a ny do cumen ta ti on reg ardi ng w orkflow d evel opme nt d on e at a
clie nt (Pro ject ti meli nes, resou rces, e tc)?
En te r a nothe r p lan ne d orde r furthe r o ut (Pl ann ed Orde r(1) Date 5/30 /2 00 2 , Qty
6 ,Pl ann ed Order (2) 6/30 /200 2 Qty 12) for th e same l owe r l evel co mpon ent. No w you
h ave two ord ers in the time a xis.
En te r two sa les ord er. Sal es Order One Da te i s for 5/15 /200 2, Sa les Order 2 is for
6 /1 0/200 2. Total l owe r l eve l compo nen t de p req w ill b e = 12 un its
The system wi ll po int at the first pla nn ed ord er and w ill o ver comitt to the first pla nne d
o rder an d ign ore the se cond o rder in the time a xis.
2 . ATP Co mmti ment Hori zon: We u nd erstand the cu rrent log ic for th is, h owe ver,
w e wan t to know i f there i s a ny wa y i n whi ch we cou ld set th e system to l ook at qtys
w itth in a commi tme nt h orizo n. For exa mp le .
stock 10 (4/03 /2 002 ) uni ts
re qui remen t for 10 un its o n 4/02 /2 010
the system wi ll commi t this qu antity to th e 201 0 requ ireme nt.
If w e gen erate a ne w ne ed for th e same comp on ent fo r tomo rrow (4/04 /2 00 2) th e
system wi ll say that th ere is no a vai lab le qty.
We un derstan d th at th e prin cipl e beh ind i t is no t to al low the system to over comi tt
stock, how ever, if the ATP ho rizon i s e igh t yea rs w e wou ld li ke to b e abl e to se t u p
a n "ATP ho rizon fo r re servatio ns" so th at if the ma te rial i s a vail abl e to da y a nd we
h ave a req uie remen t tod ay and a nothe r o ne w ithin the R epl eni shmen t L ead Time the
system wi ll be a ble co mmitt the ava ila ble qua ntity to the ea rlie r re qu ireme nt a nd le t
MRP p ick up the la te r re qui rment.
I am wo rking o n BW 3.0 / SE M imp le me ntatio n at C P Ke lco.
Th ey have a re qui remen t:
On the re gul ar basi s (l et u s say one a w eek). BW Queri es(Re po rts) sho uld b e created
and e mail ed to th e spe cified g roup o f pe op le most of w hom are n ot o n SAP.
Th ose tasks nee d to b e comp letel y a utomated - n o user pa rti cipa ti on wh atsoe ver.
Plea se let me know i f you ca me acro ss thi s ki nd of requ ireme nt and h ave some
sugg estion s o n how w e can a chie ve th is.
Doe s a nyon e know h ow to use a llo cation s i n BPS? or ha ve informa ti on ab ou t the
fu nction ali ty?
We a re respo ndi ng to an R FP in w hich the cl ien t is aski ng a bou t ou r e xperi ence w ith
In fo Pak. There i s n othi ng on the SAP ww w pag es ab out th is prod uct, b ut R WD
te chno log ies marke ts wi th SAP a p rodu ct cal led Info Pa k. Th e RWD web p age s a lso
incl ude a SAP pd f file on "RWD INFO PAK FOR mySAP.com". Is anyo ne aw are o f
our usi ng / a ssisting a cl ien t w ith an imp leme ntation u sing th is prod uct?
Plea se repl y b y mo st con vien t me ans asa p as we ha ve to have the re spon se do ne
Th ur. Ap r. 4.
We a re respo ndi ng to an R FP in w hich the cl ien t is aski ng a bou t ou r e xperi ence w ith
th ese SAP compo nen ts for an SAP-H R impl emen ta ti on. I've se arche d the ne w k!Pa k
and SAP CH S to no a vai l. Is an yone a ware o f the se SAP co mpon en ts be ing u sed at
a clie nt w ith our assi sta nce?
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So me rele vant detai ls:
C ustomer is an IT se rvices pro vide r. Service s incl ude o ngo ing ' base w ork' as we ll as
n umero us contracted p roje cts .
SAP 4.6c in sta lle d, i nclu din g PS/FI/CO/H R
PS functio nal ity i s cu rrentl li mited to WBS Es to col lect ti me (via ESS into HR ), a nd
co st
Prima ry S AP u sers grou ps are li ne man ag ers, Fin ance a nal ysts, HR an al ysts. D ue to
g rowth, sta ff chan ges, etc, mo st are N OT expe rien ced wi th SAP n avig ation a nd
fun cti ona lity. Man y a re fru stra ted wi th SAP.
Mo st man age rial re portin g requ ireme nts are extracted from PS bu t exp orted to
sp read shee ts for add itio nal ma nip ula ti on
Al l work man age ment activitie s, in clud ing sta ff requ ireme nts fore castin g, a re pla nne d
a nd man age d outsid e SAP (MS Pro ject, Exce l)
Extern al SAP-PS consu ltan t is pro posi ng exp ansi on o f the PS fun cti ona lity to incl ude
N etworks/Activitie s to pl an an d exe cute all w ork ('regu la r' a nd pro ject), cre atin g a
w ork mana geme nt too l as wel l as an i mprove d sta ff requ ireme nts pla nni ng tool
Yo ur advi ce & l esson s l earn ed n eed ed
H ave you se en org ani zatio ns use Ne tw orks and Activi ti es to pla n and ma nag e
o ngo ing a nd pro ject wo rk? H as it b een su ccessful?
Wha t is the mag nitud e of th e lea rnin g curve req uire d by front lin e mana gers, know ing
tha t they are n ot co mfortabl e usin g th e curren t system?
Wha t are so me of the Bl ue prin t de sign i ssues that exp erie nce ha s tau ght you to
w atch fo r?
Wha t are as of PS fu nctio nal ity w orks wel l? Are the re area s to b e wary of?
If you ha ve had a ny exp erie nce imp leme nting GST ta x & Statutory repo rti ng in
Sing apo re, p lea se bo und b ack with a nu mbe r wh ere yo u can rea ched fo r a few
que sti ons.
We a re pursu ing w ork at The L imited fo r H RMS impl emen ta ti on an d th ey are l ooki ng
fo r e xpere ince i mple mentin g Recru itsoft. We nee d someo ne wh o can p rovid e
impl emen ta ti on ap proa ch gu ida nce to our pu rsuit team imme dia te ly. We ha ve a
dea dli ne en d of d ay 4/3.
We h ave in heri te d a situa tio n wh ere the cli ent set-up the b atch defin ition l eve l at the
Materia l/Batch/Plan t le vel
(u se of class type 02 2) an d has be en usi ng it this wa y for the la st 4 yea rs.
With o ur impl emen ta ti on of th e QM mo dul e we no w requ ire to kee p th e batch
classi fi cation va lue s i n sync across
pla nts for a gi ven materi al/b atch.
SAP re commen ds to ra ise the b atch master leve l to the Ma teria l/Batch leve l (use of
class type 02 3) but th is
re qu ires a tremen dou s a mou nt o f arch ivin g and cu to ver effort.
Has an ybod y d eal t wi th th is situatio n before ?
We w oul d app recia te a ny fe ed back on yo ur expe rie nce in w orkin g th roug h th is
situatio n.
We h ave crea te d a prog ram an d ta ble for 16 i nterface s, to upl oad AP Invo ices for 2
differen t comp any cod e, in 2 di ffere nt co ntroll ing a rea , for a worl d wid e busi ness
compa ny in Man ufacturin g, th ose comp any be ing i n di ffere nt l ocatio n in the U S .
We h ave an i ssue wi th the BDC sessi ons we sh oul d like to e nha nce.
We w ant to e nha nce the co lumn o f the status. I wi ll no t go i n to mu ch de ta ils as I w ant
to kn ow wh o has exp erie nce i n th is.
1) Is there a typi cal de fi nitio n of a cost ce nter, o r d ep artment? SAP defin itio n of 'a rea
of re spon sibi lity' is nice but wha t do es th is mean typ ical ly? More sp ecifica lly, wha t
doe s a co st cen te r re pre sent, i s i t a min imum he ad cou nt, o r b udg et a moun t to be
mana ged , or some th ing at a h igh er leve l? The co ntext i s a l arge ma nufactu ri ng
corpo ration (i n aero space a nd d efence ). Are th ere a ny rule s tha t go vern wh en a co st
center sho uld b e de fin ed vs an i nterna l orde r o r some othe r o bje ct? An y b est practice
source s?
2) Do you h ave an y me tri cs, tha t in dica te the si ze of th e compa ny, re venu e an d
empl oyee s, vs th e numb er of dep artments defin ed a s co st cen te rs?
Have w e don e any con versi ons of SAP to JDEd ward s o r JD Edw ards to SAP? If so ,
did w e use an y d ata map pin g or conve rsion too ls? Any CASE tool s? R ation al?
My cu rrent clie nt i s mo ving to a sha red se rvices cen te r a nd wi ll ne ed to con soli date
th eir ven dor masters from severa l leg acy systems. Spe cifical ly, I am loo king fo r
informa ti on on the fol low ing :
- Too ls fo r co nsol ida ti ng ven do r ma ste r re cords (a tool tha t wi ll sea rch ven dor master
ta x ID's, add resse s, an d name s to de te rmin e dup lica te re cords)
- C ompa nie s tha t wi ll pe rfo rm ve ndo r ma ster clea n up/ conso lid ation
- Pl ans/ ti meli nes for conso lid ating vend ors
- Strateg ies for conso lid ating vend ors
We a re loo king for he lp in o ptimiz ing o ur ATP che cking l ogi c
1) We h ave pro ble ms w here the reserva ti ons for previ ousl y cre ated sa les ord ers are
incl ude d whe n we cha ng e and sa ve th e sale s orde r, so that the ATP qua ntity
incl ude s the p rior rese rvation q ua ntity. This resu lts i n inco rrect a vail ab ility be cause
th e reserve d qua ntities e xceed the a ctu al req uire d qu antitie s.
2) We h ave a pro ble m w ith th e che cking o f pl ann ed o rders be cause the sa me ord er
can be u sed to pro vide a n ATP qu antity fo r ma ny sal es orde rs
Doe s a nyon e have a checkl ist o f items rel ated to ad din g/del eting co mpan y co de s?
We h ope to le verag e some ma te rial s for Investmen t/Di vestment di sc ussio ns with the
clie nt.
If you ha ve items fo r n on -co mpa ny code re lated i te ms th at ma y b e rele vant fo r th e
overa ll pro cess, the y w oul d be a ppre ciated a s w ell .
Curre ntly we are faci ng a situa tion a t ou r cl ien t wh ere we a re strugg lin g to d efine a
busi ness pro cess withi n SAP th at w ill h and le offshore ma nu fa ctu ring (a nothe r p lan t
atta ched to a di ffe rent compa ny code ) a nd w ill trigg er in voici ng from a sepa rate en ti ty
(w ithi n SAP) tha n whe re manu factured .
Ou r cl ien t is curre ntly seeki ng exp ertise e lsew here to figu re out a sol ution a nd
obvi ousl y w e wou ld li ke to e xplo re the kno wle dge a nd e xpertise tha t li es withi n our
fi rm reg ard ing thi s ma tter….
We a re usin g config urab le ma te rial s i n make to orde r sce nari o, so examp les in
automo ti ve, co mputers an d othe r re leva nt i ndu stri es (usin g offshore ma nufacturi ng)
will b e gre atly app recia te d...
We a re goi ng in to Oral s i n 5 da ys a nd the cli ent ha s a sked us to prep are a re spon se
re ga rdin g SAP's Best Pra cti ces fo r mySAP Pha rmace utical s. Speci fi call y the y h ave
asked :
"How d o you be st u se and b ene fi t from SAP‘s ph armace utical s so lutio n?"
I wo uld l ike to ta lk with some on e ASAP w ho ha s e ithe r imp le me nted o r e valu ated thi s
packa ge an d associ ated co nfigu ration se ttin gs.
Th is que sti on is in te nde d to all C O-Pro duct Costin g expe rts .
Is there a w ay to a ssign a materia l cost e sti mate at the valu ation type l evel (sp lit
valu ation ) o n th e materia l master reco rd?
We a re fa cing a si tu ation whe re th ere is a ne ed to ha ve more than o ne stan dard co st
estimate for one ma te rial ma ste r i n the same p lan t. Our cli ent ha s 2 p rodu cti on li nes
withi n a give n pla nt. Some ma te rial s a re bei ng pro duce d on b oth prod uctio n lin es.
Produ cti on costs are con sid erab ly differen t for each l ine . Usi ng the mix costin g
fu nction ali ty is no t an a ccep ta ble so lutio n beca use p rodu cti on li nes usa ge mi x ca nno t
be estima te d accura te ly en oug h. We do no t wa nt to cre ate differen t ma te rial
numb ers per pro ductio n lin e be cause i t wo uld d oub le the ma te rial re cords nu mber,
whi ch is alre ady very hi gh.
It is our un derstan din g that you can o nly ha ve on e cost e sti mate per p erio d, p er pla nt,
defin e multip le val uatio n typ e for th e same materi al/pl ant comb ina ti on.
p harma ceutica l lin e of b usin ess rep resen ts ab out 30 % of the ir busi ness bu t is rap id ly
g rowi ng. It is also the mo st co mp le x d ue to th e compl exity of th e packa ges an d
e speci all y b ecau se of the re gul ation (e .g . FDA).
The y a re loo king for he lp wi th th e re-en gin eeri ng of thei r o rder man age ment proce ss
from Quotatio n th roug h shi ppi ng wh ich al so incl ude s p rod uction p lan nin g an d th e use
o f the con fi gura to r.
At th is poi nt w e nee d to ide ntify re source s w ith expe rien ce in i mple mentin g SAP OM
a nd esp ecia lly wi th the co nfig urator in the p harma ceu tic al pa ckagi ng in dustry. We
n eed to sho w th e clie nt our cred entia ls in the in du stry.
Thi s i s a mu lti mill ion d oll ars dea l and w e ne ed to establ ish strong crede ntial s.
Pl ease l et u s kn ow ASAP if you ha ve (or know o f an ybo dy who h as) th e exp ertise we
a re loo king for.
We ne ed to brin g th e in fo rmation to the cli ent by the en d of the w ee k.
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a co mple x ma nufacturi ng en viro nmen t. Essentia lly, th e proce ss of ma nufacturi ng the
d rug un derg oes seve ral p rocesse s o f synthe sis and puri fi cation w here the i npu t in to a
sp ecific op eratio n of a l ot (batch) wi ll resu lt i n severa l fra cti ons (ne w lots/ba tch es) as
a n outpu t of th e op eratio n. The fractio ns cou ld ei th er be comb ine d or further
p urifie d/synthesi zed pri or to th e next ope ration .
We are tryin g to u nde rsta nd d esig n optio ns arou nd h ow lo t / b atch tra cea bil ity w ill
w ork in this type of envi ronme nt. Spe cific que sti ons:
An ywhe re or anyo ne wh o ha s e xpertise i n impl emen ti ng SAP in thi s type o f
e nviro nmen t.
Wha t issu es were co nsid ered from a n app lica ti on pe rspective a nd h ow we re th ey
h and led ? Addi ti ona lly, ho w were the o pera ti ona l cha lle nge s i n te rms o f da ta
ma nag emen t an d inp ut han dle d on the sh op floo r? How w as repo rti ng h and led ?
So me para lle ls may exist in the che mica l ind ustry o r o th er proce ss i ndu stry
e nviro nmen ts.
An y sp ecific rel ated issu es with resp ect to p rodu ct lo t rel ease and El ectroni c Ba tch
flo w.
My cl ien t ha s i mple mented the se rvice mo dul e of SAP to ha ndl e th e procu remen t o f
service s. Th ey are curre ntly havi ng a l ot o f issu es arou nd time ly entry of "g ood s
re cei pt" a nd the i nvoi ce matchin g proce ss a nd a re fo cused o n impro ving th e
effi cien cy o f this pro cess. I am in te rested in fin din g ou t wh ere we h ave succe ssfu lly
impl emen te d th is fu nction ali ty for comp lex servi ces speci fi call y re lated to a ny key
lea sons le arne d and / or wo rkarou nds that were a do pted.
I ne ed some i nformatio n on the fol low ing fun cti on ali tie s in SAP fo r a p ursui t
1. JVA - Join t Ven tu re Accou nting
2. PR A- Pro ductio n Reve nu e Accoun ti ng
I un derstan d th at th ese functio nal ities are u sed p rimari ly in Oil an d Ga s i ndu stri es.
Any other in fo rmation a roun d these w oul d be gre atly ap preci ated.
My cl ien t is on SAP 46 B a nd w e wou ld li ke to kn ow if th ere a re any restrictio ns on the
# of l ine i te ms for a con tra ct i n SAP. We have a re qui remen t for 60 00 li ne items in a
sing le con tra ct an d wou ld w ant to co nfirm we wi ll no t bri ng the system do wn.
I wi ll ap preci ate if so meon e can co nfirm th is to me
Clie nt is usin g sta nda rd cost, b ut w ants it to be re fl ected i n tw o pie ces on the GL acct:
ma te rial co mpon ent, a nd la bo r co mpon ent, w hil e kee pin g th e sing le stand ard co st on
th e materia l master. They wa nt S AP to make sp lit postin gs for every sin gle i nven to ry
moveme nt, cove ring p rodu cti on , sal es, i nter-pl ant tra nsfers, so th at the y ca n tra ck
materia l and n on-ma te rial se pa ra tely.
If you've e ver run i nto th is requ ireme nt b efore , I'd love to tal k to you . If you h aven 't,
any an d all su gge sti on s w oul d be gre atly app recia ted. If yo u know a p rod uct co sti ng
guru o n th e insi de a t SAP, a ccess to tha t p erson w oul d also b e ap preci ated.
Send ing o n beh alf of a QM col lea gue o n my proj ect:
A ma te rial h as multip le val id in spectio n pl ans in the system. Wh en a g ood s re ceip t for
PO is pe rfo rmed or a pro cess ord er is rele ased , an i nspe cti on l ot i s cre ated. Wh en
loo king i nto th e insp ectio n lot, a n insp ection p la n is not assig ned . This a ppe ars
correct (accord ing to SAP Docu men ta ti on) sin ce th e materia l ha s mu ltipl e pla ns; the
pla n nee ds to b e sel ected man ual ly. Whe n tryi ng to sel ect the p lan from the
insp ection l ot (ch ang e mod e) th e syste m b ring s u p a messa ge sayi ng "No Pl an C oul d
be Foun d."
If anyo ne ha s e nco untere d th is prob lem, or kno ws of a so lutio n, my col lea gue and I
app recia te yo ur hel p.
We a re worki ng on a 4 .6 C syste m.
Fo r a Textron p ursui t I n eed to d emon stra te /p rovid e evi den ce of o ur expe rien ce wi th
SAP fun cti ona l enh an cemen ts. For those w ho h ave ea sy a ccess to the info or can
"gue sti mate", respo nd ba ck w ith th e foll owi ng:
Clie nt (won 't refere nce i f you d on' t wa nt the m re fe rence d)
Numb er of fun cti ona l enh an cemen ts mad e duri ng the i mple mentatio n
A few Sp ecific Examp les of th e types of enh ance men ts.
We a re curren tl y d oin g an a ssessmen t for a clie nt to de te rmine whe re SAP co uld b e
used to au to mate thei r ma nua l proce sses. Payi ng Ro yal ti es is a very ti me consu ming
manu al task fo r the m.
Th ey search for pro ducts whi ch we re sold tha t con ta in ce rta in raw ma te rial s o n whi ch
th ey pay Ro yaltie s. Fo r e ach o ne they find the y th en lo ok fo r the a gre emen t wh ich is
atta ched to the p ro du ct. The y the n setup a p ayab le ba sed o n th e agre emen ts (wh ich
are a pe rcentag e of sale s re venu e). There ca n be ma ny agre emen ts asso cia te d with
a particu lar pro duct.
Can SAP ha ndl e th is? If so, ple ase cou ld yo u provi de a bri ef d escrip ti on h ow.
(A n add ition al comp lexi ty is tha t they al so nee d to incl ude sa les mad e by th eir fore ign
affi lia te s w ho wi ll no t be u sing SAP. How ever in o rder to see w orld wid e sale s w e wil l
prob abl y l oad thi s i nformatio n in to BW)
I wo uld l ike to ta lk to so meo ne wh o has imp leme nted SPL IT VALUATION a nd
interco mpan y p rocesse s. We a re ha ving few ch all eng es with thi s p rocess an d wou ld
like to ha ve a brie f talk. Ple ase bo unce b ack to th is emai l and l et me kn ow a time / #
whe re I cou ld rea ch you.
We a re prep arin g fo r a me etin g with the CEO and C FO of a prosp ective cli ent th at
curren tl y ru ns multip le ERP systems.Th e ba se of the ir syste ms i s BPC S. Do w e ha ve
any kno wle dge w ithin the SAP se rvice li ne of BPCS? If so , wh at i s the cu rrent/lon g-
te rm o utloo k? Have w e don e an y SAP vs. BPC S co mpari son s?
I wo uld a ppre ciate an yon e with BPCS kno wle dge co ntactin g me to d iscuss.
Th ere is an SAP Portal Opp ortun ity a t Ca den ce Desi gn Systems be ing l ed by Bria n
Baue r (C IO). I h ave be en w orkin g close ly with AJ Qu aran ta (S AP Acco unt Executive )
who states that th is is a very comp etitive situa ti on an d wh at w oul d hel p sepa rate us
fro m the p ack of co mpetitors wo ul d be a strong story on / o r e xperi ence w ith SAP
Service Pro vide r Fun cti ona lity.
I am lo okin g fo r a nyon e wh o has this exp ertise
We a re doi ng a gl oba l de sign for HR sh ared se rvices for BAT. Some of th eir
coun tri es use SAP HR an d Payro ll, th e rest h ave man y d ifferen t systems. The
fi nan cial s a cross BAT are SAP.
Here 's the q ue sti on - We a re consi deri ng Peo pl eSoft a nd SAP fo r th e sta nda rd glo bal
syste m. Wi th re spect to tho se cou ntries that alre ady ha ve SAP, w e have two
que sti ons.
1. Is th ere a transi ti on strateg y from the SAP HR to Peo ple Soft HR tha t is le ss p ain ful
th an othe rs? We wi ll ne ed to bu ild the i nterface from PS back to th e SAP fi nan cial s
fo r a ccoun ti ng pu rpose s. Ha ve we see n any of ou r cl ien ts do thi s w ell ?
2. Is th ere an y co mpan y usin g Peop leSo ft fo r HR an d Bene fi ts an d SAP fo r p ayrol l? I A C ompa rison ma tri x i s p rovid ed i n th e SAP Ameri cas Kpa ck
know thi s i s stran ge, but we n eed to con side r l ots o f d iffe rent possi bil ities. (sap/ora cle/ PS)
Ou r cl ien t ha s se veral p lan ts man ufacturi ng wo od pa ne ls and re lated p rodu cts.
I ha ve bee n una bl e to a ccess most o f ou r re sea rch to ols la te ly, so I hop e you w ill
all ow me this ave nue to e xp lo re a que sti on.
Has an y o f you u sed the tran sportatio n modu le i n 4.6C in thi s i ndu stry? If so , wh ich
of the fun cti ona litie s h ave yo u used a nd for wh at p urpo se?
Ou r cl ien t wa nts thi s i nfo to see wh at h as bee n do ne in si mila r ci rcumstance s, i.e.,
use SAP fu nction ali ti es or a be st of bree d inte rfa ced to SAP.
I ap preci ate your he lp in th is matte r
We a re sta rti ng a ne w SAP imple men ta ti on an d SAP i s p ush ing Info Pak by RWD
Te chno log ies. The p rod uct faci litates the crea ti on o f wo rk i nstruction s, test scri pts,
BPP's, con fi g. docu mentatio n, trai nin g exe rcises an d onl ine h elp . Ple ase rep ly back if
you ha ve any exp erie nce /co mments on Info Pak, th e clie nt i s i nterested i n pu rchasi ng
th e prod uct a nd I w ou ld li ke to h elp g uid e them in the d ecisi on.
I ne ed some i nformatio n for a proj ect p ropo sal for an U pstream oi l ind ustry.
1. Testin g Stra te gy
2. D ata Con versio n Stra te gy
Any rele vant docu ments, stra te gy han dou ts or pre viou s p ropo sals wo uld b e
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INTRA / INTER compa ny sto ck If you ha ve come acro ss th is issue b efore an d ha ve any in puts, p lea se cal l me at
transp orts w ith Spli t Va lua ti on 312 .5 54.78 47 o r o n my ce ll ph one . Any he lp i s g reatly ap preci ated.
I'd l ike to kno w w he th er th ere is a bu ild -in servi ce in Bu sine ss C onn ector fo r the
tra nsla ti on.
If exists, w hat it i s a nd ho w to use?
Othe rwise , I n eed to kn ow wh ether there a re othe r wa ys to d o th e tra nsla ti on .
SAP-Co mmerce One in te rface
in qui ry I wi ll ap preci ate any of you ca n give me a nswe rs so on.
Timel ink, Shop Vue , Ci m+ -
SAP Barcod e Da ta co lle cti on
systems
SAP Console - Barcoding
46 B vs 46 C - Fun ction ali ty an d 46c for th e abo ve men ti one d modu les or for th at matte r, ab ili ty to integ rate po rta l and
up grad e be nefits
SAP_AL L messa ge : EAN
scrip ts
Prin t Prog ram fo r Sma rt forms
for POs an d Wo rk Ord ers
SD - Hel p with Intercoma ny
Scen ario s
LSM Work-Bench
CO-PA Transaction Errors
Experience with iMany CARS
Physical Inventory - Cycle Count Procure ment Sta nda rd Service Catal og (SSC)?
Restructuring in SAP
Change Valuation Level Area
CTS Help
Data Migration Approach
PUR SUIT HEL P: PROCESS
THREAD S
Re : Ne ed acce ss to sa p doc
reso urces
SCALA
Subcontract manufacturing
Change Valuation Level Area
Workflow for Re qui sition
Re lea se Stra te gy
Master Da ta (Glo bal
Imple mentatio n Questio n)
Product costing knowledge
Re qui sition Ap pro val Strategy
Questio n
SAP Forms
SAP_ALL : ECM question
Sup ply cha in wi th ou t Fina ncia ls Ou r o nly othe r tho ugh t i s to use i docs to tra nsfer the GL postin g to th e leg acy syste m
??!!
Changing material types
Cre dit Card Pro cessin g in SAP cards pro cessin g in SAP CRM Intern et Sa les. Also, you ca n send me a n emai l with
CR M Intern et Sa les
Externa l Distrib ution
Wareh ouse - Invo icin g fo r
ha ndl ing a nd stora ge
Lo okin g fo r S AP re fe rence (si te demo w ith th e log istics dire cto r o f Re ich hol d.
visi t) 4.6C lo gistics exe cutio n
in clud ing frei ght costs!! -
UR GEN T
Sin gle vs Mul ti ple In sta nces for
SAP
Stock Determi natio n with
Co nsig nmen t Stock?
Data Protection/Privacy
EHS 27B BPPs
Re mote Tra nsactio n
Proce ssing o n SAP
   
   
   
   
   
   
 C oul d you, p lea se, se nd  to us you r a nswe rs to the q uestio ns as fo llo ws :
   
   
   
SAP Infrastructure Management Th ank you ve ry mu ch fo r you r hop ed an d, i f po ssib le, qui ck co ntribu ti on
Loo king fo r SAP refere nce
(site visi t) 4.6C lo gistics
exe cution i nclu di ng freig ht
costs!!
Loo king fo r SAP refere nce
(site visi t) 4.6C lo gistics
exe cution i nclu di ng freig ht
costs!!
Deleting standard config
Multiple Vendor Scenario's
RE: KWeb!
Re fe rence co mpa ny SAP 4 .6 C at R eich hol d and the clie nt w oul d like to ha ve th e na me of co mpan y w hich h as this
in clud ing l ogi sti cs e xecu ti on fu nction ali ty wo rking . This is be comin g a critica l ste p fo r o ur proj ect. A po te ntial n ext
reg ardi ng freig ht han dli ng
Re fe rence co mpa ny SAP 4 .6 C at R eich hol d and the clie nt w oul d like to ha ve th e na me of co mpan y w hich h as this
in clud ing l ogi sti cs e xecu ti on fu nction ali ty wo rking . This is be comin g a critica l ste p fo r o ur proj ect. A po te ntial n ext
reg ardi ng freig ht han dli ng
Secu rity Que sti on - Purch ase
Re qui sition re lea se
Imple mentatio n stra tegi es -
SCIS Pursui t
Research request
Merg ing 2 se pa ra te SAP
systems
UOM conversion rule
Expe rien ce with
Man ufacturin g/Hi-Tech In dustry If you ha ve any exp eri ence , pl ease re spon d to th is messag e so I can contact you to
sol ution
Global Language Rollout
SAP_AL L: Data Co nversi on
Packa ge Se lectio n
EBP Expertise Needed
Intellicorp's presence
Parked Invoice Documents
Quick Questions
Tradi ng Partne r B usin ess Area An y su gge sti ons/ worka roun ds to pop ula te TPBA on o pen i te m ma nag ed a ccoun ts
- EC-CS
Qu estion o n GOODS RECEIPT (w . ref to a del ivery do c) o f a sp lit va lu ed fini shed
goo ds materia l in a stock tra nsp ort sce nari o ......
Wh ile d oin g a goo d rece ipt (VL07 ) for a stock tra nspo rt o rder (NB an d UB) purch ase
orde r for a spl it va lue d materia l, w e are ru nni ng in to a n erro r me ssage
" Ma te rial , de scriptio n, q ty, ba tch PLEASE CH OOSE A VALUATION TYPE"
Per th e sta nda rd SAP desi gn, th e goo ds rece ipt prog ram loo ks for val uatio n type fiel d
in the PO l ine i te m. Sin ce th e ba tch sp lit detai ls an d qua ntities are n ot kn ow n at the
ti me of PO creatio n, thi s fie ld i s le ft bl ank. But th e de live ry d ocume nt h as all the
informa ti on the pro gram is lo okin g for.
As I am impl emen ti ng the in te rface be tw een SAP an d Pan te llo s (u sing C ommerce
On e),
I am lo okin g fo r the so lutio n to map be tw een i do c a nd xCBL 3 .0 (SOX 2.0) th roug h
SAP Bu sine ss C onn ector 3.5.2.
Fo r the i nterface, SAP MM 4.0 b gen erates PO i doc a nd sen ds it to the b usin ess
conn ector in EDI medi um.
Th en, th e conn ector is sup pose d to tran slate the PO ido c i nto XCBL 3 .0 SOX schema
with Co mmerce On e hea der (cal led C1 en velo pe),
and forw ard it to Pa ntel los wh ich can re cogn ize the me ss age i n XCBL 3.0 SOX
fo rmat.
We a re curren tl y startin g on a p ro je ct for an au to motti ve-ae rosp ace pa rts
manu fa ctu rer.
Th ey are lo okin g fo r a d ata col lectio n syste m tha t wo uld tra nsmit data to SAP syste m
via ba rcode s.
Th ey wou ld li ke to tran smit the typ ical d ata sets from the sh op floo r - con fi rmation s,
materia l moveme nts, actua l hou rs.
If anyo ne ha s a re cen t exp erie nce wi th b arcod e da ta systems succe ssfu lly in te grate d
with SAP, p lea se ind icate w hat syste ms a nd in w hat ind ustry.
We a re just loo king for some re cen t exa mple s, wi th out to o much tech nica l detai ls.
You can a lso cal l me on my cel l n umb er 647 -221 -253 7; I do n't thi nk we w oul d nee d
much more tha n 5 minu te s o f yo ur ti me to g et the d etai ls we ne ed.
HI fol ks, we a re loo king for in fo rmatio n or materia ls arou nd the u se of the SAP
Con sole for the ba rcodi ng so lutio n withi n a typ ical d iscrete ma nufacturi ng comp any.
Plea se contact me dire ctl y o r th ro ug h emai l, w ith informa ti on or e xperi ence s
Ou r cl ien t is in SAP 46 B a nd i s cu rrently usi ng the FI mod ul e. We are a ddi ng the
fo llo win g modu les an d at th e same time con te mpla ti ng a bou t up grad ing to 4 6C.
SD
MM
PP
Portals
BW
We d id study the rel ease notes. At the same time w e wo uld l ike to fi nd ou t if an ybod y
has do ne an y si mila r a nal ysis an d fo und a ny sign ifican t fun cti ona l enh ance men t in
BW.
I am trying to setup U PC nu mb er.Externa l numb er assig nmen t
13 Ch ar + 1 Cha r check cod e.
I lo oked a t the SAP Imple mentatio n gui de a nd foll owe d th e config ura ti on steps.
I've ru n into p robl ems and system is no t acce ptin g th e numb ers inp ut by me.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny con fi gura ti on spe cs to d o th e UPC nu mber assi gnme nt.
We a re in urg ent nee d of a prin t pro gram for MM a nd PM rela ted smart fo rms su ch as
Purcha se orde rs a nd Work Ord ers.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny spe cific expe rien ce or code we cou ld le verag e.
Ou r cl ien t is imp leme nting SAP v4.6 c. They wa nt to use sma rt forms in ste ad of
sapscri pt for POs a nd wo rk o rder forms bu t a stand ard pri nt p rog ram fo r Sma rt Forms
doe s n ot ye t exi st.
Anyon e have
Step s for sal esa nny
fro mi dea
U Ss?
so urced fro m Asi a: Sa me interco mpan y p roce ss a s w e have
d evel ope d and u sed i n pha se one .
Step s for sal es fro m Eu rope s ource d fro m Asi a: D ue to leg al re qui remen ts Asia w ill
n ever do a n interco mpan y invo ice to Europ e. Al l inte rco mpa ny tra nsactio ns have to
flo w th roug h US...
1 Sa les ord er ta ken in E urop e...
2 . Sal es orde r cre ated p lace s the d eman d on Asia pla nt (so urcin g pla nt i n sal es orde r
i s Asi a pla nt)
3 . Asia p lan t man ufacture s the p art, shi ps it to the cu sto mer whe n manu fa ctu rin g is
co mple te .
4 . Euro pe sen ds tra de i nvoi ce to i ts en d customer
5 . Asia se nds an i nterco mp an y i nvoi ce to U S (@1 10 % of the b urde n cost)
6 . US in turn se nds an i nterco mpan y i nvoi ce to Eu rop e (@82% o f the sa le pri ce)
As you w oul d see this di ffe rs from no rmal in te rcompa ny proce ssing a s instea d of Asi a
se ndi ng an i nter-comp any in voi ce to Eu rope , Asia i nstea d send s i nter-comp any
i nvoi ce to U S, an d US in turn se nds an i nter-comp any in voi ce to Eu rope ...
An d just to p ut a l ittl e more sp in on a lrea dy compl ex scen ario , we a re worki ng in
e xtre mely comp lex vari ant config uratio n rel ated scen ario s...
My in itial tho ugh ts are to move to ward s SAP's 3 rd party proce ssing , bu t I a m not sure
h ow wi ll that tu rn out as we a re worki ng in va rian t con fi gura ti on e nviro nmen ts an d
stan dard SAP wi ll no t sup po rt vari ant config uratio n in p urcha sing si de. Also I a m n ot
su re how w ill w e be ab le to tri gg er dua l interco mpan y i nvoi ces....
I wou ld rea lly ap preci ate an y h elp yo u migh t be a ble to p rovid e me in this matter.
Pl ease fee l fre e to co ntact me at a ny one o f the n umbe rs l isted be low ...
Ou r p roje ct is con side ring u sing S AP's L SM w orkbe nch . Doe s a nyon e have posi ti ve
or neg ative exp erie nces to rel ate abo ut L SM w orkbe nch . Do we h ave an y l ea din g
practice s for that inco rpora te LSM workb ench i nto th e leg acy da ta mi gratio n proce ss?
Ou r cl ien t ha s g ene rated so me postin gs into PA with i ncorre ct cha racteristic val ues.
Th ey are sea rchin g fo r a me thod b y w hich the y ca n ad just th e chara cte ristic valu es
on the li ne items in o rder to fix th e resul ti ng rep orting i ssue s. Th ey are wo rking i n
versio n 3.1i. The y h ave e valu ated rea lig nmen t bu t this do es not real ly meet the
re qu ireme nts. Th ere do es no t ap pea r to be a ny othe r me th od by wh ich to corre ct
th ese li ne item erro rs.
Has an yone e ncou ntere d / reso lved thi s i ssue be fore?
I am wo rking o n assemb lin g a pro posa l fo r a b iotech co mpa ny (compl ete by
Th ursda y) a nd we a re hop in g to fin d rele vant exp erie nce of app lica ti on in te gra ti on
betwe en ERP systems and /or Ord er Mana geme nt systems an d iMa ny CARS
(c ontract mana geme nt a pp lica ti on). If yo u have a ny in fo rmation tha t hi ghl igh ts
CGEY's e xperi ence in this are a th at w oul d be e xtre mely he lpful .
I am curi ous to fi nd ou t if an yone h as config ured SAP's cycl e cou nt i nterval s to be
grea te r tha n 365 d ays. My cli ent wou ld li ke to b e ab le to put some materi als on a 2
year in ventory cycle a nd am u nsure i f SAP offe rs thi s fle xibi lity.
Addi ti ona lly, I aske d th e foll owi ng qu estion a co up le of months ag o bu t di d not recei ve
any feed back:
Doe s a nyon e have kn ow led ge aro und se ttin g up SAP's Extern al Servi ces
We h ave a cli ent who i s i ntere ste d in talki ng wi th a n FI reso urce wh o has go ne
th roug h a reorg ani zatio n whi le usi ng SAP. Co ntact me at 6 09.74 3.46 82 if you ha ve
th is expe rien ce or respo nd b ack to thi s e -mail w ith your con ta ct i nformatio n. Than ks
in ad vance for you r h elp .
We n eed yo ur assistan ce on h ow to chan ge the Va lua ti on Le vel Area in a pro ductio n
envi ronme nt.
SAP w as fi rst, set a t the co mpan y co de le vel.
Ou r cl ien t is "li ve" in SAP sin ce 3 years.
No materi als are va lua te d, a nd n o sto ck h as ever be en ma intai ned i n inve ntory.
Now , the cli ent wan ts to impl emen t N etwork (for costing ) a nd PM (SD,PP a re op ti ons
fo r future s i mple mentatio ns), th at re qui res to ch ang e the val uatio n leve l area .
Curre ntly, the co nfigu ration of va lua ti on are a is set to the co mpan y co de a nd we n eed
to ch ang e it to val ua ti on at th e pla nt l eve l.
An OSS no te e xists(171 24 4), b ut i t on ly corrects th e PS Costin g prog ram.
Plea se note that we a re abl e to ch ang e the val uatio n leve l area to p lan t by di rectly
modi fyi ng a tabl e(TCUR M). It see ms to wo rk, bu t SAP do es not sup port th is solu ti on.
If you ha ve enco un te red a simi lar situa ti on an d foun d a solu ti on,
We a re curren tl y p utti ng tog ether an SAP RFP fo r a l arge Pharma ceutica ls compa ny.
We a re loo king to find th e best app roach for h and lin g and d ocume ntatio n of CTS's
(C orrec ti on an d Tra nspo rt Systems). Id eal ly we wo uld l ike this to be sp ecific to th e
Pharma ceutica l ind ustry b ut a ny in fo rmation w oul d be gre atly ap preci ated. Response via email to Larry Reuwer (Astra Zeneca Prop) and David
I am in n eed o f in fo rmatio n rega rdin g data mig ration / con versio n. We are wo rking
with a cli ent th at h as 43 l ega cy systems on va riou s p latforms an d we ne ed to migra te
th at d ata to SAP . If anyo ne ha s a prove n app roach , staffing mo del , etc. I w oul d be
intere ste d in takin g a lo ok at thi s i nformatio n.
Hop e everyb ody ou t the re is doi ng we ll. I am curre ntly on the SkyC hefs (SCIS Foo d
Service s) p ursui t in C hica go an d I a m l ooki ng for some pre senta ti on materi als that
may alre ady exi st.
I wo uld l ike to have a n exa mple o f a con ti nuo us flow o f de live rabl es fro m H igh L eve l
Process an d Org ani zation al D esig n to SAP Scop ing to Bl uep rint to D ata Con versio n
to Testin g to Trai nin g to Go -Live a nd key po ints inb etwe en for an in divi dua l pro cess
th read . For examp le Order to Ca sh. We are tryin g to g et ve ry ta cti cle wi th o ur
prese ntation . Du ring o ur pre sentatio n as we go th roug h th e app roach and time lin e in
tra ditio nal fash ion i n pa ra lle l I w oul d like to wa lk th roug h a rea l life scen ario for a
sing le pro cess th read from start to fin ish.
Th is is a Tra nformatio n Proje ct as we ll a s SAP, so if a nyon e ha s ve ry g ood H igh Resp onse - Kris Brow n
Leve l (Peop le, Process, Te chn olo gy) p oli cies, desi gns, pro cesses I w oul d app recia te Are you usi ng the ASAP BPL' s e tc. Th ey provi de some o f thi s
it informa ti on at a hi gh le vel?
Wh at sp ecifica lly I a m l ooki ng for is:
Rep orting Strateg y.
In te rfa ce/conve rsion Strate gy.
Migra ti on Strategy.
I ne ed some d ocume nts fro m re posi to ry, can yo u send me URL a nd othe r i nstruction s
also u ser name i f req uire d. KM Response via call and walkthrough
I'm lo okin g fo r so me in fo rmation o n SCALA system, sp eci fi call y re lated to in te gratio n
betwe en SAP and SCALA. If yo u have a ny exp erie nce or in fo rmation th at mi ght be
hel pful, ple ase le t me kn ow.
Loo king for assi sta nce for an R FP resp onse to the fol low ing ;
"Ou tsi de pro cessin g – acco untab ili ty of raw materi als, inte rmedi ates and fin ishe d
goo ds manu fa ctu red, stored a nd shi ppe d at Con tra ct Man ufacturers"
Its not entire ly clea r b ut th e life scie nce cli ent is loo king fo r a n app roach to en sure
th at b atch tra ceab ili ty a nd in ventory trackin g remai ns con tro lle d whe n th e
compo nen ts are a t the co ntractor.
In itial tho ugh ts are -1 ) cre atio n of o rders in SAP to mimic the ma nufacture rs p rocess
2) use o f in ven to ry l ocatio ns speci fi c to the co ntract ma nufacture r - this is
app eal ing a s i t is simp le an d pro vide s vi sibi lity.
We n eed yo ur assistan ce on h ow to chan ge the Va lua ti on Le vel Area in a pro ductio n
envi ronme nt.
SAP w as fi rst, set a t the co mpan y co de le vel.
Ou r cl ien t is "li ve" in SAP sin ce 3 years.
No materi als are va lua te d, a nd n o sto ck h as ever be en ma intai ned i n inve ntory.
Now , the cli ent wan ts to impl emen t N etwork (for costing ) a nd PM (SD,PP a re op ti ons
fo r future s i mple mentatio ns), th at re qui res to ch ang e the val uatio n leve l area .
Curre ntly, the co nfigu ration of va lua ti on are a is set to the co mpan y co de a nd we n eed
to ch ang e it to val ua ti on at th e pla nt l eve l.
An OSS no te e xists(171 24 4), b ut i t on ly corrects th e PS Costin g prog ram.
Plea se note that we a re abl e to ch ang e the val uatio n leve l area to p lan t by di rectly
modi fyi ng a tabl e(TCUR M). It see ms to wo rk, bu t SAP do es not sup port th is solu ti on
I wo uld l ike to ta lk to so me on e who h as impl emen te d wo rkflo w for requ isitio n rele ase
stra te gy. I wan te d to k now h ow ea sy i t is to config ure the stan dard w orkflow temp la te
avai lab le in SAP for requ isitio n rel ease p rocess
Fro m a Ma ste r D ata sta ndp oin t o ur clie nt i s co nsid erin g usin g Multi-L an gua ge da ta
conve rsion a ppro ach.
Th e Leg acy data is in Japa nese a nd wi ll be l oad ed u sing stan dard S AP a nd a few
custom prog rams whe re app lica ble
to u plo ad the da ta into One Glob al SAP cli ent. We have a g o-li ve with Ja pan l ocal ize
data first (Ja pan ese an d simp lifie d Chi nese ).
Th e user in te rfa ce wil l be sup po rte d in mul ti ple l ang uag es.
I wo uld l ike to recei ve some fee dba cks from an yone w ho h as lesso ns lea rned
docu mentatio ns and /o r
ti ps and tricks that can b e share d in ord er fo r u s to a ccompl ish the go al of run nin g th e
syste m u sing b oth
Engl ish an d Japa ne se data.
I wo uld l ike to hea r from an yon e with Pros an d Con s a t co nvertin g Master Data in a
lan gua ge othe r tha n Eng lish ?
Is it fe asib le to loa d th e master da ta u sing the sta nda rd prog rams?
Ou r cl ien t wo uld l ike to spea k to so meon e who h as stro ng p rodu ct costin g expe rien ce
(p refera bly wi th in a che mical e nviro nmen t) a nd exp erie nce wi th ma te rial l ed ger. The y
will b e usi ng SAP-PCA to brea k o ut th eir di visio n bal ance s so know led ge of th is
integ ration i s a lso req uire d.
Th ey are very SAP compe te nt, b ut thi s fun cti ona lity is ne w to the m. If you ha ve this
expe rti se and ca n spe nd an h our an sweri ng some que sti ons ove r the p ho ne ne xt
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gu red ap prova l stra te gy fo r
re qui sition s. The req uire ment I h ave is as foll ows:
Bu sine ss R equ ireme nt:
C lie nt h as 6 leve ls of a pp ro val s
Ea ch low er leve l app roval i s a p rere qui site fo r the n ext l eve l o f a ppro val
eg . if th e requ isitio n is fo r $ 24,00 0 it n eed s Leve l1, Leve l2 an d Le vel 3 ap prova ls,
L evel 1 h as to a pp ro ve first, ne xt Le vel 2 ap pro ves and the n Leve l3 a ppro ves.(whe re
L evel 1 has ap prova l fo r $50 00, Leve l 2 ha s a ppro val for $10 ,0 00 a nd Le vel 3 ha s
a ppro val for $25 ,0 00 )
If thi s re qui sition for $2 4,00 0 is created b y a L eve l2 pe rson, th en he sh ou ld on ly nee d
L evel 3 a ppro val sin ce he h imsel f ha s u pto $10 ,000 l imit.
The w ay it w orks in SAP, thi s re qui sitio n nee ds all 3 l evel s o f a ppro vals, I can not
b ypass le vels ba sed on th e creator of requ isitio n.
On my previ ous cli ent we ha d attache d user id s a s a ch ara cte ristic to re lea se stra te gy
to take care o f this situa tion , bu t it beco mes a main tena nce ni ghtmare o nce the
so lutio n is impl emen te d.
Is th ere an y w ay to l ink the Au th oriza ti on ob ject fo r Rele ase C ode to the rel ea se
strateg y, it is not one o f the fie lds ava ila ble i n th e CEBAN tab le.
The re are 4 use r d efine d fiel ds avai lab le in C EBAN, i s the re an y u ser exit I can u se to
re solve thi s si tu ation
Ou r cl ien t is pro posi ng the u se of SAP Forms fo r i nvoi ce revie w an d app roval . Has
anyo ne con side red thi s fun cti ona lity or used thi s fu nction ali ty?
Th e scena rio he re is th at an no n-po ma tch ing i nvo ice wil l be p osted to FI via an
ID OC . SAP Workflow w ill b e invo ked to rou te the i nvoi ce via SAP Forms fo r co din g
and a ppro val. Up on a cceptan ce, the tran sactio n wou ld be cl eare d in SAP an d
proce ssed for payme nt.
Wh at a re th e impl icatio ns of u sin g SAP Forms for th is scena rio? Is it fea sibl e?
Any hel p wou ld be a pp recia te d. I h ave no t co me across this tool i n othe r
impl emen ta ti ons
Ou r cl ien t ha s a n ela bo ra te multi-l evel a ppro val system(i.e QC dep t.,Techn ical ,
Process en gg., Pro d. e ng g. e tc) for new o r for cha ng ing e xisting BOMs and R ecip es.
Th ey wou ld li ke to re pli cate th e same i n SAP u sing the ECR/ECO fu nction ali ty in
ECM.
Be side s the a ppro val p rocess itsel f, th ey are wo rried a bo ut the se curity, a uthori zatio n
and ve rificatio n of e ach a ppro val. Th ey are no t p lan nin g to i mple ment SAP workflo w.
Has an yone i mple mented E CM i n this con te xt be fo re ?
Has an yone o ut the re come a cross a way of doi ng su ppl y ch ain w ithou t fina ncia ls ?
We h ave a pro spective cl ien t tha t is con side ring b ring ing up PP and MM wi th out
fi nan cial s ! Now j ust b ein g a PP guy this sou nds li ke a flaw ed pl an as I d o no t see
how ma te rial mo vemen ts wo uld b e po ste d witho ut a GL u nle ss w e set a ll materi als as
non -valu ated, neve r mi nd the co st col lectio ns on p ro du cti on ord ers. Our first tho ug hts
are to recomme nd that th ey swi tch o n GL a nd in te rface the GL to the ir leg acy system
but stro ngl y su spect th at th is wil l cause mo re hea dach es than sw itchin g on the GL
Hel lo SAP all , anyo ne wh o ha s o r kn ows ho w to ch an ge a materi al from one type to
ano th er (a ssummin g no activi ty a gai nst i t) pl ease g ive a ca ll or e-ma il in stru cti ons. I
see no th ing i n th e he lp file s!?
Plea se give me a ca ll at th e cli ent numb er listed b elo w if yo u ha ve impl emen te d credi t
your nu mber an d th e be st time to call .
The y a lso ow n a distrib ution c enter that sto res, h an dle s a nd shi ps th e sto ck of the
ma nufacturi ng pl ants to customers on b eha lf o f the p lan ts. In thi s p articul ar scen ario ,
the w areh ouse n ever ow ns the stock and ch arge s th e orig ina l manu fa ctu ring pla nt for
the stora ge an d ha ndl ing . The en d custome r i s b ill ed by the man ufacturin g pl ant.
Al th oug h th ey bel on g to the sa me compa ny, th e ware hou se sees the ma nufacturi ng
p lan ts as cli entsan d th e pl ants see the wa reho use a s a se rvice sup pli er. The
w areh ouse i nvoi ces th e pla nt on a mon th ly basi s fo r stora ge an d han dli ng fee s. The
fee s a re calcu lated a s a fi xed amo unt per bu nd le for han dli ng an d a storag e fe e
a ccordi ng to th e ti me ea ch bun dle sp ent in the w areh ouse .
D oes an yone h ave a ny ide as wha t functio na lity is mo st a ppl icab le in SAP to cal cu la te
a nd pro cess th e invo icin g be tw een the two b usin ess un its. A solu ti on sho uld be
co nsid ered from ei th er side i e.
- Th e wa reho use - must b e ab le to calcu late an d ge nera te the i nvoi ce to send to the
p lan t.
- Th e pl ant - mu st be a ble to p rocess the in voice a nd va lid ate it.
I wou ld ap preci ate someo ne p oin ti ng us in the mo st re leva nt d irectio n to sp ee d up ou r
re search . i.e WH M, VMI, Sub -contractin g, Con sign ment etc. etc
I kno w we ha ve sent th is req uest alre ady, but we a re very urge ntly loo king for an
eng age ment whe re we h ave do ne this. Plea se le t us kno w if yo u are aw are o f an y
clie nt tha t mig ht me et thi s cri te ria:
We a re tryi ng to fi nd a curre nt clie nt tha t has SAP 4.6C w orkin g fo r l ogi sti cs
execu ti on (to han dle c arriers in clu din g fre igh t bi lls etc). Our cli ent Re ichh old wo uld
like to ha ve th e name of co mpan y w hich h as th is fu nctio nal ity w orkin g. Thi s i s
beco ming a cri ti cal step for th e pro ject. A po te ntial n ext ste p is visit th is clie nt for a
Plea se let me know i f you r cl ien t fits th e critieri a as sta te d ab ove so that we can sta rt
th e proce ss o f con ta cting the e nga geme nt lea der to see if a refere nce is po ssibl e
Ou r cl ien t (no n-SAP proj ect) h as go ne li ve with SAP in US an d Ca nad a.
Th is impl emen ta ti on wa s ma nag ed b y o ne of our comp etitors.
Th e clie nt i s n ow pl ann ing fo r Eu rope a nd Asia Pa cific impl eme ntation s.
On e of the a reas tha t the cli ent nee ds he lp is wh ether to go wi th si ng le or mul ti ple
instan ces fo r SAP.
We a re tryi ng to put to ge th er a docu ment with pro s and co ns to h elp th em ma ke this
deci sion .
Plea se send me a ny info rma tion o r w hitep ape r tha t sh oul d hel p us lea d th em towa rds
th e righ t de cisio n.
We h ave started pu ttin g a li st of fa cto rs a ffectin g de csion a nd wo uld l ike to ad d to
th at.
Th e informa ti on ga th ered will b e sha red wi th a ll an d wil l be p ut i n a repo sitory.
Ou r SAP 4.6 cli ent wou ld li ke to be ab le to perfo rm a g ood s i ssue to a prod uctio n
orde r su ch th at the re qu ired i nven to ry q uan ti ti es are a utomatica lly issu ed first from
unre stri cte d sto ck, an d th en from ven dor con sign ment stock.
Th e norma l proce ss re qui res a tra nsfer po sti ng to unre stri cte d for any ven dor
consi gnme nt q uan ti ti es that are ne ede d, a nd the n a goo ds issu e to the p rodu cti on
orde r for the full a moun t. Th e clie nt w oul d like to el imin ate this two step pro cess and
automa te the co nsig nme nt tran sfe r u sing stock de termin ation fun cti ona lity or some
other metho d.
We h ave lo oked a t the stock de te rmina ti on functio na lity withi n IM, but have n ot bee n
abl e to g et i t to work a s d esire d. Any in sigh t on usin g th is or ano th er eq uiva len t
proce ss w oul d be ap preci ated .
Plea se fe el free to bo unce b ack to thi s e mail o r ca ll wi th any gu ida nce you ma y have .
My qu estion i s sp ecifica lly aro und " empl oyee d ata pro te cti on" an d ho w you've se en i t
co mmuni cated at your pre viou s clie nts. Fo r e xampl e, a t my clie nt th at h as ope ration s
i n Europ e we're gon g to p ut le ga l l an gua ge in to the empl oyee co ntracts for "n ew"
e mplo yees that descri bes d etail s a roun d th eir emp loye e da ta a nd ho w it i s g oin g to
b e used . But for e xi sting e mplo yees, I am lo okin g for a best practice a s to h ow this is
h and led ?
To satisfy th is requ ireme nt, at othe r cl ien ts I've see n data pri vacy te mpla te s th at w ere
e mail ed to every emp loye e with
i nstruction s statin g to " click" on the l abe le d button "I Accept" if yo u und erstoo d and
a ccepted the n ew po li cy , ha rd copi es of d ocume nts bei ng sen t to ho me resid ence s
w ith a sign ed cop y to be returne d to the h uma n resou rces dep artment, b roa dcast
n otices pu t on the intran et a nd/or ema ile d to every emp loye e descri bin g th e po licy
ch ang es (whe re no rep on se fro m the e mplo yee imp lie d acce ptance ), etc. All o f the se
a ppro ache s w oul d th en h ave an i den ti fi ed re source for an sweri ng emp loye e
q uestio ns and p rovid ing expl ana ti ons.
If a nybo dy has wi tn esse d any othe r tech niq ue s, or ha s a "favo rite", ple ase le t me
kn ow ASAP.
I am lo okin g fo r BPPs on EHS 2.7B (prod uct sa fe ty a nd Da nge rous go ods
mana geme nt su b modu le s) ve rsi on e ither san itized o r ASAP temp lates if anyo ne ha s
th em. Wil l app recia te yo ur earl y re spon se.
E.g . Tcode s : CG02, CG12 , CG1b , CG43 , DG01 …
u nde rsta nd this situa ti on :
My cl ien t is curre ntly in the pro cess of impl emen ti ng SAP 4.6c an d has
que sti ons aro und w ha t othe r fortun e 500 c ompa nie s h ave do ne a roun d D isne y h as contracted EY to pe rfo rm a n overa ll au dit of th eir
accessi ng SAP fo r tran sactio n proce ssing from remo te l ocatio ns. SAP imp leme ntation (the y're usi ng PWC as th eir in te gra to r)
Busin ess Situatio n EY ha s su b-con tra cte d to CGEY (I bel ieve thi s i s the p rop er te rm)
to pro vide SAP exp ertise in assistin g with this au dit.
Th e clie nt h as severa l non -pe rma ne nt l ocatio ns arou nd the w orld w here the y I, a lon g with a cast of other CGEY consu ltants (mostly man age rs
have tea ms o f pe op le wo rking o n fi lm/movie p rodu cti on site s. Th e have a a nd sen ior man age rs) h ave b een ch argi ng the time w e have
nee d to p erform procu remen t, time en try an d payro ll (in clud ing check sp ent on this to a cha rge cod e. I a ssume we are bi lli ng EY fo r
prin ti ng) activi ti es at e ach of these l ocatio ns. They are curren tl y u sing thi s w ork. We have b een d oi ng this pa rt-time si nce Octo be r o f
contractors to perform this wo rk o n stand alo ne pa ckage s th at p rovid e th is 2 001 . Th is work ha s i nclu ded aud iting PWC de live rabl es fo r
fu nction ali ty. The cl ien t fee ls th at the re may be sig nifi cant ben efits co ntent and i nterna l con tro ls and p rovid ing i mple menta ti on
fro m h avin g th eir SAP syste m p rovid e this functio nal ity b ecau se of th e g uid ance .
spen d data they wo ul d capture a nd an impro vemen t in the co ntrols tha t cou ld
be en fo rced. If thi s a rrang emen t al ong with the type of work we h ave b een
p rovid ing i s b orde ring so me leg al is sues be tw een C GEY an d EY,
Th ey are trying to figu re ou t wh at o ption s a re ava ila ble vi a SAP to pro vide thi s n eed s to be a dd ressed i mmedi ately. (Ke n Morton co pie d)
th is fu nction ali ty, fo r e xampl e usi ng satel ite lin ks from lo cation s w itho ut
te lep hon e lin es, p roce ssing tran saction s i n SAP o n an o ffli ne mod e, R ESPON SE (Ad olf Alle sch)
upl oad ing tran saction informa ti on from th e th ird pa rty p ackag es back in to Two w ays come to mind to ad dre ss thi s;
SAP, etc. They are a lso i nterested i n hea ring a bo ut n on-co nne cti vity
re la te d issue s. SAP Portal s - Mob ile So lutio ns....en te r the PO fro m yo ur PDA or
ce ll ph one
Any informa ti on on h ow o th er larg e clie nts h ave ha nd led thi s sce ana rio An y w eb bro wser ....usin g a BAPI p asswo rd interface to MM or
wou ld be g reatly ap preci ated EBP, th ru Easy We b Tra nsactio n (EWT)
Th ere a bi g ong oin g SAP IM prop osal i n Fra nce (€ 2 0 Milli on ).
Rap hae lle Flo rent, the Fran ce IM KM, i s l ooki ng for referen ces of and i nfo abo ut such
CGE&Y pro jects in the wo rld.
Provid ed the pro jects me ntio nne d are IM a nd no t (o nly) AM, w e have i den ti fi ed :
 C orus
 En pori on
 Farml and
Ine x Partne rs
 Pre ussen El ektra
 Wel ch Allyn
-    Are th ey all IM referen cea ble p roje cts ?
-    Cou ld you p rovid e us wi th i nfo abo ut the m ? If not, w ho coul d we a sk ?
-    Wh at a re th e othe r re fe rence abl e SAP IM pro jects, i f an y
We a re tryi ng to fi nd a curre nt clie nt tha t has SAP 4.6C w orkin g fo r l ogi sti cs
execu ti on (to han dle c arriers in clu din g fre igh t bi lls etc). Our cli ent Re ichh old wo uld
like to ha ve th e name of co mpan y w hich h as th is fu nctio nal ity w orkin g. Thi s i s
beco ming a cri ti cal step for th e pro ject. A po te ntial n ext ste p is visit th is clie nt for a
demo w ith th e log istics dire cto r o f Re ich hol d.
Plea se let me know i f you r cl ien t fits th e critieri a as sta te d ab ove so that we can sta rt
th e proce ss o f con ta cting the e nga geme nt lea der to see if a refere nce is po ssibl e
We a re tryi ng to fi nd a curre nt clie nt tha t has SAP 4.6C w orkin g fo r l ogi sti cs
execu ti on (to han dle c arriers in clu din g fre igh t bi lls etc). Our cli ent Re ichh old wo uld
like to ha ve th e name of co mpan y w hich h as th is fu nctio nal ity w orkin g. Thi s i s
beco ming a cri ti cal step for th e pro ject. A po te ntial n ext ste p is visit th is clie nt for a
demo w ith th e log istics dire cto r o f Re ich hol d.
Plea se let me know i f you r cl ien t fits th e critieri a as sta te d ab ove so that we can sta rt
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tryin g to l ocate a con fi g stand ards do cumen t tha t we ca n use as ou r sta rtin g
p oin t.
TOPIC 1 : De letin g Sta nda rd SAP Con fi gura ti on in SA P R /3 4 6c
1 ) H ow are future u pgra de s a ffected b y/a ffect de leted stan dard co nfig ? I
re ali ze upg rade s a re prima rily ap pli cation fo cused b ut d oes stan dard co nfig
o f the ne w versio n get restore d duri ng the up gra de?
2 ) H ow are H RSPs, OSS Notes, etc affe cte d by/affe ct d ele te d sta nda rd
co nfig? Aga in, most o f the se notes cha ng e app lica ti on cod e, b ut has an yone
se en case s w here H RSPs and OSSs restore stan dard co nfig ?
3 ) Wha t are the sh ort-te rm i mpact on testin g? Are there a ny un expe cte d errors?
4 ) Wha t are the l ong -te rm i mpact on SAP Sup port?
5 ) Wha t are the me th ods for restori ng con fi g if d etermin ed to be n ecessa ry?
6 ) R equ esting a ppro val p ro cess an d docu ment requ ireme nts to d ele te co nfig.
TOPIC 2 : Docu ments outli nin g con fi gura ti on stand ards
1 ) N amin g conve ntion s for custo m o bje cts
2 ) Text sta nda rds
- upp er/low er case or mixe d case
- abb revia ti ons
Wo rking o n a lea d/pursu it w he re a "multip le ven do r" sce nari o is a real p ossib ili ty. In
effe ct, th is wou ld mea n some p aral lel a cti vities from differen t imp leme ntors wi th
compe ti ng ob jective s.
I am lo okin g fo r a " qui ck" w hite pa per o r n otes, e tc., from those th at h ave pre sented
th e pitfall s a nd risks of th is scen ario to cli ents
I'm ju st in te rested b y a ll do cumen ts that you kn ow they exi st some whe re
abo ut the fol low ing to pics :
- b est p ractices of an ERP
- ve rsion ing ma nag emen t wi th SA P a nd gl oba l costs re du cti ons
- SAP mod ule s a nd tech nica l archi te ctu re impa cts
- C GEY Pha rmaceu ti cals exp erie nce s a nd sol ution s
- total co st of an SAP sol ution (l icen ces, se rvers...)
- a b usin ess case wi th SAP imp le me ntatio n
I ho pe you ca n he lp me ou t or po int me in the ri ght dire cti on. I am trying to fin d a
re feren ce compa ny (preferra ble o ne w e coul d visit) th at h as SAP 4.6C wo rking for
log istics execu ti on (to han dl e carrie rs i nclu din g fre igh t bi lls etc). I am curre ntly worki ng
ste p is visit th is clie nt for a de mo with the l ogi sti cs d irector of Rei chho ld
I ho pe you ca n he lp me ou t or po int me in the ri ght dire cti on. I am trying to fin d a
re feren ce compa ny (preferra ble o ne w e coul d visit) th at h as SAP 4.6C wo rking for
log istics execu ti on (to han dl e carrie rs i nclu din g fre igh t bi lls etc). I am curre ntly worki ng
ste p is visit th is clie nt for a de mo with the l ogi sti cs d irector of Rei chho ld .
On my curre nt e nga geme nt we are ma ppi ng req uire ments to brin g America s o nto an
existin g live SAP system in Euro pe (Ve rsion 4 6B). C urren t li ve desi gn i s o n Rel ease
stra te gy witho ut cl assifica ti on.
In U S, for a give n app rova l leve l th ere wi ll be mu ltipl e app rove rs w ho wi ll be sh arin g
th e same rel ease co de. Ho weve r w e nee d app rovers b e abl e to a ppro ve requ isi ti ons
th at fal l und er th eir cost cen te rs o r G/L accou nts.
Can w e have se curity autho riza ti ons for a give n Tco de (ME5 4/ME55) so that an use r
will b e ab le to app rove o nly req uisi ti ons for a set o f co st cen te rs o r G/L accou nts?
Jessica , wo uld yo u see if we h ave a POV o n th e sel ection o f imp leme ntation
stra te gie s. We used to h ave a wri te u p on Vertica l, H orizo ntal , Big -Band , an d Hybi rd.
Do you h ave an yth ing like tha t?
We co uld stil l use he lp on th e Con fi gura ti on Stand ard s re search . Jessica a nd So nya
fo und so me info; bu t it was mai nly aro und co nfigu ratio n docu mentatio n. I am loo king
fo r stan dard s to use w he n doi ng con ifgura ti on . Speci fi call y, I'm l ooki ng for some th ing
th at a ddre sses to pics li ke:
Del eting stan dard co nfig uratio n - a ppro ach, risks, a pp ro val p rocesse s, ad ditio nal
docu mentatio n requ ireme nts, co nting ency pl ans if ne ed to restore, etc.
Te xt stand ards in co nfigu ratio n - u ppe r ca se, l owe r ca se, use of abb revia ti ons, etc.
Ou r cl ien t is lo okin g fo r u s to d eli ver config uratio n sta nda rds much l ike they pro vide
interface a nd con versio n de velo pmen t stand ards. Any existin g docu ments or in put
fro m o th er proj ect tea ms w oul d be g reat
We a re loo king for expe rien ces wi th me rgin g to se para te S AP ( 2 comp ani es)
syste ms. In p articul ar we are l ooki ng for the foll owi ng in fo rmation :
Estima te s o f time an d resou rces to fu lly un derstan d th e bu sine ss a nd Wo rkben ch
and o th er envi ronme nt differen ces and i mpacts ( g iven th at the re a re differen ces in
config -clie nt (i n)de pen den t , ABAP co de, user exi ts, Da ta d iction ary ele ments,
hotpa ck l evel s e tc)
Estima te s o f the time an d reso urces to resol ve th e differe nces an d impl emen t a
re comme nde d solu ti on for a commo n SAP e nviro nmen t
Pro vide i nsig hts i nto wha t the issu es , dri vers , risks an d recomme nd ation s a re to
defin ing the a ppro ach for pro vidi ng a commo n te mpla te
( examp le -use o ne te mpla te as base lin e and ma nu all y i mple mentin g th e secon d
-crea te a thi rd templ ate by manu all y re -impl emen ti ng from both the exi sti ng
te mpla te s e tc)
We a re loo king a t this more from a Bu sine ss p rocess pe rspective a s opp osed to ju st
th e te chni cal po ssibi litie s.
I mad e a conve rsion i n a spe cific materia l master (Pk = EA) the i ssue is di ffere nt
th an the ba se. I wan t to know i f this can b e do ne at clie nt l evel o r at ma te rial l evel
onl y?
My cl ien t, We lch All yn In c a nd the ir s ubsi dia ries are co nsid erin g th e use o f the
Manu fa ctu ring /H i-Tech sol ution to a ccele rate
our imp leme ntation b y p rovid ing an in dustry-ba sed sol ution th at i s re prese ntative of
th eir bu sine ss.
I wo uld l ike to ta lk to a nyo ne wh o has wo rked wi th thi s so lu ti on to eval uate it ag ain st
th e sta nda rd pre-co nfig ured cl ien t to determi ne
if i t truly ad ds any val ue.
discu ss i n more de ta il.
Ou r cl ien t is con side ring i mple mentin g 6 ad ditio nal l ang uag es in SAP. The y w oul d Ran dy per pre viou s que sti ons reg ardi ng imp leme ntin g multip le
like to treat th is as part of th e loca liza ti on ph ase o f ea ch regi ona l roll out as op pose d
lan gua ge s: in divi dua ls who h ave imp leme nted p revio usly in clud e:
to i nclu din g th is in the d esig n of the g lob al temp late. Ia n Wya yy a nd Step han Me dla nd - If you h ave no t he ard a ny
respo nses ba ck, p erha ps you cou ld rea ch ou t to th em
I wo uld l ike to get a list of our cli ents who h ave use d this ap proa ch and a lso sp eak to ind ivid ual ly? (listed b el ow are the q uestio ns & Dates of th ier
anyo ne wh o can ad dre ss p ro's and c on's, lesso ns lea rne d, e tc. lan gua ge q uestio ns
Go to Val ue SAP i n th e Busin ess Blu epri nt p hase . You wi ll find
th e fo llo win g do cumen ts in Bu sine ss Pro cess Defi ntion >
Con duct Busin ess Proce ss Worksh ops > De termin e Con versio n
Req uire ments (Sta ge > Activi ty > Task)
If anyo ne ha s d ocu me ntatio n rega rdin g SAP Data Co nversi on - Packag e Sel ection o r Data Transfer Mad e Easy (Re ali zation p hase )
SAP D ata Con versio n - Too ls use d, I wou ld ap preci ate a rep ly with the Sele cti ng a Meth od for Data Co nversi ons
docu mentatio n. Than k Con versio n Qu estio nna ire - Dia ne Pital ue
Th e ini ti al de sign re qui red for us to impl emen t EBP at my cli ent site an d we al so have
some in te rnet orde r e ntry re qu ireme nts. We ne ed to use o ne tool to mee t bo th
nee ds. I wo uld l ike to ask cou ple o f qu estion s to o ur EBP su bje ct matter exp erts o n
th e rela ti onsh ip/li nk betwe en EBP an d th e ba ckend SD p rocesse s. The c lien t w as
to ld by SAP th at EB P ca n meet both req uire men ts. Pl ease g ive me a cal l at th e clie nt
pho ne nu mber li ste d be low . My ce ll ph one d oes n ot w ork wel l in this are a so ple ase
call me a t the cli ent numb er. You can a lso ema il you r co ntact info wi th the b est ti me
to ca ll an d I wi ll con ta ct you .
Ou r cl ien t is eva lua ti ng Intel lico rp 's suite of prod ucts incl udi ng Li veMod el,
Live Synchro nize r, Li veCa pture, Li veInterface. We are l ooki ng to ga uge h ow man y of Te d - C oca-C ola u sed L ive mod el du ring the ir SAP
our curre nt o r re cent proj ect te ams have u sed an y o f the Intell icorp p rodu cts - in impl emen ta ti on. L et me know i f you n eed more spe cific
particu lar Li veMod el. Pl ease b ou nce ba ck w ith any in sigh ts. informa ti on. Th an ks - Da nie l R. Pi onk
Hel lo SAP ALL, a cu to ver issu e. Those w ho ha ve exp erie nce wi th Pa rked in voice s
fo r cu to ver ple ase con ta ct me .
Speci fi call y, my clie nt re ceive s i nvoi ces via a n interface w hich i s i mmedi ately pa rked .
Can the se docu ments be b roug ht o ver to th e new system an d how
As to your q uestio ns, the first is easy. Th ere are n o limi ta ti ons
on the us e of the SAP lo go, as lo ng as it's SAP work. (i e. d on' t
put it o n an Oracl e docu ment. ) For you r se con d que sti on, . We
have me th od s a bou t this in D eli ver SAP, b ut i t is no t to th e leve l
of d etail , g uid ance a nd samp le you 'll n eed . As I un derstan d,
John w as loo kin g fo r stron g gui dan ce, examp les an d role l ists for
autho rizatio ns.
Also, I lo oked in Val ueSAP, and th ey had a sh ort d ocume nt th at
1. Is the re a lice nse a gree ment limi ta ti on on the S AP R /3 l ogo u sed on sta nda rd I'm a ttach ing h ere. N ot mu ch rea lly.Ho weve r, I d id al so go to the
Fu nction al De sign Sp ecifica ti on d ocume nts a t the cli en t? SAP Si mpli fi cation Grou p we bsite (http://sap lab s.com/simpl e),
2. Do w e have a ny do cumen ta ti on on firm metho do log y (p rior be st pra cti ces) arou nd and fin d the Autho rizatio ns Gu ide B ook, other pre sentatio ns, role
Securi ty Autho rizatio n and Rol e Defin ition s? boo ks, etc. If yo u have n't loo ked ou t there y et, gi ve th at a try. I
th ink you 'll fin d some he lpful i nforma tio n there .
Our cli ent is on versi on 3.1I fo r core SAP modu les (FI, MM, SD) an d on ve rsion 4 .0
for EC-C S. (EC-C S i s o n sepa rate envi ron me nt.)
R equ ireme nt:
For bu sine ss a rea con soli datio n in EC -CS, w e nee d tra din g pa rtn er busi ness are a
(TPBA) fo r e very In te r-Comp any G/L a ccou nt tha t rol ls-up i nto EC-CS.
C urren tl y, ou r focu s i s to po pu late TPBA o n I/C A/R and I/C A/P l ine i te m for I/C
e limin atio ns.
SAP strong ly sugg ests th at TPBA cann ot b e po pul ated for recon cili ation accou nts
(Ope n Item man age d acco unts) i.e. A/R an d A/P li ne i te m. Ho weve r, A/R and A/P lin e
i te m ca n be po pul ated b y Ba lan ce shee t re-a dj ustment prog ram (SAPF1 80), whi ch
p opu lates TPBA to a n adj ustment accou nt b ase d on the TPBA o f the o ffsetting l ine
i te ms.
Issue :
For Accou nts p ayab le, th e offsetti ng li ne item is GR/IR a ccou nt. GR/IR a ccoun t ha s to
b e an op en item man ag ed acco unt as we run automa ti c GR/IR clea ring a ccoun t.
(SAPF12 3W). Thus, we can not store TPBA for the offsetting l ine i te m a nd he nce
TPBA cann ot b e pop ul ated for A/P li ne item e ven after execu ti ng Ba lan ce shee t re-
a dju stme nt p rogra m (SAPF18 0).
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PP/CO U npl ann ed Scra p fro m
Prod uction o rde r
PS Guru wanted
SAP_AL L: lesso ns lea rned
ad din g Jap ane se, Si mpli fi ed
Ch ine se (MDMP)
Good s mo vemen t - spe cial
(custome r) stock - Make to
Order pro cess
rep resen ta ti ve materi al in EC -
PCA
Basis (RFC) Question
Foreca sti ng App roa ch - SAP -
LIS / APO / CRM
SAP QM-IDI & Star LIMS
Wareh ouse Ma na geme nt
Imple mentatio n Expe rti se
MM que sti on on sto rage
lo cation s a nd p lan ts
SAP SRM and e Procu remen t-
Urg ent
2 Questions
Accou nts Pa yab le in Sh ared
Servi ces Enviro nmen t
BW Change Pointers
Re que st For In formatio n -
Ne ed you r h elp URGENTLY
SAP Sales and Use Tax
Jetform to print checks & SAP
Ou r cl ien t is imp leme nting SAP 4.6 C. We are a ttemp ti ng to do wnl oad a l ist o f the IMG
ta sks w ith t-co des an d ta ble name s. In previ ous rel ease s, w e have b eee n ab le to
dow nlo ad that informa ti on i nto EXCEL. Wi th 4 .6 C at th e clie nt, we h ave be en u nab le
to d own loa d th is informa ti on .
SAP_AL L: Dow nlo ad SAP IMG
Task List (4.6C)? Can a nyon e te ll us if th is may still b e accomp lish ed in SAP 4 .6 C? If so, how ?
Co mbin ing o ne co mpan y a nd
sal es org in to a no th er existin g
comp any
Sal es/Use Tax - for Que bec
QST
Lo okin g fo r d el ivera ble s o r
con ta cts
SAP_AL L: In tra -Comp any
Transfers & MRP
cost outsid e of th e tra ditio nal
metho d
Re: Urgent help
SAP_AL L CRM Prod uct
Backg roun d an d Qu als
SAP_AL L Re pla cemen t Parts
& In te rchan ga ble Pa rts
SAP_ALL: SD-Foreign Trade
Secu rity - Autho rizatio n
Questio n
Data Purification/Cleansing Plan Plea se send to me di rectly. If the re are an y q ue sti ons, ple ase ema il me di rectly
Hardware vendor RFP
matchcodes
Prob lem in PM wh en
Purch asin g da ta i s tran sfe rred
from PM Pu chasi ng Da ta
scree n to Pu rcha sing
req uisi ti ons
SAP ALL : SAP D ocume nt
Ch ang e Mana ge ment
Functio nal ity
PP/MM - Di rect Pro ductio n /
Procu remen t
Co nsol ida ti on o f SAP
Proce sses fo r the Coke
FEMSA p ursui t
Co nsol ida ti on o f SAP
Proce sses fo r the Coke
FEMSA p ursui t
Domino.doc
Domino.doc
Bomb ardi er Aerosp ace -
Eng ine erin g role
GR/IR Clearing
GR/IR Clearing
Info Pak and iTutor
Info Pak and iTutor
SAP Report Distribution
SAP Report Distribution
Barcoding in SAP
GUI XT usage
FI - Desi gn He lp - Prizes to be
wo n
Project Systems
Aven ti s - CGEY an d SAP Jo int > A b rief summary of the succe ss a nd the co ntacts from SAP (th e compa ny)
Imple mentatio ns
Best Practises for Sal es
Foreca sti ng / Pl an nin g usin g
R/3 - SIS
BEA WL I PoC - SAP
in te gratio n
Materi al Masters wi th d iffe ren t
rel ease s a nd d ate sta mps
See king so meo ne wi th
exp erie nce in C on tra cts in SD
4.6c
Prod uct C osting : 1 Co Cod e, 2 price s i n pla nt B, with the p rices of th e same materi als in p lan t A (so the same
pl ants, 2 co sting va rian ts
Expe rien ce with SAP BW a nd
Co gno s
PS Alterna ti ve Hie rarch y
Re ports
Ca n Profit ce nters be d riven b y Has an yone e ver dea lt with a simi lar pro ble m?
custome r type ra th er than
materi al?
In a ma ke to stock scen ario , my cli ent has the foll owi ng req ui re men t for scrapp ing a n
"in pro cess" item from a prod uction o rder:
--The y n eed to be a bl e to scra p th e to ta l pla nn ed cost fo r the ma te ria l (i nclu di ng
lab or and o verhe ad) to the cost center resp on si bl e fo r the scra p. This is no t
nece ssaril y the co st cen te r w he re th e scrap wa s i den ti fi ed/co nfirmed .
Fo r my cli ent, trea ti ng scrap a s a varia nce is no t ag reea ble . We've lo oked a t se veral
optio ns invo lvin g chan gin g the pro ductio n orde r settl emen t rul e, a nd vari ous
combi natio ns of mo vemen t type s.
Has an yone w orked w ith respo nsi bil ity a ccoun ti ng for unp la nne d scrap? Or ma ybe
have so me ide as of w orkaro un ds?
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce with usi ng a la rge n umbe r o f PS netwo rks a nd su b-
netwo rks ? I am loo king for in formatio n on
Syste m Pe rfo rmance
Main te nan ce
Typ ical re lated p robl ems
Fo r o ur clie nt, Bomb ardi er Aerosp ace , we a re doi ng an a ssessme nt o f a po te ntia l
desi gn sol ution . We wou ld h ave ap prox. 100 0 ne tw orks with 40 0 subn etworks e ach in
th e live system. Each ne tw ork / su bne tw ork has 50 - 50 0 activi ti es. The e ntire
stru ctu re th en ne eds to be sch edu led tog ethe r. Good l uck !
We a re in the pro cess of g lo bal izin g an exi sti ng Prod uctive SAP 4.6B imp leme ntation .
Is there a nyon e ou t there tha t ha s a lrea dy imp leme nted a comb ina ti on o f Japa nese ,
Chi nese , or Simp lifie d Chi nese l an gua ges to th eir SAP system and co uld sh are the ir
expe rien ces with us?
Speci fi call y, this rel ates to Mu lti-Di spla y Mu lti-Proce ss (MD MP) l ang ua ge
impl emen ta ti ons.
-D id yo u expe rien ce any tech nica l prob lems du ring the i nstal latio n of the l ang ua ges?
-A ny impl emen ta ti on con fi gura tion l easo ns lea rned ?
-Wh at p robl ems did yo u expe rien ce wi th re ports, forms, interface s a nd co nversi ons in
multip le la ngu age s?
-C omp atibi lity issue s o r w orkaro und s yo u use d with APO, BW, EBP, EH S
-Wh at co ntrols di d you pl ace o n your en d user commu nity to ensu re th at the y
main ta ine d "glo ba l" data in En gli sh (ASCII-7)
-A ny issue s w ith prin te rs, de skto p, fa xes or other pe riph eral s u sin g th e dou ble b yte
lan gua ges.
Ou r cl ien t (Un ibo ard Ca nad a) wil l be u sing the "Asse mbly to Order" pro cess fo r so me
of i ts pro ductio n. (Assemb ly to Ord er is stra te gy grou p 82). How ever, th ey expe ct
th at cu sto mer del iveri es wil l not alw ays exa ctl y co rrespo nd to recei pts from
prod uction o rders. The refore , they wi ll wa nt to sel l th e remai nin g qu antitie s to othe r
customers. Thi s e ssentia lly make s the ma teria l at the sa me ti me "Make to Stock" an d
"Assembl y to Order" .
Ou r first solu ti on is to create a n ew sche dul e lin e categ ory (sale s o rder) an d
mani pul ate th e requ ireme nt typ es and cl asses to all ow the sa le from sto ck e ven if th e
materia l is defin ed as Assemb ly to Ord er.
I wo uld l ike to know i f an yon e as ever wo rk w ith repre sentative materia l in EC-PC A.
Basica lly I'm tryin g to p la n witho ut C O-PA an d usin g EC-PC A i nstead . Th e
re pre sentative ma te rial se ems to re pre sent a goo d imag e of an ave rage co st of a
grou p of si mila r ma te rial i .e .BOM,routin g,costin g shee t, etc.
Is it onl y u sed in tran sfe r p rice p lan nin g th us not be ing u sed as a pl an nin g to ol for
sing le pro fi t cen te r p lan nin g? In other wo rds onl y u sed b etwee n tw o profit cen te r
re la ti onsh ip wi th sp ecific transfer p ri ce? Or is it u sed for anythi ng e lse?
With in SAP, my cli ent has bu ilt a custom Re mote Fu nction C all (R FC ) mo dul e. The
fi rst time this RFC is cal led , the functio n mod ule take s a l ong time to ru n (30
secon ds.) If the same R FC i s ca lle d ag ain (w ithin a sh ort p erio d of ti me), the R FC
ru ns a lo t faster (secon ds.) I imag ine thi s i s d ue to th e fact tha t the RFC ge ts "l oad ed
into memo ry."
Doe s a nyon e know i f the re is a way to alw ays keep a fu nction mo dul e (RFC) "loa de d"
into memo ry for pe rfo rmance (I am sure the re are con sequ ence s - li ke comp romisi ng
overa ll pe rfo rmance i n doi ng so methin g like thi s.)
We a re in the pro cess of co min g up wi th a su itabl e ap proa ch fo r h and lin g
'Fo recastin g' req uire ments as part of R/3 Imp leme ntation for a Ch emica l Indu stry.
Ou r cl ien t's req uire men t is that th e Sale s / Fo reca st nu mbers ne ed to be
agg rega te d / di sag greg ated usi ng comp lex p lan nin g hie rarchi es in ord er to arrive
at the fin al foreca st nu mbe rs tha t is eve ntual ly tra nsferre d to Pro ductio n.
Th e abo ve requ ireme nt ca n be me t wi th SAP usi ng
Fl exib le Pla nni ng (LO-LIS-PLN C ompo ne nt )
APO - Dema nd Pla nni ng co mp on ent
In thi s co ntext, I a m l oo king for the foll owi ng -
1. Woul d like to talk to an yone w ho ha s w orked o n Flexi ble Pl ann ing / LIS i n 4.x
versio n to u nde rsta nd if stabi lity / pe rfo rmance o f this comp on ent has
impro ved comp ared to 3 .x.
2. De ta ile d compa rison b etwe en Flexi ble p lan nin g an d APO - Dema nd Pla nni ng ( A
busi ness case w oul d be g re at ! ). Any de sign d ocu ments on in te rfa cing
R/3 wi th APO via BW w ill b e ap peci ated.
3. Do a ny of the e xistin g CRM tool s (SAP-C RM / Sie bel ) i n th e market ha ve
fu nction ali ti es th at p erform comp lex foreca sti ng ?
A q uick qu estion to an yon e who h as worke d on i ntegra ti ng
SAP QM with a La bora to ry In fo rmation Ma nag emen t System
usin g th e SAP QM-IDI i nterface . We a re loo king sp ecifica lly for
inp uts o n integ ration w ith a ven dor ap pli cation , Star LIMS.
Ou r cl ien t, a larg e chemi cal comp an y, ha s to cho ose be twee n
SAP QM-IDI a nd custom ABAPs to ena ble i ntegra ti on wi th Sta r L IMS.
We w oul d app recia te a re spo nse wi th a p hon e nu mber wh ere
we cou ld con ta ct you fo r a b rief conve rsation .
Th e ini ti al de sign for my clie nt d id n ot ca ll for ware hou se mana ge ment, b ut w ill b e a
re qu ireme nt. Fo r thi s re ason , I nee d to tal k to on e of our estee med WM su bje ct
matte r e xperts to h elp me a ssess the con sultin g ti me th at wil l b e ne ede d to i mple men t
th is modu le.
Plea se call me a t on e of th e numb ers listed b elo w, o r send me a n emai l with you r
·contact
Th ese numb er and
e xte rnal I wil
w areh l con
ouse s ta ct you
are . third -party, n ot o wne d by the cli ent
mostly
· Inven to ries be lon g to th e ship pin g pla nt
· Storin g and h and lin g fees are p aid to the thi rd partie s
So me are un iqu e per pl an t, whi le othe rs a re share d by seve ral pl ants.
We ha ve alre ady exp lore d the ad vantag es an d disa dvan ta ges for ea ch scena rio
(stora ge lo cation vs pl ant) with the cl ien t. Th e clie nt h as aske d us to h ave a sec ond
l ook at th is to e nsure w e can me et the ir requ ireme nts.
We ha ve ta ken the d ecisi on that th ese extern al w areh ouse s w ill b e pla nts i n SAP yet
the re are seve ral issu es left a s fo llo ws:
1 . If these e xte rnal w are hou ses are pl ants, h ow ca n we reco rd th e sale a s b ei ng from
the o rigi nal sh ipp ing p lan t (ma nufacturi ng pl ant) if the inve ntory now b elo ngs to this
e xte rnal w areh ouse w hich i s a pla nt i n itself in SAP? (we a re thin king o f usi ng ba tch
n umbe rs to he lp us do th is)?
2 . Ho w can the ori gin al shi pp ing p lan t (man ufacturin g pl ant) know w hat th eir stock
p ositio n is at the e xte rna l ware hou se, i n th e case w here thi s e xte rnal w areh ouse is
u sed by seve ral man ufacturin g pl ants (here a gai n, w e are thi nkin g of u sing b atch
n umbe rs to he lp us do th is)?
3 . Stock valu ation i n th ese e xte rnal w areh ouse s b eco mes an issu e whe re more tha n
o ne man ufacturin g pla nt is usin g th e same extern al w areh ouse . The stock valu e at
the e xte rnal w areh ouse will b e a bl end ed cost of th ese di ffere nt ma nufa ctu ring p lan ts
(h as anyo ne use d spli t va lua ti on to coun te r th is prob lem? )
We g ot a R FI to resp ond by next tu esda y, in te rms o f POV, ap proa ch and
expe rien ces fo r SAP Sup pl ier Re latio nshi p Mana geme nt and e Procure ment
impl emen ta ti on at Pemex (Mexi co´s na ti ona l oil a nd Gas compa ny). We a re in gre at
nee d fo r i nformatio n an e xperi ence s, ap proa che s, an d materia l to d o an o veral l
prese ntation .
A p ropmt respo nse wi ll be g rea tly a ppre ciated
Hel lo SAP netwo rk, I am wo rking a t Bo mbard ier Aero space i n Montre al an d we are
impl emen ti ng thei r ma nufacturi ng site s o n SAP 4 .6 c. I n eed so me insi ght if p ossib le
fo r the fol low ing q uestio ns:
1. We nee d to tran sfe r sub-a ssembl ies in PP wh ich are p art of n etworks in PS from
pla nt to pl ant (differen t co mpan y co des) bu t the p robl em is th ese sub -assemb lie s a re
ofte n tra nsferred i ncomp lete a s the re ceivi ng pl ant often fini shes a pie ce of th e work.
Th e clie nt w ishe s to ha ve th e man ufacturin g pla nt bill fo r the e ntire wo rk a gai nst th e
orig ina l sub-a ssembl y tha t wa s i n the man ufacturin g pla nt. My que sti on is, is th ere
any wa y to transfer the su b-asse mbly (a ne tw ork compo nen t in PS) to the rece ivin g
pla nt w hil e lea ving tho se PP orde rs w hich h ave op era ti ons no t pe rfo rmed op en to
charg e aga inst until th e work is comp lete?
Also,
2. Do es anyo ne ha ve comp ariso ns of SAP an d othe r w areh ouse ma nag eme nt
syste ms. Bomba rdie r h as a syste m ca lle d SGM a nd curre ntly has ap pro ximatel y
200 00 transa cti ons da il y. The y w ant to kn ow if SAP can ha ndl e th is volu me an d how
it co mpare s to othe r l ead ing syste ms.
I wo uld l ike to spea k w ith an yone w ho ha s e xperi en ce impl emen ti ng Accou nts
Payab le in a sh ared se rvice s e nviro nmen t, prefera bly a situ ation w here the re was no
Purcha sing i mple mented .
My cu rrent clie nt se rvices seve ral comp ani es that ele ctro nica lly sub mit vo uche rs to b e
upl oad ed to th e A/P system, and si multan eou sly sen d in the ha rd cop y i nvoi ces (with
barco de of vouch er nu mber) to be ima ged .
I am in te rested in h eari ng h ow othe r co mpan ies ha ve set up the sha red se rvi ces
orga niza ti on an d SAP to su ppo rt this pro cess
We n eed so me hel p in u nde rsta ndi ng the pro ced ure to setup cha ng e poi nters in R/3.
We w ant to se tu p chan ge p oin te rs for the materi al p lan t vie w te xt in tab le MARC T.
Th is is nece ssary to l oad d elta s i nto BW.
Any hel p wou ld be g rea tl y a ppre ciated , eve n a do cumen t exp lai nin g ho w to se tu p
chan ge po inters wo uld be gre at.
Ma ke some assu mption s tha t the l ega cy cu sto m a ppl icatio n may curre ntly resid e on
ma inframe o r U NIX p latforms and tha t the fun cti ona lity we see k is in SAP R/3. If yo ur
firm ha s e xperi ence i n th e are as add ressed b elo w, w e may in clud e you in a R FQ fo r
tha t en gag emen t.
We ha ve created a cu sto m app lica ti on that combi nes mu lti ple wafer fabri cation l ots
a nd asse mbly test l ots i nto a sin gle l ot trace ca pab ili ty from th e be gin nin g of the
ma nufacturi ng pro cess th roug ho ut the d istribu ti on p rocess to th e ultima te e nd
cu sto mer.  We bel ieve thi s fun ction ali ty mig ht b e repl aced u sin g th e SAP R /3
h and lin g uni t (HU ) b y d efini ng the h and lin g uni t to be the l ot trace co de .  Th e lot tra ce
co de is ge nera te d by bo th i nterna l and e xterna l manu fa ctu ring e xecutio n systems. 
D o you ha ve any pro du cti on imp leme ntation e xperi en ce usin g th e han dli ng u nit as a
l ot trace co de?   Or, do y ou ha ve any pro ductio n imp leme ntation e xperi ence usin g
so me other R/3 functio na lity a s a lot tra ce code w hich me ets th e abo ve descri ption ? 
If w e fi nd some i ndu stry exp erie nce u sing the H U as a lot trace cod e, w e may be
i nterested i n a consu lting eng age ment to d esi gn a sol ution a roun d this or othe r R /3
fun cti ona lity.
I wo uld l ike to spea k to so meon e who h as expe rien ce con fi guri ng a li mited Sal es an d
Use Tax solu ti on di rectly in SAP (witho ut usin g a th ird pa rty bo lt-on su ch as Vertex or
Ta xware ).
Plea se call me a t 83 2-59 4-7 950 .
I am lo okin g fo r e xperi ence in pri nting ch ecks via "Jetform", in seve ral lo cation s:
differen t town s from di ffere nt US sta te s, after payme nt ru n do ne in SAP:
to p ay MM Invo ices an d FI/AP In voice s for di ffere nt co mpa ny code s i n differen t
control lin g area .
Most o f the Invoi ces (AP) co me from severa l Leg acy syste ms for 2 co mp an y co des:
Che cks a re prin te d but th e de sign d oes no t mee t , fo r d esig n purp ose , the custome r
busi ness req uire ment : we h ave spe cific nee d fo r ch eck de scriptio n.
If any of you ha ve exp erie nce wi th Je tform, let me kno w Asap, as it se ems to b e
some pro gram issu es to e nha nce a nd no t con fi gu ration i ssue.
Th anks for your feed ba ck, it wil l b e ap preci ated
We a re worki ng at a clie nt w ith a pa ssion for maxi mizin g effe cti vene ss in eve ryth ing
th ey do an d in this ca se -- i t mea ns ti me.
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce with merg ing o ne co mp an y co de in to a noth er (sale s
orgs, pla nts, materi als, etc) tha t ca n spea k w ith me fo r a b it to h elp me u nde rsta nd
th e issue s, con cerns, an d pitfall s o f di ffere nt strate gie s.
Your he lp is sin cerel y a ppre ciate d. Feel free to cal l my ce ll ph on e 281 -300 -033 8 o r
re pl y to this mai l -
My cl ien t ha s a re qui remen t for ta x fu nction ali ty in the U S, Mex ico an d Can ada . Th e
US ta xes are to be ha nd led b y Ve rte x, an d Ca nad a and Me xico setu p in SAP.
In mo st case s taxe s i n Can ad a and Me xico are strai ght pe rcentag es with the
excep ti on of th e Qu eb ec Provin cial tax QST. Th e curre nt i s GST p lus QST.
I ha ve some thou gh ts an d pla ns on ho w to set u p but, I nee d to spea k w ith someo ne
who h as don e th is con fi gura ti on to insu re th at my tho ugh ts are a ccurate .
Th is is bei ng do ne in a 4.6 envi ronme nt a nd we are setting u p sale s/u se an d
withh old ing taxe s.
Plea se bou nce ba ck to thi s me ssage w ith your be st re ach nu mber.
I'm lo okin g fo r a ll d eliv erab les ab out th e pa yment advi ce used
in acco unts recei vabl e.
Si tu ation : Purcha se req s g ene rated in the re cei vi ng p lan t (ea st coa st) via re -orde r
p oin t MRP crea ti ng de mand o n the sup plyi ng pl an t (we st coa st). The p urcha se req i s
the n conve rte d into a stock transp ort o rder wh ich is the n sent to the w est co ast pla nt
(the ve ndo r).
Pro ble m: Th e recei ving p lan t' s l ead ti me (pla nne d de live ry time ) w hich i s u sed to
forw ard sche dul e th eir de live ry d ue d ate is th en sche du led b ackwa rd fro m thi s sa me
d ue da te to de termin e th e supp lyin g pla nt's compl etion d ate. The re sult is th e
re ceivi ng pl ant's pu rchase re q rele ase da te is almo st the same a s the su pp lyin g
p lan t's en d da te to make o r b uy th e pro duct to sh ip to th em.
Que sti on: H ow can thi s p roce ss b e set-up wi th two l ead times wh ich wo uld b e
re cogn ized i n calcu latin g MRP da te s? On e fo r the re ceivi ng p lan t (in -tra nsit ti me
b etwee n th e tw o pla nts) and a nothe r o ne for the sup plyi ng pl ant (wh ere thei r l ead ti me
w oul d not be vio lated to ma ke or buy the materi al).
An y su gge sti ons, worka roun ds, or even so methin g th at may work a li ttle b it b ette r
tha n our curre nt si tu ation wou ld be a ppre ciated .
N ote:
the We have
i te ms. Th eyndo
o DRP
use th sol
e utio
BOM n to
quwantitie
ork with.
s * std, rou ti ng time * activi ty type rate a nd
u se th e costing sh ee t (% ba se or fi xed $ by qu an ti ty bu ild ). In a ddi ti on the y w ish to
i nclu de othe r q uan ti ti es i.e. activitie s * a ra te w ish are n ot in the rou ti ng (rea lly ba sed
o n th e Acti vity b ased co sting me th od - overh ead p roce ssing co sts that nee d to be
p lan ned a nd coste d with a qu antity - SKF by the item ). I d id lo ok in the system an d it
l ooks li ke th ey wou ld ne ed to use ABC (temp late = p rocess qu antity * activity rate).
I wou ld li ke to kn ow if th ere is o th er optio n before u sin g th e latter sub-mo dul e we d o
n ot h ave the time rea lly to imp leme nt the l atte r mo dul e.
The y h ave 40 00 pa rts to costs th erefore the y cann ot p lan b y h an d th is secon d portio n
o f costs and i t ha s to b e via a templ ate of so me sort. The la tter costs has to be
i nclu ded i n th e cost o f mo st of th e item item. Activity all oca tio n an d l all ocatio n-
d istribu ti on ou tsi de of th e ABC do esn't lo ok to a llo w to n th e un it p rice of th e items.
Que sti ons:
Is th ere a de fi ne ne ed for them to use ABC o r i s the re some othe r sp ecia l pro ce ssin g
tha t cou ld be u sed ?
Wha t is ad ditive co sts use d fo r?
we are w orkig n with a cli ent on d efini ng tech arch for SAP/CRM/e tc.
Let me know i f thi s i s o f an y h elp . (an d ap olo gie s for my late rep ly
Can yo u hel p us?? I wa s o n hol ida y.....). I assu me th at yo u are i n to uch wi th the S AP
CRM le ade r i n NA, Greg Gi lle tt.> Ed ward Westen be rg 2 /0 7/02
Are th ere qo t' chas? <attach ment 032 a mysap crm & cg ey val ue pro posi ti on.pp t>
Loo king for be st in te lli ge nce ab out tw o th ing s nee ded for pu rsuit with med iu m-si zed
glo bal l ife scien ces fi rm--wil l pil ot i n Ge rmany/Ita ly/UK an d roll o ut to US acro ss
multip le bu sine ss u nits:
1) SAP's CR M p rodu ct e xperi ence : Wh ere imp leme nted , pro duct capa bil ities rel ative
to Si ebe l, o ur invo lveme nt i n an y p hase o f CR M w ork with SAP.
2) Si ebe l to SAP in te gra ti on exp erie nce.
Any qua ls or slid es wou ld be app recia te d.
I ha ve a clie nt tha t is g etti ng rea dy to i mple ment impl eme nt SAP CR M Intern et Sa les
3.0. They are i ntereste d in rep lace ment part/interch an gab le pa rt functio na lity whi ch is
not curren tl y a vail abl e.
I wo uld l ike to spea k w ith some one re gard ing the cu rrent SAP4.6 in te rchan ga ble a nd
re pl aceme nt p art ca pab ili ti es in cl ud ing the a ssocia te d con fi gura ti on, master data,
main te nan ce, a nd u sa ge .
Exampl es or th e repl aceme nt/interch ang abi lity are be low :
Part A is rep lace d by Part B i s re pla ced by Part C
Part A is in te rchan gab le wi th Part B wh ich is al so interch ang ab le wi th Pa rt C
Part A is rep lace d by Part B w hich i s i ntercha nga ble w ith Part C
Part A is in te rchan gab le wi th th e combi natio n of Pa rt B & C.
Part A & B i s i ntercha nga bl e with Part C.
Plea se provi de con ta ct in formatio n fo r d iscussi on.
I'd l ike to ta lk to someo ne wh o has imp leme nted Fore ign Trad e in the US (a nd wh o
und erstand s the co nfig uratio n).
Plea se respo nd to th is ema il wi th yo ur contact informa ti on.
Presen tl y, throu gh VA0 2, a u ser can exe cute Sal es Docu ment>D ele te. We'd li ke to
re move thi s from the exi sti ng pro files a nd cen tra lize i t wi th a n exp ert. Ou r cl ien t is
han dli ng the secu rity ta sks a nd I n eed to p ro vid e gui dan ce on ho w to remove thi s
fro m the p rofile .
Wo uld a ppre ciate some g uid an ce and i f po ssibl e, sp eci fi c step s to remo ve th is fro m
existin g profil es whi ch are, in this ca se, o nly con stra ine d at th e sale s o rgan izatio n
leve l.
Clie nt has no t crea te d a da ta p urifica ti on pl an o r strateg y. Any docu ment use d as a
data pu rificatio n pla n or stra tegy wo uld b e grea tl y a pp recia te d. This is an u rgen t
re qu est, so pl ease re ply a s so on as po ssibl e.
We ha ve a clie nt l ooki ng to do h ardw are sel ection fo r SAP throu gh an R FP an d
wou ld ap preci ate if a nyb ody ha s a ny sampl e RFP tha t w e can sho w th em so th at th ey
have a b ette r u nde rstand ing o f wh at to e xpect.
Hel lo SAP ALL, A req ue st for anyo ne wi th e xpe ri ece d esig nin g a custom matchco de
"ta b" to ple ase con ta ct me. Sp eci fi call y the ve ndo r se arch en gi ne. I nee d to se arch
by accou nt g roup .
We h ave ju st mig rated a cli ent fro m 31.H to 31.I. an d come a cross a prob lem that did
not occur on the 3 1.h bu t, doe s o ccur on 3 1.I.
Whe n creatin g p urcha se req uisi ti ons from withi n tra nsactio n IW32 we ge t a functio n
modu le erro r a nd erro r me ssage M3 74 9. The ful l te xt of error is " Re qui red
para meters are missi ng wh en cal lin g up a fun cti on mod ule " We w ent into SAP OSS
and fou nd no te 375 262 tha t ap pe ars to a ddre ss thi s p rob lem. It tu rns out th at th e
note ha s a lrea dy be en ap pli ed to th e 31 .I clie nt.
This on ly occurs if th e Ven dor in the PM purch asin g da ta scre en is fill ed in . It occu rs
as you ba ck o ut o f the p urcha sing d ata scree n and the system tries to transfer the PM
purch asin g data to the req uistio n. If you l ea ve th e vend or fi eld b la nk th e error do es
not occur
We w oul d like to talk to anyo ne w ith expe rien ce of SA P's D ocume nt C han ge
Mana geme nt fun cti ona lity. Our clie nt i s se lectin g a
to ol to mana ge the cre ation , ap prova l, a nd ch ang es to ma nufactu ring sp ecifica ti ons
and w oul d like to kno w wha t SAP ha s to offer.
Th e clie nt i s me eting w ith us on Wed nesd ay so th ere a n ele ment of u rgen cy
associ ated wi th thi s re que st.
In g ene ral the func ti ons to be sup ported wou ld in clud e:
Provid e a mean s to ea sily crea te, a ppro ve, d ocume nt and d istribu te n ew
speci fi cation s.
Allo w ini ti ator to e asil y d istribu te sp ecifi cation for revi ew an d app rova l by grou p of
peo ple .
Reco rd respo nses (ok/de ny, date, ti me, co mment) fro m the a pp rovers.
Rel ease sp ecifica ti on on ce al l respo nses ha ve bee n rece ived w ith an ap prove d
sta tu s.
Notify all the a ppro pria te p erso nne l by e-mai l of the a pp roval o f the ne w prod uct
speci fi cation .
Imme dia te a vail abi lity of sp ecifica ti on s to SAP's Qu al ity Mo dul e to u se as offi cia l
prod uct sp ecifica ti on.
Mana ge future cha ng es to e xisting sp ecifica ti ons in a simila r mann er
If you can h elp p lea se rep ly to thi s me ssage o r ca ll Gilb ert Rami re z on 71 3-28 9-18 13.
Nee d hel p on an i ssue w ith dire ct pro cureme nt / prod uctio n.
We a re usin g dire ct pro ductio n to gen erate col lective p rod uction o rders
All wo rks fin e BUT w e are see ing d irect pro cureme nt p ropo sals for pu rch ase d
compo nen ts that are d esig nated a s " N" non stock items on th e BOMs. We w ant to
re tain the co lle cti ve orde rs b ut sto p th e dire ct pro cureme nt fo r co mpon ents.
TH ese items are N OT NLAGs , wh ich wo uld be the no rmal treatmen t b ut a re ROHs.
Th ese comp one nt ma te rial s a re NOT se t up for di rect p rodu cti on . Th ere is no sp ecia l
procu remen t type assi gne d to th e compo nen ts.
We n eed h elp l ocatin g exp erie nce for th e fo llo win g types of proj ect d eli verab les:
- C onso lid ation o f sep arate SAP comp etency cen te rs fo r su ppo rt in to a si ngl e
orga niza ti on
- may in clud e sta nda rdizi ng p ro cesse s a nd con fi gura ti on s
- C onso lid ation o f sep erate tech nica l infrastructure s a cross ge ogra phi cal are as
- C onso lid ation o f sep arate SAP versi ons or in sta nces
If you ha ve expe rien ce wi th o ne or al l of the a bo ve. Pl ease re spon d di rectly to D avid ,
Jessica & mysel f. Th anks.
We n eed h elp l ocatin g exp erie nce for th e fo llo win g types of proj ect d eli verab les:
- C onso lid ation o f sep arate SAP comp etency cen te rs fo r su ppo rt in to a si ngl e
orga niza ti on
- may in clud e sta nda rdizi ng p ro cesse s a nd con fi gura ti on s
- C onso lid ation o f sep erate tech nica l infrastructure s a cross ge ogra phi cal are as
- C onso lid ation o f sep arate SAP versi ons or in sta nces
If you ha ve expe rien ce wi th o ne or al l of the a bo ve. Pl ease re spon d di rectly to D avid ,
Jessica & mysel f. Th anks.
We a re consi deri ng Do mino .d oc fo r ma nag ing d ocume nt re po sitory of a g lob al SAP
impl emen ta ti on. I wo uld l ike to bri efly spea k w ith someo ne wh o ha s u sed the tool i n
th e past rega rdin g cap abi litie s su ch as
Abil ity to vie w docu ments fro m mu ltipl e bin de rs.
Abil ity to crea te cu sto m thre ad s o f do cumen ts from multip le bi nd ers/fi le cab ine ts.
I wo uld a lso ap preci ate an y d ocume ntation h ow the va riou s d eli verab les we re
stru ctu red
We a re consi deri ng Do mino .d oc fo r ma nag ing d ocume nt re po sitory of a g lob al SAP
impl emen ta ti on. I wo uld l ike to bri efly spea k w ith someo ne wh o ha s u sed the tool i n
th e past rega rdin g cap abi litie s su ch as
Abil ity to vie w docu ments fro m mu ltipl e bin de rs.
Abil ity to crea te cu sto m thre ad s o f do cumen ts from multip le bi nd ers/fi le cab ine ts.
I wo uld a lso ap preci ate an y d ocume ntation h ow the va riou s d eli verab les we re
stru ctu red.
the d esig n of the S AP so lutio n.
Thi s p art o f the de sign i s obvi ousl y ve ry re lated to the En gin eeri ng activi ti es of
Bo mbard ier (dra win gs, p arts l ist...)
Activi ti es:
. prep are wo rkshop s w ith to p & midd le man age ment atte nd ance , bri ng in te lle ctu al
ca pital - Busi ness + SAP (from perso nal e xperi ence + CGEY n etwork)
. run wo rkshop s (vi sion , req uire ments vs. SAP cap abi litie s, con fi gura ti on ch oice ,
e valu ation o f rea liza ti on wo rklo ad...)
. docu ment optio ns, d eci sion s
Ski lls:
. expe rien ce in SAP proj ects Desi gn an d Rea liza ti on / Impl eme ntation fol low -up in
Ma nufacturi ng in dustrie s (i dea lly in Aerosp ace)
. expe rien ce in SAP des ign o f e-BOM, M-BOM, C onfig uratio n man age ment, i n
co mple x e nviro nmen ts (on e aircra ft is seve ral mill io ns of p arts, seve ral thou san ds of
ch ang es to ma nag e)
. fa cili ta ti on an d mode ratio n skill s- in add ition to be a ble to ma ke all d iscussi ons fact
b ased a s the top ic an d th e clie nt ten d towa rds emotio n base d discu ssio n in this are a.
. fl uen t wri tten a nd spo ken e ngl ish
. ide all y, kno wle dge o f SAP metho dol ogy "Va lue SAP"
We h ave a pro ductio n clie nt of SAP versi on 3.1i .  Fo r our GR/IR cl eari ng pro cess,
curren tl y a vail abl e fu nction ali ty a llo ws us to ma tch a nd cle ar th ose GR/IR items whi ch
have a p rice vari ance (a s l on g as th e price va rian ce is withi n to le rance ). We how ever,
nee d a simil ar fu nction ali ty of au to matic matchin g and cl ea ring o f GR/IR a ccoun ts in
th e case of 'qu antity varia nce' a s w ell . He re's an e xampl e to i llu stra te the sce na rio:
        Purch ase Order:         1 00 un its       @ $ 5 each        To ta l: $ 500
        Invoi ce Rece ived :       1 01 un its       @ $ 5 each        To ta l: $ 505
        (Ple ase No te : Invo ice Re ceip t is po ste d BEFORE Goo ds Rece ipt)
                Goo ds Re ceip t:          100 u ni ts       @ $5 e ach       Total: $50 0
We n eed the fun cti on ali ty wh ere we w ill b e abl e to ' automa ti call y' clea r the se items
fro m the GR/IR by postin g th e di ffere nce to a spe cified va rian ce accou nt. 
We w oul d like to kno w if a ny othe r tea m ca me across this pro ble m a nd w oul d
app recia te a ny inp uts on this.
We h ave a pro ductio n clie nt of SAP versi on 3.1i .  Fo r our GR/IR cl eari ng pro cess,
curren tl y a vail abl e fu nction ali ty a llo ws us to ma tch a nd cle ar th ose GR/IR items whi ch
have a p rice vari ance (a s l on g as th e price va rian ce is withi n to le rance ). We how ever,
nee d a simil ar fu nction ali ty of au to matic matchin g and cl ea ring o f GR/IR a ccoun ts in
th e case of 'qu antity varia nce' a s w ell . He re's an e xampl e to i llu stra te the sce na rio:
        Purch ase Order:         1 00 un its       @ $ 5 each        To ta l: $ 500
        Invoi ce Rece ived :       1 01 un its       @ $ 5 each        To ta l: $ 505
        (Ple ase No te : Invo ice Re ceip t is po ste d BEFORE Goo ds Rece ipt)
                Goo ds Re ceip t:          100 u ni ts       @ $5 e ach       Total: $50 0
We n eed the fun cti on ali ty wh ere we w ill b e abl e to ' automa ti call y' clea r the se items
fro m the GR/IR by postin g th e di ffere nce to a spe cified va rian ce accou nt. 
We w oul d like to kno w if a ny othe r tea m ca me across this pro ble m a nd w oul d
app recia te a ny inp uts on this.
We 're consi deri ng Info Pak an d iTutor fo r fo r e nd use r d ocume ntation and trai nin g.
Wo uld l ike to call a nyon e with e xperi ence w ith eithe r. We a re pa rti cula rly intere ste d
in exp erie nce du ring e nd u ser tra ini ng, clie nt re action s, yo ur own a ssessmen t of ho w
effe cti ve and " user frien dly" these to ols are . Plea se respo nd w ith your con ta ct
informa ti on. We wo uld l ike a sho rt p hon e call .
We 're consi deri ng Info Pak an d iTutor fo r fo r e nd use r d ocume ntation and trai nin g.
Wo uld l ike to call a nyon e with e xperi ence w ith eithe r. We a re pa rti cula rly intere ste d
in exp erie nce du ring e nd u ser tra ini ng, clie nt re action s, yo ur own a ssessmen t of ho w
effe cti ve and " user frien dly" these to ols are . Plea se respo nd w ith your con ta ct
informa ti on. We wo uld l ike a sho rt p hon e call .
We h ave a cli ent on SAP versi on 3.1i w ho is imp leme nting B W versio n 3.0. The y
wan t to gen erate d aily , we ekly an d monthl y re ports fro m BW wh ich are a utomatica lly
emai led to folks wi th in the o rg an izatio n. The y a re tryi ng to de cide o n an ap pro pria te
to ol to provi de this rep ort distrib ution fun cti ona lity. The y d o not wan t to use SAP
workflo w.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny sug gestio ns / reco mmend atio ns?
We h ave a cli ent on SAP versi on 3.1i w ho is imp leme nting B W versio n 3.0. The y
wan t to gen erate d aily , we ekly an d monthl y re ports fro m BW wh ich are a utomatica lly
emai led to folks wi th in the o rg an izatio n. The y a re tryi ng to de cide o n an ap pro pria te
to ol to provi de this rep ort distrib ution fun cti ona lity. The y d o not wan t to use SAP
workflo w.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny sug gestio ns / reco mmend atio ns?
My cl ien t wa nts to imp leme nt SAP L ogi sti c Exe cution System Ra dio Fre que ncy
Enab lin g fo r b arcod ing in thei r MR O wa reho use. I am lo okin g for anyo ne wh o has
expe rien ce with this.
Especi all y I am intere ste d on h ow ea sy i t is to impl emen t an d if it ca n be imp leme nted
by usin g inve ntory mana ge ment and n ot w areh ou se mana geme nt.
Ou r cl ien t is pa rtn erin g with I2 to integ rate th e I2 D iscove ry catalo g dire ctl y w ith SAP
R/3 PM. Th ey are exp lori ng the u se of GUI XT to eli mina te th e nee d fo r co re mods
to :
add a b utto n to lau nch the catal og
combi ne stand ard SAP tabl e data wi th cu sto m fie lds o n a rela te d Z tabl e
merge d ata fe tch ed from the catal og in to the on scree n tra nsactio n
Doe s a nyon e have kn ow edg e of GUI XT to do thi s?
I wo rking w ith a clie nt w ho ne ed s h elp i n desi gni ng the ch art o f acco unts an d SAP
fi nan cial to accommo date va riou s re portin g nee ds an d to a ddre ss statutory rep ortin g,
GAAP rep orting a nd ca sh basi s re portin g. If you have a ny expe rien ce with a ny clie nt
who h ad simi lar req uire ments, co uld yo u pl ease ca ll me to discu ss th e desi gn or sen d
me any rel evan t in fo rmation . My contact numb er is 770 3 65 0 157
In a ddi ti on I a m l ooki ng to talk to anyo ne wh o ha s so me expe rien ce impl emen ti ng
SAP i n th e insu rance i nd ustry.
Hel lo al l. My cli ent (bio -te ch) wan ts to ge t an u nde rsta ndi ng / edu cation o f wh at I am attachi ng a p df fil e th at g ives a n overvi ew of PS, ho weve r
proj ect systems in 4 .6 c h as to offe r. Spe cifical ly th ey wan t to track th eir R&D fe el free to cal l me at a nytime at (713 ) 3 53 084 8. I wil l be more
proj ects / cost. Basi call y I'm lo okin g fo r a n o vervie w on PS in 4 .6 c. Altern ativel y i f yo u th an gl ad to an swer you r q uestio ns. - Fern and o T. de Mattos
are a PS consu ltant pl ease ca ll / e mail me . <pro je ct man age ment.zip> in the SAP K!Pa ck
> In su ppo rt o f the Aven ti s p ursui t, we a re loo king for "EXEMPL ARY"
> proj ects w here C GE &Y w orked w ith th e compa ny SAP (Te amSAP, Jo int
> impl emen ta ti on, etc.) to de live r cl ien t succe ss.
>
> We w ill b e askin g SAP to p artner wi th u s i n th is pu rsuit and
> th erefore , n eed to ha ve an e ndo rsemen t from other SAP (th e compa ny)
> eng age men ts.
>
> and C GEY is a ll that is nece ssary
Ou r cl ien t (Ch emica ls In dustry) is inten din g to use SIS a s a p rimary too l fo r sa les
fo recastin g / Pla nni ng. It is like ly th at sa les foreca st n umbe rs a re goi ng to fl ow
betwe en SIS, CO-PA an d Produ cti on Pla nni ng mo dul es of SAP.
I am lo okin g fo r
Best p ractises on Sa les fore casting i n th e R/3 syste m u sing SIS
Best p ractise of fo recast da ta flo w betwe en LIS, CO-P A a nd PP (Lon gterm Plan ni ng)
SIS Archi te ctu re fo r e nab lin g sal es fo recastin g
If anyo ne ha s e xpe rien ce in the ab ove men tion ed are as, I wil l be gl ad to rece ive you r
inp uts.
Th is is a te chni cal req uest: w e are i n nee d of h elp by any pro fe ssion als in C GE&Y
worl dwi de wh o has eve r d one a Proof of C once pt w ith BEA WL I (Web Lo gic
In te grator) pro duct; w e are i nterested i n any exp erime ntatio n or prototype w ith th is
prod uct.
Such a kin d of test must have take n pla ce some whe re in Euro pe, prob abl y with
clie nts l ike Tele Nor, Vizzavi ' o r TIM.
 Thi s e nqu iry has to do wi th th e SAP p roje ct at Kuw ait Petrole um In te rnatio na l a nd
your sup port may be de cisive in wi nni ng the in te gratio n ph ase too!
 If yo u are comp etent on i t, ple ase le t me kno w pe r e mail : ou r SAP Tech man ag er will
contact you straig ht a fte rward s.
Ou r cl ien t sel ls data that is sol d by year. For exa mple :
Cou rntry R ecord Sa les - 199 9
Cou nrtry R ecord Sa les - 200 0
etc
th ey also se ll othe r ma te rial s b y w ee k
Rock & Rol l Reco rd Sale s - Week 1
Rock & Rol l Reco rd Sale s - Week 2
....
Rock & Rol l Reco rd Sale s - Week 52
Custome rs ca n by any or al l of th ese rel ease s.
Th e prob lem is we d on' t kno w how to id entify on the sa les ord ers and contracts we
are usi ng wh ich pe riod the data is for witho ut cre ating a sepa rate materia l master fo r
each re lea se.
Has an yone e ver dea lt with some th ing l ike this?
We a re usin g tryi ng to deci de b etwee n qua ntity a nd va lue co ntracts a nd h ave some
uni que re venu e recog ni ti on req uire ments. If an yon e has an y e xperi ence with
contracts in SD pl ease co ntact me at the n umbe rs b el ow
In 4 .6 c, I h ave a n eed to exe cute multip le co st estima te s for the same ma teria l usin g
2 differen t costin g varia nts und er 1 compa ny code . The pro ble m a rises in the
Markin g of the p rice. After succe ssfu lly comp letin g th e costing run usi ng costin g
varia nt Z00 1 in Co C ode 1 , SAP wi ll no t al low me to use co sting va rian t Z002 (for a
differen t pl ant) und er the same co mpan y co de (the g oal i s to be a ble to u se a
differen t val uatio n varia nt fo r 2 d iffe rent pla nts b el ong ing to 1 comp an y co de).
Alterna ti vely, is th ere a wa y, o th er th an by usi ng a co sti ng run , to upd ate the materi al
materia ls in bo th p lan ts ha ve id entica l sta nda rd price s)?
We h ave a cli ent who w ill b e impl emen ting SAP BW (ru nni ng on S QL Se rver) and w ill
be usi ng Co gno s for the fron t-e nd. Cou ld you ple ase assi st in a nswe ring the fo llo win g
que sti ons.
1. Wha t are the mo st commo n BW/C ogn os config uratio ns?
- w hich C ogn os prod ucts a re commo nly use d with BW i mple mentatio ns? (Impro mp tu /
Powe rpla y / etc)
- w hich a rchitectura l config uratio n(s) sho uld b e consi dere d? (SQL Serve r OLAP /
Cog nos Pow erpl ay OL AP / Use o f BAPI Interface / BW ODS) Not sure if th is wil l hel p, but it w as th e onl y thi ng I fo und o n our
Datab ase wi th re ga rds to co gno s:
2. H ow do BW, SAP Portals a nd Co gno s w ork to geth er?
- w hat Cog nos pro ducts are n eed ed in o rder to lin k to p ortal in te rfa ce? (Web Th is docu ment an d prese ntation a ssess the use fu lne ss o f
prod ucts?) atta chin g Co gno s d irectly in to the SAP tab les/arch itecture as an
- ca n Cog nos pro ducts be u sed wi th 3 rd party softw are ? altern ative to usi ng SAP BW.
- w hat limi ta ti ons do w eb-e nab led Cog nos pro ducts have as opp osed to de sktop
prod ucts? by Ra lph Mu lle r June 2 001 - two attach ments: Proo f of
conce pt a nd a ssessmen t.
We a re impl emen ti ng PS Modu le in a Electrica l Comp any an d we ha ve the ne ed to
gen erate Re ports (prog ress an alysi s a nd costs) su marizi ng by an altern ative
hie rarchy usi ng pro ject integ ratio n fi eld s, , b ut w e a re ha ving p robl ems to u se a user
defin ed hi erarch y sp ecia lly in tran sactio n CNE5 (p rogre ss a nal ysis), b eca use this
re po rt sen ds a messag e tell ing tha t do esn´t recog ni ze th e altern ative hi erarch y. Do es
anyo ne can g ive us a ny hin t or reco mmend ation a ccord ing to this issu e?
We a re impl emen ti ng SD an d th e cli ent th at w ants to d rive p rofit ce nters by customer
ra ther than ma te rial type . We know tha t we co uld u se sub sti tu ti on, and cre ate the
materia l 3 ti mes fo r the thre e di ffere nt p rofit ce nters, h owe ver, I'm no t sure i f thi s i s
th e best way to proce ed .
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Da ta C onve rsion S tra te gie s for
Co ntracts? 1st o f Thre e
qu estion s
If you do n't have sp ecific statistics, I wou ld a ppre ciate you r co mments on the
perce ntage o f da ta conve rsion co sts
Data Conversion cost estimates fro m yo ur expe rien ces
FX Va lua ti on Pro gram -
reve rse postin gs
SAP - tran sition al o utsourci ng
mod els
IXOS and Workflow
SAP rele ases a nd pro cess'
"ha rmoni zatio n"
AP and Pro du ct Co sti ng
Re source s
Intercomp any STO Pro cess
an d Cross-C ompa ny Cle arin g
Jetforms
Merg er and Acq ui sition IT
Integra ti on Workp lan /L esson s
Le arne d
SAP's Externa l Service s -
Stand ard Se rvice Ca ta log
Request for Information
Commissions in SAP
MM/PP Que sti on - Mergi ng
le gacy pa rt maste r in to existin g
SAP PM w here i nco nsisten t
sche mes and co nfli cts
Co nversi ons from Law son to
SAP
FX Valuation - Unrealized Gains Ge rmany?
GCSW help needed!!!!
Ha rdwa re sizin g -> IBM
mai nframe & DB2 for
mySAP.com
IS Pharma??
MM: d ocume nt d ate on GR no t I ha ve loo ked in to th e syste m a nd cou ld no t fin d whe re to se t this up . An y h elp w oul d
to be de faul te d
Profit Center Master Data
SAP SD Pricing and Tax
Trading Partner questions
Trading Partner questions
Year-End Close Procedures
Year-End Close Procedures
Patrick O'Brie n is worki ng on a
pro posa l fo r Sa fety-Klee n and If we ha ve an acco un t that has servi ce bran che s tha t ha ve impl emen te d SAP to h elp
ne eds ou r h el p!
SAP Progra m R IAC CESS that
do wnl oad s SA P tab le Da ta to
Access da ta ba ses.
SAP TR L OAN S: a ny
comp etense w orld wid e?
Re: help for a tool Cognos;
TOP 20 Issues Bonus
TOP 20 Issues Bonus
Urg ent nee d for SAP/C han ge
Man age ment Wa r S to ries
WebMethods
Val uatio n Cla ss C ha nge s i n
Materi al Man age men t
Gene rating d el ivery sche dul e
wh en sche du le li ne be comes
firm
Physi cal in ventory o f WIP an d
maki ng ad justmen ts i n SAP
Re tu rns - Interco mpa ny
(Purch ase Order Trigg ere d)
Val uatio n Cla ss C ha nge s i n
Materi al Man age men t
Urgent help
Best Practices/Le ad ing
Practice s
OSL In fo R eq uest: N eed AR
Best Practices, Ben chmarks,
an d Metrics
Year end close process
Ce rti fi cation for Glob al SAP
Sup port Cen ters
Report Scheduling in SAP
SAP Archiving Experience
we n eed u rge ntly 6 sigma
ba lck bel ts & master bl ack
be lts
EC-CS IU elimination problem
Antwort: Outsourcing experience
Paperless Factory with SAP
purchasing areas
SAP/Vertex Integration
Typical SAP Closing Process
Un real ized Gai ns an d Losse s - Ge rmany.
Posted to I/S or B/S for
France , UK, and Ge rmany?
Urgent JCo knowledge needed
Di agra m Exp lore r /Visi o
Proce ss Mo del s
UR GEN T wo rkfl ow kno wle dge
ne ede d
Use r R ole Ma ppi ng for SAP
Li censi ng
SAP & GETPAID Col lectio ns
software
SAP_AL L SD: Sa les Order
Li ne Ite m Que stion
Siebel and SAP
Expe rien ces on i ntercomp any
bi lli ng wi th TDP (IS-OIL)
Le adi ng Pra cti ces - Acco unts
Paya ble
Sin gle Glo bal In sta nce
Sup portin g Multip le L ang uag es it i f you w oul d repl y to this messa ge a nd he lp us un de rsta nd wh y thi s i s the ca se.
Rental equipment
SAP and P ro du cti on Co ntrol
System fro m Se que ntia
SAP Portals
Fiel d sele cti on qu estio n fo r MM In the "ma intai n Fi el d sele cti on for Data Scree ns" OMS9 th is fi eld i s i n fi eld se le cti on
gu rus
Lo okin g fo r e xpe rien ce/ co ntact pursu it. Ca n you che ck to se e if Eri ca Youn g is on the a cti ve pursu it l ist for Ele mica ? Jacqu es Murato ri , Mg r, Birmin gh am
wi th e xperi ence w ith SAP VMI
We a re worki ng wi th a cl ien t that do es most o f thei r b usin ess util izin g contracts. We
will b e go ing l ive wi th SAP SD 4.6 c i n April w ith little to no customi zatio n. We wil l be
brin gin g over al l of the ir ope n con tra cts wh ich are si ngl e an d multiye ar. From an SAP
persp ective we w ill o nly be co nce rn ed w ith data from 1/1/02 forw ard. So co ntracts
th at h ave al read y b ee n arou nd for a fe w yea rs w ill stay in the l ega cy system for
histori cal pu rpose s a nd pi ck u p in SAP as of th e first o f this yea r.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny exp erie nce wi th , or do cume ntation co verin g, d ata con versio n
fo r co ntracts?
FYI, The cl ien t is al read y u p an d runn ing w ith FI so custome r ma ste rs a lrea dy exist in
th e syste m.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny pe rcentag e estimates o r o th er sta ti sti cs o n th e cost of d ata
conve rsion s a s co mpare d to th e to ta l
costs o f an SAP imp leme ntatio n?
I ne ed some h elp w ith the FX p rogra m, SAPF100 (va lu ation p rogra m). I can no t g et
th e prog ram to a utomatica lly re ve rse the un real ized p osting s in the ne xt pe riod .
Wh en run nin g in test i t sh ows that it p lan s to make re versa l postin gs, b ut i n th e actua l
ru n no re versal p osting s a re crea te d. Ha s a nyon e exp erie nced thi s i ssue? Is th ere
any issu e with man ual ly reversi ng? We are i n SAP 4 .6 C.
Do we h ave an y e xperi en ce with sho rt term tra nsitio nal o utsou rcing for a ne w SAP
instal l th at w e wou ld bu ild a nd take l ive? ?
We h ave a "SMALL " cu sto mer th at w ou ld li ke us to q uote on th e tra nsitio nal
outsou rcing p iece . We a lrea dy qu oted the actu al SAP impl emen ta ti on wo rk.
Th e actual re que st is for ho w we cou ld sup port th e custome rs systems for a 6 month
peri od+-, after we b uil d and take the m l ive. The SAP/syste ms w oul d be po tentia lly be
bui lt i n an ADC l ike en viron ment. An d th e customer wo uld l ike a re lative ly slow
tra nsitio n/know led ge transfe r p rocess to th eir in te rnal su pp ort g roup . And the
physi cal transi ti on to th eir facil ity a lso .
Do we h ave an y q ual s i n this are a? Any prici ng mod els?
I wa nt to le t yo u know tha t I've rece ntly seen d emos o f IXOS an d
EASY
Softw are (the 1 st an d 2nd l ead ing imag ing so ftwa re vend ors fo r
SAP) a nd
have n oticed th ere is li mited in fo o n ou r kn owl edg e web o n
imag ing
solu ti ons for SAP. If you g et a ny req uests fo r i nfo fe el free to
pass my
name a lon g. I'd li ke to start spe akin g with othe rs d oin g simil ar
I wi ll be w orkin g with a cli ent to i mple ment IXOS wi th SAP for AP i nvo ice pro cessin g. th ing s so
Addi ti ona lly, we wi ll be u sing Workflo w fo r ro utin g th e invo ices. I wou ld l ike to spea k if yo u hea r o f a nyon e I can ce rta inl y try to provi de them wi th i nfo.
with an yone w ho ha s e xpe rien ce in ei th er of the se are as. Th anks
Th is is a te chni cal req uest: w e are l ooki ng for any exp erie nce i n CGE&Y w orld wid e
whe re differen t SAP rele ase s a nd pro cess have b ee n "harmo nize d", th at's to sa y
brou ght on on e sin gle i nstance , at th e same mu lti-site an d multi-co untry clie nt.
Have yo u got any id ea a bou t it, p lea se? Thi s p ursui t is wi th a n Ital ian firm le ade r in
th e Ceme nt Ind ustry, bo th in Ita ly and a ll ove r Eu rop e; the p ropo sal must be re ady for
th e mid of Janu ary.
I wo uld a ppre ciate an y answ er before Xma s, be tte r if with in tomorro w nig ht (2 1th
Dece mber, CET time ); othe rwise , I'll re ad you r ma ils comi ng ba ck o n 7th Jan uary
200 2... whi ch coul d be too tig ht!
Fo r the AP pe opl e, I ne ed a li st of compa nie s who a re or have i mple mented E RS
fu nction ali ty. Pl ease re spo nd ba ck to this e-ma il wi th a ny comp ani es you kno w who
have i mpIemen te d ERS alo ng w ith th at co mpan ies resp ective i ndu stry.
Moreo ver, for the Prod uct C ostin g speci ali st, I am wo rking w ith an a erosp ace firm th at
is intere ste d in imp leme nting a new i nven to ry co sti ng val uatio n metho d. I w oul d like
to kn ow wh at va lua ti on meth od (Movi ng Avera ge vs Sta nd ard) comp ani es you kno w
are usi ng for Raw Ma te rial s, Semi -Fi nish ed Goo ds, a nd Fini shed Go ods an d if
sta nda rd cost w hat is th e frequ ency wi th w hich the sta nda rd is chan ged ? Any hel p
you can p rovid e wil l be ap pre ciated .
Fo r re fe rence , you ca n reac h me at 6 09.74 3.46 82 wi th a ny que sti ons yo u have
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce with cross-co mpan y cl eari ng of acco unts recei vabl e
and a ccoun ts pa yab le usi ng the cle arin g fu nctio n?
We a re usin g an in te rcompa ny STO pro cess with SD de live ries an d bi llin g. C an the
cross-comp any cle arin g fu nction ali ty b e used for this pro cess or is it just fo r tran sfe r
postin gs?
Doe s a nyon e have a ny exp erie nce from a te chn ical p erspe cti ve in setting u p Jetforms
to w ork with SAP fo r o utput do cumen ts? We have a n urg ent prod uction i ssue w ith
our Jetforms instal l and w oul d ap preci ate any ad vice / l esso ns lea rned form othe r
eng age ments.
Doe s a nyon e have e xamp les of workp lan s a nd/or le sson s l earn ed from integ rating
busi ness pro cesses an d leg acy systems into SAP as a resu lt o f a M&A?
We a re beg inn ing a p roje ct to in te grate pro cess an d syste ms (i nclu din g boxe s a nd
wire s) o f 3 smal l acqu ired o rgan izatio ns in to the l arge r e nterpri se run nin g SAP 4 .6 .
Th e 3 acqu ired co mpan ie s a re sing le site man ufacturers an d sel lers of medi cal
devi ces worl d wid e. The e nd to en d proce sses of fo cu s will be in qui ry to cash ,
dema nd to supp ly, p urch ase to pay, fi nan ce to mana ge, and se rvice n otificatio n to
cash.
Th e obj ectives for th e Acqu isitio n IT In te gratio n Proje ct a re:
· Unl ock add ition al sha reh old er valu e by institutin g common b usin ess
proce sses, a ppl icatio ns, a nd i nfrastructure.
· In te grate the a cqui sition s q uickl y – sh ortest ti me to b ene fi t.
· Leve rage the CGEY kn owl edg e base to i ntegra te the a cqu isitio ns effe cti vely
and re lia bly
Ou r p roje ct team is at th e be gin nin g sta ges of an SAP Pla nt Ma inten an ce
impl emen ta ti on for our cli ent. As pa rt of th e scope o f thi s e ffort, w e are in the proce ss
of d evel opi ng an i nteg rated PM/MM Extern al Servi ces Procu re men t pro to typ e and
wan t to ta ke a loo k a t SAP's Stan dard Se rvice Ca ta log fun cti on ali ty. We ha ve ini ti all y
deve lop ed a smal l classi fi cation s yste m for the servi ce master hie rarchy bu t h ave
hea rd th at the Sta nda rd Service C atalo g offers some ni ce fe atures.
We a re curio us to kn ow if anyo ne h as impl emen te d th e Stand ard Servi ce Catal og
and , if so, the p roce dure s/p rocesse s u sed to impl eme nt i t
My cl ien t is aski ng:  H ow man y SAP Wareh ou se Mang emen t in sta lla ti on s h ave we
performe d usin g RF w ith Con sole i nstal led ?
I rece ived thi s re que st from a SAP mana ger wh o doe sn't have a ccess to
SAP_ALL .
Plea se respo nd with you r c ontact informa ti on an d an y d ocume ntation w hich
migh t be p assed a lon g, even tu all y.
I am trying to ge t tog ether a li st of peo ple th at the cl ien t can sp ea k
to a bou t
issue s re lated to rol lin g SAP out to i nterna ti ona l lo cation s.  Do you
have
anyo ne that can sp eak to th e issue s a rou nd rol lin g out to the UK and Yes, I have bee n invl oved w ith 2 larg e gl oba l impl emen ta ti on.
Fra nce? Log istical ly and fin an cial ly some certai n nee ds sho uld b e
add ressed . I C AN BE R EACHED AT 816 -776 -388 4.
Th e conce rn is:  Are the re any spe cific issue s tha t ne ed to be
consi dere d To m R eiter
duri ng the Blu e Printin g / R eal izatio n sta ge of Glob al Templ ate? Cap Gemi ni Ernst & Y oun g
Te lco Med ia & Netwo rks
Know ing tha t SAP's ab ili ty to han dle co mmissio ns is some wha t li mited, I am try to
ide ntify o ption s for my clie nt.
Some of th eir commi ssion re qui remen ts ca n be ha ndl ed in b ase SAP usi ng reb ate
fu nction ali ty. For the more
chal len gin g scena rios, I n eed to find a noth er solu ti on.
Has an yone w orked w ith th e 'Co mmissio n Mana geme nt' syste m i n SAP. It is
fo und ed in the In suran ce ind ustry
vertical a nd referre d to a s IS-CS (Insu rance : Co mmissio n Syste m). Th e whi te pa per I
have o utlin es th e fu nctio nal ity
as bei ng in te grated with core SAP.
Anothe r o ption i s the use of a bol t-o n pa ck age . Th e one b ein g con side red is from
In centive Systems. The y b asi call y
bui ld an a ppl icatio n with a co mpan ies spe cific commissi on cal cula ti on s a nd in te rfa ce
to /from the id entifie d syste ms. It
is hig hly customi zed an d requ ires a fai r a moun t of on-g oin g mai ntena nce as the
commissio n cal cula ti ons/rul es chan ge.
If you ha ve any exp eri ence a nd/or kno wle dge of e ither or these o ptio ns, o r o th er
optio ns, p lea se let me kno w.
We h ave a cli ent who h as acq uire d ano th er compa ny with a d iffe rent part numb erin g
scheme . Ha s a nyon e migra ted a ne w compa ny onto a n existin g impl emen ti ng
whe re th ere we re part numb er con fl icts a nd/or in consi ste ncie s.
Plea se respo nd an d le t me kno w how yo u app roa ched the me rgin g of p art masters
and a tel # w here yo u can b e reach ed?
We n eed the fol low ing q ue sti on an swere d fo r the EMI pu rsuit.
Have w e ever do ne (an d wh ere) an y co nversi ons from Law son to SAP?
I'm wo rking o n FX val ua ti on an d nee d some h elp . Curre ntly I ha ve th ree co untrie s
(U K, Germa ny, a nd France ) tha t a re usin g th e same pa rall el cu rre ncy type 50 (Ind ex).
H owe ver, Germa ny and Fran ce acco unt fo r U nrea lize d Ga ins d iffe rently than U K.
Ge rmany an d Fra nce po st the ir unre ali zed ga ins to th e B/S a nd UK po sts to the I/S.
Wh en con fi guri ng the FX autop ost a ccoun ts for op en items I ca n onl y se t u p th e
accou nts p er chart of a ccou nts a nd curre ncy typ e so al l unre ali zed val uatio ns ga ins
with curre ncy typ e 50 can o nl y b e posted to ei th er the B/S o r I/S for the e ntire system
and n ot to bo th und er one cu rrency type . Doe s a nyon e know h ow to po int one
curren cy type (i .e . 50 Ind ex) to ano th er set o f GL acco unts or do I n ee d to u se
ano th er curren cy type fo r thi s a cti vity? Is th ere a wa y to u se th e curren cy va lua ti on
area for this? Is i t ne cessa ry to po st the Un real ized Ga ins to th e B/S for Fra nce a nd
Hi, we are w orkin g a pursu it for the Gap a nd we h ave NO ONE avai lab le that know s
GC SW to hel p us. Ca n you g uys send me ssage s o ut to yo ur service l ine (Ma nag er
and a bove ) tha t ha s expe rien ce with the too l and b and wid th thro ug h th e end o f this
wee k.
TH E PU RSUIT STARTED ALR EADY, WE NEED THIS PER SON IMMEDIATELY!!!
Wo rk is Oracl e but th ey do no t n eed Oracl e fa mili arity.
Fa cing a b ig cha lle nge and I nee d your he lp to revi ew the ha rdwa re solu ti on . The
envi ronme nt i nclu des mySAP.CRM, mySAP.IS-U , mySAP.PLM, mySAP.SCM,
mySAP.BW-SEM. Al l th ese ap pli cation s will b e run nin g on an IBM main fra me,
datab ase DB2 a nd o pera ti ng system zOS.
If you ha ve IBM mai nframe e xperi ence , con ta ct Na cer Ben nace r a t 41 6 573 4 72 1 or
by repl y to this ema il.
Ou r cl ien t (Man ufacturer of Vaccin es) wi ll be p erformin g an SAP upg rad e fro m 3 .1 h to
4.6c. The Ca nad ian S AP re p is recomme ndi ng an i mple men ta ti on of th e Pha rma IS
solu ti on in co nju nction w ith the up grad e. Of p articul ar intere st is the el ectroni c
sign ature cap abi lity. 3 q uestio ns:
1) Wh at e ntail s i mple mentatio n of th e Pharma Ind ustry so lu ti on?
2) Wh at i s the i mpact on no t i mple mentin g duri ng up grad e? Ca n we imp leme nt
ele ctro nic sig nature s w ithou t the IS? Is the re dup lica te/add ition al wo rk w ith an IS
impl emen ta ti on at a later da te?
3) Doe s a nyon e know th e instal l base a nd via bil ity/re lia bil ity o f the Ph arma IS?
I ha ve a clie nt o n 3.1H , yes 3.1 H !!!!!! The y nee d to h ave the d ocume nt d ate fi eld o n
th e Go ods rece ipt fo r P O scree n (MB01) de fa ulted to b lan k. Cu rrently the system
defau lts i t to th e syste m date, and si nce the y h ave to overw rite it w ith some oth er
date they wo uld l ike to ha ve it b lan k to pre ven t erro rs.
be gre atly app recia te d.
Wh en crea ti ng pro fi t cen te rs in 4.6C , the comp any cod e assi gnme nt d efaul ts to al l
compa ny code s tha t a re in the con tro lli ng are a. The d evel ope r o f the co nversi on
prog ram is havi ng a ha rd ti me assi gni ng the ap prop riate co mpan y co des--i n th is case,
th ere are 3 1 compa ny cod es and o nly on e ne eds to be sel ected . Has an yone
expe rien ced this?
Plea se see the messa ge I recei ved from a Europ ea n coll eag ue. I wou ld a ppre ciate
any in fo rmation yo u
migh t ha ve in reg ards to this issu e.
I ha ve an issu e on my prici ng p roced ure I a m h opi ng yo u may be ab le to he lp
with.
Fo r Sp ain w e requ ire 2 pri cing co nd ition s for tax, the p rob lem I h ave is
th at w hen I atte mpt to p ass th e docu ment throu gh to fi nan ce it doe s n ot
re cog nize the first cond ition as hel d on al l th e con ditio n record .
i.e.PR00 10 .0 0, ZL0 0 -2.00, ZG00 -1.00
MWST is a perce ntage o f the a bove e .g . 10 % an d th e ta x type i s A1
now w e have re cord ZWST whi ch is say 5% a nd tax typ e is A2, on the con ditio n
re cord i n bil lin g it w ill h old the l ast ta x type i .e . A2, and th ere is
vali datio n in the SD / FI i nterface w hich ch ecks to se e that all tha t the A1
is bei ng use d say, b ut it ca n not fi nd it.
I thin k the so lutio n is ho w you de fi ne an d stru ctu re you r p ricin g proce dure
fo r the a ddi ti ona l ta x c ond ition , bu t I a m a t a l ost. If you ca n provi de a ny
assistan ce I wo uld b e etern all y g rateful.
SAP?
The SAP Tradi ng Partne r fe ature wi ll no t wo rk for the pro ject be cause :
1 . Tradi ng Partne r w orks onl y a t a co mpan y co de le vel.
2 . Co rpora te h as a ne ed to roll u p severa l compa ny cod es (leg al en ti ti es) into a
su mmary (Safeskin ) b efore rep orting th is informa ti on to Dal las Co rpora te R ep orting .
The refore, we wo uld n eed to b e abl e to p erform with in SAP th e pre-co nsol ida ti on
e limin atio n of the i ntercomp an y b ala nces be tw een th e compa nie s b ein g roll ed u p and
su mmarize d fo r su bmissi on to Dal las Co rpora te Rep orting .
3 . Co rpora te h as a ne ed to carve ou t pi eces o f on e compa ny code and re port to
D all as Corp orate Re portin g multip le ba la nce she ets a nd P&L ’s at thi s su b-le gal e ntity
l evel (e ntity 0 07, In te rna ti ona l). There fo re, w e wou ld ne ed to be a ble to track wi th in
the SAP G/L structure th e vario us interco mpan y b ala nce s tha t exi st be tw een th e
“ca rved ou t” sub -leg al en ti ti es an d th e other sub -leg al e ntities wi th in the comp any
co de as we ll as activi ty wi th o th er comp any cod es.
4 . Sin ce Tra din g Partner in tercomp any de ta il is no t “sho wn” in th e SAP l edg er, thi s
d etail w ill N OT be ab le to be systema ti call y tran sfe rred in to ESSBA SE.
N ote: It’s our un derstan di ng LAO wil l be usi ng Tradi ng Pa rtn er. H owe ver, i t ap pea rs
i n th eir bl uep rint docu ment that th ey pla n to su ffi x o ut the G/L fo r i nterco mpan y
a ccoun ts. How w ill thi s w ork?
I ha ve recomme nde d tra din g pa rtn er fu nction ali ty for le gal e ntity re portin g creatin g
interco mpan y cu sto mer and ve nd or master data in ste ad o f usi ng a sep arate G/L
accou nt for ea ch pa rtn er.
We a re inve sti gatin g th e use o f pro fi t cen te rs for sub -le gal e ntity re portin g (share d
service s, pro duct lin es).
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce interfaci ng wi th ESS BASE/H yperi on? What are the
te chni cal li mitation s o f the in terface that preve nt u se of tra din g partne r a s d esi gne d in
SAP?
We a re closi ng the yea r a nd a re loo king for the la te st a nd gre atest Ye ar-En d Clo se
proce dure d ocume nts. Te st scrip ts,p roje ct pl ans, sched uli ng d ocume nts
and l ists o f activi ti es are the type s o f do cumen ts wh ich wo ul d be gre at to rece ive.
We a re closi ng the yea r a nd a re loo king for the la te st a nd gre atest Ye ar-En d Clo se
proce dure d ocume nts. Te st scrip ts,p roje ct pl ans, sched uli ng d ocume nts
and l ists o f activi ti es are the type s o f do cumen ts wh ich wo ul d be gre at to rece ive.
Patrick O'Bri en is wo rking o n a pro posa l fo r Sa fe ty-Kl ee n and n eed s o ur he lp
ide ntifying a cl ien t wh ere we have i mple mented the fo llow in g solu ti on.
Th e solu ti on cal ls fo r i nformatio n ab out compa nie s tha t h ave BRAN CHES in w hich
th ey have Se rvice Techn icia ns wh o run rou te s a nd uti lize SAP al l th e way do wn to the
han dhe lds. The w ork we wa nt to re fe rence i s h ow we h el ped the cl ien t transform the
way bra nche s a re mana ged , the ro utes are set up , the wa y the Se rvice Tech s
commun icate wi th the b ranch es etc...
th em tra nsform th eir bu sine ss tha t w oul d be the ul ti mate!
At the cli ent site th at w e are o n we are tryin g to u se an SAP pro vide d prog ram na med
RIACCESS for dow nlo adi ng tab le da ta . The p rog ra m is dow nlo adi ng the structure s
and se ttin g up the Acce ss d ataba se as it s hou ld, how ever we a re no t ab le to
dow nlo ad the da ta . We wo uld l ike to be ab le to talk to someo ne wh o ha s e xperi ence
with this pro gram an d th e setting s re qui red to make this wo rk p rop erly. If yo u have
had su ch expe rien ce wo uld yo u ple ase resp ond back to th is emai l with you r n ame
and p hon e numb er.
Rob erto Dufou r, from CGE&Y Ital y, ne eds to be con ta cted by an yone a rou nd the
worl d who h as ever wo rked on or just stu die d
SAP L oan s, in side Trea sury mod ule (TR)
[n ext ye ar it w ill b elo ng to Co rp ora te Fin ance Ma nag emen t (CFM) mod ule ].
In the p roje ct of Poste Ita lia ne (na ti ona l Post Ditrib ution co mpan y i n Ital y) the y h ave
to i mple ment th e fo llo win g fu nctio nal ities:
- i nstall ment pla n, d ue to gra nting the mo rtg age fo r a partmen t sal es, co sta nt
instal lmen t, fi xed rate
If yo u have g ot a ny id ea ab out it, cou ld yo u ple ase wri te a n emai l to Rob erto?
the i nterface " HTML "
- or to reassu re th e KPI d irectly at th e ti me of the ir co nce ption
- or othe r..
4 -Th e avai lab le do cumen ta tion a t pre sent is not at th e l evel o f wh at i s u sua lly
su ppl ied b y C ogn os. In p articul ar, w hat to uche s th e UDF i s n ot d escrib ed (wh at
i nterface of prog rammin g, e xamp les)
H ow soo n is it p lan ned to su ppl y a n expl oitab le do cumen ta ti on?
5 - Evo lutio ns prévu es sur le p ro du it
Pl us g éné rale ment, q ue lqu 'un a-t'i l conn aissa nce de s é vol ution s p révue s sur
le
p rodu it d ans le s mo is qui vi en nen t?
5 -Evolu ti ons we re fo resee n on the p rodu ct
Mo re gen eral ly, so mebo dy ha s the kn owl edg e of th e e volu ti ons forese en o n th e
p rodu ct in the mo nths wh ich come?
Pl ease h ave taken time to re ad this mai l, too l ong . I n eed the se an swers un der ab out
fifteen . On th e othe r h and , after one ye ar in 1 00 % on a pro je ct Co gno s, I w oul d be
h rovid
p app yetoand
pa rti
shcipa
areteit iwith
n thethe
cap
m.itali zation o f kno wle dge C ogn os withi n Cap Ge min
I real ize ea ch clie nt e nviro nmen t i s d iffe rent and the issue s a re dep end ent on su ch
thi ngs as the SAP modu le s i mple mented , the in te rfa ces sup ported , the q ual ity o f the
trai nin g and d ata con versio n(s). Bu t there p roba bly a re more simi lar ob viou s i ssues
tha t do re app ear reg ard less.
I am soli citing a ll of you to pro vide me w ith your favori te Top 2 0 issu es. I wil l coll ect
the m a ll an d if yo u are in terested I wil l send yo u a cop y o f wh at I get. I th in k thi s type
o f in fo rmation ca n be va lua ble for al l of u s a s w e pla n ou r w ork, a nd eve n as we try
a nd sel l, a s thi s type o f kn owl edg e and e xpe ri en ce wil l show o ur clie nts a nd
p rospe cts we kn ow wh at w e are d oin g cause w e have b ee n th ere.
I loo k forw ard to your qu ick resp onse s. Even i f you h ave o nly 5 issu es , pl ease sh are
the m w ith us all . As a fol low u p to my re que st for your Top 20 issue s a ssocia te d
with you r SAP imp leme ntatio n go li ve and p ost go li ve
expe rien ces I h ave attache d a prese ntatio n I de live red to the
H oln am is putting i n SAP R /3 4.6C HR (Pa yroll , Ben efits, PA), FI, AM, CO, EC-CS , Hol nam team. Th is pres entatio n was use d to add ress th e stre ss
SD , MM, PP-PI, PM, PS, BW, KW. Its a Bi g Bang g o live 1 6 pla nts and 7 0 distrib ution and re ali ty of ou r i mple mentatio n effo rts an d wa s u sed to make
termi nal s a cross th e entire U SA. We exp ect 9 00 na med use rs. So und s l ike fun, so fa r everyo ne fee l a little more co mfo rta ble w ith wha t the y w ere
w e are on track to make this h app en on 1 /1 /2 00 2, so w ish us lu ck. expe rien cing . <hol nam wh ats n orma l.z ip>, >>Kris L. Brown
As a fol low u p to my req ues t for your Top 20 i ssues asso cia te d with you r SAP
impl emen ta ti on go l ive an d po st go l ive exp erie nces I have a ttach ed a p re sen ta ti on I
del ivere d to the H oln am te am. Th is prese ntation w as use d to a ddre ss the stress an d
re al ity o f ou r i mple mentatio n efforts a nd wa s u sed to make e veryon e fe el a li ttle mo re
comfortabl e with wh at the y w ere e xperi enci ng.
I thou ght I wo uld sh are i t wi th a ll of you as I kn ow w e all h ave simi lar issu es.
Clie nt is posi ti oni ng ne ed fo rcha nge ma nag emen t wi th th eis le ade rship n ext
We dne sday an d has re que ste d some case stud ie s/q uan ti fi abl e expe rien ces wh ere
proj ects started w ithou t Orga niza ti on Ch ang e Mgm ... the n di scovere d th ey nee de d
it ... or storie s o f pro ject fa ilu res be cause o f la cking ch an ge man age ment - they a re
re al ly loo king for $$ a ssocia te d wi th w hat skipp ing ch ang e mgmt cost the co mpan y.
A cl ien t req uests th e fo llo win g in fo rmation :
3> Ha ve we an y expe rien ce impl emen ti ng or en cou ntered a ny issue s w ith usi ng
We bMetho ds midd lew are?
Th e clie nt i s u sing Web Method s as part of the ir interface stra te gy. Ple ase comme nt
and p rovid e docu menta ti on, if p ossib le.
I wo uld l ike to know w here ca n I fin d informa ti on ab ou t SAP In dustry Solu ti on -
Bevera ge.
Any informa ti on wo uld b e very use fu l speci all y re lated to lo gi sti cs ( MM, SD ).
Th e ide a is to me asure th e impa ct of impl emen ti ng a be vera ge sol ution i n a compa ny
whi ch alre ady pe rfo rms i ts activi ti es with SAP stand ard (FI;CO;MM;PP, but NOT the
commerci al on es)
My cl ien t wo uld l ike to tri gge r the prin ti ng of a del ivery sche dul e from a sched uli ng
agre emen t wh en on e of th e sched ule l ine s mo ves from th e tra de-o ff into the firm
zone . Altho ugh thi s even t is reco rded i n MRP, the re ap pea rs to be n o way (sh ort o f
codi ng) to tri gge r the g en eratio n of the d eli very sche dul e.
I wo uld b e intere ste d to ta lk to a nyon e who has cop ed wi th thi s o r a si mila r si tu atio n.
I am lo okin g fo r a nyon e that has do ne a p hysica l inve ntory on WIP an d ha s ma de
adj ustments in SAP. H as an yone d one thi s u sin g SAP? I n eed hel p with
re qu ireme nts a nd asso ciate d tra nsactio n code s?
Can so meon e share the ir ap proa ch fo r h and lin g the return o f materi al from one leg al
entity to a nothe r (w ithin th e same comp any). In ou r ca se, materia l wil l sometime s
move ba ck from France (Sa les Org/CoC od e XX) to the Un ited States (Sal es
Org /C oCo de XY). The materi al a rri ved i n Fra nce via a Pu rchase Orde r,
Rep len ishme nt D eli very and Inte rcompa ny In voice ... P.S. Th e typ ical sa les ord er
tri gge red in te rcompa ny returns sce nari o is no pro ble m.
If anyo ne ha s i nformatio n ab out Valu ation Cla ss C han ges in Materi al Man age men t  
On ce aga in we n eed your assi sta nce. We a re w orkin g on a cu sto mer who a lrea dy
has SAP impl emen te d. We a re havi ng some troub le wi th so me spe cific customizi ng
issue s i n th e MM mo dul e.
(Th e prob lem refers to Valu atio n Cla ss C han ges in Materi al Man ag emen t.)
Fun dame ntal comp one nts:
An a ppro ach for bui ldi ng a ware ness reg ardi ng mySAP an d
u nde rsta ndi ng ho w mySAP solu ti ons can p rovid e cap abi lity to
su ppo rt the cli ent's eb usin ess stra te gie s a nd re qui remen ts
A tool se t ba sed on SAP's me th odo lo gy and u ti lizi ng pro prie ta ry
a nd third p arty too ls th at maximi ze proj ect e ffective ness
A focus to hel p clie nts g ai n insi ght abo ut b usin ess pro cesses,
cu sto mizatio n and e xecutio n op ti mizatio n fo r co ntinu ou s p rocess
i mp rove ment
An i n dep th , bu t ra pid d iscove ry p hase w hich cl earl y o utli nes the
time lin e, e ffort, a nd critica l issue s p rior to comme ncin g th e
so lutio n blu epri nt
our team is curre ntly worki ng on a n SAP upg rade p repa ratio n. It i s a n upg rade fro m Integ ration o f ou r Exte nde d Enterpri se Effective ne ss (E3 ) me th od
3.1H to 4.6C an d it i s a "te chni cal" u pgra de wi th so me "lo w han gin g fru its" fun ction al to id entify whe re th e valu e wi ll be g ain ed from new ly
impro vemen ts. Th is clie nt h as impl emen te d the wh ole su ite of S AP mo dul es - from FI, i mp le mented fun cti ona lity, a nd to de velo p a compre he nsive
CO, AM, MM, SD to PP, QM, WM... As we are tryin g to gathe r a ll be st p ra ctices from b usin ess case sup portin g the up grad e proj ect.
simila r p roj ects, we a re loo king p articul arly for : Al l supp orted by be st pra ctices, to ols, examp les, and mo re in a
co mpreh ensi ve pow erpa ck.
- a l ist o f al l fu nction al transa ction s (tran saction co des wi th d escri ption s) a dde d to
SAP from 3.1H to 4.6C (d elta tran saction s); The re are more tha n 400 Mb of too ls, temp lates, acce lera to rs
- a l ist o f al l old fun cti ona l tra nsa cti ons wh ich ha ve bee n rep lace d by new o ne s a nd in fo rmation o bje cts co ntain ed in the VAL UEUp gra de po wer
(e spe cial ly by so call ed 'e njo ySAP' tran sactio ns); p ack (). I a m su re you wi ll find ma ny of th em very hel pful in yo ur
u pcomi ng up grad e pu rsu its. Pl ease fee l fre e to re ach o ut to the
Any add ition al val uab le d ocume ntation (p roje ct pl an , kick-o ff prese ntation , etc...) wi ll Acce lera te C enter, th e Service lin e Le ade rship a nd mysel f for
be hi ghl y a ppre ciated . furthe r a ssistance w ith upg rad e prog rammes - Hel mut
Ometzbe rger
We a re curren tl y co mpil ing a l ist o f be st p ractices/le adi ng pra cti ces fo r a larg e
aero space cl ien t. I wou ld a ppre ciate an y h elp i n lo cating b est p ractices/le adi ng
practice s, asso ciated w ith en gin eeri ng an d/or plm. Sp eci fic ally I am loo king for
informa ti on on the fol low ing area s:
- Op ti ons Man age ment (varia nt config uratio n)
-Eng ine erin g BOM man age men t
- Manu fa ctu ring BOM mana ge ment
-Tool s/Ji gs defin ition /Ma nag eme nt.
If anyo ne ha s cu rrent in fo rmation o n Best Pra cti ces, B ench marks, a nd Key Metrics for
Accoun ts Re cieva ble , pl eas e send to Mary Ni eman n.
Th is can be re lated to Oracl e or in ge nera l.
If you ha ve an comp reh ensi ve ye ar end cl ose ch eckli st, ple ase forwa rd th at to me .
All the mod ule s a re impl emen te d with in te rnatio nal si te s.
Th e Nissa n eng age ment wo uld l ike to ta lk to a nybo dy that has wo rked wi th o ne o f ou r
clie nts to he lp certify a SAP supp ort ce nter. Nissa n Jap an is in the p rocess of ha ving
SAP AG certify the ir Gl oba l Sup port Cen te r i n To kyo. We w ou ld li ke to tal k to
anyb ody famil iar wi th the ke y b en efits a ssocia te d with certifica tion .
We w oul d like to talk to anyb od y tha t ha s u sed o r i s fami lia r wi th eithe r SAP's re port
sched uli ng cap abi litie s o r a no th er th ird-p arty re port sched ul er.
Plea se let me know a g oo d ti me and a p hon e nu mber to call so w e coul d spe nd a few
minu te s to di scuss
We a re abo ut to pre sen t a pro posa l abo ut SAP Arch ivin g (almo st al l
modu les). We a re loo king for in fo rmatio n abo ut SAP Archi ving
proj ects, a CGE&Y contact with e xperi ence i n th is subj ect, a sa mple
prop osal o r p roje ct exp erie nce , etc ...
Unfortun ately we h ave n o access to CGE&Y's intern al SAP web site
yet. Co nseq uen tl y, we w ill a pp recia te i f you ca n hel p us with thi s,
or te ll us wh o can pro vide u s with such i nformatio n
Ren aul t-N issan h as beg un 6 si gma metho d dep loyme nt in Euro pe. In thi s co ntext, w e
nee d bla ck b elts and master bla ck b elts to a ssist o ur custome r. The first p hase o f thi s
proj ect co ncern s forma ti on an d pro jects mana gers pe rsonn al co achi ng. Th en, if yo u
are BB or MBB, pl ease , a nswe r to this mai l and I wil l contact you a s so on as I re ceive
your an swer.
I´m in a p roje ct imp leme nting EC -CS. 4 6C
Th e clie nt o nly req uire s to e limin ate ven dors-cl ien ts, inco me-exp ense s and i nterests.
We e xpan d th e chart of accou nts to satisfy th e con soli datio n requ ireme nts, a s a re sult
we do n ot u se suba ssig nmen ts in co nsol ida ti on a nd cop ied the ch art o f a ccoun ts to
th e conso lid ation ch art of a ccoun ts.
Th e config uratio n is 90% co mpl ete, b ut I have a prob lem wh en exe cuting i nteru nit
eli mina ti on (con soli datio n moni to r).
Fi rstly we posted from acco unts pa yabl e/recei vabl e, g ene ral le dg er to p rove ou r IU
eli mina ti on in co nsol ida ti on a nd po ste d 2 docu men ts (on e fo r FI a nd the o th er fo r
conso lid ation ).
Wh en exe cuting a n en ti re scena rio, we termin ate th e da ta mo nitor (wi th 4 me asure s)
and b lock it. The n switch to con soli datio n moni to r a nd e xecute the first me asure
witho ut a p robl em, b ut i n the foll owi ng task (IU e limi natio n), the syste m sh ows an
error GK 52 4 “No el imin ation n ee ds to b e don e fo r th e speci fi ed sel ection ”. Ho weve r,
whe n I go to Da ta ba se listin g of total re cords I d o vie w all the tran saction s p osted
fro m FI w hich sh oul d be el imin ated .
Th e config uratio n is “real ti me upd ate from FI”.
1. D o you kno w if w e alre ad y h ave exp erie nced o utsou rcing o f an ePro cureme nt
Buysid e modu le for one of o ur customers ? Do yo u ha ve any feed back on p ropo sal,
key poi nts, bu sine ss mo del ?
2. If n ot a ppl yed to an e Procure ment (I gu ess we d on't ha ve expe rien ced it), do yo u
have a ny case study o n outsou rcing o f an ERP "classi c" b acke nd modu le
outsou rcing ?
3. D o you ha ve any fee dba ck o n integ ratio n of a n ASP e Procure men t sol ution wi th
one o f ou r cu sto mer ? Same q uestio n : feed ba ck o n prop osal , key po in ts, b usin ess
mode l ?
Ou r cl ien t, Bomba rdie r Ae rospa ce, is curren tl y d evel opi ng a visi on for the 'pa pe rless
fa cto ry' i .e .
* e lectron ic access to draw ing s, w ork instructio ns, e tc. on the sh op floo r,
* e lectron ic sign atures,
* e lectron ic del ivery of prod uct docu mentatio n,
Hi, has anyone used Purchasing Areas in SAP 4.6? What is the main purpose/ benefit?
SAP C oll eag ues,
Ou r cl ien t is usi ng Vertex as the tax pa ckage tha t i ntegra te s w ith SAP. Th ey ha ve
contracted w ith To wer Co nsul ti ng to imp leme nt Ve rte x. How ever, th e con sultan t is
not fa mili ar with SAP. We are in te rested i n brin gin g in some on e (eithe r f
We a re prep arin g a gen eric p ortal de monstratio n fo r o ne o f ou r cl ien ts an d wish to
incl ude a vi ew to th e Stand ard Cl osin g Process in SAP .
1) Is an yone a ware o f a "Stan dard C losi ng Pro cess" sched ule fo r a typi cal SAP
impl emen ta ti on.
2) Doe s a nyon e have a
I'm wo rking w ith fo reig n curre ncie s a nd re-va lua ti on for comp ani es in France , UK, and
Doe s a nyon e know w here th e Unre ali zed Gain s a nd L osses from re-val uatio n are
posted for these co un tri es, I/S o r B/S?
We h ave a cli ent who i s co nsid eri ng usi ng JCo (Ja va Con necto r) to in te rfa ce a fro nt-
end Ja va app lica ti on (Webs phe re/AIX) wi th SAP R/3 4.6 d (SD/MM/FI mo dul es). Do
we ha ve any cli ents usin g JCo (Ja va Con nector) & SAP i nterface s (i .e .
BAPI/IDOC/RFC's) to i nterface JAVA front-en d screen s (Web sph ere/AIX) to SAP
R/3? Wh at SAP in te rfa ces (i.e. BAPI/IDOC/RFC's) shou ld w e consi der wh en
conn ecting w ith JCo? Wou ld a ppre ciate an y a ssistance y ou can p rovid e.
We h ave a po te ntial cl ien t w ho ha s b een tryin g to get Dia gram Expl orer / Vi sio to
work to create stand ard Busi ness Proce ss Mo del s
(e spe cial ly fo r Orde r to Ca sh and Procure to Pay)
Is an yone u sing the se tool s ? Gotten it to work
We h ave an e xcell ent op portun ity to rep lace a n exi sti ng in te grator imp leme nting SA P
fo r a se micon ductor comp any. We a re prop osin g a 3 month ra pid i mple mentatio n of
a vani lla SAP system.
As p art o f the scop ing exerci se th e clie nt h as requ ested l imited u se of SAP wo rkflow
fo r a ppro val an d rele ase o f pu rchase re q's an d purch ase ord ers. I nee d to kn ow ho w
compl ex th is may be so we ca n make a d ecisi on to incl ude in the in itial sco pe of th e
prop osal .
If you can a ssist w ith some kn owl edg e tra nsfer to me (n o more tha n an ho ur), p lea se
contact me dire ctl y o n my ce ll ph on e:
832 -594 -795 0.
Ou r cl ien t(R exam) is curre ntly in the pro cess of neg otiatin g user li cense s with SAP.
Th ey have b een a sked b y SAP to catego rize the ir user ba se into two a re as,
Professio nal U sers and L imited P ro fessio nal U sers. We wo uld b e inte re sted in
informa ti on/do cumen
A p otentia l clie nt h as SAP 4.6 and i s l ooki ng a t imp leme nting GETPAID co lle cti ons
softw are to stre amli ne
th eir col lectio ns proce ss. Th ey fe el i t may gi ve th em better visib ili ty an d con tro l of
th eir col lectio ns beca use
of the re portin g and workflo w capa bil ities wi th in GETPAID.
If you ha ve any exp eri ence w ith th is packa ge an d/or in te gratin g with SAP, ple ase le t
me know . We w ant
to g ive them in fo rmation to h elp the m d etermin e if thi s w ou ld be a w ise in vestment.
Plea se hel p with a cou pl e of b asic ord er proce ssing q ue sti ons:
1) Wha t is the maxi mum numb er of l ine items whi ch may be mai ntain ed o n one sa les
orde r?
2) At wha t nu mber of lin e items do es syste m p erforman ce bec ome sig nifica ntly
impa cte d?
3) An y o th er pitfall s/e xpe ri en ces with mai ntain ing a ve ry l arge numb er of l ine i te ms
on on e sale s o rder?
We h ave a po ssibl e opp ortun ity w ith a clie nt to imp leme nt S ieb el Ca ll Ce nter fo r the ir
intern al he lp de sks. Th e clie nt uses SAP fo r the ir bac k o ffice so lutio n. I a m l ooki ng
fo r e xampl es whe re we ha ve in te grated SAP wi th Si ebe l, speci fi call y a roun d asset
and i nven to ry ma nag eme nt.
We w ill b e setti ng up a d emo /POC aro und thi s so lutio n an d any in fo rmation tha t yo u
can pro vide u s w oul d be mo st be nefici al.
Fo r the Q8 pro ject w e ne ed to impl emen t in te rcompa ny bil lin g toge th er with TDP. We
have the fol low ing b usin ess scen ario :
one Q8 de ale r i n Lu xe mbo urg is ord erin g excise d uty paye d gaso lin e to Ku wa it
Petrole um Luxe mbou rg (KPL), but th e nea rest d ep ot i s i n
I am ab out to co nd uct so me visio nin g sessio ns and am in ne ed of informa ti on a roun d
lea din g practice s a nd a ssocia te d metrics in Accou nts Pa ybl e and Pro cureme nt. Any
Powe rpoi nt d ecks or list you ca n fo rward o n th is to pic wi ll be a pp recia te d. Feel free
to
I am ho pin g you he lp me a nswe r a q uestio n rega rdi ng the la ngu age s th at ca n be
supp orted on a si ng le in sta nce of R/3 versio n 4.6C . Our clie nt h as ope ration s in
Europ e, U SA a nd Asia and i s co nsid erin g impl emen ti ng a si ngl e, g lob al in sta nce o f
R/3 to su ppo rt al l ope ratio ns. H owe ver, the y h ave h eard tha t there ma y b e pro ble ms
with sup portin g all o f the l ang uag es th at th ey nee d to u se on thi s si ngl e instan ce and
have a sked us to verify this. Th e lan gua ges tha t wi ll ne ed to be in sta lle d are :
Engl ish
Japa nese
Chi nese
Ge rman
Fre nch
Ital ian
Dutch
If you ha ve any kno wle dg e of w hethe r thi s ca n or can not be do ne I wou ld ap preci ate
We a re loo king for in divi dua ls with kn owl edg e arou nd the ma nag emen t of rental
equ ipme nt. We a re impl emen ti ng SAP 4.6c at a clie nt who re qui res th e abi lity to re nt
some of th eir asse ts. We wou ld l ike to get someo ne o n th e pho ne to brie fly discu ss,
with ou r MM, SM, an d AM co nsul ta nts, mo re of the d etail s a rou nd the req uire ment
and to see i f there are some a reas wh ere we ca n le ve rag e any pre viou s w ork th at we
have d one .
My cl ien t ha s a n interface b etwe en SAP 4.6b an d the pro ductio n con tro l syste m
Enterpri se Batch fro m Se qu entia . They are l ooki ng to rep lace En te rprise Ba tch w ith a
more op en sol ution b ase d on SAP's Busi ness Co nne cto r. I w oul d like to kn ow if we
have a ny ex
If CGEY i nstall ed SAP Portal s i n your cli ent, p lea se respo nd b ack to the e mail a nd
give me the C lie nt n ame, lesso ns le arne d, b usin ess case if po ssibl e.
Th is info is ne ede d asa p.
Materia l master basi c d ata view " materia l grou p" (mara matkl) is de faul t man datory. I
wan t to chan ge it to optio nal .
grou p 2. The fiel d refere nce is MM01 si nce it
I am lo okin g fo r a ny informa ti on /exp erie nce/ Poin ts of con ta ct wh ere CGEY has
some expe rien ce with SAP VMI (Ve ndo r ma nag ed in ven to ry) i t's li ke consi gnme nt,
but ti ed more to APO. Ha ve we do ne estima te s fo r simi lar pro po sals ?
Th e Cli ent : Ele mica
Eng/ Prop Le ad: Erica Yo ung (21 5-48 5-92 37 )
Situatio n: El emica h as SAP MM in pla ce. Cl ien ts wa nt to kno w (we' d like to pro pos e
-w ith-in th e wee k) w hat migh t be i nvo lved w ith ti ein g th eir SAP syste m to a VMI Th e fo llo win g ha ve VMI exp erie nce. Al l are o n proj ects b ut
solu ti on. (ra th er th an h avin g a th ird pa rty come i n with a so lutio n). shou ld be abl e to fie ld qu estion s:
Nao mi Harri s, Sr Mgr, Atla nta
Plea se respo nd (to me) if yo u kno w whe re I can start dig gin g up i nformatio n on this . Deva n Red dy, S r Mg r, ho uston
Also this mig ht co unt as a pu rsuit.. bu t for now i ts in fo gathe ring for a po te ntia l To ny Tro mbetta, S r Mg r, Ho uston
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10/23/2001 Ishwar Naidu
10/23/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
10/22/2001 Jai Sharma
10/22/2001 Johan L. Opperman
10/22/2001 Perla Bravo;
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10/19/2001 Gary W. Coggins
10/18/2001 Perla Bravo
10/17/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
10/17/2001 Mark E. Rushing
10/17/2001 Robert C. Littner
10/16/2001 Dailey Doss
10/16/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
10/16/2001 Pavan K. Vankadaru
10/11/2001 Virginia Boroni
10/11/2001 Mike D. Arcuri
10/10/2001 Jai Sharma
10/10/2001 Satya N. Peddireddy
10/10/2001 Brian G. Francis
10/10/2001 Mohan G. Gautam
10/10/2001 Paul Andrew Johnson
10/10/2001 Sudesh K. Pillutla
10/9/2001 Janine Guill
10/4/2001 Hellmut Ometzberger
10/4/2001 Brett E. Arnold
10/4/2001 Jeannie V. Brewer
10/3/2001 Kerry A. Kreighbaum
10/2/2001 Christopher M. Lehan
10/2/2001 Francois Viljoen
10/2/2001 James L. Anderson
10/1/2001 Johan L. Opperman
10/1/2001 Aneika Coleman
10/1/2001 Satya N. Peddireddy
10/1/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
10/1/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
10/1/2001 Ulf Westhoven
9/30/2001 Vic E. Sison
9/28/2001 Sreedhar Marupudi
9/27/2001 James A. Bracken
9/27/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
9/26/2001 Johan L. Opperman
9/26/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
9/26/2001 Charles O. May
9/26/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
9/26/2001 Jim R. Hartman
9/26/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier
9/24/2001 Christina M. Fredricks
9/21/2001 Mark E. Rushing
9/20/2001 William L. Waszak
9/20/2001 John T. Waymire
9/19/2001 Brian Shiers
9/19/2001 Simon P Thompson
9/19/2001 Lawrence F. Boudreau
9/19/2001 Valerie J. Vick
QM, Do c Mg mt & HR folks --
are yo u fa mili ar with Pil grim
Software Q&MIS S uite?
SAP HR Travel Ma nag eme nt
(Pla nni ng&Exp en ses) - N eed
bu sine ss b lue prin t!!
Antwo rt: Accele rate Ce nter
Re que st # 2 137 - No rtrh op
Grumman R FI
Retention on capital purchases
SAP_AL L - e xpe rien ce
con verting from Ba aN to SAP
(or othe r ER P) n ee ded
Cl ien t Informatio n Ne ede d -
Mig ration from JDE to SAP or
Peo ple soft
Is WMS requ ired for an RF
Sol ution ?
Report Distribution tools
Co mpla int Mana ge me nt'
software Pa ckag es and Bo lt
On's with SAP
Mass Un blo ck o f Invo ices in
3.1H
HR Infotype 0002 for Brazil
Invoicing
APO upgrade question
CFM - Allianz
Cost Center Allocations
SAP IDOC testing
Encrypting SAP
Flag vendor as a minority vendor mino rity ve ndo rs i s a re qui remen t in th e chemi cal an d automo ti ve in dustry.
Hide configuration settings
National Beverage
Ven dor reco rds for multip le
cou ntries
Di stri butio n Ou tp ut Rel ated
Informatio n Req ue st
SAP 4.5 up grad e to $ .6 o r
Enterp rise
Urg ent: Pl ease sent to SAP-
ALL (C O an d PP)
SAP All: GL Accp unts & C ost
Ele ments
SAP_AL L: SD - Forei gn Trade someo ne wh o has forei gn trad e expe rien ce. Our sessi on is ne xt Thursd ay and I
Functio nal ity
Co sti ng for contin uo us
pro ductio n (CO-PC an d PP-PI) i ssu e.
global master data maintenance wou ld be a g reat he lp.
Ne ed SAP HR Se curity Poli cy to H R, sa lary, compe nsatio n, p erso nal d ata, e tc. Plea se forwa rd copi es or provi de
Examp les
Security Maintenance
Alternate MRP Listing Possibility expe ditin g so th at th e same red l igh t do es no t sho w up eve ry d ay.
Material group
PP-MRP Area
Da ta mi gratio n fro m SA P to
JDE
Examp le SAP Imp le me ntatio ns I am lo okin g fo r so me referen ces wh ere we i mple mented SAP o n NT. We n eed i t for
on N T
Marke ti ng pa rt nu mbe rs i n
sal es orde rs
SAP 4.6 C IS - OIL
Functio nal ity
SAP ALL: Lo okin g fo r Info on
Actual Pro duct Co sti ng
SAP Transportation Question
SAP_AL L: Ma inten ance Pl ant a compa ny code d iffe ren t from its a ssocia te d pla nni ng p lan t. I do no t h ave an SAP
an d Plan nin g Pla nt i n Differen t clie nt a vail abl e to test th is curre ntly, so I nee d to a sk - h as anyo ne eve r d on e th is
Co mpan y C ode s
SD: Multip le Shi p-tos in sa les
con tra cts
TORO - Russian Railways
BC / Infrastructure Powe r Pa ck tech nol ogy folks on th e lea din g edg e of o ur de live ry a nd al low u s to make a
Initia ti ve
Re : SAP & H ype ri on
Cre den ti als - fo r Ave ntis
eMa gin e proj ect
Re site 4.5 b y In site In fo
Re que st
SAP_AL L: SD - Forei gn Trade someo ne wh o has forei gn trad e expe rien ce. Our sessi on is ne xt Thursd ay and I
Functio nal ity
Post Go -live Ma ste r D ata
Mai ntena nce Info
SAP_AL L - S AP u sed on
man ufacturin g Sho pfloo r Info
req uire d
See king e xamp les of: MRP
an d S&OP Re -en gin eeri ng,
Secu rity R ede sign
Business Case for BW
Clarify adapter to SAP
Da ta d iscove ry a nd i nterface
templ ates fo r SA P
imp leme ntation
ERS and taxes
SAP EBP
SAP_AL L: EHS (Enviro nmen t Th ey have a sked us to find a re source w ho wo uld assess the Euro pea n EHS sol ution
He alth & Safety) resou rce nee d in ord er to d etermin e wha t d ata and co
Cl ien t Questio ns - P ro du ct
Co sti ng/ Produ ction Pl ann ing
Samp le File s for SAP Stand ard coul d dow nlo ad. I tried to g ene rate out of SXDB, a l ittl e more da ta ( tha n wha t SXDB
Prog rams
PP & Va rian t Co nfig & Sup er
BOMS
Supplier Workplace
Audit
BOM items from multiple plants be on SAP v4.6.
ECC S Exp erts N eed ed !!!!
One Di mensi on vs. Two
Di mensi ons
Prici ng ba sed o n supp lie r sh ip
da te
Prod uction Pl an nin g / Hu man
Re source s / Lab or Re portin g
System
SAP Purcha se ord er goo ds
rece ipt into mul ti ple pla nts
SAP Context Diagram.
Urg ent Nee d - re spo nse
req uire d to da y - De cisio n Poin t softw are. Propo sal is du e Mon day so we n eed a re spo nse toda y. Ca ll me on my ce ll
exp erie nce
REQUEST: Po st Go-L ive
Sup port
Usi ng SAP fo r Se rvice s a nd
CATS fo r MM Servi ce Entry
wi th PM in te gratio n
4.6c cen tra l ad dress
man age ment
Calling all Material Ledger Guru's In itial ly we are l ooki ng for limi te d remote su ppo rt via p hon e/vide o.
SAP ALL: Ho w to Turn o n
Purch Info Re cord
SAP Help Please!
We re cently comp leted a n impl emen tation o f SAP 4.6C a t a smal l Bio-p harma ceutica l
clie nt i n th e Northe ast. Our imple men ta ti on scop e incl ude d FI/CO(GL, AP, AR, C M,
Produ ct Co sti ng, Assets, Co st Ce nter Accou nting ) MM (Purcha sing , Inve ntory
Mana geme nt) a nd Prod uctio n Plan nin g a nd Execu ti on PP and PP-P I.
Ou r cl ien t spo nsor ha s re cen tl y d iscove red that th e QA a nd QC dep artments are
intere ste d in Purch asin g Pilg rim Software . At a hi gh le vel thi s so ftwa re seems to
dup lica te ma ny of SAP' s QM fu nction s (e .g ., trackin g materia l th roug h QC sta tu s) a nd
H R fun cti ons (e.g., trai nin g ad mini stra ti on an d qua lifica ti on s tracki ng).
Pilg rim clai ms tha t some o f thei r cGMP rela te d cli ents use thei r mo dul es an d interface
to SAP (e.g., J&J an d Genzyme ). Th ey also i ndi cate that th ey are in fin al d iscussio ns
with Bristol Mye rs--a compa ny th at h as sig nifica nt stake i n my cl ien t.
At pre sent, I am intere ste d in i den ti fyi ng folks wh o are fami lia r w ith th is softw are sui te .
I am curre ntly worki ng for a big cl ien t imp le mentin g SAP Trave l Mana ge me nt with
mini Ma ste r D ata and i nterfaces to FI/CO.
I ne ed an En gli sh written Bu sine ss Bl uep rint of Trave l Man age ment. In ou r cu rrent
know led ge ba se I do n`t fi nd an y b ut I am shu re th at SAP Travel Ma nag eme nt h as
bee n impl emen te d somew he re alre ady. Can yo u hel p? ?? Ple ase sen d any b lue prin t
to my ad ress. It w oul d save so mu ch of w ork.
I am no t sure tha t an y of yo u can he lp Brett Fo lkman , an d he may al read y have
re ach ed ou t to you , bu t Jan ine su gge sted that I rea ch out to you to hel p on thi s
Northro p Gru mman RFI. Also , if you ha ve an y o th er sugg estio ns of w here /w ho we
migh t go to find t
In o ur clie nt's l eg acy syste m, they are a ble to sp ecify a perce ntage re tentio n on the
purch ase of a capi ta l item. Whe n th e vend or invo ice (p artial o r co mple te ) i s
proce ssed, th eir system wil l calcu late the re te ntion p ercen ta ge o n th e invo ice, pa y the
ven
Loo king for ou r e xperi en ce migra ti ng from BaaN to SAP or othe r ER P p ackag es.
Th is is fo r a R FI respo nse on o ur qu als in thi s a rea. Tha nks.
We a re uge ntly loo king fo r a ny informa ti on on a ny clie nt th at mi grated from JDE to
SAP o r Pe opl esoft. If you r cl ien t mee ts this criteri a, p lea se le t me kno w.
Th ank you , Jes
Can yo u impl emen t an R F Sol utio n in Inven to ry Ma nag eme nt w ithou t usi ng SAP's
Wa reho use Man age ment fu nctio nal ity?
If yes, a ny commen ts ho w th is in te rfa ce is ena ble d into SAP IM w oul d be ap preci ated .
I am lo okin g fo r i nformatio n on re port distrib ution too ls th at we mig ht h ave
re comme nde d or impl emen te d fo r our cli ents. At my p resen t cli ent (th ey ha ve offi ces,
sto res and w areh ouse s a ll o ver US), the re qui remen t is for a to ol tha t is use r frie ndl y
and ca n han dle re po rt di stri butio n fro m a h ost o f p ackag es (SAP, BW, EXE,
Manu gistics, E3) as wel l as DB2 ba sed cu sto m systems.
We a re at the i nitia l sta ge o f the rep orting too l sel ection a nd an y o f the fol low ing
informa ti on wo uld b e hel pful :
1. N ames of repo rt di stri butio n tool s (e g, Vi sta p lus, Docu ment Di re ct e tc.), a ny
ana lysis or rep orts tha t you can pro vide o r d irect me to .
2. Eva lua ti ons that CGEY may have d one for an y of o ur clie nts
3. C lie nts w here w e have i mple mente d th ese tool s, le ssons l earn ed etc.
Plea se bou nce ba ck i f yo u have i ntegra te d 'Co mpla int Mana ge me nt 'softw are th ird
party app lica ti on ( coveri ng cu sto mer compl ain t lo ggi ng, compl ain t a ppro val
proce ss,R eturns,cred it me mos,compl ain t status,rep orts e tc.) to SAP . We wo uld l ike
to kn ow the na me of the so ftwa re,softw are ven do r's n ame,cli ent an d a brie f
descri ption o f ho w it w as use d.
My cl ien t ha s cre ated a ne w bl ock code i n 3.1H for invo ices to be u sed in a ma ss
blo ck p rogra m tha t they a re creatin g. The ne w blo ck co de w as created w ith th e
inten ti on that it co uld not be un blo cked o n th e lin e item leve l (i.e. w ith FB0 2). The y
wou ld l
Hop e th ing s a re wel l fo r e veryb ody. Over the pa st few mon ths I reca ll see ing so me
emai ls abo ut Brazi lia n impl emen ta ti on s, so ho peful ly someo ne o ut the re can assi st
me. In Brazil , there a re tw o un iqu e natio nal n umbe rs th at a re requ ired for eve ry
empl oyee - the pe opl e's ID regi ste r (R G) an d th e CPF. Ho weve r, the 4.6c versi on o f
SAP d oesn 't co me with a de fa ulted mo du le po ol scree n (MP000 20 0). Any ad vice on
how thi s h as bee n ha ndl ed at other cli ents? Any sug gestio ns wou ld b e grea tl y
app recia te d. Than ks i n ad vance .
We h ave a qu ite hug e pro ble m i n one cu sto mer who nee d to g ene rate 10 0.000
invo ices ea ch 10 or 20 days.
He can 't cha ng e th e invo icin g date s. Obvio usly the pro cess ta kes a lo t of
ti me (more or le ss 6 0 hrs).
In a ddi ti on the pro cess is no t comp letel y stan dard .
We p lan to en te r i n Prod uction i n one Mo nth.
Do we h ave pe rfo rmance re fe ren ces or best practice s a bou t h ow to impro ve
th ese pro cess ti me?
Th ere is an u pgra de too l th at SAP pro vide s. Th e othe r o ption w oul d be to in sta ll APO
v3.0 and mi grate. D epe nd ing o n wha t mod ule o f APO is impl emen te d I may sug ge st
differen t ap proa ches. Th e data structures in AP O 3.0 ha ve chan ged fro m 2 .0 . Th is is
mostly tru e in De mand Pl ann ing . The da ta structure fo r De man d Plan nin g has
extensi ve chan ges, incl ud ing a n add ition al le vel wi th in the d ata stru ctu re. Du e to
th ese cha nge s, the mi gratio n requ ires sig nifica nt ma nu al in te rventio n. An exa mple
bei ng the 2.0 da ta mode l has to be man ua lly assi gne d to a n ew d ata mode l in a 3.0
syste m.
If Dema nd Pla nni ng on ly is imp leme nted I w oul d recomme nd re-i nstal lin g. ( I veri fi ed
th is with Krish Ka math who w as pa rt on the C CF APO impl emen ta ti on ).
If other mod ule s a re also imple men te d, my resp onse co uld be di ffere nt. Th e da ta
stru ctu re chan ges in SN P a nd PP/DS are n ot a s si gn ifican t, and i n some case s non -
existan t. An u pgra de ma y b e more feasi ble i n th is situa ti on.
Any informa ti on ab out pro jects whe re CGE&Y i mple mented SA P C FM is gre atly
app recia te d in sup port of th e Alli anz pu rsuit in Swi tze rlan d.
Ou r cl ien t wa nts to al loca te costs from certai n cost e leme nts, b ut w ants th e base o f
th e all ocatio n to b e a pe rcentag e of co sts from a di ffere nt co st el emen t.
Fo r e xampl e,
Cost Cen te r 1 23 ha s $ 40 00 po ste d to i t wi th Cost Eleme nt 4 56 an d the al loca ti on
wou ld go to cost cente r 2 34. H owe ver, the a llo cated a moun t sho uld b e 70 % of co st
ele ment 789 w hich h as $1 0,000 p osted to it. So the al loca te d amo unt shou ld be
$7,00 0, e ven tho ugh co st el emen t 45 6 ha s a n existin g bal an ce of $ 400 0. Make
sense ?
I ha ve loo ked at ho w distrib ution s a nd asse ssments are se t up i n SAP a nd thi s
fu nction ali ty do es not ap pea r to ava ila ble . Do es anyo ne ha ve an y su gge sti ons on
how to do thi s? Pl eas e e-mai l me or call me a t 61 5-22 3-65 81 i f you h ave
sugg estion s.
We a re te sti ng usi ng IDOC to loa d data usi ng a mid dle wa re to ol. We ne ed some
assistan ce with the da ta typ es requ ireme nts, spe cifical ly with the IDOC for materia l
master MATMAS0 1.
Any know led gea ble IDOC a ssista nce w oul d be gre atly ap preci ated.
Plea se contact th e foll owi ng in divi dua ls in this ord er:
Sanj ot Kh uran a 60 8-21 3-35 03
Myself - Ba rt Ne al 21 4-39 5-91 34
We 'd like to ge t a g uesstima te a s to the co st of encryp ti ng da ta th roug hou t
our SAP proce sses usin g a SAP-pre fe rred ven dor an d/or sche me (both
performa nce an d dol lars). Assu me we e ncrypt all d ata tra nsmissi ons. We
don 't ne ed a nythin g other tha n a "arou nd x$ w ith x% performa nce de grad atio n
fo r a co mpan y w ith a simil ar scope ".
Wo uld yo u be ab le to find so meon e who ca n do thi s? Whe n wou ld you expe ct a
re spo nse?
Wh at i s a si mple w ay to fla g a ven dor as a min ority vend or in SAP? Ide ntifying
Can so meon e confirm wh ethe r it is po ssibl e to h ide co nfigu ratio n setti ngs in SAP
v4.6, for e.g. i f SAP stand ard li sts 10 d iffe rent pa yment method s, can I do so methin g
in con fi g (witho ut d ele ti ng e ntries) that wil l let me hid e 5 of th e optio ns so th at th e
user on ly sees the 5 rema in ing o ption s w hen cre ating a vend or?
Busin ess Process Mo del s ca n be foun d in the So lutio n Map
Comp oser, but at a hig h leve l. I d on 't thin k Va lue SAP has them
anymo re, a lthou gh the QAdb d oe s h ave a feed to Intel lico rps
Live Mo del too l. R ega rdin g other pro cess mod els in the KWeb , if
anyo ne h as submi tted the m, then I'm sure C hristop her can hel p
out here .
Have w e any bu sine ss p roce sses docu mented i n any o th er pla ce fo r a In the me an ti me , w e have d one so me othe r b ottl er work in
consu mer/beve rage co mpan y? Can ada a nd Eu rope , so those eng age ments may be ab le to
Doe s SAP ha ve th e bu sine ss p rocee ses docu men te d and h ow can I acce ss the m? provi de you so me. H ave you co ntacted a nyon e fro m o ur work at
( I rememb er in the ol d days we u se to have a ccess to ARIS too lset etc) other Co ke bo ttle rs? It w oul d seem that there sh oul d be
somethi ng from whi ch to sta rt there .
Scena rio
Comp any A has mul ti ple p lan ts in Europ e (bel ong ing to d iffe rent compa ny code s) a nd
th ese pl ants are sup pl ies by a sin gle ve ndo r B tha t op erates ou t of mul ti ple co untrie s.
Qu estion
Can w e get awa y w ith creatin g ju st on e vend or accou nt numb er or wil l th ere be
issue s re latin g to h avin g to defin e differen t in fo rmatio n per cou ntry for Add ress,
Con tro l and Pa yment tra nsa cti ons? If a ddi ti ona l acco unts are req uire d wha t is the
easi est w ay to g roup th em to gethe r for rep orting p urp oses, whe n ana lyzin g spe nd
etc?
Plea se let me know i f an yon e of yo u have e xpe rien ce with foll owi ng Sal es and
Distribu tion re lated o utputs (Ver 4.0 or hi ghe r):
Printin g Lab els (wi th o r w ithou t Ba rcodi ng functio nal ity)
Printin g Pick List
Printin g Pack List
I can b e reach ed a t an y o ne of th e fo llo win g nu mbers.
I am lo okin g fo r a nal ysis th at was do ne on fun cti on ali ty di ffere nces in the u pg rade
proce ss form 4.5 to 4.6 or Enterp rise an d add mySAP .co m to it.
Th is wou ld in clud e all mo dul es of R/3 and BW
o pera ti on it was in clud ed wi th a neg ative qu antity. Addi ti ona lly, th ere are a lso co -
p rodu cts (chl orin e gas, hydro ge n and ce ll li quo r) o n th is recip e.
Bo th co -prod ucts a nd HA LBs bei ng pro duce d were incl ude d on the un iq ue reci pe wi th
a n ega ti ve qua ntity; the y o nly di ffer in tha t co -prod ucts h ave be en fla gge d in the
co sti ng vie w of the ma te rial ma ste r as co-pro ducts. Furthe rmore, we en tered a n
a ppo rti onme nt structure to a llo cate th e to ta l costs of the ma nufacturi ng p ro cess to th e
i ndi vidu al co-p rodu cts in volve d ba sed on e qui vale nce n umbe rs. We are usi ng S
co ntrol pri ce (sta nda rd) fo r ra w materia ls, se mifini she d and fin ishe d materia ls.
The i ssue is the foll owi ng: th is un iqu e recip e doe s n ot all ow us to calcu late the n ew
stan dard co st for th ose H ALBs th at a re bei ng p rodu ced. Th e syste m mu ltipl ies the
q uan ti ty pro duce d by thei r p rice from th e materia l master, trea ting the m a s i f they
w ere by-p rodu cts, instea d of calcu latin g th eir ne w price . Is th ere an y w ay to ca lcul ate
the n ew pri ce fo r H ALBs withi n that uni que re cipe , as we can’ t crea te a ma te rial co st
e sti mate with qu antity stru ctu re for th em beca use they d o not have a BOM? Cre atin g
co st estima te w ithou t qu an ti ty structure for HALBs do es no t see m a g ood i dea eithe r.
We h ave ju st started a SAP imp leme ntation p roje ct for a comp any wh o used a no th er
consu lting firm for th eir pa ckage sele cti on / R FP de velo pmen t p hase s. Th is other
consu lting co mpan y tol d them that Cost Eleme nts w ere a b reakd own o f a GL acco unt
and tha t bo th C ost Eleme nt a nd GL Accou nt co uld a ppe ar in the ir 'Cod e Block' w ith
differin g valu es.
e.g. GL Accoun t: Trave l
Cost Eleme nt: Air, Gro und , Sea
As far as I a m a ware the p rimary cos t el emen t al ways ha s to be ide ntical to the GL .
Plea se let me know i f (an d ho w) you ha ve ever ha d th em di ffere nt. Is this no w
possi ble i n 4.6?
I wo uld a ppre ciate he arin g from anyo ne that ha s Fore ign Trad e fu nction ali ty
expe rien ce. The pro ject team ne eds to spen d a few min utes with you to d etermin e
th e righ t li ne of que sti on s to pu rsue this topi c w ithin our bl uep rintin g sessio ns
I am lo okin g fo r co ntacts w ho h ave imp leme nted Forei gn Trad e fu nction ali ty
(p refera bly wi th in 4.6).
Ou r cl ien t is curre ntly runn ing R /2 a nd h as deve lop ed a cu sto m p rogra m for al l fo reig n
tra de pro cessin g. Base d up on de mos fro m SAP, they ha ve th e impre ssion th at R /3
han dle s the ir curren t req uire men ts.
Ou r SD tea m i s p repa ring for a Bu sine ss Bl uep rint/requ ireme nts g athe ring se ssion
and w e have ve ry l imited e xpe rien ce in this are a. Spe cifica lly, we ne ed he lp in
deve lop ing the ri ght set que sti ons to determi ne fore ign trad e gap s, sco pe, and
re sou rce requ ireme nts. I wo uld i de all y l ike to setup a bri ef co nfere nce cal l with
wou ld ap preci ate any h elp yo u coul d offe r
Bo th co -prod ucts a nd HA LBs bei ng pro duce d were incl ude d on the un iq ue reci pe wi th
a n ega ti ve qua ntity; the y o nly di ffer in tha t co -prod ucts h ave be en fla gge d in the
co sti ng vie w of the ma te rial ma ste r as co-pro ducts. Furthe rmore, we en tered a n
a ppo rti onme nt structure to a llo cate th e to ta l costs of the ma nufacturi ng p ro cess to th e
i ndi vidu al co-p rodu cts in volve d ba sed on e qui vale nce n umbe rs. We are usi ng S
co ntrol pri ce (sta nda rd) fo r ra w materia ls, se mifini she d and fin ishe d materia ls.
The i ssue is the foll owi ng: th is un iqu e recip e doe s n ot all ow us to calcu late the n ew
stan dard co st for th ose H ALBs th at a re bei ng p rodu ced. Th e syste m mu ltipl ies the
q uan ti ty pro duce d by thei r p rice from th e materia l master, trea ting the m a s i f they
w ere by-p rodu cts, instea d of calcu latin g th eir ne w price . Is th ere an y w ay to ca lcul ate
the n ew pri ce fo r H ALBs withi n that uni que re cipe , as we can’ t crea te a ma te rial co st
e sti mate with qu antity stru ctu re for th em beca use they d o not have a BOM? Cre atin g
ma te rial co st estima te s w ithou t qu an ti ty structure for HALBs do es no t see m a g ood
i dea e ither. We a re impl emen ti ng SAP R/3 4.6C . I am attach ing scre ens to clari fy the
Ou r cl ien t ha s 1 4 pla nts in the No rth Ame rica an d Lati n America a nd 12 p lan ts a cro ss
Europ e. Ma ste r d ata is curren tly main ta ine d main ly dece ntrali zed . There a re many
issue s w ith dup lica te ma ste r d ata reco rds and ma ste r d ata in accura cies an d
ine ffici enci es.
We a re worki ng on d efini ng:
Wh at to cen tra lize
Th e orga niza ti on req uire d to mana ge cen tra liza ti on
To ols, proce sses, KPI's to supp ort ce ntral maste r ma inten ance
We a re loo king for an y re leva nt docu mentatio n or exp erie nces that descri be this type
of mo del . Also i f you co uld provi de a summa ry o f wh at so me of your cli ents (with
simila r g eo grap hica l sprea d) are do in g abo ut g lob al master d ata main te nan ce, th at
My cl ien t is lo okin g fo r e xampl es of i nforma ti on secu rity p oli cies re acce ss l imitatio ns
summari es if a vail abl e.
Ou r cl ien t's au dito rs h ave id entifie d 150 issue s re lated to secu rity. We b el ieve the se
issue s a re rela te d to p ost-impl eme ntation se curity main te nan ce.
We w ant to kn ow ho w compa ni es use to preve nt thi s from h app eni ng. Sp ecifica lly,
we are l ooki ng for pol icie s, pro ced ures or tool s tha t the y ma y u se.
Your qu ick repl y i s g reatly ap prec iated . I can b e conta cte d via e-ma il or at th e
numb ers listed b elo w.
Curre ntly th e MRP screen (MD 04 an d/or MD0 6) doe s n ot sh ow the cu sto mer's
orig ina l wan t da te . The MRP co ntroll er cann ot se e th is un less she /h e dril ls into the
sale s o rder. Also, if sh e has a lrea dy expe dited the orde r, she d oes no t n eed to kee p
loo king a t the red l igh t w hich a ppe ars every da y a fte r re sched uli ng run s i n th e
even ing .
We n eed a nothe r so rt o f the MRP li st to consi der the o rigi nal w ant date an d an y
Hi, we wo uld l ike find o ut w hat othe r ch emica l compa nie s a re usin g the SAP materia l
grou p fi eld for (in the ma te ria l ma ster) , spe cifical ly fo r ra w materia ls. For e.g. is
UNSPC a g ood i dea ?
Ou r cl ien t is in te rested in e xplo rin g th e use of MRP area s (Fun ction ali ty in tro duce d in
4.x) to ha ve grea te r co ntrol o ver MRP execu ti on. I w oul d li ke to co ntact a nyon e wh o
has exp erie nce in the imple men ta ti on of MRP area s .
Speci fi call y, I a m l ooki ng for th e foll owi ng in fo rmation
Scen ario s w here MR P a rea s w ere use d
Stabi lity of MR P a reas in gen eral
Ri sks o f turni ng off MR P a rea s a fter they are a cti vated o r vi ce versa
Impact of MR P a reas o n other in te gratin g mod ule s
Hi eve rybod y,
in Ita ly we ha ve a pen di ng pu rsuit, w hich co uld b e rap idl y w on, if w e demo nstrate that
CGE&Y h as such an e xpe rien ce anyw here i n th e worl d: do you kn ow of any p ro je ct
whe re data ha ve be en mig rated from th e leg acy syste m on SAP to the n ew o ne
a requ ireme nt for a pa ckag e sele cti on. Yo ur hel p wo uld b e very app recia te d
We a re curren tl y re search ing the use of marketin g part numb ers in sa les ord ers. The
scena rio is li ke as fo llo win g:
Sale s p erson e nters a marke ti ng pa rt nu mber in the sa le s o rder
And this marke ti ng pa rk n umb er has a un iqu e part nu mber in the system for
manu fa ctu ring tea m
In a n ut sh ell ma rketing p art numb er th at i s e ntered on sal es orde r co rrespo nds to
one ma te rial n umbe r for pro du cti on team.
I am lo okin g fo r co ntacts w ho h ave imp leme nted SAP IS-OIL functio nal ity p referab ly
withi n 4.6 C in Ch emica l ind ustry. I wo ul d ide all y l ike to setup a b rief confere nce cal l
with some one w ho ha s IS - OIL Functio nal ity exp erie nce .
I wo uld l ike to ta lk to so meo ne wh o has exp erie nce imp le me ntin g th e new a ctu al
costing fun cti ona lity avai lab le si nce versi on 4.5. Pl ease call o n my ce ll or resp ond to
th e emai l your con ta ct in fo rmatio n.
We a re worki ng on a L ogi sti cs Sy ste ms Integ ration p roje ct at Flemin g an d I'm lo okin g
fo r g uid ance o n th e Activity Profile s co nfigu ration u sed i n Tra nspo rta ti on for
automa ti ng the Ship men t pro cess. We ha ve bee n ab le to set u p an a cti vity p rofile
withi n Ship ment Crea ti on tha t do es PGI ; from th ere o n, w e nee d to g o to th e cost
docu ment (VI0 1) to cre ate the freig ht co sti ng an d then g o back in to Ship ment Cha nge
or to a Bi lli ng to fi nal ize the b ill ing d oc and o utpu t.
Note: We a re copyi ng th e freig ht ch arge s to th e bi llin g do c a nd no t se ttlin g to FI/CO.
At this cli ent we are re ceivi ng d eli very confirma ti ons from an extern al wa reh ouse
syste m a nd wa nt to au tomate al l of the fol low ing p roce sses usin g the Sh ipme nt -
Acti vity Pro fi le (T-Cod e 0VTL) and th e Ship ment_C reate BAPI :
1) PGI
2) Crea te the C osting D ocume nt
3) Bill ing
4) Bill ing Outpu t
If th is set-up is succe ssfu l, w e wil l po te ntial ly be savi ng on a lot of d evel opme nt w ork.
I am wo rking w ith a clie nt tha t ma y n eed to ha ve some mai nten ance p lan ts lo cated i n
before ? Is it a llo wed i n SAP?
We a re upg radi ng to 46 C with IS Oil . In 46C . My que sti on i s w ith respe ct to prop osin g
multip le shi p-tos at sa les con tra ct l evel i n th e partne r fun cti on s. In 46C , pro posi ng
altern ative shi p-tos se em to work ifferen tl y. When yo u prop ose a lterna ti ve ship -to
We are curre ntly worki ng wi th a p oten ti al cli ent. Our poten ti al cli en t is Min istry o f
R ussia n Rai lwa ys. They wo uld l ike to impl emen t a system for main te nan ce of FA.
The y h ave two op ti ons: TORO in SAP ( SAP i s i n th e pro ce ss of i mple mentatio n -
MM/FI) an d Spea r200 0 ( sp ecia l software for rai lwa y FA main te nan ce. SAP in te rfa ce
w ill b e requ ired ).
U nfortuna te ly nob ody in Russi a h as impl emen te d th ese systems. Th e provi der of
SPEAR 200 0 visited Mi nistry severa l ti mes an d submi tted a p ropo sal . They in sure that
i mp le mentatio n wil l not have a ny mod ificatio ns, b ecau se SPEAR is de sign ed
e speci all y for rai lwa ys.
I a m l ooki ng for our exp erie nce i n area o f TOR O imp leme ntatio n in othe r co untrie s,
e speci all y i n tra nspo rta ti on. I w oul d like to kno w man-d ays whi ch wa s sp ent on
i mp le mentin g TORO witho ut mo difica ti on s a nd wi th mo difica ti ons as we ll.
C an you p lea se ask SAP service l ine a bou t TORO impl emen ta tion . I n eed o nly
i nformatio n abo ut ma n da ys.
Brie f i nformatio n abo ut th e scope o f po te ntia l proj ect i s the fol low ing :
First pha se is impl emen ta ti on of pil ot fo r o ne de pot ( a bo ut 1 00 lo comotive s), seco nd
p hase i s ro ll ou t in 3 50 lo como ti ves dep ots. Min istry h as othe r a ssets l ike de pots of
ca rs, station e tc. Th is is pha se four of impl emen ta ti on. Th e two ph ases sho uld b e
d one in n ext thre e yea rs. The la st ph ase we h ave n ot d iscusse d due to u ncertai nty o f
a se lected system.
I stro ngl y b eli eve that th e sol ution a rchitect and se rvice l evel ma nag er compo nen ts
w ill b ecome ma jor imp leme ntation a nd mig ratio n compo nen ts as the y d o repre sent a
ce ntral con fi gura ti on an d sol ution ma nag emen t rep osi to ry. In creatin g th e te chn olo gy
p owe rpack, we can e nsure th at o ur p.o.v.' s, ou r strateg y a nd e xi sting so lutio n
co mpon ents are up loa de d alo ngsi de the stan dard SAP templ ates an d accel erators.
I know Ji ll Jon es and Tim Jackso n ha ve beg un to do p reli mina ry w ork in the
i nfrastructure arch itecture an d sol ution co mpon ent categ oriza ti on spa ce. I am loo king
to bo th Ji ll an d Ti m to he lp wi th lea din g th is effo rt. I a m l ooki ng at all o f you to w ork
w ith us in col lectin g and ca talo gin g del ivera ble s, wh itepa pe rs, p.o.v.'s, p resen ta ti ons
a nd othe r ma te rial . Once we have a b ase set of assets, w e wil l nee d to b eg in to
d evel op CGEY persp ectives. Given the a moun t of materi al to cover, ple ase le t me
kn ow wh at a reas you w ish to con centrate on o r sp ecia lize in.
I real ize we a re all d epl oyed a nd w orkin g hard to de live r h ig h qua lity work to our
cu sto mers on time. I un dersta nd that getting th is i ni ti ative off the g roun d wil l req uire
so me amou nt o f spa re ti me to be de voted to crea ti ng, coll ecting a nd cle an ing a ssets.
I hop e you al l agre e with me tha t ge ttin g th is ach ieve d wil l once a gai n pu t the SAP
si gni fi cant contrib ution to the p rodu cti vity i nitia ti ve.
I ha ve recei ved an a bu nda nce of qua ls/cred s from Hyp erio n eng age ments, but so fa r
onl y h ave on e proj ect th at p rototyped (a nd su bseq uen tl y d etermin ed n ot to use ) SAP
SEM. Since w e app aren tly have n't h ad mu ch expe rien ce with the n ew tool , to we
have a ny qua ls out there sp ecific to EC-CS? I h ave o ne imp leme ntation w ith Enro n,
but other than th at h aven 't re ceive d any othe rs.
I am lo okin g fo r a co ntact fo r a p roje ct that has u sed a tool ca lle d Resi te 4 .5 by a
compa ny call ed Insite. I nee d to g et so me info rma tion a bou t the too l itself and h ow
we've u sed it (ste p by step scrip t de velo pmen t, train ing d evel opme nt, a nd/or on lin e
hel p).
I am lo okin g fo r co ntacts w ho h ave imp leme nted Forei gn Trad e fu nction ali ty
(p refera bly wi th in 4.6).
Ou r cl ien t is curre ntly runn ing R /2 a nd h as deve lop ed a cu sto m p rogra m for al l fo reig n
tra de pro cessin g. Base d up on de mos fro m SAP, they ha ve th e impre ssion th at R /3
han dle s the ir curren t req uire men ts.
Ou r SD tea m i s p repa ring for a Bu sine ss Bl uep rint/requ ireme nts g athe ring se ssion
and w e have ve ry l imited e xpe rien ce in this are a. Spe cifica lly, we ne ed he lp in
deve lop ing the ri ght set que sti ons to determi ne fore ign trad e gap s, sco pe, and
re sou rce requ ireme nts. I wo uld i de all y l ike to setup a bri ef co nfere nce cal l with
wou ld ap preci ate any h elp yo u coul d offe r
Request: A ny flow char ts, documentation, templates , data ba ses or othe r
mate rials regar ding Post go-liv e Mas ter Da ta Mainte na nc e
Rea son: D eve loping the pos t go-live m aste r data change managem ent
pr oc ess & documentation
Vers ion: 4.5b
Module s: MM, PP, WM, QM , FI, CO, SD ,
Our cli ent UNIBOARD is ba sed in Mo ntrea l and ma nufacture s R aw Pa rticl e Boa rd
a nd Fibre Bo ard of differe nt d ensi ti es. The y a lso h ave op eratio ns th at a dd va lue i n
terms of cutti ng to speci fi catio n size an d / or la mina ti ng the su rfa ces with al l sorts o f
d iffe rent te xtu res and co lo urs.
The ir prod uct i s mo stl y u sed by o th er equ ipme nt ma nufactu re rs usin g it to
ma nufacture o ffice furn iture , kitche n cabi nets etc.
The y h ave 10 p lan ts d istribu te d across No rth Ame rica.
Que sti ons
My qu estion s re lates to SAP integ ration o n th e pro ductio n execu ti on sho pflo or area .
The cl ien t ha s the ir own sh op fl oor system th at n eed s to b e ope ration al 24 /7 and i s
a sking u s to bu ild the interface s w ith SAP. We are exp lo ring a lterna ti ve solu ti ons an d
w oul d like to kno w:
1 ) D o we ha ve referen ces whe re SAP was use d dire ctl y o n th e sho pfloo r a s a MES
(Ma nufacturi ng Execu ti on System) in te rfa cing w ith th e equ ipme nt on the pro ductio n
l ine for da ta co lle ct etc.
2 ) In the ab ove case , d o we ha ve any refe re nce s w here SAP wa s u sed in a
d istribu te d envi ronme nt (Insta lla ti on in e ach site wi th AL E) to min imize th e risk of
system do wn time. I.e if th e cen tra l SAP system is do wn - All 10 p la nts a re dow n.
3 ) D o we ha ve referen ces whe re SAP was use d interfaci ng w ith other stand ard MES
p ackag es.
Proje ct #1 :
We a re seeki ng exa mple p roje cts wh ere w e have p rovid ed con sul ti ng assi sta nce in
th e area s o f MRP an d S&OP re desi gn in clud ing :
Process Improve ment
S&OP reo rgan izatio n
Master Data cle anu p
Rep orting e nha nceme nt
Cha nge Ma nag emen t
Tra ini ng (re-Trai nin g)
Proje ct #2
We a re seeki ng exa mple p roje cts wh ere w e have p rovid ed con sul ti ng assi sta nce
(w ith or wi th out ISAAS) in re desi gn ing the SAP secu rity to a ccompl ish:
Ti ghter con tro ls,
re du ce th e effo rt to mai ntain
provi de a more fle xibl e & a ccurate so lutio n
I am lo okin g fo r Bu sine ss ca ses that we ha ve don e to justify BW imp leme ntation s.
Plea se send yo ur respo nse s d irectly to me.
Can a nyon e ple ase a ssist o n provi din g informa ti on to this issu e:
A co mpan y I am worki ng wi th i s re search in g th eir op ti ons ab ou t in sta lli ng an a dap te r
fro m C lari fy to SAP.
Cla rify i s g oin g to track thei r se rvice cal ls an d th ey wan t the cost in fo rmation to flow to
SAP. I'm wo nde rin g if a nyon e withi n CG&EY has wo rked wi th p rodu ct an d ha s a ny
inp ut.
We a re l ooki ng for te mpla te s used i n larg e SAP Impl emen tation s for da ta
disco very ,d ata conve rsion s a nd i nterfaces.Any in fo rmation ( KWEB, Powe rpack
submi ssion s e tc.) you cou ld pro vid e us wou ld be h igh ly app reci ated
Is there a problem with using ERS (v4.6c) when sales tax is involved?
Hi, I ha ve th e fo llo win g qu estion s re gard ing SAP' s EBP for MRO p urcha ses:
add ition al ha rdwa re/ so ftwa re req uire ments fo r EBP con side rin g clie nt h as v4.6c
cost a nd effort o f mai ntai nin g catalo gue for a ppro ximatel y 1 000 0 MRO i te ms a nd 5
vend ors (ro ugh e sti mate)
Is the reco mmend ation to p urcha se catalo gue ma in te nan ce service s?
ti me and re source s re qui red to imp leme nt EBP sol ution for MRO pu rchase s for 5
vend ors (roug h estimate)
how d o p card pu rchase s integ rate with EBP?
My cl ien t is a German ch emica l compa ny. Th ey have cre ated an EHS solu ti on in
Europ e, w hich the y co nsid er rol lin g out to N orth-Ameri ca.
I ha ve a clie nt w ho ha s asked the se que sti on s o f an SAP prod uct costing co nsul ta nt.
Qu estion s for PC Co nsul ta nt
1. Wha t is the pro ductio n pro cess? What doe s the ma ster data lo ok like ? (PCC are
created w ith referen ce to a prod uction p rocess)
2. U nde rst
I am lo okin g fo r Sa mple Inp ut fi les for RFBIBL 00, RM06 EEI0, R FBIBE00 , RFBIKR00
and o th er Data Transfe r Obj ects. Co uld yo u ple ase se nd'e m o r p oin t me to wh ere I
spits out) wou ld be h elp ful.
Loo king for kno wle dge and e xperi ence s u sing va ria nt co nfigu rator and h ow the su per
BOM wa s structure d fo r the KMATs.
We cu rrently ha ve 4 mode l rang es that we wi ll be se lli ng, pla nn ing a nd man ufacturin g
base d on the vari an t con fi gura to r. We are trying to d etermin e whe th er it i s e asie r to
have a Su per Bom pe r mo de l or have a Su per BOM p er mod el ran ge
1 Wa nt to kno w how the numb er of Su per BOMs w as de te rmine d ?
2 How ma ny optio ns were o n the vari ant config urator ? - ours are a t aro und 1 ,0 00
3 How w as chara cte ristic pla nni ng p erformed for a pro duct mix whi ch requ ire d a ratio
of a n optio n base d on a nothe r o ption ?
Has an yone w orked w ith th e Sup pli er Wo rkpla ce in SAP versio n4 .6 . I a m p articul arly
intere ste d in the fun cti on for creatin g inb oun d de live ries throu gh the wo rkpla ce
We h ave an o ppo rtu ni ty to do a train ing se ssion fo r the EY au ditors on SAP.
I am loo king for an y ma te rial th at i s g eare d to ward s e du cation Au ditors.
Is it possi ble to ha ve a sin gle su bcon tra cti ng BOM, tha t ha s 2 i te ms o n it from 2
differen t pl ants? We do n ot w ant SAP to crea te a tra nsfer requ ireme nt, sin ce the
materia ls shou ld be tran sfe rred d irectly from th eir pl ant to the s ubco ntractor. We wi ll
Qu estion tha t rel ates to On e Dime nsio n vs. Two Di mensi ons.
I wa lked the cl ien t throu gh the One D im Tw o Dim Pros an d Con s and the y re all y
wan te d Dril l Dow n and R eal time , so the y d ecid ed to go wi th Tw o Dime nsio ns.
How ever, we no ti ced that we ca n do Dri ll Do wn an d Rea l Ti me fo r l eg al wi th One
Dime nsio n. I h ave ne ver see n th is bei ng do ne b efore an d th is was no t tau ght by
SAP. I wo uld l ike to ge t some co nfirmatio n th at thi s w orks or do es not work. I have
atta ched a d ocume nt with scree n shots of the config uratio n th at h as exp lan ation s a nd
que sti ons.
Qu estion s:
1) Is this an SAP pre fe rred me th od?
2) Wh at a re th e repe rcussio n of doi ng this?
It is very common i n th e chemi cal in du stry to set u p contracts with ra w ma teria l
supp lie rs tha t state th at th e materia l purch ase pri ce wil l be b ased o n th e da te w hen
th e supp lie r sh ips the mate rial from thei r faci lity (instea d of the pla nne d recei pt d ate).
I'm ho pin g th at someo ne ha s b ee n confron te d with this commo n pro ble m a nd can
re comme nd an e ffici ent/ b est practice so lutio n fo r thi s sce na rio. I be lie ve th at thi s
issue w as raise d at a n ASUG me etin g and SAP wa s co nsid eri ng to do some
deve lop ment to su ppo rt thi s re qui remen t? Ag ain w e wil l be i mp le mentin g SAP v4 .6 c.
Ou r cl ien t wo uld l ike to repl ace the ir curren t sho p fl oor la bor co lle ctio n/rep orting
syste m. I wo uld b e intere ste d in kn owi ng ho w other Di screte Man ufacturin g clie nts
have h and led thi s sce na rio in the p ast. Key qu estion s the cl ien t ha s asked a re:
1. Ca n Sta nda rd R/3 PP a nd HR p rovid e repo rts cov er to pics such a s:
Emplo yee Prod uctivity
Dep artment Produ cti vity
Plan t Prod uctivity
A sma ll samp le of th eir curre nt re ports are :
Lab or Acti vity b y Emp loye e
Lab or Absen te e by Empl oyee
Emplo yee La bor Summa ry
Produ cti vity b y D epa rtme nt / Shift
Produ cti vity b y Emp loye e
2. If Stan dard R /3 ca nn ot h and le such re po rti ng req uire ments how h ave o th er clie nt
han dle d th is scena rio. (e.g. Krono s, BW, Cu sto m R epo rts, etc.)
Is it possi ble a t the time o f pe rfo rming a g ood s re ceip t for a sin gle p urcha se orde r, to
re cei ve a portio n of ma te rial A i nto pla nt A an d an other po rti on of it i nto pl ant B? I
know thi s i s a p retty we ird scen ario , b ut thi s i s a su b contractin g scen ario w here a
portio n of the ma te rial p roce ssed by the sub co ntractor ne eds to be rece ive d into a
secon d pla nt. We wil l be on SAP v4 .6 c.
do you h ave a cou pl e of e xampl es of co ntext dia grams. We ha ve bee n aske d to p ut
one tog ether he re at CAT a nd I h ave he ard thi s term bu t ne ver actua lly do ne this.
Th e same is true for th e othe r mo dul e te ams. Ple ase se nd an d examp le if you h ave
th em.
I am wo rking o n a Data Mart pu rs uit fo r GE Powe r a nd they a re prop osin g use of
Deci sion Po int softw are. Loo kin g fo r a nyon e who h as exp erie nce wi th w ith th is
pho ne (77 0)71 3-15 99 i f you h ave exp erin ece .
Hi al l. D oes an yone h ave a n Access dB or Excel spre ads hee t that is useful fo r
log gin g call s from use rs a nd su ppo rt pe rsonn el du ring a go-l ive start-up. I wo uld
grea tl y a ppre ciate an y i nfo. you ha ve. I wou ld a lso li ke any pre sentatio ns or
ddocu metation
urin g th e monththa wi
t ll be se nt to the Ve ndo r u sin g ERS. If the ven do r wi ll no t su ppo rt
ER S the n it i s e xpected th at the ve ndo r w oul d sen d a conso lid ated in voi ce th at AP
co uld va lid ate usin g a 2 or 3 wa y ma tch .
In the pa st the maste r d ata mode l fo r se rvice masters an d con tra cts to make this wo rk
w as very larg e and d iffi cult to ma na ge, service e ntry for itemi zed se rvi ces wa s d iffi cult
a nd matchi ng the servi ce pro vide rs i nvoi ce to a g roup o f se rvice en try she ets w as
d iffi cult so invo ice matchi ng be came a p robl em. Insig ht i nto ad dressi ng these sp ecific
p robl ems wou ld be a ppre ciate d.
SAP 4.6 do cumen ta tion i ndi cates it su ppo rts rece ivin g extern al servi ces aga inst MM
p urcha se Ord ers and PM wo rk o rde rs thro ugh the C ATS ap pl icatio n.
H as anyo ne con fi gure d CATS to d o th is. Any pro cess docu mentatio n or
co nfigu ration d ocume ntatio n on the CATS to MM Se rvi ces wo uld b e app recia te d.
Al so informa ti on on the MM master d ata mode l requ ired to su ppo rt de ta ile d service
e ntry a nd ERS.
For extra cred it yo u can throw i n a mod el that integ rates EBP and e xte rnal ca ta lo gs
for servi ces and re ntals.
We a re worki ng on a 4 .6 c syste m a nd are e xperi enci ng d iffi cultie s tran sportin g
add resses amo ng mul ti ple cl ien ts i n a sing le in sta nce. SAP h as ind icated tha t
add resses in 4 .6 n o lo nge r a re dep end ent on the i nterna l numb erin g pe r cl ien t. We
have e xhau ste d all re le vant OSS no te s a nd co ntinu e to e xperi ence th e prob lem.
Th e add resses ha ve be en mai ntain ed in the initi al con fi gura ti on cli ent. After we ha ve
moved the co nfigu ration to the u nit te st cli ent we re ceive a me ssage i ndi cating th at
th e obj ect ca nno t b e fo und . Addi ti on all y, as the cli ent is a te st cli ent we a re not
all owe d to ma intai n th e da ta .
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce usin g and mo ving add resses (pl ant, co mpan y, e tc)
eithe r b etwee n clie nts o r syste ms ? If so co uld yo u ple ase re spon d and p rovid e
insi ght to w orkin g with the a ddre sses in 4.6. Tha nk you for you r a ssistance .
We h ave a hi gh-tech cl ien t b ased i n Can ada tha t i s l ooki ng for some assi sta nce i n th e
use of th e materia l led ge r (4 .6 c). Th e clie nt i s i nitia lly see king so me gu ida nce to
deteri ne if th e materia l led ge r w ill me et the ir speci fi c re qui remen ts, th is, in tu rn may
th en le ad to a small e ng age ment to su ppo rt the i mple mentatio n.
Can a nyon e te ll me ho w to "tu rn on" the re qui remen t for Purcha se Info Reco rds?
We w oul d like to make i t man dato ry to ha ve an in fo re cord to crea te a PO fo r ma te rial
#'s.
(We wa nt to ke ep the req ui remen t for th e source l ist turn ed o ff) So und s si mple , rig ht?
Detai ls:
Messag e #34 1 (messag e fo r no in fo re cord) is con fi gure d to be an e rror messag e.
Wh en I sa ve a PO for a materi al wi th out an in fo re cord I do no t ge t an y me ssag e. N ot
even a w arni ng messa ge - the system just saves it. I h ave a su spici on that an
unre lated p atch may ha ve uni ntentio nal ly tu rned th e missin g info reco rd messag e off.
We a re usin g 4.6c. Mayb e there i s si mple co nfig I o verlo oke d? If you are u sing 4 .6c,
can you try savin g a PO wi th ou t an i nfo record - do yo u ge t some type o f
warn ing /e rror messag e?
I am wo rking o n th e Deg ussa p roje ct (che mical s co mpan y) tha t is imp leme ntin g all
modu les of SAP (FI, CO, AM, IM, MM, SD, PP, PP-PI, PM, PS, QM, EH&S, BW)
excep t for HR. I have b ee n give n th e ta sk to fin d out some in fo rmation a rou nd SAP
tra ini ng. Jacob sa id you are the most know led gea bl e perso n in this are a, so I wa s
hop ing yo u wou ld he lp me . The y h ave de cide d that th e core of Deg ussa trai nin g
activitie s w ill b e provi ded b y Trad eWind s s olu ti on. H ere are a few o f my qu estion s...
Wh at e xperi ence h ave we h ad trai nin g proj ect tea ms o n SAP modu les? Where ?
Wh o has do ne this train in g? Are th ey sti ll aro und ?
Wh at type s o f materi als di d th ey use ?
Wh at type o f train ing e nvi ro nme nt (trai n th e tra ine r, on -lin e, etc.) wa s u sed?
How e asy is it to mod ify SAP train ing materia l (th ey are lo okin g at 4.6)?
Wh at re source s to we h ave to train ABAP de velo pe rs?

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SAP Produ cti on Su ppo rt
Organ izatio ns
SAP- Smart forms
SAP_AL L: PS Fun cti ona lity
Questio ns
SAP_AL L - L oo king for
Co nfigu rabl e Prod uct C ontact
SAP-ALL : SAP Con fi gura ti on
scrip ts w. screen p rints
EC-CS vs Hyperion ?
SAP In te gra ti on Test D efect
an d scrip exe cutio n tra cking
software too ls ne ede d
SAP Upg rade 4.5 - 4 .6 -
Re port Tre e
PP BOM Co mpon en t Qti es and
PDM
Re que st for Ow en s C orni ng
Oppo rtu nity
SAP_AL L: QUESTION
ABOUT D ISC RETE
MANU FAC TU RING FIRMS
AND H OW TH EY PR OC ESS
TIME DATA.
SAP_AL L:Sho p Fl oor
in te gratio n to R/3
Woul d like to see how o th er
cli ents han dle altern ate UoM vs a ppro ach di d th ey sele ct? Wh y? How d id it work ou t for th em? Ple ase resp ond to
Sin gle U oM
If we are p lan nin g to h ave 2 D imen sion s (o ne for Le gal a nd on e fo r PC A), d o we
ECCS 2 Dimensions 2 Ledgers? nee d to cre ate eac h Dime nsio n with it's own Led ger or can the y sh are a L edg er?
medruck
ABI Tru Trac
Automa ti c Se rvice Orde r
Cre ation
Ra pid D ecisi on Worksho p
Materi al
SAP In fo rmation syste ms a nd
rep orting too l: PA-BW
SAP_AL L: Pro cess Mapp ing
Templ ates/To ols to SAP
Functio nal ity (e ng ine er to
ord er)
SAP_AL L: Se ekin g
Preco nfigu red Cl ien t for
Eng ine er to Ord er or simil ar
Ch ang ing th e ABAP tab le from th ere an y o th er way we ca n red uce the qu ery ti me?
clu ste r to tranp are nt
CO-PA
LIFO expert
Where d id we u se AS/400
arch itecture an d mul ti ple
in sta nce pro jects - Urge nt
Re ply Ne ede d
Mapping question
SAP_AL L: Any expe rien ce with I'm lo okin g fo r a nyo ne wi th e xperi ence /i nformatio n usi ng RL ink to interface th e shop
PP-PI a nd Rl ink
Org Mgmt_Jobs Question
SAP 4.6c: R oll ba cks a t the
Time of Bill ing
Taxwa re Issu es en coun te red in Plea se respo nd if you h ave en coun te red simi lar issu es with 4 .6 c
SAP 4.6C
BW D elta Up date Fun cti ona lity a ste p? Is there so methi ng more tha t ha s to b e don e with the Da ta Source
Questio n
SAP_AL L: SD peri odi c b ill ing ,
ren ta l contracts
Serial Numbers in Sales Orders
Service Master Numbers
Interface/ Con versi on
Templ ates, SAP Sma rt Forms
SD, FI, MM.…
Info Req ue st - Con sign ment
Fill -up for Con fi gura ble
Prod ucts
Material Master
SAP Question
Field discrepancies in MSEG
SAP-IT Licensing Costs
HotPac Analyzer
Imple mentatio n in Ph ased
App roach
Training Client Strategy
An Invitation for ERP Success
Process Flows in SAP
SAP 4.6 Printin g Invoi ces fro m we are n ot i ntend ing o n imp leme nting SD . Th e clie nt bill ing syste m cu rrently
AR
SAP ALL Imple men ta ti on of
Fund s Ma nag eme nt a nd
Treasu ry
SAP ALL Imple men ta ti on of
Fund s Ma nag eme nt a nd
Treasu ry
SAP_ALL: Use of KPIs
Imaging for SAP
SAP Textile Mill Solution
SAP_AL L Use o f Di agra m
Expl orer Tool
Agi le-SAP Interface
Informatio n Req ue st
SAP - SD : Availability Check
SAP RESOURC E R EQU EST
NEED
Tax - Sa les an d Use (b olt-on
vs. ma nua l), VAT, a nd
Co rpora te Inco me Tax
Wichi ta Acco unts Rece iva ble suites) that can ha ndl e this. Ide all y, I w oul d like to h ave a micro
Ha rdwa re In qui ry [CGEY Virus leve l proce ss flo w dia gram that sup ports th e proce ss a s w ell , sa y, from i nvoi ce
che cked]
France Statutory Requirements
Urg ent: Glo bal P ro cess De sign Ou r p ropo sal is du e by Fri day so the re is a hig h deg ree o f urg ency on thi s a nd
an d Master Data
Plants Abroad
SAP vs. Oracle Tota l Cost of
Owne rship
CATT vs Mercu ry Win Run ner
For Data Up loa ds
I'm lo okin g fo r so me in fo rmation o r co ntacts o n ho w other SAP shop s h ave o rgan ized
th eir IT de partmen ts (Functio na l supp ort vs. Stre am supp ort).
If you ha ve some in fo rmatio n rega rdin g numb er of su pp ort p eop le, all ign ment
stru ctu re, n umbe r o f use rs, a nd wh
We a re usin g SAP Smartforms ( a vail ab le from 4.6C) for our form chan ge s. I a m
ru nn ing i nto some pro ble ms a nd co nfigu ration i ssues wh en I a m tryin g to ch ang e an
existin g fo rm (Eg . MEDR UCK form fo r Pu rchase Orde r) u sin g Smart forms. How d oes
th e fu nction
Jack We lls, VP i n LA is cond uctin g a revie w of The Wal t Di sney Co mpan y's syste ms
fo r p lan nin g lab or resou rce req uire ments fo r the ir fe atures.
Speci fi c a reas of revie w incl ude :
pla nni ng, sched uli ng, bu dge ti ng, fo recastin g, cost a ccumul ation , rep orting with a bi g
emph asis on b udg etin g, fore casting , reso urce pl an nin g and sch edu lin g
Disn ey is in the pro cess of i mple men tin g SAP, w hich i nclu des PS
Jack wou ld li ke to tal k o ne o f ou r PS exp erts w ho kno ws the la te st an d grea te st SAP
PS fun cti ona lity in these area s. Fo r i nstance : Is SAP PS typ ical ly used for thes e
area s o r d o our cli ents impl emen t p oin t sol ution s? - e speci all y sch ed uli ng, fro nt e nd
bud getin g, re source p la nni ng
PS Exp erts - pl ease co ntact Jack dire ctl y to di scuss opp ortun ity a nd sen d him an y o f
th e latest PS fun cti on ali ty pre sentatio ns or materia ls.
I am lo okin g fo r so mebo dy kno wle dga ble i n SAP's Con fi gura ble Pro duct functio nal ity
to tal k w ith a non -SAP C GE &Y co nsul ta nt a bou t w ork th ey are curre ntly und ertakin g.
I am in the mi ddl e of a n asse ssment with a key cli ent and tryi ng to expl ain
config uratio n conce pts (u nsu ccessfull y).
If you ha ve any sal es an d distrib ution co nfigu ratio n scripts with scree n prin ts, ple ase
fo rward the se (o r p oin t me to the rig ht sp ot). I cou ld n ot fin d any wh en I w as
search ing a nd I kn ow we have the se.
I wo uld p refer versio n 4.6 bu t wo uld b e wil lin g to take others!
Has an yone ma de a so ftwa re compa rison
betwe en EC-C S a nd Hyp erio n ?
I'm lo okin g fo r re commen da ti ons ab out
th e best sofware , an d do cumen ta ti on
abo ut su ch a stu dy.
We are lo okin g fo r a too l to use to record Integ ratio n Te st:
Defects
Tra ck d efect re pai r status
Assign re spon sibi lity fo r fix
Tra ck status of te st scrip ts Our clie nt h as a very limi te d bud ge t an d wou ld pre fe r
not to p urcha se an y Integ ration Test tra cking so ftw are. Do es any pro ject ha ve a
goo d solu ti on that we co uld u se? i .e ., Access da ta base ? etc. etc.
We a re upg radi ng SAP fro m 46B to 46C a t ou r cl ien t. One of th e SAP re le ase no te s
mentio ns fro m 4 6A onw ards, custom Re port tre es nee d to be con verted to Area
Menu s e lse the rep ort tree cann ot b e modi fi ed. Ho weve r the cl ien t ha s a lrea dy
upg rade d fro m 4 5B to 46B an d is abl e to mo di fy the rep ort tree w ithou t a ny prob lem
in 46 B.
Is there so meon e who h as exp erie nced a ny prob le ms i n modi fyi ng a rep ort tree a fte r
upg radi ng an d NOT con vertin g to Are a menu s, spe cifica lly in 4 6C?
We w ant to e nsure the upg rade from 46 B to 4 6C wi ll NOT ca use an y p robl ems if w e
do NOT co nvert to Are a men us.
Th is is fu nda mental s I know b ut I am sure tha t the BOM in SAP wil l not ta ke a zero
qty. Our clie nt h as won de rfu lly de velo ped BOMs in a PDM system (Agi le) an d has
many items that are zero q ty a s the y a re draw ing re fe rence s, d ocume nts o r too ls th at
are cal led o ut a s p art o f the p rodu cti on pro cess. Th e inten t is to keep th e SAP BOM
and the PD M BOM in synch i e the same ma te rial a ppe ars on b oth BOMs an d "id eal ly"
th e same qty.
On e optio n is to b ring th e zero qty compo nen ts o ver as te xt items an d bui ld the
compo nen t # in to th e te xt de scriptio n.
Any other id eas or exp erie nce s o ut the re?
We a re not loo king for the ir curren t SAP infrastructure to dri ve or en abl e anythi ng in
te rms o f Org Desi gn.
Speci fi call y, we a re hop ing to p rovid e th e Ow ens Co rnin g exe cutives:
1. An o vervie w of w hat Org Desig n is ( can be a s b rief as a pa ragra ph or as
expa nsive a s a co upl e pa ges)
2. So me insi ght as to w ha t the curre nt tho ugh t l ead ershi p is in the fiel d
3. So me "consi dera tion s", be ing a rea s o r top ics th ey shou ld take i n accou nt w hen w e
have o ur fa cili ta te d sessio n on Org De sign a t the ASE.
4. If a vail abl e, a ny samp le de live rabl es of ORg D esig n work we have p erformed i n th e
past
I wi ll con ta ct Bob Ph ill ips for tra ini ng i nsig ht.
Ou r cl ien t is a di screte manu fa ctu rin g compa ny who i s i nqu irin g ab out how si mila r
orga niza ti ons are h and lin g the pro cessin g of time d ata in SAP. C urren tl y the y h ave a
home -grow n, fron t-e nd time eva ul ation system wh ich feed s PP a nd thei r Pa yroll
syste m. Th ey wan t to repl ace thi s system wi th SAP. The y a re con side ring fee din g
ti me data (in s-outs) fro m the ir clocks an d ha ve ti me evau lated i n SAP Ti me Eval.
Th ey also n eed the time data to go to PP and PS. We h ave two mai n con cerns.
(1 ) SAP Time Eva lua ti on is no t a fron t-e nd time system, so u sing SAP Time w oul d
mean a su bstantia l cha nge i n th eir bu sine ss p roce sse s.
(2 ) If we de cide to use C ATS , there i s n o sta nda rd inte rfa ce to PP. (The y n ee d th e
hou rs a ttach ed to the Prod uction Orde rs).
Th e que sti on is. . . H ow a re other custome rs h and lin g these i ssues? Are most
customers no t usi ng SAP Ti me Eval uatio n and u ti lizi ng oth er Ti me syste ms su ch as
Krono s to eva lua te th e ti me up front? Or . . . If the y a re usin g SAP Time E valu ation ,
how a re th ey dea lin g with the time d ata nee de d to b e used b y o ther mod ule s?
(P articul arly PP)?
Anyon e out th eir in te gra te d R/3 to the sh op flo or? Speci fi call y, PP-PI a nd R Lin k, bu t
I'l l ta ke any in formatio n rela te d to sh op flo or integ ration .
I'm on a p ursu it wi th a brew er and the y a re in te rested in u sing R Lin k to i ntegra te PP-
PI to th e shop flo or. The y d o not wan t the h igh -tu rnove r, lo w edu catio n shop flo or
bworke
y the rs toet,
p all nathey
viga te
woSAP scree ns,
uld create yet and
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erloo king
item #. toThe
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reRLi
arenk or mber
a nu simil aro ftoleol.gacy
p rocess an d syste m re ason s w hy they op erate this wa y w hich I wo n't g et i nto he re.
H owe ver, a n und esira ble co nse que nce is that th ey ha ve a hug e nu mb er of SKU's to
d eal w ith and i t make s re po rtin g thei r p urcha ses, sa les, margi ns, etc. on g reen b ea ns
ve ry co mpli cated wh en they h ave to conso lid ate da ta from seve ral di ffere nt i te m
n umbe rs.
N ow that th ey are imp leme nting SAP, wh ich ha s mu ch stro ng er altern ate-un it-of-
me asure fun cti ona lity th an the ir leg acy syste m, they are e val uatin g if the y w ant to
co nvert fro m si ngl e-un it-of-measu re to "altern ate-un its-of-measu re" (i.e. th e "ea ch",
the "ca se",an d th e "pa lle t" of gree n be ans al l have the sa me item nu mber). The
a lterna te -uni t-o f-me asure a pp ro ach w oul d simpl ify the ir repo rti ng, bu t wo uld
co mpli cate th eir wa reho use slo ttin g, requ ire wo rk-arou nds in i nterface s w ith retail
cu sto mers' poi nt-of-sale and b ack-office systems (whi ch are n ot b ein g upd ated ), an d
ma ke it d iffi cult to se t status flag s/e xclusi ons at th e un it-of-me asu re leve l (e.g. ce rta in
cu sto mers may buy "ea che s" b ut n ot " cases").
I'd li ke to kn ow h ow cli ents in simi lar in dustrie s h ave ap pro ache d th is issue . Wh ich
o ne of th e pho ne n umbe rs l isted be low o r vi a ema il rep ly.
An ECCS qu estion :
Can a SAP script expert give me a call.
I am curre ntly worki ng on a p ursu it for the imp leme ntation o f a Time a nd Atte nda nce
Syste m. The system wa s forme rly know n as
ABI - Tru Trac. The co mpan y o nl y re cently cha nge d th e na me to C ybersh ift. If you
have a ny know led ge o f the ABI Tru Trac prod uct, p lea se respo nd via e mail o r ca ll me
in the office at th e nu mber li ste d bel ow. We are me etin g with the T&A ve ndo r th is
We dne sday an d wou ld li ke to have a b ette r u nd erstand ing o f thei r syste m a nd the
impl emen ta ti on timeframe .
I am on the C hevro n Phi llip s Che mical e nga geme nt, wo rking o n imp leme ntation o f
th e new tran sportatio n functio nal ity i n 4.6. A pro gram for automa ti c cre ation o f the
service o rder is ava ila ble i n 4.6C, bu t no t in 4 .6 B, ou r curren t versi on. We n eed a
copy o
I am on a n SAP p roje ct w here w e are seve ral we eks awa y from co ndu cti ng Ra pid
Deci sion Worksh ops an d are in n ee d of the fol low ing :
a. Po werp oin t pre senta ti on or pro cess fl ows de pictin g ho w an RD W is con ducted
b. R ead ine ss ch eckli st for an R DW
c. Guid eli ne
I am lo okin g fo r e very CGEY C O-PA a nd/or BW i mple mentatio n, BOTH con cerne d in
th e same time wo uld b e won de rfu l !
* chose n in the same time ,
* before o r a fter, (dep en din g of w hich o ne) .
All sectors are co ncern ed, to be ab le to bui ld a Be st Busi ness Practice d ocume nt in
th e Area of th e In formatio n syste ms a nd rep orting to ol.
It can in clud e:
* Comp etitors stu dy
* Ta cti cal ap proa ch to g et th e best syste m e nviro nmen t a nd wo rk a rea, as very
modu les are co ncern ed, de pen din g on the p roje ct con cerne d,
* Stra te gy ( re portin g stra te gy metho dol ogy , co mpari son b etwee n PA a nd BW ...)
* Cha nge ma nag emen t p rocessi ng
* Risks, Issu es, (co nfigu ration for e x.) etc ... from blu e prin t to go l ive, and for sure
success story.
I am lo okin g fo r a ny to ols tha t we h ave de velo pe d on en gag emen ts o r o th erwi se
(S AP p rovid ed? ) tha t facil itate map pin g a customer' s h igh l evel p rocesse s to SAP to
determi ne le vel of fi t ou t o f the bo x a nd estima te impl emen ta ti on effort. Th is is for a
small e ngi nee r to ord er manu factuin g clie nt.
I am lo okin g fo r a 4 .6 C2 p re con fi gure d clie nt for a smal l en gin eer to orde r
manu fa ctu ring cl ien t. If yo u kno w of a so lutio n we h ave acce ss to that we co uld u se
as a sta rti ng po int OR i f you know i f SAP has on e that fi ts this de scriptio n, p le ase
emai l or call me .
Ka poo r
>>>>>
C luster tabl es are a SAP mech ani sm tha t al low s yo u to store
se veral l ogi call y co nne cte d en tri es in on e "Physica l" tabl e entry.
In 3.1i rel ease the C DHD R is a log ica l cluster tabl e and the
p hysica l cluster tabl e (poo l/cluste r) is CD CLS tha t is a tabl e in the
d ataba se. Yo u can d etermin e all l ogi cal clu ste r tab le s for a
p hysica l cluster via 'Too ls -> ABAP Wo rkben ch -> Overvie w ->
R epo sitory In fo sys -> ABAP D iction ary -> Basic Obj ects ->
Tab les -> (All Sel ection s)' the n ente r the n ame of th e ph ysica
cl uster int th e Poll /cl uster ta ble fie ld an d execu te .
As you ca n see, it's not possi ble to cha ng e CDH DR to be a
tran spare nt b ecau se it's not a ta ble but part of the ta ble C DCL S.
In rel ease 4 .0 a nd u p the tab le CD HDR h as bee n con verted to a
tran spare nt tab le. Th ere a re conve rsion p rogra ms tha t d o th e job ,
u sual ly used a fter an u pg rade to 4.0x. How eve r I do no t kno w if i t
w ill wo rk w ith a 3.1x rel ease .
Here a t cli ent side w e are wo rking on SAP R/3 3.1i versi on. I wil l sugg est to imp rove the p erforman ce by redu cing the
We n eed to extract record s fro m the tab le 'CD HDR '. The cl ien t ha s n ot don e any frag mentatio n of C DCL S, recrea ting i ts in dex CD CLS_ 0.
archi ving o n th is ta ble a nd the tab le no w con ta ins ab out 30 mil re cord. If yo u are run nin g :
Any que ry o n th is ta ble is ta king l ot o f time. Can w e cha nge the tab le to 'Transp eran t' Un ix Ora cle rel ease < 7.1.6 or
curren tl y i t is 'clu ste r' ta ble . If we ca n cha nge the type to 'Tran spera nt'. We can pu t NT Ora cle rel ease < 7 .2.3
ind exes on the sa me. the n fra gmen ta ti on o f LONG RAW fie lds in C luster tabl e cou ld be
If we can t cha nge th e typ e, ca n we in so mewa y put ind exes on the c luster tabl e? Is the p robl em.
R eorg the tab le an d cap tu re new statistics for CDC LS. - Na cer
Be nna cer
We h ave a cli ent who h as be en run nin g cost b ase d PA for the pa st few ye ars and i s
now i nterested i n impl emen ti ng a ccoun t ba sed PA as we ll. The y b eli eve that by
doi ng so they wi ll reso lve some o f the re conci lia ti on issu es th ey are h avin g betwe en
accou nt b ased PA a nd the ge nera l led ge r.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny exp erie nce of impl emen ti ng a ccoun t ba sed PA in a
prod uction e nviro nmen t wi th cost b ased PA al read y ru nn ing ?
I am spe cifical ly intere ste d in imp leme ntatio n app roach es, ke y consi dera ti ons,
lesso ns lea rned a s w ell a s a ny pe rspective s o n th e clie nts antici pated b ene fi t.
We a re worki ng on a SAP 4 .6 p roje ct an d wou ld li ke to get some ad vise from a LIFO
expe rt.
Plea se call me o r e mail me i f you h ave L IFO e xpertise o r kn ow of some one w ho ha s
don e th is before .
We a re curren tl y w orkin g on a RFP fo r a te xti le an d fa bric comp an y. With th is in min d,
we ne ed some a ssistance i n find ing w here w e did the fo llo win g:
Refere nces for a SAP i mple menta ti ons usi ng a di stri buted AS/4 00 arch itecture
Refere nces for multip le in sta nce a rchitecture .
Refere nces for multip le in sta nce co rpora te co nsol ida ti on an d rep orting
Hel lo SAP_AL L a Mapp in g que sti on
.We ha ve a requ ireme nt to i nterface a go od rece ip t from a l ega cy system to SAP4.6c
In 4 .6 c g ood s re ceip t ca n be exe cuted u si ng MB0 1, a nd MIGO. From a
mapp ing /tech nica l persp ective w hich SAP transa cti on cod e sho uld b e us
fl oor wi th PP-PI.
Hop e th ing s a re wel l fo r e veryb ody. I'm worki ng wi th a clie nt a nd we a re desi gn ing
th eir curre nt Jo b and re qu ireme nts structure . If anyo ne h as a list of the Jo bs that th ey
have i mple mented i n Org an izatio nal Ma nag emen t (gl oba l an d/or loca l), a s w ell a s a
descri ption o f these Jo bs pl ease p ass it o n. The cu rrent mind set i s to use the
gen eral , US go vernme ntal EEO/AAP ca te gori es as an e asy sta rti ng po int, b ut th ey've
speci fi call y a sked for data p oin ts from our othe r cl ien ts. C an a nyon e assist? Th anks
in ad vance .
At Mon santo, we ha ve rece ntly upg rade d to S AP4.6c. Duri ng exe cution of b ill ing
(R V60 SBT1 ) a s a sch edu led backg roun d job , we a re spo radi call y e ncou nterin g
ro ll backs that are cau sing g ap s i n our bi lli ng do cumen t n umbe r ra nge s. The SM13
ana lysis states th at the error occu rred in R V_INVOIC E_POST. The termi natio n
occurs in p rogra m L V60U F0 V a t stateme nt "INSER T VBSS FROM TABLE XVBSS".
Th e sale s d ocume nt tha t SAP wa s a ttemp ti ng to in voice d oes no t comp lete , ho weve r
th e next ti me bil lin g occurs, th e do cumen t is succe sfu lly in voice d.
Plea se respo nd if you h ave en coun te red a si mi lar issu e in 4 .6 c.
At Monsa nto, w e have recen tl y u pgra ded to SAP 4.6C . We are en cou nterin g tw o
issue s w ith our Taxwa re bol t-o n.
1) The taxwa re aud it l og is n ot a lwa ys u pda te d eve n th oug h th e RFYTXD ISPLAY
show s tha t the do cume nt h as successful ly bee n sen t to ta xware . Thi s d oe s n ot
app ear to be cau sed b y a b locke d tR FC q ueu e, as withi n th e Same bi lli ng run , so me
tra nsactio ns are succe ssfu lly sen t, wh ile o th ers are no t.
2) Informa ti ona l messag es ap pea r i n th e SM37 bi lli ng lo g wh en exe cuting b ill ing
prog ram RV60 SBT1 . The me ssag e is as fo llo ws:
" The comb ina ti on [Ite m 0 000 60, Ta xCod e O0, Ju rCod e IL 622 20 00, JurLe vel4 ] is no t
uni que ". In i nitia l ana lysis, it a ppe ars th at th is messag e occurs wh en b illi ng a sa les
tra nsactio n th at h as refere nced a d ocume nt cre ated i n 3.1h, prio r to the 4 .6 c u pgra de.
We 're tryi ng to use the D elta Up date fun cti ona lity fo r the Sp ecia l Led ge r
tra nsactio nal D ata fro m R /3 to BW. We've crea te d the Da ta So urce from th e
Speci al Le dge r Su mmary Ta ble u sin g sta nda rd fu nction al ity (txn SBIW >
Setti ngs for Appl icatio n Spe cific Data Sou rces > Fina ncia l Accoun ti ng -
Speci al Purp ose Le dg er > Ge nera te Tra nsfer Stru ctu res fo r Total s Tab le).
On the BW side w e've cre ated an ODS ob je ct wi th ke y fie lds from th e SL
Summary tabl e(Co C ode /Acco unt/Profit Cen te r/C ost C enter/etc.). (Doc No .,
Data an d Ti me fi eld s a re no t ava ila ble from the Da ta so urce , sin ce th ey're
not in the SL Summa ry ta ble ) When cre ating InfoPa ckag es to u pda te th e OD S
and the n th e In foCu be from th e OD S, the 'Ini ti ali ze Del ta Pro cess' an d
'In itial ize wi th out Da ta Tran sfe r' b utto ns are n ot a vail abl e. On ly th e
'Fu ll Up date' Bu tton i s a vail abl e. H ow to we ge t these o ther bu tton s to
app ear, so th at w e can u se th e Del ta U pda te fu nction ali ty? Are we mi ssing
on the R/3 sid e?
I'm wo rking w ith a prosp ect clie nt tha t sel ls service for a mo nthly fee. Th ey nee d to bil l
(a nd co lle ct) ea ch customer eve ry mo nth ba sed on a co ntract. Vo lume i s i mportan t.
Th e curren tl y h ave 15 0,00 0 customers an d are gro win g fast.
I've b een to ld that th e SD modu le h as fu nction ali ty to mana ge thi s ki nd of contracts
(re ntal co ntracts) a nd that it can do p erio dic bi lli ng. I' d like to ha ve a con versatio n with
anyo ne wh o has use d this functio nal ity to find out if thi s so lutio n app roa ch is fe asib le.
Th ere are two ma in con cerns:
1. Is th e fu nction ali ty a vail abl e in SD sufici ent to fu lfill my clie nt's requ ireme nt?
2. C an SD ha ndl e th at kind o f vol ume (15 0,00 0 to 3 00,00 0 invo ice s p er month,
150 ,0 00 to 300 ,000 o pen i te ms p er mon th , 15 0,000 to 30 0,00 0 inco ming p aymen ts
and cl eari ngs pe r mo nth).
We a re curren tl y e xplo ring the p roce ss o f assi gni ng seri al nu mbe rs a t the sal es orde r
creatio n ti me. Pl ease l et u s know i f you h ave pre viou sly worke d on se rial n umbe rs
assig nmen t in o rders.
We a re awa re th at se rial n umbe r profil e nee d to b e assig ne d to the ma te rial ma ste r
re cord . Ple ase le t us kno w wh at o th er setti ng we n ee d to a cti vate in ord er to trig ge r
seria l numb er assig nmen t on sa le s o rders.
We a re loo king for in fo rmation re ga rdin g Service Ma ste r n umbe rs, spe cifica lly:
Rea sons for usin g Service Ma ste r numb ers
Bene fi ts from usin g Service Ma ste r n umb ers
Issu es arou nd usi ng Se rvice Master nu mbers
We a re worki ng on l ot o f in te rfaces an d conve rsion s i n real izati on ph ase of th e
proj ect. I n eed Interface / Con versio n te mpla te s for mai ntain ing very go od
docu mentatio n on the w ork we are d oin g . Some of the i nterfaces are co mple x and
some of th em are
I ne ed 4 qu ick answ ers
1) Doe s std R/3 do mu ltipl e laye rs of d iscou nts?
e .g . Di scoun t for Fu ll Truck Loa d
+ Disco unt for a particu lar pro duct mix
+ Disco unt for ... so methin g else
So meon e referred to thi s a s b asket re-pri ce. Is th is correct? Is it co vered ?
2) Doe s std R/3 cove r a C OD o rde r type a nd functio nal ity?
3) Wo uld std R/3 cove r mu ltipl e leve ls of disco unt on pa yment terms fo r a n invo ice?
e .g . Pay immed iatel y, 3% o ff
Pay in 14 d ays, 2 % off......etc
4) Wh at fun cti ona lity doe s R /3 provi de for purch asin g on the co mmodi ti es market?
We a re curren tl y e xplo ring the u se of SAP's C on sign ment fi ll up fun cti ona lity for
config urab le pro ducts at th e clie nt si te . Ple ase le t u s kn ow if you ha ve worke d in the
fo llo win g area s o f Cu sto mer Con sign men t fill u p proce ss.
Scena rio:
Custome r ca ll in a nd in ste ad o f bu ying the co nfigu rab le pro duct th ey wou ld li ke to fi rst
ta ke it for a test (se nt to the cu sto mer as a Demo ) a nd i f they li ke it the y mi ght bu y i t.
In thi s ca se fo llo win g wil l hap pe n in the SAP syste m:
A co nsig nmen t fill u p (typ e of sale s o rder) crea te d in the system.
Con sign ment fi ll up d eli very create d in the system and g oo ds issue d.
On ce th e goo ds are is sued , stock fo r the co nfig urab le pro duct moves in to customer
consi gnme nt stock categ ory.
If th e customer di dn' t li ke th e prod uct th en it wil l be return ed to us via a co nsig nmen t
re turns. Per our di scussio ns with o th er te am membe rs w e have fou nd o ut tha t this
portio n of the b usin ess pro cess is not wel l han dle d by the SAP.
Also, I am trying the sce nari o curre ntly and h avin g issue s w ith issu ing g ood s (i te m 3
abo ve). I get a hard error sayi ng 'up da te co ntrol in correct fo r 6 31 _ _ E L'
I am transferri ng materi al master da ta fro m l ega cy to SAP usin g di re ct i npu t pro gram.
At pre sent we are l oad in g parts fo r o nly on e pla nt. At later stage w e wan t to lo ad
parts fo r a ll pl ants. Is th ere a ny easy metho d to co py pa rts from one p lan t to othe r .
I'm wo rking o n a pu rsuit in San Fran cisco an d I w as won deri ng if you can h el p me
answ er a que sti on: Wha t type s o f wo rk fal l und er "Servi ce Mana geme nt" and
"Wa reho use Man ag emen t"? (I'm obvi ousl y n ot a n SAP e xpe rt.)
Fo r e xampl e, u nde r Ma te rial s Ma nag eme nt, these type s o f thi ngs wo uld b e listed :
§ Materia l Master
§ Supp lie r Ma nag emen t
§ In ventory Man age men t
§ Procure ment of Ma te rial
§ Procure ment of Extern al Se rvices
§ In voice Ve rificatio n
§ Subco ntracting
§ Con sign ment Mana geme nt
§ Con sumptio n-ba sed MRP
Can yo u ple ase li st wh at w ou ld fall u nde r the a bo ve listed mo dul es?
Has an yone e ncou ntere d an issu e with materi al do cume nts i n Ta ble MSEG whe re th e
MATNR (Ma teria l Numb er) and MATBF (Stock Materi al) fiel ds do n ot e qua l one
ano th er? We bel ieve th at i t may be a 3 .1 H issue b eca use al l docu ments conta ini ng
th is situatio n existed p rior to ou r u pgra de to 4.6b . This is cau sing p robl ems whe n we
are extractin g data in to BW an d wou ld ap preci ate an y i nformatio n th at yo u may ha ve.
As p art o f an R FP du e to go to press tomorro w I ne ed a n estimate of lice nsin g costs
associ ated wi th the SAP -IT bol t-o n. If i t is ge rmain e th e versi on con cerne d is 30D 2
associ ated wi th a 3 .1 h system and u sed by 12 -20 u sers here i n th e Uni te d States.
I un derstan d th at S AP l icen sing o ption s ma y l ea d to a n umbe r o f po ssib le scen ario s
but we ju st ne ed a b all -park estima te a t this time.
Plea se respo nd to th is e-ma il or con ta ct me pe r the fo llow in g detai ls
We a re curren tl y l ooki ng for any re so urce s tha t ha ve informa ti on o r p ractical
expe rien ce usin g th e Ho tPa c An alyze r for SAP 4.5 in sta lla ti ons.
Tw o qui ck q uestio ns fo r a p ursu it w e are curre ntly worki ng, so respo nse s a re
re qu ested ASAP.
1. In the pa st, we h ave use d pha sed a ppro ache s i mple mentin g seve ra l mod ule s i n
th e fi rst ph ase wi th temp ora ry in terfaces to th e leg acy syste ms bei ng crea te d. The n,
impl emen ti ng the othe r mo du les in the se cond p ha se removi ng the tempo rary
interface s. Spe cifical ly, h ave we don e th is whi le imp leme nting th e AR fu nction ali ty
fi rst an d th en the o rd er en try an d proce ssing i n the seco nd ph ase?
Has an yone h ad exp eri ence w ith th is app roach ? Ple ase sen d th e na me of the cl ien t
whe re it w as used a nd whi ch mod ule s w ere imp leme nted in e ach p hase , if possi ble .
2. If thi s a ppro ach is u sed wi th the l ega cy o rder e ntry system rema ini ng in p lace , bu t
th e inve ntory bei ng ac ti ve on SAP, ca n ATP b e checke d th roug h an d interface to SAP
in rea l-time? If so , ho w is th is don e an d do we h ave a n examp le?
My cl ien t is in vestiga ti ng it's train ing cl ien t strategy an d is lo okin g fo r so me
expe rien ces on wh at w orked wel l and w hat are the pro s and co ns of the d ifferen t
app roach es. Ho rror sto ries an d succe ss stori es are we lcome .
Tw o optio ns th at a re be ing d iscusse d:
A ful l copy of prod uction (with master & tra nsactio n data) u sed as train ing cl ien t.
A co py of p rodu cti on co nfigu ration w ith no master o r tran saction d ata. The p roje ct
te am wou ld crea te e xercise d ata that wou ld be re fre she d
Are any of you r cu sto mer's in the p rocess of upg radi ng o r
impl emen ti ng ERP/CR M a pp lica ti ons? Or are you i ntereste d in
incre asin g
your succe ss ra te with future imp leme ntation s o f the se
app lica ti ons?
Mercury Interactive h as pa rtn ered w ith th e lea di ng ERP/CR P
vend ors,
such as SAP, Sieb el, Ora cle an d Peop le Soft to bui ld the b est
performa nce man ag emen t
solu ti ons for te sting a nd mon itorin g th ese a ppl icatio ns.
Duri ng this we bcast seri es you wi ll rece ive in fo rmation o n
exactly ho w th ese a ppl icatio ns fu nction , a s w ell a s a n in-d epth
upd ate
on ou r re latio nsh ip wi th the se ERP/CRM ven dors. Ou r expe rts
wil l cover
th e latest tre nd s i n th e ind ustry, ho w we mo nitor an d te st thei r
archi te ctu res, h ow to qu ali fy op portun ities a nd wh at re source s
and sa les too ls are ava ila ble to he lp yo u in you r ER P/C RM
eng age men ts.
Serie s a t a Glan ce
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o SAP
Live Bro adca st: Aug ust 2 2nd , 3:0 0 p.m. (PST)
o Sieb el
Live Bro adca st: Aug ust 2 8th, 3 :0 0 p.m. (PST)
o Ora cle
Live Bro adca st: Sep te mber 5th, 3:00 p .m. (PST)
Rece ntly I ha ve seen so me SAP_AL L messag es on Testin g. We have a starte gic o Peop leS oft
all ian ce with Mercu ry Intera ti ve and common ly use thei r su ite of to ols to aug ment our Live Bro adca st: Sep te mber 11 th , 3:0 0 p.m. (PST) Kevi n M.
impl emen ta ti ons Dun n>
Doe s a nyon e know the tra nsactio n code o r me nu p ath fo r the b usin ess pro cess fl ows
th at a re supp lie d by SAP?
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce or informa ti on "p rintin g" Accoun ts Re cei vabl e invo ices
in FI-AR (n ot SD )? We are re pla cing Orac le Fina ncia ls, w hich h as th is capa bi lity and
performs
We a re loo king for a cli ent whe re we i mple mented SAP Fund s Ma na geme nt a nd
Tre asury functio nal ity. In pa rticu la r in th e southe rn part of Te xas, w e have a cl ien t in
El Paso Texas / Ju arez Mexi co wh o wan ts to visit a successful i mple menta ti on Alain Noel - I think we did it at OPG (Ontario, Canada)
We a re loo king for a cli ent whe re we i mple mented SAP Fund s Ma na geme nt a nd
Tre asury functio nal ity. In pa rticu la r in th e southe rn part of Te xas, w e have a cl ien t in
El Paso Texas / Ju arez Mexi co wh o wan ts to visit a successful i mple menta ti on.
Plea se respo nd if you h ave use d Key Performan ce Indi cators withi n th e Valu eSAP
method olo gy.
We a re loo king for the foll owi ng i nformatio n:
Wh ich pro jects are usi ng KPIs a s a tra cking /re portin g mecha nism?
How a re KPIs be ing u sed ?
Wh at a re ben efits/l imitatio ns with u sing KPIs?
Ou r cl ien t is curre ntly usin g th e imag in g to ol FYI to imag e do cu men ts in to SAP an d
th inki ng of chan gin g. The y w oul d like u s to lo ok in to o th er optio ns fo r th em, i nclu din g
th e possi bil ity o f ou tso urcin g thei r i magi ng ne eds. Pl ea se repl y to me wi th a ny in
Do we have any experience implementing the newer SAP Textile Mill solution?
We di d use them for blu ep ri ntin g to g ive an o vervie w at a hig h
l evel b ut the y a re not too go od as you h ave n o dou bt fou nd
b ecau se th ey cann ot be mod ified . I thi nk th ere i s a n add ition al
p rodu ct that In te lli corp se lls th at all ows you to mod ify the
d iag rams.
Yo u can cop y the m a s a bitmap a nd era se section s BUT
mo difica ti on is bu rden some: I wo ul d not recomme nd this. We
w ent th roug h a simil iar exe rcise in tryin g to scour the KWEB for
mo difia ble p rocess flow s b ut ca me up w ith little to nothi ng. Our
cl ien t Ele ctro gla s i s j ust co ming to the e nd of Blue prin ti ng a nd we
h ave use d th e fl owch arts mini ma lly - prima rily for pro vidi ng a hi gh
l evel o vervie w of h ow the SAP transa cti ons flow tog ethe r.
Sco pe of our pro ject is MM, SD, PP FI, C O. An y sw aps of da ta /
i nfo wel come. We start Rea liza ti on in S ept.<Jame s A. Bracke n>
Goo d to se e you a re sti ll aro und . It sou nds li ke Val ueSAP is the
n ew versi on of ASAP? At YEA I l ooke d into to maki ng cha nge s to
Plea se respo nd if you h ave use d th e Dia gram Exp lore r Too l withi n th e Valu eSAP the d iag rams and fou nd o ut i t req uire s a l icen se with Intel liC orp:
(E ditio n 2) method olo gy. > $ 100 ,0 00 . Intell iCo rp's expl an ation for this he fty price ta g was
tha t the li cense co mes with se veral 'free ' consu lting d ays of
We a re tryi ng to stru ctu re Busin ess Blu epri nt se ssion s a nd wo ul d like the b ene fi t of Bu sine ss Ma ppi ng an d Re eng ine erin g. I used a fe w prin te d
bei ng ab le to use the se proce ss flo ws; h owe ver, w e ha ve bee n una ble to d iag rams in my ini ti al sessi ons wi th Gen e an d Juli e. It h elp ed
upd ate/chan ge the flo ws. Ha s a nyon e ha d simil ar expe rien ces, o r fou nd a mo re the m u nde rsta nd the b ig pi ctu re, a fter that I u sed it
ben eficia l way to use this too l (rather than j ust a s a prin ta ble re fe rence )? min ima lly.<Wil bert Blom>
Curre ntly we are e valu ating a nd a nal yzing d iffe rent ven dors wh o have w orked (h ave
a lin k) o n Agli le an d SAP interface . So far we ha ve id entifie d Sieme ns (ALR3 ) a s th e
onl y ve ndo r p rovid ing the se servi ces.
Agil e-SAP lin k a t ou t cli ent site wi ll be p erformin g fo llo win g fu nction s.
Agil e wil l main ta in al l BOMs, Rev Le vels, Materia ls master reco rds etc.
Th ese reco rds wil l be fed to SAP via an i nterface.
Any informa ti on reg ardi ng the fol low ing w ill b e of a g reat he lp to our techn ical te am:
Has an y o th er CGEY p roje ct u sed SAP-Agi le in te rfa ce?
Any vend ors other tha n Sieme ns whi ch we ha ve used fo r thi s i nterface.
Plea se fo rward a ny informa ti on tha t you mi ght have to e ither 'Sub rama nyam R.
Bhami dip ati' aka 'BR K' or myself.
Qu estion o n th e AVAILABILITY CH ECK duri ng sal es ord er proce ssing …
I kno w th e avai lab ili ty che ck ru le co uld b e set u p at th e pla nt / sto rage l oca ti on le vel.
But i s the re a way to EXCL UDE a pa rti cula r stora ge lo cation duri ng ava ila bil ity
check? ? If anyo ne h as don e th is before , p lea se let me know the p roce ss.
We ne ed an SAP reso urce w ith expe rien ce in Da ta C on versio n, D ata Mapp ing o r
g ene ral Da ta Ma nag emen t a t the sen ior con sultan t o r a bove l evel .
L ocatio n wil l be Mon tre al starting ASAP for ap proxi mately 6 we eks with p ossib le
e xte nsio n.
The w ork wil l entai l data con versio n fro m Leg acy to SAP at Bomb ardi er.
Pl ease se nd al l inq uire s to :
I ne ed some h elp w ith Ta x.
Sale s a nd Use Tax
Has an yone u sed SAP wi th out a bol t-o n fo r Sa le s a nd Use Tax (man ual ma inten an ce
in SAP)? How d o we mai ntain th e Ta x i nformatio n in SAP with out th e bol t-o n? Is
th ere a lo t of config ura ti on an d main te nan ce?
Wo uld the re be more w ork setti ng u p a bol t-o n vs. man ua l main te nan ce? Doe s the
bol t-o n simpl ify the se t-u p?
Can so meon e hel p with the p ro's and c on's of eithe r me thod .
VAT tax
Wh at a re th e nee ds fo r VAT rep orting ?
Is there a b olt-on for VAT?
Wo uld the re be more w ork setti ng u p a bol t-o n vs. man ua l main te nan ce?
Can so meon e hel p with the p ro's and c on's of eithe r me thod .
Corp orate Income Tax
Wh at i s n eed ed to extracted d ata fro m SAP for Co rp ora te Inco me Ta x re tu rns? In-
hou se created re ports, th ird pa rty ven dor software , or o th er??
I am curre ntly worki ng at Bomba rdie r A erosp ace in the ir Wi chita facil ity
impl emen ti ng SAP 4.6 c2.
Th e Wi chita facil ity ma nag es th e cen tra lize d invo ice pro ductio n pro cess fo r
Spare Pa rts for all l ive SAP Spa res & Ma inten ance si te s w ithin Bomba rdie r
Aerosp ace. Averag e mon th ly outpu t of ind ivid ua l invo ices is in the 2 0,000 to 3 0,000
ra ng e.
Th e A/R d epa rtme nt i s cu rrently p rodu cing i nvoi ces on a HP L aserj et 4 050 TN
prin te r a nd fold a nd stuff e nvel ope s ma nua lly.
Th e dep artment nee ds hi gh spe ed pri nting ca pa bil ities wi th a utomated fol di ng an d
enve lop e stu ffin g te chn olo gy. Co uld yo u ple ase su gge st a ha rdwa re sui te (o r
batch run to en velo pe ma ili ng.
I'm lo okin g fo r a nyo ne that has imp leme nted SAP for a Fre nch comp an y. I wou ld li ke
to fin d out wha t SAP mod ule s (o nly GL or GL & SPL ) a nd rep orts a re nece ssary to
gathe r the fin anci al da ta to se nd to th e Fre nch g overn ment. Also , a ny lesso ns
lea rned w oul d be gre at.
Has an yone trie d prod ucin g the fina ncia l repo rts usi ng EC -CS?
Situatio n:
On e Fre nch comp any wi th n o sub sidi arie s (n o conso lid ation s)
Fu nction al Cu rrency is USD a nd wi ll ha ve a pa rall el curre ncy of EU R
Fre nch COA
In te r-compa ny tra nsactio ns with co mpan ies from other cou ntries
Paren t is a US comp any
I am wo rking o n a pursu it fo r a l arge , gl oba l compa ny th at has aske d fo r h elp in
deve lop ing a g lob al SAP de sign a nd I a m l oo king for some a ssistance from pe op le
who h ave go ne thro ugh a si mila r e xercise .
Speci fi call y, we a re tryi ng to de te rmi ne w hich b usin ess proce sses an d master data
ele ments must b e glo bal , i.e . must be stand ardi zed a nd con tro lle d glo bal ly, a nd w hich
proce sses and ma ste r d ata el emen ts can b e han dl ed lo call y. For examp le some o f
th e fi nan ce proce sses an d rela te d data such as conso lid ation s mu st be glo bal
whe reas othe rs su ch as ta x repo rti ng must be lo cal.
If anyo ne ha s d eve lop ed li sts of glo bal a nd l ocal b usin ess proce sses an d th e rela te d
glo bal a nd lo cal master da ta we wo uld ve ry mu ch app recia te you sha ring the m w ith
us. Pl ease a ssume that al l SAP mo dul es are in sco pe .
th erefore q uick resp onse s w ou ld be a ppre ciated .
Loo king for an y e xperi en ce you may ha ve had w ith the Pla nts Ab road fu nction ali ty.
More spe cifical ly, o ur clie nt h as a few pl ants in forei gn lo cation s, so I'm curio us to
know :
Wh at i s the e ffort in pu tti ng this functio nal ity vs. th e be nefit we wi ll ge t ou t o f it
Wh at a re th e impl icatio ns if w e do n ot u se Plan ts Abro ad
We a re worki ng wi th a cl ien t wh o ha s re que ste d a To ta l Cost of Ow nersh ip
compa rison b etwee n SAP a nd Oracl e. If an yone has this in fo rmation o r h as go ne
th roug h a simil ar exerci se and h as in fo rmation tha t mig ht b e pe rti nen t it wou ld be
grea tl y a ppre ciated a s o ur resp onse i s d ue by Mon da y a ftern oon .
We a re curren tl y a nal yzing va riou s u pl oad too ls incl udi ng Mercu ry's Wi nRu nne r a nd
SAP's C ATT fu nctio nal ity for a hi gh-tech cl ien t in Silico n Val ley. We a re lea nin g
to ward s ch oosi ng Mercu ry a nd we wou ld ne ed you r h elp to g ather more i nformatio n
arou nd it.
Primaril y w e thin k Me rcury is a better to ol be cau se of fol low ing re ason s:
Less techn ical a s co mpare d to CATT.
Users wi th ve ry l ittl e tra ini ng cou ld start to u se Wi nrun ner efficie ntly.
Users do n ot n eed to b e SAP C ATT expe rts to up loa d data.
Mercury can h and le de cent size d ata upl oad s e ffi cien tl y.
Et Al
If th ere are o th er th ing s we sho uld b e consi de ri ng w hil e makin g a deci sion p lea se
re spo nd ba ck.

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High Tech Refurbishing
Co ntrol Indi cators for
Co ntroll ing Are a
Itemized Services on Pos
SAP_AL L: HR - e xamp les of
Co . pa ying a ctive & retiree s o ut Do you kn ow of any Co mpa nie s tha t are cu rrently pa ying th eir retire es as
of SAP n ee ded
Re : Re que st for samp le
Re ali zation d eli verab le s
Audit Information System
EBP 2.0c addresses
ERS Ch ang e Man age ment
Re que st
Intellicorp's Uptimizer Tool
SAP Banki ng R equ ireme nts for
Euro pea n Co untrie s
Current state analysis
Re : Ha s a nyon e use d iTutor?
Ple ase sha re exp erie nces,
le arni ngs, & su gg estion s
SAP_AL L: Archivi ng, Busin ess Archivi ng pro grams sel ect d ocume nts th at a re 'bu sine ss co mple te ' a nd the n archi ve
Co mple te
Pha rma In dustry-De du cti on
Man age ment [SAP 4.6c FI-AR Can yo u ple ase con ta ct me i f you h ave an y b ackg roun d in AR - Ded uction
vs Chi Cor]
SAP Workplace References
Upgrade to 4.6c IS-OIL
EC-C S ( Co nsol ida ti on o f
Investmen ts)
Retro pricing
SAP CIC
SAP PM Business Scenarios
Inventory/Warehouse Mgmt.
SAP Cost of S ale s Acco untin g Doe s a nyon e have a "Best i n Cla ss" examp le or White Pap er expl ain in g how thi s
usi ng Functio na l Area
All ian ce mana ge r to
coo rdin ate, sa le s b y u s o f EYT
ne tw orkin g,
PM reporting strategies
SAP Know led ge Ma nag emen t
& PAW
Meridium Software
SAP/JD Edwa rds fu nctio nal
Co mpari son
Fixed asset US tax configuration dep recia ti on are as, b ut I di d not know h ow accu rate they we re.
Workflow Information Request
SAP_AL L: Win Run ner vs.
CATT
Setting d efau lt co nsump ti on
un its i n cost ce nter pl ann ing
la youts
Reference server
Sal es orde r ma na geme nt
qu estion s
SAP Wo rkfl ow Mai ntena nce
Questio n
BW R epo rti ng/Auth oriza ti on
Questio n
Expe rien ce with SAP
pro ductio n sup port mode ls
SAP_AL L Questio ns fo r FI SD
folks
Ele ctro gla s SAP-Ag ile , SAP-
Cl arify In te rfa ces
Pricing - Group Conditions
SAP 3.1h - Euro R ead ine ss for EURO READINESS ph ase to acco moda te i t's bu sin ess partne rs i n EURO coun tri es.
no n EURO entitie s doi ng
bu sine ss i n EURO Cou ntrie s busi ness in EU RO co untrie s.
Label printing upon goods receipt
MM/PM Serialization
QA DB
Field description changes in SAP
in SAP
SAP Con sole In fo rmation /
Expe rien ce
Co urse Cu rricul um fo r SAP
Overvie w, PM an d MM i n 4.6
Ne ed for Eng ine erin g Cha nge
Man age ment Re source a t
Bomb ardi er
Re bates in a Life Scie nce
Envi ronme nt
Rolling Six Quarter Forecast
Schn eid er Pursu it - Lo okin g fo r If we can sh ow to th e clie nt th at w e have i mple mente d such a pro ject, the n
an d CRM
none
Ro om reserva ti on an d Ca te ring but it i s a ke y re qui remen t to ou r cl ien t.
functio nal ity q ue sti on
Re fe rence ?
BCS Forecasting Functionality
Demand Management in R/3
Materi al Intercomp an y
Transfers for Ta x Efficie nt
Sup ply Ch ain fo r Eu rope an
op eratio ns
R/3 with a POS system
Syngenta
Kanban - PP & IM/WM
Workflow in 4.6C
SAP R/3 and DRP
Material Serialization in WM
Sche dul ing co nfere nce roo ms
& caterin g fu nctio nal ity
SAP ALL: SAP IS Ch emica l
exp erie nce
Ne ed RFP Resp on ses -
Man ufacturin g
Request for Staffing Models
Ou r cl ien t, Electrog las (EG), make s so methi ng cal led a Pro ber. It is a larg e,
expe nsive , critica l pie ce of e qu ipme nt. Since i t is so exp en sive, customers
(e spe cial ly in these tou gh er ti mes) migh t op t ou t for a use d, re fu rbish ed Prob er
instea d of a n ew Prob er. Al so, EG migh t make a d ea l to b uy back an o ld o ne an d sell
a new o ne at a red uced p rice.
Th e bottom lin e is we' ve got qui te a n active b usin ess surrou ndi ng the re ceip t of used
Probe rs (the y co me back in to EG stock) and the sa le o f refurb ishe d Probe rs.
We 'd love to stan dard ize this pro cess (docu men t flow , materi al rece ipt, co sti ng). We
do no t wa nt to recre ate the wh eel o r d evel op cli en t-sp ecific sol ution s. If you' ve
successful ly ta ckled thi s ' buyb ack' an d 'refurbi shin g' scen ario a nd ha ve some b est
practice re commen datio ns ple ase re spon d back.
Note: Se rvice Man age ment is no t in Sco pe.
Has an ybod y e xperi ence d an e rror "Con tro l In dica tors fo r C ontrol lin g Area do n ot
exist" whe n you ac ti va te ind icators for control lin g area fo r the cu rrent fi scal yea r?
Here i s so me more exp lan ation : We are curre ntly impl emen ti ng SAP HR 4.6 C and
we do n ot h ave FI in th e same in sta nce. I ha ve gon e th roug h OSS a nd came a cross
a simila r note bu t it ta lks abo ut ope rating co ncern . We are no t imp leme nting C O-PA
or FI so th at n ote is no t rel evan t for us. This messa ge i s co ming a cross all the cl ien ts,
so we ne ed to get it fi xed as soo n as possi ble . Any he lp on thi s i s g rea tl y
app recia te d. The erro r me ssag e no. is KI1 02 an d we a re curren tl y o n supp ort
packa ge LC P25
My cl ien t is lo okin g fo r a me th od o f cap tu ring d etail s o n servi ce s performe d by service
contractors in the ir fa cili ti es. Externa l servi ce fu nction ali ty usi ng servi ce masters wi ll
capture the d etail b ut has a sig nifica nt d ata en try wo rkloa d. As the n umb er of
service POs are very hi gh, we are loo king for be st pra cti ces in thi s a rea. We wou ld
also l ike to incl ude re ntal eq ui pmen t an d supp ort eval uated re ceip t settleme nt.
On e of o ur compe ti to rs (AA) is pu shi ng a system call ed Track softw are . It seems to
re pl ace extern al servi ces fu nction al ity i n MM. Phil lip s i s l isted as a custome r. Any
informa ti on ab out th is software a nd the bu sine ss case for usin g it a s a n alte rn ative to
externa l service s w oul d be ap pre ciated .
wel l as th eir active e mplo yees ou t o f SAP?
We are p repa ring to kick o ff th e real izatio n (ASAP) p ha se and a re loo king for ke y
proj ect d eli verab le samp les to lev erag e. We di d not fi nd a ny in the KLM or
know led ge we b. We wou ld a ppre ciate an y h elp ?
Plea se send cop ies o f templ ates and sa mple s o r l et me know o f an y p roje ct tha t
migh t ha ve wha t we a re loo kin g fo r. Ou r cl ien t is a Hi gh tech H igh Grow th si ze
compa ny.
Key Del ivera ble s
In te gratio n Te st Scrip ts (Templ ate an d sampl es)
Uni t test
BPP o r o th er busi ness p ro cess do cumen ta ti on (curre nt p la n is to u se ASAP a s sta rt
poi nt)
Tra ini ng Materi als if other than BPP o r to au gmen t BPPs
Con fi gura ti on Do cumen ta ti on
te chni cal do cumen ta ti on for in te rfa ces, co nversi ons, fo rms, rep orts (modi fi cation s)
Tra ini ng Co urse offerin gs
Rea liza ti on ph ase kicko ff materia ls
Has an ybod y u sed Au dit In fo rmation System (AIS) co mpon en t of SAP a t an y of U r
eng age ments. Ple ase l et me kn ow an y l earn ing s re ga rdin g th e same.
Th x
We a re curren tl y u sing SAP EBP 2.0c as a reve rse prototyp e to crea te a se ll sid e
priva te ma rketpla ce.
Doe s a nyon e know h ow to -
1. So rt visi bil ty of multip le de live ry a dd resses ba sed on the Purcha sing Grou p?
2. Al low se lectio n of a Bi ll to ad dress for incl usio n in the sh opp ing ca rt at hea de r a nd
or lin e item leve l?
Ou r cl ien t is curre ntly eng age d in a n SAP 4 .6 u pg rade a nd rol lou t to ne w pla nts i n th e
US and Eu rope .
I am cha rged w ith mana gin g the cha nge ma nag eme nt a spects of ro lli ng ou t the
Evalu ated Re ceip t Settle me nt (ERS) fu nction ali ty to all U S p la nts.
I am in te rested to ta lk with a nyon e who h as dee p con te nt/fun cti ona l kno wle dge o f this
area o r i n obtai nin g an y d ocume ntation p ertain in g to ER S.
Speci fi call y, I a m i nterested i n the foll owi ng items:
Deve lop p rocess/pro cedu res for han dli ng in bou nd frei ght (both pl ann ed a nd
unp lan ned ; an d pri ma ry vend or supp lie d fre igh t a s we ll a s thi rd-pa rty freig ht) w ith
ERS
Deve lop KPIs/savin gs measu reme nt to sho w resul ts of tra nsitio n to ERS
Deve lop / Imp leme nt e rror resol ution proce ss w ith vend ors and fa cilitie s
Deve lop / Imp leme nt p rice up da ti ng pro cess
Deve lop / Imp leme nt p rocess to ad d and /o r re move ven do rs a s ER S ve ndo rs
Has an yone u sed Intel lico rp 's Uptimi zer fo r e valu ating an up grad e ? We have h eard
& re ad the cla ims of the compa ny...the tool ca n pro vide the l ist o f al l te chn ical o bje cts
affe cte d by th e up grad e, a nd that this tool s cu ts do wn on th e ti me fo r e valu ating the
chan ges to th e ob jects...
Qu estion s:
a) How e ffective i s the too l ?
b) Wa s a ny cost b ene fi t a nal ysis performe d on the too l ?
c) D o we ha ve a l ist o f (hi ghl eve l) pros & cons on the e ffe cti vene ss o f the too l ?
Any informa ti on on yo ur exp erie nce or on the too l may he lp us in o ur deci sion ma kin g
proce ss.
Plea se respo nd ba ck to thi s e mail i f you h ave an y docu mentatio n or expe rien ce wi th
re ga rds to SAP ba nkin g req uire ments fo r Eu rope an C oun tri es. Any in fo rmation tha t
we cou ld le verag e fro m w oul d be e xtre mely he lpful .
Plea se contact me if furth er clarifi cation i s re qui red. Th anks for you r a ssistance !
I am lo okin g fo r cu rrent sta te ana lysis do cumen t for a larg e SAP impl emen ta ti on.
Th ere are so me intere sti ng d ocume nt o n Kweb b ut non e of the m a re compl ete. Doe s
any on e has such d ocu ment.
iTutor is not qui te as robu st as some th ing like L EAP b ut i t is
much ea sier to de velo p and u se! The clie nt w as extremel y
satisifie d with the re sults and the e nd u sers seeme d to l ove it! It
most d efini te ly mad e prod uction su ppo rt MUC H easi er.
We w ere ab le to de velo p over 25 mo dul es in a bou t a 1-2 w eeks
ti me. A wi zard cha racter po ints, tal ks, an d give s te xts ou tp ut for
each cl ick and s cre en shot th at the u ser wo uld g o th roug h du ri ng
a tra nsactio n.
We w ere ab le to po st these to the cli en ts HR i ntrane t site for th e
users to access a nd use a s a n on-l ine visua l tra ini ng ai d. I
actual ly sti ll ha ve the exe cutabl e on my PC an d one o r two
sampl e tra ini ng mod ul es th at w e deve lop ed .
Ron , we u sed iTutor in the Fl emin g HR SAP proj ect. Cl int Nol en from th e Da lla s o ffice
was in ch arge o f the train in g in the pro ject. The to ol wa s p retty ea sy to use and the Unfortun ately, I d o not have the instal latio n CD an d you ha ve to
clie nt w as hig hly satisfy with the mate rial a nd the wa y w e were a bl e to cu t the cost of have the iTu tor pla yer instal led to vie w th e file . If you 'd like to tal k
tra ini ng. My su gge sti on is tha t you co ntact C lin t, he ma y stil l havi ng the tool i nstall ed more ab out this, ple ase feel free to g ive me a cal l to morrow . -
in hi s ma chin e and so me of th e classe s. He ca n also g ive yo u more de ta ils. Cli nt V. Nol en
At my curren t pro ject we are to co mp le te ly archi ve & d ele te the docu ments fro m SD ,
MM, PP, PS, PM, FI, and C O. We are usi ng SAP's Archi ving fun cti ona lity to d o so.
and d ele t
We h ave be en aske d by ou r cl ien t to provi de a co mpari son asse ssment betwe en SAP
FI-AR an d a prod uct ca ll Ch iCo r D MS (D edu ction Ma nag emen t System). The cl ien t is
consi deri ng the imp leme ntatio n of SAP AR an d wou ld l ike to und erstand i f it wil l be
abl e to h and le comp le xities of Pharma ceutica l Cha rgeb acks an d Ded uction s o r
whe th er it sh oul d consi de r Ch iCo r as an al te rnative .
mana geme nt o r e xperi ence with the Ch iCo r p rodu ct?
Plea se advi se if yo u kno w o f a ny CGEY re fe rence s w here we ha ve successful ly
impl emen te d mySAP Workp lace . I u rg en tl y n eed thi s i nformatio n for a clie nt p ropo sal
whi ch is due for sub missio n on Mo nda y.
Ou r cl ien t is con side ring d ela ying th eir up grad e proj ect (3 .1 H IS-OIL to 4.6C IS-OIL)
by coup le of months.
Th ey are lo okin g fo r i nformatio n, referen ces, e tc. th at wou ld al low the m to de te rmine
if the d ela y w oul d be a mo ve in the rig ht d irectio n or no t. If a nybo dy ha s co me across
a simila r situatio n ple ase pro vide us with feed back in terms of the foll owi ng
informa ti on that we wo uld l ike to pro vide the m:
Bene fi ts of such a d ela y, if any.
Wh at a re th e poten tial p itfa lls if th e upg rade i s d el ayed b y a mo nth, 2 mo nths or
more. (Keep ing i n view the ir curren t co ncern s a nd situa ti on - see b elo w)
Dow nsid es of su ch a del ay to th e busi ness, if a ny in g ene ral.
Plea se note the fol low ing p iece s o f key in fo rmation abo ut the cl ien t:
Wh ile i mple mentin g 3.1H IS-OIL the y w ent live i n multip le ph ases sp re ad o ver th is
year. The l ast g o-li ve with the Ra ck Marketin g In te rfa ce was on June 0 1, 2 001 .
4.6 Upg rade starts on Au gust 1st
Th eir targe t da te for the u pgra de go -live i s N ov 12, 20 01. (Appro x. 3.5 mon ths fo r
impl emen ta ti on to go-l ive)
SAP w ill g ive up su ppo rt of 3.1H IS-OIL i nstall ation s o n De c 3 1, 2 001 .
Supp orting the cu rrent system is a majo r co ncern d ue to man y i ssues.
I am curre ntly worki ng on re solvi ng issu es aro und co nsol ida ti on o f Investmen ts an d
Loa ns withi n EC-CS mod ule o f SAP at Ow ens Co rnin g proj ect in Ohio . I wo uld l ike to
ta lk to so meon e with ECC S h an ds on exp erie nce ab ou t the spe cific que sti on s w ithin
config uratio ns. It a ppe ars, we ha ve most o f the i ssues aro und cu rrency transl atio n
withi n EC-CS wh en it conso lid ates i t's i ntercomp any Inve stme nts a nd Lo ans. Also , I
wan t talk ab out " Lesso n Lea rned " fro m the EC -CS proj ects yo u gu ys h ave wo rked
on. We a re on versi on 4.5 B
Let me know the time a nd n umbe r w here I can rea ch you .
Can a nyon e hel p me with SAP retro pri cing i n th e auto i ndu stry.
Leg acy syste m sce nari o: Co ntracts are estab lish ed at X price p er uni t. At a date
beyo und the co ntract sta rt an d recei ved go od s a n ew pri ce is neg otiate d fo r a ll future
purch ases and the n
We a re in di scussio n with a cli ent ab out SAP C IC . We like to kno w wh at e xperi ence s
and re fe rence s w e have in this are a.
I am lo okin g fo r a l ist o f SAP PM Busin ess Scena rios. If yo u are a lso ab le to provi de
th e detai ls of tho se scen ario s -- it wou ld be g reatly ap pre ciated .
Ou r cl ien t wo uld l ike to utili ze th e Inven to ry Ma nag emen t mo dul e as a substitute for
th e sto rage b in fun ctio na lity in Wareh ouse Ma nag eme nt. I am in ne ed of any
worka roun d solu ti ons wh ere we ma y have i mple mented IM and ma na ged stora ge
bin s w ithou t ge ttin g into the co mple xities of WM. Sp ecifica lly my clie nt has the
fo llo win g requ ireme nts:
multip le bi n loca ti ons for th e same ma te rial
GR /GI sl ip wi th a co mple te l ist o f stora ge bi ns per materi al
500 stora ge bi ns in the w areh ouse
Any sugg estion s, po ssib le sol ution s e tc. wou ld be mu ch ap preci ated.
Also, I am sure thi s top ic ha s co me up in o th er proj ects. Any feed back on h ow w e
neg ated the use of WM whi le resp ond ing to ou r clie nt n eed s w oul d be h elp fu l. For
examp le di d we use a IM worka rou nd in p hase 1 a nd the n impl emen t WM i n pha se
2?
We a re curren tl y i nstall ing 4 .6 c a t a ma nufacturi ng comp any a nd they wo uld l ike to
use SAP's Cost of Sale s Acco untin g fu nctio nal ity.
Can so meon e hel p me with the p ro's and con's of usin g this functio nal ity?
fu nction ali ty sho uld b e de sign ed?
hardware, software, technical current and future state assesments for IT content
I am wo rking w ith a clie nt w ho use very little of th e PM re portin g functio nal ity a nd
wan t a very lo w leve l of d etai l in the GL & C O rep orts. Ple ase se nd me an y
informa ti on you ma y h ave reg ard ing Pl ant Main te nan ce rep orting strateg ies. Al so,
any de ta ile d informa ti on yo u have re gard ing turn aro und p rocessi ng/rep orting wou ld
be be nefici al.
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce with SAP's Performa nce Assessme nt Workb ench
(P AW) tool ? My cli ent is inve sti gatin g its u se an d I wo uld l ike to le arn of any
expe rien ces th at I cou ld sha re with them.
It i s a kn owl edg e mana ge ment to ol use d to i nteg rate assessme nt a nd fee dba ck i nto
lea rnin g obj ects w ithin SAP' s Kn owl edg e Wa reh ouse (KW).
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce with or kno wle dge a bo ut the su ite of e qu ipme nt
re li abi lity ana lysis tool s from Meri diu m so ftwa re?
Enterpri se Rel iab ili ty Man age ment System (ERMS)
Merid ium’ s Extract Pack fo r SAP R/3
Th e Shel l Te xaco al lia nce is co nsid erin g a Merid ium imp leme ntation . We are w orkin g
with them on the p lan ni ng an d estimatin g of a SAP PM imp leme ntation . If we h ave
expe rien ce with these to ols we h ave an o ppo rtu ni ty to provi de imp leme ntation
assistan ce fo r the Me ridi um proj ect o r add thi s p ackag e to th e scope o f the PM
proj ect
Have w e don e a recen t co mpari son be tw een the fu nction ali ty pro vide d by JD
Edwa rds and SAP in a ma nu fa ctu ring e nviro nmen t (pre fe rab ly proce ss)? If you ha ve
any in fo rmation to that effect I wil l app recia te a co py.
We a re loo king for con fi gura tion do cumen ts on SAP Fixe d Assets a s i t rel ates to ta x
dep recia ti on. At th is clie nt, w e wil l be imp leme nting fou r tax de pre ciatio n area s:
MACRS (Mod ified Acce lera te d Cost Reco very System)
AMT (Altern ative Min imum Tax)
ACE (Adju ste d Curre nt Ea rnin gs)
E&P (C orpo rate Earni ngs an d Profits)
Bein g th at i n any SAP Asset Mana geme nt i mple menta ti on in the U S, we n ee d to
accomo date these tax ru les, I wa nted to try an d le verag e th is informa ti on from ou r
intern al ne tw ork. If you h ave i nformatio n on the co nfigu ration se ttin gs in SAP for any
of the se dep recia ti on a reas, coul d you pl ease send i t to me, o r co ntact me on my cell
pho ne (li ste d bel ow). I real ize tha t there a re some de faul t setting s i n SAP for the se
We a re curren tl y i mple mentin g SAP R /3 at a H igh Tech cl ien t in Si lico n Val ley, and
curren tl y w orkin g to ward s i den ti fyi ng Workflo w s cope for the pro ject.
We co uld a ppre ciate an y informa ti on that we can g et arou nd imp leme nting w orkflow
fo r the fol low ing sce nari os:
Simpl e use of workflo w fo r trig geri ng e mail s b etwee n vario us dep artmen ts for
main ta ini ng Cu sto mer master. C urren tl y w e ha ve ide ntified thre e de partmen ts that wil l
be resp onsi ble for mai ntain in g customer master.
How mu ch ti me migh t be n eed ed to imp leme nt si mple r ve rsion o f wo rkfl ow for this
scena rio.
Numb er of FTEs re qui red to impl emen t thi s p ortion o f wo rkfl ow.
Do we n eed H R Org structure s se t u p in the system to i mple ment this po rti on of
workflo w.
Hi eve ryone ,
My cli ent is loo king for an a utoma te d te sti ng tool th at w e wil l also u se fo r l oad ing
tra nsactio nal d ata to s upp ort o ur tra ini ng cli ent. Ca n an yone o ffer pro s a nd co ns
betwe en WinR unn er and CATT in 4 .6 ? Sp ecifica lly, th ey'd l ike to eval uate the e ase
of u se fo r:
- Re cordi ng file s
- Execu ti ng file s
- Mod ifying fil es once the y've be en reco rde d
- Execu ti ng file s a cross multip le SAP in sta nces
An y tho ugh ts or exp eri ence s yo u can sha re wou ld b e app recia te d.
Probl em:
Clie nt has a custom pro gram tha t po pul ates data in to th e sta nda rd cost ce nter
pla nni ng la yout (1-10 1).
Th e next roll out to n ew co untrie s for the cli ent requ ires so me chan ges to th e pla nn ing
layo ut.
How ca n we set th e "Un it o f Mea sure" for con sumptio n qua ntities to de fa ult to "H ".
We h ave no ti ced that if a cost e leme nt i s p lan ne d in cost center (A) witho ut th is
defau lt se t, we are u na ble to in put consu mptio n into cost center (B) beca use the
consu mption a nd un its are gre yed ou t.
Can a nyon e share w ith me wh ite pap ers, b ench ma rks a nd strateg ies to dea l with
master data mai ntena nce u sing a re fe rence se rver. sp ecifica lly materi al master,
vend or master and ch art o f a ccoun t ob jects also .
I am worki ng on a p ursui t o f a SAP R/3 4.6B pu rsu it. We urg ently ne ed an swers to
th e fo llo win g que sti ons - wh ether stand ard R/3 can han dle thi s o r so me work aro un ds
are ava ila ble .
Sale s Orde r a dmin istration b ased outpu t rep orting (e .g . o rder con fi rmation s b ased o n
Ord er admi nistratio n)
Syste m to req uire sh ipp ing ma nife st/Air Way Bill n umbe r a nd na me of tra nspo rta ti on
provi der be fo re th e orde r tra nsactio n is close d out in the system.
Syste m to ge nera te a n al ert/me ssage for ord er entry to tri gge r sh ipme nt p re-al ert
disp atch to d estina ti on
Wh ere a system is bei ng con fi gu red i.e. modu les po pul ated i n th e rack and th ere are
more mod ule s tha n can b e physi call y co nfigu red; th ese n eed to be i den tified a s
spare s wh ich ne ed to be p rocesse d as lin e items as pa rt of th at o rder - nee d to bui ld
in system config uratio n rule s
At Enro n, w e just compl eted the EBP 2.0C i mple menta tio n an d I'm in terested i n
ta lkin g to a nyon e who has kno wle dge o n ge nera l SAP w orkflow co nfigu ration , se tu p
or main te nan ce proce ss.
Plea se give me a ca ll at clie nt (713 ) 3 45 50 03 or b oun ce back to th is e-mai l with yo ur
contact informa ti on if I can ta lk to a ny of yo u fo r abo ut 5 -10 min utes.
Wh en crea ti ng pro fi les to be u sed in the BEx An alyze r, we 've created and
autho rizatio n obj ect to h old ke y fie lds such a s C o. Cod e and Pro fi t Ce nter,
so th at w e can restrict users to on ly view P&L 's e tc. for th eir ow n profit
center an d co code . In doi ng so it app ea rs tha t wh en the use rs go in to
th eir rep orts a nd try to use th e fi lterin g fu nction ali ty on th ese
chara cte ristics, the y ca n no lo ng er see the hi erarch ies tha t exi st for
th ese cha racteristics an d must now o nly restrict th em base d on the fixe d
valu es. The y d o not eve n have a ccess to th e parts of the h iera rchie s i n
whi ch th e valu es to w hich th ey have a uthori zation s fa ll.
Doe s a nyon e know o f a w ay arou nd this?
Hi, I am lo okin g fo r d ocume ntatio n on SAP prod uction supp ort mo del s, in clud ing :
Process, te chno log y a nd o rgan izatio nal structure to su ppo rt SAP rela te d prob le m
ide ntificatio n & re solu ti on
Process, te chno log y a nd o rgan izatio n stru ctu re to supp ort ca pturin g, p riori ti zing a nd
pla nni ng the imp leme ntatio n of p ost g o-li ve syste m e nh ance ments
Also if anyo ne ha s e xtensi ve expe rien ce in this are a pl ease l et me kn ow.
I am wo rking o n a pursu it fo r a SAP R/3 4.6B imp leme ntatio n. The re were so me
que sti ons in Fin ance & SD for wh ich I co uld n ot g et answ ers. It w oul d be gre at if
anyo ne can j ot d own some comme nts
Here a re th e que sti ons
1 . Mul ti -curren cy n etti ng for inte rco mpa ny activitie s.
2 . Un der Invoi cing The Bi llin g Do cumen t must mirror the Cu sto mer Purcha se Order
and a llo w fo r sp ecia l requ ireme nts eg Le tters of Cred it, Cu sto mer spe cific
re qu ireme nts … No Ma nua l In voice s .
3 . Tax dep artment provi de s % a dd on i n tra nsfer prici ng .
4 . Are the fol low ing sta nda rd R/3 repo rts
Cash R ecei pt re gister by ba nk
Abil ity to ge nera te cu sto mize d L/C docu mentatio n in SAP
Abil ity to ge nera te L /C a nd C IA in stru cti ons from SAP.
Electron ic Fi lin g of Invo ices
Listin g of C ommissi ons Du e/pai d to Distrib utors
VAT return s for ea ch coun try re gistere d.
Custome r Se rvices in come & expe nse s a nal ysed by cle arin g da te
Electrog las is imp leme nting SAP 4.6C . Plea se let us know i f a nyon e used SAP-Ag ile
, SAP-Cl arify interface s i n th eir pro jects. Th is informa ti on is very imp ortant fo r th is
proj ect. You can re ply to this mai l or call me a t (97 3) 325 -35 75.
I'm wo rking w ith a clie nt th at h as a price l ist tha t h as scale p ricin g. The li ne item pri ce
dep end s o n th e total ord er valu e.
Fo r e xampl e.
Ord er Valu e Price
500 $ 3.50 ea
100 0 $3.25 e a
250 0 $3.15 e a
I ha ve config ured th e price co ndi ti on reco rd with the "Grou p Con ditio n" flag ch ecked
and Grou p Rou ti ne 1 (o veral l Ord er) and I've e sta bli shed a va lue b ase d scale l ike the
one a bove . Fo r so me rea son, whe n I crea te the orde r the co ndi ti on reco rd is foun d,
but no val ue come s i nto the ord er.
If anyo ne ou t the re has exp erie nce con fi gu ring for this scen ario , I co uld use some
assistan ce. Eithe r re spon d to th is emai l with an y su gge stion s o r g ive me a cal l at
708 -=35 9-78 89 .
Ou r cl ien t (pri maril y b ased i n US) runn ing o n SAP 3.1h is pre pari ng to go thro ugh a
I wo uld l ike to get any d ocume ntation o n prep ari ng no n EURO entitie s (U S, UK) to do
We 're tryi ng to prin t la be ls fo r ma te rial s u pon g oo ds recei pt for a pu rchase o rde r. The
qua ntity o f la bel s to p rint nee ds to b e th e qu antity recei ved on th e goo ds recei pt. The
clie nt cu rrently use s a n HP de skj et prin te r a nd pri nts l abe ls on stan dard Ave ry
8.5x11 '' fo rms w ith 10 bl ank stickers (2 co lumn s o f 5) pe r sh eet. The y are thin king o f
goi ng to a Ze bra or Interme c (i ndu stri al) pri nter whi ch outpu ts o ne la bel a t a time.
Lab els on ly nee d to prin t for materia ls th at a re to be po ste d to q ua lity insp ection
sto ck.
Th e data that ne eds to be cap tu red o n th e lab els is ge nera l materi al do c i nfo such as I ha ve do ne simi lar thin g earl ier.
mat. do c # , PO # , matl # , matl de scriptio n, b atch, p ostin g date, user id e tc.. Th e lab els can be pri nted via SAP Scrip t. Th e nu mber of lab els
can be p asse d to the p rint prog ram via u ser exit / mod ificatio n to
Doe s a nyon e have a ny spe cific expe rien ce with la bel prin ti ng ou tp ut su ch as this? o r th e prog ram.
any thou ghts... Printin g can be ini ti ated by trigg er fi les from SAP also d efine d in
th e code . - Ra khi Kap oor
I am in te rested in fin din g ou t if anyo ne ha s e xpe rien ce with imp leme nting SAP' s
MM/PM seria li za tion fun cti ona lity. We are lo oki ng at possi bly turni ng o n th is
config uratio n fo r o ur clie nt b ut wou ld li ke to o btain some more i nformatio n to a ssist
with ou r a nal ysis.
In p articul ar, w e are in te rested i n seei ng ho w recei pts, issu es, returns an d reversa l
were h and led w ith seria lize d eq uip ment.
We a re usin g SAP's QA DB tool h ere at Nissa n. I have a few q uestio ns that I ho pe
someo ne can h elp me w ith:
At wh at cl ien ts ha ve we u se d QA D B?
Wa s the tea m a ccessin g QA DB co -loca te d or sprea d over mul ti ple loca ti ons /
contin ents?
If over mul ti ple l ocatio ns, w ere an y issue s e ncou ntered w ith the ap pli cation ?
Any informa ti on wo uld b e gre atly app recia te d. If yo u wou ld li ke to tal k to me di rectly
ple ase do n ot h esita te to cal l me at 3 10.77 1.64 60.
Th ere's be en a re que st from our cli ent to c heck ou t the po ssibi litie s o f ch ang ing
descri ption s for certai n fi eld s.
For exa mple : Materi al fiel d - the d escri ption to be ch ang ed to 'item' from 'materi al'
We a re loo king for an swers for a few qu estion s a nd al so an y l esson s l earn t in thi s
re ga rd.
1) Have w e don e anyth ing si mila r i n any of our en gag eme nts
2) Wh at d oes it ta ke to ma ke these ch ang es
3) Wh at a re th e impl icatio ns whe n we g o in for upg rade s.
Th ere's be en a re que st from our cli ent to c heck ou t the po ssibi litie s o f ch ang ing
descri ption s for certai n fi eld s. I do n't th ink its advi sabl e to chan ge de scriptio n of fi eld s.
I ha ve ne ver seen a ny clie nt i n my e xpe ri en ce do this. But l ots o f
For exa mple : Materi al fiel d - the d escri ption to be ch ang ed to 'item' from 'materi al' peo ple h ave a sked for it.
Th ese kin d of descri ption ch ang es fo r fil ed a ttrib utes can be d on e
We a re loo king for an swers for a few qu estion s a n at the d ata di cti ona ry l evel (SE1 1
We a re prep arin g a prop osa l fo r a Bi otech firm who w oul d like to u ti lize b arcod ing
te chno log y. Th ey hav e ind icated the y w oul d like to u se SAP C onso le for this
purp ose. We are i nterested in an y d ocume ntation , i nformatio n, e xperi ence s, etc. with
SAP C onso le. Yo ur promp t re spon se wil l be gre atly app recia ted as this pro posa l is
due tommo rrow.
Ou r cl ien t, Equi va Service s, ha s asked C GEY to cond uct proj ect tea m trai nin g in the
area s o f an SAP Overvie w, Plan t Mai ntena nce, an d Materia ls Mana geme nt for R/3
4.6 --- i n lie u of o ur te am membe rs a tte ndi ng SAP America 's tra ini ng aca demy.
I am lo okin g fo r co urse ou tl in es and trai nin g materia ls(in clud ing pow erpo int
prese ntation s, exe rcises, case stud ies, etc) for al l th ree.
We a re loo king for a reso urce wi th in-d epth kno wle dge o f SAP Eng ine erin g Cha ng e
Mana geme nt (Pro duct Cha ng e Mana geme nt) for an u pco ming e nga geme nt a t
Bomba rdie r i n Montrea l. Idea lly, this pe rson wo uld b e Mana ge r o r a bove . Proj ect
dura ti on is from earl y Au gust to some time in 2 002 (stil l tb d).
Plea se respo nd if you fit th e profil e or have su gg estion s a s to wh ere we ma y fin d
such a reso urce. (FYI - Forma l resou rcing chan nel s h aven 't l ocated ca ndi date s w ith
th e backg roun d requ ire d.)
We a re worki ng on a p ursui t for Pha rmacia a nd ne ed some informa ti on reg ardi ng
SAP's a bil ity to h and le reb ates in a li fe sci en ce's envi ronme nt. As alw ays, w e nee d
th e informa ti on yesterd ay. If yo u have e xperi ence in this are a ple ase con tact me a t
203 -913 -536 3 or repl y to thi s e -mail w ith your con ta ct in fo rmatio n. You r h elp w oul d
be gre atly app recia te d!
I am wo rking o n a pursu it fo r a ma jor Li fe Sci ence co mpan y w hich has a req uire ment
to i nitia lize a "ro lli ng six qu arter foreca st". Doe s a nyo ne ha ve expe rien ce wi th o th er
compa nie s i n any sector wi th th is typ e of b udg eting method olo gy (withi n or outsid e
SAP)? I wo uld l ike in fo o n wh at systems we re used , metho do log y, pro cess, a nythin g
you ha ve.
I'm lo okin g fo r
- PS pro jects referen ce, e spe cial ly in man ufacturin g ind ustry
(A erosp ace & Defen se, A utomotive , ...).
- SAP con fi gura to r i mple mentatio n refere nce
- C RM co nfig urator (Sal es Con fi g Engi ne )
stro ng po sition to wi n, a nd thi s i s a b ig de al. Plea se, hel p !!!
Doe s a nyon e ever use d the RBE tool o r a tten de d th e tra ini ng?
Th e Reve rse Busin ess Engi ne er is a to ll-b ased SAP sol utio n th at p rovid es a
busi ness-o rien te d app roa ch to a nal yzing l ive SAP R/3 systems. The Re verse
Busin ess Engi nee r su pp orts mu ltipl e Con ti nuo us Busin ess Imp rove ment scena rios
such as:
- Bu sine ss Pro cess Moni to ring
- U pgra de pro jects
- C onso lid ation o f li ve SAP R /3 syste ms
Cou ld some bod y tha t h as had e xperi ence i mple mentin g the roo m re servatio n and
caterin g fu nction ali ty in SAP g et i n to uch wi th me o r R alp h Kuh lmei er?
We a re loo king for in sigh t as to the con fi gura ti on, its l imitatio ns, as wel l as answ ers to
some key qu estion s to fin ish ou r fit gap a nal ysis. So far we h ave go ne in to th e
syste m a nd attempted co nfig uratio n of L ocatio ns an d Roo ms, bu t we co uld not fi gure
out a way to bui ld a structure o f lo cation s a nd ro oms to ma ke th e search o f ro oms a
little more u ser fri end ly. We have n't to uche d the cateri ng po rti on of the functio nal ity,
Any hel p wou ld be g rea tl y a ppre ciated .
I'm lo okin g fo r Ve nd or Con sign ment Imp leme ntatio n proj ect re fe rence s w ithin
CGEY (ER S - Eval uated R ecei pt Syste m)
and b est p ractices wi th SAP .
We a re curren tl y i mple mentin g SAP-BCS - C on soli datio n modu le. Th e scop e of the
impl emen ta ti on is le gal e ntity co nso lid ation i nclu din g Actu al s, Foreca sts, and
Budg eting .
We cu rrently ha ve desi gn qu estio ns and a re loo king fo r e xperi ence o n othe r
impl emen ta ti ons for compa rison p urp oses. If you ha ve an y e xperi ence w ith, o r
know led ge of, Fore casting in ei th er SAP-BCS or EC-CS, ple ase co ntact Joh n
Gi lho oly (61 3) 598 -433 7 or Ele na Petrov (41 6) 943 - 4 403 . Al te rnative ly, p lea se
send a q uick rep ly with pro ject de ta ils (in clud ing sco pe, fu nctio nal p rocesse s for
instan ce use of versio ns, co py functio nal ity o f actu als in to fore cast).
I am wo rking w ith a clie nt (C hevro n Oro nite ) i n a make to orde r sp ecia lty c hemi cal
envi ronme nt. I am lo okin g for informa ti on ab out dema nd ma nag emen t usi ng
sta nda rd R/3 (SOP, etc). P resen ta ti ons, whi te p ap ers, o r o th er fu nction al
descri ption s w oul d be ap pre ciated .
I'm lo okin g fo r a re feren ce fo r a n impl emen ta ti on o f materi al in te rcompa ny tra nsfers in
th e context of tax e ffici ent supp ly chai n fo r Eu rop ean o pera ti ons.
Such pro ject usua lly in volve s e stabl ishi ng a cen tra l Europ ea n sale s co mpan y i n one
Europ ean co untry (e.g. Switzerl and ) i n orde r to take a dvan ta ge of ta x sa vin gs. This
compa ny ope rates on a "p urcha se-an d-resa le " b asis wi th a ll the custo mers previ ousl y
served b y the l ocal Eu rop ean co mpan ies - i.e. the Swiss comp any wo uld p urcha se all
prod uct from the lo cal comp an ies an d sell thi s p rodu ct on to the e nd custo me r. Al l
prod ucts w oul d be shi pp ed di rectly fro m the p lan t or wa reh ouse to the en d custome r.
Th e proj ect u sual ly invo lves de sig nin g and i mple mentin g fu nctio nal ity for ord er
proce ssing , in te rcompa ny bil lin g, pricin g, VAT pro cessin g, Intrasta t de clara ti ons an d
re po rti ng. In a ddi ti on to it tra nsactio ns are often a utomated u sing the ALE
fu nction ali ty in R /3 – a sa le s o rder crea te d automa ti call y fro m a p urcha se orde r
I am pre sently wo rking o n a pro posa l fo r a cl ien t wh ich is esse ntia lly in the se rvice
ind ustry, bu t a smal l part of th eir bu sine ss h and les Re ta il fun cti ons (sel lin g of T-shi rts
or pol o shirts as wel l as Fo od & Beve rage i n mobi le ou tl ets th at mo ve fro m tow n to
to wn). Th ey wan t to upg rad e to the sa me POS system for all o f thei r o utlets. The y are
prese ntly usin g R/3 versio n 4.0b .
Wo uld so meon e be aw are o f a cli ent, a nywh ere in the worl d th at h as instal led a POS
syste m (b asic, semi-i ntell ige nt o r i ntell ige nt) w ith R/3, as opp osed to h avin g th e
In dustry Solu ti on - Retai l with a POS syste m.
We a re curren tl y w orkin g on a la rge SAP assi gne ment fo r a n ag roche mical s
compa ny. We ne ed some h el p demo nstrating p oten ti al SAP archi te ctu re
solu ti ons.
Speci fi call y, we a re loo king for an y gen eric arch itectures that pe opl e have
devi sed in the p ast to co ver e.g. D istribu te d In sta nce s u sing AL E, Sin gle
Master Data Instance u sing ALE, Fun cti ona l Processe s Imp leme ntation s, Glob al
Supp ly Cha in Man age ment, Share d Service s e tc etc.
Addi ti ona lly ou r so lutio n wil l nee d to provi de for a numb er of mySAP
compo nen ts, APO, BW, SEM and p ossib ly CRM an d workp lace , the refore there
will b e ITS an d workp lace se rvers as we ll.
We u nde rsta nd ea ch comp one nt re qui res its o wn DEV a nd QA b oxes an d there fo re
we cou ld be l ooki ng at a la rge nu mber of servers.
We w oul d app recia te i npu t from an yone w ho ha s w orked on, and h as rele van t
expe rien ce of tech nica l de sign i n a simil ar larg e instal latio n.
If you be lie ve th at yo u can o ffer some u seful h elp a nd gu ida nce, pl ease se nd
any rel evan t in fo rmation to:
all en.cow les@ca pge min i.co .uk
Peter, i f you w ish to discu ss th e proj ect furthe r, pl ease do no t he sitate to
contact me te l: 0 780 1 - 764 704 .
Ou r cl ien t Ele ctro gla s cu rrently use s se vera l kanb an metho ds an d is keen to rep lica te
th ese in SAP.
Th ey have cu rrently pu rchase d PP and IM but SAP materia ls sugg est tha t bo th PP
and WM are req uire d. D oes an yon e know i f SAP supp orts kanb an wi th out WM ?
We a re keen to find o ut wha t is req uire d fo r se ttin g up l ine side WIP l ocatio ns th at
ope rate und er kanb an a nd wo uld l ike to spe ak to i ndi vidu als that may ha ve
deve lop ed a de sign fo r ca rrying thi s o ut.
Ou r cl ien t, Electrog las, is consi de ri ng i mple mentin g Wo rkfl ow for th e app rova l of
purch ase req uisi ti ons an d pu rchase o rders in 4 .6 C. I am loo king for the foll owi ng
informa ti on to und erstan d th e scope o f this e ffort:
Numb er of re source s a nd spe cific skill s re qu ired (fun cti ona l and te ch ni cal).
Esti mated timel ine to de sign , test and i mple ment.
Ti mi ng o f lo adi ng Workflow re source s o nto pro ject. Do w e nee d reso urces du ring the
entire b lue prin t, real izatio n an d go-l ive pro ject sta ges?
We a re also i mple mentin g Wo rkpla ce. Do es this imp act the e ffort to imple men t
Wo rkflo w ei th er posi ti vely or ne gative ly?
My cl ien t, Hol nam Ce ment, i s l ooki ng to lo ad an o ptimize d Distrib ution Plan i nto SAP
R/3 (APO is ou t of scope th is year) from an extern al system. The p lan b asica lly ha s a
ship -fro m p lan t, ship -to p lan t, an d to ns. I w as won de ring i f an yone h as use d DRP
withi n R/3 fo r thi s type o f ac ti vity b efore. The o nly issu e I se e righ t no w is th at D RP
will n ot let you store a shi p-from pla nt.
We h ave a system prob lem in 4 .6 C wh en trying to cle ar differen ces in IM fro m WM
(L I21) an d seria lize d materia ls are in vol ved. Th e tra nsactio n return s a n error
messag e requ esting the inp ut o f the seri al nu mbe rs b ut the re is no in put fiel d. OSS
add resses s
Hi, I am trying to find o ut i f SAP ha s a ny fu nction al ity to sche dul e confere nce ro oms
and ca te ring .
These two re que sts are th e fo r the sa me eng ag emen t, Rei chho ld Ch emica ls.
Dia nna Pe rron ha s b ee n loo king for this reso urce for seve ral da ys, an d I am servi ng
as th e eng age men t VP fo r the w ork at R eich hol d. The p otentia l resou rces wh ich
have b een se nt o ur wa y so far do n ot h ave the IS-Ch emica l know led ge tha t we
defin itely ne ed. We ha ve be en gi ven some SAP ca ndi dates wi th ch emica l ind ustry
backg roun d, b ut n o can did ates who h ave w orked w ith th e ind ustry so lutio n for
chemi cals. Pl ease se nd an y cand ida te s to Di ann a an d How ard Buckl ey fo r re view .
Your he lp is gre atly app recia ted sin ce we are sch edu le d to start th e eng ag emen t on
Mond ay in Du rham, NC. If yo u ha ve expe rien ce in IS-Che mical (n ot just chemi cal
expe rien ce on an SAP e nga geme nt) AN D are ava ila bl e fo r staffing o n Mond ay
6/25/01 , pl ease re spo nd to Dia nna Pe rron.
We a re worki ng on a sa les pu rsui t for Bell H eli copter an d we ne ed e xampl es of i nitia l
re spo nses to RFP's in the man ufacturin g ind ustry and /o r Ae rospa ce/Defe nse. If
avai lab le, th e fo llo win g resp onse s to RFP's fro m B omba rdie r, Northru p and BF
Go odri ch wou
I am in te rested in o btain in g sta ffin g mode ls fo r a pp lica ti ons sup port orga niza ti on s.
Id eal ly, the mo del (s) w ill h ave be en d evel ope d as part of sta ffin g a clie nt's intern al
supp ort o rgan izatio n. The mo del (s) sh oul d incl ude the numb er, type a nd cost of th e
re sou rces. Altern ativel y, an y mo de ls dep icting the staffin g of a su ppo rt org an izatio n
(i ntern all y o r o utsource d) created eithe r for cli ent work or as pa rt o f a pu rsuit or
intern al pro ject wou ld be su ffi cien t.

6/13/2001 Anthony Hingley
6/11/2001 Joseph L. Reuwer
6/11/2001 Laura P. Mendoza
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Je nn y Wal to n
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6/8/2001 Jenny H Walton
6/7/2001 Bruce Cameron
6/7/2001 John Olon
6/7/2001 Ramesh B. Ravi
6/6/2001 Nadia C Morin
6/6/2001 Johan L. Opperman
6/6/2001 Wilbert Blom
6/6/2001 Alain Noel
6/6/2001 Joseph L. Reuwer
6/5/2001 Tammy Johnson
6/1/2001 Ron Harman
6/1/2001 Jeannie V. Brewer
6/1/2001 Beth A. Pauly
6/1/2001 Sadiq M. Ghulam
6/1/2001 Beth Pauly
5/31/2001 Normand Girard
Pre m D esa i@CGEY, Pa ul
5/31/2001 C ook e, Vi pul D esai
5/29/2001 Vivek Karnik
5/25/2001 John T. Waymire
5/24/2001 Patrick H. Stoneking
5/24/2001 Michele A. Fleischacker
5/21/2001 Laurent Dancygier
5/18/2001 Devan Reddy
5/15/2001 Ahmed M. Razak
5/15/2001 Philip Taylor@CGEY
5/15/2001 kaarina.rantala@capgemini.fi
5/15/2001 Gary M. Pugh
5/14/2001 Amir Tidhar
5/11/2001 Damodaran Kuppurajan
5/8/2001 Bill Roos
5/7/2001 Sandeep Rustagi
5/3/2001 Kees Meyboom
5/2/2001 John Carlucci
5/1/2001 Normand Girard
5/1/2001 Vijay Nadkarni
5/1/2001 William L. Waszak
4/30/2001 Greg R. Thomson
4/27/2001 Andre J. Lotz
4/25/2001 Hugh R Smith
4/25/2001 Johan L. Opperman
4.6 Shi pmen t co sti ng - FICO
4/24/2001 Michele A. Fleischacker@CGEY imp lica ti ons
4/24/2001 Nadia C Morin
4/23/2001 Diane Fisher
4/18/2001 Odessa Baruch
4/18/2001 Robert W Scott
4/18/2001 Cynthia A. Cornejo
4/10/2001 Pinkney Webster
4/10/2001 Jenna Petrosky
4/6/2001 Roberta M. Todd
4/6/2001 Roberta M. Todd
R obe rta M. Todd
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4/4/2001 Simon Thompson
4/4/2001 William L. Waszak
4/4/2001 Glenn O'Flaherty
4/3/2001 Alessandro Evangelisti
4/2/2001 Sanjiv A. Gilani
4/1/2001 Nadia C Morin
3/29/2001 Karen M. Surdy
3/29/2001 Gautam Banerjea
3/24/2001 Alice Wu
3/22/2001 John Carlucci
3/21/2001 Janine Guill
Ji m Bra cken
Offi ce # : 949 -440 -352 3
3/20/2001 EYC OMM: 45 527 22
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3/20/2001 Alessandra Vigone
Technical assistance sought
SAP_AL L Ven dor Master
Questio n
Sin gle Sa les Org for Multip le
Co mpan y C ode s
Knowledge SAP FI manager
Upgrading from SAP BBP 2.0b
Upgrading from SAP BBP 2.0b
CO Reports - currency choices
ERP Comparisons
SAP In te gra ti on With 3rd Party midd lew are, etc. I n eed th is informa ti on for a prop osal w ork an d real ly app recia te a ny
Prod uct C onfig ura to r So ftwa re hel p on this sub ject.
AM impl emen ta ti on in North
Ameri ca
International Req.
none
SAP ALL security question
SAP ALL security question
4.6C IMG Question
Global SAP HR Benchmarks
He lp wi th Be nchma rking fo r
PM and MM MRO
SAP_AL L T&E system
in te gratio n
SEM Product Offerings
T&E Systems
Best practice s o n SAP
con fi gura ti on d ocume ntation
Re : SAP + 3rd Pa rty MRP
System
Outbound Delivery BAPI
Ca ta log o f Pa ckage s a nd Bol t We bMetho ds, Bi z Tal k, Cro ssWo rlds, etc. a ny sched ule rs su ch as Con tro l M i nvo lved .
On's CGEY has in te grated w ith I am not awa re of a ny comp osite do cueme nt so i f yo u can crea te a p artial ta ble a nd
SAP
SAP User Transaction Volumes Is there a too l or estimatin g gu ide lin es fo r d etermin ing th ese vol umes?
SAP_AL L Produ ct costin g in
4.6, speci fi call y ' actual ' costing fu nction ali ty, why they use it (ma nag emen t rep orting v. le gal re portin g) and w hat
imp lica ti ons
FYI : SAPGUI 6.10 : wil l be
rel ease d June 29
SAP Scoping Phase
Configuring Requisite Catalog
Di screte manu fa ctu ring
refere nces req uire d
Ne ed some a ssistan ce on a
SAP modu le ca lle d LES
Peo ple Soft vs. SAP
Co mpari son Info
PLM and PTC Windchill
SAP/Siebel Integration
SAP All - Enviro nmen t H eal th
an d Safety.
Global SAP Production Support
Order record in PP-PI
SAP_AL L - B ar-Co de, SAP-
Hyp erio n bol t on expe rien ce
Best practice s o n SAP
con fi gura ti on d ocume ntation
ne eds acce ss to the SAP in fo
DB
REQUEST FOR INFO:
Incen ti ve Prog ra ms fo r cl ien t
team memb ers
where is the ipd?
SAP MM - The imp act o f VAT
on Pu rchasi ng d ocume nts
Co ntacts a t Co ne cti v /
De lmarva p owe r
SAP share d service s charg e-
ou t mod els
T=OK16 i n CCA an d pla n
settleme nt ru le a utomatiza ti on H ow can w e all ow au to matizatio n of  the p rocess wi th out cho osin g th e pla n versio n,
for In te rnal o rde r
BW: BEx Anal yzer Rep ortin g
Questio n
Accou nts R ecei vab le an d Cash did yo u enco unter suc h a situatio n and h ow d id you h and le it?
Man age ment
App arel Foo tw ea r a nd Cl othin g Secon d, w e also n eed some refere nce na mes of peo ple e xperi ence d in thi s a rea.
SAP referen ces
Archiving Strategies
SAP_Al l - MRP Process in
La rge Man ufacturi ng Co .
SAP_Al l - C ritical Tran saction s SAP tran saction s? In d eve lop ing o ur SAP trai nin g stratetgy, w e're p lan nin g to
for End Use r Trai nin g
SAP_AL L Re gressi on Testing
wh ile i n Produ cti on
SAP_ALL SAP Client Strategy
SAP_AL L FI Do cumen ts are
li mited to 999 l ine items
R/3 Implementations
REQUEST FOR INFO: Master
Da ta Acce ss D atab ase
Urg ent! Be nch ma rkin g Materia l re le vant ben ch markin g data (sp ecifica lly ROI, sal es incre ase, etc.) su rro un din g th e
in C RM
International rollout proposals
Open SAP Issues on IDOCS
SAP Rel ease fro m 3 X to 4.X
Proj ect e xperi ence
SAP_ALL: Payment Terms
If you ha ve eithe r e xpe rien ce with a simi lar/clo se eno ugh situatio n or know o f an y
whi te p ape rs/ca se stu die s w hi ch discu sses th e chal len ge s/risks in busi ness, fi nan cial
Urg ent: Questio n for Ora cle & and tech nica l te rms, I w oul d de epl y a ppre ciate an emai l or a dire ct cal l on my cell
SAP Service L ine Practition ers (s ee be low )
SAP HELP NEEDED!
SAP Archiving References
Project Review
Glob al ASAP an d SAPOffice
for Docu ment Mana ge ment
He lp reg ardi ng BW (Bu sin ess
Obje cts Vs. Bu sin ess Explo rer
Indu srial ma chin erie s a nd l ong IN DUSTRIAL MACH IN ERIES AN D LONG VEH IC LES.
veh icle s re fe rence s
H i a ll tech nica l expe rts (rest may disca rd)
I'm worki ng on a 4 .6C imp leme ntation w here SAP a nd thei r l ega cy systems are
cl osel y i nterfaced (thi s w ill ch ang e at a later stage w hen th ey impl emen t the
p rocure ment fu nction ali ty).
I nee d urge nt h elp re ga rdin g th e fo llo win g: (SAP OSS says this is a con sultin g
ma tter an d won 't h elp w ithou t cha rgin g fo r it)
Ba ckgrou nd:
We are u sing the MER EQ0 01 - Cu sto mers' Ow n Data in Purcha se Req uisi ti on in
the ME5 1N, ME52N & ME53 N win do ws. The da ta o n th is custome r tab pan e is fo r
a g iven re qui sition l ine ; an d we 're usin g th is da ta to in te rfa ce info rma ti on
to ou r l ega cy systems.
Issue :
We ne ed to access da ta fo und i n th e ME51N /ME5 2N Acco unt Assign ment ta bp ane
i n our ed its i n th e custome r tab pan e. The da ta requ ired i s co st cen te r,
g ene ral le dge r a ccoun t, wo rk o rder an d wbs (EXKN - Accoun t Assi gnme nt
Structure : Purch asin g). This da ta is not avai lab le in the para meters passe d
to the use r e xit, i.e. use r e xit 5 (EXIT_SAPLMER EQ_ 00 5).
The Acco unt Assign ment tabp ane b ecome s a vail ab le in the Item win dow w hen we
e nter a P(proj ect), F(orde r), or K(cost cen te r) i n th e lin e item win dow 's
co lumn : Accou nt a ssign ment categ ory.
Are yo u awa re of a ny call me thod o r a ny other mea ns to access this
a ccoun ti ng tabp an e informa ti on in the cu sto mer ta bp ane ? We can a ccess the
h ead er and l ine i te m d ata bu t no t the item d etail d ata.
cu rrency. The cu rrency is on ly mand atory on the PO at the ti me of PO creatio n. This
i s a si gni fi cant chan ge from 3.1h a nd pre viou s ve rsion s. In 3.1h messa ge 06 49 7
d efaul ts as an Erro r a nd i nstructs the u ser to ma intai n the ven dor master wi th
cu rrency. Thi s ch ang e has a si gni fi cant neg ative imp act on ou r ve ndo r ma ste r
d esig n. In 4.6c ME21 stil l preve nts a PO created a ga inst a vend or witho ut a
cu rrency. In 4.6c ME21N i gn ores messa ge 06 497 , e ve n wh en di rectly main ta ine d as
a n error in OME0 system messag es ta bl e. OSS co nsid ers th is as in te nde d
fun cti ona lity and d oe s N OT consi der this a bu g.
Ba ckgrou nd:
The cl ien t use s ve ndo r p artne r fun cti ons, lin king o ur PI ve ndo rs to VNs. In 3.1h th ey
w ere assu red that a PO co uld n ot b e created aga inst a PI ven dor b y ma king the
cu rrency fiel d a disp lay on ly fi eld on the ven dor master. Si nce the PI curren cy fie ld
co uld n ot b e pop ul ated, a PO cou ld no t b e created a gai nst it.
OSS referred the cl ien t to an "o rder bo ok" in co nfigu ration . Th e cli ent is not awa re of
a n "orde r b ook" i n 3.1h or pre viou s versio ns, a nd di d not fi nd re fe rence to an " orde r
b ook" in the IMG, i n th e impl emen ta ti on gu id e instructio ns, o r i n th e rele ase n otes fo r
4 .0 a th roug h 4.6c.
I app recia te a ny sugg estio ns whi ch may hel p us assu re th at a PO cann ot be crea te d
a gai nst a PI vend or.
Has an yone i mple mented a sing le sal es orga niza ti on for mul tip le co mpan ies?
Ou r cl ien t wo uld l ike to create a ce ntrali zed custome r se rvice gro up tha t wi ll ha ndl e all
orde r p rocessi ng for 9 sepa rate comp any cod es. This wi ll al low cu stomers to pla ce a
sing le sal es orde r for go ods a nd servi ces rega rdle ss o f wh ich co mpan y co de 'o wns'
th e goo ds and se rvice s. Th e corresp ond ing i nvoi ces wil l be co mbin ed or spl it
dep end ing o n spe cific criteria .
As yo u are al l awa re, yo u can o nly assi gn a sal es org to 1-a nd-o nly-1 co mpan y co de .
We w oul d app recia te a ny in sigh ts an d/or desi gn reco mmen datio ns you can sh are
with us reg ardi ng this matter.
You wi ll find h ereu nde r th e que sti ons for whi ch I ne ed
some do cumen ta ti on:
- Ind ustry Be st pra cti ces fo r ER S/Con sign ment proce sses
- SAP - ALE scena rios for ERS/Co nsig nmen t pro cesses, best ap proa ch of
vario us scena rios that are p ossib le. Fo r e .g .., d istribu te d Invoi ce
verifica ti on an d central p ayme nt p rocesse s, cen tra l In voice verifica ti on an d
central p aymen t etc.
- An y si te sp ecific do cumen ta tion w here su ch best practice s are in corpo rated
on SAP.
Last year CGEY impl emen te d SAP BBP 2 .0 b fo r a cl ien t. Now w e are ad dressi ng
whe th er we sho uld u pg ra de to SAP EBP 2 a nd w hat th e effo rt e sti ma te wou ld be .
Has an yone d one /p la nne d th is upg rade ? Any workp lan s, le sson' s l earn ed, etc w oul d
be he lpful . Whil e on the B2 B top ic - a re any o f ou r cl ien ts usi ng SAP B2B in a
service s p rocure ment proce ss?
Last year CGEY impl emen te d SAP BBP 2 .0 b fo r a cl ien t. Now w e are ad dressi ng
whe th er we sho uld u pg ra de to SAP EBP 2 a nd w hat th e effo rt e sti ma te wou ld be .
Has an yone d one /p la nne d th is upg rade ? Any workp lan s, le sson' s l earn ed, etc w oul d
be he lpful . Whil e on the B2 B top ic - a re any o f ou r cl ien ts usi ng SAP B2B in a We a re doi ng a n upg rade ri ght now fro m 2 .0 B to 2.0C a t Enro n,
service s p rocure ment proce ss? Hou sto n. We are g oin g live w ith EBP 2 .0 C in a bou t 1 we ek -
Dan iel Tan ugra ha
Clie nt wou ld li ke to b e abl e to view C CA, PC A a nd IO rep orts i n ei th er loca l or CO
Area curre ncie s.
Curre ntly th e clie nt re ports all d efau lt to CO Area curre ncy. The re ports are a mixture
of stan dard SAP an d custom rep orts.
I ha ve notice d th at we can se t a Re port curren cy defau lt b y U ser in CC A, to eith er CO
Area or Lo cal curre ncie s, bu t thi s stil l doe s n ot g ive the cl ien t the cho ice of curren cie s.
Can a nyon e te ll me wh ere we can ad just config uratio n for th is optio n? Or do we ha ve
to ch ang e/copy ea ch rep ort.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny rece nt ER P ve ndo r co mpa ri son s o ut the re show ing stren gths,
wea knesse s, etc?
I am asse mbli ng some cl ien t materi al b y the n oon o n Fri day, 6/8/01 , an d have n't
fo und a ny recen t Gartne r Grou p article s.
Doe s a nyon e has an y informa ti on on i ntegra ti ng SAP ERP wi th a p rodu ct con figu rator
softw are, e.g. C ybran t? Qu ote, p ricin g, a vail abi lity, p rodu ct ca ta log e tc. are the
tra nsactio nal d ata and th e optio ns I can th ink of are: BAPI ob je cts, ID OC s,
In p rocess to impl emen t SAP: mo du les as FI-C O-MM-SD -PS-PP, in a Ca nad ian and
US subsi dia ry o f a Euro pea n comp any, extend ed i ts bu sine ss i n North Ameri ca, i n a
fi rst sta ge, w e are lo okin g for SAP e xperi ence , the AM mod ule b ein g conce rne d.
* Wh ich de preci ation a rea h ave be en use d in No rth America ?
* Wh at h ave be en the d iffe rent dep recia ti on ca lcul ation me th ods use d in the U S ?
wha t ha s b een u sed i n Can ada ?
* Wh at a re th e leg al con sid eratio n and re qui remen ts ? b ook, fe dera l ta x d ep recia ti ons
...
* Wh at h ave be en g aps, issue s, an d solu ti on s fou nd ?
Every docu mentatio ns ab out : de sign , con fi gu ra tion ... from V0 4.5 or an y o th er
re le ased ve rsion , are a pp re cia te d
We a re in the pro cess to ro ll o ut SAP Gl oba lly. I am lo okin g for restriction s b ased o n
passe d expe rien ce. All i np ut w oul d be val uab le./ Can D ata be pro cesses o utside
coun tri es bou nda ries? C an FI b ooks be ke pt i n Eng lish ? …
Fo r my curre nt p roje ct we h ave to de lete HR - Perso nne l masters. Is there a
SAP H R speci ali st that coul d spe nt a few mi nutes stepp in g me th roug h th e
mecha nics of th e del etio n? Ple ase con ta ct me a t an y o f the nu mbers b elo w.
I am lo okin g fo r forms an d do cumen t ab out:
SAP Se curity Admin istration C ustom Re port Id entifica ti on
(Th is informa ti on wi ll be u sed to (1) assig n a custom tcode to the re port, (2 ) i nclu de it
und er th e prop er repo rt tree n ode , an d (3) pro vi de a ppro pria te a ccess to e nd -users.)
SAP Se curity Admin istration Inte rfa ce Id entifica ti on
(Th is docu ment descri bes the p ro cess use d to fil l and d etermin e the secu rity
re qu ireme nt. The type of in te rfa ce (real -ti me, p seud o real -ti me, o r batch) sho uld b e
determi ned p rior to fi lli ng ou t the form be low . This in fo rmation w ill b e use d to p rovid e
app ropri ate access to th e CPIC or SYSTEM u sers.)
SAP Se curity Admin istration Gui de
(N ot prod uce by SAP, I al re ad y h ave the Auth oriza ti on Mad e Easy Gu ide a nd the
SAP Se curity Gu ide )
We h ave a req uire ment (4.6c SD mod ule ) to restrict disp lay ord er acce ss to a spe cific
distrib ution ch ann el wh en vi ewi ng sen sitive man ufacturin g ag reeme nts. Th e clie nt
"spun " a speci fi c p rofile w hich h ad acce ss to a ll di stri butio ns chan nel s e xclu din g th e
sensi ti ve one , an d th en a se para te p rofile fo r j ust the se nsitive d istribu ti on ch ann el.
Th e inten ti on be ing to a ssign the se cond p rofil e to a sma ll gro up of pe opl e and the n
assig n th e fi rst pro fi le to th e rest of the u ser base . In add ition , a third profil e alre ady
existed g rantin g "wid e op en" acce ss to a ll DC 's.
Th e prob lem aro se whe n th ey rea lize d:
1) to o many pe opl e ha d bee n gran te d acce ss (w hich i s a p roced ural i ssue)
2) over acce ss d ue to un fo resee n profil e combi natio ns, fo r e xampl e one p rofile e xists
th at co ntain s the tco de an d ano th er pro fi le exi sts pro vidi ng the sal es are a
autho rizatio n obj ect a nd tog ether they gi ve acce ss to the sen sitive DC .
Th is clie nt re ali zes th at the y n ee d to b ack up an d do a mo re th orou gh a nal ysis of the
situatio n but I wa nted to che ck a nd see i f the re are an y se curity expe rts o ut the re who
migh t ha ve run acro ss a si mila r si tu atio n and h ave a "si lver bu lle t" sol ution .
Has an yone fou nd a w ay to e xpan d th e en ti re IMG in 4.6 an d th en sa ve th e stru ctu re
as an exce l fi le? Ple ase fee l fre e to re spon d to th is e-mai l or call me d irectly at
612 .8 04.73 61.
ExxonMo bil h as asked i f we (C GEY) h ave an y b ench mark informa ti on from othe r
clie nts co ncern ing i mple mentatio n effort o r co sts for th e fo llo win g SAP HR pro cesses:
Tra ini ng an d Events
Care er Deve lop ment and Su ccessi on Pla nni ng (in clud es qu ali fi cation s/re qui remen ts)
Recru iting
I do n't th ink an yone h as don e much o f this type of work g lob all y a nd certai nly no t to
th e scale p lan ned b y ExxonMo bil , so I'll take g ood w ork effo rt in fo rmatio n fo a n
ind ivid ual co untry or speci fi c i mple menta ti on that I can u se as a ba seli ne an d de velo p
glo bal b ench marks.
Equi va has aske d CGEY to co ndu ct a be nch ma rkin g stu dy contai nin g info rma ti on
fro m o th er clie nts co ncern ing i mple men ta ti on effort o r co sts for Pla nt Ma inten ance
and MM MRO impl emen ta ti ons. Re leva nt clie nts w oul d incl ude o il refin ing , ch emica l
proce ssing , be verag e, fo od or fertili zer pla nts.
Plea se provi de an y i nformatio n as soo n as possi ble . We will b e mee ti ng wi th the
clie nt o n Mond ay to d iscu ss a n outli ne.
We h ave an e xisting cl ien t tha t wa nt to imp leme nt a n ew T&E syste m. Th ey are
curren tl y ru nni ng SAP, a nd w ill wa nt to i ntegra te the s yste ms.
If anyo ne ha s a ny kno wle dge o r e xperi ence w ith this pro cess ple ase le t me kno w.
We d o not have to h ave the imp leme ntation e xpe rien ce. What we are l ooki ng for is a
list of T&E syste ms tha t ha ve be en in te grated , a nd an y p ros and co ns reg ardi ng the
syste ms. Th anks for th e li nk. Ho weve r, the cli ent has the ir busi ness
requ ireme nts i den tified . Th ey are lo okin g fo r T&E tool s tha t exi st
Th e clie nt h as loo ked a t Ca ptura al read y, an d wa s n ot i mpresse d. th at h ave b een i ntegra te d with SAP
If anyo ne ha s a ny kno wle dge o r e xperi ence w ith SAP BW/SEM pl ease l et me kn ow .
I am wo rking o n mapp ing o ut a stra te gy goi ng forwa rd for bui ldi ng a
eFina nce CFO So lutio n Set leve ragi ng SAP BW & SEM p rod uct o fferi ngs. Wh at w e
are lo okin g fo r i s to talk to an ybod y w ho kno ws SEM from the stan dpo int
of w hat it ca n or cann ot do as a pro duct an d if p ossib le wo uld l ike to see a d emo of
SEM ca pab ili ti es. Thi s w ill h elp u s treme nd ousl y i n our de velo pmen t o f SAP CFO
Solu ti on set.
Poin te d to Fu nction al System Req uire ments
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syste ms tha t ha ve bee n in te grated , an d an y p ros and co ns rega rdin g the systems Op enD ocume nt - kwe b sea rch on ' T&E systems'
my ori gin al qu estion . I h ave a lso attache d th e orig in al mai l I sen t ou t as we ll as yo ur
re ply.
My fina l recomme nda ti on to th e clie nt was qu ite simpl e, strai ghtforwa rd an d th e clie nt We u sed a cen tral rep ository for th e captu re of AL L rele vant
a ccepted i t wi th out discu ssion . The ce ntral do cumen t for an y d ocume ntation docu mentatio n acro ss mu ltipl e proj ects (l ang uag e, coun try,
thro ugh out th e pro ject so fa r h as bee n th e BP's (busi ness p ro cess). All othe r differen t mod ule s) fo r a ve ry l arge , gl oba l instal lati on of multip le
d ocume nts p oin t to th is, th erefore my reco mmend ation w as to conso lid ate all SAP p roje cts. Th e stru ctu re had the co mmon d eno mina to r o f
"o rpha ned i nfo" in to the BP' s. Altho ugh I pre sented 2 o th er po ints of vi ew to th e clie nt, ASAP Me th od olo gy (Phase -Acti vity-Ta sk) w hich a llo wed se vera l
I rule d th em out in my prese ntatio n as simpl y n ot a g oo d return on the i nvestme nt - view s o f categ oriza tion . Th is was bu ilt fro m the fo rme r
o ne wa s to start the d ocu mentatio n all o ver aga in a nd the othe r o ne w as to cre ate a DIRECTOR prod uect th at E&Y h ad. It a my b e you co uld mo dify
b rand n ew "con figu ration d ocume nt". As they are Foo d Retai le rs/Who lesa lers an d qui ckly, the o th er tool tha t ha s b ee n used i s a p rodu ct ca lle d
ve ry co nscio us of e very dol lar spe nt, my reco mmend ation w as th e on ly reaso nab le Docu mentum (con ta ct Gary Pug h (Atl anta)) reg ardi ng i ts usa ge
o ne for th em. The y d o ha ve a bud get to work on , bu t it is very limi te d. and va lue .
In my prese ntation , I a lso h igh lig hted wh at 4 o ther lo cal cli ents are do ing , on e of I am sen din g you a l ink, but th e con te nt i s ve ry co nfide ntial a nd
w hich i s e xactly "usin g th e Imple mentatio n Assistant to sto re user-cre ated CAN NOT b e leve rage d or use d.
d ocume nts, li nked to the sp ot i n th e WBS to whi ch it is app lica ble ". They ve ry mu ch
l iked tha t id ea bu t we re no t pre pare d to start ove r. SAP Kno wle dg e Powe rPak (CGEYUS40 1) May ha ve some
sugg estion s here ...........
I know i t isn 't a ve ry "se xy" so lutio n, but know ing tha t Re tail ers have the ir hea ds do wn SAP Bottle r Po werp ak (cl ick on Kno wle dge Ma na geme nt)
a nd are mo re conce rned with do lla rs sa ved than d oll ars spe nt, I fig ured i t wa s a g oo d
co mpromi se fo r the m. - Norma nd Girard Ga ry C ogg ins
To a l arge e xte nt, PWC folks are ri ght abo ut th e best practice . It
is advi sabl e to ru n materi als pl ann ing i n th e MIMI sin ce th at i s
Ou r cl ien t, BP, is exa mini ng al te rna ti ves to e xecutin g MRP in SAP. SAP wa s the first th eir mai n pla nn ing system. How ever, you may wa nt to co nsid er
choi ce beca use they a re impl emen ti ng the stand ard su ite of tran saction mo du les. fo llo win g poi nts:
Th ey also a re impl emen ti ng Aspe nTech 's MIMI fun cti on ali ty for th e pla nni ng fron t-
end . P 1) Th e best pra cti ce is to u se your APS sy
A q uestio n fo r a nyon e wh o has wo rked wi th BAPIs.
We , at th e Vitria COE in Da lla s a re attemptin g to p ass Sale s Ord er/Del ivery
docu ment data from SAP to a n externa l syste m u sing Vitria as the mid dle ware too l.
We a re usin g th e Ou tb ou nd De live ry BAPI with t
We h ave rece ived a n RFI tha t req uests a ta ble o f p ackag es th at w e ha ve integ rated
with SAP and the i nterface too l(s), MQ Serie s, see BEyon d, Tib co, Vi tri a,
re spo nd toda y i t wi ll be g rea tl y a ppre ciated .
I ne ed am curre ntly bui ldi ng o ut the tech nica l infrastru ctu re ona p roje ct wi th tea m
membe rs i n both the US an d Jap an. We ha ve th e foll owi ng con curren t use rs:
and n eed to de termin e th e estimated tran sactio n volu mes in a typica l SAP
deve lop ment envi ronme nt.
Con curren t Use rs o f the SAP De velo pmen t Env.
Fu nction al Use rs
Te chni cal Use rs
To ta l
Actu al costin g is a ne w add ition to the C O mod ule tha t en ab les
We a re meetin g with a cli ent to morro w to d iscuss 4.6 actua l prod uct costing costing for mate ri als tha t ha ve market drive n price s (freq uen t
fu nction ali ty an d wou ld a ppre ciate an y i nsites in to th e use of th e actua l prod uct chan ges in ma rket price , req uiri ng frequ ent up dates to th e
costing fun cti ona lity in 4.6 . Speci fi call y, wh at co mpan ies cu rre ntly use the sta nda rd cost on the materi al master).
ben efit (va lue ) the fun ction lity has bro ugh t to the comp any. Exampl e: Se micon du cto r i ndu stry - Ma dhu R ao
Fo r yo ur informa ti on, a new re lea se of th e SAPGU I wi ll be a vai lab le on Ju ne 29 .
Th ere is no ch ang e in the l ook li ke, b ut the te chni cal pa rt ha s b een i mprov ed.
Clie nt tryi ng to impl emen t SAP4.6 w hil e sti ll usi ng Wind ows 95 , 98 o r ME w ill pro ba bly
see gre at i mprove ments with this n ew GUI.
We a re putting tog ethe r a p ropo sal on a sco pi ng ph ase (4 to 6 wee ks) fo r a SAP
impl emen ta ti on (in dustry is medi cal eq ui pmen t).
Duri ng the scop ing p ha se th e clie nts w ants us to valid ate thei r i mple mentatio n
app roach (ro ll-o ut se que nce , bi g ban g, e tc). Th ey wa nt to use ASAP an d be lie ve th at
Cha nge Ma nag emen t a nd BPR wi ll be a h uge co mpo nen t of th e impl emen tation .
Th e del ivera ble s from the scop in g pha se wil l be a de ta ile d wo rk p lan , reso urce pl an,
impl emen ta ti on pl an, to ta l cost of i mple mentatio n, va lid ated b usin ess case an d most
impo rta nt the sco pe de fini ti on an d vali datio n.
Doe s a nyon e have si mila r p rop osal s w here w e prese nted o ur capa bil ities an d
app roach i n performi ng a SAP v 4.6 scopi ng effort.
Secon dly I’m loo king for al l ou r d iffe rentia to rs (me th odo log ies, tool s, acce lera to rs, etc)
th at w ill i mpress an d excite them.
Th ey are an e xisting SAP sh op that wan ts to re-imp leme nt and n ot j ust u pg ra de …
very SAP sa vvy. Also , they wa nt to kn ow ho w to l evera ge b est p ractices acro ss
multip le di visio ns and e nsure sta nda rdize d proce sses.
Plea se disre gard thi s me ssage if yo u have n ot w orked with con fi guri ng the
Req uisi te /Bu gsEye Ca ta log to se nd sho ppi ng ca rt da ta to an e xte rna l orde ring
syste m.
We a re curren tl y i mple mentin g a proo f-of-conce pt p roje ct for our cli en t to integ rate
th eir curre nt SAP3 .1 H IS-OIL imp leme ntation w ith th e Req uisi te /BugsEye ca ta log .
Th e clie nt w ants to re tri eve ve ndo r/ma te rial i nformatio n to su ccessful ly cre ate
Purcha se Req uisi ti ons from th e ap prop riate scree ns in the PM/MM mo du les. Pl ease
note we ca nno t use th e BBP/EBP sol ution as th is SAP p rodu ct do es no t
commun icate wi th the IS-OIL so lu ti on.
We h ave be en succe ssfu l in w riti ng a n interface to commu nica te betwe en SAP and
th e Req uisi te w ebsi te u sing SAP's Ja va Con ne cto r. Th e onl y p iece l eft i n th e puzzl e
is getting the co rrect i nformatio n from Req uisi te i n th e fo rmat w e wo uld l ike.
Con sequ ently, we are h op ing tha t some bod y i n the firm has exp erie nce in co nfig urin g
Req uisi te to sen d data to ou r g ene ric externa l sho ppi ng cart.
Loo king for SAP referen ces for a glo bal ro ll ou t for a di screte manu fa ctu rer or
anythi ng wi th a stron g service ma na geme nt e leme nt. Tigh t time lin e, a ll con tri butio ns
grateful ly recei ved!
CGEY Fin lan d wil l atte nd a wo rksho p to gethe r w ith SAP Fin lan d an d a larg e
key accou nt (Ine x Pa rtn ers, retail l ogi sti cs) to di scuss impl emen ta ti on o f a
distrib ution ce nter syste m. We are a ware SAP ha s a so lutio n cal led L ES, bu t
are un abl e to fin d an yone w ho kno ws LES, or has an y i mple mentatio n
expe rien ce. Wou ld you b e ab le to poi nt u s to the ri ght perso n?
Kind ly Yours,
Kaari na Ra ntala
Doe s a nyon e know w here to fin d a Fe ature/Functio n li st be tw een Pe opl eSo ft versio n
7.5.3 and SAP versi on 4 .5 .B? (or as clo se as po ssibl e on the resp ective re lea ses).
Th e app lica ti on are as cove r:
- Fin anci als
- Ma nufacturi ng
- HR Softw are Co mpari son from Gartner Group Symp osiu m N ov 20 00
- D istri bu ti on wh ich in clud es Ord er Entry, Inve ntory Psoft 8, Ora cle 1 1i an d SAP, La wson , JD Ed ward s / Nov 20 00
- Tech nol ogy in fra stru ctu re /Gartne r / fro m Ka thy Vald aramma
Do we h ave exp erie nce wi th SAP PL M a nd PTC Wi ndch ill p rodu ct?
Th is is fo r a h uge p ropo sal for HP
I am po sti ng this to ge t in fo rmation for Visteo n pu rsu it (SAP/Si ebe l integ ration ). An y
informa ti on on thi s w oul d be a ppre ciated . I a m co lle cti ng thi s i nfomatio n on be ha lf o f
Mike Boru szak.
We a re worki ng on a ma jor pu rsuit at Visteon w hich ma y ve ry w ell i nclu de in tegra ti ng
Sieb el CR M fun cti ona lity with SAP ba ckoffi ce. Visteo n is a Ti er 1 sup pli er in the
automo ti ve ind ustry (forme rly a part of Fo rd). $2 0 Bill ion i n Sale s w ith 12 8 loca ti ons
in 30 co untrie s.
Qu estion s:
Wh o were the cl ien ts we h elp ed w ith Sieb el/SAP? Can th ey be refere nced ?
Wh at a ccele rators do we h ave re lated to this in te gratio n?
Wh at b usin ess obj ects o f SAP di d th e integ ration invo lve? exa mple : Master Cu st
Ta ble , Prod ucts, Prici ng, Emplo yee s, etc
Any te mpla te s - ei th er te chn olo gy-rel ated or pro cess-rel ated.
Any speci fi c VB Scrip ts for Rea l Ti me inte rfa ce to SAP
Wh at g otcha' s to lo ok out fo r.
Any Sieb el spe cific accel erato rs (wi th / w ith ou t respe ct to SAP) w ou ld al so be
app recia te d
I am kee n to e sta bli sh con ta ct wi th a nyon e th at is curren tl y i mple mentin g, o r h as
impl emen te d EH&S in rel ease 4 .6. We ha ve an op po rtu nity to e xpan d th e scop e of
our activi ti es at a n existin g clie nt and w e may nee d to bou nce a few thin gs of an
intern al sou rce whi le pre pari ng the Stateme nt o f Work. Pl ea se respo nd to me dire ctl y
via eMa il, or call me o n my mo bil (1 -610 -745 -56 00).
Fo r my curre nt cl ien t, Fl uor Da nie l, I am pu ttin g to gethe r a " glo bal SAP pro ductio n
supp ort" ro llo ut p la n. If you ca n provi de a ny docu mentatio n (or po int me to i t) wh ich
dea ls with the foll owi ng, I wo ul d real ly app recia te .
- Gl oba l prod uction su pp ort mo del s
- Imp leme ntation strateg ies o r p lan s
- Ou tso urcin g - co sts/be ne fi ts
re qui red. After rel ease the orde r o btain s the statu s ORR Q. To se t a de letio n flag for
o rders wi th thi s status an o rde r re cord ha s to be cre ated first. The o rder reco rd
co ntain s se veral GMP rele vant da ta for the pro cess orde r.
To crea te a n orde r re cord a li nk with a n archi ve syste m h as to be set up in
cu sto mizin g. Pre fe rabl y thi s l ink is, as with n ormal a rchivi ng, also p ossib le wi th th e
d ataba se server. Th is beca use a n optica l archi ve is not ava ila ble ye t.
The IMG p ath to the customizi ng en try for th e lin k w ith th e op ti cal arch ive in re lea se
4 5B (in rel ease 4 6 th e en try ha s b een mo ved, see re lea seno te s) i s;
IMG -> Pro ductio n Pla nni ng for Process Indu stri es -> Proce ss D ata Docu men ta ti on ->
Orde r R ecord ->Defin e Archiv es
Al so th e path to th e crea ti on of orde r re cords;
L ogi sti cs -> Pro ductio n - Process -> Proce ss o rde r -> Too ls -> Proce ss d at d ocume nt
-> Orde r re cord (trx C OPA)
The q uestio n is:
D oes an yone h ave e xperi ence w ith th e creatio n of orde r re cords an d with settin g up
thi s l ink to an op ti cal arch ive. Is i t ne cessary to instal l an op tical a rchive o r ca n th is
l ink be ma de to other systems?
I ha ve worke d with SAP Bar Co din g, b olt -on b arcod ing w ith SAP
and a lso a nayl sed a ven dor bo lt-on p ackag e fo r Ba rcode s fo r a
clie nt.
Th e bol to ns I h ave wo rked wi th w ere - Jet Forms an d an other
one .
I ne ed to loca te a ny firm resou rces who h ave exp erie nce i n interfaci ng Co nsol e (Bar- I ha ve no t wo rked wi th C onso le ho weve r, I h ave w orked w ith
Cod e bol t-o n) and H yperi on (Co nso lid ation ) a ppl icatio ns to SAP. SapScri pt a nd b arcod es (bol t-o n / SAP) be fo re.
I ha ve 5 yea rs o f SAP expe rien ce in ABAP, Basis an d MM.
Th e Bar-Co de reso urce wo uld p refera bly be fami lia r w ith Con sole , bu t a ny bol t-o n I am curre ntly avai lab le - ju st comp leted a SAP arch ivin g pro ject.
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l ang uag e), C ana da. We have b een l ive sin ce Jan . 19 99 for all fin anci als, live with
the ir fro zen food s d ivisi on sin ce May 19 99, live w ith th eir gro cery di visio n since Ma y
2 000 a nd we j ust w en t li ve (April 2 9, 2 001 ) w ith a compa ny that th ey acqu ired b ack in
1 999 .
The y a re at the stag e wh ere they wa nt to kno w the be st bu sine ss p ractice s w ith
re gard s to SAP config d ocu mentatio n. For exa mple , the y h ave rea lize d th at me mbe rs
o f the imp leme ntation te am have p lace d config d ocu mentatio n in the IMG n otes, i n
BPP'S, in IUW'S, i n perso nal d ocume nts, i n inci den ts lo gge d by use rs, in p erson al
n otes not fo und on thei r L AN and so o n. Th ey now w ant to b ring all tho se to gethe r
a nd are w ond erin g ho w th is has be en do ne o n other pro jects, n o matter wha t the
i ndu stry.
So far, I ha ve loo ked i nto Valu eSAP and eSpe ed, th e SAP discu ssion foru m a nd CH S
U S C S SAP di scussio n Dba se (withi n SAP CHS), also the ER P i nterna l sites. Very
few re fe rence s, if any, con cerni ng SAP config d ocu me ntatio n so fa r.
If a nyon e has spe cific kno wle dge o f wh at w as don e at a clie nt a nd/o r wh ere I can find
so me info on thi s top ic, i t wo ul d be ap preci ated.
Per Maria B. Th e in fo D B i s ve ry o ld, SAP re pla ced thi s w it the ir
nee ds access to th e SAP info DB - bel ieve s the re is Tra in ing i nformatio n - sp ecific Know led ge wa reh ouse - con ta ins al l SAP tra ini ng in fo rmation ,
SAP BC 420 - cla ss i nformatio n and ch arge d a la rge fee, CGEY i s n ot subscri bin g.
My cl ien t Sai nt-Go bai n Te chni cal Fab rics in Ni aga ra Fa lls, NY is loo king to imp leme nt
an in centive p rogra m for its te am memb ers (not consu ltants) fo r th e purp oses of
re tentio n.
If any on e has pro gra ms a nd metrics to share I wou ld g re atly ap preci ate
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I tried to find the IPD4 mysap i n th e SAP co mmuni ty ho me spa ce, b ut I cann ot fi nd it?
wha t am I d oin g wron g?
I am wo rking w ith a US clie nt w ith a glo ba l prese nce. We a re prep ari ng to impl emen t
now i n non -US coun tri es an d, n atural ly, w e are no w en co un te ring VAT. D oes an yon e
have d ocume ntation o n the imp act o f VAT, p articul arly as it app lie s to Purch asin g.
Con fi gura ti on imp lica ti ons wo uld b e gre atly app recia te d.
I am lo okin g fo r a nyon e wh o has do ne an y w ork, or has an y co ntacts a t Co ne cti v
(fo rmerly De lmarva Po wer), particu larl y w ith rega rds to th eir imp leme ntation o f
Log ica's WMIS (Work Mana ge me nt In fo rmation System) an d asso ciated SAP
interface s. If anyo ne h as any con ta cts at ei th er compa ny, p lea se let me kno w
I am in te resting i n mode ls to be use d in a sha red se rv ices en viron ment fo r ch argi ng
out th e use of th e SAP syste m to the rest of th e orga niza ti on.
ANY mode ls wou ld he lp at this po int.
Has an yone b een o n a 4.6 pro ject usin g th e shi pmen t costin g fu nctio nal ti y?
Speci fi call y, I a m l ooki ng for informa tion o n th e FICO impl icatio ns.
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It i s w orkin g fi nd for th e inte rn al o rder
OSS n ote 309 21 4, h ave be en imp leme nted , it doe s n ot so lved th e issue .
Que sti on 2 : Au to matiza ti on of th e Settl emen t ru le for intern al Order at th e le vel of th e
p lan se ttle ment T=KO01:
Po ssibl e ? and H ow ? It is a n Abap so lutio n ?
Si tu ation : The custome r h as 8 pl an versi ons : a mong th em, 3 a re th e most u sed :
A : al l year lo ng an d is no t cha nge d. It i s fixe d.
B: i s u sed to make an i ntern al transfer from Divi sion to Di visio n if o ne n eed mo ney
a nd the othe r i s a ble to g ive some : In te rnal b usi ness.
C : is used to make sce nari o : e x: Cre ation o f new b usin ess proce ss
In 31 i we do n ot h ad to cho ose the b udg et ve rsion to make th e pla n settl emen t
i n 46 C, whe n we cli ck p lan se ttl emen t, all the p lan ve rsion s a pp ear an d we ha ve to
ch oose the m o ne by o ne.
Pe opl e create the ord er, settl e it to a cost cen te r a nd save i t. It is not thei r j ob to
ch oose the p lan ve rsion , o ne by on e.
Acco untan t rel ease th em and e xecute the se ettl emen t rul e.
Whe n you save i t it goe s in the rea l settl emen t an d no t the pl an, eve n if yo u have n ot
ch oose re al.
a nd save i t wi th a ll the p lan i nclu ded o r A, B, C on ly an d not real .
Has an yone e ver run acro ss th is requ est b efore?
Usin g th e BEx An alyze r i n Busi ness Wareh ouse R epo rti ng, is there a w ay to
fl ip the sig n of the a mou nt fie ld in a re port fo r o nl y se lect rows. Whe n
creatin g
a P&L, w e nee d to fl ip the sig n on the re ve nu e section o nly wi th ou t
fl ipp ing the si gn of th e en ti re key fi gure u sed in th e colu mn. Do es anyo ne
know o f a wa y to do th is?
We h ave a situa ti on wh ere o ur clie nt w ill g o live w ith SAP 4 .6 , a nd wi ll still h ave othe r
sites th at a re live o n 4.0 (wh ich wi ll on ly be up grad ed a t a la te r d ate. )
, an d some sites no t ye t at all o n SAP, bu t wi ll be rolle d ou t la te r.
Th ey h ave custome rs tha t d eal w ith th e sites on 4 .6 a nd an d 4.0, and the si te s n ot
yet o n SAP. Even tu al ly all si te s w ill b e on 4.6 bu t thi s ma ybe on ly in 2 or 3 yea rs time .
We a re ta lkin g larg e volu mes of i nvo ices eve ry mo nth.
Th e customers are g iven a si ng le lo ck b ox accou nt to ma il pa yments to , an d here i s
th e que sti on:
Wh at d o you ad vise:
is it b ette r to spl it the l ockbo x fi le in to se veral fil es fo r e ach si te a nd system?
is it b ette r to 'in terface' in voice s i nto on e SAP si te tha t i s l ive first to ap ply the
payme nts a nd in te rfa ce ba ck?
wha t is you r co mments/ o pin ion .
Hi eve rybod y,
we are d eal ing w ith a pu rsu it fo r "FILA Sport" in the Ap pare l ind ustry and w e are
tryi ng to coll ect o ur referen ces on SAP imp leme ntation s for
clie nts i n th e Ap pare l Spo rtsw ear or Cl othin g sector.
I ha ve a fe w prop osal s re ga rdin g Retai l and CP Cl ien ts b ut for the App arel In dustry
just have the R eeb ok on e.
(I kno w of Wol verin e Wo rld Wide a nd Sa ra Lee )
I wi ll be e xtre mly ple ased i f You c oul d give me a ny advi ce on w here to find so me
useful ma te rial .
I remi nd You tha t this p ro po sal must be rea dy fo r th e 4° of May.
Doe s a nyon e have a ny arch ivin g stra te gy docu men ts that we can l evera ge,
prefera bly HR a rchivi ng strategi es.
We a re seeki ng be nchma rk i nfo on MR P p rocessi ng in l arge sca le ma nufacturi ng
envi ronme nts. We a re loo king at u p to 2 5 mill ion re qui remen ts b ein g proce ssed.
Speci fi c q uestio n incl ude :
Wh at i s the p rocessi ng time?
Wh at i mpact is th ere on the overa ll pe r
Hi eve ryone ,
Ha s a nyon e ide ntifie d th e most co mmonl y u sed a nd / o r mo st critica l end u ser
deve lop mo re detai led tra ini ng materi als to supp ort tho se transa cti ons wh ich a
Cha nge s i n a pro ductio n envi ronme nt fo llo w th e same rou te as
duri ng the imp le me ntatio n:
Te chni cal/Un it testin g in D,
Ou r cl ien t is in te rested in p roce dure s u sed to te st cha ng es in a pro ductio n In te gratio n/Accep ta nce testing i n Q,
envi ronme nt. Plea se sha re your pro cedu res or source s o f i nformatio n on this topi c and the n the transp ort i nto P.
We wil l inve sti gate CGE&Y's SAP repo sitorie s so are o nl y i nterested i n informa ti on
th at yo u m In l arge r o r mo re SAP mature comp ani es I ha ve see n an ad ditio n
Ou r cl ien t ne eds to refine th eir cli ent stra te gy proce ss. Ple ase sha re your pro cedu res
or source s o f in fo rmation o n this topi c. We w ill i nvestig ate CGE&Y's SAP re posi to ries
so a re onl y i nterested i n in fo rmation tha t you ma y h ave tha t you d id no t p ut i n
We a re havi ng an i ncomi ng ED I 82 0 tra nsactio n is excess o f 10 00 li ne items. SAP
can no t po st more tha n 99 9 lin e items per do cume nt, sin ce th e lin e item fi led i n tabl e
BSEG is li mited to 3 dig its. This is an urge nt p robl em, si nce this issu e pre vents th e cl
We a re in urg ent nee d of some comp ariso n data for an SAP imp leme ntation p rop osal .
Fo r a ny previ ous R/3 pro jects whi ch imp leme nted Procu remen t:
Wa s a h ead coun t red uctio n in pu rchasi ng po ssibl e?
If so, h ow much ?
Wh ere we re th e effi ecie ncie s?
Plea se call
Hel lo eve ryone - ho pe al l is wel l. I am lo okin g to fin d anyo ne tha t ha s d evel op ed
Access Datab ase(s) for any or al l master da ta (tab les & fi eld s) for SAP 4.5B or
hig her. Speci fi call y I am pla nn ing to map a ll the tabl es an d fi eld s i n SAP i n a Access
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We a re tryi ng to fi nd Prop osa ls in the Re ta il/Co nsume r g ood s sector whi ch are a
Rol lou t of a fo reig n proj ect.
I mea n, a g lob al comp an y a lrea dy has a SAP solu tion i n a coun try an d wa nts a n offe r
fo r a ro llo ut i n a
To re iterate the issu es rega rdi ng IDOCs In voic0 2 (invo ice) or PEXR2 00 2 (Remi t
Advice );
1. Ho w are IDOC's crea te d in SAP fo r mo dul es othe r tha n MM & SD?
2. What are the steps re qui red to ope n po sti ng pe riod s for a spe cific compa ny cod e?
3. Oth er th an
In volve d in a Re lea se Versio n pro ject fro m 3 1i to 46C , Mod ule s FI-CO-MM-S D-PM-
PS-HR, I am loo king for an y o thers simi lar proj ect expe rien ce (even if Versi ons are
not exactly the same s)
- Tactil a ppro ach
- Strateg y
- C han ge man age ment pro cessin g
- R isks, Issue s, (con fi gura ti on for ex.) a nd su ccess sto ry.
etc ...
Every useful l docu ments are a ppre ciated .
I am lo okin g fo r re fe rence s / con fi gura ti on sug gestio ns on se ttin g up pa ymen t terms
on a "Per Un it o f Me asure " i nstead o f b ased o n a perce nt disco unt:
In ste ad of 2% Ne t 3 0 Te rms
My cl ien t wo uld l ike to have p ayme nt terms stated as $1 p er Ton Ne t 30 .
I'm in the p roces s o f pre apri ng a pre senta ti on for my cl ien t (Son y) to he lp e xecutive
mana geme nt u nde rsta nd the ch all eng es, ri sks, an d sustai ned d own side s o f cre ating
th e fo llo win g hybri d ERP en viron ment:
Ord er Mana geme nt System cove ring all e lectron ic prod ucts b ase d on SAP suite for
both di rect (w eb/tele sale s) a nd re ta il bu sine ss
Manu fa ctu ring System(s) ba sed o n Ora cle ERP App s
Fi nan cial Systems ba sed on Ora cle ERP App s
In te gratio n with third -party Lo gistics System
In te gratio n with in te rnal ly de velo ped C ustomer Servi ce Syste m
We a re assistin g our cli ent with eva lu ating the p racticab ili ty of usi ng SAP 4.6c to
han dle the ir contract main te na nce, reba te a dmin istratio n and re bate reco ncil iatio n
proce sses. Do es anyo ne h ave an y d irect expe rien ce with R eba te s a nd/or Co ntracts
in SAP,
We a re in the mid st of puttin g to gethe r a p ropo sal for an Arch ivin g ini ti ative at a clie nt
curren tl y o n SAP 3 .1 H. Of cou rse one se cti ons of the RFP is askin g fo r thre e
customer refere nces. We are lo okin g for referen ces whe re we h ave ha d an ou tri ght
archi ving p roje ct, or as part of a larg er proj ect, we h ave h ad sig nifica nt w ork in the
area o f arch ivin g.
Plea se respo nd ba ck i f yo u have a re fe rence th at w e can use . Plea se no te tha t the
clie nt ma y w ant to co ntact th e referen ce dire ctl y, in w hich ca se we w ill co ordi nate the
activity very ti ghtly wi th o ur CGE&Y p oi nt p erson . We w oul d nee d to have the b elo w
informa ti on by March 2 8th.
Has an yone d one p roj ect re view o n a SAP Impl emen tation ? An y d eli verab les o r
docu mentatio n, p articul arly for the techn ical a spects wou ld b e grea tl y a ppre ciated .
We h ave a cli ent th at i s ke en to use SAPOffi ce for docu ment mana geme nt of p roje ct
docu ments; (me eting mi nutes, stand ards an d proce du res, trai nin g materia ls etc).
Th is is fo r a Glo bal SAP imp leme ntatio n.
Doe s a nyon e have e xpe rien ce usin g th is ? If so, how l arge w as th e eng ag emen t
(n umb er of u sers , mod ule s i mple mente d, time lin e of p roje ct).
How d id it perform from overse as loca ti on s e g Europ e and A si a-Pa cific ?
Wh at w ere the pro ble ms tha t w ere exp erie nced w ith it ?
Wh at w ere the be nefits of usin g it ?
How w as versio n control ma intai ned on the do cumen ts ?
How ma ny docu ments were ma nag ed b y SAPOffi ce ?
BW Expe rts,
We a re pla nni ng on i mple men ti ng BW a t Ho lna m. Th e clie nt w ou ld li ke to b ette r
und erstand the d ifferen ce betwe en BO vs BEx. If a ny of yo u ha s e xperi ence w ith BO
and BEx, ple ase gi ve me a cal l at my cel l pho ne. A ny hel p is grea tl y a ppre ciate d.
Dea r Sa p - Frie nds,
I'm trying to col lect ou r w ordw ide re fe rence s for wh at co nce rns
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Integrated Planning
SAP MM - Glob al
Imple mentatio n - S AP Ve ndo r
Master Lo ad L ist
Unit of measure for language
cross comp any po sting s i n
mul ti n ation al org an isatio ns
Vendor Hierarchy
Master Da ta C onve rsion s -
Oracle to SAP
Master Da ta C onve rsion s -
Oracle to SAP
LIS gurus
Workflow in SAP
SAP - MM - ISO 9000
SAP MM - Ven dor maste r
structure
App arel Foo tw are So lutio n
refere nces
go live check list
REQUEST: C ompe nsatio n
Co mpon ent of SAP H R
Free SAP WEB Knowledge
Possi ble D epl oymen t
Oppo rtu nity !!!
PUSH Engine on SAP
PUSH Engine on SAP
I wa s a ble to run SAP@ We b stu dio w ith R/3 tra nsa cti on bu t I h ad pro bl em in run nin g
web RFC fo r BW web re portin g. An y h el p wil l be hi ghl y a ppre ciated . // D on't know i f
you tried thi s - to get web RFC for BW we b repo rti ng to work, you ma y n eed to rel ease
SAP_ALL - Web Studio and BW th e
Data scrubbing tools
global data standards
GuiXT questions/information
SAP All - GU I-XT and
Transa cti on Vari an ts
Ch ang ing C ost Cen te r
Stand ard Hi erarch y
Qual s - SAP fo r Glo ba l
Di stri butor
4.6c upgrade, open item risks
Settlement
UR GEN T UR GEN T - MM
Val uatio n gro upi ng cod e
Up date of SAP ta ble s vi a
ABAP prog rams
Re : ASAP: BP P's a vail abl e in
Spa nish / BPP en Espa nol
SAP - Overview Training
I am lo okin g fo r so mebo dy with e xperi ence i n In te grate d Plan nin g & Bu dge ting
(E xperi ence i n CO-PA p lan nin g, CCA, PP Integ ration e tc.), to h elp g ather
re qu ireme nts a t ou r cl ien t. P lea se give me a ca ll at my ce ll ph on e, 3 13 50 6 975 4, if
you ha ve expe rien ce in the a bove a rea.
w hich fie lds the foll owi ng da ta shou ld be e ntered in the SAP vend or master:
1 . PUER TO RICO - 10 99 rep ortabl e ven dors (no n-emp loye es, co nsu ltants) - i n
Pu erto Rico the form 46 0.6B is ge nera te d in li eu o f the US form 109 9.
Pl ease ch eck in wh ich fiel d of th e vend or master th e 9 di git Socia l
Se curity numb er shou ld be entere d. Ki ndl y a lso veri fy if th e fiel d
"Withh old ing tax cod e" sho uld b e main tain ed for th ese ven do rs. If so,
sh oul d an ad ditio nal code /d escrip ti on be co nfig ured for these 4 60.6 B
re portab le ven dors in Pu erto Ri co?
Will yo u pl ease a lso in qui re if the vend ors in Pue rto R ico ha ve
Fed eral Tax ID Nos. and w heth er th at d ata nee ds to be in clud ed whe n
l oad ing the ve ndo rs i nto SAP.
2 . PHILIPPINES - We un de rsta nd the 12 d igi t Ve ndo r VAT regi stra ti on no .
i s re qui red an d nee ds to be lo ade d into SAP as pa rt of th e Ven dor Master.
Wou ld you ki ndl y ch eck in wh ich ve ndo r ma ste r fie ld this 12 d igi t VAT
re gistratio n no. nee ds to be lo ade d?
3 . AUSTRAL IA - In ch eckin g wi th Asj a, the Au stra lia n Ven dor Master Lo ad
L ist n eed s to in clud e the "ABN = Au stra lia n Busin ess No." an d th e "GS T No ."
a s p art o f the ven do r ma ste r. Ple ase che ck a nd a dvise i n whi ch vend or
ma ste r fie lds these n umbe rs n ee d to b e loa ded .
Hel lo SAP All. I nee d he lp wi th ma intai nin g uni ts of mea sure for lan gua ge.
Speci fi call y w here i n IMG 3.1h.
Plea se call o r p rovid e a numb er
Belo w is a descri ption o f the p robl em/chal len ge we a re fa cin g in the
Basel l proj ect a t the mome nt.
Is there a ny expe rien ce with in ou r o rgan isatio n th at migh t he lp
Situatio n:
Ma ny compa ny code s i n on e control lin g area
• Mo re th an on e comp any cod e on on e ph ysical si te
• D ecisi ons by fina nce :
• N o cross compa ny code cost a ccoun ti ng
• Two l ega l entitie s h ave to in voice e ach oth er
Cha lle nge s:
• C entral d epa rtme nts (e.g. ma inten ance ) a re worki ng for di ffere nt co mpan y co de s
• Ea ch activity has to be i nvoi ced (mass pro ble m) to ge t the d etail i nformatio n in the
re cei ving co mpan y co de
or
• Onl y o ne in voice p er mon th me ans, no de tail s i n recei ving co mpan y co de
• For mul ti natio nal p roje cts p eop le from differen t sites/co untrie s/co mpan y co des are
performi ng wo rk
• Ea ch obj ect i n the pro ject (WBS-e leme nt, activi ty,...) ha s to be d upl icated fo r e ach
invo lved co mpan y co de (le ad s to a mass pro ble m a nd pro bl ems with the settleme nt)
or
• se para te co st co lle cto rs h ave to be use d be fo re everythi ng is con sol ida te d in a
proj ect (l ead s to pro ble ms i n proj ect control lin g and p lan nin g)
Qu estion s:
• D o we ha ve solu ti on s to these type s o f p robl ems in ou r o rgan izatio n
• D o we ha ve ad d-on s tha t we re prog rammed to a ssist cu sto mers
• Are the re expe rien ces/rema rks a roun d th at mi ght he lp
I'm lo okin g fo r so me in fo rmation o n Vend or Hie rarchy a nd wo uld b e gla d to ta lk to
anyb ody wh o has wo rked o n th at. Typica lly the in fo rmatio n I'm lo okin g fo r is o n
partne r d etermin ation a nd re portin g. Pl ease e -mail me yo ur con ta ct no o r ca ll me at
my cl ien t
Th is messag e is fo r b oth th e Oracle a nd SAP service l ine s.
We a re curren tl y i mple mentin g SAP (R ele ase 4 .6 b) fo r a n existin g clie nt who re cently
acqu ired a co mpan y tha t ru ns Ora cle ap pli cation s . Th e proj ect i s a t a po int whe re
th e clie nt co uld u se some
I am sure yo u must have g ot ma ny sugg estio n by now . Kin H o's
sugg estion i s va lid as wel l. An y w ay, yo u nee d to extract d ata
fro m Oracl e th roug h some SQL an d clea n th e da ta . You ca n use
Access or Excel to do thi s. SAP provi des a g uid e boo k for Da ta
tra nsfer and SAP h as many in bui lt p rogra ms to a ll the thin gs you
We a re curren tl y i mple mentin g SAP (R ele ase 4 .6 b) fo r a n existin g clie nt who re cently are lo okin g. On ly th ing yo u nee d to do is to tra nsfer th e da ta i nto
acqu ired a co mpan y tha t ru ns Ora cle ap pli cation s . Th e proj ect i s a t a po int whe re th e correct fo rmat and p ass it to the SAP pro gram. Go to the
th e clie nt co uld u se some a ssistance i n tra nsla ti ng the ir Ora cle master da ta to SAP http ://www .sa pla bs.com/do wnl oad s/d own loa ds_ ind ex.htm
(e .g. Ma te rial s, Cu sto mers, Ve ndo rs, BOMs, R outin gs, e tc.). site and d ow n loa d th e Data Transfe r Mad e ea sy g uid ebo ok
(und er Produ ct d ropd own ) i t is free an d it sh ou ld he lp you . For
We w ere won deri ng if anyo ne h as eithe r fun cti ona l (i.e. fi eld ma ppi ngs) or techn ical th e list you h ave men ti one d, yo u may no t ne ed an y C ATT
(i .e. p rogra m d esig n speci fi cation s) d ocu ments th at co uld se rve as acce lera to rs i n proce dure s, bu t for some d ata, yo u may ha ve to w rite CATT
conve rti ng da ta from Oracle to SAP. Any type of assi sta nce that you can pass al ong scripts and u plo ad . Ho pe this he lps you . If so me bod y e lse
wou ld be g reatly ap preci ated !!! sugg ests a g oo d solu ti on, ple ase sh are wi th u s
Sude sh K. Pi llu tl a
Doe s a nyon e know h ow to ge t totals from sta nda rd lis t di spla ys?
examp le' I ran a ope n PO rep ort (o pen 10 1) lon g versio n and w an t to know h ow may
POs an d lin e items th e repo rt d ispl ays. And for the sh ort ve rsion (ku rz) the n umbe r o f
lin e items
Hi ALL
I ne ed to ta p you r co lle cti ve know led ge of SAP or at l east th e peo ple you
have w ho may be a ble to h elp so lve this pro ble m.
PwC an d IBM ha ve bee n tell ing o ne of th e clie nt orga niza ti ons that th ere i s
qui rk i n SAP's w orkflow . Th e issu es at h and a re
Th is is a sta te ment fro m o ur clie nt. H as anyo ne do ne this o n th e vend or master?
Andre
Ou r o ffice Pro cureme nt D epa rtme nt is ISO 900 0 certified . To comp ly with ISO
re qu ireme nts the y mu st kee p a Ven dor Master Li st that in clud es:
Commo dity Typ e
ej. Con crete
I wo uld b e intere ste d in h eari ng from anyo ne wh o ha s a ssisted in the d esig n of th e
vend or master stru ctu re, w here th e clie nt i s p urcha sing o n a gl oba l basi s, from
multip le di visio ns and p lan ts o f the same ve ndo r co rpora tion . Ho w is th e vend or
master bui lt
Dea r SAP - Fri end s,
I urg ently ne ed to kno w our wo rld wi de refere nces ab ou t the
APPAREL FOOTWAR E SOLU TION (AFS) imp leme ntatio n.
Cou ld you h elp me , pl ea se?
Th anks in a dvan ce!
Hel lo SAP all , Can so meon e sen d me a go li ve check li st a nd MM month en d
proce dure s.
If you ha ve config urati on exp erie nce wi th the co mpe nsatio n compo nen t o f SAP HR,
ple ase le t me kno w as I wo ul d like to de velo p an in formal kn owl edg e shari ng/sup po rt
grou p.
As yo u know the ma rket i s " tra nsitio nin g" fro m C lassi c R /3 to Web En abl ed R/3. As a
compa ny we are ma king i nvestmen ts i n a varie ty of area s to re to ol ou r p ractice.
More in fo rmation w ill b e comin g out soo n ann oun cing o ur in te rnal a cade mies an d
demo syst
We h ave wo n a prestig iou s proj ect for Sup ply cha in (i2 ) i mple menta ti on.
Th e Cli ent is a fo rtu ne 50 0 comp any. We w ill b e impl emen ti ng i2 's APS so lutio n.
Th e clie nt h as SAP a s i ts ER P system.
We w ill n eed to in te grate SAP & i2. Its a very excitin g work, i
Ta ke a loo k a t this we ek’s memb er up date, whi ch incl ude s tricks for
tra cking yo ur recei pts a nd more .
* New D evel ope r Tip
* Book of th e We ek
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* SAP C aree r C enter
* Upd ated Best SAP We b Lin ks
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BOOK OF TH E WEEK
"Und erstand ing D irecto ry Se rvices" by Do ug She resh a nd Beth She resh
Ran gin g fro m b asic theo ry a nd a rchetype s to curre nt n etwo rk d irectory
service o ption s, this bo ok pro vide s cru cial i nformatio n fo r yo u whe n
you use d irectory servi ce on yo
Are th ere an y "ru le s-b ase d" data scrub bi ng tool s tha t can b e use d eithe r b efore o r
afte r a n impl emen ta ti on to cle an up ma ste r fil es?
Do we h ave an y p resen tation /w ord or excel sh eets pre pare d fo r a cl ien t to estab lish
glo bal stan dard izatio n aro und p rocesse s a nd da ta ? Th is may be stand ard izatio n of
materia l/item master record s, ba tch ma ste r re cord s e tc. Any docu ment aro und b est
practic
At my curren t cli ent (Kimbe rly-Cl ark), the re is much in te rest in red esig nin g SAP
screen s to make the m e asie r to u nde rsta nd for end users (most of o ur users wi ll be
Main te nan ce and Sto res perso nne l). One o f the n ew techn olo gie s th at co mes
sta nda rd with 4.6
We a re loo king a t usi ng Tran saction Va rian t functio na lity in con jun cti on wi th GUI-XT
to cre ate roll -base d tra nsactio ns for our No rth Ame rican ro ll-o ut o f SAP 4.6C a nd we
are kee n to kn ow wh ere e lse we a re usin g eithe r tran sactio n varia nts, or GUI-XT an d i
We a re on versi on 4.6c an d are tryin g to ch ang e the top no de on th e cost ce nter
sta nda rd hie rarchy. A pre vio us proj ect se t the top n ode a nd we a re tryi ng to comp ly
with a more re cent sta nda rd. D oes an y o ne ha ve an y i dea s o n how to res et the top
nod e ass
Are you aw are of any SAP imp leme ntation s tha t we h ave d one for comp ani es wh ose
proce sses resemb le those o f a g lob al di stri butor of hig h tech items an d compo ne nts?
Doe s a nyon e have a ny le ssons le arne d on the ri sk factors asso ciated w ith proce ssin g
ope n items such as sal es ord ers, p urcha se orde rs, an d shi pmen ts at vario us del ivery
sta ges after upg radi ng from 3.1H to 4.6C ?
Th is clie nt se ems to ve ry co ncern ed tha t thi
We h ave a pro ble m w ith SAP
Wh en we try to ma ke a settl emen t i n SAP w e have two d ifferen t erro rs a ppe ar.
On e is “th e Bala nce for tra nsa cti on type gro up 1 0 neg ative for th e are a 01”
Th e other on e is “Accoun t 1 001 70 in co mpan y c ode 2 600 ca nno t b e dire ctl
SAP-ALL: I nee d you r h elp d espe rately an d qu ickly!!
I ha ve a live system that wa s i nad vertently corru pted (de lete d log istics assig nmen ts
and so me log istics defin ition s)
I ha ve basi call y re instituted th e setti ngs an d almo st e verythin g is worki ng.
HOWEV
If I un dersta nd corre ctl y ...fol low ing i s my pro pose d sol ution .
Crea te a fil e with KEY an d missed o ut fie lds fill ed .
KEY MF1 MF2 MF3 ........
In th e ab ap move tha t file to i nterna l ta ble .
USE: SELEC T * FROM CO-PA tab le (CE1 # )
Where KEY = KEYVALU E.
C E1- MF1 = vlau e fro m fil e fo r the ke y.
MODIFY C E1.
Ou r cu rrent clie nt i s l ooki ng at a scen ario o f up datin g some fie lds of SAP's intern al END SELECT.
ta ble s (sp ecifica lly CO-PA ta ble s) d irectly via a n ABAP prog ram. Thi s i s to fill i n some COMMIT WOR K.
informa ti on that was misse d (not de emed a s si gni fi cant ti ll no w). The y do no t wa nt to Or u can u se
use a ba tch u pda te call ing the tran saction th roug h th e prog ram as it will a dd two UPDATE .... SET ....... WHERE .........in ABAP p ro gra m.
entrie s for ea ch entry th at's inco rrect (- one to n ull ify the e ntry a nd a nothe r to corre ct Th is is just hig h leve l gu ide lin es but th ere is a ro om fo r
it) a nd the nu mber of reco rd s runs in to mi lli ons. We a re also i n to uch w ith SAP to performa nce imp roveme nt codi ng ap proa ch.
und erstand the i mpli cation s. Mala y Pa rikh
Doe s a nybo dy know i f ASAP's Busi ness Proce ss Proced ures (SAP's ge neri c trai nin g
materia l) are ava ila ble i n Span ish ? Or ha s a nybo dy bee n on a p roje ct we re tra ini ng
materia l was de velo ped i n Spa nish a nd ha s tha t a vail abl e fo r sh arin g?
I am lo okin g fo r trai nin g materia l (ele ctroni c form or eve n class bo ok)for th e SAP
course : Overvie w - p referab ly fo r ve rsion 4 .6x; b ut e ven a lo we r ve rs ion w oul d be
hel pful.
I wo uld a ppre ciate an y hel p