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Jobs and SAP resumes

2008-12-12T06:40:00.000-08:00

Samples represent that of an actual working technical professional found on the WEB and modified to protect the privacy of these professionals. Human names, company names, colleges, software product names are intentionally made up.

Vijay Agacheti

Skill set:

SAP HR, MM - ABAP Technical / Functional Consultant

Summary

SAP R/3 Team Lead Technical Consultant with 5+ years experience in HR, MM, SD, FI/CO and PM up to version 4.6 C
4 years US experience, including Public Sector, Pharmaceutical, manufacturing, transport, Process Industries and big 5.
Worked in Full life cycle implementation, Upgradation Project.
ABAP skills set include Data Archive Reports, BDC, Data Dictionary,Report Writer, SAP Script, Transactions, ALE, Idoc, Query,Interface programming, SAP Business Work Flow.
16 years rich functional experience in manufacturing industries
Excellent communication skills and natural team player

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

Software: SAP R/3, Forms-4.5 and Reports 2.5/ Developer 2000
Languages: ABAP/4, C
SAP Modules: HR, MM, SD, PM, FI/CO.

EDUCATION:

BS Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Management
Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management
Diploma in Unix, C and Oracle

Project Details 1. Johnson Systems, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Jan 02 - Feb 02
ABAP Technical Consultant - SAP HR / 4.6C CEI

Environment: IBM - Server and Windows 2000 / Windows ME - PC

Responsibilities: Worked on the out bound interface from SAP to Frick Company dealing with Unemployment data .

Analysis of the existing system
Gathering requirements for the development of Interface
Preparing User Interface design documentation.
Develop the program
Test the program with respect to its performance and accuracy.
Transport the program from Development box to Quality assurance box.

2. Durham Cement, Littleton, NH
June 01 to Nov 01
ABAP Technical Consultant - SAP HR / 4.6C CEI

Environment: IBM - Server and Windows 2000 / Windows ME - PC

Responsibilities:

Analysis of the existing system
Gathering requirements for the development of Interface & User exits.
Preparing User Interface design documentation.
Develop the program
Test the program with respect to its performance and accuracy.
Transport the program from Development box to Quality assurance and Production box.

Worked on the following User Exits and Interfaces.

User Exits:

Benefit Life / AD&D Plan - To change Employee Cost and Employer Credit for each age band and salary.
Benefit Retiree Plan - Using Custom Table Flex dollar amount obtain employee / employer cost.
Salary and Age freeze for Life/AD&D and LTD Plans.
Cats User exit for single screen solution for employee Pay information for HR/Payroll and employee time for work order.
Refresh Cat2 time entry screen when wrong entry made.

Interfaces:

New Hire Data
Payroll data to Frick Company
Unicare Dependent Care Spending
Unicare Health care spending
Unicare - Medical & Dental Eligibility
Credit Union Deductions
Gelco-cost Center data
Incentive Pay details.

Also developed Custom Info type - 9000 tables.

3. Mayflower Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA
Feb 01 - May 01
ABAP Technical Consultant - SAP HR / 4.6C CEI

Environment: Main frame Sever - Windows 98 / 2000 - PC

Responsibilities:

Analysis of the existing Legacy Reports
Gathering requirements for the development of the report program.
Preparing User design documentation.
Develop the program
Test the program with respect to its performance and accuracy.
Transport the program from Development box to Quality assurance and Production box

Worked on the following reports:

Event management reports
Employee turn over reports
Compensation Report
Age & years of service Report
Benefit Insurance plan premium report
HMO Participants to vendor report
Group Universal Life Payments report.

4. American Airlines, Fort Worth, TX
Nov 00 - Jan 01
ABAP Technical Consultant - SAP HR / 4.6C CEI

Environment: Main frame Sever - Windows 98 / 2000 - PC

Responsibilities:

Analyzed Payroll and Time management reports requirement and prepared High level and detailed specification and collected basic requirement for coding the Report programs.
Performed Gap analysis and formatting report specification.
Preparing User design documentation.
Develop the program
Test the program with respect to its performance and accuracy.

Some of the reports are:

Shift time recording report.
Wage type statement.
Tax setup exemptions.
Workers Compensation information report.

5. MIRAMIS Pharmaceuticals, Rochester, NY
Sep 00 - Nov 00
ABAP Technical Consultant - SAP HR / 4.0b

Environment: Windows NT Sever - Windows NT - PC

Responsibilities:

Worked as Technical Consultant in the OMNI Project - implementation of Gross to Net Payroll and merging of two company data RPR & HMR .
Performed Gap analysis and formatting report specification.
Preparing User design documentation.
Develop the program
Test the program with respect to its performance and accuracy.

The following are some of the work done by me here:

Created a Dynamic Program to update Info type 0003 whenever Info type 0014 or 0015 created for retired and terminated people.
Worked on Schema to extract information for Insurance Benefit using UBEN features and User Exits
Modified STD SAP RPLICO10 program - Flexible employee report to suit client requirement.
Developed a Interface program for Metlife Insurance company.
Modified STD SAP RPCLJNU0 Payroll Journal Report to suit client requirement.
Modified Remuneration statement Report RPCEDTUO to suit client requirement.
Labor and Liability report
Deduction Wage type Summary reports.
Base Payroll / Work Hours Report.

6. Advanced Technologies, Raleigh, NC
Jun 00 - Aug 00
Team Lead ABAP Pricing - SAP MM / SD - 4.5b

Environment: IBM - main frame Server - IBM -PC

Responsibilities:

Worked as Team Lead in MMLC- Pricing Technical team consisting of six members both as support function and testing of Data Integrity in 4.5b version of SAP MM module and SD Module.
Performed Gap analysis and formatting Program specification.
Preparing User design documentation.
Develop the program
Test the program with respect to its performance and accuracy.

Worked in the following Areas:

Worked on Parallel currency and Euro currency in the pricing table
Enhance Program ZDMRFAXX - for pricing with development class ZDMM
Update Pricing tables - ZPRCTAB, ZDMRFA.
Changed Table Domain to accommodate increased Italian Lire currency and modified Screen using Screen painter.
Modified Program ZDMLOGRP to show errors in the count.

7. Amtrak, New Ark, NY
Feb 99 - Feb 00
ABAP Technical Team Lead - SAP HR Payroll- 4.0b

Environment: IBM - AS400 Server With Windows 98 PC

Responsibilities:

Led a team of four members in designing, implementing and maintaining the project plan for implementing Data Migration and Interface between SAP and Legacy.
Data Archived for data conversion from ASCII character to SAP system using EBCDIC Charter set
Worked on SAP Business Work Flow related to Employee Hiring including employee events such as when an employee is hired, or leaves the company, or is reassigned within the company.
Responsible for the analysis Work Flow like New Hire, Leave of Absence LOA , Termination, Retirement with pay, Retirement without pay
Design of batch programs, documentation, testing, and Data migration of over thirty info types in organizational management, Payroll, Tax, benefits and Master data for over forty thousand employees.
Use Interface toolbox PU12 to upload master data interface from flat file to SAP with a specific format using Interface Toolbox
Conversion master data, payroll data, Benefit & Tax data with a specific format using Interface Toolbox
Responsible to create Batch data conversion program for migration of Legacy data into SAP data in to Master data, Payroll, Benefit, and tax Info types like Group1- basic Info type 0000,0001,0002. Group2-Info types 0006, 0007, 0008, Group3-Info types 0014,0015, Group4- Info types 0207,0208,0209,0210, Group5- Info types 0169, 0170 etc.
Responsible for the analysis, design of Interface programs, documentation, testing of out bound interface and custom info types.
Developed an ADP interface including code mapping to wage types using custom code in the processing time for block of ADP master data.
Developed three Interface Programs for Wyatt using Idoc.
Additional responsibilities - Post Implementation Support in identification of errors and eliminating them.

8. Kruger Cements, Arlington, PA
Dec 98 to Jan 99
ABAP Technical Consultant, SAP- 3.1h - PM

Environment: Unix Sever - Windows PC

Responsibilities:

Responsible for creation of Batch program for data migration in Plant maintenance module, testing and documentation of data transfer.
Utilize Proteus tool to create Batch data programs linking various fields with rules.

9. Parametric Decisions, Nashville, TN
Aug 98 to Nov 98
Functional consultant in SAP HR 3.1h

Environment: Oracle Database NT-server - Windows PC

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the analysis of Payroll reports, Gap analysis and formatting report specification. Some of the reports are.
- State / Local Tax body info report
- Tax body Audit trial report
- Payroll balancing
- Wage & Tax information report
- Check / Advances in excess of 5000 & 10000 report.
- Workers Compensation report.
Responsible for creation of technical coding sheet with various fields.
Responsible for creating specification for testing reports and classifying them.

10. Duglas Brothers Incorporation, Chicago, IL
May 98 to Jul 98
SAP Functional / Technical consultant MM

Environment: Unix Server - Windows PC

Responsibilities:

Member of MM Functional team in identifying upgrade requirements.
Responsible in identification of up gradation patches and applied patches.
Responsible in creating program for pricing using BOM, Customer over due balance.
Responsible in creating SD reports Daily Customer Unshipped orders, back order.
Enhancement of Program RFDOPR00 FI Customer evaluation over due balance .

11. Alpha Petrochemical Company, Saudi Arabia
Jun 97 to Feb 98
ABAP Technical consultant. in SAP HR 3.0e Payroll

Environment: Main-frame Server - Windows PC.

Responsibilities:

Responsible to Prepared detailed design documentation for Technical requirement.
Responsible to develop Report Program.
Some of the SAP-reports upgraded to suit client requirement:
- Wage type summary - Program name RFFOD_U
- Pay roll summary - Program name RPCLGAOO
- Payroll register - Program name RPCLSTRX
- Bank list for direct deposit - Program name RFFOD_U
- Gosi Report - Emp No wise - Program name RPCLSTRX
- Gosi Report - Gosi No wise - Program name RPCLSTRX
- Introduction of Cheque no in Allocation field - Program name SAPMF05L
The following are some of the reports developed.
- Temporary Employees list
- Employee wise monthly Travel and Expenses report
- Reservation Ticketing MM module
- Polyethylene movement summary FI/MM/SD - module
- Reservation Pick Ticketing Shop Paper - PM module
- Monthly work schedule for the employees

12. ABC Software International Ltd., Madras, India
Oct 96 - May 97
Functional Consultant - SAP MM, 3.0e

Responsible for the analysis, design, configuration, documentation, testing, and final implementation of Details will be given separately
Materials Management
Inventory Management System
Warehouse Management System

Details of Functional experience spanning sixteen years in Engineering IT Related Manufacturing Industries will be provided upon request

SAP Training, 1996

Materials management Module
MM005: Overview of Materials Management.
MM010: Introduction to Materials Management;
MM020: Purchasing Guide;

ABAP/4

BC160 : ABAP/4 for new Programmers;
BC030 : R/3 Data dictionary
BC170 : ABAP/4 Programming;
BC175 : Report programming techniques
BC180 : ABAP/4 Data Interfaces;
BC185 : Programming logical databases
BC200 : ABAP/4 Query;
BC220 : Introduction to On-line Programming
BC230 : Advanced techniques in On-line Programming;
CA110 : SAP Script Texts, styles, Layout sets
CA120 : SAP Script Programming interface.

SAP Resumes 2. Comprehensive sap resume

2008-12-12T06:38:00.000-08:00

Resume 14

Roland B. Lynch, CPIM

Objective:

Consulting or project management position supporting the implementation or enhancements of SAP ERP systems.

Summary of Qualifications:

Extensive ERP, supply chain, and operations experience in the aerospace and defense, electronics, automotive, and capital manufacturing industries. Has implemented SAP R/3 and developed integrated web applications for a full life cycle major go live. Achieved long-term strategic objectives with high ROI through business process changes and on time, on budget. Proven track record.

Experience: 2001 - Present
Methuen Logistics, Methuen, IL
WM/LE Consultant

Providing go live support for a global Logistics and Distribution solution that consists for 6 regional distribution centers and 1 central distribution center that collectively ship over 100,000 line per day Investigates user problems and determines root cause. Takes corrective action either through configuration changes, data clean up or training.
Extensive integration with MM and SD. Solution includes inbound deliveries with handling units, multiple storage types, bin management, wave picking, bundling, packing using handling units, and shipping. All shipping documentation packing lists, load instruction sheets, BOL, etc produced through the system.

1998 2001
Moore Aircraft, Inc., Wichita Falls, KS
Project Leader SAP Systems

Responsible for the configuration, integration, and test of the PP, MM, PP-PI, PS, WM, and PM modules for a large 5,000 users multi-company, multi-currency implementation
Solution architect for Operations, Supply Chain, Service Management, and Customer Support
Strong configuration skills in PP, PP-PI, MM, PS, IM, WM and PM, including integration with SD, QM, CO, FI and HR.
Operations solution included development of Master Planning, Capacity Planning, MRP, Production Orders, Kanban for make to stock and make to order. Strong PLM skills with Material Masters, Routing, Master Recipes, BOMs, ECRs, and ECMs. Implemented SAP s parameter effectivity. Developed CAPP solution to include generative planning. Project leader for APO PP/DS. Solution included finite scheduling for resource constrained work center. Reduced cycle times 20
Project Leader for a BW implementation. Developed reporting strategy where operational data was reported directly from R/3 and summary data was reported from BW. Developed user friendly R/3 reports by using list viewers and custom report trees.
Integrated PP with CO, HR and data collection system to capture costs and record time.
Full MM functionality including integration with IM and WM.
Developed Variant Configuration functionality to automatically generate Order BOM s, Operative Networks, and Routings.
Responsible for the development of Specifications for various ABAP Program and Reports.
Understand the relationship of Data Elements in tables, views, & structures.
Full life-cycle experience including 21 months post-live optimization and support.
Multiple implementations:1 tooling and calibration, 2 Operations, Sales, Finance, HR and Customer Support, 3 APO, 4 Service Management, 5 BW
Successfully implemented web applications for customer order management and employee self service
Technical design and SAP enhancement skills worked with SAP Labs and SAP AG to resolve industry specific gaps now in core solution

1996 - 1998
Moore Aircraft, Inc., Wichita Falls, KS
Manager - Supply Chain

Responsible for material requirements planning and inventory control. Annual material volume exceed over 2.0B per year
Inventory turns improved from 4.1 to 8.0
Developed strategic outsourcing partnership for raw materials that lead to 15M inventory reduction and reduced lead times by over 2 months
Implemented supplier managed inventory program that led to 8M inventory reduction and reduced shortage by over 20

1994 - 1996
Lacoss & Cedarapids Inc., Westford, IA
Supply Chain Manager

Material Manager for a unionized, ISO certified, multi-plant, manufacturer of heavy capital equipment
Managing staff of 90 employees, was responsible for Supply Chain management and Logistics Management
Increased manufacturing output by 38 and reduced lead times by 36
Increased through put at gateway work centers through improved inventory management of raw material and set up time reduction
Improved inventory accuracy from less than 80 to 98 accuracy
Reduced indirect labor by 18
Improved service levels for spare parts from 78 to 90
Responsible for consolidating two plants in different states into one plant

1988 - 1994
Lowell Missile Systems, Berlin, TN
Production Control Manager

Material and Production Control Manager for a high volume missile plant
Managed staff of 185 people
Project manager for the MACPAC/D MRP II system that was implemented on schedule and on budget.
Transitioned 2 programs from engineering development into full rate production

1977 - 1988
Brian Corporation, Chelmsford, FL
Various Supply Chain Assignments

Responsible for master scheduling, material control, inventory control, procurement and production control
Reduced material costs by 12,000,000 over a 2-year period.
Responsible for the implementation of the Boeing PMS MRP II system.
Developed Earned Value Measurement System EVMS that achieved DOD production certification
Logistics Manager responsible for supporting over 200 satellite communication stations located through out the world.

Education

B. S., Management Science, Florida Institute of Technology
MBA, Florida Institute of Technology
Certified by the American Production and Inventory Control Society CPIM
Fluent in Portuguese

Professional Affiliations

Past member of the Society of Logistics Engineers
Member of the American Production and Inventory Control Society APICS
Served on the board of directors of the local APICS chapter
Guest speaker at APICS and Professional Accountants meetings
Presented paper at the SAP Aerospace and Defense Conference March 2000
Written papers for APICS
Past instructor for APICS certification exams

Resume 15

Ravinder Bhojani

OBJECTIVE:

SR. SAP FICO CONSULTANT

SUMMARY :

Mr. Bhojani is a highly motivated professional with over four years of solid experience in SAP R/3 FI Finance & CO Controlling configuration, SAP Implementation, Business re-engineering and training in Business Warehouse BW , Treasury, SAP Vertex Sales Tax, Use Tax, VAT Tax Module and Project Management.

In addition, he has eleven years of experience in Financial Services, Corporate Accounting, Corporate Income tax and Business Process. For four years he was in-charge for Human Resources Department, including preparation of all payroll tax return and 401k tax returns.

SAP modular experience includes: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Asset Management, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, Profitability Analysis, Product Costing, Special Ledger, Report Painter and Business Warehouse BW .

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Entertainment Industry, High-Tech, Oil & Gas and Export/Import.

EXPERIENCE : Feb 99 - present
RSSTECO, Inc., Chelmsford, California
Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Major Entertainment Studio in Los Angeles:

Responsible for re-implementing COPA and BW.
In-charge for production support and various on going small projects.

Siemens:

Performed a custom archiving project to eliminate non-business data existing on the SAP system that is being turned over to the organization acquiring the product line.
Defined functional criteria for masking & archiving data.
In-charge for SAP FI/CO/AA production support.
Collected and analyzed users business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
Configured VAT European tax module.
Configured 4.4.5 Financial Year End Accounting.
I have supported SAP Vertex/Sales & Use tax, any new configuration and development.

Thermo Extex:

Configured Lockbox process/automated AR cash posting and on AP side Positive Pay file.
Configured 1099 s, magnetic tape and reporting process.
Defined substitution rule.
Wrote custom specs on budget upload process in SAP.
Configured and created custom PCA reports in CO module.
Configuration and Modifications to SAP AR, AP, AA, GL and CO modules.
Automated wire transfer payment process in SAP-AP system.
Setup business area adjustment batch jobs.
Conducted hot pack testing for FI/CO module.
Coordinated with MM, SD and ABAP team.
I have completed full implementation in Vertex Module.
The configuration includes, tax by country, verify tax indicator, assign tax classifications, define default for non-taxable transactions, tax jurisdiction structure for USA, tax codes, processing key set up, condition records, configured non-USA countries, created reports, worked on customer master data conversion, supported post implementation, integrated with order entry and material management module.

SEDECO Oil & Gas:

Re-engineered, Configured BP & Amoco s SAP FICO System into single instant system.
Involved in the upstream & downstream FI/CO re-engineering process.
Conducted testing procedures.

Vaxtor:

I have implemented SAP FI/CO 4.6 upgrade project, did fit gap analysis, business re-engineering, testing and new configuration to fit gap between SAP 3.1h to SAP 4.6C version.
Includes SAP AR, AP, AA, GL and CO modules.
During the upgrade I was the team leader.
I have configured G/L, A/P, A/R and AA modules.
Created Chart of Accounts, asset classes, Master Data, Valuation, Asset types, allocations of number ranges and transfers of legacy data in Asset Management Module.
Defined depreciation areas, depreciation terms, and periodic processing.
I have also configured tax depreciation books.
I was also involved in remittance payment program configuration.

SAP America:

I have configured BW Business Information Warehouse v 1.2b.
Designed Info Cubes, Info objects and queries, loaded data from SAP R/3 4.0b.
Did performance tuning and query optimization.
Created Info Cube aggregates to improve the performance.
Extracted master and transactional data from flat files.
ASAP Methodology for planning, designing and implementing BW.
BW BAPI s interface of the staging engine, extraction from R/3 data sources and integration of other SAP implementation and non-SAP data sources.
Connected BW system to multiple SAP OLTP systems.
Analyzed data. BW OLAP extraction.
Modified Info sources for master and transactional data.
Used business explorer analyzer Bex. At SAP America Training Center .

Port Authority of NY/NJ Public Sector :

I was in-charge for Y2K safety check for FI/CO testing team.
Prepared Y2K testing plan and supervision of FICO tester s team.
Analyzed status and fixing FI/CO tables, SAP HR tables and configuration complied with Y2K.

Digital Technologies:

I have configured SAP R/3 Cash management CM , Treasury Management TR-CM , Loans TR-LO and Market Risk Management applications TR-MRM .
Set up the structures required for managing short-medium-and long-term liquidity for the company.
Defined the system settings needed to control internal processing.
Wrote AS-IS & TO-BE Business process for Treasury department.
Conducted testing and helped in production support for a fortune company.
Written, Created, Maintained BPR scripts for Cost Center Master Records, Profit Center Records and Standard Hierarchy in SAP.
Created custom document type journal entry .
I also supported SAP production team and post implementation team.
Wrote custom specs in Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable reports.

Carl Dearborn:

I have performed year-end closing, which involved posting of adjusting entries.
Analysis of all open items, foreign currency revaluation, reclassification of payable and receivable, clearing of goods receipt/invoice receipt GI/IR accounts, performing reconciliation s, profitability allocations by business area.
Closing the accounting period, carry forward balances to the next period and generating financial statements by using best business practices that meet GAAP guidelines for control reasons.
My role was to help address design issues and assist in performing fit/gap analysis in the FI/CO arena and financial process.
I have mapped two companies general ledger into one parent company s general ledger and business process.
I was the team lead at this project. I was tasked to coordinate test case development for the functionality to be implemented within the SAP system.
The area includes billing, accounts receivable, profitability analysis and contracts.
I have developed the testing plan.
Responsibilities included preparation of test cases and execution of plan.
Played a key role between testers and the project manager.

Sep 97 Jan 99
Bob Flint, Inc., New York, NY
Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Digital Technologies:

Responsibilities included interacting with client s business process team; collect all the business requirements create functional and technical specifications, which would be used by the construction/programming team.
Illustrated the flow of data through the lockbox procedure.
Defined the components of the process.
Configured lockbox program.
Wrote to be process for lockbox data flow.
I also defined the BAI 2 format, which provided different level of detail of the incoming payment.
Completed lockbox configuration.
Configured bankruptcy global process in SAP system for a multinational Company.
Document the AS-IS business process for bankrupt customers.
Design the new business for bankrupt customers.
Write business specifications for interfaces and reports to support the bankruptcy process.

Gillette Company:

I was a member of the SAP FI/ CO team implementing Product Cost Accounting.
I was responsible for FI/CO configuration test based upon existing business processes and business scenarios, create FI-General Ledger test plan, add the finance expected results to Bid to Cash test plans, Inventory Planning test plan.
Execute FI-General Ledger tests.
Validate financial posting coming from Bid to Cash and Inventory Planning test.
I was the team lead at this project.
Played a major role in the development of Business Processes BPRs relevant to Financial Business Scenarios associated with North American s SAP business activities.
Created script instructions SCIs for all BPRs across all Business Scenarios identified with the process category of Financial Management.
Created Test Objects TEOs for each BPR linked to the business scenarios identified with the process category of financial management.
Developed test plans, for each TEO, used in the SAP construction-testing phase for all financial management transactions.

Fillsbury Company:

Configured AR, AP, GL, AA and CO modules.
Wrote custom fixed assets SAP scripts from ASAP to client need and scripts tested during the prototype phase.
Documenting and support for the finance work stream that is, FI, CO, AP & AM modules and the project progress in R-3 tool kit.
Coordinated business process scenarios.

Jan 96 Sep 97
Arlene, Chelmsford, CA
Sr. Consultant

Computer Associates Products: Managed various small projects that required data conversion from legacy systems to client/server.
Projects included General Ledger Module FI , Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Sales & Distribution SD , Costing CO Inventory, Order Entry OE and Human Resources HR .
Involved in the design & implementation of new accounting system and was also responsible for maintenance of legacy system.
Researched and evaluated new Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software for various departments based on business needs, functionality, and ease of use.
Involved in training end users on various accounting systems.

Jun 94 Dec 95
Clark & Gable, CPA s, NorthWest, CA
Audit Manager

May 91 - May 94
Lazares & Petrick, CPA s, Skedd City, CA
Sr. Accountant

Conducted audits of various manufacturing, export and import, distribution companies.
Prepared financial statements, financial analysis, cash flow statements, cash projection and budgets.
Developed marketing plans and re-engineered business strategies.
Setup internal controls in job costing, inventory management Using FIFO/LIFO method , purchasing and sales department.
Assisted clients in securing asset-based financing e.g. factoring, receivable financing .
Independently completed all phases of Corporation, Partnership, Subchapter S Corporation and Individual income tax returns.
Developed computer consulting practice.
Through the effort the firm became qualified authorized dealer and Installer of various Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software packages.

Jun 86 Apr 90
Harvard Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Financial Controller

Responsible for developing, implementing general accounting systems, financial concepts for finance planning and control.
Perform technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance.
Preparation of Income and Balance Sheet statements.
Managed general accounting personnel A/P, A/R & G/L .
Responsible for closing and account reconciliation s.
Assisted and reported to President of the Company in various projects.
Selected independent auditors.

Jan 86 - May 86
Baker & Smith, Oklahoma City, OK
Securities Analyst

I have managed Investment and banking portfolio.
I have performed equity research and analysis.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Finance, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK. May, 1986
B.S., Accounting, Osmania University, India GPA 3.5 July, 1983

SAP Training:

SAP R/3 Profitability Analysis COPA 4.6 training at SAP America
SAP R/3 Cost Center Accounting CCA 4.6 training at SAP America
SAP R/3 Funds Management: Processing, Organization & Configuration
SAP R/3 FI 4.6 Upgrade Version training at SAP America
SAP R/3 Asset Accounting 4.6 training at SAP America
SAP R/3 - Vertex Sales & Use Tax training at Vertex, Inc.
SAP R/3 Configuration of Taxes on Sales & Purchases 4.6 Version
SAP R/3 - FI/CO training at Pricewaterhouse Coopers
SAP R/3 - BW Business Information Warehouse, SAP America
SAP R/3 Treasury training at SAP America
SAP R/3 - Systems Management Methodology, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
SAP R/3 - Change Integration, PriceWaterhouse Coopers
SAP R/3 ABAP, MM and SD Interface.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Financial Accounting systems: AMI Data write, ATB, ACE, Uni-link, MAS 90, ACCPAC, BPI, Business Works, SEI trust aid systems and insight layered accounting software packages.
Tax Software Applications: SAP Vertex Sales & Use tax, Lacerte, Computax and other tax software packages.
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point and Lotus notes.
Qualified installer for ACCPAC accounting software packages.
Operating Systems: Windows N.T 4.0, UNIX and Windows 95
GUI: SAPGUI and Microsoft Windows.
SAP Repository & Tracking Systems: Clarify, Remedy & R-3 toolkit.

Personal: US Citizen

Reference available upon request

SAP Resumes, Sample resumes, ERP sap resumes

2008-12-12T06:31:00.000-08:00

Ravinder Bhojani

OBJECTIVE:

SR. SAP FICO CONSULTANT

SUMMARY :

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE:

Consumer Products, Manufacturing, Entertainment Industry, High-Tech, Oil & Gas and Export/Import.

EXPERIENCE : Feb 99 - present
RSSTECO, Inc., Chelmsford, California
Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Major Entertainment Studio in Los Angeles:

Responsible for re-implementing COPA and BW.
In-charge for production support and various on going small projects.

Siemens:

Performed a custom archiving project to eliminate non-business data existing on the SAP system that is being turned over to the organization acquiring the product line.
Defined functional criteria for masking & archiving data.
In-charge for SAP FI/CO/AA production support.
Collected and analyzed users business requirements, identified and defined areas for improvements, prepared specifications for development, configured, troubleshooting and supporting for systems users.
Configured VAT European tax module.
Configured 4.4.5 Financial Year End Accounting.
I have supported SAP Vertex/Sales & Use tax, any new configuration and development.

Thermo Extex:

Configured Lockbox process/automated AR cash posting and on AP side Positive Pay file.
Configured 1099 s, magnetic tape and reporting process.
Defined substitution rule.
Wrote custom specs on budget upload process in SAP.
Configured and created custom PCA reports in CO module.
Configuration and Modifications to SAP AR, AP, AA, GL and CO modules.
Automated wire transfer payment process in SAP-AP system.
Setup business area adjustment batch jobs.
Conducted hot pack testing for FI/CO module.
Coordinated with MM, SD and ABAP team.
I have completed full implementation in Vertex Module.
The configuration includes, tax by country, verify tax indicator, assign tax classifications, define default for non-taxable transactions, tax jurisdiction structure for USA, tax codes, processing key set up, condition records, configured non-USA countries, created reports, worked on customer master data conversion, supported post implementation, integrated with order entry and material management module.

SEDECO Oil & Gas:

Re-engineered, Configured BP & Amoco s SAP FICO System into single instant system.
Involved in the upstream & downstream FI/CO re-engineering process.
Conducted testing procedures.

Vaxtor:

I have implemented SAP FI/CO 4.6 upgrade project, did fit gap analysis, business re-engineering, testing and new configuration to fit gap between SAP 3.1h to SAP 4.6C version.
Includes SAP AR, AP, AA, GL and CO modules.
During the upgrade I was the team leader.
I have configured G/L, A/P, A/R and AA modules.
Created Chart of Accounts, asset classes, Master Data, Valuation, Asset types, allocations of number ranges and transfers of legacy data in Asset Management Module.
Defined depreciation areas, depreciation terms, and periodic processing.
I have also configured tax depreciation books.
I was also involved in remittance payment program configuration.

SAP America:

I have configured BW Business Information Warehouse v 1.2b.
Designed Info Cubes, Info objects and queries, loaded data from SAP R/3 4.0b.
Did performance tuning and query optimization.
Created Info Cube aggregates to improve the performance.
Extracted master and transactional data from flat files.
ASAP Methodology for planning, designing and implementing BW.
BW BAPI s interface of the staging engine, extraction from R/3 data sources and integration of other SAP implementation and non-SAP data sources.
Connected BW system to multiple SAP OLTP systems.
Analyzed data. BW OLAP extraction.
Modified Info sources for master and transactional data.
Used business explorer analyzer Bex. At SAP America Training Center .

Port Authority of NY/NJ Public Sector :

I was in-charge for Y2K safety check for FI/CO testing team.
Prepared Y2K testing plan and supervision of FICO tester s team.
Analyzed status and fixing FI/CO tables, SAP HR tables and configuration complied with Y2K.

Digital Technologies:

I have configured SAP R/3 Cash management CM , Treasury Management TR-CM , Loans TR-LO and Market Risk Management applications TR-MRM .
Set up the structures required for managing short-medium-and long-term liquidity for the company.
Defined the system settings needed to control internal processing.
Wrote AS-IS & TO-BE Business process for Treasury department.
Conducted testing and helped in production support for a fortune company.
Written, Created, Maintained BPR scripts for Cost Center Master Records, Profit Center Records and Standard Hierarchy in SAP.
Created custom document type journal entry .
I also supported SAP production team and post implementation team.
Wrote custom specs in Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable reports.

Carl Dearborn:

I have performed year-end closing, which involved posting of adjusting entries.
Analysis of all open items, foreign currency revaluation, reclassification of payable and receivable, clearing of goods receipt/invoice receipt GI/IR accounts, performing reconciliation s, profitability allocations by business area.
Closing the accounting period, carry forward balances to the next period and generating financial statements by using best business practices that meet GAAP guidelines for control reasons.
My role was to help address design issues and assist in performing fit/gap analysis in the FI/CO arena and financial process.
I have mapped two companies general ledger into one parent company s general ledger and business process.
I was the team lead at this project. I was tasked to coordinate test case development for the functionality to be implemented within the SAP system.
The area includes billing, accounts receivable, profitability analysis and contracts.
I have developed the testing plan.
Responsibilities included preparation of test cases and execution of plan.
Played a key role between testers and the project manager.

Sep 97 Jan 99
Bob Flint, Inc., New York, NY
Sr. SAP FICO Consultant

Digital Technologies:

Responsibilities included interacting with client s business process team; collect all the business requirements create functional and technical specifications, which would be used by the construction/programming team.
Illustrated the flow of data through the lockbox procedure.
Defined the components of the process.
Configured lockbox program.
Wrote to be process for lockbox data flow.
I also defined the BAI 2 format, which provided different level of detail of the incoming payment.
Completed lockbox configuration.
Configured bankruptcy global process in SAP system for a multinational Company.
Document the AS-IS business process for bankrupt customers.
Design the new business for bankrupt customers.
Write business specifications for interfaces and reports to support the bankruptcy process.

Gillette Company:

I was a member of the SAP FI/ CO team implementing Product Cost Accounting.
I was responsible for FI/CO configuration test based upon existing business processes and business scenarios, create FI-General Ledger test plan, add the finance expected results to Bid to Cash test plans, Inventory Planning test plan.
Execute FI-General Ledger tests.
Validate financial posting coming from Bid to Cash and Inventory Planning test.
I was the team lead at this project.
Played a major role in the development of Business Processes BPRs relevant to Financial Business Scenarios associated with North American s SAP business activities.
Created script instructions SCIs for all BPRs across all Business Scenarios identified with the process category of Financial Management.
Created Test Objects TEOs for each BPR linked to the business scenarios identified with the process category of financial management.
Developed test plans, for each TEO, used in the SAP construction-testing phase for all financial management transactions.

Fillsbury Company:

Configured AR, AP, GL, AA and CO modules.
Wrote custom fixed assets SAP scripts from ASAP to client need and scripts tested during the prototype phase.
Documenting and support for the finance work stream that is, FI, CO, AP & AM modules and the project progress in R-3 tool kit.
Coordinated business process scenarios.

Jan 96 Sep 97
Arlene, Chelmsford, CA
Sr. Consultant

Computer Associates Products: Managed various small projects that required data conversion from legacy systems to client/server.
Projects included General Ledger Module FI , Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Sales & Distribution SD , Costing CO Inventory, Order Entry OE and Human Resources HR .
Involved in the design & implementation of new accounting system and was also responsible for maintenance of legacy system.
Researched and evaluated new Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software for various departments based on business needs, functionality, and ease of use.
Involved in training end users on various accounting systems.

Jun 94 Dec 95
Clark & Gable, CPA s, NorthWest, CA
Audit Manager

May 91 - May 94
Lazares & Petrick, CPA s, Skedd City, CA
Sr. Accountant

Conducted audits of various manufacturing, export and import, distribution companies.
Prepared financial statements, financial analysis, cash flow statements, cash projection and budgets.
Developed marketing plans and re-engineered business strategies.
Setup internal controls in job costing, inventory management Using FIFO/LIFO method , purchasing and sales department.
Assisted clients in securing asset-based financing e.g. factoring, receivable financing .
Independently completed all phases of Corporation, Partnership, Subchapter S Corporation and Individual income tax returns.
Developed computer consulting practice.
Through the effort the firm became qualified authorized dealer and Installer of various Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software packages.

Jun 86 Apr 90
Harvard Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Financial Controller

Responsible for developing, implementing general accounting systems, financial concepts for finance planning and control.
Perform technical analysis to determine present and future financial performance.
Preparation of Income and Balance Sheet statements.
Managed general accounting personnel A/P, A/R & G/L .
Responsible for closing and account reconciliation s.
Assisted and reported to President of the Company in various projects.
Selected independent auditors.

Jan 86 - May 86
Baker & Smith, Oklahoma City, OK
Securities Analyst

I have managed Investment and banking portfolio.
I have performed equity research and analysis.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Finance, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK. May, 1986
B.S., Accounting, Osmania University, India GPA 3.5 July, 1983

SAP Training:

SAP R/3 Profitability Analysis COPA 4.6 training at SAP America
SAP R/3 Cost Center Accounting CCA 4.6 training at SAP America
SAP R/3 Funds Management: Processing, Organization & Configuration
SAP R/3 FI 4.6 Upgrade Version training at SAP America
SAP R/3 Asset Accounting 4.6 training at SAP America
SAP R/3 - Vertex Sales & Use Tax training at Vertex, Inc.
SAP R/3 Configuration of Taxes on Sales & Purchases 4.6 Version
SAP R/3 - FI/CO training at Pricewaterhouse Coopers
SAP R/3 - BW Business Information Warehouse, SAP America
SAP R/3 Treasury training at SAP America
SAP R/3 - Systems Management Methodology, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
SAP R/3 - Change Integration, PriceWaterhouse Coopers
SAP R/3 ABAP, MM and SD Interface.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Financial Accounting systems: AMI Data write, ATB, ACE, Uni-link, MAS 90, ACCPAC, BPI, Business Works, SEI trust aid systems and insight layered accounting software packages.
Tax Software Applications: SAP Vertex Sales & Use tax, Lacerte, Computax and other tax software packages.
Software Applications: Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point and Lotus notes.
Qualified installer for ACCPAC accounting software packages.
Operating Systems: Windows N.T 4.0, UNIX and Windows 95
GUI: SAPGUI and Microsoft Windows.
SAP Repository & Tracking Systems: Clarify, Remedy & R-3 toolkit.

Personal: US Citizen

Reference available upon request

History of SAP ERP

2008-12-12T06:30:00.000-08:00

In 1972, five systems analysts began working nights and weekends to create standard software with realtime data processing. Twenty-five years later their vision is a reality: SAP is the world’s market and technology leader in business application software.

On April 1, 1972 five former IBM employees founded SAP as Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung (“Systems Analysis and Program Development”) in Mannheim, Germany. Their vision was to develop and market standard enterprise software which would integrate all business processes. The idea came to them through their work as systems consultants for IBM when they noticed that client after client was developing the same, or very similar, computer programs. The second part of their vision was that data should be processed interactively in realtime, and the computer screen should become the focal point of data processing...

Free SAP \ABAP ebooks

2008-12-12T06:28:00.000-08:00

A Holistic Approach to a Reliable Infrastructure for SAP R/3 on AIX

SAP R/3 has become one of the most widespread Enterprise Resource Planning software products in the world. It is the application that is at the core of every company's business. With the incorporation of Web-initiated e-business transactions in SAP R/3, it now has to be available literally all the time.

This IBM Redbook shows a holistic approach for a reliable and highly available SAP R/3 infrastructure based on IBM eServer pSeries. It is a collection of knowledge gathered from a team of SAP R/3 basis consultants that have gained their experience over many years by working in numerous projects.

This redbook provides a high-level overview of the SAP R/3 architecture and contains the high availability design criteria that are essential for IT managers and solution architects. It includes tips and tricks for database copies, performance optimization, and troubleshooting. This redbook also features a wealth of practical information and hints, which are needed during implementation, for IT specialists, SAP R/3 administrators, and system administrators.

This redbook is an invaluable source of information for all professionals that maintain a reliable SAP R/3 environment.

free Sap Treasury and Cash Management ebook

2008-12-10T07:56:00.000-08:00

Sap Treasury and Cash Management (TR)

Here are some sap tr free ebooks download

TR - Cash Budget Management
Treasury (TR)
Treasury (TR)
Treasury - Changeover to the Euro
Treasury Workstation
TR - Treasury: Workflow Scenarios

Free Sap Financial Accounting ebook download

2008-12-10T07:55:00.001-08:00

Sap Financial Accounting (FI)

Sap FI (Financial Accounting) is designed for automated management and external reporting of general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other sub-ledger accounts with a user defined chart of accounts.

FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
Financial Accounting (FI)
Financial Accounting (FI)
Financial Accounting - General Topics
FI Financial Accounting: Data Transfer Workbench
Financial Information System (FI)
FI/SD - Credit Management/Risk Management
FI - Special Purpose Ledger
Flexible General Ledger (FI-GL)
Forecasting (LO-PR)
Foreign Exchange
Foreign Trade / Customs (SD-FT) Funds Management
Payments
Payments
Payments
Payment Card Processing
Payment Program for Payment Requests (FI-BL)
Payment Release Pension Fund CH: Reference Guide
Pension Fund CH: Technical User Handbook
Pension Fund CH: User Hand Book
Transfer of Legacy Assets to the R/3 System Consolidation (EC-CS)
Consolidation (FI-LC)
Preparations for Consolidation (FI)
HR Funds and Position Management (PA-PM)
Funds Management
Flexible General Ledger (FI-GL)
General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)
Travel Management (FI-TV)
General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)

Free SAP Human Research ebook

2008-12-10T07:54:00.001-08:00

Sap Human Resources (HR)

Sap HR (Human resources) is a complete integrated system for supporting the planning and control of personnel activities and HR module is sometimes equivalently referred to as HCM (Human Capital Management).

Human Resources (HR)
Human Resources (HR)
HR Form Editor (PY-XX-TL)
HR Forms Workplace (PY-XX-FO)
HR Funds and Position Management (PA-PM)
HR - Human Resource Management
HR Infotypes
HR Tools (PY-XX-TL)
Master Data Distribution (Human Resources)
Wage and Salary Payments
Wage Type Distribution
Wage Type Reporter (H99CWTR0)
Wage Type Statement Wage Types
Reporting in Human Resource Management
Report Programming in HR
Training and Event Management Payroll Account

Free SAP Project System ebook download

2008-12-10T07:52:00.000-08:00

Sap Project System (PS)

Sap PS (Project System) designed to support the planning, control and monitoring of long-term, highly complex projects with defined goals.

Here are some Sap ps free ebooks download

Decentralized Warehouse Management (LE-IDW)
SAP Open Information Warehouse
Warehouse Management Guide

Free SAP ebooks for Plant Maintenance

2008-12-10T07:51:00.000-08:00

Sap Plant Maintenance (PM)

Sap PM (Plant Maintenance) is equipment servicing and rebuilding. These tasks affect the production plans.

Plant Maintenance
Plant Maintenance and Customer Service (PM/CS)
PM/CS - Data Transfer in Plant Maintenance and Customer Service
PM/CS - Plant Maintenance & Customer Service: Workflow Scenarios
QM/PM Partner Roles
Capacity Planning in Customer Service and Plant

Free SAP ebooks Warehouse Management (WM

2008-12-10T07:49:00.000-08:00

Sap Warehouse Management (WM)

SAP WM (Warehouse Management) subdivides the "Storage Location", which is used in the MM Module to define inventory values by location, into "Storage Types" and then into "Storage Bins". Control of stock to a physical level down to a warehouse bin. Placement and removal rules can be configured, stock counts can be done.

Decentralized Warehouse Management (LE-IDW)
SAP Open Information Warehouse
Warehouse Management Guide

ERP free sap ebook for Quality Management

2008-12-10T07:09:00.001-08:00

Sap Quality Management (QM)

SAP QM (Quality Management) is a quality control and information system supporting quality planning, inspection, and control for manufacturing and procurement.

Quality Certificates
Quality Management
Quality Management (QM)
Quality Management (QM)
Quality Notifications
Quality-Related Costs (QM-IM-IC)
Question & Answer Database
QM in Procurement (QM-PT-RP-PR)
QM in Production
QM in Sales and Distribution (QM-PT-RP-SD)
QM/PM Partner Roles
QM - Quality Management: Data Transfer
QM - Quality Management: Workflow Scenarios

Free SAP ebook for Production Planning Module

2008-12-10T07:05:00.000-08:00

ERP SAP Production Planning (PP)

Sap PP (Production Planning) is used to plan and control the manufacturing activities of a company. This module includes; bills of material, routings, work centers, sales and operations planning, master production scheduling, material requirements planning, shop floor control, production orders, product costing, etc.

Free SAP Sales and Distribution E book download

2008-12-10T06:36:00.001-08:00

Free SAP Sales and Distribution E book download

ERP SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)
SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) helps to optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in sales, delivery and billing. Key elements are: pre-sales support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales order processing, delivery processing, billing and sales information system.

Those are download link for learning SAP Sales and Distribution, which contain useful and free ebook from SAP..

Sales (SD-SLS)
Sales and Distribution (SD)
Sales and Distribution (SD)
Sales and Distribution
Sales and Distribution (SD) Workflow Scenarios
Sales and Operations Planning (LO-LS-PLN)
Sales Employee (PA-PA)
Sales Support: Computer-Aided Selling (CAS)
Reports and Analyses (SD)
Pricing and Conditions
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erp cost and sap price

2008-08-22T20:37:00.000-07:00

Comparing product pricing between vendors is difficult on the best of days. However, as you may guess, this is often the very first question we get, ?How much does it cost?? The tables below are intended to quickly answer that question so we can get on with the real issues. We asked the accounting software vendors whose products are covered on this site to price the retail cost for eight core modules (general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory, order entry, job costing, and system manager) for 1 user, 3 users, 5 users, 10 users, 25 users, 50 users, and 100 users. The results are presented below. Even with this approach there are comparison problems. For example, some products include a report writer in the GL while others charge extra. Still, these prices offer a reasonable basis for comparison. Remember the more the product costs, the less the price relates to the total cost of the product over its economic life

This information was last updated on Sunday, August 12, 2007

Small to Medium Business SMB (Low-End)	Single	5	10	25
(Companies with revenues up to $20 million)	User	Users	Users	Users
AccountMate LAN	$995	$2,995	$5,485	$12,955
AccountMate for Express	$2,000	$4,000	N/A	N/A
Adagio	$5,950	$7,450	$8,450	$13,450
Sage BusinessVision 50	$995	$5,495	$9,995	$14,985
Sage BusinessWorks	$3.479	$7,274	$8,474	$12,664
CYMA^IV Financial Management System	$4,760	$7,140	$9,755	$15,345
MAS 90	$10,775	$14,375	$16,375	$22,375
NetSuite	$4,800	$7,500	$12,000	$25,500
Open Systems, Inc. OSAS	$2,400	$8,800	$14,350	$19,850
Open Systems, Inc. TRAVERSE Business Edition	$2,400	$8,800	N/A	N/A
QuickBooks Enterprise	$3,000	$3,000	$4,500	$7,500 (20)
Sage Accpac	$4,455	$6,435	N/A	N/A
Sage Pro ERP	$9,955	$13,935	$18,910	N/A
SAP Business One	The $3750 per user license includes access to all modules within SAP Business One: Financials: GL, AR, AP; CRM: Sales Opportunities and Service Management, Inventory, Banking, Human Resources. This affordably priced new solution, starting at approximately $11,000, can be implemented in as little as four weeks, and can be expected to provide one hundred percent return on investment within six months of implementation. Discounts begin at the 6 user level. For more information, visit www.sap.com/smb/ businessone/

Enterprise Accounting Software (EAS)	Single	5	10	25	100
(Companies with revenues up to $500 million)	User	Users	Users	Users	Users
AccountMate for SQL	$3,000	$7,000	$13,000	$31,000	$121,000
Sage Accpac	$995	$5,495	$9,995	$14,985	$32,450
Sage Accpac Online Enterprise	Varies with user count and modules selected
Sage Pro ERP Enterprise Edition	$16,955	$20,935	$25,910	$40,089	$104,765
Epicor Enterprise	N/A	$35,750	$84,500	$120,000	$225,000
e-Synergy	$1,000	$5,000	$10,000	$25,000	Call
Macola ES	$13,800	$17,300	$23,300	$41,300	$131,300
MAS 500	N/A	$43,500	$83,500	$113,500	$155,000
mySAP All-in-One	mySAP All-in-One is a flexible, prepackaged solution that can easily meet a customers specific neds. MySAP All-in-One solutions are industry specific, fixed price and timeline solutions from SAP Business Partners based upon mySAP Business Suite. SAP customers can also purchase either the entire suite of SAP software or they can purchase individual solutions such as mySAP CRM, mySAP Business Intelligence, etc. Price is based upon 2 elements: Named Users and Software Engines. Depending on your organization?s size and the number of users, the implementation of a mySAP All-in-One solution can be within 12-14 weeks and for as little as $250,000. For more information, please visit: www.sap.com/solutions/smb/ allinone/ prepackagedsolutions/
NetSuite ? NetSuite, Inc. (per year)				$45,000 75 user	$63,000
SYSPRO	$10,400	$14,400	$16,800	$24,000	$64,000

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supply chain management erp, SAP SCM

2008-08-22T20:28:00.000-07:00

SAP SCM: Collaboration, Planning, Execution, and Coordination Across The Adaptive Supply Chain Network

You face enormous pressure to reduce costs while increasing innovation and improving customer service and responsiveness. SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) enables collaboration, planning, execution, and coordination of the entire supply chain network. SAP SCM provides broad functionality for enabling adaptive supply chain networks and integrates seamlessly with both SAP and non-SAP software by excelling in these ways:

Delivers planning and execution functions that are integrated by design
Supports best practices and provides preconfigured software for enabling collaborative business, accelerating implementation, and reducing costs
Recognized by key industry analysts as the market-leading supply chain management application

SAP SCM software has helped the best-run companies in multiple industries to improve their supply network, efficiency, utilization, and responsiveness.

SAP SCM

Collaboration, Planning, Execution, and Coordination Across the Adaptive Supply Chain Network

In an age of intense competition, supply chain efficiency and adaptability are not just requirements for success. They are necessities for survival.

The SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) application can help your organization transform a linear supply chain into an adaptive supply chain network, in which communities of customer-centric, demand-driven companies share knowledge, intelligently adapt to changing market conditions, and proactively respond to shorter, less predictable life cycles.

Many companies across the globe have used SAP SCM to improve their business and operations processes. In fact, SAP SCM is the only supply chain application that integrates collaboration, planning, execution, and coordination of the entire supply chain network – empowering you to:

Synchronize supply to demand – Balance push and pull network planning processes. Replenish inventory and execute production based on actual demand.
Sense and respond with an adaptive supply chain network – Drive distribution, transportation, and logistics processes that are integrated with real-time planning processes.
Provide networkwide visibility, collaboration, and analytics – Monitor and analyze your extended supply chain.

Built on the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP SCM enables adaptive supply chain networks by providing not only planning and execution capabilities to manage enterprise operations, but also visibility and collaboration to streamline and extend those operations beyond corporate boundaries.

The result: measurable improvements through cost reductions, service-level increases, and productivity gains – ultimately leading to stronger profit margins.

SAP Supply Chain Management

Demmand and Supply Planning
Procurement
Manufacturing
Warehousing
Order Fulfilment
Transportation
Real world Awarness
Supply chain Visibility
Supply Network Collabolaration
Supply Chain Management with Duet

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Free SAP Resume, SAP resumes, Free example SAP Resume

2008-08-22T20:19:00.000-07:00

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In an increasingly technology based world, proficiency in SAP is becoming more and more sought after. Many companies and organizations are turning to SAP to effectively manage inventory, production and wip levels.

SAP is becoming a widely used tool across major operations plants and facilities.
As an experienced SAP professional you must use your resume to demonstrate the expertise you have developed throughout your career.

You must provide a prospective employer with evidence of your knowledge, experience and ability to use SAP effectively providing support and assistance in the programming and training where necessary of others.

Your resume should reflect your excellent communication, interpersonal and analytical skills. Demonstrate an ability to absorb new information, and put this information to work, continually upgrading and improving your knowledge of SAP.

Single out specific achievements and areas where you have excelled throughout your career. Detail your daily activities and responsibilities as you create a detailed profile of your potential for a prospective employer.

Resume 1

Don K. Dennis
56 Old Town Road
Irving, Texas 75459

PROFILE:

6+ years of Functional Expertise in SAP MM, PM & PP with touch points in Purchasing, WM, and FI/CO.
Involved in over 40 implementations Globally.
3+ years as Global Manager for MM functions covering 120 sites.
Skilled in 3.0, 4.5 and 4.6 clients of SAP
PP/MM Configuration enhancement skills in 4.5 & 4.6

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP Clients DEC Unix 4.0 D , AIX 3.0, 4.5B, 4.6C with configuration in 4.5B and 4.6C
Internet HTML. Training webpage designer.
Client / Server Oracle Forms/Reports, VB, Access, Crystal Reports, COBOL400, RPG400.
Applications Windows 2000, Windows NT, Access, Power Point, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Lotus Notes, CSI Vibration Analysis
Industries Automotive, Food and Beverage, Aircraft, Paper, Pharmaceutical, Industrial

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

HTML Certification-Techneon Learning Institute
SAP Boot camp-Garden and Plants
TSTI Assoc. of Mech
Almeda BS CS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Techneon AIS, Irving, Texas
04/2001 to present
SAP Implementation/Sustaining Manager

Co-Lead PP upgrade from 3.1 to 4.6C.
Mapped system requirements for Job Functions.
Led As Is To Be functions in the upgrade from SAP 3.1H to SAP 4.6 for PP module.
Created / presented Training materials for upgrade.
Designed and implemented training materials for End Users highlighting upgrade enhancements and new functionality.
Enhancement Configuration of Navigational Profiles.
Gathered information from Business Units on screen navigation downtime and configured Navigation buttons for great user speed to work.
Enhancement Configuration of MRP Controllers, mail delivery and screen displays.
Led MRP Automation Project.
Configured UOM project enhancement.
Created various MRP, Planning, Purchasing SAP Training Webpages.
Utilized HTML experience to role out User Friendly Webpages for End Users and Management to view the latest enhancements and Problem Fixes.
Configured Planning Time Fence project.
Gathered system requirements for MRP/Planning to utilize Planning Time fence to more closely adhere to Production Schedules.
Designed Security Profile Upgrades for MRP Users.

Garden and Plants, Malden, Ohio
03/1999 - 04/2001
Global MM Manager

Global leader for MM implementations.
Mapped As Is-To Be system requirements for Implementations.
Coordinated system upgrades i.e. quarterly system enhancements and 3.0 to 4.5 upgrade.
Led MM efforts with e-Business team to develop and implement MM requirements for on-line catalog ordering and EDI Purchase Order delivery.
Designed Basis specifications for Auto Material creation.
Developed all training material, Job Aids, Presentations, CBA s.
Gathered system requirements for End User to Super Users and designed and implemented training.
Designed Global Security Profiles for Security Team.
Designed Role layouts and worked with Security Team to role out for 120 sites.
Configuration Enhancements for MM module, MRP Mail receipt, Inventory Work Process etc.
Worked with End Users and ABAP Team to map and deliver a wide range of reporting and automated upload tools.
Managed 3 teams of 10 Globally.
Managed Project timeline and milestones for each team.
Managed budget for each team.
Member of Change Review board.
Led User Conferences for 4 regions End Users to roll out new functionality and updated training.
Venue of all End Users in each of the 4 regions attended for New Enhancements and functional training packages.

Garden and Plants, Arlington, Texas
09/1998 02/1999
North American Implementation Team Leader

Performed data clean up from legacy to SAP. Conversion of all materials to Global Standard, Creation of materials in SAP Client, and download to site.
Performed over 100 training classes for SAP, MM, and PM.
Developed Work Process Flows for Departments.
Mapped each work process per SAP role and delivered for Standardization of 120 sites Globally.

Garden and Plants, Arlington, Texas
09/1990 06/1998
Manager

Resume 3

Warren A. Greene
2301 Wesley Street
Milwaukee, WI 53227

SUMMARY:

5 year consultant and project lead with MBA, and 4.6b experience
FI/CO, SD, TR consultant to 6 SAP R/3 implementations AP/AR/TR/CM/CR/GL/CCA/PCA/PA
Accounts Receivable FI-AR & Credit Management TR-CM Project manager on 4 implementations
Lockbox TR-CM Configuration on 3 implementation
Vertex Sales & Use Tax manager to 2 SAP R/3 implementations
DART Data Retrieval Tool and Archive Project Manager
Profitability Analysis consultant to 3 SAP R/3 implementations
Project Manager on 5 SAP R/3 implementations
Integration specialist with configuration experience in FI/CO TR & SD
Report Specification experience 6 implementations

SAP Training

AC010 - Financial /Management Accounting Reporting
AC040 - Cost Management and Controlling
AC225 - Accounts Receivable and Configuration
BC660 - Data Archiving
AC250 - Configuration & Organization in Financial Accounting
CA705 - Basics of the Report Painter and Report Writer
CA710 - Advanced Functions of Report Writer
CA950 - Configuration of Taxes and Purchases
WC620 - Vertex / SAP Sales & Use Tax Training
L0930 - LIS - Logistics Information Systems

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Sr. SAP Applications Consultant
1996 - 2002

Crystal Modules, Ellisburg, PA
5/02-8/02
Project Consultant - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Responsibilities:

End user testing and training
Write Business Process Procedures
Develop Interfaces and Conversions
Lockbox testing

Andrews Paper, Great Falls, NY
1/02-5/02
Project Lead Consultant - All Modules

Manufacturer of Paper and Packaging Products with 10 Plants nationally, with all modules except HR implemented on 4.6B version of SAP.

Responsibilities:

User Support

Help completion of Sales Orders through Invoicing
Modification of Purchase Order entry to facilitate Accounts Payable
Cycle Count of Inventory Procedures
Profitability Analysis Reports changed depending on requirements
Reconciliation of Accounts and addressing errors
Provide support to Auditors with necessary downloads of information
Aid in the standard use of SAP eliminate the need of Consultants
Corrections to Profitability and Financial Reports - Form and selection criteria
Create line layouts and display variants

Customization of SAP

Change Configuration for executing a Cycle count and frequency
Modify Release strategy for Purchase Order Requests
Revise and delete Terms of payment
Risk Categories and Credit Rep. Groups
Credit Limit Check on Sales Document Types
Account Assignment Group and Define and Assign Account Keys
Create Condition Type
Tolerance Groups for GR/IR clearing
ABC Inventory indicators changed to aid Cycle Counts
Creation of new Work Centers

Training and Development of Training Materials

Sample Documents
Recurring Documents
Account Assignment Models
Reversing of FI Documents
Customer and Vendor Master Record Entry
Year end Closing Procedures
G/L Account and Cost Element Entry
Input of Annual budget by Cost Center and Profit Center
Maintenance to Credit Master
Release of Orders from Credit Hold
Teach how to set Machine Hours Rate and Mass Roll-Up
Developed a procedure to enter a Request for Credit

ERP Design

Credit Management utilization of risk Categories
Develop ABAP Query and Report Writer Reports

Baron Services, Springfield, VA
2/01-12/01
Project Lead Consultant - FI/CO/TR/SD/ASAP

Major distributor of laundered uniforms nationally with 96 locations. 4.6B version of SAP with FI, MM and AP fully implemented.

Responsibilities and project scope include the conversation of Customer and Accounts Receivable Master Data and develop daily interfaces from Legacy system to SAP to implement FI-AR. Order processing and Billing will remain in Legacy environment on separate Databases.
Cleaned legacy customer master data. Reviewed customer address data, credit limits, dunning, line item displays, and carry forward balances.
Trained and advised team members on SAP functionality.
Mapped and specified with programmers all conversions and interfaces from Legacy system to SAP.
Completed Hardware sizing requirements for the project.
Followed ASAP Implementation methodology and designed the business processes, wrote blueprint phase documentation and completed configuration during realization phase.
Full configuration of the project covering the following modules: FI-AR, CO-CCA, CO-PCA, FI-GL, TR-CM, SD-MD and SD-CR
Configuration includes: GL accounts, Account determination, Field Status Groups, Enterprise Structure - Credit Control Area and Business Areas , Account Groups, Document types, Customer and Document number ranges, Terms of payment, Clearing functions - Posting Keys, Reason Codes, Automatic clearing, Account assignment, and Tolerance groups , Bank master data, Closing & reporting, Interest calculation, Statements, Dunning, Credit Management functionality and Lockbox processing.
Tested Sales/Use tax functionality using Vertex.
Created methodology to accept Credit Card Payments and post Automatically.
Design and develop Line layouts, Variants, Account assignment Models and Work Lists.
Laid out integration and scenario testing.
Specified 17 Reports required due to Business requirements. Worked with ABAP programmers and completed testing.

Bolton Companies, Milwaukee, WI
6/00-2/01
Project Lead Consultant - FI/CO/SD/ABAPQuery/Vertex

Major distributor of restaurant supplies and equipment. 4.0B multi-company sales oriented environment with FI, CO, SD, MM, and WM.

Managed Project for Credit and Accounts Receivable implementation addressing needs for Training, Configuration & testing of core FI-AR, Customer and Credit Master Data conversion, defined and practiced steps needed for the integration process, and Report development.
Configuration includes: Account Groups, Document types, Customer and Document number ranges, Terms of payment, Clearing functions - Posting Keys, Reason Codes, Automatic clearing, Account assignment, and Tolerance groups , Bank master data, Interest calculation, Statements, and Credit Management functionality.
Cleaned legacy customer master data. Reviewed customer address data, credit limits, dunning, line item displays, and carry forward balances.
CO-PA configuration included building the operating concern, developing value fields & characteristics, configuring summarization levels for reporting and assessments, cost center assessments to segments, CO-PA reporting, forms, planning, derivation rules and structures, product and customer hierarchy, PA settlement, realignments, and integration issues with Sales & Distribution.
Project Manager of Vertex configuration in both SAP, Master Data cleanup and Quantum Tax Decision-Maker.
Addressed Reporting Issues by developing ABAP Query and ABAP specified Reports.

Kruger Power Systems, Denton, WI
4/99 - 6/00
SAP Project Member - FI/CO/SD/DART/Archive

Manufacturer of Electrical Transformers and supplies for the Utility industry

Member of FI/CO Team to improve SAP performance through implementation of ERP principles.
Responsible for researching OSS Notes and transporting to Production Client.
Trained Credit Department to utilize SAP functionality correctly.
Specified programs and reports to be completed by ABAP programmers to aid Customer Service and the Credit Personnel to service customers.
Sales/Distribution SD Tested pricing procedures, availability checking, credit management, sales quotes, printed sales orders.
SAP Project Team trainer in Report Painter and Report Writer.
Project Manager for the implementation of DART, Data Retrieval Tool - Data extract required for Federal, State and Municipal Tax Audit purposes.
Project Manager for FI/CO and SD Archiving Project - This entailed the selection of a team of users who would support decisions made for Archive Objects.
Instrumental in CO-PA configuration, which included building, the operating concern, developing value fields & characteristics, configuring summarization levels for reporting and assessments, cost center assessments to segments, CO-PA reporting, PA settlement, and integration issues with Sales & Distribution.
Started fact-finding Project as to the feasibility of Activity Based Cost Accounting for product cost development. Trained in CO-ABC Activity Based Cost Accounting.

Marvin Chemical Manufacturing, Euless, IL
3/99-4/99
SAP Consultant - MM

Chemical Manufacturer of Water Treatment products

Develop Report Writer Programs specific to analyze Order-related Product Costing requirements.
Design LIS Information Structures to analyze Material and Order Costs.
Create Transparent Tables to address specific reporting needs to be use in Report Writer.
Train Client Personnel to use Reports and create them in the future.

TDS Industries, Redwood City, IA
3/98-3/99
SAP Lead Functional Consultant - FI/CO/SD/MM/Vertex

Chemical Manufacturer of Fertilizer and Distribution of supplies for the Agriculture Industry

Responsibilities as a Project Consultant are to define Feasibility, address Customizing needs for Terra Industries, Configuring with the IMG and Prototyping Accounts Receivable, Sales & Use Taxation and Credit.
Presented Re-engineering developments by means of As-Is and To-Be Modeling to identify gaps, to Project Management to update the Business Plan. Defined and practiced steps needed for the integration process.
Involved with the Project Planning on a weekly basis as well as delivering status to Steering Committee.
Full configuration of the project covering the following modules: FI-AR, FI-AP, FI-GL, and SD-CR
Configuration includes: GL accounts, Account determination, Field Status Groups, Account Groups, Document types, Customer and Document number ranges, Terms of payment, Clearing functions - Posting Keys, Reason Codes, Automatic clearing, Account assignment, and Tolerance groups , Bank, Interest calculation, Statements, Dunning, and Credit Management functionality.
Accounts Receivable FI-AR Cleaned legacy customer master data Reviewed customer address data, credit limits, dunning, line item displays, and carry forward balances.
Teamed with Treasury Department to Configure TR-CM Cash Management. Cash Management configuration included account management, electronic bank statement, account groupings, Lockbox processing, liquidity forecast, cash management position, manual check deposit, cash concentration, and the payment program.
Developer of SAP Modifications which involves Interfacing Open Invoices between Legacy System and SAP, ABAP Program for Credit Reporting, and Treasury ABAP Modification to track financing arrangements.
High level of experience with SD-CR Credit and SD-MD Master Data developed on this project. Contributed and exposed to SD-BF Basic Functions, SD-BIL Billing, SD-CAS Sales Support and SD-SLS Sales.
Accounts Payable FI-AP Cleaned legacy vendor master data Reviewed vendor address data, purchasing limits, line item displays, and carry forward balances.
Instrumental in CO-PA Profitability Analysis configuration, which included building, the operating concern, developing value fields & characteristics, configuring summarization levels for reporting and assessments, cost center assessments to segments, CO-PA reporting, PA settlement, and integration issues with Sales & Distribution. Familiar with CO-PC Product Cost Controlling and CO-PCA Profit Center Accounting used in the Configuration of this project.
Member for Reporting Team utilizing CO-PA Profitability Analysis, LIS - Logistics Information Systems and SIS - Sales Information Systems.
Special Ledger FI-SL Tested FI-SL configuration to other SAP applications, General Ledger Accounting FI-GL , Profit Center Accounting EC-PCA , and Cost Center Accounting CO-CCA .
Functional Trainer for the SAP Implementation team in Report Painter and Report Writer.
User Trainer and Developer of training documentation for Taxes, Accounts Receivable and Cash Management.
Project Manager of Vertex configuration in both SAP and Quantum Tax Decision-Maker.

Ashland Corp., Fort James, WI
7/96-3/98
SAP Team Lead - FI/CO/MM

Paper Manufacturer and Napkin Converter & Distributor

Responsible for Configuration and Implementation changes of SAP Controlling CO , Financial Account FI and Procurement MM Modules.
Utilized Re-engineering techniques to enact improvements in financial systems, procedures, processes and practices.
Fixed assets FI-AA required configuration of asset classes, account determination, screen layout, asset under construction, capitalization, acquisition, depreciation, disposition, and reporting.
Managed and reviewed Projects and Internal Orders by use of CO-OPA Order & Project Accounting.
Prepared annual Forecast and Budget by use of CO-PA Profitability Analysis.
Material Master MM - Reviewed and tested purchasing groups, purchase requisition, purchase orders, contracts, price determination process, material types, and valuation classes. Reconciled goods movement processing, goods issues, and goods receipts.
Used Modules CO-CCA Cost Center Accounting and CO-OM Overhead Cost Control daily in analytical responsibilities.
Responsible for interfacing data between Legacy System and SAP.
Manager of team to provide both Functional Training to company employees.
Member of ABAP Report development committee involved with Analyzing, Tuning and SAP Modification.
Developed Report Painter and Report Writer programs to meet needs of management.
Project Manager for conversion of payroll time keeping system to KRONOS and integration with LAWSON payroll program.
Developed Activity Based Cost Accounting System using OROS software and interfaced with SAP.

Prior Positions

Beta Laval - Westford, WI
7/95 to 7/96
Assistant Controller
Manufacturing of Dairy Industry pipes, values and fittings

Stevenson Paper, Inc. - Westford, WI
1976-1995
Wholesale Paper and Industrial Products distributor

Controller - Wisconsin
1992-1995
Branch Manager - Green Bay
1987-1992
Operations Manager - Milwaukee
1976-1987

Education

Master of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Wisconsin Major: Accounting

Source

http://www.portnov.com/

Sap Project Implementation

2008-08-22T20:06:00.000-07:00

SAP Implementation is the whole of processes that defines a complete method to implement SAP software in an organization. The SAP implementation method described in this entry is a generic method and not a specific implementation method as such. It is based on best practices and case studies from various literature sources and presents a collection of processes and products that make up a complete implementation method to allow any organization to plan and execute the implementation of SAP (ERP) softwar

Introduction

The implementation of SAP software, such as SAP R/3 is almost always a massive operation that brings a lot of changes in the organization. The whole process can take up to several years. Virtually every person in the organization is involved, whether they are part of the SAP technical support organization (TSO) or the actual end-users of the SAP software. The resulting changes that the implementation of SAP generates are intended to reach high level goals, such as improved communication and increased return on information (as people will work with the same information). It is therefore very important that the implementation process is planned and executed with the usage of a solid method. There are various SAP implementation methods, such as IBM’s Ascendant. An example of how one company, Robert Bosch GmbH, implemented SAP R/3 over 10 years is available . This study shows that designing IT architecture is very critical in SAP implementation practices.

Overview

The SAP implementation process is made up out of four main phases, i.e. the project preparation where a vision of the future-state of the SAP solution is being created, a sizing and blueprinting phase where the solution stack is created and training is being performed, a functional development phase and finally a final preparation phase, when the last tests are being performed before the actual go live. For each phase, the vital activities are addressed and the deliverables/products are explained.

The process-data diagram that is depicted at the right, gives an overview of all of these activities/processes and deliverables. The four gray boxes depict the four main implementation phases, which each contain several processes that are in this case all sequential. The boxes at the right show all the deliverables/concepts that result from the processes. Boxes without a shadow have no further sub-concepts. Boxes with a black shadow depict complex closed concepts, so concepts that have sub-concepts, which however will not be described in any more detail. Boxes with a white shadow (a box behind it) depict open closed concepts, where the sub-concepts are expanded in greater detail. The lines with diamonds show a has-a relationship between concepts.

Many of implementations are also done with ASAP(Accelerated SAP) methodolgy evolved from best practises in SAP.

Activity table

The following table provides a summary of all of the activities that form the SAP implementation process. These activities will be described with more detail and elaborated with examples in the rest of this entry.

Activity	Sub-Activity	Description
Project preparation	Craft solution vision	Refine and communicate a SOLUTION VISION of the future-state of the SAP solution, to sketch a design that meets both business and financial requirements. The focus should be on the company’s core business and how the SAP solution will better enable that core business to be successful.
Project preparation	Design and initially staff the SAP TSO	Design and staff the key positions of the SAP Technical Support Organization (TSO), the organization that is charged with addressing, designing, implementing and supporting the SAP solution.
Sizing and blueprinting	Perform cost of ownership analysis	Perform a COST OF OWNERSHIP ANALYSIS to determine how to get the best business solution for the least money i.e. to determine where and when the costs are incurred within the context of the SAP solution stack.
	Identify high availability and disaster recovery requirements	Determine all HIGH AVAILABILITY and DISASTER RECOVERY REQUIREMENTS, to plan what to do with later downtime of the SAP system
	Engage SAP solution stack vendors	Select the best SAP hardware and software technology partners for all layers and components of the SAP SOLUTION STACK, based on a side-by-side sizing comparison
	Staff TSO	Staff the bulk of the TSO, i.e. fill the positions that directly support the near-term objectives of the implementation, which are to develop and begin installation/implementation of the SAP data center.
	Execute training	Train the various members of the SAP TSO, like data center specialists, high availability specialist and network specialists and train the end-users to give all the required SAP knowledge and skills
	Setup SAP DATA CENTER	Build a new SAP DATA CENTER facility or transform the current data center into a foundation capable of supporting the SAP SOLUTION STACK
	Perform installations	Install the (My)SAP components and technological foundations like a web application server or enterprise portal.
	Round out support for SAP	Identify and staff the remaining TSO roles, e.g. roles that relate to help desk work and other such support providing work.
SAP functional development	Address Change Management	Develop a planned approach to the changes in the organization. The objective is to maximize the collective efforts of all people involved in the change and minimize the risk of failure of implementing the changes related to the SAP implementation.
	Address SAP systems and operations management	Create a foundation for the SAP systems management and SAP computer operations, by creating a SAP OPERATIONS MANUAL and by evaluating SAP management applications.
	Perform functional, integration and regression tests	Test the SAP business processes, by executing functional tests to ensure that business processes work, integration tests to ensure that the organization’s business processes work together with other business processes and regression tests to prove that a specific set of data and processes yield consistent and repeatable results.
Final Preparation	Perform systems and stress tests	Plan, script, execute and monitor SAP STRESS TESTS, to see if the expectations of the end users, defined in service level agreements, will be met.
Final Preparation	Prepare for cutover	Plan, prepare and execute the CUTOVER, by creating a CUTOVER PLAN that describes all cutover tasks that have to be performed before the actual go-live
Go Live		Turn on the SAP system for the end-users

PROJECT MANAGEMENT TIPS

Know and communicate the business goals. What will the project cost, and wh1t are the returns? If you don't know where you're headed, you won't know whether you've arrived at the right place.

Get users involved early. The best time to involve users is at the definition stage. No one can do a better job of telling you what they need from technology than the people on the front line; there's no sense giving them a new e-mail package when what they really need is a phone.

Manage the risks. Business risk: If the project's ROI is based on winning new contracts, what happens if you don't win them? Technical risk: Is the project based on mature or bleeding-edge technology? Good projects have fallback plans; good sponsors know the risk level and the fallback plans before they sign up.

Keep one eye on the scope. Once the goals are defined and the functions of the system are targeted, hold them steady. Require a business case for making any significant changes to a project that's already underway.

Put accountability in the right places. Don't accept IS excuses for late delivery. However, it is up to the business line to use the system and achieve the business goals.

Get people excited. If they believe in it, they'll usually find a way to make it successful. If the benefits are not obvious, you may want to sweeten the package with new desktop systems or a new service that users will get excited about.

Source
http://www.erpgenie.com/general/project.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org

sap erp jobs

2008-08-09T09:20:00.000-07:00

At SAP, innovation and entrepreneurship define our identity as the world's leading software provider. That's why we hire smart, ambitious people who are looking for a place to grow their careers. They are hardworking and industrious with a practical vision of success -- outstanding people looking for outstanding careers.

Being a part of SAP means being a part of one of the most successful companies in the world, a recognized market leader. It also means being challenged like never before, taking risks, growing, and succeeding. The day you start at SAP is the day you begin playing a key role in making our customers' businesses the best-run businesses in the world.

Global Opportunities

SAP is widely recognized as one of the best places to work. We are a dedicated team of unique individuals working for a unique company that offers exceptional opportunities around the globe. Go on, see for yourself. There may be a place for you at SAP.

CRM-Specific Information

2008-08-09T09:15:00.000-07:00

SAP CRM provides comprehensive generic and industry-specific CRM capabilities that support all customer-facing lines of business across marketing, sales and service, as well as customer interaction channels, and includes powerful analytics.
Only with SAP CRM your employees have on overview of the complete supply chain and fast access to consolidated information to grow long-term customer retention.
SAP does this by:

* Supporting customer related processes from end-to-end along the value chain, across departmental boundaries into fulfilment, through shipping, and finally from invoicing to account receivables.
* Providing employees with enterprise customer intelligence bringing together all relevant sources of customer data across the enterprise for faster, better and more accurate decision-making
* Enabling immediate value, supporting organizations to address strategic priorities first, accomplish business value quickly, and expand their solution step by step - realizing tangible ROI with each step along the way.

Organizations can thereby make CRM an integral driver of their overall business strategy aiming at driving revenue, attaining operational excellence, and managing profitable growth.
To fully leverage the CRM solution, SAP Best Practices for CRM has been developed, which helps you reap business benefits quickly and reduce your risks as far as possible.
SAP Best Practices for CRM can be tailored to suit exactly your requirements. Therefore, SAP Best Practices is the optimal starting point providing completely pre-defined business scenarios. However, please note that SAP Best Practices for CRM focuses on a limited number of central scenarios for SAP CRM. The main focal point of SAP Best Practices is to make all configuration settings for these business scenarios readily available for evaluation and implementation. Of course, the solution based on SAP Best Practices can be extended with additional configuration to make use of all the benefits SAP CRM offers.

source
http://help.sap.com/bp_crmv12007/CRM_DE/HTML/index.htm

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software from SAP, crm asp

2008-08-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

The SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) application provides best-in-class functionality for marketing, sales, and service. By supporting customer-facing business processes across multiple interaction channels, SAP CRM enables organizations to focus on strategies for customer-driven growth and to differentiate themselves in the market by providing a superior customer experience.

With SAP CRM, you get the help you need to delight your customers, empower your teams, and grow your business.

SAP CRM has helped the best-run companies in more than 25 industries make the most of their relationships with customers. With SAP CRM, your organization can capitalize on customer insight, improve front-line efficiency and effectiveness, streamline critical business processes across customer touch points, and quickly adapt to changing business and customer needs.

Learn more about what SAP CRM has to offer:

* Get better acquainted with SAP CRM functionality by reading the solution overview brochure (PDF, 729 KB).
* Get a complete picture of SAP CRM capabilities by viewing the solution map.

For more information please visit here

Source : http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/crm/index.epx

How to install SAP Netweaver 2004 Linux Testdrive on SUSE 9.3 with BW enabled

2008-07-08T03:08:00.000-07:00

Note:While the SAP documentation recommends Fedora Core 1, Fedora Core 2, SUSE 9.0 and SUSE 9.1 as supported host distributions, I recommend using SUSE 9.3 as it needs the fewest customizations in order to work properly. I also had a series of problems with FC1(incompatibilities with the NetWeaver install script) and FC2(incompatibilities with VmWare and poor performance). I have not tested the install on SUSE 9.0 and 9.1, but I assume it works just as good as it does in SUSE 9.3.

What you will need:

SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional CDs/ISO images

Download the 5 CD images from ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.3/iso/
Note: If you follow my instructions exactly, you will only need CD1 and CD5.

1GB RAM and 20GB of hard disk space
Note: I use 30GB and recommend it as a safe value.

SAP Netweaver Linux Testdrive ISO

Download the ISO image parts from the Sap Developer Network Downloads area or straight from ftp://ftp.sap.com/pub/linuxlab/test_drive/NW4/i386/. You will need the files NW4_TestDrive.iso_Part_aa to NW4_TestDrive.iso_Part_ae, that you will merge later into an ISO image. You can either download them after installing SUSE Linux or previously download them and merge them at the moment when you are ready to install Netweaver.

If you follow my instructions exactly, SUSE will be configured as a text mode only server used only for NetWeaver, but if you wish to set it up to have graphical mode too, feel free to add the needed packages. If you wish to use the Java PlatinGUI, installing a graphical manager along with the Java SDK from the packages is a must. For the text moed server SUSE install that I will do, only CD 1 and 5 are needed.

The basic steps of this installation are:

1. Installing the Operating System
2. Preparing the NetWeaver installation
3. Installing Netweaver
4. Enabling BW functionality

Soure : http://www.howtoforge.com/sap_netweaver_2004_suse_9.3

ABAP Programming (BC-ABA)

2008-07-08T03:06:00.000-07:00

ABAP Programming (BC-ABA)

This documentation describes how to write application programs within the three-tier client/server architecture of the ABAP application server.

ABAP applications are written in the ABAP programming language, and run within the application layer of the SAP Web Application Server.

ABAP programs communicate with the database management system of the central relational database (RDBMS) and with the presentation layer. A SAP-specific graphical user interface (SAP GUI) for users logged on to a SAP System and Web browsers for Web-based applications are available to you as presentation layers.

The documentation is divided into five sections:

Introduction to ABAP

This contains the basics of ABAP application programming. This information is essential for an understanding of ABAP programming. Following an overview of the ABAP side of the SAP Web Application Server, it introduces the essential features of ABAP programs and the ABAP programming language. Finally, it gives a short introduction to how you can create ABAP programs in the ABAP Workbench.

The ABAP Programming Language

This section describes the statements in the ABAP programming language. Beginning with simple statements for data declarations, data processing, and program flow control, it progresses to topics such as modularization and special techniques, explaining which ABAP statements can be used for which purposes.

ABAP User Dialogs

This section describes the SAP GUI-specific screens whose creation and use is integrated in the ABAP programming language.

Running ABAP Programs

This section explains how ABAP programs are executed on the application server. It shows how you can start ABAP programs, the conditions under which you must start them, and the different kinds of program execution.

ABAP Database Access

This section explains how to work with the central database in the SAP System. It describes the parts of the programming language that are converted into SQL statements in the database, and shows how you can program database updates.

ABAP Objects

This is an introduction to ABAP Objects, the object-oriented extension of ABAP. Objects, classes, and interfaces are introduced as the fundamental elements of ABAP Objects. It is shown how you can define classes yourself or by using interfaces or inheritance. This section also covers the handling of methods and events as components of classes.

ABAP and JavaScript

This section describes how you can incorporate JavaScript programs in ABAP using the class CL_JAVA_SCRIPT.

Source : http://help.sap.com

What or who is ERP SAP

2008-02-21T04:31:00.000-08:00

ERP SAP

For the totally uninitiated, the terminology ERP SAP will sound almost like of a foreign language, yet it is a form of information technology that virtually forms the backbone in all that is going on across the developed world. It is no coincidence that the letters ERP appear first in the configuration, because the Enterprise Resource Planning software (ERP) takes the predominant role.

Designed and developed to support multiple functions. In a business environment, ERP software has become an industry standard for the handling and processing of large volumes of information. Installing an ERP system provides integrated information running through a variety of departments. The function the software can handle in clued the following: · The entire manufacturing process · Order entry, · Accounts receivable · Accounts payable, · General ledger control. · Purchasing control. · Stock control and warehousing. · Transportation · Human resources.

With its roots in the manufacturing industry, ERP has evolved into a software package that can be stylized and tailored to suit any business application, from service industries to retailing. It can be used to integrate and assimilate with existing software programs, one of which was SAP.

So what does SAP stand for, you might be asking. SAP stands for Systems, Applications and Products. A highly original and straight to the point name for a company that is the fourth largest software developer in the World.

Founded in 1972, by a team of five engineers from Germany who met through their former employer, none other IBM, SAP were the developers of the ERP software, which has revolutionized the World of business information processing.

There success in this highly specialist field .is virtually unrivalled, and they have sold over 100,000 versions of their software since they wrote their first piece of code. SAP’s client base numbers more than 30,000, most of them large international businesses and corporation based all over the globe.

Today SAP is recognized as the market leader in collaborative business software solutions Although the bulk of their software is sold in North America, where the operate a wholly owned subsidiary company, SAP’s headquarters remain in Walldorf, Germany, This is the nerve center of the company and the base for the file wholly owned global subsidiaries.

What is especially interesting about SAP ERP is that the company has only ever launched three versions of this software. There flair for naming their products is widely evidenced by the fact that the three versions were titled R/1, followed by R/2 and the current version, the aptly named R/3.

Despite the sparseness of their product naming policy, SAP certainly know ho to turn a profit both on Wall Street and on the German stock exchange. With 27,000 highly trained programmers and service personnel on their payroll, SAP is now turning over $11 billion annually. A lot of money for a company with such a short name and small product range.

Does Your ERP System Need a Review?

2008-02-21T04:29:00.000-08:00

Ever worked for one of those businesses where the left hand doesn’t seem to know what the right hand is doing? One of those businesses where they seem to give you the mushroom treatment – keep you in the dark and feed you a load of… manure?

These companies may well need to review their ERP systems or even get one into place! ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. This is a system where all data and processes in a company are integrated into the one system. This means that all the software and hardware are integrated, and that everyone can access the same database if they need to.

Having an ERP system in place would have helped in one situation I was involved in. We were moving out of a rental property owned by a large company. As we should have, we gave notice to the nearest branch of this company, paid the last instalment of the rent that we owed and moved out.

Next thing we know, four weeks in our new house, a letter turns up from that company – correctly addressed – saying that we hadn’t paid the rent on the old house for two weeks and unless we paid up, we’d be evicted. I resisted the temptation to do nothing just to see what they would have done if they turned up to evict tenants out of an unoccupied house… You guessed it: the branch we contacted wasn’t the one handling the property we had been in.

I hope this experience made that particular company review or even install their ERP system so it didn’t happen again!

Choosing an ERP system is a big step for any company, and it is important that you read a good, unbiased review of the ERP system you are considering.

For a start, you need to review whether the ERP system you are considering will do the job that you want it to. Some companies only need a package that will integrate their accounting and their payroll work. However, other ERP systems have much, much more involved.

An ERP system may contain many different aspects that were formerly kept separate. Examples of things that may be integrated by an ERP system are human resources, supply chain management, customer relations, manufacturing and decision support. Now if the whole company needs to review how and where it does things, a good ERP system will make this so much easier.

Some of the most significant ERP systems that are popular today include SAP, The Sage Group, Oracle Applications, Epicor, Visma and QAD. Others are also widely used in the corporate and manufacturing world.

Naturally, opinions differ at to the merits and disadvantages of each of these ERP systems. Talking to someone will give you a good review of each product, but you will also find a host of ERP system reviews online. Read these ERP reviews very carefully to find out if the system you are considering is the right one for your organisation.

Don’t forget – it’s not just businesses that may need to review their ERP system. Charitable organisations, clubs, churches and sporting bodies also need the left hand to know what the right hand is doing.

SAP ERP

2008-02-21T04:26:00.000-08:00

SAP ERP. Sounds like an alien language or a comedy duo, right? Well, if you’re part of a business, these two acronyms should roll of your tongue. Why? Because SAP ERP could save your business hundreds of person-hours and thousands of dollars by increasing efficiency and organizing your business’ data!

SAP (which originally stood for Systems, Applications, and Processing) is a brand of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software, which is the software for any kind of business!

SAP ERP software is especially distinguishable from other ERP software because of its specialization in mid- to large-sized businesses, particularly banks, health care, machinery manufacturers, construction companies, mining, retail, media, wholesale, and other large industries.

SAP is a German-based company that was founded over thirty-five years ago by five former IBM engineers. Before SAP ERP, SAP was one of the first companies to offer an ERP-type software system with its SAP R/1-R/3 software, earlier prototypes of SAP ERP software. Today SAP is the world’s largest business software company.

SAP ERP software works as a customer service database, a warehouse inventory database, a human resources database, and a digital personal secretary all in one. Keep track of all of your clients’ contact information and purchases so that if they call, you can bring up their files and speak to them as if you had memorized every one of your clients’ preferences.

SAP ERP software keeps track of materials you need to manufacture new products as well as expenditures. Shipping dates, shipping costs, and orders placed are just a few examples of the warehouse inventory data stored in your SAP ERP software database. Take an order from a client, enter it into SAP ERP, and the computer in the warehouse will print out shipping information for your packers!

Your human resources department can use SAP ERP software to keep track of payroll, taxes, vacation time, sick leaves, resumes, and references all in one place.

SAP ERP software can also be your personal secretary because it can be programmed to make reminders pop up on your computer screen that you have a meeting or you promised to call a client. SAP ERP software also can automatically send e-mails to clients on a certain day as you program it or automatically print mailing labels for your mailing campaigns!

SAP ERP software is easy-to-use and easy-to-integrate with most programs. Do you frequently use Microsoft Office? You can keep using it with the SAP ERP software database!

Don’t let a little disorganization ruin your business when the problem is so easily solved with SAP ERP software. Shop online for the best prices or you can find SAP ERP software direct from the manufacturer along with more information at sap.com!

SAP - BI/BW Consultant

2008-02-21T04:22:00.002-08:00

SAP - BI/BW Consultant

SAP - BW Consulatnt
Highly Reputable Organisation
Permanent Position

My client is a Global Leader in their industry and is expanding rapidly; due to the fast expansion they are looking for a Senior SAP BW consultant to join them. They are one of the largest organisations with offices across the globe.

As the Senior SAP BI/BW consultant you will be responsible for the project approach in development and implementation. The position will require someone that can guarantee that deliverables are produced in accordance to high standards.

To be considered for the role you will ideally possess:

2 Full life cycle implementation experience in SAP
5+ years experience working with SAP
a sound understanding of the functional and technical processes of the BW module
Solid analysis skills with demonstrated ability to extract, scope and document requirements and translate these into technical specifications
Excellent professional communication and highly evolved interpersonal and presentation skills
additional cross module knowledge in SAP will be highly regarded
Exposure to data warehouse tools and ASAP methodology is preferred.

If you have the above skill set and are looking to work with a rich pool of SAP talent who are utilizing the latest SAP technologies, please apply now…

http://sapcareers.com/22045.aspx

SAP Personnel Admin (HR/HCM)

2008-02-21T04:22:00.001-08:00

SAP Personnel Admin (HR/HCM)

Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Company: Confidential
URL: www.preludesys.com
Description:
Job Title: SAP Personal Admin (HR)

Location: New Brunswick, New Jersey

Project Duration: 6 Month(s)

Est Start Date: ASAP

Skill Set:

REQUIRED SKILLS for Personnel Administration Lead

- 5 years experience with Personnel Administration configuration

- Candidate must have at least 3 full life cycle implementations

- Experience on a global project is a plus.

Skill Type Required-SAP - PA - Personnel Administration.

Job Description: Project Role:Functional Analyst - SAP
To Apply
Confidential
:
prashanth@preludesys.com

SAP Financials Consultant

2008-02-21T04:21:00.000-08:00

SAP Financials Consultant

Location: Washington, DC
Company: Confidential
URL: http://www.sapjob.net
Description:
We are on retainer with a Global Solutions organization who is looking for a SAP Financials Consultant - This is a Full Time Employee position). This position requires 50% travel and you must live in Washington, DC. If you are interested please forward your resume and I will respond back ASAP

Thank you,

Frank Juliano

www.barronsys.com

POSITION DETAILS

Salary Range: $90,000 to 135,000

5 Openings Available

Location: Washington, DC

Industry: Financial Services

The SAP Applications Functional Specialist, providing functional support and implementation in SAP Applications R/3, in module areas of FI-Finance (Grants, Budgeting, Funds Mgmt, Asset Accounting, Fixed Assets, GL, SPL, FM, AP/AR), CO Controlling. Knowledge of required SAP product module/suite business processes, navigation mechanics, and configuration requirements and integration with other modules and SAP's Business Warehouse. Develop and maintain configuration and functional design documents and support role based profile changes. The candidate is expected to perform all tasks in development cycle, starting from business process definition, to configuration and unit testing, assistance and follow-up with user testing, to coordination of transports to Production, to training and post-live support and fixes, etc. Experience within Public Sector (Federal) preferred. Local to WDC Metro area. Must travel 100%.

Candidate must have

Minimum of 4 years experience with a BA or related experience.;

Must have hands-on delivery/configuration experience in at least 2 of following modules: FI-Finance (Grants, Budgeting, Funds, Asset Acct, Fixed Assets, GL, SPL, FM, AP, AR), CO Controlling; 3 full lifecycle required, multiple preferred,

Federal Government experience preferred.

US Citizenship required.

Hands-on Delivery/configuration experience in at least 2 FM Modules (Grant, Budgeting, Funds, Assets, GL, AP, AR or Controlling

SAP Accounts Receivable

Public Sector/Government project experience
To Apply
Confidential
:
rod.austin@gmail.com

SAP MM/PP Managing Consultant

2008-02-21T04:19:00.000-08:00

SAP MM/PP Managing Consultant

Description:
We are on retainer with a Global Solutions organization who is looking for a SAP MM/PP Managing Consultant - This is a Full Time Employee position). This position requires 80% travel and you must live in ANY CITY/ANY STATE. If you are interested please forward your resume and I will respond back ASAP

Thank you,

Frank Juliano

www.barronsys.com

POSITION DETAILS

Salary Range: $72,000 to 145,000

Location: ANY CITY/ANY STATE

BEST Industry: Computer Software & Services

We Will Sponsor/Transfer H-1B

This Consultant is responsible for delivery of Materials Management and Production Planning module deliverables on Mid-Market engagements, including implementation, upgrade, and/or extension of existing applications. The consultant assists clients & leads teams in the selection, implementation & support of SAP solutions which naturally include design, configuration & testing. Will provide functional & business process expertise and provide hands-on leadership & direction to the project team, which generally consists of consultants, subcontractors, remote global resources & client employees. Also participates in qualifying & pursuing client sales opportunities & may play a lead role in developing the solution, scope, estimates & client proposal as well as be heavily involved in business case development. Mid-market exp pref. Major Field of Study: Computer Science or related degree Strong SAP functional / technical knowledge of MM & PP (ECC5.0). Hands-on developed project deliverables using a formal/structured methodology. Ability to apply SAP knowledge to resolve configuration and technical issues. Process definition, analysis, design, & implementation. Ability to conduct business requirements definition sessions and apply required configuration changes. Leadership and ability to manage teams. Motivating teams to excel and transferring knowledge to client personnel. Test plan, scenario, & script development. Medium to large client interaction & process consulting experience. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Visio. Candidates can live near any major metropolitan US City with access to a major Airport. Position requires up to 100% travel.

Candidate must have

Strong verbal & written communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills required.

Experience successfully applying structured project management methodology.

Min. 5 yrs. hands-on delivery/configuration consulting experience of SAP MM & PP (ECC5.0)

SAP Team lead / Project management experience

Minimum of 3 full life cycle implementations experience is required
To Apply
Confidential
:
rod.austin@gmail.com

Cognizant Completes mySAP(TM) ERP Applications Consolidation and Standardization for Serena Software

2007-04-24T04:15:00.000-07:00

by Malcolm Frank

Project Concluded in Record Time, Yielding High ROI and Business Benefits

Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) , a leading provider of global IT and business process outsourcing services, today announced it has completed a large scale consolidation and standardization of the SAP(R) application portfolio for Serena Software, Inc.

Based on mySAP ERP, the scope of this project included finance, materials management, sales & distribution, IS-Software and human resources on a global scale, encompassing the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. This project was concluded in a record seven-month window, on-time, on-budget and with no business disruption.

"Cognizant's professional, solutions-oriented approach convinced us to select them over several other global services companies," said Robert Pender, CFO at Serena Software. "Their support and understanding of our business issues have allowed us to maximize our ROI through dramatic improvement to functionality, adoption of best practices in standard processes and improvement in data quality."

"We are pleased that Serena Software has selected Cognizant for this unique initiative after weighing its cost-value-benefit versus alternative options," said Francisco D'Souza, President and CEO, Cognizant. "Our deep consulting capabilities, long-standing relationships with technology and product customers, and our investments in SAP applications across multiple domains have helped us take ownership for this strategic business initiative and recommend a solution that best suits Serena's business interests."

Cognizant presented a compelling solution for rationalizing business processes, harmonizing data, and consolidating applications. Taking this route allowed Serena to simplify their business processes, cleanse their master data and eliminate years of customizations. Cognizant conducted a pro-active analysis that revealed additional business benefits to Serena, resulting in faster revenue growth and enhanced productivity. The standardization of SAP applications was a more economical and faster approach than doing multiple projects to bring the current system up to a comparable level.

About Cognizant's SAP Practice

Cognizant's SAP Practice provides Global 2000 companies a full range of SAP services, leveraging its industry-specific expertise, technical depth and global talent pool. Cognizant's SAP Practice aims to minimize clients' total cost of ownership of SAP application environments, including development and support, and maximize their applications' business-level value. Leveraging a unique global development model, Cognizant's SAP Practice delivers functional and technical expertise augmented by best practices for implementation, maintenance, upgrade and enhancement services for end-to-end solutions.

SAP and Banking Community Definition Group Unite the Worldwide Banking Industry Around Enterprise SOA Standards

2007-04-24T04:09:00.000-07:00

by Kelly Schwager

ING and Standard Bank Reap Rewards of Community Participation

SAP AG today announced that members of the industry value network (IVN) for banks -- which brings together SAP, banks and non-banks to collaboratively develop solutions for the banking industry -- have formed an expanded definition group to co-innovate and create global standards for enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA). The expansion of the community enables the members to leverage the results from the IVN for their custom projects as well as to directly influence the development of software solutions for the banking industry. As part of expanding the scope of its charter, the community has opened its membership to include additional banks and non-banks, including software providers, service providers and auditors. With this announcement, the members of the community and SAP continue to deliver on their mission to provide a common innovation backbone for the banking industry, be it global retail banks, private banks or corporate banks.

The community definition group for banking currently has 37 members with more than 130 individual participants engaged in 23 work groups defining services, discussing architecture topics and creating building blocks to help companies make a successful transition to enterprise SOA. In addition, the community has created an SOA taxonomy, developed a service landscape and identified the strategic and organization building blocks that banks require for a successful transition to enterprise SOA. Participants engaged in the expanded community include, among others: Callatay & Wouters, Commerzbank, CSC, Deloitte Consulting, FinanzIT, Hewlett Packard, HSH Nordbank, La Caixa, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Wirtschaftsprufungsgesellschaft, SPSS, StreamServe, Syskoplan AG, SWIFT and TXS Financial Products.

Recognizing that it is paramount to have customers and suppliers agree upon specific services definitions, SAP and a group of nine leading banking customers launched this initiative in December 2005. Participants included ABN AMRO, Absa, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Credit Suisse, Deutsche Postbank, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Nordea and Standard Bank. Since the commencement, the group has met significant milestones and has jointly identified more than 180 critical enterprise services, which SAP and other partners have committed to implement.

Participants Find Significant Benefits

ING joined the industry value network for banks because its management believes that a standardized environment can significantly reduce IT costs for banks.

"Integration issues make the business case for buying software, especially in larger organizations," said Johan Smessaert, head of enterprise architecture, ING. "Collaboration in defining services via the industry value network for banks should help reduce integration and new solution adoption costs. With its strong experience in standardizing solution development, SAP uses these services definitions to reduce customer integration costs. SAP can also take an active role to promote ecosystem collaboration on a common services layer for the banking industry."

Standard Bank, the largest bank in South Africa, also saw cost reduction as a major motivation in seeking an enterprise SOA. Being a part of the industry value network for banks has also helped Standard Bank learn from other banks regarding the benchmarks for enterprise SOA adoption, and exchange ideas to avoid common pitfalls.

"We recognized the momentum of SAP NetWeaver as a business process platform for other industries and saw the opportunity to join first movers in the banking industry to define an open core banking platform based on enterprise SOA," said Herman Singh, director of architecture and technology engineering, Standard Bank. "The expanded community lets thought leaders collaborate openly to define common services and leverage SAP and its ecosystem of solution vendors to codify and commoditize the processes at the industry level."

SWIFT is a worldwide community of financial institutions whose purpose is to be the leader in communications solutions enabling interoperability between its members, their market infrastructures and their end-user communities. SWIFT joined the community definition group to contribute in the development of standardized services.

"I believe SAP's community definition group could be of significant strategic relevance to the banking industry," said Johan Kestens, head of marketing, member of the Executive Committee, SWIFT. "The energy and enthusiasm are high, the approach is practical and capitalizes on the momentum of the industry. As a leading global infrastructure of the financial industry, SWIFT can contribute on standard definition, processes and community implementation. I am looking forward to working with the members to try and achieve this."

No Settlement With Oracle, SAP Chief Says

2007-04-24T03:59:00.000-07:00

by James Niccolai, IDG News Service

SAP AG has no intention of settling with Oracle Corp. over its trade secrets lawsuit filed last month, and will begin to launch its defense in the coming weeks, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said.

"We have no intention to settle; why should we?" a defiant Kagermann told reporters and analysts during SAP's quarterly earnings call Friday. "We don't think anything is wrong in our company."

"We have a long legacy at the company, with an unparalleled reputation as a trusted advisor and a trusted partner," Kagermann said. "We believe in the importance of intellectual property rights and we will aggressively defend against the claims made in this lawsuit."

"However," he added, "this lawsuit is still in its early stages and we will formally respond to these claims within the next weeks."

His comments set the stage for what could be a lengthy battle with Oracle in the U.S. courts.

Oracle filed suit against SAP on March 22, accusing it of "corporate theft on a grand scale." Workers at SAP's TomorrowNow Inc. subsidiary in the U.S. allegedly hacked into an Oracle database and stole documents and software that Oracle uses to provide support service for its clients. Its goal was to offer cut-rate support service to Oracle customers, according to Oracle.

SAP had not commented on the lawsuit until now, except to say it would defend itself aggressively.

SAP's Profit Just Misses Views, As Firm Says Market Share Rose

2007-04-22T00:42:00.000-07:00

J. Bonasia Fri Apr 20, 7:00 PM ET

Overshadowed of late by some huge acquisitions by archrival Oracle, business software leader SAP on Friday reminded the marketplace that it remains a force.

SAP (NYSE:SAP - News) said earnings, minus one-time charges, rose 9.9% to 310 million euros ($421 million) from 282 million euros in the year-ago quarter. Analysts were expecting 309 million euros.

Per-share profit rose to 0.26 euros (35 cents) from 0.23 euros. U.S. figures use Friday's conversion rates.

It said revenue rose 6% to 2.17 billion euros ($2.99 billion) from 2.04 billion euros, a bit above views.

SAP's American depositary receipts rose 2.5% Friday to a three-month high of 50.39.

"It was a very good start into 2007," SAP Chief Executive Henning Kagermann said in an interview Friday from Walldorf, Germany. "All regions performed well."

SAP said its share of the business applications software market, which it said totaled $34.8 billion in 2006, rose to 25.1% over the past four quarters, from 24.5%.

The German software maker is locked in a pitched battle to sustain market leadership over Oracle (NasdaqGS:ORCL - News). Since January 2005, Oracle has spent more than $20 billion on acquisitions to expand its line of applications software.

For the quarter, SAP said it boosted its total software license revenue -- a key indicator of future growth -- by 10%, to 563 million euros ($766 million).

But Oracle reported license growth of 16% in its quarter ended Feb. 28. It's hard for investors to assess which company actually is taking share from the other, says Brendan Barnicle, a Pacific Crest Securities analyst.

"That's how this debate goes, on and on," said Barnicle, who rates SAP as sector perform, or neutral.

The rivalry took another turn last month, when Oracle filed suit charging that an SAP unit had committed corporate fraud by downloading software and other files from Oracle servers without authorization. SAP has denied any wrongdoing.

SAP said license revenue for North America rose 11% to 249 million euros ($338.6 million).

"This quarter highlights continued strength for SAP in the U.S.," said Ross MacMillan, an analyst with Jefferies & Co. "The question is: What is the sustainability of that strength?"

In a conference call with analysts, SAP Deputy Chief Executive Leo Apotheker said he "didn't see any material change" in the U.S. spending environment. "It was as expected -- not better, not worse," he said. "And we have no reason to believe that that will change."

Last week, IBM, EMC and Seagate all said U.S. tech spending was a bit soft.

Management also reaffirmed its plan to invest 300 million to 400 million euros ($408 million to $544 million) over the next two years to boost sales to midsize companies. SAP has launched a big ad campaign in North America targeting the midmarket.

SAP is investing to build a team for sales and support to serve this market. It's also spending on data centers to host new on-demand software for customers. "The revenue will come later, but we have to pay the cost at the beginning," Kagermann said.

Those investments should shave one or two percentage points off SAP's operating profit margin this year, says Laura Lederman, a William Blair & Co. analyst.

"It is unclear at this point 14 time if SAP's middle-market efforts will be successful," Lederman wrote in a note to investors. She rates the stock as market perform, or neutral.

Some fear midsize companies will need more technical support from SAP than large enterprises. "Serving the midmarket is a dramatically different business," he said.

Improved sales boost SAP's quarterly profit nearly 10%

2007-04-22T00:36:00.000-07:00

By Linda Loyd

Inquirer Staff Writer

SAP AG said yesterday that its first-quarter profit rose nearly 10 percent on improved sales, and the maker of business software vowed not to settle a lawsuit filed against it last month by rival Oracle Corp.

Germany-based SAP, which has a headquarters for the Americas in Newtown Square, said net income rose 9.9 percent to 310 million euros ($421.5 million), or 0.26 euros a share, in line with analyst expectations. That compared with 282 million euros, or 0.23 euros a share, a year earlier.

Revenue was up 6 percent to 2.2 billion euros ($2.99 billion) for the quarter from 2 billion euros in the first quarter of 2006. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting quarterly revenue of 2.2 billion euros.

Henning Kagermann, SAP's chief executive officer, said management was pleased with financial results. "On a constant-currency basis, we achieved a strong increase in software and software-related service revenues, and reported double-digit growth rates for each region," he said. The regions include Europe, the Americas (including the United States), and Asia-Pacific.

SAP said it continued to gain share in the $38 billion business-software market to 25.1 percent in the quarter ended March 31, up from 24.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2006.

Bill McDermott, president and CEO of SAP Americas Inc. in Newtown Square, said software revenue was up 22 percent in the Americas, and 24 percent in the United States. "It was a very nice quarter," he said.

He predicted that demand for SAP's products would increase as companies grew and competed "more and more in a global economy" and standardized the management of their business on a software platform - everything from payroll to client orders, the supply chain to handling customers.

SAP is locked in a fierce rivalry and competition for customers with Oracle, of Redwood City, Calif.

During a conference call with analysts, Kagermann said SAP would vigorously defend itself in the coming weeks against Oracle's lawsuit, filed March 22, which accuses SAP of "corporate theft on a grand scale" and of stealing its software. Kagermann said SAP has no intention of settling.

Kagermann said SAP had a long legacy and "unparalleled reputation as a trusted adviser and a highly regarded partner." The company, he continued, "believes in the importance of intellectual-property rights, and we will aggressively defend against the claims made in this lawsuit."

He said the company would make a formal response in court in San Francisco to Oracle's allegations that employees of SAP's TomorrowNow Inc. subsidiary used log-in credentials of Oracle customers to access documents and software that Oracle uses to provide support services for its customers.

Kagermann said that "SAP and TomorrowNow are actively engaged in legitimate competition" and that "TomorrowNow's business success is all about customer choice. This lawsuit demonstrates that Oracle is trying to limit customer choices by trying to discredit the competition."

McDermott said: "We have a great brand. We respect other people's intellectual property, and we expect them to respect our intellectual property. We are a good partner, and our reputation is rock-solid. And we will, in the coming days, vigorously respond to this allegation, and the strength of our response will be clear and decisive."

SAP shares closed up $1.21, or 2.46 percent, at $50.39 on the New York Stock Exchange.

SAP Brings Good Q1 News to Sapphire

2007-04-22T00:33:00.000-07:00

By Renee Boucher Ferguson
April 20, 2007

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SAP reported its first quarter 2007 earnings April 20, highlighting a jump in profits. Net income for the quarter was $413 million, up from $282 million a year ago, and total revenue jumped 6 percent to $295 billion, in what turns out to be an auspicious start following a tumultuous period for the giant software company.

Not only did SAP's earnings come in below expectations in its second and fourth quarters of 2006, but the company's CEO heir apparent and resident visionary Shai Agassi resigned last month (effective April 1), about the same time that its biggest competitor, Oracle, slapped the company with a lawsuit.

Henning Kagermann, SAP's CEO and new head of products in Agassi's stead, set the record straight during the April 20 earnings call with analysts and press, particularly regarding SAP's ongoing battle with Oracle.

"We have no intention to settle; why should we?" Kagermann said. "We don't think anything is wrong in our company. We have a long legacy at the company, with an unparalleled reputation as a trusted advisor and a trusted partner."

Oracle is suing SAP for what it deems thievery on a grand scale, contending that SAP's subsidiary TomorrowNow improperly accessed thousands of support documents from Oracle.com, using customer log-ins. TomorrowNow provides third-party support for Oracle's Siebel, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications.
"We believe in the importance of intellectual property rights and we will aggressively defend against the claims made in the lawsuit," Kagermann said. "However, this lawsuit is still in its early stages and we will formally respond to these claims within the next weeks."

The earnings report leaves SAP, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, in a good position for its annual Sapphire user event, to be held in Atlanta April 22-25. While it's unclear what SAP will be announcing at the event, one thing is certain, according to Bill Wohl, SAP's vice president and head of Product Technology Group Communications: "We're not going to spend a lot of time talking about Oracle," he said. "They spend a lot of time talking about us. We're talking to customers.
Three key themes are expected to be stressed at the event: SAP's Enterprise Services Architecture road map; the level of activity and co-innovation from SAP's partner community; and an evolution of the chief financial officer's role in an organization, which has led to the need for corporate performance management software, according to Wohl.

Of those three, the biggest news is likely that SAP's ESA road map, begun in 2003, is largely complete—a message Kagermann will likely drive home in his keynote address.

It's also rumored that SAP will announce one or two smaller technology acquisitions.

Wohl said SAP will also not spend a lot of time talking about Agassi's departure, given the company's initial and frank discussion of why Agassi decided to leave in the first place (he didn't want to wait two years to be named CEO and then invest another five years in a co-leader role, which SAP officers had proposed).

Rod Masney, president of ASUG (Americas' SAP Users' Group), said there is a hole to fill given Agassi's departure.

"Our user community saw Shai as a great visionary for technology. The technology group … that was his crowd; he could talk technology. God is the wrong word, but certainly he was looked on as a sage," Masney said. "The audience was always mesmerized by what he had to say."

But, Masney said, Agassi built a great team, with at least four members stepping up to fill different aspects of Agassi's role.

"Those guys are still there," Masney said.

Speaking for ASUG's users, Masney said they have one overriding concern: upgrades, upgrades, upgrades.

Masney said ASUG's members want to hear from SAP about MySAP ERP 2005, its latest—and core—release for SOA (service-oriented architecture)-enabled ERP (enterprise resource planning). "They want to hear what the features, functions and enhanced upgrade process are. What they want to hear from other companies is that they have lived through the upgrade process, and what their best practices are—[and] what are the stupid things they've done and wished they would never make that mistake to do again."

Masney said ASUG members plan to share that information at its conference, which is also to be held April 22-25, co-located for the second year with Sapphire.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PROJECTS FAIL WITHOUT C-LEVEL OWNERSHIP

2007-04-22T00:21:00.000-07:00

By Shamus McGillicuddy, News Writer
04.18.2007 | SearchCIO.com

When business intelligence software projects fail, IT is often blamed. But the failure can usually be traced to lack of leadership, not technology.

In fact, a new survey finds that a lack of ownership by the right executive often leads to a disconnect between the vision of senior management and the way a project gets done.

[Business intelligence] definitely can't be an IT project. I don't think it has much value without the business.
Michael Carper
divisional vice president of technology operations, Coldwater Creek Inc.

"The core issue with business intelligence [not succeeding] isn't a technical issue," said Betsy Burton, vice president and distinguished analyst at Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. Rather, she said, it's the failure on the part of business leaders to make sure the organization gets the information it needs and leverages it in a way that makes sense with the business objectives.

"It's interesting," Burton said. "The symptom that people see is a lack of vision, a lack of strategy, a lack of linking supportive business intelligence back to systems. It's very easy for managers to say, 'Hey the data is wrong,' rather than take an introspective look. They should ask 'Have I given the organization a clear sense of what we're trying to get out of business intelligence? Am I really arming my people within my organization with a sense of the importance and the metrics so that they can deliver valuable information?' It's easier to point at the numbers and say, 'The numbers are wrong. Fix them.'"

Burton, who surveyed 350 organizations about their business intelligence projects, found that only 10% reported their projects had a C-level executive sponsor with a direct link to the business. Twenty-five percent said their projects were sponsored by an IT manager, and 25% had no executive sponsor at all.

What raised the red flag for Burton, however, was that 40% of those polled said their business intelligence projects were owned by lower-level business executives. That isn't ideal, Burton said, because that group tends to have tactical rather than strategic roles -- which is what ends up sinking a project.

Even more alarming is that 65% of those polled said they viewed business intelligence technology as too complex and unusable and 69% said they lacked the skills necessary to use it anyway.

Few can argue that businesses are sold on the virtues of business intelligence. It's one of the fastest-growing sectors of the IT software market, according to Framingham, Mass-based research firm IDC. Further, the business analytics market accounted for $18.25 million in global revenue in 2006, and is forecast to grow about 10% a year during the next five years.

Experts contend that for many organizations a business intelligence initiative is a business project that's been dumped on the laps of IT and lower-level executives who haven't been keyed into the vision, and, worse, aren't expected to look at the data analytically. Ultimately, the project fails.

But some companies can point to business intelligence as being pivotal to its success. Coldwater Creek Inc., for instance, a clothing cataloger and retailer catering to professional women, is one of the nation's fastest-growing retailers. The Sandpoint, Idaho-based company, which was founded in 1984 and has 239 stores nationwide, is expected to see sales of $1.24 billion this year. In 2006, retail store sales increased 46.1%, surpassing a $1 billion sales mark milestone for the company.

Part of the company's success is attributed to its business intelligence initiatives. According to Michael Carper, the clothier's divisional vice president of technology operations, CEO and founder Dennis Pence has a vested interest in Coldwater Creek's business intelligence implementations.

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"I think he had a pretty good idea of where he wanted to start and where he wanted to see it go in the early stages," Carper said.

Coldwater Creek uses business intelligence to determine where to build retail stores -- including the 65 new stores it expects to open this year, Carper added. It also analyzes what products are selling well and in which regions of the country. His company has a lot of data to look at, given that it sends out 140 million catalogs a year. Coldwater Creek has collected a lot of data about where its customers live and what they like to buy.

"We wanted [business intelligence] to exist outside of IT so it could move quickly," he said. "It was inspired by our founder to be quick and agile for making business decisions. We're successful primarily through being able to understand the business through business intelligence."

Making sense of all that information isn't the job of IT. It's up to the business to figure out how it wants to use that information. IT just delivers the tools to let business users utilize the data.

"[Business intelligence] definitely can't be an IT project," Carper said. "I don't think it has much value without the business. It has [been] facilitated by business intelligence and technology, but it's largely a business analytics function. The business should feel like they own this to a certain extent."

Atlanta-Area Companies Drive Efficiency, Performance and Growth with SAP

2007-04-22T00:16:00.000-07:00

Across the Region, Leading Businesses of All Sizes Power Business Strategy by Choosing SAP

ATLANTA - April 20, 2007 - Showcasing its growing presence in the region and the depth of its solutions to serve businesses of diverse size and industry requirements, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that increasing numbers of Atlanta-area companies are leveraging SAP software for ongoing innovation, more efficient operations and sustainable growth. In addition to expanding relationships with established customers across the region, SAP and its partners have added new customers—from small businesses and midsize companies to global industry leaders—to the hundreds of companies and thousands of end users running SAP software in the Atlanta area. The announcement was made on the eve of SAPPHIRE® ’07, SAP’s international customer conference, being held from April 23 – 25, for the first time in Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta companies ranging from The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Georgia-Pacific and The Home Depot, to Checkfree, Dhaksha Technologies, Gwinnett County, MacGregor Golf, and a growing number of small businesses including Structural Products Corporation, Georgia State Floral Distributors and Industriaplex, are among the area businesses which have expanded or established new relationship with SAP in recent quarters by deploying SAP applications. The growth in SAP’s local customer base comes as SAP delivers the benefits of solutions designed on the business-driven blueprint of enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) to companies across the globe, and at an inflection point in the transition to SOA, an architecture that enables software functions, or “services,” to be combined quickly and flexibly to perform new business processes.

MacGregor Golf Drives with SAP
MacGregor Golf, a leading designer and manufacturer of golf equipment, completed an implementation of ARIS SmartPath for Durable Goods, an IDS Scheer offering of SAP® All-in-One software bundled with ARIS Reference Models and SAP implementation services. Working with SAP partner IDS Scheer, MacGregor Golf has improved its customer order entry system and begun to take advantage of lean manufacturing practices. The solution will also be rolled out to the company’s offices in Japan and the United Kingdom.

“MacGregor Golf is one of the oldest golf companies in the world with 109 years of tradition, innovation and product excellence,” said Jay Verenakis, chief information officer, MacGregor Golf. “With the deployment of ARIS SmartPath for Durable Goods, based on SAP All-in-One, we are now in position to better serve our customers and realize business process efficiencies.”

Local Small Businesses Drive Efficiency, Customer Service with SAP
A premier provider of retail, commercial and industrial infrastructure products and services, Industriaplex manages international supply chain logistics required to plan for and respond to the needs of its customers. As a startup that rapidly outgrew Peachtree and spreadsheet applications, Industriaplex first implemented SAP® Business One with SAP partner ASE to manage financials, standard light manufacturing, and standard sales order processes. To support its ongoing business strategy, Industriaplex next worked with ASE to integrate SAP Business One with a hosted facility management service from Corrigo so that call center and dispatch services can now programmatically feed SAP purchasing and goods receipt functions.

“With the solution from SAP, we have reduced our reliance on manual spreadsheets, taken complexities out of our business, achieved greater visibility and control,” said John Drake, general manager – IT, Industriaplex. “We are now postured to handle our rapid growth in our ever-changing marketplace.”

Based in Norcross, Ga., Structural Products Corporation (formerly Atlanta Structural Products) began servicing metro Atlanta’s engineered floor system needs in 1984, specializing in engineering, designing and selling engineered floor systems for residential construction. When the company outgrew homegrown IT systems, it looked for an integrated business management package that could provide visibility in a consolidated view of mission-critical across the company. It also looked for a solution that would allow the company to easily customize applications specific to the unique needs of its business.

“We evaluated several competing packages, including Great Plains, but none provided the integrated set of applications and straightforward pricing of SAP Business One,” said Jason Shehane, systems and logistics engineer, and leader of the SAP deployment at Structural Products, which implemented the solution working with the Baer Group, a local SAP partner. “The solution’s software development kit is easy to use and allows us to develop the custom applications we need to remain responsive to changing business challenges.”

Atlanta Companies Shine at SAPPHIRE ’07
The SAPPHIRE ’07 event will bring thousands of SAP users to Atlanta and feature presentations on hundreds of SAP customer companies. On Monday, April 23, 2007, SAP and The Coca-Cola Company will be hosting a media visit—for media registered for SAPPHIRE—at The Coca-Cola Company’s headquarters in Atlanta.

In addition to its growing local customer base and SAPPHIRE ’07 event, SAP Americas’ presence in the Atlanta area also extends to a variety of philanthropic activities and causes including cash and in-kind contributions to non-profit organizations and higher-education institutions in the state of Georgia. SAP’s local community partners in Atlanta include Hands on Atlanta, Hands on Network, Bobby Dodd Institute, Techbridge, Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) and Habitat for Humanity.

“The Atlanta area is a thriving hub of commercial activity, recognized across the globe as an international destination and home to many of the world’s leading companies,” said Bill McDermott, president and CEO, SAP Americas and Asia Pacific Japan. “As we prepare to host thousands of SAP customers and partners in Atlanta at our 2007 SAPPHIRE conference, we are pleased to showcase our growing customer base and commitment to businesses across the region.”

Next Major Events: SAPPHIRE® ’07 Atlanta and SAPPHIRE® ’07 Vienna
Join SAP and its growing ecosystem of partners to discover how co-innovation and open technologies are enabling customers to do “business at the speed of change,” improving business processes, expediting time to market and outthinking and out-executing the competition. Learn first-hand how organizations of all sizes and industries around the world are using SAP® applications to accelerate innovation and energize growth at SAPPHIRE® ’07, SAP’s international customer conference, being held in Atlanta, Georgia, April 22-25, and in Vienna, Austria, May 14-16, 2007. For more information, please visit www.sap.com/sapphire.

This year, SAP and the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) are co-locating their premier events in Atlanta, where the 2007 ASUG Annual Conference takes place April 22-25.

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About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 39,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at <http://www.sap.com>)

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Advanced ABAP

2007-04-21T19:34:00.000-07:00

Advanced ABAP Programming

CA926 - Developing BAPI enabled Web Applications with Java

Size : 6.45 MB
Pages : 499

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Test Workbench and Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT)

2007-04-21T19:33:00.000-07:00

CA610 - Test Workbench and Computer Aided Test Tool (CATT)

Size : 1.67 MB
Pages: 184

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BC470

2007-04-21T19:32:00.000-07:00

BC470 - Form Printing with SAP Smart Forms

Release: Web Application Server 6.2
2002/Q4

Size: 3.60MB
Pages: 281

PREREQUISITES:
BC400 - ABAP Workbench :Basics
ABAP Programming Knowledge

COURSE GOALS:
This course will help you to:
- Familiarize with SAP Smart Forms and the interaction between the graphical tools.
- Creation and maintenance of forms.
- Integration into application programs.
- Use of Samrt Styles.

COURSE CONTENT:

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BC440

2007-04-21T19:31:00.000-07:00

BC440 - Developing Internet Application Components

Release : 4.6
January 2000

Size:4.75 MB
Pages: 511

PREREQUISITIES:
SAP50 - Basis Technology
BC400 - ABAP Workbench Tools & Concepts
BC410 - DEveloping User Dailogs
Recommended:
Experience with HTML

COURSE GOALS:
This course will prepare you to:
- Use the Internet Transaction Server(ITS)for using R/3 with the World Wide Web.
- Explain the programming based models for ITS-based interet applications.
- Use HTML.

At the conclusion of this course you will be able to :
- Outline requirements for transaction on the WWW.
- Describe the architecture of the ITS.
- Design and implement Web Transaction.
- Develop WebRFC- enabled function modules.

COURSE CONTENT:

Course Overview
Introduction
Internet,Intranet & WWW
HTML,CSS and JavaScript
Internet Transaction Server
ABAP Workbench Basics
SAP GUI for HTML
Easy Web Transactions
ITS Flow Logic
HTML Business
Summary and Outlook

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BC430

2007-04-21T19:29:00.000-07:00

BC430 - ABAP Dictionary

Release: 46B
17.01.2003

Size:1.26 MB
Pages:164

PREREQUISITES:

COURSE GOALS:
At the end of this unit you will know:
- The function of the ABAP Dictionary in the R/3 System
- The ways to define data objects and types
- The services provided by the ABAP Dictionary
- How the ABAP Dictionary is linked to the development and runtime environments

COURSE CONTENT:

Introduction
Tables in the ABAP Dictionary
Performance in Table Accesses
Consistency through Input Checks
Dependencies of ABAP Dictionary Objects
Changes to Tables
Views
Search Helps

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BC425

2007-04-21T19:28:00.000-07:00

BC425 - Enhancements and Modifications

Release: 46c
November 2000

Size: 2.5MB
Pages: 262

PREREQUISITES:
- SAP50 Basis Technology
- BC400 ABAP Workbench Basics
- BC402 ABAP Programming Techniques

COURSE GOALS:
At the conclusion of this course you will be able to :
- Adjust the R/3 standard to the customer's requirements.
- Personalization Techniques
- Enhancements to the SAP standard
- Modification to the standard and modification adjustments.

COURSE CONTENT:

Course Overview
Changing SAP Standard
Personalization
Enhancements to the ABAP Dictionary Elements
Enhancements using Customer Exits
Business Transaction Events
Business Add-ins
Modifications
Epilog
Appendix

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BC410

2007-04-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

BC410 - Developing User Dialogs

Release: 4.6B
12.12.2002

Size:3.01 MB
Pages: 436

PREREQUISITES:

COURSE GOALS:
This course will prepare you to:
- Write user dialogs in both list and dialog programming
- Program user interaction on lists
- Program user dialogs using the different screen elements in the SAP R/3 System

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
- Use advanced techniques in interactive list programming
- Create a user interface for a program
- Write user-friendly dialog programs
- Use and process screen elements in the SAP R/3 System

COURSE CONTENT:

Course Overview
Basics for Interactive Lists
The Program Interface
Interactive List Techniques
Introduction to Screen Programming
Screen Elements for Output
Screen Elements for Input/Output
Screen Elements: Subscreens and Tabstrip Controls
Screen Elements: Table Controls
Context Menus
Lists in Screen Programming
Preview: Control Framework

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BC404

2007-04-21T19:25:00.001-07:00

BC404 - ABAP Objects : Object Oriented Programming in R/3

Release 46B

Date: 09.01.2003

Size:2.72 MB

Pages:283

PREREQUISITES:

- BC400 or comparable knowledge
- Experience of programming in the R/3 environment

COURSE GOALS:

This course will enable you to:
- Learn the principles of object-oriented programming
- Learn the structure and application of ABAP Objects

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe and use the most important principles:

Classes
Inheritance
Interfaces
Polymorphism
Events
Program in ABAP Objects

COURSE CONTENTS:

Course Overview

Introduction

Analysis and Design

Principles

Generalization/Specialization

Events

Global Classes/Interfaces

Summary and Outlook

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2007-04-21T19:25:00.000-07:00

BC404 - ABAP Objects : Object Oriented Programming in R/3

Release 46B

Date: 09.01.2003

Size:2.72 MB

Classes
Inheritance
Interfaces
Polymorphism
Events
Program in ABAP Objects

COURSE CONTENTS:

Course Overview

Introduction

Analysis and Design

Principles

Generalization/Specialization

Events

Global Classes/Interfaces

Summary and Outlook

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BC402

2007-04-21T19:22:00.000-07:00

BC402 - ABAP Programming Techniques

Release: 46B
09.01.2003

Size: 2.12 MB
Pages: 242

PREREQUISITES:
- SAP 50 (Basis Technology)
- BC400 (ABAP Workbench: Concepts and Tools)
Recommended:
- BC430 (ABAP Dictionary)
- A little ABAP programming experience

COURSE GOALS:
This course will enable you to
- Understand the basic principles of the ABAP programming language.
- Choose the appropriate ABAP programming technique to solve a particular problem.
- Write and maintain your own ABAP programs.

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe how the ABAP runtime system works.
- Use ABAP statements and their syntax variants
- Create, test, compare, and classify ABAP programs
- Design, write, and modify your own ABAP programs
- Evaluate alternative programming solutions based on their assurance of data consistency, possible runtime errors, and the effectiveness of the modularization
techniques they use.

COURSE CONTENT:

Course Overview
ABAP Runtime Environment
Data Types and Objects
Statements
Internal Table Operations
Subroutines
Function Groups and Function Modules
Introduction to ABAP Objects
Calling Programs and Passing Data

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BC400

2007-04-21T19:20:00.000-07:00

BC400 - ABAP Workbench : Foundations and Concepts

Release:4.6C
12.12.2002

Size: 4.41 MB
Pages: 570

PREREQUISITES:
- Good programming knowledge

COURSE GOALS:

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to understand the various uses of the ABAP Workbench,including:
- The different methods available for facilitating user dialog, and
- How to carry on dialog with the database

At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
- Create an ABAP program containing user dialogs and database dialogs
- Describe various development objects (Repository objects) and how they are used
- Create basic examples of those Repository objects introduced in the course using the appropriate ABAP Workbench tools

COURSE CONTENT:

Introduction
Program Flow in an ABAP Program
Introduction to the ABAP Workbench
ABAP Statements and Data Declarations
Database Dialogs I (Reading Database Tables)
Internal Program Modularization
User Dialogs: List
User Dialogs: Selection Screen
User Dialogs: Screen
Interfaces
Reuse Components
Database Dialogs II (Making Changes to the Database)
Software Logistics and Software Adjustment

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TABC43_1

2007-04-21T19:18:00.000-07:00

TABC43_1 : Data Transfer

R/3 System
Release 46B
17.06.2000

Size: 1.12MB
Pages: 388

COURSE CONTENT:

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TABC42_2

2007-04-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

TABC42_2 : ABAP Programming Techniques 2

R/3 System
Release 46B
17.06.2000

Size: 866 KB
Pages: 523

COURSE CONTENT:

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TABC42_1

2007-04-21T19:14:00.000-07:00

TABC42_1 : ABAP Programming Techniques 1

R/3 System
Release 46B
17.06.2000

Size: 899 KB
Pages: 545

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TABC41_2

2007-04-21T19:11:00.000-07:00

TABC41_1 : ABAP Development Workbench Basics 2

R/3 System
Release 46B
17.06.2000

Size: 1.45MB
Pages: 389

COURSE CONTENT:
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TABC41_1

2007-04-21T19:04:00.000-07:00

TABC41_1 : ABAP Development Workbench Basics 1

R/3 System
Release 46B
17.06.2000

Size: 1.4MB
Pages: 417

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ABAP/4 in 21 Days

2007-04-21T10:28:00.000-07:00

Sams Teach Yourself ABAP/4 in 21 Days

Publisher: Sams (September 29, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672312174

Pages: 752
Size: 5.47 MB

The ideal book for a programmer who must get started in ABAP immediately, and does not want to know the complete story of how and why ABAP was originated. Provides all of the essential information that an ABAP programmer needs and provides it in a readable format. Provides examples that are real and practical not text-book based, like other ABAP programming books. The book also provides insight into the SAP certification process, although not actual coverage of certification because candidates must have two years of practical ABAP programming experience to even enroll in the certification courses!

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Enterprise Management with SAP SEM / Business Analytics

2007-04-21T10:26:00.000-07:00

Enterprise Management with SAP SEM/Business Analytics ( SAP Excellence)

Publisher: Springer; 2 edition (February 14, 2005)
ISBN-10: 3540228063

Pages: 219
Size: 7.16MB

In order to make strategy happen there is a need for powerful management information systems. SAP focuses on the application of modern business administration concepts, e.g. Value Based Management, the Balanced Scorecard, the Management Cockpit or flexible planning methods.

The book describes the methodology and implementation of a powerful tool for enterprise management. Practical examples show how SAP Strategic Enterprise Management/Business Analytics (SAP SEM/BA) can help to improve cross functional planning, reporting and analyzing. SAP SEM/BA is a leading edge IT-solution for top management and related departments in large enterprises and groups. It demonstrates the state of the art of modern management information and decision support systems.

See the contents of this book @ Amazon

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SAP System Administration Made Easy

2007-04-21T10:24:00.000-07:00

SAP System Administration Made Easy
R/3 Release 4.6 A/B

Publisher: Johnson Printing Service (February 25, 2000)
ISBN: 1893570436

Pages: 676 pages
Size: 17.39 MB

Release 4.6 of the System Administration Made Easy Guidebook continues in the direction of the 4.0 version. The primary focus is the importance of the on-going nature of system administration. This book is written for an installed system, where all installation tasks have been completed. Installation and related tasks, which are usually performed once, have not been included in this guidebook.

This guidebook is organized in the following fashion:
- The first two chapters provide a high-level view of disaster recovery and backup and
recovery.
- Chapters 4-8 are helpful checklists that help the system administrator complete various tasks, including daily, weekly, and yearly.
These chapters also provide helpful transaction codes and where in the book these codes are found.
- Chapter 9 discusses how to stop or start the R/3 System.
- Chapters 10-13 involve the following topics:
R/3 administration
Security administration
User administration
Database administration (SQL Server)

The rest of the book covers subjects such as operations, troubleshooting, remote services, change management, and SAPNet R/3–Frontend (formerly known as OSS). The four appendices cover useful transactions, other resources, SAPNet R/3–Frontend notes, and a discussion on upgrades.

Overall, this is a must read book for every BASIS Consultant.

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SAP Script Made Easy

2007-04-21T10:21:00.000-07:00

SAP Script Made Easy

ISBN: 1-893570-14-2
Publisher: SAP Labs

Size: 13.4 MB
Pages: 298

This guidebook is all about SAPscript forms. Using this guidebook,you will be able to:
- Use graphical tools (Form Painter and PC Editor) to quickly adapt SAPscript forms for your needs
- Reduce the consulting time and effort required to develop or modify SAPscript forms

The topics covered in this guidebook will help you:

- Modify the layout of SAPscript forms
- Modify the content of SAPscript forms
- Customize R/3 application for SAPscript forms

CONTENTS

1) SAPscript Forms: The Big Picture
Understanding concepts, architecture, and runtime environment of SAPscript forms
2) SAPscript Forms: The Basics
Form management tools and types of form components
3) Getting Started with Forms
Importing predeveloped forms into your system landscape
4) Modifying SAPscript Forms: The Basics
Modifying windows and content
5) Modifying SAPscript Forms: Advanced Topics
Logos, bar codes and other advanced topics
6) Customizing Sales and Distribution for Print Forms
7) Customizing Materials Management for Print Forms
8) Customizing Financial Accounting for Print Forms

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Enterprise SOA

2007-04-21T10:20:00.000-07:00

Enterprise SOA

Publisher: O'reilly
ISBN: 9780596102388

Size: 6.15 MB
Pages: 452

Information Technology professionals can use this book to move beyond the excitement of web services and service oriented architecture (SOA) and begin the process of finding actionable ideas to innovate and create business value. In Enterprise SOA: Designing IT for Business Innovation, SAP's blueprint for putting SOA to work is analyzed from top to bottom. In addition to design, development, and architecture, vital contextual issues such as governance, security, change management, and culture are also explored. This comprehensive perspective reduces risk as IT departments implement ESA, a sound, flexible architecture for adapting business processes in response to changing market conditions.

This book answers the following questions:

What forces created the need for Enterprise Services Architecture?

How does ESA enable business process innovation?

How is model-driven development used at all levels of design, configuration, and deployment?

How do all the layers of technology that support ESA work together?

How will composite applications extend business process automation?

How does ESA create new models for IT
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If you liked this book, please, support the author, buy this book.

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Business Processes: Operational Solutions for SAP Implementation

2007-04-21T10:18:00.000-07:00

Publisher: IRM Press
ISBN:9781591409793

Pages: 329
Size: 5.44 MB

Business Processes: Operational Solutions for SAP Implementation deals with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems implementation, and also business operations/processes and information systems to support business operations/processes. There are a large number of books treating ERP implementation, operations management and information systems separately, but books dedicated to all three topics applied to practical issues of ERP implementation are scarce. However, teaching ERP merely as software does not work. Uniting these three topics in one book allows the reader to avoid the problems of teaching separate fields and then connecting them in one complex solution, providing the opportunity to better educate students.

About the Author

Victor Portougal (1941 - 2005) was an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Business School, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. Dr. Portougal’s practical and consulting experience included information and ERP systems design and implementation for companies in Russia and New Zealand. He was the author of many articles in scholarly journals, practitioner magazines, and books. Dr. Portougal held degrees from University of Gorki, Russia (M.Sc., Computer Science), Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Ph.D., Operations Research), and Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev (Doctor of Economics). His research interests were in quantitative methods, both in management science and information systems.
David Sundaram is a senior lecturer in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Business School, The University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has a varied academic (B.E. in Electronics & Communications, PG Dip in Industrial Engineering, and Ph.D. in Information Systems) as well as work (systems analysis and design, consulting, teaching, and research) background. His primary research interests include: the design and implementation of flexible and evolvable information, decision, and knowledge systems; process, information, and decision modelling; Triple Bottom Line modelling and reporting; and Enterprise Application Integration with a focus on ERP-DSS integration.

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Managing Business with SAP

2007-04-21T10:16:00.000-07:00

Publisher: Idea Group Publishing
ISBN: 1591403782

Pages:300
Size: 1.36 MB

Managing Business with SAP: Planning, Implementation and Evaluation is a collection of valuable experiences and perspectives from IT professionals regarding the selection and implementation of SAP.

This book covers the basic concepts and principles of ERP/SAP technology, the challenges and issues encountered in the integration and implementation of ERP/SAP systems; and the critical success factors for measuring effective system implementation. Discussions span from the history of SAP to the availability of a strategic implementation plan to ensure the successful and effective use of the implementation approach.

This book is important to all IT managers as it addresses the reasons why many ERP systems fail, and how IT managers can improve the rate of successful implementation.

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Implementing SAP R/3 - SD

2007-04-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

Expert Guidance on How to Successfully Implement This Brand-New SAP Module!

One of the world’s leading SAP Sales & Distribution consultants delivers the first comprehensive and practical guide to implementing this new module in the R/3 system. Inside this book you’ll get complete information on the ins and outs of the software, including basic functions, sales document flow, invoicing, and how the S&D module interfaces with other modules.

This remarkably clear and concise book will show you how to:
Get an overview of SAP functions and find out where to access data throughout the system

Configure and implement the Sales & Distribution model

Learn the differences between sales document types and how they control deliveries and impact other modules

Understand the basic functions that make up the sales process, including pricing, output, and credit management

Create cross-functional reports using the standard SAP structures

Prepare for going 'live' and learn system testing methods

Sales processes and delivery systems are crucial functions in today’s businesses and no other Sales & Distribution guide can bring you the same focused, reliable advice that’s found inside this first-rate user’s guidebook.

About the Author
Glynn Christopher Williams was born in England, and educated in South Africa. He is a Christian and loves life. Currently based in South Africa he is a SAP SD consultant, with international experience, having worked on projects in South America and Europe. He has had the opportunity of working on implementations within some of the worlds largest companies, the most recent implementing SAP across 12 countries in Europe. His extensive experience and knowledge of the SD module allows the sharing of fantastic time saving tips, as well as easy to understand assistance in implementing SAP Sales and Distribution.

Size: 10.7 MB
Pages: 335

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Implementing SAP R/3 in a Multinational Organization

2007-04-21T10:13:00.001-07:00

Implementation Strategies for SAP R/3 in a Multinational Organization
Lessons from a Real-World Case Study

Publisher: Cybertech Printing
ISBN:1591407761

Pages: 345
Size: 3.6 MB

The purpose of this book is to assemble many of the theories related to implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, provide the history of implementation of SAP R/3 system in a multinational company during 1991- 2004, and analyze the practice using the theories. We include a chapter that discusses the new products of SAP and shows how they might be used by the company in the future. We have also included another case study that discusses implementation of SAP R/3 in Sidler GmbH. This book provides the basics of ERP systems, so that a reader who is not familiar with the terminologies can understand them well enough to appreciate the importance of effective implementation of ERP systems.

This book can be used as a reference by a seasoned practitioner at any level of an organization or as an introduction to ERP by a person who is new to the concepts. It is particularly useful for project teams that are selecting or implementing ERP systems because it provides a detailed case study of implementation of a system at a company. The team can analyze the reported implementation, come up with alternate scenarios, learn from the exercise, and then proceed to work on effectively implementing the ERP system in their company. They can learn from the successful strategies and avoid the mistakes.

The book is particularly useful to students who are planning to graduate with an emphasis on business processes/ERP systems and practice as consultants or project managers in ERP implementation projects. It is especially helpful for students in graduate MBA and Executive MBA programs since it prepares them to be in charge of ERP implementation projects. This book provides them an insight into the implementation experiences of a large corporation that is expecting to spend about $1 billion on an ERP project. This book is unique since it emphasizes and illustrates business processes, IT architectures, and IT structures.

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Implementing SAP R/3 in a Multinational Organization

2007-04-21T10:13:00.000-07:00

mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing

2007-04-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

mySAP Toolbag for Performance Tuning and Stress Testing
By George W. Anderson

Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date: June 25, 2004
ISBN: 0-13-144852-8

Pages: 416
Size: 3.96 MB

In this book, a leading expert on SAP performance walks through every facet of tuning and optimizing mySAP Solutions, and the technology layers underpinning these solutions, to maximize performance and value. George W. Anderson covers the entire testing and tuning process: planning, staffing, developing, testing, executing, validating, evaluating...and acting on what you've learned.

Anderson offers unparalleled guidance with regard to predicting the impact of system changes—from new hardware to updated NetWeaver-enabled business processes. Along the way, he shows how to make the most of countless optimization and monitoring tools—from free and low-cost technology stack-based utilities to comprehensive, automated SAP testing suites. His vendor-neutral, unbiased coverage includes:

- Quantifying concrete performance requirements—even for complex, cross-application business processes

- Testing and monitoring daily system loads, month-end or seasonal business peaks, key transactions, and complex multi-system business processes

- Conducting comprehensive server, SAN/disk subsystem, and database testing

- Managing the testing process, leveraging proven best practices and techniques

- Analyzing, verifying, and quantifying SAP availability, scalability, and TCO

Regardless of the technology infrastructure underpinning your SAP solutions, if you're responsible for deploying, managing, maintaining, refreshing, upgrading, or supporting SAP technologies, you need this book—now.

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SAP Security : SAP R/3 Authorization Made Easy 4.6A/B

2007-04-21T10:09:00.000-07:00

SAP Security : SAP R/3 Authorizations Made Easy 4.6A/B
User Role Templates and Generating Authorization Profiles

Release:4.6A/B

CONTENTS:

1) R/3 System Security and Authorization concept
2) Authorizations and ASAP
3) Setting up the Profile Generator
4) User Administration
5) User Role Templates
6) Advanced Profile Generator Functionality
7) Preparing R/3 Environment for Go-Live
8) Inserting Missing Authorizations
9) Assigning Activity Groups
10) Setting Up the ALE Environment for Central User Administration
11) Setting Up the Central User Administration
12) Tips and Troubleshooting
13) SAP Security Audit and Logging
14) Upgrade
* SAPNet R/3 Fronted Notes
* Frequently Asked Questions
* Important System Profile Parameters

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Foundations of Java for ABAP Programmers

2007-04-21T10:08:00.000-07:00

Fooundations of Java for ABAP Programmers

Publisher: APress
ISBN: 1-59059-625-0

Size: 2.65MB
Pages: 216

The only beginning book of its kind, this book will teach you SAP/ABAP developers the skills you need for Java 5 programming. The book emphasizes the fundamentals of core Java SE 5 and Java EE 5, to get you up to speed with these technologies. You’ll learn about the most important enterprise Java API found in the new Java EE 5 platform, which you can immediately use and integrate. Furthermore, the book elaborates on connecting to a database, SAP Java Connector, servlets, Java Server Pages, Enterprise JavaBeans, and Java Messaging.

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SAP R/3 Guide to EDI and Interfaces

2007-04-21T10:06:00.000-07:00

SAP R/3 Guide to EDI and Interfaces

Publisher: GWV-Vieweg; 2 edition (December 2, 2003)
ISBN-10: 3528157291

Pages: 148
Size: 1.9 MB

This book in the tradition of IT-cookbooks, where the reader will find quick recipes and reliable information to cover all aspects of SAP Interfacing and quickly became a standard work for the R/3 world.

This book was written for the experienced R/3 consultants, who wants to know more about interface programming and data migration. It is mainly a compilation of scripts and answers who arose during your daily work as an R/3 coach.

What is this book about?
The R/3 Guide is a Frequently Given Answers book. It is a collection of answers, given to questions regarding EDI over and over again, both from developers, consultants and client’s technical staff. It is focussed on the technical aspect of SAP R/3 IDoc technology. It is not a tutorial, but a supplement to the R/3 documentation and training courses.

The R/3 Guide has been written with the experienced consultant or ABAP developer in mind. It does not expect any special knowledge about EDI, however, you should be familiar with ABAP IV and the R/3 repository.This book is a “How to” book, or a “Know-how”-book. The R/3 Guide has its value as a compendium. It is not a novel to read at a stretch but a book, where you search the answer when you have a question.

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SAP R/3 Handbook

2007-04-21T10:04:00.000-07:00

SAP R/3 Handbook , Second Edition
by Jose Antonio Hernandez

Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 0−07−135413−1

Size: 10.6 MB
Pages: 680

The all-in-one guide to successfully implementing enterprise-wide business process engineering now brings you up to speed on the #1 software's latest features. SAP R/3 Handbook, Second Edition, by JosÈ Antonio Hernandez, explains in easy-to-follow steps all stages of R/3 installation, implementation, operation and support. You learn about the workings of the ABAP/4 development workbench, the transport system, R/3 service distribution, systems architectures and system administration, and get an in-depth look at the Basis system. In this new edition, you'll find new and expanded chapters on the latest SAP features, including:

- The Profile Generator and the Management of Users and Authorizations
- SAP Database Administration including Oracle8 and Microsoft SQL Server 7
- Advanced new options within the CCMS, including new R/3 installation tools

Much more inside the book

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SAP R/3 for Everyone

2007-04-21T10:01:00.000-07:00

SAP R/3 for Everyone

SAP R/3 for Everyone: Step-by-Step Instructions, Practical Advice, and Other Tips and Tricks for Working with SAP
By Jim Mazzullo, Peter Wheatley
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Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Pub Date: July 15, 2005
ISBN: 0-13-186085-2

Size: 34.8 MB
Pages: 320

SAP R/3 for Everyone is the nontechnical user's guide to working with SAP R/3, the leading business enterprise software product in the world. Written and road-tested by experienced SAP R/3 users and trainers, this book saves typical SAP R/3 users time and trouble by providing them with the universal skills needed to work with any module of this complex software.

SAP R/3 can be used effectively by anyone who can perform a handful of simple procedures that are employed in nearly every SAP R/3 transaction. The authors explain these procedures in plain English, using illustrations and real-world examples.

After a brief explanation of the architecture and operation of SAP R/3, readers get step-by-step instruction in

- Logging on and off, managing passwords, and customizing the SAP application window and screens
- Navigating between screens with menu folders, transaction codes, and the menu bar
- Setting up customized favorites folders with quick links to the initial screens of transactions and other useful resources
- Understanding the four basic transaction types
- Working on initial screens, including tips and techniques for entering codes, searching for codes, customizing initial screens, and using multiple selection screens and selection options
- Customizing output reports with filters, sorts, sums, and display variants
- Exporting output reports to Microsoft Excel and Word and e-mailing output reports to other SAP users

Practical and jargon-free, SAP R/3 for Everyone provides readers with the skills and confidence they need to efficiently conduct any business activity with SAP R/3.

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SAP Query Reporting

2007-04-21T09:59:00.000-07:00

SAP Query Reporting is everything an SAP user needs to know to create your own reports in SAP using Query tools, no programming required! Designed as a hands-on learning aid, you will be able to follow along and perform each new skill learned on your own SAP system. The book's tutorial style, step-by-step instruction will teach you everything you need to know to use the SAP Query tools, including its configuration, advanced usage, and integration to Microsoft. Additionally the book gives best business practice recommendations for the technology and internal business use of the tools. Learn to:

- Understand query security, table reads, and table joins
- Perform basic and advanced calculations
- Incorporate pictures and graphics into reports
- Configure shortcuts and tran codes, schedule jobs and email PDFs
- Utilize SAP Reporting with Microsoft Office applications

About author:

Danielle Larocca Signorile, an independent executive SAP consultant, has written a handful of books on SAP technologies. Danielle is a featured speaker at many SAP conferences throughout the United States. Her articles have been published in multiple trade magazines, including SAP Professional Journal, SAP Insider, and SAP HR Expert, a publication on which she served as an advisor and columnist for the "Ask the Expert" section. Danielle has also been interviewed for HR Executive Magazine. She earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology and holds certificates and certifications for many areas of SAP, including Human Resources, ABAP Programming, and Basis Technologies.

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Java & BAPI Technology for SAP

2007-04-21T09:57:00.000-07:00

Java & BAPI Technology for SAP
by Ken Kroes and Anil Thakur

ISBN:0761523057
Publisher: Premier Press © 2000 (432 pages)

Size:6.24 MB
Pages: 432

Draw from the authors' years of experience with SAP implementations. Follow along and learn how platform independent Java can reduce both development and on-going maintenence costs for custom software. Learn how to integrate Java with SAP, and the basics of integrating the SAP Automation toolkit to develop applets or Java applications.

Begin with Java basics and learn the role Java plays in the ERP industry. Next move on to integrating Java with SAP. Benefit from practical examples which allow you to see how Java and SAP can be used together. Finally, continue on to BAPIs: what are they, how to find them within SAP, and how to build your own custom BAPIs.

Follow along and benefit from the book's extensive collection of screen images and code examples. Use the step-by-step examples to reproduce results and understand the concepts discussed in this introduction to Java programming within SAP.

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Enterprise Java for SAP

2007-04-21T09:55:00.000-07:00

Enterprise Java for SAP
by Austin Sincock

ISBN:1590590988
Publisher :Apress © 2003

Size: 4.14MB
Pages: 336

This book is specifically targeted at developers who are fluent in SAP’s programming language, ABAP, and are looking to learn the Java language. The author explores SAP, JavaServer Pages, JDBC, and Enterprise Java Beans.

Java Primer for SAP is designed as an introduction to Enterprise Java for the SAP developer. After providing a general introduction to Java, author Austin Sincock explores how to open the typically closed SAP environment to the world of Java. Sincock explores communicating with a SAP environment through such Enterprise Java technologies as JavaServer Pages (JSP), JDBC, and Enterprise Java Beans (EJB). Where possible, open source technologies are explored for the Java connections pieces-atypical for the SAP environment where everything is proprietary.

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Sams Teach Yourself SAP™ in 24 Hours

2007-04-21T09:54:00.000-07:00

Sams Teach Yourself SAP™ in 24 Hours, Second Edition
By George Anderson, Danielle Larocca

Publisher: Sams
Pub Date: November 07, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32822-4

Pages: 432
Size: 10.4 MB

Sams Teach Yourself SAP in 24 Hours, Second Edition is the perfect tool for learning one of the most sophisticated enterprise solutions available today. Designed to being with the basics, you will become acquainted with the entire SAP system, from navigation to creating your own reports. You'll also cover:

Implementation tools and methodologies
NetWeaver
ECC 5.0
Designing Screens and menus
Reporting
Integration with Microsoft Office
And more

Written by leading SAP consultants with over 20 years of combined experience, this easy-to-understand tutorial is ideal for getting up and running with SAP quickly and efficiently.

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Roadmap to mySAP.com

2007-04-21T09:52:00.000-07:00

Roadmap to mySAP.com

Publisher: Premier Press
ISBN: 1931841152
Pages: 350
Size: 3.37 MB

Learn how to put mySAP solutions to work for your company through the use of mySAP Workplace and mySAP Marketplace. Stay a step ahead of the competition by taking advantage of the information provided on the SAPMarkets' components and he CommerceOne initiative for building and deploying e-Marketplaces. Gain a comprehensive understanding of what constitues a mySAP.com project and follow along as the author covers the implementation tools currently available and outlines the tools of the future. Get an overview of the technological foundation of the mySAP.com strategy. Begin with a discussion of the SAP Business Framework architecture such as ALE and BAPIs, found in previous SAP releases, as this book explains the evolution of the new generation of Internet integration developed utilizing Web technology and standards.

Provides a range of tools for enhancing the performance and productivity of your business. Through practical examples, it covers the main concepts around SAP's Internet strategy.

This book, Roadmap to mySAP.com, tries to depict the big picture of this new Web computing and e-business philosophy. The goal of this book is to provide an extremely useful reference to every professional, consultant, or IT employee involved with SAP technology. The book explains the main concepts of SAP’s Internet strategy: the solutions, applications, and supporting systems; the components and architectures; and the administration and development duties. It includes practical examples of the technology being explained so that readers can more easily approach the technology and start real hands-on work.

The book covers the latest SAP technology as of the FCS release of the SAP Web Application Server, including common functionality of R/3 releases 4.6C and upward, as well as the new releases of the mySAP.com components.

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SAP NetWeaver for Dummies

2007-04-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

SAP NetWeaver For Dummies
by Dan Woods and Jeffrey Word

ISBN: 0764568833
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons © 2004

This guidebook will lead you through SAP NetWeaver, the Web services-based business integration and application platform that enables portals, collaboration, data management, development environments, and more.

Size: 8.99 MB

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Business Information Warehouse for SAP

2007-04-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

Business Information Warehouse for SAP ( BW v2.0b)
by Naeem Hashmi

ISBN:0761523359
Premier Press © 2000

Size: 72.2 MB
Pages: 447

Gain an understanding of what it takes to implement SAP BW. Follow along as the author explains the evolution of SAP BW architecture and its components. This book describes the roots of SAP BW and how it has evolved from a simple operational reporting environment to a full-featured information warehouse. Profit from a description of the structure of the SAP BW implementation team and SAP BW ASAP methodology. Learn how to construct data warehouses using BW based on the author's experiences during actual SAP BW implementations.

Master Data Warehouse Concepts

Learn basic data warehouse concepts--including the technical aspects and performance characteristics associated with constructing a data warehouse. Then, advance to a discussion of SAP BW architecture and how it compares with a traditional data warehouse. Learn what it takes to build analytical applications in SAP BW and the SAP BW development environment. Learn how metadata is managed in SAP BW and how SAP BW compares with data warehouse solutions provided by other vendors.

About the Author
Naeem Hashmi, a widely known expert in the ERP business intelligence industry and a pioneer in ERP data warehousing, has more than 22 years of experience in emerging Information Technologies research, development, and e-business; ERP applications; data warehousing; data mining; CRM; database, Web, object and client/server technologies; enterprise application integration; and information structures. He is the chief technology officer of Information Frameworks, an emerging Information Technology research and strategic IT consulting group. A former technical director at Compaq/Digital, he directed early SAP BW customer projects for the Benchmark and Engineering Group, and has worked directly with SAP management and engineering team members in defining requirements and architecture for SAP BW.

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SAS/Access 9.1 Interface to SAP BW

2007-04-21T09:44:00.000-07:00

SAS/Access 9.1 Interface to SAP BW

Publisher: SAS Publishing
Size: 1.06 MB
Pages: 92

Find all the information you need in this user’s guide about how to extract and browse InfoCube and ODS object metadata from the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW), import InfoCube and ODS data into SAS, export OLAP metadata about an SAP BW InfoCube to SAS/EIS, and retrieve SAP BW data both interactively and in batch mode.

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SAP BW Certification

2007-04-21T09:43:00.000-07:00

SAP BW Certification

Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 0471236349

Pages: 355
Size: 7.05 MB

The SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) Certification Test program is a rigorous testing and certification program for SAP BW practitioners. This book is a concise, comprehensive study guide to the areas covered on the SAP BW certification exam.

SAP offers consultants the opportunity to be recognized for their skills as an SAP Certified Consultant. Recognized worldwide, the certificate evidences their ability as a highly qualified SAP BW consultant to the marketplace. Certified consultants can also access the SAP information network, keeping their knowledge up-to-date to benefit customers. The certification test for becoming an application consultant for SAP BW is intended to provide candidates with the opportunity to prove that they have a fundamental knowledge of this particular area of the SAP system and are able to apply this knowledge within a project environment.

The book provides information about the exam, training offerings by SAP, a study guide,sample test questions, suggested exercises and one simulated certification test. This book covers the core (required) subject areas for the SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) certification:

SAP BW Data Modeling. Basic concepts and techniques for data modeling in traditional data warehouses and SAP BW.
SAP BW Building Blocks. Basic concepts and tools of the configuration, technical architecture and warehouse management of the SAP Business Information Warehouse.
SAP BW Reporting. SAP BW reporting and analysis tools.
SAP BW Extraction. Mechanisms to extract data from SAP and non-SAP data sources
within SAP BW.

Useful reference information is also provided to assist you in becoming more knowledgeable and proficient in SAP BW, including SAP BW quick reference guide, SAP training offerings,and a list of useful on-line and published resources on data warehousing, business intelligence, SAP R/3, and SAP BW.
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SAP BW: A Step-by-Step Guide

2007-04-21T09:41:00.000-07:00

SAP® BW: A Step-by-Step Guide By Biao Fu, Henry Fu

Publisher : Addison Wesley
Pub Date : July 23, 2002
ISBN : 0-201-70366-1

Pages : 480
Size : 57.2 MB (RAR file)

SAP BW has recently come to the fore as a valuable tool for developing data warehouses that accurately and effectively support critical business decision making. It facilitates easy-to-use and high-performance extraction, transfer, transformation, and loading of data from a variety of data sources, including such comprehensive business management systems as SAP R/3.

This practitioner's guide uses step-by-step instructions complete with a plethora of screen captures to illustrate key SAP BW functionalities. It demonstrates how SAP BW implements the fundamental star schema and solves the major challenges inherent in the creation of data warehouses: performance, reliability, and error-handling. Using a real-world business scenario as a running example, SAP® BW presents a comprehensive view of the technology, from underlying concepts and basic techniques through its most sophisticated capabilities.

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