The Role of Data and Reporting in Fighting Climate Change

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  1. Customize Your Logistics and Finance Processes by Changing Production Master Data with ECM

    Reading time: 14 mins

    Engineering Change Management (ECM) is a central function in logistics that you can use to change various aspects of production master data (e.g., bills of material, routings, and materials) with history (using effectivity dates) or depending on specific conditions. Understand the purpose of ECM using SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 and how you can use…...…
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    Regulators Mull Climate Change Risk Disclosure Rules

    Reading time: 2 mins

    More regulators are considering requiring companies to disclose the potential impact of climate change on their business and the mitigation measures they are putting in place.   For example, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is developing rules for companies to disclose their exposure to climate change risk and detail climate change mitigation plans…
  3. Managing the People Side of an SAP Project: Live Q&A with Doug Whittle

    Reading time: 40 mins

    For many project managers, managing the technical and project-based components of an SAP initiative is the easiest part of their jobs. With so many diverse personalities involved in a project, it’s no wonder that managing the human side of an SAP project often presents the greatest challenge to project managers. In a live Q&A, Managing…...…
  4. Implement Better Controls Over Your Master Data with ECM

    Reading time: 18 mins

    See how to configure Engineering Change Management (ECM) to exert greater controls, checks, and balances on your master data creation process. Key Concept Engineering Change Management (ECM) is a tool that companies can use to gain better visibility, as well as to provide checks and balances, over the master data creation process. ECM does that…...…
  5. Navigate the Complexities of Currency Conversion for More Accurate Management Reporting

    Reading time: 97 mins

    Since dealing with multiple currencies has become commonplace in a global economy, it’s no surprise that currency conversion is needed everywhere in global organizations that implement and run SAP software solutions. While currency conversion was mainly the purview of the ERP system in the past, ERP systems no longer carry that burden alone. Today’s managers…...…
  6. Use Order Change Management to Automatically Apply Last-Minute Changes to Production Orders

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Discover how order change management (OCM) improves manufacturing accuracy and customer satisfaction by ensuring that production orders conform to the latest product structure and sales order data. OCM is well integrated with sales orders for configurable products. It also helps prevent the cancellation and repetition of sales orders by ensuring that changes to product features…...…
  7. How to Use Workflow for Better Data Control and Integrity

    Reading time: 14 mins

    Learn how to configure the workflow-driven change request management functionality in SAP GRC 10.0, which is designed to enforce control in the maintenance of master data. Key Concept Change Request Management is a control process aimed at ensuring that changes to master data are independently reviewed by appropriate personnel to ensure that the proposed modifications…...…
  8. Analyze the Impact of SAP Software Changes on Your Business Processes

    Reading time: 22 mins

    ManagerSee how to achieve a risk-based test scope identification using Business Process Change Analyzer in SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EhP1 (Enterprise Edition). It allows you to analyze the impact of software changes triggered by SAP Support Packages, customizing changes, or custom code development on your important business processes. Key Concept Business Process Change Analyzer provides…...…
  9. 10 Best Practices for Enforcing Data Security, Control, and Consistency in the Software Logistics Process

    Reading time: 17 mins

    Learn important best practices, tips, and guidelines that are invaluable for ensuring that the process of making changes and transporting changed data in the SAP ABAP system is well secured against possible security threats and risks. Key Concept In an attempt to define, reengineer, and optimize business processes via customization, development, and corrective activities in…...…
  10. Use ChaRM to Support Application Management

    Reading time: 14 mins

    ManagerLearn how to use ChaRM within your SAP application management department to manage existing SAP applications, and see the benefits resulting from its use. Also, follow this step-by-step process for both urgent corrections and normal corrections. Key Concept Change Request Management (ChaRM) contains functionality to manage the life cycle of change requests, and it also…...…