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  1. Using Social Media to Do Your HR Job – An Interview with Thomas Jenewein

    Reading time: 12 mins

    Social media is changing the way SAP HR professionals work. Learn how using social media can help you do your job more efficiently and effectively. With the explosion of social media — Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, just to mention a few examples — the lines are increasingly blurred between what is social and what is business....…

  2. What You Need to Know About the Information Design Tool in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.2: Q&A with Michael Welter and Alan Mayer

    Reading time: 31 mins

    The information design tool in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0, the information design tool introduced a new semantic layer for customer environments, as well as new opportunities for end-users to access data and create reports. The 4.2 release has added even more features and enhancements. What are best practices for migrating existing universes onto this tool...…

  3. Dow Corning Delivers BI for the Masses — from the Top Down

    Reading time: 13 mins

    As an early adopter of SAP Business Warehouse, Dow Corning built a strong foundation of rock-solid data. After nearly a decade of Microsoft Excel-based access for analysts, however, the company needed fresh ways to explore its data, including deeper data mining, predictive analysis, and easy-to-use mobile dashboards. In 2009, Dow Corning reversed its analyst-first strategy...…

  4. Program Risk and Change Management for SAP BusinessObjects GRC and EPM Solutions

    Reading time: 9 mins

    SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions provide a transparent approach to strategic decision making in the organization. Best practices in the implementation of these and SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions can reduce and mitigate risks during program deployment activities. Key Concept SAP BusinessObjects enterprise performance management (EPM) and SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions have a greater...…

  5. SAPPHIRE NOW 2017 Live Stream – Full Schedule

    Reading time: 11 mins

    Join us on SAPinsider Online for a virtual look at SAPPHIRE NOW 2017, with a sampling of key sessions and keynotes streaming live from Orlando.   Starting Tuesday May 17, SAPPHIRE NOW 2017 coverage begins with SAP CEO Bill McDermott‘s keynote and continues through Thursday with selected sessions from Orlando.  The full list of keynotes and sessions…

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    SAPinsider Showcases Women in SAP Tech

    Reading time: 9 mins

    Global statistics show that even though some progress is being made, women are still underrepresented, underpaid, and often discriminated against in the tech industry. To address this disparity, SAPinsider decided to dedicate this magazine edition to sharing the amazing work women are currently doing across the SAPinsider Community. Throughout its more than 20 years of…

  7. Live from SAPinsider Studio: SAP Jam Collaboration and the Empowered Sales Executive

    Jeff Gan, Product Manager, SAP Jam Collaboration, joins SAPinsider Studio at the SAPinsider SCM-CRM 2016 event to discuss SAP Jam and offer insight into how organizations can better connect with employees to drive business results. This is an edited transcript of the discussion: Natalie Miller, SAPinsider:  Hi, I’m Natalie Miller with SAP insider, and we’re...…

  8. Best Practices for Implementing Sales and Operations Planning

    Reading time: 14 mins

    The sales and operations planning (S&OP) process can bring about substantial improvements in the way a company manages its supply chain. Learn the building blocks of the S&OP process, what it needs in terms of technology, and how this is supported in different SAP solutions. Key Concept Sales and operations planning (S&OP) is the process...…

  9. The Power of Collaboration

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Collaboration between procurement and finance is nothing new; in many organizations, those two teams have been working together for some time on source-to-pay processes. But today, there’s a third team that needs to be a part of this collaboration: IT. By joining the expertise and resources of IT with those of the finance and procurement…

  10. Top 10 Worst ERP Project Practices

    Reading time: 16 mins

    George Anderson and John Dobbins warn against 10 mistakes they continue to see made in ERP projects. Key Concept Four dimensions are at play when you make choices in an ERP project: time, scope, quality, and cost (all atop a risk management foundation). We have tremendous respect for CIOs and business leaders who take on...…