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Ease Your SAP Upgrade Transition with SAP Solution Manager

ManagerUnderstand the importance of upgrade-relevant features available in SAP Solution Manager. Learn the details of the mandatory features for an upgrade to use the compare and adjust functionality of SAP Solution Manager. Take away guidelines for upgrade project phases leveraging SAP Solution Manager as the key enabler. Key Concept The deciding factors of an SAP…...…
A Roadmap to Effective Business Process Management

ManagerThis guide to an enterprise-wide business process management (BPM) strategy focuses on the features in SAP Solution Manager that you can use for the four phases of BPM. It also highlights the use of solution maps and third-party products (such as ARIS, HP Quality Center, and HP QuickTest Professional) that have standard integration adapters for…...…
Take Advantage of Third-Party Process Customization

Learn about third-party processes using sales and distribution, materials management, and financial accounting. Discover the main customization settings to carry out in the system from the sales, procurement, and financial points of view. By applying the standard settings, companies reduce the risk of adopting custom solutions and also follow best practices to manage third-party business…...…
10 History Cleansing Best Practices for Reliable Statistical Forecasting

Generate the most reliable and accurate sales data history for your statistical forecasting as part of your SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization Demand Planning project. See how to implement an efficient and effective history cleansing process. Key Concept The baseline history of a product is its normal historical demand without promotion, external stimulation, or any other abnormal…...…
Benefit from the Upgrade Support of the Enhancement Framework

Using the new Enhancement Framework instead of classic modification technology saves a lot of time in an SAP upgrade. In contrast to the classic modification technology, all enhancements survive an upgrade. You need only to adjust an enhancement if the underlying SAP object has vanished or been incompatibly changed. The new transaction SPAU_ENH informs you…...…
Learn Two Methods for Providing Flexible Organizational Unit F4 Help to Users

SAP ERP HCM users demand a flexible and fully navigational organizational unit input help in their reports. Learn about some flexible help methods that have a variety of advantages over the simple basic organizational unit F4 help. See how to incorporate them in SAP ERP HCM reports. Key Concept SAP ERP HCM provides a number…...…
How to Perform Revenue Recognition in SAP CRM-IPM

Learn how to recognize revenue on license sales contracts in SAP CRM-Intellectual Property Management as well as key technical details and the configuration of the process. Key Concept In standard SAP CRM and in Sales and Distribution the revenue of a sales order is recognized from billing (i.e., when a billing document is transferred to…...…
Cloud Computing for SAP CRM

Learn background information on cloud computing deployment models and see how to select a cloud service to meet your on-demand service requirements. Key Concept Cloud computing is a technology that enables the delivery of on-demand services over the Web on or off premise. Cloud computing can improve your SAP CRM operations at three service levels…...…
Groupware Integration Enhancement: Explore Server-side Architecture and Enhancement Options

Enhance version 10 of the SAP CRM groupware integration architecture by using the flexibility of SAP standard and non-standard offerings. Also pinpoint what can be enhanced based on the current groupware architecture. Key Concept Groupware integration server-side codes include an HTTP handler class to process the XMLs posted from a groupware integration client. In practical…...…
Improve Your Cost Center Planning with Driver-Based Planning

See how to plan cost center activities automatically with driver-based planning. Learn how it works in both manufacturing and service departments. Key Concept Driver-based planning is a best practice in the manufacturing industry, in which companies often use the sales plan as a starting point for the production plan and the production plan to determine…...…