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Sarbanes–Oxley: Seven Steps to Ensure Your Internal Controls Cover Your Risk
As the deadlines approach, does your SAP financials team have a plan in place for compliance with the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOA) of 2002? No? That’s not unusual, as many companies are struggling to learn what system and process changes the Act will require. But where do you begin this learning process? The author provides a...…
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What’s a BAdI, and What Can It Do That a User Exit Can’t?
Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) have been around since BW 2.x, but are little understood. They offer significant advantages over user exits in most cases, however. The author describes those advantages and gives a quick step-by-step overview of how you create a BAdI. A Business Add-In (BAdI) is an enhancement of the well-known user exit that...…
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Ask the BW Expert: Event Chains vs. Subsequent Processing Functionality
Confusing BW event chains with their subsequent processing functionality is a common mistake. The author explains the differences and shows how SAP has replaced event chains with process chains in BW 3.x. Dear BW Expert; Does BW 2.x have a report that lists all event chains with job names, InfoObject names, dependent jobs, and so...…
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True Delta Loads of R/3 Master and Transactional Data: How It’s Done When No Standard Extractors Are Available
You might typically extract R/3 master and transactional data for which no standard extractors exist based on timestamps or as a full load. Neither method captures all the data, however. A true delta load is possible using Application Link Enabling (ALE) message types. The author describes two undocumented options for building an ALE-based extractor. SAP...…
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Are Your Safety Stock Levels Optimal? Match Your Method with APO Supply Planning Methodology
SAP APO provides two methods for dealing with safety stock–the stock that you keep on hand in the event that you do not have enough material to deliver on orders. They are the Basic and Extended Safety Stock Methods. Each is designed for a specific supply planning methodology. Misalignment between the APO’s safety stock methods...…
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Stock Transport Order Exceptions No Longer a Problem with This Technique
As companies increasingly turn to international networks to manage production, sales, and distribution, they depend on R/3 MM’s Stock Transport Order (STO) to support volume transactions across plants. However, STO has limited capability to deal with exceptions such as an expedited replenishment. The author describes a workaround that will allow STO to more easily handle...…
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Track Cross-Company Sales Using BW’s Return Tables
Reporting on cross-company sales is sometimes confusing in BW because of the way company codes are assigned. It can be difficult to see from which division sales are being received. BW has a feature called “return tables” that can get you around this problem, and the author explains how. A global company often trades goods...…
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Sarbanes–Oxley: How It Affects You and What You Should Do About It Now
The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 affects the logistics and supply chain teams as well as your company’s financial people. What will be your role in bringing your organization into compliance? What areas do you need to be concerned with? This article frames the tasks that you and your team are likely to perform as a...…
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Configure HR Actions/Events to Improve Your Reports
The configuration of personnel actions such as hiring, terminations, and organizational assignments in R/3 is completely customizable. The R/3-delivered actions, also known as personnel events, can be customized to your company’s needs so that you can collect necessary data and assign specific employment statuses. The employee data collected during your actions then can be classified...…
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Enhance Benefits Plan Eligibility with a User Exit
The R/3 benefits module provides a variety of ways to configure eligibility for benefits plans. Macro-eligibility is determined by the first and second program groups, which prior to Release 4.5 were known as “benefit group” and “benefit status.” Micro-eligibility is controlled through eligibility rules. Common criteria such as age, zip code, and number of scheduled...…
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