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Contract Lifecycle Management: Comparing Ariba and SAP

Organizations that look to manage contracts effectively and efficiently have clear-cut agenda. It wants to mitigate financial risk that might arise due to non-compliance of contract and also effectively manage the relationship with vendors, customers and employees who help in creating value. Managing relationships could be a challenging process if there is no visibility and…
SAP BusinessObjects Design Studio – A Beginner’s Guide

In this blog we take a quick look at the features of Design Studio. We explore the basic functions and also look at the capabilities of this new interesting tool from SAP. Overview Design Studio is a far superior alternative to BEx Web App Designer. In addition to helping you build more dynamic dashboards, it…
Real HANA Performance Test Benchmarks

Over the last 8 months I have been working with a team of people to move a very large SAP BW system to HANA. Overall we moved data into a 15TB BW on HANA environment and tested almost 100 of the most used queries. We also tested HANA vs. BWA and HANA data load performance…
New Tools for Managing Large Tables in HANA and for SAP BW on HANA

In a ‘scale-out’ environment of SAP HANA, there may be many servers with InfoCubes and DSOs. Some of these can be so very large and accessed so very frequently that it can lead to bottlenecks, even for HANA. To fix this, you can partition large tables and move them across multiple servers to provide load balancing. In…
Tips for enhancing standard SAP ERP HCM Infotypes

This HR tip comes courtesy of Sylvia Chaudoir of Deloitte, who is speaking at our upcoming HR 2013 event, 11-14 June in Amsterdam! Get an introduction to enhancing standard infotypes. Step 1: Choose the Infotype to Enhance Enter the Infotype number and press Create All Use the four-digit number, including leading zeros Infotype Version: You may define…
Information Operations: The Fifth Dimension of Warfare

The US Military recognizes at least five dimensions of warfare for which it is responsible: Land Sea Air Space Information The fifth dimension, information, has direct relevance to enterprise mobility and mobile strategies. In the military conference I spoke at last week, the other speakers taught me the importance of dominating the fifth dimension. It is a...…
BPC 10 tip: Special considerations for security, roles & user access

At our most recent three-day BPC Bootcamp, Accenture’s Anand Surange shared his expert advice on securing BPC systems in his session “Critical Lessons for Configuring and Managing Security in Your Planning and Consolidation System.” Anand covered a variety of security concerns, including special considerations and advanced security with BPC 10. Here is a quick tip...…
SAP NFe – Nota Fiscal Process Overview for Physical Goods

The Brazil tax authority, also known as SEFAZ, imposes a defined electronic standard format that all companies must adhere to closely. This “Nota Fiscal Eletronica” (NF-e) format is officially recognized as the sole and only invoice document of record for tax compliance purposes. Basic Requirements Real time integration with Brazilian Tax Authority (SEFAZ) Invoices must...…
Data tips for Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) in SAP SCM

This tip comes from a session by Thomas Brassøe of Implement Consulting Group, planned for the SCM 2012 conference, March 19-22 in Orlando, Florida. In his session “Improve Order Fill Rates and Minimize Inventory Levels and Costs Using Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) in SAP SCM 7.0”, Brassøe notes that “9 out of 10 VMI projects...…
Altering the standard SAP screen without modifications

One of the most prevalent technological trends in recent years has been the increasing importance of user experience. For years, users had to figure out how to travel through menu paths or remembered all kinds of troubleshooting issues. With the proliferation of simpler user interfaces in personal technology, people are now expecting the same kind...…