Blogs posted May 2009

Business Object Search in ERP 6.0 systems is based on the SAP NetWeaver Search Engine Service (SES). SES provides a search and indexing framework that enables users to search for business objects (structured data) using the search engine technology... Read More »

The key to any Sales & Operations Planning cycle is to start with unconstrained demand forecast which is mostly generated using Statistical Forecasting Methods based on past history data. This works well when you have good historical data... Read More »

I have already seen a few blogs on the SAP Inside Track @ Palo Alto – 2009. I don’t intend to repeat what has already been said before, but I would like to reiterate that this indeed is a great opportunity for Learning and... Read More »

Back over a month ago, Craig Cmehil You and your 30 seconds! to contribute “introductory” videos, showing who you are, and what might be important to you.  I was an early participant, because Craig has great ideas, and I always... Read More »

After explaining how to use enterprise architecture for IT long term planning and  IT cost reduction this post is dedicated to enterprise architecture for merge and acquisitions (M&A). In this post I’ll try to share with you my... Read More »

Every year at Sapphire, I’m always amazed at the profilic bloggers around me. Take ASUG stalwarts (and SAP Mentors) Jim Spath and Gretchen Lindquist – they blog out good content faster than I can figure out which session I am due at... Read More »

Many SAP project managers are struggling with the question whether they should integrate BPM within their SAP projects. For them the ROI of BPM for their project is not obvious. The Enterprise BPM framework, as introduced in my previous... Read More »

One of the things I really like about SDN is the articles section.  There’s a lot of high quality information and whitepapers there. One of the recent entries was done by my colleague Ian Treleaven who created a lookup User Function... Read More »

 To continue on the discussion of VAT 2010 changes we want to provide more insight into the scope of these changes. Starting on January 1, 2010, all businesses in the European Union need to be in compliance with the fundamental changes to the... Read More »

Summary The emergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) a global accounting standard and the proposed roadmap by SEC for its adoption has lent a sense of urgency to understand the impacts within businesses. This brings into... Read More »