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lauren_mccallum · 02-01-2024

The big pictureTo understand the state of the chemical industry in 2024, you need to understand what drives demand for the products chemical companies make. The simple answer is that you and I do. If you are going to buy a car, buy or renovate a hous...

lauren_mccallum · 06-10-2022

With Scott Knote from the SAP HANA CoE Last fall, the UK SAP User Group, UKISUG, surveyed its members on RISE. 30% had never heard of it. I’m guessing that number might have been the same in many of SAP’s other markets last year. This year, the ...

lauren_mccallum · 12-07-2021

Trying to find an SAP solution that matches one of your business needs can feel very much like looking for a needle in a haystack. Paradoxically, the scope of SAP business capabilities sometimes works against us, as customers assume that if they can...

lauren_mccallum · 07-10-2021

What does industry cloud really mean? Thoughts on the Cloud Wars Battleground If you listened in to the Industry Cloud Battleground session hosted last week by Bob Evans of #CloudWars, you know that SAP, Oracle, Google, IBM, Workday, Salesforce, and...

lauren_mccallum · 01-12-2021

Last October, SAP S/4HANA 2020 was released. Given the COVID crisis, economic and political uncertainties, and the general end-of-year furor, few chemical companies had the time or energy to dig into this release and assess its new functionality. Wit...

lauren_mccallum · 01-24-2023

Check the scope of a similar S/4 cross industry best practice. Maybe it will help.https://rapid.sap.com/bp/#/browse/categories/sap_s%254hana/areas/on-premise/packageversions/BP_OP_ENTPR/S4HANA/2022/US/9/EN/scopeitems/BJK

lauren_mccallum · 01-24-2023

Hello-The chemicals best practices configuration is no longer available for download, either for ECC or S/4HANA. This configuration is now delivered as part of your cloud S/4HANA system, if you choose to use our standard activation service to configu...

lauren_mccallum · 01-14-2021

Digital Manufacturing Cloud (DMC) is our MES layer going forward, so you should look there for innovation in this area. And, actually, DMC already supports the ability to do batch manufacturing with process orders. We are enhancing this functionality...

lauren_mccallum · 01-14-2021

Thanks Roland. There are some great details in this blog.

lauren_mccallum · 05-21-2015

Jan-Next to having bee colonies that live for years (really old time beekeepers remember this), I want a hive that extracts its own honey. Getting honey from a hive is hot and sticky and the bees really don't like it. Would love to try this hive.Rega...

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State of the Chemical Industry: 2024

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