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• What are the benefits of using SAP capacity requirements planning?

  An expert explains how companies can integrate SAP's capacity requirements planning functionality to optimize production when demand for products exceeds supply. Continue Reading

• What are the benefits of using Release Strategy in SAP MM?

  Making SAP MM's Release Strategy feature part of procurement processes can provide better business controls and reduce typical procurement headaches. Continue Reading

• How does SAP ERP forecasting help predict material consumption?

  To help you prepare realistic sales, production and procurement plans, try leveraging SAP ERP forecasting to calculate your materials needs. Continue Reading

• Create SuccessFactors Metadata Framework objects, rules with ease

  Looking at extending SuccessFactors software? Consultant Luke Marson lays out best practices for using the SuccessFactors Metadata Framework to make it happen. Continue Reading

• The business case for integrating Hadoop with SAP HANA

  Adobe tracks everything its users do and dumps the data into Hadoop. How did the company make the business case for integration with SAP HANA? Continue Reading

• Beer maker dishes on challenges, advantages of SAP BW on HANA

  Molson Coors' trek to running SAP BW on HANA began with a frustrated finance department.Continue Reading

• SAP Fiori: Putting a price tag on usability?

  Fiori applications represent SAP's most serious attempt yet to improve the user experience of Business Suite, but some customers are unhappy about the costs.Continue Reading

• Attach documents to an SAP object without having to use SAP DMS

  With SAP Services for Object, users can attach information to an SAP object without using the SAP Document Management System, writes Jawad Akhtar.Continue Reading

• Five critical factors to integrating SAP SuccessFactors with SAP HCM

  There are five critical aspects to integrating SAP SuccessFactors with SAP HCM software or other technologies, writes HCM expert Luke Marson.Continue Reading

• Book excerpt: Production Planning and Control with SAP ERP

  Read a chapter from a book by Jawad Akhtar that provides a step-by-step approach to creating different production types in SAP ERP.Continue Reading

• SAP NLS app, new HANA updates changing the data management equation

  Developments including an SAP Near Line Storage application and new SAP HANA features are helping solve big data bottlenecks, writes Ethan Jewett.Continue Reading

• Integration between SAP Data Services, Business Warehouse on the rise

  SAP Data Services plus SAP Business Warehouse and other ERP apps make a powerful combination but be aware of potential pitfalls, says Ethan Jewett.Continue Reading

• Tips for creating an SAP Business Blueprint for Solution Manager deployment

  In this second part on building an SAP Solution Manager roadmap, expert Tony de Thomasis looks at creating a Business Blueprint.Continue Reading

• How SAP BW and HANA will merge over time -- and why it matters

  The differences between SAP HANA and Business Warehouse will melt away, says expert Ethan Jewett in this second of a two-part series.Continue Reading

• HANA or Business Warehouse? Choice depends on SAP data management needs

  Do companies need SAP Business Warehouse or HANA? It depends on SAP data management needs, says expert Ethan Jewett in this first of a two-part series.Continue Reading

• Integrate SAP Quality Management for a more efficient supply chain

  Applying SAP Quality Management to supply chain management saves time and money by cutting down on wasted stock. Consultant Jawad Akhtar explains how.Continue Reading

• Asset accounting in SAP ERP Financials

  In this SAP Press book chapter, learn the basics of asset accounting in SAP ERP Financials, including implementation, integration, and configuration.Continue Reading

• Understanding master data types in SAP materials management

  In this SAP Press book chapter excerpt, find introductions to material master data and vendor master data types used in SAP materials management.Continue Reading

• Introduction to SAP ABAP internal tables

  In this SAP Press book chapter download, find an overview of SAP ABAP internal tables. Learn about the different ABAP table types available.Continue Reading

• Working with ABAP date and time data types

  Find an introduction to SAP ABAP date and time data types in this tutorial. You'll also learn to create calculations using the built-in date and time data.Continue Reading

• Advanced ABAP operations with elementary data types

  In this book chapter excerpt, discover some ABAP advanced operations that can be performed using elementary data. You'll also learn how to use these features in your ABAP programs.Continue Reading

• SAP ERP/ECC 6.0 upgrade planning and strategy

  Designing an SAP upgrade stategy is critical to the success of your SAP ERP/ECC 6.0 upgrade project. Find out how to decide whether you want a technical upgrade, a functional upgrade or strategic upgrade, as well as how to measure the success of ...Continue Reading