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The value of business intelligence
How can BI help your business? This tip points out the BI benefits, risks and costs.
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Formatting currency in SAPscript
Wondering how to format currency in SAPscript? A SearchSAP.com user describes the development process and provides sample code to help you accomplish this.
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SAP BW: Top 10 best practices
Looking for best practices for business warehouse (BW) applications? Janet Hutchinson, a BW expert from Wyeth Pharmeceuticals, gave a presentation at SAP TechEd '05 on ten ways to leverage BW in yo...
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Start a DB backup from R/3 without using DB13
Developers, learn how to start a DB backup from R/3 without using DB13
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Oracle vs. SAP: The Siebel Factor
The sudden uptick in big deals reported by Siebel made Oracle look good, but it's unlikely a Siebel acquisition will alter the competition between SAP and Oracle.
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Quantifying Human Resources Management benefits
Checklist: Quantifying Human Resources Management benefits
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Checklist: Quantifying Supply Chain Management benefits
Checklist: Quantifying Supply Chain Management benefits
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Examining the TCO metric
Total cost of ownership (TCO) is defined as the total cost of procuring, using, managing and disposing of an asset over its useful life. This tip takes a closer look at TCO.
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Copy user variant from one user to a new user
Learn how to copy a user variant or layout from user to a new user. This user-submitted administrator tip will show you how.
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Administrators, move favorites from one user to another
Learn how administrators can move the favorites menu from one user to another user using function modules.
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Download ABAP spools and SAPscript as PDF files
Learn how to download ABAP spools and SAPscript as PDF files. This user-submitted tip provides sample code you can use to download a spool as a PDF.
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Holding the line on network costs
The network director for a major health care provider explained how he shaved millions off his budget by driving network costs down while improving performance.
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CIOs seek lower TCO with BI
A new survey says business intelligence is second only to security when it comes to CIO spending priorities.
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Spinning gold or churning mud: SAP's m
SAP is pushing users hard to get them onto the mySAP ERP bandwagon. Could this aggressive tactic backfire? Get columnist Josh Greenbaum's take on the matter here.
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How to find a print program for an SAPscript of a Smart
Looking to find the print program for an SAPscript of a Smart Form? This SearchSAP.com user-submitted tip will show you how to find it.
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Intellectual property and SAP
On April 11, 2005, IBM changed its licensing strategy for tens of thousands of patents it controls. This could have an impact on the SAP world, as Josh Greenbaum explains.
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Retek Redux
Columnist Josh Greenbaum gives his two cents on the SAP/Oracle faceoff over retail tech company Retek.
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IBM and SAP: Commoditize this!
In this column, Josh Greenbaum gives his take on IBM's On Demand initiative and how it meshes with SAP.
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The HP way and the rise of SAP
This is columnist Josh Greenbaum's post-mortem on Carly Fiorina and HP. Get the historical crash-course on how this once high-flying SAP partner dropped the innovation ball.
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The not-so-surprising allure of SAP
Why is Silicon Valley talent suddenly stampeding to work for the German Giant? Columnist Josh Greenbaum has some insights on why this shift in perception of SAP is taking place.
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Improve the SAP Imports process with this 'workaround'
The Imports process in the SAP Materials Management procurement function is not as good as it should be. Here's how to fix it, writes Jawad Akhtar.
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Bring sanity to your SAP master data
Managing SAP master data can be a headache, but it doesn't have to be, writes Jawad Akhtar.
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Deploy SAP Process Management to cut production costs
SAP Process Management and Execution Steps (XSteps) can boost ROI even before production control systems are integrated.
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Using SAP Long Term Planning to look ahead
Use SAP Long Term Planning simulation scenarios to make better decisions about procurement, production, resource planning and warehouse storage.