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• S/4HANA migration needs strong project management

  Vinci Energies Group shows that an SAP S/4HANA migration is a difficult project that requires strong management, but the new functions have real business value. Continue Reading

• UX analysis is key to S/4HANA migration at AES

  User experience software from Knoa helped an energy company choose what transactions to migrate from SAP ECC 6 on an Oracle database to an SAP HANA database, and then to S/4HANA. Continue Reading

• Software license management tools can help with SAP indirect usage

  Companies can use third-party license management tools to audit their SAP environment to address indirect access issues, but the tools need to be a part of an overall strategy. Continue Reading

• Avoiding SAP indirect access woes requires good faith

  Some customers are concerned that SAP will hit them for indirect access licensing fees, but they can avoid trouble if they act in good faith and better understand their contracts. Continue Reading

• SAP indirect access issue needs clarity for users, experts say

  The indirect licensing access issue is confusing to many SAP customers, and the company's efforts to explain it have not been fully successful, according to industry analysts. Continue Reading

• Swisscom makes gains by shrinking data warehouse systems

  When Swisscom needed to merge two SAP ERP systems and several SAP BW data warehouses, it upgraded to one SAP BW on HANA system to reduce data from 5 TB to 1 TB.Continue Reading

• Snow Software's Paulini on nuances of SAP indirect access

  In this Q&A, Joachim Paulini discusses what the Diageo and InBev indirect access cases mean for SAP users and how understanding their licensing can save them from a similar fate.Continue Reading

• Two-tier ERP for SAP depends on integration, corporate standards

  Whether you stick with SAP or go with outside vendors like NetSuite and Microsoft, experts say just a few key factors will drive the choice of the second-tier ERP.Continue Reading

• How SAP QIM provides comprehensive insight into customer complaints

  Companies can use SAP's Quality Issue Management application to get a 360-degree view of customer complaints, from their origin through the complaints handling process.Continue Reading

• What's the difference between SAP enhancement packs, support packs?

  There are small but important differences between SAP support packs and enhancement packs. Expert Ethan Jewett explains.Continue Reading

• How do SAP Materials Requirements Planning and MRP areas differ?

  Wondering what the difference is between SAP Materials Requirements Planning and MRP areas? We have the answer.Continue Reading

• What's the difference between different SAP production types?

  In this tip, expert Jawad Akhtar outlines how to differentiate between discrete, process and repetitive production types and how SAP ERP supports them.Continue Reading

• Spinnaker to fight Rimini Street for third-party SAP support market

  It was only a matter of time before SAP third-party support and maintenance provider Rimini Street had some competition from other vendors. That time has come.Continue Reading

• As SAP R/3 support fades, upgrades to ECC 6.0 accelerate

  With the clock ticking on the end of SAP R/3 support and maintenance, the pace of customers upgrading to SAP ECC 6.0 is picking up, according to a survey of SearchSAP.com readers.Continue Reading

• Case studies on maximizing SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) benefits

  Learn about the benefits of SAP ERP HCM Employee Administration, as well as Personnel Administration, Organizational Management and Payroll.Continue Reading

• SAP ERP HCM wage types, pay structures and master data maintenance

  Learn how to use wage types in SAP ERP HCM Personnel Administration and Payroll for storing elements involved in the payroll process. Find out how pay structures are used to group employees into salary and pay-related groups, and why SAP ERP HCM ...Continue Reading

• Understanding and using SAP ERP HCM Employee Administration

  Learn why SAP ERP HCM Employee Administration is the key component in SAP ERP HCM, and why it is built around the Personnel Administration (PA) component. Explore the various types of data that can be stored in Employee Administration, such as HCM ...Continue Reading

• Alternatives to downloading a trial version of SAP IDES ERP software

  A user learning SAP FI is looking for a trial version of SAP IDES ERP ECC 6.0 software.Continue Reading

• Texas Instruments improves supply chain management and BPM with SAP

  Texas Instruments is turning to SAP to begin building a service-oriented architecture and address customer and supply chain issues by incorporating Web services.Continue Reading