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The When The Who Topic The What Response / Result

9/20/2002 Richard Ruhsmann


9/19/2002 Ralph Kuhlmeier



9/18/2002 Rolf Stosser Change PP Order, Co02

9/17/2002 Robert W. Mason Cross-Company orders

9/17/2002 Richard C. Nachazel PMO - Gateway and Teamplay

9/17/2002 Rakhi Kapoor SAP Authorization Document

9/16/2002 Stéphane Ploton

9/13/2002 Transfer Pricing

9/11/2002 Michael Derse SAP_ALL - Plants Abroad

9/10/2002 Rafael Gomez Data Migration

9/10/2002 Vineet Gulati

9/10/2002 Anbu Mani SD / PP : Make-to-Order

9/6/2002 Varathan Karunakaran BAPI - GL and Invoice postings

9/6/2002 Bart Neal SAP Shared Services

9/5/2002 James L. Anderson

9/4/2002 Abhijit Ray

9/4/2002 Abhijit Ray

9/4/2002 Elena Petrov

9/3/2002 Alex Johnson

9/3/2002 Randy A. Zeinert

9/3/2002 Christina M. Fredricks

8/28/2002 Ryan McDonald SAP Console Knowledge Needed



8/26/2002 Jill Cargotch Barcodes

8/22/2002 Marie C. Wislocki

8/22/2002 Jitendra R. Chavan SAP Collections Processing

8/21/2002 Devan Reddy

8/20/2002 ESS Usage Pattern

8/20/2002 Siva Subrahmanyan SAP AP WORKFLOW



8/16/2002 Robert D. Rosenfeld Production order variances

8/15/2002 Jason C. Porterfield

8/14/2002 Lisa Gauthier

8/14/2002 jessica littell

8/13/2002 Liam Walsh

8/13/2002 mark Simon SAP_All MM MIGO

8/5/2002 Steve Parvis

7/31/2002 Madhu Rao

7/31/2002 Jessica G. Littell

7/28/2002 Jenna Petrosky

7/25/2002 Mary Jo Misasi

7/24/2002 Mark Kohlruss

7/22/2002 Kimberly M. Jones capital budgeting by project

7/22/2002 Kimberly M. Jones

7/19/2002 Jason C. Porterfield DeDuping of Tools and Services

7/19/2002 Karrie Erickson

7/18/2002 Alain Noel

7/18/2002 Chris Rediker iView Development

7/17/2002 David S. Gray

7/16/2002 Bob P. Phillips eLearning

7/16/2002 Alex Johnson SD - Rebate Processing -4.6C


7/15/2002 Lean Warehouse Management

7/15/2002 Jason C. Porterfield Managing Product Kits in SAP

7/15/2002 Mindy Blackburn SAP: Report Distribution

7/11/2002 Charles Tyls

7/10/2002 Robert W. Mason Remittance Advice

Chart of Accounts and Account Groups

Do you have a sample of the settings for any of your clients, for general ledger account groups and what you used them for?

Hopefully that would be above what standard SAP delivers.

Payroll Finance Journals and Accrual

Hi FI CO and Payroll gurus

1)At our client we will be interfacing external non SAP payroll (Canadian) into our general ledger and costing modules.

We are also using time confirmations in SAP (CATS and interfaced time collections to PP confirmations C011N).

My problem is that the payroll interface is always going to be 2 to 3 weeks AFTER the time was confirmed and worked (and costed) in SAP.

We expect and understand that some kind of accrual will take care of this, and have some ideas, but.........

Did you have this problem or similar? What did you recommend to the client and what did yoiu do to solve this? Do you have sample journals of what you did to solve this?

2) We plan to do revaluations of the activity type planned rates, to actual rates based on actual payroll costs.

Because the payroll is late, the revaluations will also spill ointo the 'wrong' period.

What did yoiu do to solve this issue? Also an accrual?

Email Purchase Order attachments

when e-mailing Purchase Order documents to vendors we also want to add PO attachments (for e.g. a Word document containing detailed material specifications) to the email. Documents are attached to the PO, using the Object for Services Functionality (not SAP DMS). E-mailing the actual PO document works great, but we are struggling to get the attachments to be e-mailed as well. If anyone has experience with this, your input will be greatly appreciated.

Purchasing - Earliest Delivery Date

we have the following business requirement: When a material is received X number of days earlier than the planned delivery date on the Purchase Order, SAP should issue a warning message during receiving. We should also be able to set up different early receipt tolerances (in # of days) for different materials.It appears as if SAP will only consider the actual Purchase Order delivery date when determining if a receipt is early, i.e. no tolerance's are possible. It also appears as if the warning message configuration is applicable to all materials, so different materials cannot be managed differently in this regard. Any help will be appreciated.

Purchasing - Latest Receipt Date

Hi everyone, we have some questions regarding the Latest Receipt Date field on the Purchase Order:

It appears as if this field has to be populated manually in the PO, is there anyway to automate this, based on parameters derived from the material master for e.g.?It appears as if this field is not available in the Purchase Requisition, is this correct?

once an end- user has acces to transaction Co02, he can change everything. We would like to restrict access to certain fields and values.

Example: Inspector X can change a user status but no other value in the production order.

Any ideas how to solve this problem ?

On this engagement, we have one box with two company codes. Company code A will buy from Company code B. In this process Company code A generates an Idoc as output. How do I get SAP to pick-up this outbound idoc from Company code A and read it back in for Company Code B?

We are working on a pursuit and trying to find engagement where we used either Gateway or Teamplay successfully on an engagement. If you are aware of such an engagement, please reply to both myself and Richard Nachazel.

On this SAP Portal project, we would require to give some suppliers access to the SAP and the BW box. We are looking for a legal document or authorization document that we could use to get signed agreements with the suppliers prior to setting up their user-ids on R3 and BW.Please forward the document to me or point me to the right resource

ALE Sync between SAP FI Clients

We are currently engaged on a Finance Shared Services project. One of the objectives of this project is to set up a "central" SAP Client which will synchronize Accounting Documents through ALE with other SAP Clients. Does any of you have experience (or knows about our references) in the FI (mainly Accounting Docs) synchronization between 2 or more SAP Clients? Our project team needs to share experience, mainly in the volume/performance area.

McCann, Graeme" <[email protected]>

We have been asked to propose a solution for a utilities group here in Australia who are wanting to implement Transfer Pricing. They currently do not use PCA and are hoping to avoid implementing PCA, yet still get the functionality of TP. We have searched through K!Net for any information and were unable to find anything, nor have we had the experience here in Australia of implementing Transfer Pricing. We are hoping to gather any information from anyone who has had experience in implementing this sub-module, particularly information about your approach, client requirements, design documents, lessons learnt or anything at all you can help us with! Any information would be greatly appreciated and can be sent to my e-mail address (details below).

Looking for you who have implemented the "Plants Abroad" functionality in a SAP.

More specifically, we are in the Design (Blueprint) phase of a 46c implementation, and we are looking for the challenges/obstacles we will be facing if we choose to use this functionality. I'd also like to know how well it fulfills the legal (intrastat) reporting required for European countries.

Our project is a mySAP.com implementation; we are planning to use Legacy System Migration Workbench for data migration in all SAP core modules (MM, FI, CO, FM, PM, PS, HR and PY) so, if some of you have had used LSMW please let me know your experience, tips or tricks.

SAP and Clinical Supplies Tracking

Our client, a leading bio-technology company located in California with operations in Europe and India , is interested in evaluating the use of SAP for a potential implementation within their Clinical Development organization for Clinical supplies Tracking. This company already has a significant and global installed base of SAP (rel 4.6b) on a global basis and currently use SAP for Financials, Materials Management, Sales and Distribution and Production Planning.

The client would be interested in talking to us regarding our implementation experience in this space and any points of view we may have around Clinical Supplies Tracking within SAP. Ideally, we would like to set up a conversation with the Client Senior Director of Application Technologies.

Our client is implementing 4.6c with all core modules. I have question on processing sales orders with reference to a quotation for make-to-order products

Situation : In the standard SAP 4.6c Make-To-Order scenario, if the sales order is created with reference to a quotation, the stocks and costs are managed in the quotation. The quotation # is adopted into the sales order / production order / purchase order as account assignment. From the production and procurement perspective, all the activities are associated with the quotation. Also in the stock requirements list (MD04), the special stock is not based on the sales order but on the quotation.

Complication : If there are multiple sales orders created with reference to a single quotation, then all the planning, procurement, and production activities are tied to the single quotation document. This leads to lot of confusion from tracking perspective.

Any ideas / suggestions / solutions on how we could manage the stocks and costs at the individual sales order level.

I am working on a couple of Interfaces to Post Invoive Receipt and GL , from Legacy system to SAP using the following BAPI's for one of our clients in Houston.

BAPI_ACC_GL_POSTING_POST

BAPI_ACC_INVOICE_RECEIPT_POST

If you have worked with any one of the BAPI's, please get back to this mail with your contact number and provide me with any documentation/code available with you.

SAP Network,We are working on a pursuit for a Finance shared services engagment where the client has mulitiple instances (and versions and vintages) of R/3 all over the company. The client is considering a central instance linked (ALE) to the decentralized instances, to support Finance ss for GL, AP, AR. I would be interested in experiences, war stories, lessons learned around similar types of client experiences.

Implications for a mid-year cutover

I am seeking a whitepaper or analysis of what the implications are for a mid-year cutover and what happens if you do it. Can you please respond back if you have materials that clearly outline the issues and risks and mitigating solutions?

Client is a US division of global Pharmaceutical company. ERP solution has not been chosen. Currently running JDE + a number of bolt-ons. The CFO insists on minimizing impact to the organization and has stated his preference for year-end cutovers. Their budgeting and planning process involves three rounds (March, June, and September). They roll up to Corporate HQ in France. No plan in place for External reporting system, BW would be in-scope if SAP is chosen.

Accounts Payable: Missing check information on vendor payment file to bank

Our Client makes payments to its vendors through its bank. After a payment run, the payment file is transmitted to the bank through EDI. Among other details this file contains the check information.While configuring this scenario through the automatic payment program, the system is generating an idoc file but no check numbers are being assigned. (We tried the next step in the payment program that is normally done for manual check ('print') but the check numbers are still not assigned and there is an error when the system tries to generate the idoc).I think there is something in the configuration that we are missing. If you have done this one before, I would appreciate some pointers.

MM/AP: Remittance advice for ERS

Our client requires the remittance advice for ERS-related payments to vendors to include either the vendor's packing slip number or PO number or some number meaningful to the vendor so that they may apply cash properly. It seems that standard SAP remittance advice for ERS transactions includes a system assigned number in the reference field. This number is meaningless to a vendor. Is there a standard way to include the vendor's packing slip number or PO number either in the reference field or any other field on the remittance advice. If not, how do companies typically apply cash and/or do analysis easily when there is over/under payment?

SAP_ALL: Questions re: Conversion from Retail Based Accounting to Cost Based Accounting for IS-Retail

We are currently working with a Canadian retail client that is looking to implement SAP with IS-Retail on release 4.6C. The phase 1 implementation would include SAP Financials (FI, CO), Logistics (MM, SD, Retail), SAP Store, and Retail BW; phase 2 would include WMS. The client is currently running their business on Oracle Financials and Retek ERP.

From an accounting standpoint, the client is currently using retail-based accounting methods. With the implementation of SAP, the client will need to change from retail-based accounting to cost-based accounting. As such, our team needs to understand the impact of this change. Specifically, we need to understand the following:

The key differences between retail-based accounting and cost-based accounting from both a business process and SAP functional standpoint.The key issues, constraints and best practices when converting from retail-based accounting to cost-based accounting.The business process impacts of the change to back office functions, distribution channels, warehouses, stores, etc.The recommended conversion scenarios from a business process and transactional standpoint.The associated effort for the recommended conversion scenarios.

Sales - Barcoding Customer Shipments

At Novellus we are scoping the effort to provide barcodes on shipments to key customers (like Intel). Barcode information will be standardized with no bells and whistles. Labels will be generated and slapped onto the box when it is packed...

If anyone has done this in a 4.0 or better environment please respond back with...

- Project Plan or piece thereof which relates to this effort from Blueprint through Prepare & Deploy- SWAG at totals hours and # resources required in Blueprint through Prepare & Deploy- $$$ estimate for the hardware to support a single site that generates a label- Overall assessment of whether it was H, M, L difficulty to include in the overall design- Lessons learned and recommendations

SAP_All Europe mid month cutover issues

Our client has just gone live in the US and we are planning for our next go-live in Europe. We would like to know, aside from the additional SAP complexities, of any legal or statutory issues with a mid-month cutover vs. a "start of the month" cutover.

We are re-implementing SAP 4.6C, client is currently operating on 3.1

Rollout in Europe includes the following countries:

Austria Sweden Norway France Italy UK Denmark Finland Germany Holland

SAP_ALL Payment Card Processing for Sales

I am looking for a project plan including estimated timing, tasks and resources for accepting credit cards in Sales and Distribution to a live SAP site.

The client is utilizing 4.6C.

I'm looking for someone with experience implementing/interfacing SAP Console. Specifically, I'd like to know the following:

1) Lesson's learned and success/disaster stories.2) Resources required to implement.3) Amount of work for standard and nonstandard transactions.4) List of standard transactions supplied.5) Hardware(server) requirements/costs.

SAP_ALL ATP Checking/Backorder processing

Any information regarding the following question is welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Our client is utilizing 4.6C functionality with the IS Auto 3.0 solution as well as warehouse management and all other core modules implemented. Please let me know if the following are now possible with this release (functionality was not available w. 3.1I).

1.) Is it possible that stock transport orders can perform ATP checking at the shipping plant's storage location? If so, how can this be accomplished. If not, are there any recommended work arounds/user exits.

SAP_ALL Remanufacturing w. Serial Numbers

Our client is utilizing SAP 4.6C w. IS Auto 3.0 and all core modules including plus limited use of extended modules such as QM, SM, and WM.

Question:What are best practices around remanufacturing with serial numbers where the serial number remains unchanged from start to finish? For example, a broken transmission (aka 'core') is returned with serial number 111. That transmission core is remanufactured/repaired and retains the serial number 111.

The customer is currently using a production planning approach which does not allow the serial number to be added until the end of the production process at goods receipt as a finished good. This remanufacturing is sometimes make to stock. In this case, the customer received a remanuctured unit and was accessed a 'core deposit' at invoicing. They then return the broken unit 'core' in order to receive their core credit. Sometimes, the customer retains ownership of the incoming 'repair/reman' item and this is the same unit that is returned to the customer.

I am looking to speak with someone that has used SAP bar code functionality. Specifically, we are using ArchiveLink to link images to SAP accounting documents.

Our requirement is to be able to pass data from SAP to the archive after the link between the image and the SAP document is made. In order to do this I need to store the bar code entries in SAP. I configured transaction OAC5, and selected hold R/3 entry and Hold externally. However, when I go to transaction OAM1 the internal bar code is being stored but the external bar code is not being stored (the keep entry field does not have an X in it). However, this behavior appears to be random in that some of the bar codes in the external bar code table are being kept, and some aren't, even though the configuration was not changed. Our imaging company said they had the same problem in their test environment.

Looking for Best Practices on Handling Freight Charges

Looking for some insight on the subject of "Best Practice" for handlingfreight charges.

Our client is looking for ways to be able to captureplanned freight costs on the purchase order. They have tried addingcondition records on the purchase order at header and line item with littlesuccess and are currently adding freight as unplanned during invoiceprocessing. They have a concern that they are losing dollars because theycannot accurately and efficiently plan freight on the po and use thematching process to ensure the supplier is charging the agreed upon freightcharges.

We have tried to solve this issue with condition records, separateline item on the purchase order, reporting after the fact, and nowunplanned freight but the client believes there is a better way to handlethis situation.

Does anyone have any best practices for handling planned freight through theprocurement process?

I am sending this mail on behalf of my colleague Virginia Chance, who is from our Operate Group. Please find below, requirements in our present engagement for the SAP AR area.

To capture comments automatically dated and time stamped on the customer record.Based on comments entered automatically notify collector that a promise has been broken.Automatic creation and notification of task lists by collector "call list for the day" "fax list for the day" "letters to be sent" .... turn over to collection. These are driven by dunning strategies.

Our present client uses a system called 'GETPAID' to cater to above requirements. If you have come across these requirements before and implemented these, please let me or Virginia know how did you implement these along with any use of new dimension products, enhancements etc. Needless to say, we appreciate hearing back from you. Thanks,

Centrally located versus Remote Project Teams

My client is planning to centrally locate their SAP project in San Jose, California. They have a business unit located in Boston, MA and another in San Diego, CA. Potential project team members from both businesses are extremely reluctant to travel to San Jose on a regular schedule (e.g. weekly).

I'm looking for more information on projects that have implemented virtual teams that have worked remotely and were 100% assigned to the project. What infrastructure did you implement to support the virtual teams? What policies and standards did you administer to manage losses in productivity? What risk mitigation plans did you develop?

Additional Info about the project:The geographic scope is limited to the USA. The project duration is estimated at 24 months. After completing the Blueprint and Realization phases the project team will be on the road in roll-out mode. Note that we will finalize the solution (design, config, development) for all business units simultaneously. There will be no localization. The scope includes core R/3, BW, small components of CRM and SEM.

Fernando Teixeira de MattosmySAP.com Breakthrough InitiativesCap Gemini Ernst & Young US LLCOffice: (713) 750-88

I was wondering if anyone of you out there who has worked with ESS before would have a document or graph that displays throughout a fiscal year what is the usage pattern for ESS transactions? For instance, Remunerations Statements (Pay stub) display, how does a company forecast its peak usage from a bandwidth perspective? On every 15th and 30th of each month? What about the rest of the month?

One of our clients has requested us to provide the following for an SAP AP Workflow solution

* SAP AP workflow features* Integration with other SAP-modules * High level Implementation time-line for an SAP AP workflow solution* Cost model

Please bounce back to this email if you have any experience with SAP AP Workflow.

SAP_ALL Service Management OR Warranty

I am currently involved in a SAP assessment. The client is a tier 1 automotive supplier. The specific business areas we are talking with do a significant amount of remanufacturing as well. They currently use SAP 4.6C as well as the automotive vertical. They are using a small amount of service management, WM, PS, and QM currently along with the standard core R3 functions.

I am requesting a Subject Matter Specialists in the areas of warranty processing and service management. I would like to schedule 1-3 30 minute phone interviews over the next 3 weeks to bounce ideas and discuss current client issues in order to propose high level strategic solutions.

If you have any of the following information please forward:1.) white papers/process flows/functionality associated to service management.2.) white papers/process flows/functionality associated to warranty and repair

SD - FI: Product Hierarchy v. Division

Looking for a recent example, preferably in the capital equipment segment of the manufacturing industry (not required though) where SD Division and the Product Hierarchy field were reviewed to determine which could best...

- Provide SD order-to-cash process simplicity & meet product line reporting requirements

This is a typical early debate in setting up the org structure and I was just looking for a recent example. Presently we are proposing no logic in the sales area but want to ensure that FICO reporting is at the appropriate level of detail...

Example of designed generic structures in product hierarchy or other material master fields would be greatly appreciated.production orders. Assume I have a 3-level Bill of Materials, with raw materials at the lowest level. All raw, semi-finished, and finished goods use the standard cost as the method of valuation (not moving average).

Obviously, we will be creating production orders for the Finished Goods SKU and for the Semi-finished part number A. When I settle the production order for my semi-finished part number to profitability analysis (CO-PA), I will be able to analyze the variances at the part number level, plant level,etc. Then, when I settle the production order for the finished goods part number, I will be able to do the same analysis at the part number, plant, etc. HOWEVER, my client would like to be able to allocate my semi-finished parts production order variances to the finished goods (based on where they were used), so that they can get analyze profitability at the Finished Goods level -- thus enabling at the Finished Goods level the ability to take Revenue - Cost of Sales - all related operating variances (including semi-finished production variances). A simple solution would be to change the valuation method of raw and semi-finished goods from standard to moving average, but the client has clearly stated they do not

Experience with Implementing Credit Card Processing.

My project is planning on implementing the credit card functionality in 4.6c. We are in the very early stages of the process and would like to talk to anyone who has experience in the process including:

1. Scoping out the work interms of time and resources2. Project plan or list of steps that need to be takenand3. Selecting the Interface product used to connect to the bank.

We found the following list of certified vendors from the SAP website and would also be interested in any experience anyone has had with any of these.Company Product NameClearCommerce ClearCommerce EngineCyberCash WebAuthorizeCyberSource PaylinX Enterprise Payment ServerMEI DelegoPaymetric XiPayTrustMarque Int'l TrustMarque Payment Trust

Security Access Restrictions on cross mod transactions

Need suggestions on how to limit cross module transactions to a particular module. For example:

FB01 Post DocumentFB08 Reverse Document

These are transaction codes which can post or reverse documents of any document type - GL, AP, AR, etc. My client's internal audit department is requiring us to restrict access to these transactions to a particular module - for instance, if we have a GL Journal Entry Processor security role, they are requiring that FB01 in that role only have authority to process FB01 for GL Entries. If FB01 is also included in an AP Invoice Processor security role, we must restrict to only AP documents.

The client's security team has determined a way to do this using document types; however, it will require a significant amount of configuration changes and retesting for our functional teams. Has anyone seen another approach used successfully?

Where have we implemented two packages at one client?

I am trying to find out where we have implemented two packages at the same client, for instance SAP and Peoplesoft, SAP and JDE and so forth.

SAP ALL - Fiscal Year Change in Production Environment

Our client currently has a fiscal calendar based on month ends on the 28th of each month. They would like to move to a calendar period model. Since they are in production they are not sure of the work, risks and approach to making this change. Does anyone out there have experience in doing this? Any thoughts, plans or experiences would be appreciated.

Other questions: Is it something that needs to be executed at year end or can it be done mid year? Any quick way to identify any hard coding in custom objects around period reporting? What are the impacts on opening and closing balances, inventories etc?

If anyone has a BPP for the transaction MIGO could you please forward it on to me. Our team is in need of an example for this t-code.

Seeking experience in integrating Windchill PDM with SAP

Does anyone have experience in integrating PTC's Windchill PDM package with R/3 using either the Windchill Info*Engine ERP Adapter or another technique?

number of sap implementations completed in last 3 years?

Does anyone have a short answer to how many SAP implementations we have done over the last 3 years ? We need this information in responding to an RFP. Thanks for your help!

Re-engineering after another integrator implemented

We are working on a pursuit and need some help identifying where we did the following:

Qualification for a project where SAP was previously implemented with a lot of mods by another integrator and we came in and re-engineered the use of SAP and reduced the amount of mods required.

SAP_ALL: Please help us evaluate our SAP 4.6 Training Program

solution compares to the training programs provided on similar projects. Could you please review the brief summary of our training program below and compare it to prior system implementations with which you've been associated? Specifically, could you let me know if the program described is:

1) An improvement over most training programs you've encountered2) About the same as other training solutions of similar magnitude3) Not as good as other training programs for system implementations of this size

Thanks for your help! I would welcome any further comments, but if it is easiest for you to reply back with just a 1, 2 or 3 your input will still be appreciated. Also please let me know if you have any questions.

********** SUMMARY OF TRAINING PROGRAM ************Our Chemicals client is undergoing an upgrade from SAP 3.1i to 4.6. Modules being implemented include FI, CO, MM, PP, QM, SD, LE, and HR. The first implementation wave involves approximately 600 end users in North America, must of whom currently use SAP. Our training program consists of the following components:

1) SAP 4.6 Navigation training - Web-based training purchased from RWD

Amex (or other bank card providers) Procurement Card data Integration with SAP

I am working with Disney in evaluating Procurement (PCard) Service providers -- would any of you know if we have done any work in the past with AMEX or any of the other Bank Card service providers in integrating reporting and invoice data supporting a PCard Program into SAP? If so, if you could send me any information from your experiences, I would appreciate it. Disney is mainly interested in what it takes in time and effort to integrate the two and what type of results we've experienced. If you have any questions, you can reach me on the mobile number below.

Need SAP Best Practices for Automated Clearing of Affiliated Company Receivables and Payables

Our client has approximately 50 company codes, with some intercompany payables and receivables recorded as standard vendor and customer items (as if the affiliated company was an unrelated third-party). The client wants to be able to automatically clear the payables in one company against the matching receivable in another company, without physically making a payment that affects the bank accounts. All intercompany payables and receivables are cleared and settled through the parent company.

We have a proposed solution outlined below, but are seeking your input as to any other solutions you have used at your clients.

Example Situation:Company A (vendor) sells product to Company B (customer)Two customer invoices for $1000 each are produced in Company A's legacy Billing system and sent to Company BInterface from Billing system to SAP creates A/R invoice entries in Company A's books at $1000 each.Company B enters A/P invoices manually in SAP (first invoice is entered for $1000, but due to disagreement on who is responsible for demurrage charges, second invoice is entered as $800)

Proposed solution:

I'm working with a client who currently does it's capital budget manually in Excel. The majority of its capital budget is allocated to new projects planned for the upcoming year. The client does not wish to create projects in SAP during the annual budgeting process to allow planning and budgeting against the projects in the system.

Has anyone had any experience completing capital budgets for new/forecasted projects without setting them up the project in SAP during the budgeting process?

Rental Equipment: Inventory or Fixed Asset

I would like some feedback from anyone with experience implementing SAP for a service company, specifically a service company that rents out equipment (i.e., a rental car company). Would like to know if they recorded the equipment as inventory? Or did they include the equipment in their fixed asset ledger.

The client I am working with rents equipment on a short-term basis (2-3 days) and maintains the equipment in the asset ledger.

Has anyone have documentation on the tools or services available to DeDuplication of customer masters from a data conversion standpoint and a post-GoLive perspective? After the client gos live on SAP they want a tool that will check for duplicate customer masters. They will be adding 2-300 per day.

HELP! SAP Reports - Consumer Packaged Goods/Manufacturing

I am working with a Consumer Products manufacturer on their management reporting strategy and am looking for a list of industry standard reports.

I wonder if anyone might have a list of standard reports that come with SAP's Consumer Products Mfr. package?

Best Practice: Moving the HR PD structure between system

Florida Power & Light is looking for a way to transfer the HR Personal Development Structure (PD Structure) between SAP instance. In the past a HR consultant used a program like (RHCOPYSTRUCT) to create an extract of the entire structure. Then I toke that file and I moved it to the appropriate server and then he uploaded it. I just don't remember the step he did.

Question:

Does anyone knows a procedure how to easily move the HR PD structure between SAP instance?

Our SAP Portal Team in Chicago is looking to leverage any and all developed SAP iViews beyond whats available at the iViewstudio. We are looking for the completed iView and a description of the associated role, datasource, and level of effort required to develop the iView. Any and all assistance with this well be greatly appreciated.

Release of Requisitions for total requisition value

Our client has the requirement for a release strategy which involves the approval of purchase requisitions at the total requisition value. Standard SAP provides the method of approving at the requisition item value level.

Anyone have experience or a recommendation for how to accomplish this?

I have heard that SAP is proposing a new eLearning solution at Florida Power and Light.Any information about it being offered elsewhere, and how it stands with their RWD partnership?

Anyone out there utilizing rebate processing in 4.6C (preferably live but in testing mode or later OK). If so can you bounce back to this email with a number I can reach you. Promise to take 30 minutes or less of your time…

Adding Credit Cards in SAP after the Order is Shipped

The client plans on using standard credit card processing in 4.6C with an interface to a clearing house. This situation was posed by the client and we aren't sure how to handle this.

An end customer places an order on Open account and then we ship and bill for the goods. After invoicing the customer calls back and decides they want to pay for the goods with a credit card. How do we process the credit card? The invoice is already created and posted to FI.

Is the only option to cancel the invoice, enter the credit card on the sales order and reinvoice? I have to imagine this has come up before. We don't have a fully functional development environment to test this in yet.

Jamie Mosberg/CGEY/EYLLP/US@CGEY

We are working on a pursuit where we need to speak about Lean Warehouse Management. If you have any expertise or knowledge, we are interested in getting some information on this topic. Are you aware of a specific module approach for configuration and value prop around this specifically?

We are in the Blueprint Phase at Welch Allyn.

The client sells a variety of Kits that compromise finished goods. We have 1 Material master # that represents the Kit and this is what appears on the order, delivery and Invoice. At the time of invoicing however how do we post to the proper profit centers for the finished goods that compromise the Kit? We are just starting to explore Sales Order BOMs as a solution. Is this the/a correct direction?

Is there a means to facilitate report distribution of BW Reports usingthe BEx Analyzer? We need to send out about 100 different cost centerexpense reports to about 100 different people in the form of an Excel file.Does anyone have any experience doing this in Business Warehouse or doesanyone know if this can be done in Business WArehouse using the BExAnalyzer? Is there a way to automatically download a single BW report to a 100+ different excel files (1 file per cost center/cost center group)?

Evaluated Receipt Setlement (ERS)

My client is in a 4.6c environment and plans on using the Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) functionality for paying vendors for PO items. Some tests have been run and the functionality works with the exception of the message determination.

I would like to speak with someone or see some documentation on how to set up (or even turn off) the output messages for ERS. I am unable to settle to accounting any documents until this message problem is solved.

Please respond back to this message, or I can be reached at the client numbers below. Thanks in advance for you help.

I need to talk to someone who can help with Remittance Advice to Vendors by EDI. We can generate output information to the banks; however, we are not getting output for vendor remittance advice data. The client is using 4.6C.

7/10/2002 Wesley J Petersen SAP EZY Plan

7/9/2002 Julie M. Woo

7/8/2002 Craig T. Schneider Advanced Shipping Notice


7/3/2002 Anbu Mani

7/2/2002 Matthys Lourens High Tech Industry Solution


7/1/2002 Daniel W. Johnson


7/1/2002 Aida J. Hilton

7/1/2002 Krishnananda Kamath

7/1/2002 Robert D. Rosenfeld

6/28/2002 Please distribute to SAP_ALL

6/27/2002 Matthys Lourens

6/26/2002 Timothy J. Jackson IP Address Changes

6/25/2002 Raj Lathia

6/25/2002 Gary L. Thrash

6/24/2002 Theodore S. Levine SAP KANBAN request

6/21/2002 Vijay Nadkarni Master Recipe Conversion

6/21/2002 Michael A. Leyva


6/20/2002 Daniel R. Pionk

6/19/2002 John H. Colton

6/18/2002 Thomas J. Pichette6/18/2002 Ulf Westhoven SAP_ALL: IS Media Does anyone out there has some experience with IS Media

6/18/2002 Ulf Westhoven

6/14/2002 Anthony Hingley Clients using POMS and R/3

6/13/2002 Ian M. Wyatt

6/12/2002 Sophie Roy INFORMATION REQUEST

6/12/2002 Prakash C. Manicka

6/12/2002 Daniel R. Pionk

6/12/2002 Desiree Parker

6/11/2002 Timothy J. Jackson

6/11/2002 Robert C. Littner SAP_ALL: PP question

6/11/2002 Mark Simon

6/8/2002 Dailey Doss

6/8/2002 Dailey Doss

6/6/2002 Abhijit Ray SAP ALL: Lockbox for Mexico

6/6/2002 Sridhar Ramaswamy

6/5/2002 Ramesh R. Agumamidi

6/4/2002 Mark Simon Attn: QM Resources


6/3/2002 Vijay Nidumolu Data Migration and Cleansing.

5/30/2002 Anbu Mani

5/30/2002 Jim R. Hartman

5/28/2002 Wilbert Blom

5/26/2002 Michele A. Fleischacker SAP AR - short pay processes

5/23/2002 Pinkney Webster

5/23/2002 Jane S. Vaughan

5/22/2002 Joseph L. Reuwer PCC solution for small company



5/20/2002 Vikas Goyal SAP Knowledge sharing

5/17/2002 Jill Cargotch Check Handling Scenarios

5/16/2002 Steve J. Polityka SAP_All: Data Stewardship

5/16/2002 Nadia C Morin

5/15/2002 Stephan Dubreuil

5/15/2002 Anbu Mani

5/14/2002 Tracy A. Suykerbuyk


5/10/2002 Lea Chin

5/10/2002 Mark Simon SAP Interface

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5/7/2002 James J. Tarpey Jr.

5/6/2002 John Carlucci

5/6/2002 Zachery Ritvalsky

5/4/2002 Satya N. Peddireddy

5/3/2002 Zachary Schwartz

5/3/2002 Mark Simon Purchasing Cards

5/2/2002 Jessica G. Littell Pursuit Support Question

5/1/2002 Pachaiappan Sivaraman

4/30/2002 Brad M. Phillips

4/30/2002 FW: RFQ/Req

4/29/2002 Charles Lambing



Our client, BC Gas, in planning on purchasing SAP EZY Plan to assist in their budgeting, actual cost analysis and year end forecasting. Has anyone implemented SAP Ezy Plan, what are the tricks to integrating it properly with CO and PS, and how flexible is the tool.

SAP ALL: Customizing/Interfacing with Order Entry

Please respond if:(1) You have worked with a client that had significantly customized the SD Sales Order Entry screen (VA01) in order to meet their needs. I'd like to discuss the pros/cons and challenges that were faced.

(2) You have worked with a client that has interfaced an internet application or CRM order entry application with R/3 SD sales order entry.

I would like to speak with anyone who has implemented ASN from XML/EDI. Specifically, my client is interested in how this might be used to auto-create a goods receipt via workflow. If anyone has experience or documentation, please contact me at the client site number below.

SAP FI CO Data Conversion methodology

Something we have all done 10 thousand times, but start over each new project.

Conversion/ Loading Financial and Management costs, balances, cost objects, etc. Maybe for during the year, or at year end, or whenever. Also the relationship between the FI and CO balances, for open production orders, and WIP balances, do yoiu always load with FI journals, then execute Overhead Transaction, etc. Do you have any plans, templates, best practice, procedures, etc? Does the new CGEY methodology contain recommendations for this?

Single Face to Customer : One Customer / One Order

Our client has 4 business units (legal entities - SAP company codes) with each one manufacturing (multiple plants) it's own line of products. One of the key business driver is provide customers with the capability to place one purchase order for all products regardless of the business units. This means in SAP, the client should be able to process one sales order per customer (centralized credit management) for all products irrespective of the business unit where it's getting shipped from.

I would like to talk to folks who have worked on a similar situation. Also please pass on if you have any thoughts / ideas / POVs around this situation.

I'd like to talk to someone who has some insight into SAP's High Tech Industry Solution. I need to know what additional functionality the solution offers on top of standard SAP. I also would like to know if there is a pre-configured solution (PCS) for high tech.

Sample Client Issued APO RFP Needed

We are in need of finding the following material for a pursuit. If you are aware of any such material of have any ideas of whom I may contact, please let me knowThank you, Jessie

REQUEST:"Ssample RFP for an SAP APO project? Need a copy of a client issued RFP. We are helping a client through this process and sending a sample would be very useful. If you have the response we sent to the specific sample that would be great as well."

Brainworks Experience - Urgent Reply Requested

We are working on a pursuit and need assistance from anyone who has experience with Brainworks software, a time and attendance reporting software solution.

Please respond back if you have had any experience using or implementing Brainworks, especially if there was integration with SAP.

Functional Area Definition and use…

SAP mentions functional areas are used to support US Gaap cost of sale accounting: "If you want to represent profits using the cost-of-sales accounting method, the system needs to access the characteristic Function area in FI or CO. The function area can be derived automatically for all costs posted in FI and CO based on the existing posting assignments. It is then stored in the posted documents. The transaction data in Profit Center Accounting also stores the function area."

Was hoping to hear what other projects have used Functional Areas for, and any stories/ advice to go along?

We are planning to use this feature to support overhead centers (Burden Center) type of reporting. We will extend this to inlclude other categories that make up cost of sales accounting, but am hoping to hear what those categories might be?

QM: Inspection results (incoming interface)

We are implementing release 4.6c. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has written an inbound interface for inspection results. Since SAP does not support BDC's for this transaction (for this release) and a few other options have been recommended I would like to understand the benefits of the different options.

SAP_ALL : Integration of OSI PI system with PP-PI system

Our client here plans to integrate their MES system OSI PI with SAP R/3 PP-PI so that R/3 can pull all the process data and goods movement data directly from OSI PI. Does anyone have experience with this before?

Use of business areas or profit centers for statutory reporting?

distribution facility. However, the goal of this company is to be one face to the customer. In that, I mean that they wish to have, for instance, one sales order for a customer, even if we are shipping out of five different legal entities. We want to be able to have one billing document as well. We know that if we have more than one company code, then that would require more than one sales organization. Therefore, this would necessitate multiple sales orders, because the Sales Area (Sales org, Division, and Distribution Channel) is at the header level of the order.

So, we think our options for external reporting on Balance Sheets, Income Statements, and Cash Flows, were we to have one legal entity, are:Business Areas: I am not sure how good the reconciling entries are at the end of the month, or if SAP will maintain on future versions Profit Centers: I am not sure how to create "balanced" Balance sheets: for instance, if I debit the customer for the receivable, then I credit multiple profit centers for the revenue. How do I later re-post the receivable to the multiple profit centers, without having a reconciliation nightmare?

Stephen ColesSenior Manager - SAP Service LineMelbourne AustraliaB: 61 3 92888402M: 61 402893946

We are following a pursuit for a Fibrepackaging and Cardboard Boxmanufacturer in Australia for a greenfield implementation.

One of the key requirements is that the manufacturer will continue to useKIWIPLAN for production and scheduling requirements which will be interfacedto SAP.

I am keen to hear from anyone with experience in cardboard box manufactureand having KIWIPLAN and SAP implementation experience will be a bonus. Todifferentiate ourselves from our competitors, will require us demonstrate aknowledge of their business processes and "uniqueness"... any informationyou have will be appreciated.

SAP_ALL: Basis question regarding Industry Solutions

I need to talk to a Basis person who has implemented any Industry Solutions before. A bonus would be if you have also implemented a Pre-Configured solution before.

Here is the situation:Our client will go live with one of it's affiliates on 4.6 C (no industry solution). They will then split off and operate on a completely separate SAP instance/landscape (March 2003). The complication is that they are considering the High Tech Industry Solution for this new instance. This means we will have to move data and config from the standard implementation to the industry solution. I need to know what the implications are, what to look out for and how we can make this happen for them.

As notified earlier, all IP addresses in the Dallas ADC were changed due to requirements brought about by project Merlot. Some of you who have been accessing SAP systems by IP address may have experienced problems connecting due to these changes. Below please find a list of hostnames with their new IP addresses for these systems. If you should have questions concerning these changes

Hostname Old IP Address New IP Address SID System Descriptionabraham 199.50.158.11 206.245.46.11 ID2 IDES System

Configuration (and other related informatio) re Activation of PDC Interface for PP

We are currently on a project where the customer is planning to use PDC system (KRONOS) for shop floor data collection.We would appreciate any information related to IMG Configuration for linking a PDC system to SAP, specifically for PP requirementsAny other relevant information (tips, watch-outs, etc.) would also be welcome.Your early response is requested, as we are getting ready to test the interface.

SAP_ALL BW Question: Key Figures Displayed with incorrect Scaling Factor

We have a situation in which some of our key figures are displayed with an incorrect scaling factor in Bex. For example, Belgium Francs are displayed at 100 times the expected value. The value for this key figure is stored correctly on the cube, but is displayed incorrectly in Bex and RSRT. Not all key figures (or currency types) are affected, only certain ones and there does not seem to be a pattern. Has anyone experienced this before?

If you have experience with Kanban functionality supporting either or both of these flavors, pls. bounce back with a number where I might reach you.

Scenario 1: Internal Transfers - triggering containers to go empty based on end of line backflush. Empty containers trigger stock transfer to near line location from general stores. Container Fill Up kicks off the stock transfer transaction.

Scenario 2: External Calls - transfers from General Stores to Near Line (as described above) which result in empty containers trigger kanban calls to external suppliers. These replenishment triggers work as the execution side of MRP generated planning releases.

We are trying to ascertain if there is a standard SAP load program to load master recipe's. I would appreciate if you could bounce back to this mail with your experiece on loading master recipes. The client is planning to use the PP/PI module and we are trying to determine if we would need to write a ABAP program do the load.

SAP Knowledge Assistance - Interfaces

We are in urgent need to find any knowledge capital we may have that fit the following situation:

We are working on a pursuit that is faced with the challenge of accepting and processing 230 GL feeds (Global) and transforming the multiple feeds, chart of accounts, and business events (exploded into GL entries) into a global GL (summary entry) and a GL warehouse that contains the detail. The current system has a layer that is comprised of variety of technologies and "approaches/designs.." for converting the feeds into a single GL.

CGEY has been asked to provide the following:

Help them architect and redesign the "interface" (ETL/EAI) layer to map the 230 feeds into GL (as it is today). The redesign will be done in a single technology (Informatica or OST - a rules engine), with a more robust mapping that will minimize the amount of manual labor, centralized error handing and workflow, and a lower cost of ownership in terms of maintanence and support. Design, develop and test conversion and transformation of the existing interface layer translation maps to the new redesigned interface layer maps. This will required the extracting the existing data that comprised the translation maps and converting/transforming into the "newly designed maps", and subsequently loading

JDE to SAP Migration/Conversion - Please Respond

Please bounce back to this e-mail if you are aware of any engagement where we did a JDE to SAP migration. We need this for a pursuit and would welcome any direction as to our experiences/history.

We are also interested in any white papers or examples on how we handle interfaces to legacy systems during a Waved Implementation.

SAP_ALL: Estimating Functional and Technical Requirements

I am working on a pursuit which will involve the implementation of SD, MM, FI/CO for a Service Parts organization. The pursuit includes responding to an RFP with a list of 254 requirements (functional and technical). The issue is that the requirements are written in a manner that they lack definition for us to provide a good estimate of the effort without confidence. In addition, we have no other detail on the requirements and have limited opportunities to get this information from the perspective client. Some examples of these requirements are below. Please note for confidentially reasons I have had to cleanse the names of the systems referenced in the RFP:

- When a new part number is updated or entered in the system, it will be necessary to notify to the other XYZ areas with the purpose that they complete the information from their areas to those records.

- It will be required that every time that a new part number is entered or updated in the system, it can notify about this in daily basis. It is required that all changes can be seen in a screen . This screen must have a link with the XYZ system in order to see original equipment contracts for our parts. The system, also must be able to send material requisitions to that XYZ system.

People Soft Finance -> SAP Conversion

Do you have knowledge of a Peoplesoft Finance->SAP conversion? OR familiarity with Peoplesoft Financials data structures and migrations? If you do I would appreciate a few mintunes on the phone - please send me a number where I can reach you or call my mobile.

MM-PUR Message Type configuration question for 4.6C

In the configuration for message types for Purchase Orders, it is possible to define up to 5 Programs, Form Routines, and Forms for a single PO output type. I have a few questions about this:

1. Do the jobs execute in a stream or in parallel?2. Are all three fields required?3. Can I use the program and Form Routine to specify jobs that will validate or manipulate the PO data prior to printing? Example: The settings for processing 1 would be the validation/manipulation program and Form Routine and Processing 2 would contain the actual output program and forms.

SAP_ALL: SD Billing - Recurring billing, subscriptions

If you have experience with Recurring Billing / setting up billing for subscriptions in a Media/Telecom environment, please reply to this email with a phone number where I can reach you

Has anyone worked with any of the following companies that have used an RF system called POMS integrated with their SAP R/3 system?Bristol Meyers Squib (Meymac & Epernon, France)PNG-Clairol (Formerly BMS) (Stamford, CT)Aventis (Formerly HMR) (Shirakawa, Japan)PNG (Hunt Valley, MD)PF Labs (Totowa, NJ)Mallinckrodt

SAP EDI - Translating Customer Numbers and UoMs

Purchase Orders via EDI and the automated creation of a sales order can help me answer the below questions. I do not know very much about SAP's EDI functionality so please forgive the basic nature of the questions.

In the client's legacy system, they receive inbound purchase orders containing a trading partner number and store number that uniquely idenities the SAP sold-to and ship-to party respectively. In the legacy system they have built functionality that translates the external trading partner number and store number into internal sold-to party and ship-to party numbers respectively. I am trying to determine whether we can do this translation using standard SAP or will have to have the EDI subsystem do this or will have to do development. My specific questions are:

It is my understanding that in SAP when an IDOC (in this case a PO) is received, the first step is to find a partner profile for the customer. This partner profile tells the system how to process the IDOC message type and what function module use (via the process code). The partner profile is defined for an internal SAP customer number. Therefore, SAP expects that the IDOC will contain an SAP customer number when it is received i.e. in order to find a partner profile the translating must be done via the EDI sub-system. Is this correct?

If you have worked in the implementation (or have information) on one of the following companies, I would need your help in finding out:

1- what modules were implemented2- number of users3- implementation start and end date

MM-Idoc : Intercompany Stock transfer Process with Billing document

We are designing an Intercompany Stock Transfer process in SAP 46B version and the process is

Receiving plant generates PO on Issuing plantIssuing plant creates SD Delivery and posts GI.Issuing plant generates Billing document and sends a Std INVOIC Idoc (SAP Std output type RD04) which posts an inbound Invoice in the receiving plant IR before GR (In the same SAP Instance)GR posted in receiving plant.

We have the process working except that output type shows Green on the Billing document but the Inbound Idoc stops at Status 64. I have run programs such as RBDAPP01 to post the Inbound application document without success.

Has anyone done this in the past successfully? If so I will very appreciate you calling me in person to walk over the settings to determine if I have not configured any settings.

I would also be interested to know the process other engagements adopted if Idoc was not implemented. (Obvious choice would be to manually post the Incoming Invoice).

SAP_ALL: Looking for E3 Proposal/Pursuit/Approach documents and presentations

I am looking for documents (primarily powerpoint presentations) regarding any E3 (Extended Enterprise Effectiveness) proposals or pursuits that we may have done. I am looking to use the information to plan for and to structure a meeting with the CIO of a global cleaning solutions company that has already implemented SAP. Our initial discussions with the CIO have centered around the diagnostics of several processes including Service Parts Logistics (SPL).

Please email or contact me at 612-799-2344 (mobile) or 612-492-2627 (Minneapolis Office) if you have any information to share. Thanks

South African CGEY office only to respond

We are trying to get in touch with someone (preferably a VP) in your Critical Technologies Service Line to talk about an opportunity. This was unfortunately the only mechanism we have right now to reach you as we do not have a name to look up in the phone directory. Could aomeone be kind enough to respond with a phone number, name and preferably an email address.

IMPORTANT! IP address change for all Dallas SAP servers.

As most everyone is aware, project Merlot is addressing various issues surrounding the separation of Cap Gemini, Ernst & Young from legacy Ernst & Young. As a result of this action, the IP addresses of all SAP servers must be changed on or before Monday June 24th to help complete the separation of CGEY's network from E&Y LLP. This could potentially affect any user trying to access SAP systems by IP address in their SAPLogon utility. I will start changing IP addresses on Monday June 17th in an effort to meet the June 24th deadline. As these changes take place, I will communicate the new IP Addresses of the SAP systems via an SAP_ALL email. You can then make then make the required change to your SAPLogon utility if necessary. Your patience during this process is greatly appreciated.

We are looking for people who have experience in repetitive manufacturing. Our client is a beverage manufacturer and has several planning requirements I would like to discuss with a fellow PP resource.

SAP_ALL: Employee Utilization Metrics

We are intersted in obtaining information on how other projects have handled employee utilization, such as effeciency reporting such as productive time vs. time spent at work. We are not implementing HR (which I know will support this), but still need some feedback that shows that SAP DOES support this functionality.

Business Areas and Domestic Tax Savings

The client is proposing a tax savings structure that may favor the use of Business Areas and less use of Company Codes. This has been a procedure that is live at a SAP Client, Colgate. The client has scheduled sessions all week to determine the pros and cons of Business Areas.

The major problems revovle around obtaining the most Tax benefits with a Business Area enabled solution and obtaining the Supply Chain benefits with APO and an appropriate org structure that accomodates both.

If you have information regarding the pros and cons of Business Areas in general and for domestic tax savings in particular, please respond with contact information.

SAP without SD; Interfacing to legacy Sales systems

Client is moving forward with SAP modules: MM, PP, FI, AP, PM, PP. Client plans to interface with legacy Sales system to better enable APO functionality for finished goods inventory and movements.

We are trying to determine whether to set up a lockbox in a US bank for a company in Mexico. The company, which is a subsidiary of a US corporation, receives payments in US dollars and Pesos. The questions we are trying to address are:

1. Can a lockbox account with a US bank accept payments in both dollars and pesos?2. What would be some of the collection process that can be used in Mexico (equivalent to lockbox etc)?

Also if you can provide some client names where you have addressed payment collection process in Mexico, that would be a great help.

SAP Landscape Strategy & Transport in 4.6x

Iam looking for any recent examples in a 4.6x environment: (Presentations, Word Documents)

a) SAP Landscape Strategy:

Detailing clients in Dev/QA & Prodn, lessons learned etc

b) Transport Strategy:

Process used for Transports from Dev->QA->Prodn

Attn: QM/Batch Classification SMEs

We are implementing Batch Classification as a part of theQM module (4.6B) and are having problems 'controlling'authorization to Batch Master maintenance (MSC2N).

Is there any way we can restrict user access to maintainingspecific characteristics in the batch master-classificatin view while allowing access to batch master maintenance?

If No, is there any other way this can be achieved?(any flags,user exits etc. that can be used in classification/characteristic maintenance).

We've tried using the 'Not for Input' flag on the Characteristic, Addl datatab but this also restricts characteristic maintenance on the material masterclassification view as well as batch search conditions

I am looking for any documentation you have on test scenarios, test scripts, data conversiontemplates, tips & tricks, or other exemplary deliverables

Automatic Payments using Citibank

I would like to speak with anyone who has done electronic transfers of funds through the automatic payment process (F110) in the US through Citibank. The client is curently using Citibank software to make these payments and Citibank is hedging on their ability to take a feed directly from SAP. Any help with the technicial issues would be appreciated

I am scheduled to start work at a client site from next week on master data migration from multiple legacy systems to SAP. I was wondering if I could request any one of you to share any knowledge you might have related to Data cleansing and migration ( Master Data) from systems like BPCS 4.0 245 , BPCS 3.0 and Synergy to SAP in the areas of MM, PP and SD. This would be of great help for us to hit the ground running and jump start the process.

Life Sciences - Interfaces & Bolt-ons

I am in the process of gathering information on interfaces & bolt-ons we dealt with in Life Sciences system integration projects (any ERP package). I need this information for the FastPharma solution (Rapid SAP Implementation) that we are developing for Pharma and Biotech companies

SAP_ALL: Conversion of PP Routings to PM Maintenance Task Lists

Our client is converting from R/2 to R/3. Part of this transition includes the implementation of Service Management. We are interested hearing from anyone who has experience converting standard PP Routings to PM Maintenance Task Lists using standard SAP tools. We are trying to avoid a custom conversion program. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

SAP_ALL: Business Configuration Sets

In a recent webcast SAP claimed using BC sets would cover the documentation requirements for a validated system implementation. I would like to talk to somebody who can explain me the mechanics of BC sets in general and specifically the different steps in the sandbox instance and the development instance. Please contact via email, at my cell or client nr.

Our client has asked us to review their AR "short pay" processes and are also looking at SAP's deduction management and another application called "Get paid".

Please respond back to me if you have any information about these application tools or if you have done any process reengineering around the AR/Credit business processes (specifically short-pays). Any help would be appreciated!!!

Help w/ RF and Bar Coding and SAP

Has anyone done any SAP projects where we have had to code Bar Code and RF interfaces using SAP's tools? We are looking at using SAP Console to support our effort and we need to get some additional information on the scope of the effort and the effectiveness of the solution.

If you have any information that you feel may help please contact John Boutton directly.

Re: Have you integrated Vertex or Hyperion with SAP on your engagement?

Working on a proposal / pursuit over the holiday weekend and need some help!

Need to know where we have integrated SAP with Vertex or Hyperion

Vertex was integrated within the Shell Chemical SAP implementation (not by myself personally).

Vertex is being integrated at the Degussa implementation. - Randall Grogan

We have a small client that is interested in using the Preconfigured SAP Client (PCC) solution to implement for their high tech manufacturing business.

I’m looking to speak with anyone who has had experience with such a solution to share any lessons learned concerning reliability of the offering, ease of implementation, and speed to go-live. I’d be interested in hearing what additional config (if any) was required and if any SAP industry solutions such as high tech were considered.

Are You Implementing 4.6C? - URGENT

In pursuit mode in bay area. If you are implementing 4.6C please bounce back with client name.

Are You or Have You Built a Solution Including Windchill and/or Pro Business? URGENT

In pursuit mode in bay area. Please respond back with client name if you've had the pleasure of building an SAP solution that integrated with Windchill or Pro-Business...

We are using SAP 4.6c with IS Auto 3.0. We are looking for lessons learned, best practices etc. with respect to the following scenario.

"What are the pros and cons for changing # of decimal places for a currency from 2 decimal places to 5 decimal places".

Detailed description: Client needs to track purchasing costs for materials to 4 or more decimal places. Is there a work around to provide this functionality within SAP without changing the system defined 2 decimal places. (Some of the options could be for example costing for 100 items instead of 1etc..) We are looking for more information and other options, pros and cons for various options.

My client is implementing SAP Financials in a shared services environment. Post SAP go-live, they will be supporting the same businesses they are currently supporting, as well as some additional businesses. I would like any documentation/ input on how to handle different check processing scenarios in the future for payments made out of legacy systems (ex. voids, reissues, etc.). In addition, several different banks/ bank accounts are being moved to a single account, and the shared service won't have access to legacy systems.

We are in the process of creating a centralized Data Stewardship at Reichhold for Master Data. I would appreciate any deliverables we have used on other projects. In particular, we could use help with process flow for creating new Materials, Vendors, Customers, etc.

Successful SAP + Vertex, as external system to get sales and purchase tax calculation, implementation experience in Canada

The current customer, by implementing SAP : FI-CO-MM-SD-PS-PP, has chosen Vertex as external system, to get sales and purchase tax calculation for the company code in the US, by jurisdiction code.

We are in the process to create the company code in SAP for Canada.

I am looking for every CGEY expertise, and successful SAP + Vertex implementation in Canada.

Then I would like to speak about the pros and cons, we have by:

* choosing Vertex in Canada,

* or by making the Canadian tax configuration in SAP : customer pricing procedure (SD) and tax procedure (SD,MM,FI), with or without jurisdiction code,

Managing "Pallets": Batch vs. Handling Units

With it's legacy system, our client is currently managing pallets by assigning a unique ID number to each pallet. The pallet id number is printed on a tag which also includes the material number, date of production and batch number.

The requirement is to reproduce this with SAP R/3 (version 4.6C). We have identified 2 options to address this requirement:

1) Batch management. This involves changing the definition of the batch from it's current use by the client. It also involves that the batch will have a dual signification: batch functionality and pallet id. These two significations must fit on 10 characters.

2) Handling Units. We do not have much experience with this functionality and we are seeking your expertise / experiences. By the research we did, we believe it involves configuring the packaging functionality in SD. From what we understand, the handling unit number is the result of the packaging transaction linking the packaging material with the sales material.

Please give us your comments on the pros and cons of each option according to your experience. Specifically, what risks are attached with each option and who has implemented handling units before. Do not hesitate to call for more detailed information.

Pharmaceuticals - Contracts & Chargebacks

I am looking for information on setting up the "Chargeback" process for Pharma clients in SAP. Any information is greatly appreciated.

Cost and time to convert history in a SAP system merger

My client has recently gone through a technical upgrade from 3.1i to 4.6c for their European system. They are now merging the American system which is still on 3.1i into the upgraded European system so everyone is on one client. They want to be able to bring over existing data into the new system and would like an estimate of the time and cost and also any information on best practices.

The history that they are interested in is:Asset Accounting - all data for all years vs. newCost Center Accounting - previous fiscal year vs. allProfit Center Accounting - previous fiscal year vs. allOrder/Project Accounting - all dataCO-PA - previous fiscal year vs. al

SAP_ALL 4.6C EDI Functionality

Our client is upgrading their SAP system from 3.1I to 4.6C with a very accelerated schedule. We would like to speak to someone who has knowledge of changes, challenges, opportunities, etc. in implementing EDI functionality within a 4.6C environment (knowledge of any comparisons to SAP 3.1 would be especially beneficial).

Our client uses EDI functionality in SAP 3.1 for:

Outgoing PO'sOutgoing Sales InvoicesIncoming AP invoices (supplier and freight carriers)

I can be reached directly at the client at 919-990-7813 or via my cell phone below.

*Let's Hear From You!! on material master

We are looking for Best Practices on Material Master Strategy. Topics to be analyzed include the following:

* Centralized VS decentralized organization?* Material Types used in Manufacturing/Spares Environment* Policies and guidelines around material master creation/maintenance* Units of measures?* Part Numbering and Spec 2000/ATA* Classification* Normalizatio

If anyone has had any dealings with a software vendor called Vanguard Solutions Group, Inc. and their product Graphic Performance Series (GPS) please respond back to this email with you contact information. The project I am working at is interested in either interfacing GPS to R/3 or replacing GPS with a similar product which can be interfaced.

SAP_ALL - MM - Internal vs. External Number Assignment

We are being asked to provide a "white paper" style analysis of the benefits vs. constraints comparing the use of internal vs. external number assignment on material masters. Before we begin this study, are there any existing papers done for other clients that might address this issue?

Joint Venture Question - FI & Basis

We have a client trying to decide between putting a new Joint Venture onto an existing SAP instance, or creating a new, separate SAP instance for each Joint Venture. What would be some specific processing reasons to consider or rule out either option? Are there any other considerations (such as security) that we should take into account?

Lean Manufacturing - SAP Implementation

We have an urgent client request to locate a few CGEY clients where we have implemented SAP, utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles. Lean Mfg. has somewhat of a broad definition so to highlight a few keywords....an environment where the following principles / techniques were being used.

KanbanPull Scheduling Cellular Mfg.

The client wants to understand how other companies implemented SAP in these environments.

If anyone has worked on an implementation where Lean principles / techniques were involved, please reply.

SD Resources - All Other Can Disregard

Please foward me any information you have around leading practices for Sales Order Management. In addition, I could use any presentations you have on high level SD vanilla functionality and what business benefits a company can obtain as a result of implementing and leveraging the SD functionality with other SAP modules (i.e. A/R, FI, PS, etc.).

My client is interested in a presentation on SD, however, the presentations I saw on K!New are more geared to CRM or lack the "high level" content I need for this client.

SD-Item Proposal functionality in SAP

Our client would like to use 'Item Proposal' ( Frequently ordered materials and quantity combination ) functionality at the time of entering Sales orders but the following limitation in Item Proposal is not helping us to fully meet our client's business requirements.

Standard SAP 'Item Proposal ' doesn't have Customer Material number field and the visibility of Customer Material number in Item Proposal selection list is a great help to Customer Service Rep.(CSR) especially when customers place Purchase order over phone with their Material numbers and CSR entering live orders in the system.

MM - Purchasing/MRP Report Question

We are looking for a report or tool for Purchasing Management to monitor the buyers performance. The client wishes to report on the number of rescheduling messages that they have and the dollars associated with the rescheduled Pos

I am looking on behalf of a colleague for any documentation regarding purchasing card functionality in SAP. Specifically, he would like documentation on how this functionality is implemented and contact information for someone with experience in this that he could talk to. If you have any information, please contact Doug Gibson at 856-986-7959 or respond back to this email and I will forward on the information.

Can you please tell us where we replaced SAP as the primary integrator. We want to show a pursuit client where we have successfully teamed with SAP using CGEY as the prime integrator.

SAP_ALL Help on M134 & M138 Transaction

I am trying to train the users in setting up, completing and documenting thetwo transactions MI34 (Batch Input: Enter Count with Reference toDocument) & MI38 (Batch Input: Enter Count w Reference to Doc).

I am looking for additional information for doing the transactions MI34(Batch Input: Enter Count with Reference to Document) & MI38 (Batch Input:Enter Count w Reference to Doc). The BPP's that I have (Business ProcessProcedure) for transaction M134 (Batch Input: Enter Count with Reference toDocument) & MI38 (Batch Input: Enter Count w Reference to Doc)are very highlevel and doesn't help.

4.6C Upgrade and Report Tree/Security problems

We are currently working on an upgrade from 3.1H to 4.6C.After the upgrade, some of the report trees are missing. Does anyone have a pre-defined strategy to get custom reports added to an area menu AND ensure that we can maintain security/authorizations to those reports?

Jacob Kuijpers <[email protected]

The RFQ # is located in EKPO (EKPO-EBELN) with EKKO-BSTYP = 'A'.> > The Requisition # is located in EBAN (EBAN-BANFN).> > The requisition # on the RFQ record in EKPO is not populated (EKPO-BANFN).> The tracking # on the RFQ record in EKPO does not always match with the> tracking # on EBAN (EKPO-BEDNR != EBAN-BEDNR).> > Question: where's the link between the RFQ on EKPO and the requisition on> EBAN? What table/column can be used?

Experience with SAP Knowledge Warehouse

We, at GE Silicones, are trying to see if we should be using SAP's Knowledge Warehouse. We are looking for people who have actually used it. Please contact me at my CAPCOMM or at my client number 518-233-2769.

SAP_ALL Credit Notification w/o HR

We are trying to set up the automatic credit notification in R/3. This is standard through the KRML output for credit processing. The client is on 4.6C and does not have HR for the area that this is being assigned.

We have set up a credit control area and credit rep group as well as the risk category. However, we are unable to figure out how to create and assign the personnel number that will link to the inbox. Does this work is 'sales personnel' are created.

PP-PI Material Calculations for Process Orders

In PP-PI you have ability to perform material calculations in order to more accurately determine component requirements for a process order. We are aware that you can do simple mathematical calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) but is it possible to do complex calculations (quadratic, logrithmic, hypobolic, linear calculations)?

4/23/2002 Robert D. Rosenfeld SOP problem in flexible planning

4/22/2002 James W. Peters

4/22/2002 Vineet Gulati


4/18/2002 Susan Fosheim


4/17/2002 Charles Tyls Lock Box Functionality



4/17/2002 Gary W. Coggins Service Management Issues

4/16/2002 Roberto Perez-Pavon 4.6 Consignment experience

4/16/2002 Michaela E. Greenan



4/12/2002 Krishnananda Kamath SAP_ALL : PI Sheet Question

4/11/2002 Shyam V. Chulki CATT

4/11/2002 Johan L. Opperman Package selection

4/9/2002 Prem Desai AATP with SAP

4/9/2002 Jai Sharma

4/9/2002 Pachaiappan Sivaraman

4/8/2002 Timothy J. Jackson

4/8/2002 Ken T. Baetje

4/5/2002 Luis Torres-Curet Error Message Unknown

4/5/2002 Kevin D. Bolden

4/4/2002 Nordis McBean

4/4/2002 Joseph L. Reuwer

4/4/2002 Ulf Westhoven SAP_ALL: SD: Configurator I'd like to speak with anyone who has implemented the product configurator in SD.

4/4/2002 Eva M. Ferrer Workflow issue

4/3/2002 Luis Torres-Curet

4/3/2002 Vladimir Berelson

4/2/2002 Jack Roper BPS Allocations

4/2/2002 Dennis Taylor Experience with InfoPak

4/2/2002 Dennis Taylor

4/2/2002 Murray J Kohler SAP-PS functionality inquiry

4/2/2002 Ron B. Schechter

4/2/2002 Mark E. Rushing

4/1/2002 Ramesh R. Agumamidi

4/1/2002 Nadia C Morin Batch input-session overview


4/1/2002 Matthew K. Hudes SAP to JDE or JDE to SAP

3/31/2002 Jill Cargotch Vendor Master Consolidation

3/29/2002 SD / PP - ATP Checks

3/28/2002 Bruce Cameron

3/28/2002 Jai Sharma


3/27/2002 Richard Marcoux

3/27/2002 Alain Godbout. none

3/27/2002 Liam Walsh

3/25/2002 Matthew S. Mai

3/25/2002 Shaurya Agrawal Information on JVA and PRA



3/25/2002 Brad M. Phillips

3/22/2002 Brett A. Folkman

3/22/2002 Gillian Metcalf SAP_ALL: Royalty Question

3/22/2002 Anbu Mani Split Valuation

3/21/2002 Mark K. Pearl BPCS

3/20/2002 Todd T. Taverner

3/20/2002 Joel R. Hodes SAP vs. PeopleSoft

3/20/2002 Normand Girard Transportation in SAP

3/18/2002 David M. Schlanderer Info Pak (RWD Technologies)

3/18/2002 Shaurya Agrawal Information for SAP Proposal

However, when we run the transactions MC93, MC94, or MC95, we are only able to view 6 of the levels. When we scroll from record to record, data exists, but we do not see the values for levels 7 or 8.

Problem DescriptionWhen you create an Info Structure (Transaction MC21) you are limited to nine(9) levels in your characteristics.You also need to Create Master Data for your Planning Hierarchy in(Transaction MC61). When Creating, Changing, and Viewing this Master Datafor the Planning Hierarchy you can view all levels of this Info Structure.

However, when you go to transaction MC93, MC94, or MC95, which is theplanning table, you can only see the first six (6) levels. Although you cancontinue to drill down to the 7th and 8th level you are unable to view thenames of these level. So, you do not know for which material numbers (level 8) you are forecasting quantities. Obviously, this poses an enormous problem that we need to resolve.

Please contact me with any information you may have on this topic via my cell phone (847) 910-6586, or respond to this e-mail message.

Looking for an example of a post go-live governance model used on a large ERP implementation

I am looking for any documents describing a post go-live governance model that has been used on a large ERP implementation. I am looking for any high level presentations or white papers that may describe the methods, tools and structure used to govern an implementation project during the post go-live support period and thereafter. We are gathering this information to answer an inquiry from one of our energy clients. If anyone has any information that they can share with me it would be greatly appreciated.

SAP and Document Management - Request for Information

We have a Biotechnology (Life Sciences ) client in California that is currently in the process of selecting an enterprise document management system. They also have a large SAP installed base on 4.6b (USA and Europe). One of the questions that the client is asking is the relevant capabilities of the Document Management functionality within SAP. Are we aware of any clients where they have implemented document management within SAP or are planning to implement in 4.6c. Does SAP represent a viable option as opposed to an enterprise document management solution like Documentum.

Additionally, are we aware of any clients in Europe where they have chosen 'Documentum' as the Document Management solution.

Thanks in advance for your help. Your response will be greatly appreciated.

Requested Delivery Date'and 'Ship Date' in Sales orders - SD Gurus please respond urgently

company and we are faced with a challenging business requirement in Sales & Distribution module.

The current legacy system enables the Customer Service Representative(CSR) to enter 'Delivery Date' or 'Ship date' in the Sales order entry screen based on a Ship-to customer's request and this is how it works.

Scenario1: When the CSR enters the 'Delivery Date' in the order entry screen as per customer's request,the system has the capability of calculating the material 'Ship date' based on transit days of the Route.This is similar to SAP's 'Requested Delivery date ' functionality and we don't see any problem to meet this business requirement.

Scenario2 :When the CSR enters the 'Ship Date' in the order entry screen as per customer's request, the system has the capability of calculating 'Delivery date' through forward scheduling( adding transit days to Ship date ) and the CSR has the visibility of both 'Ship date' and 'Requested Delivery Date' at the time of order entry.

We have noticed 40% of the sales orders for 35% of the ship to customers meet scenario2 and the client would like to have both 'Ship Date' and 'Requested Delivery Date' functionality in SAP.As you all know SAP doesn't have 'Ship-Date' functionality for this scenario.

SAP Business Workflow Automating AP processing

We are looking for technical and functional assistance on an RFP to validate our solution and sample workplans.

The project implements SAP Workflow for an Accounts Payable processing of invoices (related invoice documents). The client has asked for workflow for the following events/tasks:Vendor is missing --- use workflow to notify role to create vendor master and notify AP that vendor is readyRemit to vendor is missing --- use workflow to notify role to create remit to vendor and notify AP that remit to vendor is ready Signature authorizing payment is incorrect or missing --- workflow to obtain approvalsCost Object Correction or missing -- use workflow to obtain cost objectBlocked Invoice -- use workflow to release block

The client has specified that the software solutions should be limited to Documentum (imaging invoices) and SAP workflow.

Cash Budget Management reference

Any live sites with Cash Budget Management functionality?

Any experience out there?

I have a client requirement to use Lock box functionality and we have found some issues:

1. SAP does not match the document or customer number.

In the payment advice we must assign the customer to the payment advice before we can see the invoice numbers that have been paid.

2. If the system has an invoice number and identifies the customer and the invoice amount doesn't match, the posting will be "on-account", until therer is manual intervention to match the open items. We would like to have the system keep these items as unprocessed, not on account to determin where to post each item.

If anyone has any experience with these specific issues can you please contact either myself or Thorsten Wennemuth at 973-541-8883, or bounce back to this message with a number and a good time for us to call.

Material master format & Aerospace/Defense

Does the Aerospace & Defense (A&D) industry have any special requirements around the topic of material master numbers (system assigned vs. user defined)? Some client contacts have stated that "Due to our relationship as an existing aerospace defense contractor we can not change material numbers and we have to use the one's that they tell us". Does this sound right? Is this a real A&D requirement?

SAP_ALL Text Determination - Sales and distribution

I am currently at a client using SAP 4.6C. They are installing SAP CRM 3.0 internet sales.

Requirement: To pass the customer internet sales order line item notes into the SAP R/3 item note. This does not appear to be possible as the text type that is published to the web is specifically required to be as defined out of the box. In R/3, they have a custom item note that was copied from the standard R/3 test item note.

My Question:Is it possible using R/3 access sequence or other non ABAP method to copy text from one text id/type to another. For example, if I put 'Tina' in the R/3 item note, can I automatically copy this to the R/3 'CRM item note text id/field that is created in R/3? If so, how could this be done? Please feel free to contact me directly.

The reason that this is required is that the R/3 item note currently prints on multiple output documents (i.e. picking list, packinglist, invoice, acknowledgement). We do not want to have to modify all R/3 output documents to include the CRM text ID.Folks, we are looking for some assistance with the Repair Processing functionality within the Service Management (S/M) module of SAP. The conditions below represent requirements that appear to be outside of standard SAP processing and may require custom modifications. If you have seen these before, and understand some alternative solution(s) please contact George Sutherland at (713) 939 2823, or respond to this email. Industries selling both goods and services would seem to fit (I.E. Aerospace & Defense) and perhaps there is a Industry solution that exists.

Thanks, Gary Coggins

1. Cannot do a partial invoicing from Repair Request

Create Repair Order -> Generate Repair Service Order -> Confirm T&M for partial work done -> DP90 to add sub items -> Invoice Repair Request

Problem: Cannot invoice without performing TECO of service order.

2. Cannot create consolidated quotation for Service Order and its sub orders

Customer wants to manage repair of complex equipment with sub orders so that they can independently track progress and status of the components being repaired.

However, when you want to create quotation, you will have to run DP80 for each order and system creates as many quotations as the number of service orders.

I need to talk for just 20 minutes to someone who has 4.6 MM consignment experience.Please if you have this kind of experience give a call (419) 248 8533, leave a CAPCOMM or send an e-mail.

SAP Real Estate Management - Property Management

My client is interested in finding out more about implementing Property Management. Could you please contact me if you have experience in this area

SAP_ALL Site Readiness checklists

We have 12 sites that we will bring up on SAP beginning August 1st. In preparation for the go-live we will begin weekly conference calls with our site coordinators beginning next week.

I would like to see any examples of:

Site readiness checklistsGo-live checklistsSite cutover plansetc.

Cash Budget Management and Liquidity Forecast

We are thinking of using Cash Budget Management, and / or Liquidity Forecasting to proivide information on Cash Flow reporting and Forecasting on a daily, weekly, monthly, and annual basis.

The client forecasts currently in excel, with daily, weekly, monthly and annual, numbers for inflows of cash by customer and product (less than 50 products and less than 50 customers say). Same for cash outflows. Numbers are given as budgeted and actual, and variance. Also have ability to post adjusts to budgeted, and make comments (sure it is excel). We would create a committment item per prodcut and customer and product and vendor, and use an enhancement to populate the committment item on the postings as they flow into CBM.

Looking for reference site, stories, functionality implemented, requirements satisfied, other uses of SAP area of Cash Budget Management. Also any ideas besides doing downloads to excel to satisfy this type of requirement, or is CBM and of LF a good place to try.

Also for some analysis of the differences and similarities in uses and functions of liqidity forecasting, and Cash Budget Management: both have same and similar information. Anything yoiu have might help (besides SAP standard documentation).

Our client here would like to change the layout of their PI Sheet (PPPI Process Management) to fit their existing manufacturing instructions. Has anyone been involved with this before ? If so, what is the time and effort required for this ?

If anyone has a document on CATT training, can you please mail it to me? I am trying to do a short brown-bag session on CATT for a client.

I am looking for lessons learned during the selection of Package.

You can just reply on this email.

Has anyone used AATP functionality of SAP successfully? My client wants to compare SAPs capability with ohter planning systems.

Back-order Processing - Urgent - Please help

Wondering if any one of you have experience working with Back-order processing in SAP and how it could be used to free up commitments and confirmations.

If you could provide me any information, it would be extremely helpful to our project team...Please contact me at either of the following numbers...

SAP_ALL : BPP for M134 (Batch Input: Enter Count with Reference to Document)

Does anyone have BPP (Business Process Procedure) for transaction M134 (Batch Input: Enter Count with Reference to Document).

Important SAP Sandbox Information

The SAP R/3 4.6B Sandbox Twister T46 will be replaced with a brand new R/3 4.6C system at business close April 12, 2002. A new user account and new SAPLogon information will be required for anyone needing access to the new Sandbox environment. Your old user account for Twister T46 will not work on the new sandbox. Anyone needing to request a user account for the new SAP Sandbox environment, will need to respond to this email with the following information:

Name:Home Office Location:Phone Number:Sector/Affiliation:Phone Number:Email Address:

SAP Implementation Support Request

Could you reply back to this message today if you have any information on Help Desk support for an SAP implementation? The client (a 1,200 person manufacturer) is looking for the following statistics:

Call volumes: Pre go-live Post go-live Immediate (Week 1) Ongoing (1 month, 2 months)Average Help Desk : User Support Ratio (i.e., 200 Users : 1 HD Agent)What remote help tools have proven most effective?

Please respond in the most convenient manner for you, e-mail, CGEYComm, cell or leave me a number to call. I am not looking for a glossy presentation, so feel free to shoot off any stats, presentations, emails, etc containing the above info. I will scrub as necessary.

We have collective order functionality set up with KMAT materials. We have a tree of three orders (One Collective Production Order). After releasing the collective order the end users performs confirmations and obtains the following COGI error:

No Valid item exist in order 1001821.

The material that triggers the error is the lowest level assembly in the collective order for which a production order exist. We have done the following checks:

Made sure that the component (Assembly) validity covers the production period and it does.Made sure that no engineering changes have occurred- there has been none since last September.And the collective product structure was running perfect until last Monday (4/1/2002) hence the reason why we thought it may had something to do with validity period. Checked BOMs & Routings and they were the same as they were last week. If you seen this message before please reply to the e-mail or contact me at 603-548-7714. Thank you

Looking for SAP to Siebel Integration Experience

As part of the Telmex pursuit, Jerry Birdwell is looking qualifications or any best practices for any engagements where we have used EAI to integrate Siebel and SAP. If you are aware of any clients where we have helped integrate these two applications, please let Jerry know.

COPA Experts re: SWITCHING OPERATING CONCERN CURRENCY

BIG PROBLEM:

International clientImplemented PA in Europe, currency = EURO, before they made any attempt at global alignment. Company code $$ turned offClient has operations in US, Pacific, EuropeThen CGEY came in. Global alignment dictates that this international operating concern must have USD as the currencySAP says that this will mess up the history thusly: former posting of 100E will now appear to be 100USD. So the numbers in the segments remain the same, but don't have the flag that says Euro. And furthermore, there is no automatic conversion to make them USD

Client has already agreed to go forward with the proposed solution. The big question is:

How do we fix the historical data (about 18 months worth). Has anyone encountered this problem before?Or, does anyone have any clever ideas on getting those data to also post in USD? We intend to turn on the company code currencyOr, do we have contact with someone inside of SAP that I can speak with informally about this?

credit card authorizations for customer sales orders

Looking for designs and approaches for implementing credit card payment and authorization functionality in 4.6c.

experiences with credit card interfaces between SAP and authorization clearing housesrecommended authorization services

Does anybody have any documentation regarding workflow development done at a client (Project timelines, resources, etc)?

ATP Issues with planned orders and ATP Comittment Horizon

The system is over committing material against planned orders: Scenario: Test 1:We are entering a sales order for a configurable material with collective order functionality for May 10, 2002. Order qty = 1. The system finds in the time axis a planned order ( Planned Order date: May 30, 2002, Qty 6 Units) for one of the lower level assemblies and commits its quantity to that order and gives me an availability date for May 30 (Required Quantity for the Assembly 6 units)We then enter another sales order for the same configurable material for May 9, 2002. Again Qty = 1The system goes into the time axis once again and grabs the same planned order and over commits the quantity.

Test 2:Delete the previous sales ordersEnter another planned order further out (Planned Order(1) Date 5/30/2002 , Qty 6,Planned Order (2) 6/30/2002 Qty 12) for the same lower level component. Now you have two orders in the time axis.Enter two sales order. Sales Order One Date is for 5/15/2002, Sales Order 2 is for 6/10/2002. Total lower level component dep req will be = 12 unitsThe system will point at the first planned order and will over comitt to the first planned order and ignore the second order in the time axis.

Question Re: Automation of BW email

I am working on BW 3.0 / SEM implementation at CP Kelco.

They have a requirement:

On the regular basis (let us say one a week). BW Queries(Reports) should be created and emailed to the specified group of people most of whom are not on SAP.Those tasks need to be completely automated - no user participation whatsoever.Please let me know if you came across this kind of requirement and have some suggestions on how we can achieve this.

Does anyone know how to use allocations in BPS? or have information about the functionality?

We are responding to an RFP in which the client is asking about our experience with InfoPak. There is nothing on the SAP www pages about this product, but RWD technologies markets with SAP a product called Info Pak. The RWD web pages also include a SAP pdf file on "RWD INFO PAK FOR mySAP.com". Is anyone aware of our using / assisting a client with an implementation using this product?Please reply by most convient means asap as we have to have the response done Thur. Apr. 4.

SAP Knowledge Warehouse or iTutor Experience

We are responding to an RFP in which the client is asking about our experience with these SAP components for an SAP-HR implementation. I've searched the new k!Pak and SAP CHS to no avail. Is anyone aware of these SAP components being used at a client with our assistance?Please reply by most convient means asap as we have to have the response done Thur. Apr. 4. ThanksI am not experienced with the Project System functionality and am looking for good advice as I manage the Blueprint development of an 'improvement project' where PS is currently used as the backbone of data management in the current implementation.

Project objectivesimprove the effectiveness of business management processes and tools, focusing on SAP as the central data repository.investigate SAP as an effective staff requirements planning and work management tool within the organization

Some relevant details:Customer is an IT services provider. Services include ongoing 'base work' as well as numerous contracted projects.SAP 4.6c installed, including PS/FI/CO/HRPS functionality is currentl limited to WBSEs to collect time (via ESS into HR), and cost Primary SAP users groups are line managers, Finance analysts, HR analysts. Due to growth, staff changes, etc, most are NOT experienced with SAP navigation and functionality. Many are frustrated with SAP.Most managerial reporting requirements are extracted from PS but exported to spreadsheets for additional manipulationAll work management activities, including staff requirements forecasting, are planned and managed outside SAP (MS Project, Excel)External SAP-PS consultant is proposing expansion of the PS functionality to include Networks/Activities to plan and execute all work ('regular' and project), creating a work management tool as well as an improved staff requirements planning tool

Singapore GST & Statutory Experience &/or Knowledge wanted?

If you have had any experience implementing GST tax & Statutory reporting in Singapore, please bound back with a number where you can reached for a few questions.

Urgent - Experience with Recruitsoft

We are pursuing work at The Limited for HRMS implementation and they are looking for expereince implementing Recruitsoft. We need someone who can provide implementation approach guidance to our pursuit team immediately. We have a deadline end of day 4/3.

Batch Classification level change from Material/Batch/Plant to Material/Batch

We have inherited a situation where the client set-up the batch definition level at the Material/Batch/Plant level (use of class type 022) and has been using it this way for the last 4 years.

With our implementation of the QM module we now require to keep the batch classification values in sync acrossplants for a given material/batch.

SAP recommends to raise the batch master level to the Material/Batch level (use of class type 023) but this requires a tremendous amount of archiving and cutover effort.

Has anybody dealt with this situation before?

We would appreciate any feedback on your experience in working through this situation.

We have created a program and table for 16 interfaces, to upload AP Invoices for 2 different company code, in 2 different controlling area, for a world wide business company in Manufacturing, those company being in different location in the US .

We have an issue with the BDC sessions we should like to enhance.

We want to enhance the column of the status. I will not go in to much details as I want to know who has experience in this.

SAP ALL Cost Center Definition and Metrics

1) Is there a typical definition of a cost center, or department? SAP definition of 'area of responsibility' is nice but what does this mean typically? More specifically, what does a cost center represent, is it a minimum head count, or budget amount to be managed, or something at a higher level? The context is a large manufacturing corporation (in aerospace and defence). Are there any rules that govern when a cost center should be defined vs an internal order or some other object? Any best practice sources?

2) Do you have any metrics, that indicate the size of the company, revenue and employees, vs the number of departments defined as cost centers?

Have we done any conversions of SAP to JDEdwards or JDEdwards to SAP? If so, did we use any data mapping or conversion tools? Any CASE tools? Rational?

My current client is moving to a shared services center and will need to consolidate their vendor masters from several legacy systems. Specifically, I am looking for information on the following:

- Tools for consolidating vendor master records (a tool that will search vendor master tax ID's, addresses, and names to determine duplicate records)- Companies that will perform vendor master clean up/ consolidation- Plans/ timelines for consolidating vendors- Strategies for consolidating vendors

Jim BrackenOffice # : 949-440-3523EYCOMM: 4552722

We are looking for help in optimizing our ATP checking logic

1) We have problems where the reservations for previously created sales orders are included when we change and save the sales order, so that the ATP quantity includes the prior reservation quantity. This results in incorrect availability because the reserved quantities exceed the actual required quantities.

2) We have a problem with the checking of planned orders because the same order can be used to provide an ATP quantity for many sales orders

Checklist for adding/deleting Company Codes

Does anyone have a checklist of items related to adding/deleting company codes?

We hope to leverage some materials for Investment/Divestment discussions with the client.If you have items for non-company code related items that may be relevant for the overall process, they would be appreciated as well.

Help with Offshore Manufacturing in SAP

Currently we are facing a situation at our client where we are struggling to define a business process within SAP that will handle offshore manufacturing (another plant attached to a different company code) and will trigger invoicing from a separate entity (within SAP) than where manufactured.

Our client is currently seeking expertise elsewhere to figure out a solution and obviously we would like to explore the knowledge and expertise that lies within our firm regarding this matter….

We are using configurable materials in make to order scenario, so examples in automotive, computers and other relevant industries (using offshore manufacturing) will be greatly appreciated...

SAP Pharma Best Practices Solution

We are going into Orals in 5 days and the client has asked us to prepare a response regarding SAP's Best Practices for mySAP Pharmaceuticals. Specifically they have asked :

"How do you best use and benefit from SAP‘s pharmaceuticals solution?"

I would like to talk with someone ASAP who has either implemented or evaluated this package and associated configuration settings.

CO-Product Costing - Valuation type vs. multiple cost estimate

This question is intended to all CO-Product Costing experts.

Is there a way to assign a material cost estimate at the valuation type level (split valuation) on the material master record?

We are facing a situation where there is a need to have more than one standard cost estimate for one material master in the same plant. Our client has 2 production lines within a given plant. Some materials are being produced on both production lines. Production costs are considerably different for each line. Using the mix costing functionality is not an acceptable solution because production lines usage mix cannot be estimated accurately enough. We do not want to create different material numbers per production line because it would double the material records number, which is already very high.

It is our understanding that you can only have one cost estimate per period, per plant, per material. However it seems like you could use split valuation where you can define multiple valuation type for the same material/plant combination.I am a senior manager in the Seattle office and am currently working on a pursuit for the Packaging division of Alcan. They produce 2 types of packaging: Standard packages (e.g. boxes) and packages for the pharmaceutical industry. Their pharmaceutical line of business represents about 30% of their business but is rapidly growing. It is also the most complex due to the complexity of the packages and especially because of the regulation (e.g. FDA).They are looking for help with the re-engineering of their order management process from Quotation through shipping which also includes production planning and the use of the configurator.At this point we need to identify resources with experience in implementing SAP OM and especially with the configurator in the pharmaceutical packaging industry. We need to show the client our credentials in the industry. This is a multi million dollars deal and we need to establish strong credentials.

Please let us know ASAP if you have (or know of anybody who has) the expertise we are looking for.

SAP_ALL: PP/QM Question on Lot Pooling

of the implementation is to manage product traceability and genealogy information in a complex manufacturing environment. Essentially, the process of manufacturing the drug undergoes several processes of synthesis and purification where the input into a specific operation of a lot (batch) will result in several fractions (new lots/batches) as an output of the operation. The fractions could either be combined or further purified/synthesized prior to the next operation.

We are trying to understand design options around how lot / batch traceability will work in this type of environment. Specific questions:

Anywhere or anyone who has expertise in implementing SAP in this type of environment. What issues were considered from an application perspective and how were they handled? Additionally, how were the operational challenges in terms of data management and input handled on the shop floor? How was reporting handled? Some parallels may exist in the chemical industry or other process industry environments.Any specific related issues with respect to product lot release and Electronic Batch Records? I am attaching some information from the client that illustrates the product flow.

Implementing Procurement of Complex Services in SAP

My client has implemented the service module of SAP to handle the procurement of services. They are currently having a lot of issues around timely entry of "goods receipt" and the invoice matching process and are focused on improving the efficiency of this process. I am interested in finding out where we have successfully implemented this functionality for complex services specifically related to any key leasons learned and / or workarounds that were adopted.

I need some information on the following functionalities in SAP for a pursuit

1. JVA - Joint Venture Accounting2. PRA- Production Revenue Accounting

I understand that these functionalities are used primarily in Oil and Gas industries. Any other information around these would be greatly appreciated.

MM/Basis - Max # of line items on Contracts

My client is on SAP 46B and we would like to know if there are any restrictions on the # of line items for a contract in SAP. We have a requirement for 6000 line items in a single contract and would want to confirm we will not bring the system down.

I will appreciate if someone can confirm this to me

Product cost super experts. HELP!

Client is using standard cost, but wants it to be reflected in two pieces on the GL acct: material component, and labor component, while keeping the single standard cost on the material master. They want SAP to make split postings for every single inventory movement, covering production, sales, inter-plant transfers, so that they can track material and non-material separately.

If you've ever run into this requirement before, I'd love to talk to you. If you haven't, any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If you know a product costing guru on the inside at SAP, access to that person would also be appreciated.

QM - Inspection plan/lot coordination question

Sending on behalf of a QM colleague on my project:

A material has multiple valid inspection plans in the system. When a goods receipt for PO is performed or a process order is released, an inspection lot is created. When looking into the inspection lot, an inspection plan is not assigned. This appears correct (according to SAP Documentation) since the material has multiple plans; the plan needs to be selected manually. When trying to select the plan from the inspection lot (change mode) the system brings up a message saying "No Plan Could be Found."

If anyone has encountered this problem, or knows of a solution, my colleague and I appreciate your help.We are working on a 4.6C system.

SAP_ALL - SAP functional enhancement examples

For a Textron pursuit I need to demonstrate/provide evidence of our experience with SAP functional enhancements. For those who have easy access to the info or can "guestimate", respond back with the following:

Client (won't reference if you don't want them referenced)Number of functional enhancements made during the implementationA few Specific Examples of the types of enhancements.

We are currently doing an assessment for a client to determine where SAP could be used to automate their manual processes. Paying Royalties is a very time consuming manual task for them.

They search for products which were sold that contain certain raw materials on which they pay Royalties. For each one they find they then look for the agreement which is attached to the product. They then setup a payable based on the agreements (which are a percentage of sales revenue). There can be many agreements associated with a particular product.

Can SAP handle this? If so, please could you provide a brief description how.

(An additional complexity is that they also need to include sales made by their foreign affiliates who will not be using SAP. However in order to see worldwide sales we will probably load this information into BW)

I would like to talk to someone who has implemented SPLIT VALUATION and intercompany processes. We are having few challenges with this process and would like to have a brief talk. Please bounce back to this email and let me know a time/ # where I could reach you.

We are preparing for a meeting with the CEO and CFO of a prospective client that currently runs multiple ERP systems.The base of their systems is BPCS. Do we have any knowledge within the SAP service line of BPCS? If so, what is the current/long-term outlook? Have we done any SAP vs. BPCS comparisons?

I would appreciate anyone with BPCS knowledge contacting me to discuss.

SAP Portal Opportunity at Cadence…

There is an SAP Portal Opportunity at Cadence Design Systems being led by Brian Bauer (CIO). I have been working closely with AJ Quaranta (SAP Account Executive) who states that this is a very competitive situation and what would help separate us from the pack of competitors would be a strong story on/ or experience with SAP Service Provider Functionality.

I am looking for anyone who has this expertise

We are doing a global design for HR shared services for BAT. Some of their countries use SAP HR and Payroll, the rest have many different systems. The financials across BAT are SAP.

Here's the question - We are considering PeopleSoft and SAP for the standard global system. With respect to those countries that already have SAP, we have two questions.

1. Is there a transition strategy from the SAP HR to PeopleSoft HR that is less painful than others? We will need to build the interface from PS back to the SAP financials for accounting purposes. Have we seen any of our clients do this well?

2. Is there any company using PeopleSoft for HR and Benefits and SAP for payroll? I know this is strange, but we need to consider lots of different possibilities.

A Comparison matrix is provided in the SAP Americas Kpack (sap/oracle/ PS)

Our client has several plants manufacturing wood panels and related products. I have been unable to access most of our research tools lately, so I hope you will allow me this avenue to explore a question.Has any of you used the transportation module in 4.6C in this industry? If so, which of the functionalities have you used and for what purpose?Our client wants this info to see what has been done in similar circumstances, i.e., use SAP functionalities or a best of breed interfaced to SAP.

I appreciate your help in this matter

We are starting a new SAP implementation and SAP is pushing Info Pak by RWD Technologies. The product facilitates the creation of work instructions, test scripts, BPP's, config. documentation, training exercises and online help. Please reply back if you have any experience/comments on Info Pak, the client is interested in purchasing the product and I would like to help guide them in the decision.

I need some information for a project proposal for an Upstream oil industry.

1. Testing Strategy 2. Data Conversion Strategy

Any relevant documents, strategy handouts or previous proposals would be appreciated.

3/18/2002 Anbu Mani

3/14/2002 Sun-You Kim


3/12/2002 Gary W. Coggins SAP Console - Barcoding

3/11/2002 Raja R. Chellappa

3/11/2002

3/8/2002 David S. Gray

3/8/2002 Jai Sharma

3/7/2002 John T. Waymire LSM Work-Bench

3/6/2002 Liam Walsh CO-PA Transaction Errors

3/6/2002 Krista M. Woodley Experience with iMany CARS

3/6/2002 Paul R. Musser Physical Inventory - Cycle Count

3/6/2002 Zachery Ritvalsky Restructuring in SAP

3/5/2002 Change Valuation Level Area

3/5/2002 David J. Hill CTS Help Response via email to Larry Reuwer (Astra Zeneca Prop) and David

3/5/2002 Gary L. Thrash Data Migration Approach

3/5/2002 William L. Waszak

3/5/2002 Aftab Anwar KM Response via call and walkthrough

3/5/2002 Sandeep Rustagi SCALA

3/5/2002 James A. Bracken Subcontract manufacturing

3/4/2002 Helene Lambert Change Valuation Level Area

3/4/2002 Ajay Mane

3/1/2002 Robert T. Garcon

3/1/2002 Randy A. Zeinert Product costing knowledge

3/1/2002 Ajay Mane

3/1/2002 Randy P. Rippentrop SAP Forms

3/1/2002 Krishnananda Kamath SAP_ALL : ECM question

3/1/2002 James A. Bracken

2/28/2002 Victor Stinson Changing material types

2/28/2002 Guada Joseph

2/28/2002


2/28/2002 Rakhi Kapoor

2/28/2002 Joel S. Weston

2/27/2002 Hugh A Nelson Data Protection/Privacy

2/27/2002 Prakash C. Manicka EHS 27B BPPs

2/27/2002

2/27/2002 SAP Infrastructure Management


2/26/2002 Jessica G. Little

2/26/2002 Deleting standard config

2/26/2002 Gary W. Coggins Multiple Vendor Scenario's

2/26/2002 RE: KWeb!

2/26/2002

2/26/2002 Elisabeth G. Fijen@CGEY



2/25/2002 Research request

2/22/2002 Naresh Maharaj

2/22/2002 Victor Stinson UOM conversion rule

2/21/2002 Kathleen T. Kientz

2/21/2002 Randy A. Zeinert Global Language Rollout

2/20/2002 Steve J. Polityka

2/19/2002 Guada Joseph EBP Expertise Needed

2/19/2002 Theodore S. Levine Intellicorp's presence

2/19/2002 Victor Stinson Parked Invoice Documents

2/19/2002 Alice Wu Quick Questions

2/18/2002 Malay S. Parikh

INTRA / INTER company stock transports with Split Valuation

Question on GOODS RECEIPT (w. ref to a delivery doc) of a split valued finished goods material in a stock transport scenario ......

While doing a good receipt (VL07) for a stock transport order (NB and UB) purchase order for a split valued material, we are running into an error message " Material, description, qty, batch PLEASE CHOOSE A VALUATION TYPE"Per the standard SAP design, the goods receipt program looks for valuation type field in the PO line item. Since the batch split details and quantities are not known at the time of PO creation, this field is left blank. But the delivery document has all the information the program is looking for.

If you have come across this issue before and have any inputs, please call me at 312.554.7847 or on my cell phone. Any help is greatly appreciated.

SAP-Commerce One interface inquiry

As I am implementing the interface between SAP and Pantellos (using Commerce One), I am looking for the solution to map between idoc and xCBL 3.0 (SOX 2.0) through SAP Business Connector 3.5.2.

For the interface, SAP MM 4.0b generates PO idoc and sends it to the business connector in EDI medium. Then, the connector is supposed to translate the PO idoc into XCBL 3.0 SOX schema with Commerce One header (called C1 envelope), and forward it to Pantellos which can recognize the message in XCBL 3.0 SOX format.

I'd like to know whether there is a build-in service in Business Connector for the translation. If exists, what it is and how to use?Otherwise, I need to know whether there are other ways to do the translation.

I will appreciate any of you can give me answers soon.

Timelink, ShopVue, Cim+ - SAP Barcode Data collection systems

We are currently starting on a project for an automottive-aerospace parts manufacturer.They are looking for a data collection system that would transmit data to SAP system via barcodes.They would like to transmit the typical data sets from the shop floor - confirmations, material movements, actual hours.If anyone has a recent experience with barcode data systems successfully integrated with SAP, please indicate what systems and in what industry.We are just looking for some recent examples, without too much technical details.You can also call me on my cell number 647-221-2537; I don't think we would need much more than 5 minutes of your time to get the details we need.

HI folks, we are looking for information or materials around the use of the SAP Console for the barcoding solution within a typical discrete manufacturing company.

Please contact me directly or through email, with information or experiences

46B vs 46C - Functionality and upgrade benefits

Our client is in SAP 46B and is currently using the FI module. We are adding the following modules and at the same time contemplating about upgrading to 46C. SDMMPPPortalsBW

We did study the release notes. At the same time we would like to find out if anybody has done any similar analysis and found any significant functional enhancement in 46c for the above mentioned modules or for that matter, ability to integrate portal and BW.

[email protected]

SAP_ALL message : EAN /UPC Number Configuration scripts

I am trying to setup UPC number.External number assignment13 Char + 1 Char check code.I looked at the SAP Implementation guide and followed the configuration steps.I've run into problems and system is not accepting the numbers input by me.

Does anyone have any configuration specs to do the UPC number assignment.

Print Program for Smart forms for POs and Work Orders

We are in urgent need of a print program for MM and PM related smart forms such as Purchase orders and Work Orders. Does anyone have any specific experience or code we could leverage.Our client is implementing SAP v4.6c. They want to use smart forms instead of sapscript for POs and work order forms but a standard print program for Smart Forms does not yet exist.

Anyone have anny ideas?

SD - Help with Intercomany Scenarios

Currently we are in the process of extending our intercompany design at a High tech client in San Jose.... Based upon strict Financial and legal guidelines, we have to adhere with following proposed flow in SAP. Am wondering if any one of you have experience working on the following scenario:

1. Current Design (Phase one):US sales org. 0001 Company code 0001)Europe sales org. 0002 (Company code 0002)

Steps:1. Sales order taken in Europe...2. Sales order created places the demand on US plant (sourcing plant in sales order is US plant)3. US manufactures the part, ships it to the customer when manufacturing is complete.4. Europe sends trade invoice to its end customer5. US sends intercompany invoice to Europe

2. Proposed Phase two design: Key points :- Manufacturing moves to Asia, all machines to be manufactured in Asia... All sales orders sourcing from Asia will still be created in US and European entities (due to legal and financial requirements)US sales org. 0001 Company code 0001)Europe sales org. 0002 (Company code 0002)Asia sales org 0003 (company code 0003)

Steps for sales from US sourced from Asia: Same intercompany process as we have developed and used in phase one.

Our project is considering using SAP's LSM workbench. Does anyone have positive or negative experiences to relate about LSM workbench. Do we have any leading practices for that incorporate LSM workbench into the legacy data migration process?

Our client has generated some postings into PA with incorrect characteristic values. They are searching for a method by which they can adjust the characteristic values on the line items in order to fix the resulting reporting issues. They are working in version 3.1i. They have evaluated realignment but this does not really meet the requirements. There does not appear to be any other method by which to correct these line item errors.

Has anyone encountered / resolved this issue before?

I am working on assembling a proposal for a biotech company (complete by Thursday) and we are hoping to find relevant experience of application integration between ERP systems and/or Order Management systems and iMany CARS (contract management application). If you have any information that highlights CGEY's experience in this area that would be extremely helpful.

I am curious to find out if anyone has configured SAP's cycle count intervals to be greater than 365 days. My client would like to be able to put some materials on a 2 year inventory cycle and am unsure if SAP offers this flexibility.

Additionally, I asked the following question a couple of months ago but did not receive any feedback:

Does anyone have knowledge around setting up SAP's External Services Procurement Standard Service Catalog (SSC)?

We have a client who is interested in talking with an FI resource who has gone through a reorganization while using SAP. Contact me at 609.743.4682 if you have this experience or respond back to this e-mail with your contact information. Thanks in advance for your help.

Ghassan KobeissiCap Gemini Ernst & YoungOffice : 514 - 8792723CAP Comm: 4154427E-mail : [email protected]

We need your assistance on how to change the Valuation Level Area in a production environment.SAP was first, set at the company code level.Our client is "live" in SAP since 3 years. No materials are valuated, and no stock has ever been maintained in inventory. Now, the client wants to implement Network (for costing) and PM (SD,PP are options for futures implementations), that requires to change the valuation level area. Currently, the configuration of valuation area is set to the company code and we need to change it to valuation at the plant level.An OSS note exists(171244), but it only corrects the PS Costing program.

Please note that we are able to change the valuation level area to plant by directly modifying a table(TCURM). It seems to work, but SAP does not support this solution.

If you have encountered a similar situation and found a solution,

We are currently putting together an SAP RFP for a large Pharmaceuticals company. We are looking to find the best approach for handling and documentation of CTS's (Correction and Transport Systems). Ideally we would like this to be specific to the Pharmaceutical industry but any information would be greatly appreciated.

I am in need of information regarding data migration / conversion. We are working with a client that has 43 legacy systems on various platforms and we need to migrate that data to SAP. If anyone has a proven approach, staffing model, etc. I would be interested in taking a look at this information.

PURSUIT HELP: PROCESS THREADS

Hope everybody out there is doing well. I am currently on the SkyChefs (SCIS Food Services) pursuit in Chicago and I am looking for some presentation materials that may already exist.

I would like to have an example of a continuous flow of deliverables from High Level Process and Organizational Design to SAP Scoping to Blueprint to Data Conversion to Testing to Training to Go-Live and key points inbetween for an individual process thread. For example Order to Cash. We are trying to get very tacticle with our presentation. During our presentation as we go through the approach and timeline in traditional fashion in parallel I would like to walk through a real life scenario for a single process thread from start to finish. This is a Tranformation Project as well as SAP, so if anyone has very good High Level (People, Process, Technology) policies, designs, processes I would appreciate it

Response - Kris BrownAre you using the ASAP BPL's etc. They provide some of this information at a high level?

Re: Need access to sap doc resources

What specifically I am looking for is:

Reporting Strategy.Interface/conversion Strategy.Migration Strategy.I need some documents from repository, can you send me URL and other instructions also user name if required.

I'm looking for some information on SCALA system, specifically related to integration between SAP and SCALA. If you have any experience or information that might be helpful, please let me know.

Looking for assistance for an RFP response to the following;

"Outside processing – accountability of raw materials, intermediates and finished goods manufactured, stored and shipped at Contract Manufacturers"

Its not entirely clear but the life science client is looking for an approach to ensure that batch traceability and inventory tracking remains controlled when the components are at the contractor.

Initial thoughts are -1) creation of orders in SAP to mimic the manufacturers process 2) use of inventory locations specific to the contract manufacturer - this is appealing as it is simple and provides visibility.

We need your assistance on how to change the Valuation Level Area in a production environment.SAP was first, set at the company code level.Our client is "live" in SAP since 3 years. No materials are valuated, and no stock has ever been maintained in inventory. Now, the client wants to implement Network (for costing) and PM (SD,PP are options for futures implementations), that requires to change the valuation level area. Currently, the configuration of valuation area is set to the company code and we need to change it to valuation at the plant level.An OSS note exists(171244), but it only corrects the PS Costing program.

Please note that we are able to change the valuation level area to plant by directly modifying a table(TCURM). It seems to work, but SAP does not support this solution

Workflow for Requisition Release Strategy

I would like to talk to some one who has implemented workflow for requisition release strategy. I wanted to know how easy it is to configure the standard workflow template available in SAP for requisition release process

Master Data (Global Implementation Question)

From a Master Data standpoint our client is considering using Multi-Language data conversion approach.

The Legacy data is in Japanese and will be loaded using standard SAP and a few custom programs where applicableto upload the data into One Global SAP client. We have a go-live with Japan localize data first (Japanese and simplified Chinese).The user interface will be supported in multiple languages.

I would like to receive some feedbacks from anyone who has lessons learned documentations and/ortips and tricks that can be shared in order for us to accomplish the goal of running the system using bothEnglish and Japanese data.

I would like to hear from anyone with Pros and Cons at converting Master Data in a language other than English?

Is it feasible to load the master data using the standard programs?

Our client would like to speak to someone who has strong product costing experience (preferably within a chemical environment) and experience with material ledger. They will be using SAP-PCA to break out their division balances so knowledge of this integration is also required.

They are very SAP competent, but this functionality is new to them. If you have this expertise and can spend an hour answering some questions over the phone next week please call me at one of the numbers below.

Requisition Approval Strategy Question

I would like to speak to some one who has configured approval strategy for requisitions. The requirement I have is as follows:Business Requirement:Client has 6 levels of approvalsEach lower level approval is a prerequisite for the next level of approval eg. if the requisition is for $24,000 it needs Level1, Level2 and Level 3 approvals, Level 1 has to approve first, next Level 2 approves and then Level3 approves.(where Level1 has approval for $5000, Level 2 has approval for $10,000 and Level 3 has approval for $25,000)If this requisition for $24,000 is created by a Level2 person, then he should only need Level 3 approval since he himself has upto $10,000 limit.The way it works in SAP, this requisition needs all 3 levels of approvals, I cannot bypass levels based on the creator of requisition.On my previous client we had attached user ids as a characteristic to release strategy to take care of this situation, but it becomes a maintenance nightmare once the solution is implemented.Is there any way to link the Authorization object for Release Code to the release strategy, it is not one of the fields available in the CEBAN table.There are 4 user defined fields available in CEBAN, is there any user exit I can use to resolve this situation

Our client is proposing the use of SAP Forms for invoice review and approval. Has anyone considered this functionality or used this functionality?

The scenario here is that an non-po matching invoice will be posted to FI via an IDOC. SAP Workflow will be invoked to route the invoice via SAP Forms for coding and approval. Upon acceptance, the transaction would be cleared in SAP and processed for payment.

What are the implications of using SAP Forms for this scenario? Is it feasible?

Any help would be appreciated. I have not come across this tool in other implementations

Our client has an elaborate multi-level approval system(i.e QC dept.,Technical, Process engg., Prod. engg. etc) for new or for changing existing BOMs and Recipes. They would like to replicate the same in SAP using the ECR/ECO functionality in ECM. Besides the approval process itself, they are worried about the security, authorization and verification of each approval. They are not planning to implement SAP workflow.

Has anyone implemented ECM in this context before ?

Supply chain without Financials ??!!

Has anyone out there come across a way of doing supply chain without financials ?

We have a prospective client that is considering bringing up PP and MM without financials ! Now just being a PP guy this sounds like a flawed plan as I do not see how material movements would be posted without a GL unless we set all materials as non-valuated, never mind the cost collections on production orders. Our first thoughts are to recommend that they switch on GL and interface the GL to their legacy system

Our only other thought is to use idocs to transfer the GL posting to the legacy system but strongly suspect that this will cause more headaches than switching on the GL

Hello SAP all, anyone who has or knows how to change a material from one type to another (assumming no activity against it) please give a call or e-mail instructions. I see nothing in the help files!?

Credit Card Processing in SAP CRM Internet Sales

Please give me a call at the client number listed below if you have implemented credit cards processing in SAP CRM Internet Sales. Also, you can send me an email with your number and the best time to call.

Francois ViljoenEEA (SAP) / CPRD

External Distribution Warehouse - Invoicing for handling and storage

They also own a distribution center that stores, handles and ships the stock of the manufacturing plants to customers on behalf of the plants. In this particular scenario, the warehouse never owns the stock and charges the original manufacturing plant for the storage and handling. The end customer is billed by the manufacturing plant.

Although they belong to the same company, the warehouse sees the manufacturing plants as clientsand the plants see the warehouse as a service supplier. The warehouse invoices the plant on a monthly basis for storage and handling fees. The fees are calculated as a fixed amount per bundle for handling and a storage fee according to the time each bundle spent in the warehouse.

Does anyone have any ideas what functionality is most applicable in SAP to calculate and process the invoicing between the two business units. A solution should be considered from either side ie.- The warehouse - must be able to calculate and generate the invoice to send to the plant. - The plant - must be able to process the invoice and validate it.

I would appreciate someone pointing us in the most relevant direction to speed up our research. i.e WHM, VMI, Sub-contracting, Consignment etc. etc

Looking for SAP reference (site visit) 4.6C logistics execution including freight costs!! - URGENT

I know we have sent this request already, but we are very urgently looking for an engagement where we have done this. Please let us know if you are aware of any client that might meet this criteria:

We are trying to find a current client that has SAP 4.6C working for logistics execution (to handle carriers including freight bills etc). Our client Reichhold would like to have the name of company which has this functionality working. This is becoming a critical step for the project. A potential next step is visit this client for a demo with the logistics director of Reichhold.

Please let me know if your client fits the critieria as stated above so that we can start the process of contacting the engagement leader to see if a reference is possible

Single vs Multiple Instances for SAP

Our client (non-SAP project) has gone live with SAP in US and Canada. This implementation was managed by one of our competitors. The client is now planning for Europe and Asia Pacific implementations.

One of the areas that the client needs help is whether to go with single or multiple instances for SAP.We are trying to put together a document with pros and cons to help them make this decision.Please send me any information or whitepaper that should help us lead them towards the right decision.We have started putting a list of factors affecting decsion and would like to add to that.

The information gathered will be shared with all and will be put in a repository.

Stock Determination with Consignment Stock?

Our SAP 4.6 client would like to be able to perform a goods issue to a production order such that the required inventory quantities are automatically issued first from unrestricted stock, and then from vendor consignment stock.

The normal process requires a transfer posting to unrestricted for any vendor consignment quantities that are needed, and then a goods issue to the production order for the full amount. The client would like to eliminate this two step process and automate the consignment transfer using stock determination functionality or some other method.

We have looked at the stock determination functionality within IM, but have not been able to get it to work as desired. Any insight on using this or another equivalent process would be appreciated.

Please feel free to bounce back to this email or call with any guidance you may have.and with the wealth of experience out there; I hope that some people will be able to share some of their diverse experiences.

My question is specifically around "employee data protection" and how you've seen it communicated at your previous clients. For example, at my client that has operations in Europe we're gong to put legal language into the employee contracts for "new" employees that describes details around their employee data and how it is going to be used. But for existing employees, I am looking for a best practice as to how this is handled?

To satisfy this requirement, at other clients I've seen data privacy templates that were emailed to every employee withinstructions stating to "click" on the labeled button "I Accept" if you understood and accepted the new policy, hard copies of documents being sent to home residences with a signed copy to be returned to the human resources department, broadcast notices put on the intranet and/or emailed to every employee describing the policy changes (where no reponse from the employee implied acceptance), etc. All of these approaches would then have an identified resource for answering employee questions and providing explanations.

I am looking for BPPs on EHS 2.7B (product safety and Dangerous goods management sub modules) version either sanitized or ASAP templates if anyone has them. Will appreciate your early response.

E.g. Tcodes : CG02, CG12, CG1b, CG43, DG01…

Ernst & Young LLPTechnology & Security Risk Services (TSRS)415-951-3078 (Office)[email protected]

Remote Transaction Processing on SAP

My client is currently in the process of implementing SAP 4.6c and hasquestions around what other fortune 500 companies have done aroundaccessing SAP for transaction processing from remote locations.Business Situation

The client has several non-permanent locations around the world where theyhave teams of people working on film/movie production sites. The have aneed to perform procurement, time entry and payroll (including checkprinting) activities at each of these locations. They are currently usingcontractors to perform this work on standalone packages that provide thisfunctionality. The client feels that there may be significant benefitsfrom having their SAP system provide this functionality because of thespend data they would capture and an improvement in the controls that couldbe enforced.

They are trying to figure out what options are available via SAP to providethis functionality, for example using satelite links from locations withouttelephone lines, processing transactions in SAP on an offline mode,uploading transaction information from the third party packages back intoSAP, etc. They are also interested in hearing about non-connectivityrelated issues.

Any information on how other large clients have handled this sceanariowould be greatly appreciated

CGEY information & Content.

Randy Zeinert (Forwarder of message to SAP_All) responds:Folks before we jump the gun on this I want to make sure you understand this situation:

Disney has contracted EY to perform an overall audit of their SAP implementation (they're using PWC as their integrator)EY has sub-contracted to CGEY (I believe this is the proper term) to provide SAP expertise in assisting with this audit.I, along with a cast of other CGEY consultants (mostly managers and senior managers) have been charging the time we have spent on this to a charge code. I assume we are billing EY for this work. We have been doing this part-time since October of 2001. This work has included auditing PWC deliverables for content and internal controls and providing implementation guidance.

If this arrangement along with the type of work we have been providing is bordering some legal issues between CGEY and EY, this needs to be addressed immediately. (Ken Morton copied)

RESPONSE (Adolf Allesch)Two ways come to mind to address this;

"Jean-Claude Devaud" <[email protected]>

There a big ongoing SAP IM proposal in France (€ 20 Million).Raphaelle Florent, the France IM KM, is looking for references of and info about such CGE&Y projects in the world.Provided the projects mentionned are IM and not (only) AM, we have identified : Corus Enporion Farmland Inex Partners Preussen Elektra Welch Allyn Could you, please, send to us your answers to the questions as follows : - Are they all IM referenceable projects ? - Could you provide us with info about them ? If not, who could we ask ? - What are the other referenceable SAP IM projects, if any Thank you very much for your hoped and, if possible, quick contribution

Looking for SAP reference (site visit) 4.6C logistics execution including freight costs!!


Please let me know if your client fits the critieria as stated above so that we can start the process of contacting the engagement leader to see if a reference is possible

Looking for SAP reference (site visit) 4.6C logistics execution including freight costs!!


Please let me know if your client fits the critieria as stated above so that we can start the process of contacting the engagement leader to see if a reference is possible.

[email protected], [email protected][email protected]

We looking for any experience/input related to the deletion of standardconfiguration and its impact on a variety of activities. We are also trying to locate a config standards document that we can use as our starting point.

TOPIC 1: Deleting Standard SAP Configuration in SAP R/3 46c1) How are future upgrades affected by/affect deleted standard config? Irealize upgrades are primarily application focused but does standard configof the new version get restored during the upgrade?

2) How are HRSPs, OSS Notes, etc affected by/affect deleted standardconfig? Again, most of these notes change application code, but has anyoneseen cases where HRSPs and OSSs restore standard config?

3) What are the short-term impact on testing? Are there any unexpected errors?

4) What are the long-term impact on SAP Support?

5) What are the methods for restoring config if determined to be necessary?

6) Requesting approval process and document requirements to delete config.

TOPIC 2: Documents outlining configuration standards1) Naming conventions for custom objects

2) Text standards

Working on a lead/pursuit where a "multiple vendor" scenario is a real possibility. In effect, this would mean some parallel activities from different implementors with competing objectives.

I am looking for a "quick" white paper or notes, etc., from those that have presented the pitfalls and risks of this scenario to clients

"Phuong Nguyen" <[email protected]>

I'm just interested by all documents that you know they exist somewhereabout the following topics :- best practices of an ERP- versioning management with SAP and global costs reductions- SAP modules and technical architecture impacts- CGEY Pharmaceuticals experiences and solutions- total cost of an SAP solution (licences, servers...)- a business case with SAP implementation

Elisabeth G. Fijen@CGEY via Ken Morton

Reference company SAP 4.6C including logistics execution regarding freight handling

I hope you can help me out or point me in the right direction. I am trying to find a reference company (preferrable one we could visit) that has SAP 4.6C working for logistics execution (to handle carriers including freight bills etc). I am currently working at Reichhold and the client would like to have the name of company which has this functionality working. This is becoming a critical step for our project. A potential next step is visit this client for a demo with the logistics director of Reichhold

Reference company SAP 4.6C including logistics execution regarding freight handling

I hope you can help me out or point me in the right direction. I am trying to find a reference company (preferrable one we could visit) that has SAP 4.6C working for logistics execution (to handle carriers including freight bills etc). I am currently working at Reichhold and the client would like to have the name of company which has this functionality working. This is becoming a critical step for our project. A potential next step is visit this client for a demo with the logistics director of Reichhold.

Security Question - Purchase Requisition release

On my current engagement we are mapping requirements to bring Americas onto an existing live SAP system in Europe (Version 46B). Current live design is on Release strategy without classification.

In US, for a given approval level there will be multiple approvers who will be sharing the same release code. However we need approvers be able to approve requisitions that fall under their cost centers or G/L accounts.

Can we have security authorizations for a given Tcode (ME54/ME55) so that an user will be able to approve only requisitions for a set of cost centers or G/L accounts?

Implementation strategies - SCIS Pursuit

Jessica, would you see if we have a POV on the selection of implementation strategies. We used to have a write up on Vertical, Horizontal, Big-Band, and Hybird. Do you have anything like that?

Lisa Petruszka, HoustonSenior Manager, Energy & UtilitiesEEA/ERP- SAP Service LineCell: (713) 412-963

We could still use help on the Configuration Standards research. Jessica and Sonya found some info; but it was mainly around configuration documentation. I am looking for standards to use when doing conifguration. Specifically, I'm looking for something that addresses topics like:

Deleting standard configuration - approach, risks, approval processes, additional documentation requirements, contingency plans if need to restore, etc.Text standards in configuration - upper case, lower case, use of abbreviations, etc.

Our client is looking for us to deliver configuration standards much like they provide interface and conversion development standards. Any existing documents or input from other project teams would be great

Merging 2 separate SAP systems

We are looking for experiences with merging to separate SAP ( 2 companies) systems. In particular we are looking for the following information:

Estimates of time and resources to fully understand the business and Workbench and other environment differences and impacts ( given that there are differences in config-client (in)dependent , ABAP code, user exits, Data dictionary elements, hotpack levels etc) Estimates of the time and resources to resolve the differences and implement a recommended solution for a common SAP environment Provide insights into what the issues , drivers , risks and recommendations are to defining the approach for providing a common template ( example -use one template as baseline and manually implementing the second -create a third template by manually re-implementing from both the existing templates etc)We are looking at this more from a Business process perspective as opposed to just the technical possibilities.

I made a conversion in a specific material master (Pk = EA) the issue is different than the base. I want to know if this can be done at client level or at material level only?

Experience with Manufacturing/Hi-Tech Industry solution

My client, Welch Allyn Inc and their subsidiaries are considering the use of the Manufacturing/Hi-Tech solution to accelerateour implementation by providing an industry-based solution that is representative of their business.

I would like to talk to anyone who has worked with this solution to evaluate it against the standard pre-configured client to determineif it truly adds any value.

If you have any experience, please respond to this message so I can contact you to discuss in more detail.

Our client is considering implementing 6 additional languages in SAP. They would like to treat this as part of the localization phase of each regional rollout as opposed to including this in the design of the global template.

I would like to get a list of our clients who have used this approach and also speak to anyone who can address pro's and con's, lessons learned, etc.

Randy per previous questions regarding implementing multiple languages: individuals who have implemented previously include: Ian Wyayy and Stephan Medland - If you have not heard any responses back, perhaps you could reach out to them individually? (listed below are the questions & Dates of thier language questions

SAP_ALL: Data Conversion Package Selection

If anyone has documentation regarding SAP Data Conversion - Package Selection or SAP Data Conversion - Tools used, I would appreciate a reply with the documentation. Thank

Go to ValueSAP in the Business Blueprint phase. You will find the following documents in Business Process Defintion > Conduct Business Process Workshops > Determine Conversion Requirements (Stage > Activity > Task)Data Transfer Made Easy (Realization phase)Selecting a Method for Data ConversionsConversion Questionnaire - Diane Pitalue

The initial design required for us to implement EBP at my client site and we also have some internet order entry requirements. We need to use one tool to meet both needs. I would like to ask couple of questions to our EBP subject matter experts on the relationship/link between EBP and the backend SD processes. The client was told by SAP that EBP can meet both requirements. Please give me a call at the client phone number listed below. My cell phone does not work well in this area so please call me at the client number. You can also email your contact info with the best time to call and I will contact you.

Our client is evaluating Intellicorp's suite of products including LiveModel, LiveSynchronizer, LiveCapture, LiveInterface. We are looking to gauge how many of our current or recent project teams have used any of the Intellicorp products - in particular LiveModel. Please bounce back with any insights.

Ted - Coca-Cola used Live model during their SAP implementation. Let me know if you need more specific information. Thanks - Daniel R. Pionk

Hello SAP ALL, a cutover issue. Those who have experience with Parked invoices for cutover please contact me.

Specifically, my client receives invoices via an interface which is immediately parked. Can these documents be brought over to the new system and how

1. Is there a license agreement limitation on the SAP R/3 logo used on standard Functional Design Specification documents at the client?2. Do we have any documentation on firm methodology (prior best practices) around Security Authorization and Role Definitions?

As to your questions, the first is easy. There are no limitations on the use of the SAP logo, as long as it's SAP work. (ie. don't put it on an Oracle document. ) For your second question, . We have methods about this in Deliver SAP, but it is not to the level of detail, guidance and sample you'll need. As I understand, John was looking for strong guidance, examples and role lists for authorizations. Also, I looked in ValueSAP, and they had a short document that I'm attaching here. Not much really.However, I did also go to the SAP Simplification Group website (http://saplabs.com/simple), and find the Authorizations Guide Book, other presentations, role books, etc. If you haven't looked out there yet, give that a try. I think you'll find some helpful information there.

Trading Partner Business Area - EC-CS

Trading Partner Business Area and Open Item managed accounts:

Our client is on version 3.1I for core SAP modules (FI, MM, SD) and on version 4.0 for EC-CS. (EC-CS is on separate environment.)

Requirement: For business area consolidation in EC-CS, we need trading partner business area (TPBA) for every Inter-Company G/L account that rolls-up into EC-CS. Currently, our focus is to populate TPBA on I/C A/R and I/C A/P line item for I/C eliminations. SAP strongly suggests that TPBA cannot be populated for reconciliation accounts (Open Item managed accounts) i.e. A/R and A/P line item. However, A/R and A/P line item can be populated by Balance sheet re-adjustment program (SAPF180), which populates TPBA to an adjustment account based on the TPBA of the offsetting line items.

Issue:For Accounts payable, the offsetting line item is GR/IR account. GR/IR account has to be an open item managed account as we run automatic GR/IR clearing account. (SAPF123W). Thus, we cannot store TPBA for the offsetting line item and hence TPBA cannot be populated for A/P line item even after executing Balance sheet re-adjustment program (SAPF180).

2/15/2002 Jennifer H. Eaton

2/14/2002 Rolf Stosser PS Guru wanted

2/14/2002 Stephen Medland

2/13/2002 Stephan Dubreuil


2/12/2002 Karen M. Surdy Basis (RFC) Question

2/12/2002 Pavan K. Vankadaru

2/12/2002 Ramesh R. Agumamidi SAP QM-IDI & Star LIMS

2/12/2002 Stephen R. Ellis

2/11/2002 Normand Girard

2/8/2002 Felipe Molina

2/7/2002 Edward R Svoboda 2 Questions

2/7/2002 Jill Cargotch

2/7/2002 Satish Chalasani BW Change Pointers

2/6/2002 Karen Kielblock via Jessi

2/6/2002 Randy A. Zeinert SAP Sales and Use Tax

2/4/2002 Nadia C Morin Jetform to print checks & SAP

2/4/2002 William R Snider

2/2/2002 Lawrence J. Raines


1/31/2002

1/31/2002 Lance A. Leigh


1/30/2002 Veronica Spuehler Re: Urgent help

1/30/2002 Matthew K. Hudes


1/30/2002 Ulf Westhoven SAP_ALL: SD-Foreign Trade


1/28/2002 Dailey Doss Data Purification/Cleansing Plan

1/28/2002 Vijay Nadkarni Hardware vendor RFP

1/28/2002 Victor Stinson matchcodes

1/28/2002 Al R. Fremer

1/28/2002 Don Valentine


1/23/2002 Richard C. Nachazel


1/23/2002 Prakash C. Manicka Domino.doc

1/23/2002 Prakash C. Manicka Domino.doc

1/22/2002 Stephanie Bonneau

1/22/2002 Cesar Futema GR/IR Clearing

1/22/2002 Cesar Futema GR/IR Clearing

1/22/2002 Steven J. Parr Info Pak and iTutor

1/22/2002 Steven J. Parr Info Pak and iTutor

1/22/2002 Liam Walsh SAP Report Distribution

1/22/2002 Liam Walsh SAP Report Distribution

1/18/2002 Michaela E. Greenan Barcoding in SAP

1/18/2002 John T. Waymire GUI XT usage

1/17/2002 Ishwar Naidu

1/16/2002 Devan Reddy Project Systems

1/11/2002 Janine Guill

1/11/2002 Pavan K. Vankadaru

1/10/2002



1/9/2002 Michael Derse

1/8/2002 Desiree Parker

1/8/2002 Arturo Yeo


PP/CO Unplanned Scrap from Production order

In a make to stock scenario, my client has the following requirement for scrapping an "in process" item from a production order:

--They need to be able to scrap the total planned cost for the material (including labor and overhead) to the cost center responsible for the scrap. This is not necessarily the cost center where the scrap was identified/confirmed.

For my client, treating scrap as a variance is not agreeable. We've looked at several options involving changing the production order settlement rule, and various combinations of movement types.

Has anyone worked with responsibility accounting for unplanned scrap? Or maybe have some ideas of workarounds?

Does anyone have experience with using a large number of PS networks and sub-networks ? I am looking for information on

System Performance MaintenanceTypical related problems

For our client, Bombardier Aerospace, we are doing an assessment of a potential design solution. We would have approx. 1000 networks with 400 subnetworks each in the live system. Each network / subnetwork has 50 - 500 activities. The entire structure then needs to be scheduled together. Good luck !

SAP_ALL: lessons learned adding Japanese, Simplified Chinese (MDMP)

We are in the process of globalizing an existing Productive SAP 4.6B implementation.

Is there anyone out there that has already implemented a combination of Japanese, Chinese, or Simplified Chinese languages to their SAP system and could share their experiences with us?

Specifically, this relates to Multi-Display Multi-Process (MDMP) language implementations.

-Did you experience any technical problems during the installation of the languages?-Any implementation configuration leasons learned? -What problems did you experience with reports, forms, interfaces and conversions in multiple languages?-Compatibility issues or workarounds you used with APO, BW, EBP, EHS-What controls did you place on your end user community to ensure that they maintained "global" data in English (ASCII-7)-Any issues with printers, desktop, faxes or other peripherals using the double byte languages.

Goods movement - special (customer) stock - Make to Order process

Our client (Uniboard Canada) will be using the "Assembly to Order" process for some of its production. (Assembly to Order is strategy group 82). However, they expect that customer deliveries will not always exactly correspond to receipts from production orders. Therefore, they will want to sell the remaining quantities to other customers. This essentially makes the material at the same time "Make to Stock" and "Assembly to Order".

Our first solution is to create a new schedule line category (sales order) and manipulate the requirement types and classes to allow the sale from stock even if the material is defined as Assembly to Order.

representative material in EC-PCA

I would like to know if anyone as ever work with representative material in EC-PCA.

Basically I'm trying to plan without CO-PA and using EC-PCA instead. The representative material seems to represent a good image of an average cost of a group of similar material i.e.BOM,routing,costing sheet, etc.

Is it only used in transfer price planning thus not being used as a planning tool for single profit center planning? In other words only used between two profit center relationship with specific transfer price? Or is it used for anything else?

Within SAP, my client has built a custom Remote Function Call (RFC) module. The first time this RFC is called, the function module takes a long time to run (30 seconds.) If the same RFC is called again (within a short period of time), the RFC runs a lot faster (seconds.) I imagine this is due to the fact that the RFC gets "loaded into memory."

Does anyone know if there is a way to always keep a function module (RFC) "loaded" into memory for performance (I am sure there are consequences - like compromising overall performance in doing something like this.)

Forecasting Approach - SAP - LIS / APO / CRM

We are in the process of coming up with a suitable approach for handling 'Forecasting' requirements as part of R/3 Implementation for a Chemical Industry. Our client's requirement is that the Sales / Forecast numbers need to be aggregated / disaggregated using complex planning hierarchies in order to arrive at the final forecast numbers that is eventually transferred to Production.

The above requirement can be met with SAP using

Flexible Planning (LO-LIS-PLN Component )APO - Demand Planning component

In this context, I am looking for the following - 1. Would like to talk to anyone who has worked on Flexible Planning / LIS in 4.x version to understand if stability / performance of this component has improved compared to 3.x. 2. Detailed comparison between Flexible planning and APO - Demand Planning ( A business case would be great ! ). Any design documents on interfacing R/3 with APO via BW will be appeciated. 3. Do any of the existing CRM tools (SAP-CRM / Siebel) in the market have functionalities that perform complex forecasting ?

A quick question to anyone who has worked on integratingSAP QM with a Laboratory Information Management Systemusing the SAP QM-IDI interface. We are looking specifically forinputs on integration with a vendor application, Star LIMS.

Our client, a large chemical company, has to choose betweenSAP QM-IDI and custom ABAPs to enable integration with Star LIMS.

We would appreciate a response with a phone number wherewe could contact you for a brief conversation.

Warehouse Management Implementation Expertise

The initial design for my client did not call for warehouse management, but will be a requirement. For this reason, I need to talk to one of our esteemed WM subject matter experts to help me assess the consulting time that will be needed to implement this module.

Please call me at one of the numbers listed below, or send me an email with your contact number and I will contact you.

MM question on storage locations and plants

Canada (Quebec and Ontario) as well as some in the USA.

Here are the client requirements:

External warehouses: each plant makes use of external warehouses for the following functions: · Shipping to clients from these external warehouses· Resupply from plants via some type of MRP· These external warehouses are mostly third-party, not owned by the client · Inventories belong to the shipping plant· Storing and handling fees are paid to the third parties

Some are unique per plant, while others are shared by several plants.

We have already explored the advantages and disadvantages for each scenario (storage location vs plant) with the client. The client has asked us to have a second look at this to ensure we can meet their requirements.

We have taken the decision that these external warehouses will be plants in SAP yet there are several issues left as follows:

1. If these external warehouses are plants, how can we record the sale as being from the original shipping plant (manufacturing plant) if the inventory now belongs to this external warehouse which is a plant in itself in SAP? (we are thinking of using batch numbers to help us do this)?

SAP SRM and eProcurement-Urgent

We got a RFI to respond by next tuesday, in terms of POV, approach and experiences for SAP Supplier Relationship Management and eProcurement implementation at Pemex (Mexico´s national oil and Gas company). We are in great need for information an experiences, approaches, and material to do an overall presentation.A propmt response will be greatly appreciated

Hello SAP network, I am working at Bombardier Aerospace in Montreal and we are implementing their manufacturing sites on SAP 4.6c. I need some insight if possible for the following questions:

1. We need to transfer sub-assemblies in PP which are part of networks in PS from plant to plant (different company codes) but the problem is these sub-assemblies are often transferred incomplete as the receiving plant often finishes a piece of the work. The client wishes to have the manufacturing plant bill for the entire work against the original sub-assembly that was in the manufacturing plant. My question is, is there any way to transfer the sub-assembly (a network component in PS) to the receiving plant while leaving those PP orders which have operations not performed open to charge against until the work is complete?

Also,

2. Does anyone have comparisons of SAP and other warehouse management systems. Bombardier has a system called SGM and currently has approximately 20000 transactions daily. They want to know if SAP can handle this volume and how it compares to other leading systems.

Accounts Payable in Shared Services Environment

I would like to speak with anyone who has experience implementing Accounts Payable in a shared services environment, preferably a situation where there was no Purchasing implemented.

My current client services several companies that electronically submit vouchers to be uploaded to the A/P system, and simultaneously send in the hard copy invoices (with barcode of voucher number) to be imaged.

I am interested in hearing how other companies have set up the shared services organization and SAP to support this process

We need some help in understanding the procedure to setup change pointers in R/3. We want to setup change pointers for the material plant view text in table MARCT. This is necessary to load deltas into BW.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, even a document explaining how to setup change pointers would be great.

Request For Information - Need your help URGENTLY

Make some assumptions that the legacy custom application may currently reside on mainframe or UNIX platforms and that the functionality we seek is in SAP R/3. If your firm has experience in the areas addressed below, we may include you in a RFQ for that engagement.

We have created a custom application that combines multiple wafer fabrication lots and assembly test lots into a single lot trace capability from the beginning of the manufacturing process throughout the distribution process to the ultimate end customer. We believe this functionality might be replaced using the SAP R/3 handling unit (HU) by defining the handling unit to be the lot trace code. The lot trace code is generated by both internal and external manufacturing execution systems. Do you have any production implementation experience using the handling unit as a lot trace code? Or, do you have any production implementation experience using some other R/3 functionality as a lot trace code which meets the above description? If we find some industry experience using the HU as a lot trace code, we may be interested in a consulting engagement to design a solution around this or other R/3 functionality.

I would like to speak to someone who has experience configuring a limited Sales and Use Tax solution directly in SAP (without using a third party bolt-on such as Vertex or Taxware).

Please call me at 832-594-7950.

I am looking for experience in printing checks via "Jetform", in several locations: different towns from different US states, after payment run done in SAP:to pay MM Invoices and FI/AP Invoices for different company codes in different controlling area.

Most of the Invoices (AP) come from several Legacy systems for 2 company codes:Checks are printed but the design does not meet , for design purpose, the customer business requirement : we have specific need for check description.

If any of you have experience with Jetform, let me know Asap, as it seems to be some program issues to enhance and not configuration issue.

Thanks for your feedback, it will be appreciated

SAP_ALL: Download SAP IMG Task List (4.6C)?

Our client is implementing SAP 4.6C. We are attempting to download a list of the IMG tasks with t-codes and table names. In previous releases, we have beeen able to download that information into EXCEL. With 4.6C at the client, we have been unable to download this information.

Can anyone tell us if this may still be accomplished in SAP 4.6C? If so, how?

Combining one company and sales org into another existing company

We are working at a client with a passion for maximizing effectiveness in everything they do and in this case -- it means time.

Does anyone have experience with merging one company code into another (sales orgs, plants, materials, etc) that can speak with me for a bit to help me understand the issues, concerns, and pitfalls of different strategies.

Your help is sincerely appreciated. Feel free to call my cell phone 281-300-0338 or reply to this mail -

Sales/Use Tax - for Quebec QST

My client has a requirement for tax functionality in the US, Mexico and Canada. The US taxes are to be handled by Vertex, and Canada and Mexico setup in SAP. In most cases taxes in Canada and Mexico are straight percentages with the exception of the Quebec Provincial tax QST. The current is GST plus QST.I have some thoughts and plans on how to set up but, I need to speak with someone who has done this configuration to insure that my thoughts are accurate. This is being done in a 4.6 environment and we are setting up sales/use and withholding taxes.Please bounce back to this message with your best reach number.

"Phuong Nguyen" <[email protected]>

Looking for deliverables or contacts

I'm looking for all deliverables about the payment advice usedin accounts receivable.

SAP_ALL: Intra-Company Transfers & MRP

Situation: Purchase reqs generated in the receiving plant (east coast) via re-order point MRP creating demand on the supplying plant (west coast). The purchase req is then converted into a stock transport order which is then sent to the west coast plant (the vendor).Problem: The receiving plant's leadtime (planned delivery time) which is used to forward schedule their delivery due date is then scheduled backward from this same due date to determine the supplying plant's completion date. The result is the receiving plant's purchase req release date is almost the same as the supplying plant's end date to make or buy the product to ship to them. Question: How can this process be set-up with two leadtimes which would be recognized in calculating MRP dates? One for the receiving plant (in-transit time between the two plants) and another one for the supplying plant (where their leadtime would not be violated to make or buy the material).

Any suggestions, workarounds, or even something that may work a little bit better than our current situation would be appreciated.Note: We have no DRP solution to work with.

cost outside of the traditional method

I have a customer that may want to include special costs in their costing variant for the items. They do use the BOM quantities * std, routing time * activity type rate and use the costing sheet (% base or fixed $ by quantity build). In addition they wish to include other quantities i.e. activities * a rate wish are not in the routing (really based on the Activity based costing method - overhead processing costs that need to be planned and costed with a quantity - SKF by the item ). I did look in the system and it looks like they would need to use ABC (template = process quantity * activity rate).

I would like to know if there is other option before using the latter sub-module we do not have the time really to implement the latter module.

They have 4000 parts to costs therefore they cannot plan by hand this second portion of costs and it has to be via a template of some sort. The latter costs has to be included in the cost of most of the item item. Activity allocation and l allocation-distribution outside of the ABC doesn't look to allow ton the unit price of the items.

Questions:Is there a define need for them to use ABC or is there some other special processing that could be used?

we are workign with a client on defining tech arch for SAP/CRM/etc.

Can you help us??

Are there qot'chas?

Let me know if this is of any help. (and apologies for my late reply I was on holiday.....). I assume that you are in touch with the SAP CRM leader in NA, Greg Gillett.> Edward Westenberg 2/07/02 <attachment 032a mysap crm & cgey value proposition.ppt>

SAP_ALL CRM Product Background and Quals

Looking for best intelligence about two things needed for pursuit with medium-sized global life sciences firm--will pilot in Germany/Italy/UK and roll out to US across multiple business units:

1) SAP's CRM product experience: Where implemented, product capabilities relative to Siebel, our involvement in any phase of CRM work with SAP.

2) Siebel to SAP integration experience.

Any quals or slides would be appreciated.

SAP_ALL Replacement Parts & Interchangable Parts

I have a client that is getting ready to implement implement SAP CRM Internet Sales 3.0. They are interested in replacement part/interchangable part functionality which is not currently available.

I would like to speak with someone regarding the current SAP4.6 interchangable and replacement part capabilities including the associated configuration, master data, maintenance, and usage.

Examples or the replacement/interchangability are below:Part A is replaced by Part B is replaced by Part CPart A is interchangable with Part B which is also interchangable with Part CPart A is replaced by Part B which is interchangable with Part CPart A is interchangable with the combination of Part B & C.Part A & B is interchangable with Part C.

Please provide contact information for discussion.

I'd like to talk to someone who has implemented Foreign Trade in the US (and who understands the configuration).

Please respond to this email with your contact information.

Security - Authorization Question

Presently, through VA02, a user can execute Sales Document>Delete. We'd like to remove this from the existing profiles and centralize it with an expert. Our client is handling the security tasks and I need to provide guidance on how to remove this from the profile.

Would appreciate some guidance and if possible, specific steps to remove this from existing profiles which are, in this case, only constrained at the sales organization level.

Client has not created a data purification plan or strategy. Any document used as a data purification plan or strategy would be greatly appreciated. This is an urgent request, so please reply as soon as possible.

Please send to me directly. If there are any questions, please email me directly

We have a client looking to do hardware selection for SAP through an RFP and would appreciate if anybody has any sample RFP that we can show them so that they have a better understanding of what to expect.

Hello SAP ALL, A request for anyone with experiece designing a custom matchcode "tab" to please contact me. Specifically the vendor search engine. I need to search by account group.

Problem in PM when Purchasing data is transferred from PM Puchasing Data screen to Purchasing requisitions

We have just migrated a client from 31.H to 31.I. and come across a problem that did not occur on the 31.h but, does occur on 31.I.

When creating purchase requisitions from within transaction IW32 we get a function module error and error message M3749. The full text of error is " Required parameters are missing when calling up a function module" We went into SAP OSS and found note 375262 that appears to address this problem. It turns out that the note has already been applied to the 31.I client.

This only occurs if the Vendor in the PM purchasing data screen is filled in. It occurs as you back out of the purchasing data screen and the system tries to transfer the PM purchasing data to the requistion. If you leave the vendor field blank the error does not occur

SAP ALL : SAP Document Change Management Functionality

We would like to talk to anyone with experience of SAP's Document Change Management functionality. Our client is selecting atool to manage the creation, approval, and changes to manufacturing specifications and would like to know what SAP has to offer.

The client is meeting with us on Wednesday so there an element of urgency associated with this request.

In general the functions to be supported would include:

Provide a means to easily create, approve, document and distribute new specifications.Allow initiator to easily distribute specification for review and approval by group of people.Record responses (ok/deny, date, time, comment) from the approvers.Release specification once all responses have been received with an approved status.Notify all the appropriate personnel by e-mail of the approval of the new product specification.Immediate availability of specifications to SAP's Quality Module to use as official product specification.Manage future changes to existing specifications in a similar manner

If you can help please reply to this message or call Gilbert Ramirez on 713-289-1813.

PP/MM - Direct Production / Procurement

Need help on an issue with direct procurement / production.We are using direct production to generate collective production ordersAll works fine BUT we are seeing direct procurement proposals for purchased components that are designated as "N" non stock items on the BOMs. We want to retain the collective orders but stop the direct procurement for components. THese items are NOT NLAGs , which would be the normal treatment but are ROHs. These component materials are NOT set up for direct production . There is no special procurement type assigned to the components.

Consolidation of SAP Processes for the Coke FEMSA pursuit

We need help locating experience for the following types of project deliverables:

- Consolidation of separate SAP competency centers for support into a single organization - may include standardizing processes and configurations - Consolidation of seperate technical infrastructures across geographical areas- Consolidation of separate SAP versions or instances

If you have experience with one or all of the above. Please respond directly to David, Jessica & myself. Thanks.

Consolidation of SAP Processes for the Coke FEMSA pursuit

We need help locating experience for the following types of project deliverables:

- Consolidation of separate SAP competency centers for support into a single organization - may include standardizing processes and configurations - Consolidation of seperate technical infrastructures across geographical areas- Consolidation of separate SAP versions or instances

If you have experience with one or all of the above. Please respond directly to David, Jessica & myself. Thanks.

We are considering Domino.doc for managing document repository of a global SAP implementation. I would like to briefly speak with someone who has used the tool in the past regarding capabilities such as

Ability to view documents from multiple binders.Ability to create custom threads of documents from multiple binders/file cabinets.

I would also appreciate any documentation how the various deliverables were structured

We are considering Domino.doc for managing document repository of a global SAP implementation. I would like to briefly speak with someone who has used the tool in the past regarding capabilities such as

Ability to view documents from multiple binders.Ability to create custom threads of documents from multiple binders/file cabinets.

I would also appreciate any documentation how the various deliverables were structured.

Bombardier Aerospace - Engineering role

Hello, we have an important need in Canada for Bombardier Aerospace. Can you please read the role description below and contact me if you have those skills, weather you are available or not. Background:Bombardier's engineering activities are mainly supported by Catia and newly by Enovia (Product Data Management tool) for a few aircraft programs.Bombardier has the objective to implement SAP for a core set of activities (Finance, Procurement, Manufacturing). After a strategy phase completed in July, Bombardier is launching the Blueprint phase.To successfully run SAP for Manufacturing, some Product definition (engineering Bill Of Material - e-BOM / Manufacturing Bill Of Material - M-BOM) and some Configuration management / Product Change Management should be incorporated in the design of the SAP solution.This part of the design is obviously very related to the Engineering activities of Bombardier (drawings, parts list...)

Activities:. prepare workshops with top & middle management attendance, bring intellectual capital - Business + SAP (from personal experience + CGEY network). run workshops (vision, requirements vs. SAP capabilities, configuration choice, evaluation of realization workload...)

We have a production client of SAP version 3.1i. For our GR/IR clearing process, currently available functionality allows us to match and clear those GR/IR items which have a price variance (as long as the price variance is within tolerance). We however, need a similar functionality of automatic matching and clearing of GR/IR accounts in the case of 'quantity variance' as well. Here's an example to illustrate the scenario:

Purchase Order: 100 units @ $5 each Total: $500 Invoice Received: 101 units @ $5 each Total: $505 (Please Note: Invoice Receipt is posted BEFORE Goods Receipt) Goods Receipt: 100 units @ $5 each Total: $500

We need the functionality where we will be able to 'automatically' clear these items from the GR/IR by posting the difference to a specified variance account.

We would like to know if any other team came across this problem and would appreciate any inputs on this.

We have a production client of SAP version 3.1i. For our GR/IR clearing process, currently available functionality allows us to match and clear those GR/IR items which have a price variance (as long as the price variance is within tolerance). We however, need a similar functionality of automatic matching and clearing of GR/IR accounts in the case of 'quantity variance' as well. Here's an example to illustrate the scenario:

Purchase Order: 100 units @ $5 each Total: $500 Invoice Received: 101 units @ $5 each Total: $505 (Please Note: Invoice Receipt is posted BEFORE Goods Receipt) Goods Receipt: 100 units @ $5 each Total: $500

We need the functionality where we will be able to 'automatically' clear these items from the GR/IR by posting the difference to a specified variance account.

We would like to know if any other team came across this problem and would appreciate any inputs on this.

We're considering Info Pak and iTutor for for end user documentation and training. Would like to call anyone with experience with either. We are particularly interested in experience during end user training, client reactions, your own assessment of how effective and "user friendly" these tools are. Please respond with your contact information. We would like a short phone call.

We're considering Info Pak and iTutor for for end user documentation and training. Would like to call anyone with experience with either. We are particularly interested in experience during end user training, client reactions, your own assessment of how effective and "user friendly" these tools are. Please respond with your contact information. We would like a short phone call.

We have a client on SAP version 3.1i who is implementing BW version 3.0. They want to generate daily, weekly and monthly reports from BW which are automatically emailed to folks within the organization. They are trying to decide on an appropriate tool to provide this report distribution functionality. They do not want to use SAP workflow.

Does anyone have any suggestions / recommendations?

We have a client on SAP version 3.1i who is implementing BW version 3.0. They want to generate daily, weekly and monthly reports from BW which are automatically emailed to folks within the organization. They are trying to decide on an appropriate tool to provide this report distribution functionality. They do not want to use SAP workflow.

Does anyone have any suggestions / recommendations?

My client wants to implement SAP Logistic Execution System Radio Frequency Enabling for barcoding in their MRO warehouse. I am looking for anyone who has experience with this.

Especially I am interested on how easy it is to implement and if it can be implemented by using inventory management and not warehouse management.

Our client is partnering with I2 to integrate the I2 Discovery catalog directly with SAP R/3 PM. They are exploring the use of GUI XT to eliminate the need for core mods to:

add a button to launch the catalogcombine standard SAP table data with custom fields on a related Z tablemerge data fetched from the catalog into the on screen transaction

Does anyone have knowedge of GUI XT to do this?

FI - Design Help - Prizes to be won

I working with a client who needs help in designing the chart of accounts and SAP financial to accommodate various reporting needs and to address statutory reporting, GAAP reporting and cash basis reporting. If you have any experience with any client who had similar requirements, could you please call me to discuss the design or send me any relevant information. My contact number is 770 365 0157

In addition I am looking to talk to anyone who has some experience implementing SAP in the insurance industry.

Hello all. My client (bio-tech) wants to get an understanding / education of what project systems in 4.6c has to offer. Specifically they want to track their R&D projects / cost. Basically I'm looking for an overview on PS in 4.6c. Alternatively if you are a PS consultant please call / email me.

I am attaching a pdf file that gives an overview of PS, however feel free to call me at anytime at (713) 3530848. I will be more than glad to answer your questions. - Fernando T. de Mattos <project management.zip> in the SAP K!Pack

Aventis - CGEY and SAP Joint Implementations

> In support of the Aventis pursuit, we are looking for "EXEMPLARY"> projects where CGE&Y worked with the company SAP (TeamSAP, Joint> implementation, etc.) to deliver client success.>> We will be asking SAP to partner with us in this pursuit and> therefore, need to have an endorsement from other SAP (the company)> engagements.>> A brief summary of the success and the contacts from SAP (the company)> and CGEY is all that is necessary

Best Practises for Sales Forecasting / Planning using R/3 - SIS

Our client (Chemicals Industry) is intending to use SIS as a primary tool for sales forecasting / Planning. It is likely that sales forecast numbers are going to flow between SIS, CO-PA and Production Planning modules of SAP.

I am looking for Best practises on Sales forecasting in the R/3 system using SIS Best practise of forecast data flow between LIS, CO-PA and PP (Longterm Planning) SIS Architecture for enabling sales forecasting

If anyone has experience in the above mentioned areas, I will be glad to receive your inputs.

EEA/ERP Support Team; Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Italia;

BEA WLI PoC - SAP integration

This is a technical request: we are in need of help by any professionals in CGE&Y worldwide who has ever done a Proof of Concept with BEA WLI (Web Logic Integrator) product; we are interested in any experimentation or prototype with this product. Such a kind of test must have taken place somewhere in Europe, probably with clients like TeleNor, Vizzavi' or TIM. This enquiry has to do with the SAP project at Kuwait Petroleum International and your support may be decisive in winning the integration phase too!

If you are competent on it, please let me know per email: our SAP Tech manager will contact you straight afterwards.

Material Masters with different releases and date stamps

Our client sells data that is sold by year. For example:Courntry Record Sales - 1999Counrtry Record Sales - 2000etc

they also sell other materials by weekRock & Roll Record Sales - Week 1Rock & Roll Record Sales - Week 2....Rock & Roll Record Sales - Week 52

Customers can by any or all of these releases.

The problem is we don't know how to identify on the sales orders and contracts we are using which period the data is for without creating a separate material master for each release.

Has anyone ever dealt with something like this?

Seeking someone with experience in Contracts in SD 4.6c

We are using trying to decide between quantity and value contracts and have some unique revenue recognition requirements. If anyone has any experience with contracts in SD please contact me at the numbers below

Product Costing: 1 CoCode, 2 plants, 2 costing variants

In 4.6c, I have a need to execute multiple cost estimates for the same material using 2 different costing variants under 1 company code. The problem arises in the Marking of the price. After successfully completing the costing run using costing variant Z001 in Co Code 1, SAP will not allow me to use costing variant Z002 (for a different plant) under the same company code (the goal is to be able to use a different valuation variant for 2 different plants belonging to 1 company code).

Alternatively, is there a way, other than by using a costing run, to update the material prices in plant B, with the prices of the same materials in plant A (so the same materials in both plants have identical standard prices)?

Experience with SAP BW and Cognos

We have a client who will be implementing SAP BW (running on SQL Server) and will be using Cognos for the front-end. Could you please assist in answering the following questions.

1. What are the most common BW/Cognos configurations?- which Cognos products are commonly used with BW implementations? (Impromptu / Powerplay / etc)- which architectural configuration(s) should be considered? (SQL Server OLAP / Cognos Powerplay OLAP / Use of BAPI Interface / BW ODS)

2. How do BW, SAP Portals and Cognos work together?- what Cognos products are needed in order to link to portal interface? (Web products?)- can Cognos products be used with 3rd party software?- what limitations do web-enabled Cognos products have as opposed to desktop products?

Not sure if this will help, but it was the only thing I found on our Database with regards to cognos:

This document and presentation assess the usefulness of attaching Cognos directly into the SAP tables/architecture as an alternative to using SAP BW.

by Ralph Muller June 2001 - two attachments: Proof of concept and assessment.

PS Alternative Hierarchy Reports

We are implementing PS Module in a Electrical Company and we have the need to generate Reports (progress analysis and costs) sumarizing by an alternative hierarchy using project integration fields, , but we are having problems to use a user defined hierarchy specially in transaction CNE5 (progress analysis), because this report sends a message telling that doesn´t recognize the alternative hierarchy. Does anyone can give us any hint or recommendation according to this issue?

Can Profit centers be driven by customer type rather than material?

We are implementing SD and the client that wants to drive profit centers by customer rather than material type. We know that we could use substitution, and create the material 3 times for the three different profit centers, however, I'm not sure if this is the best way to proceed.

Has anyone ever dealt with a similar problem?

FYI, The client is already up and running with FI.


1/4/2002 Kathleen T. Kientz Data Conversion cost estimates

1/4/2002 Charles O. May

1/4/2002 Michael J. Carducci

12/21/2001 Jill Cargotch IXOS and Workflow

12/20/2001 Virginia Boroni


12/19/2001 Vic E. Sison

12/19/2001 Liam Walsh Jetforms

12/19/2001 Michael Amico

12/19/2001 Paul R. Musser

12/18/2001 Request for Information

12/15/2001 [email protected]

12/14/2001 Kathleen T. Kientz Commissions in SAP



12/11/2001 Charles O. May FX Valuation - Unrealized Gains

12/11/2001 Heather Gardner GCSW help needed!!!!

12/11/2001 Nacer Bennacer

12/11/2001 James L. Anderson IS Pharma??

12/11/2001 Roberto Perez-Pavon

12/11/2001 Kory Squire Profit Center Master Data

12/10/2001 SAP SD Pricing and Tax

12/10/2001 Vic E. Sison Trading Partner questions

12/10/2001 Vic E. Sison Trading Partner questions

12/10/2001 Dailey Doss Year-End Close Procedures

12/10/2001 Dailey Doss Year-End Close Procedures


12/6/2001 Al R. Fremer


12/3/2001 Re: help for a tool Cognos;

11/30/2001 Kris L. Brown TOP 20 Issues Bonus

11/30/2001 Kris L. Brown TOP 20 Issues Bonus


11/30/2001 Dailey Doss WebMethods


11/28/2001



11/27/2001

11/26/2001 Ludovit Bebjak Urgent help


11/21/2001

11/20/2001 Johan L. Opperman Year end close process

11/19/2001 Bryan J. Cochran

11/19/2001 Lance A. Leigh Report Scheduling in SAP

11/19/2001 SAP Archiving Experience

11/16/2001

11/15/2001 Leon Zubikarai EC-CS IU elimination problem

11/14/2001 Antwort: Outsourcing experience

11/14/2001 Rolf Stosser Paperless Factory with SAP

11/14/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier purchasing areas Hi, has anyone used Purchasing Areas in SAP 4.6? What is the main purpose/ benefit?

11/14/2001 SAP/Vertex Integration

11/14/2001 Typical SAP Closing Process


11/14/2001 Heidi A. Lowe Urgent JCo knowledge needed

11/13/2001 Veronica Spuehler


11/13/2001 Ajay Mane

11/12/2001 Kathleen T. Kientz

11/12/2001 Kerry A. Kreighbaum

11/12/2001 Julie Ann Boyer Siebel and SAP

11/9/2001



11/8/2001 John Carlucci Rental equipment

11/8/2001 Steven Littlechild

11/8/2001 Johan L. Opperman SAP Portals

11/7/2001 Victor Stinson

11/7/2001 Christopher DiFelice

Data Conversion Strategies for Contracts? 1st of Three questions

We are working with a client that does most of their business utilizing contracts. We will be going live with SAP SD 4.6c in April with little to no customization. We will be bringing over all of their open contracts which are single and multiyear. From an SAP perspective we will only be concerned with data from 1/1/02 forward. So contracts that have already been around for a few years will stay in the legacy system for historical purposes and pick up in SAP as of the first of this year.

Does anyone have any experience with, or documentation covering, data conversion for contracts?

FYI, The client is already up and running with FI so customer masters already exist in the system.

Does anyone have any percentage estimates or other statistics on the cost of data conversions as compared to the totalcosts of an SAP implementation?

If you don't have specific statistics, I would appreciate your comments on the percentage of data conversion costsfrom your experiences

FX Valuation Program - reverse postings

I need some help with the FX program, SAPF100 (valuation program). I can not get the program to automatically reverse the unrealized postings in the next period. When running in test it shows that it plans to make reversal postings, but in the actual run no reversal postings are created. Has anyone experienced this issue? Is there any issue with manually reversing? We are in SAP 4.6C.

SAP - transitional outsourcing models

Do we have any experience with short term transitional outsourcing for a new SAP install that we would build and take live??

We have a "SMALL" customer that would like us to quote on the transitional outsourcing piece. We already quoted the actual SAP implementation work.

The actual request is for how we could support the customers systems for a 6 month period+-, after we build and take them live. The SAP/systems would be potentially be built in an ADC like environment. And the customer would like a relatively slow transition/knowledge transfer process to their internal support group. And the physical transition to their facility also.

Do we have any quals in this area? Any pricing models?

I will be working with a client to implement IXOS with SAP for AP invoice processing. Additionally, we will be using Workflow for routing the invoices. I would like to speak with anyone who has experience in either of these areas.

I want to let you know that I've recently seen demos of IXOS and EASYSoftware (the 1st and 2nd leading imaging software vendors for SAP) andhave noticed there is limited info on our knowledge web on imagingsolutions for SAP. If you get any requests for info feel free to pass myname along. I'd like to start speaking with others doing similar things soif you hear of anyone I can certainly try to provide them with info.Thanks

SAP releases and process' "harmonization"

This is a technical request: we are looking for any experience in CGE&Y worldwide where different SAP releases and process have been "harmonized", that's to say brought on one single instance, at the same multi-site and multi-country client.

Have you got any idea about it, please? This pursuit is with an Italian firm leader in the Cement Industry, both in Italy and all over Europe; the proposal must be ready for the mid of January.

I would appreciate any answer before Xmas, better if within tomorrow night (21th December, CET time); otherwise, I'll read your mails coming back on 7th January 2002... which could be too tight!

AP and Product Costing Resources

For the AP people, I need a list of companies who are or have implemented ERS functionality. Please respond back to this e-mail with any companies you know who have impIemented ERS along with that companies respective industry.

Moreover, for the Product Costing specialist, I am working with an aerospace firm that is interested in implementing a new inventory costing valuation method. I would like to know what valuation method (Moving Average vs Standard) companies you know are using for Raw Materials, Semi-Finished Goods, and Finished Goods and if standard cost what is the frequency with which the standard is changed? Any help you can provide will be appreciated.

For reference, you can reach me at 609.743.4682 with any questions you have

Intercompany STO Process and Cross-Company Clearing

Does anyone have experience with cross-company clearing of accounts receivable and accounts payable using the clearing function?

We are using an intercompany STO process with SD deliveries and billing. Can the cross-company clearing functionality be used for this process or is it just for transfer postings?

Does anyone have any experience from a technical perspective in setting up Jetforms to work with SAP for output documents? We have an urgent production issue with our Jetforms install and would appreciate any advice / lessons learned form other engagements.

Merger and Acquisition IT Integration Workplan/Lessons Learned

Does anyone have examples of workplans and/or lessons learned from integrating business processes and legacy systems into SAP as a result of a M&A?

We are beginning a project to integrate process and systems (including boxes and wires) of 3 small acquired organizations into the larger enterprise running SAP 4.6. The 3 acquired companies are single site manufacturers and sellers of medical devices world wide. The end to end processes of focus will be inquiry to cash, demand to supply, purchase to pay, finance to manage, and service notification to cash. The objectives for the Acquisition IT Integration Project are: · Unlock additional shareholder value by instituting common business processes, applications, and infrastructure. · Integrate the acquisitions quickly – shortest time to benefit. · Leverage the CGEY knowledge base to integrate the acquisitions effectively and reliably

SAP's External Services - Standard Service Catalog

Our project team is at the beginning stages of an SAP Plant Maintenance implementation for our client. As part of the scope of this effort, we are in the process of developing an integrated PM/MM External Services Procurement prototype and want to take a look at SAP's Standard Service Catalog functionality. We have initially developed a small classification system for the service master hierarchy but have heard that the Standard Service Catalog offers some nice features.

We are curious to know if anyone has implemented the Standard Service Catalog and, if so, the procedures/processes used to implement it

Chris Jaskowiec Account Executive Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (248) 447-4737 (313) 492-4884 - mobile

My client is asking: How many SAP Warehouse Mangement installations have we performed using RF with Console installed?

Global Rollout with UK & France Localization Information

I received this request from a SAP manager who doesn't have access toSAP_ALL.

Please respond with your contact information and any documentation whichmight be passed along, eventually.

I am trying to get together a list of people that the client can speak to about issues related to rolling SAP out to international locations. Do you have anyone that can speak to the issues around rolling out to the UK and France?

The concern is: Are there any specific issues that need to be considered during the Blue Printing / Realization stage of Global Template?

Yes, I have been invloved with 2 large global implementation. Logistically and financially some certain needs should be addressed. I CAN BE REACHED AT 816-776-3884.

Tom ReiterCap Gemini Ernst & YoungTelco Media & Networks

Knowing that SAP's ability to handle commissions is somewhat limited, I am try to identify options for my client.

Some of their commission requirements can be handled in base SAP using rebate functionality. For the morechallenging scenarios, I need to find another solution.

Has anyone worked with the 'Commission Management' system in SAP. It is founded in the Insurance industryvertical and referred to as IS-CS (Insurance: Commission System). The whitepaper I have outlines the functionalityas being integrated with core SAP.

Another option is the use of a bolt-on package. The one being considered is from Incentive Systems. They basicallybuild an application with a companies specific commission calculations and interface to/from the identified systems. Itis highly customized and requires a fair amount of on-going maintenance as the commission calculations/rules change.

If you have any experience and/or knowledge of either or these options, or other options, please let me know.

MM/PP Question - Merging legacy part master into existing SAP PM where inconsistent schemes and conflicts

We have a client who has acquired another company with a different part numbering scheme. Has anyone migrated a new company onto an existing implementing where there were part number conflicts and/or inconsistencies.

Please respond and let me know how you approached the merging of part masters and a tel # where you can be reached?

Conversions from Lawson to SAP

We need the following question answered for the EMI pursuit.Have we ever done (and where) any conversions from Lawson to SAP?

I'm working on FX valuation and need some help. Currently I have three countries (UK, Germany, and France) that are using the same parallel currency type 50 (Index). However, Germany and France account for Unrealized Gains differently than UK. Germany and France post their unrealized gains to the B/S and UK posts to the I/S. When configuring the FX autopost accounts for open items I can only set up the accounts per chart of accounts and currency type so all unrealized valuations gains with currency type 50 can only be posted to either the B/S or I/S for the entire system and not to both under one currency type. Does anyone know how to point one currency type (i.e. 50 Index) to another set of GL accounts or do I need to use another currency type for this activity? Is there a way to use the currency valuation area for this? Is it necessary to post the Unrealized Gains to the B/S for France and Germany?

Hi, we are working a pursuit for the Gap and we have NO ONE available that knows GCSW to help us. Can you guys send messages out to your service line (Manager and above) that has experience with the tool and bandwidth through the end of this week. THE PURSUIT STARTED ALREADY, WE NEED THIS PERSON IMMEDIATELY!!!Work is Oracle but they do not need Oracle familiarity.

Hardware sizing -> IBM mainframe & DB2 for mySAP.com

Facing a big challenge and I need your help to review the hardware solution. The environment includes mySAP.CRM, mySAP.IS-U, mySAP.PLM, mySAP.SCM, mySAP.BW-SEM. All these applications will be running on an IBM mainframe, database DB2 and operating system zOS.

If you have IBM mainframe experience, contact Nacer Bennacer at 416 573 4721 or by reply to this email.

Our client (Manufacturer of Vaccines) will be performing an SAP upgrade from 3.1h to 4.6c. The Canadian SAP rep is recommending an implementation of the Pharma IS solution in conjunction with the upgrade. Of particular interest is the electronic signature capability. 3 questions:

1) What entails implementation of the Pharma Industry solution?2) What is the impact on not implementing during upgrade? Can we implement electronic signatures without the IS? Is there duplicate/additional work with an IS implementation at a later date?3) Does anyone know the install base and viability/reliability of the Pharma IS?

MM: document date on GR not to be defaulted

I have a client on 3.1H, yes 3.1 H !!!!!! They need to have the document date field on the Goods receipt for PO screen (MB01) defaulted to blank. Currently the system defaults it to the system date, and since they have to overwrite it with some other date they would like to have it blank to prevent errors.I have looked into the system and could not find where to set this up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

When creating profit centers in 4.6C, the company code assignment defaults to all company codes that are in the controlling area. The developer of the conversion program is having a hard time assigning the appropriate company codes--in this case, there are 31 company codes and only one needs to be selected. Has anyone experienced this?

Dailey Doss, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Please see the message I received from a European colleague. I would appreciate any information youmight have in regards to this issue.I have an issue on my pricing procedure I am hoping you may be able to helpwith.For Spain we require 2 pricing conditions for tax, the problem I have isthat when I attempt to pass the document through to finance it does notrecognize the first condition as held on all the condition record.

i.e.PR00 10.00, ZL00 -2.00, ZG00 -1.00MWST is a percentage of the above e.g. 10% and the tax type is A1

now we have record ZWST which is say 5% and tax type is A2, on the conditionrecord in billing it will hold the last tax type i.e. A2, and there isvalidation in the SD / FI interface which checks to see that all that the A1is being used say, but it can not find it.

I think the solution is how you define and structure your pricing procedurefor the additional tax condition, but I am at a lost. If you can provide anyassistance I would be eternally grateful.I have recommended trading partner functionality for legal entity reporting creating intercompany customer and vendor master data instead of using a separate G/L account for each partner.We are investigating the use of profit centers for sub-legal entity reporting (shared services, product lines). Does anyone have experience interfacing with ESSBASE/Hyperion? What are the technical limitations of the interface that prevent use of trading partner as designed in SAP?The SAP Trading Partner feature will not work for the project because:

1. Trading Partner works only at a company code level.2. Corporate has a need to roll up several company codes (legal entities) into a summary (Safeskin) before reporting this information to Dallas Corporate Reporting. Therefore, we would need to be able to perform within SAP the pre-consolidation elimination of the intercompany balances between the companies being rolled up and summarized for submission to Dallas Corporate Reporting.3. Corporate has a need to carve out pieces of one company code and report to Dallas Corporate Reporting multiple balance sheets and P&L’s at this sub-legal entity level (entity 007, International). Therefore, we would need to be able to track within the SAP G/L structure the various intercompany balances that exist between the

I have recommended trading partner functionality for legal entity reporting creating intercompany customer and vendor master data instead of using a separate G/L account for each partner.

We are investigating the use of profit centers for sub-legal entity reporting (shared services, product lines).

Does anyone have experience interfacing with ESSBASE/Hyperion? What are the technical limitations of the interface that prevent use of trading partner as designed in SAP?

We are closing the year and are looking for the latest and greatest Year-End Close procedure documents. Test scripts,project plans, scheduling documentsand lists of activities are the types of documents which would be great to receive.

We are closing the year and are looking for the latest and greatest Year-End Close procedure documents. Test scripts,project plans, scheduling documentsand lists of activities are the types of documents which would be great to receive.

Patrick O'Brien is working on a proposal for Safety-Kleen and needs our help!

Patrick O'Brien is working on a proposal for Safety-Kleen and needs our help identifying a client where we have implemented the following solution.

The solution calls for information about companies that have BRANCHES in which they have Service Technicians who run routes and utilize SAP all the way down to the handhelds. The work we want to reference is how we helped the client transform the way branches are managed, the routes are set up, the way the Service Techs communicate with the branches etc...

If we have an account that has service branches that have implemented SAP to help them transform their business that would be the ultimate!

SAP Program RIACCESS that downloads SAP table Data to Access databases.

At the client site that we are on we are trying to use an SAP provided program named RIACCESS for downloading table data . The program is downloading the structures and setting up the Access database as it should, however we are not able to download the data. We would like to be able to talk to someone who has experience with this program and the settings required to make this work properly. If you have had such experience would you please respond back to this email with your name and phone number.

SAP TR LOANS: any competense worldwide?

Roberto Dufour, from CGE&Y Italy, needs to be contacted by anyone around the world who has ever worked on or just studied SAP Loans, inside Treasury module (TR) [next year it will belong to Corporate Finance Management (CFM) module].In the project of Poste Italiane (national Post Ditribution company in Italy) they have to implement the following functionalities:- installment plan, due to granting the mortgage for apartment sales, costant installment, fixed rate If you have got any idea about it, could you please write an email to Roberto?

Romain BROSSIERSupport BDPLUsine des Carmes, O12Clermont-Ferrand

and I allow to send you this mail on behalf of Stéphane Ploton because we don't find the answers in France and you are the best placed to supply us with answers. I hope that you will find a little of spare time to help us. Thank you in advance It's the message of one of my co-workers within the company Michelin. The BDPL ( Michelin ) project already uses tools Cognos for the restoration of the data of Datawarehouse (Powerplay by Web, Cognos Query, IWR). Our current preoccupation is to answer the problem of the one-page management : A responsible has access to a page summarizing all the indicators of performance concerning him. If an alert is raised, he has the possibility of navigating " more in the detail " to identify the problem. At first, Cognos Visualizer was envisaged (use of capacities) then abandoned. The objective of KPI better seems to correspond to our need.

This product is recent (1 year). Cognos claims only a single European buyer: Unilog ( our concurrent in France), for an internal use. A consultant Cognos came to make a model for BDPL: it was about its first! Laborious ;-) !! :Here are the questions that I settle and for whom I look for interlocutors CGEY, Americans or Canadians if needed:provide and share it with them.

I realize each client environment is different and the issues are dependent on such things as the SAP modules implemented, the interfaces supported, the quality of the training and data conversion(s). But there probably are more similar obvious issues that do reappear regardless.

I am soliciting all of you to provide me with your favorite Top 20 issues. I will collect them all and if you are interested I will send you a copy of what I get. I think this type of information can be valuable for all of us as we plan our work, and even as we try and sell, as this type of knowledge and experience will show our clients and prospects we know what we are doing cause we have been there.

I look forward to your quick responses. Even if you have only 5 issues , please share them with us all.

Holnam is putting in SAP R/3 4.6C HR (Payroll, Benefits, PA), FI, AM, CO, EC-CS, SD, MM, PP-PI, PM, PS, BW, KW. Its a Big Bang go live 16 plants and 70 distribution terminals across the entire USA. We expect 900 named users. Sounds like fun, so far we are on track to make this happen on 1/1/2002, so wish us luck.

As a follow up to my request for your Top 20 issues associated with your SAP implementation go live and post go live experiences I have attached a presentation I delivered to the Holnam team. This presentation was used to address the stress and reality of our implementation efforts and was used to make everyone feel a little more comfortable with what they were experiencing. <holnam whats normal.zip>, >>Kris L. Brown

As a follow up to my request for your Top 20 issues associated with your SAP implementation go live and post go live experiences I have attached a presentation I delivered to the Holnam team. This presentation was used to address the stress and reality of our implementation efforts and was used to make everyone feel a little more comfortable with what they were experiencing.

I thought I would share it with all of you as I know we all have similar issues.

Urgent need for SAP/Change Management War Stories

Client is positioning need fo rchange management with theis leadership next Wednesday and has requested some case studies/quantifiable experiences where projects started without Organization Change Mgm ... then discovered they needed it ... or stories of project failures because of lacking change management - they are really looking for $$ associated with what skipping change mgmt cost the company.

A client requests the following information:3> Have we any experience implementing or encountered any issues with using WebMethods middleware?The client is using WebMethods as part of their interface strategy. Please comment and provide documentation, if possible.

Valuation Class Changes in Material Management

I would like to know where can I find information about SAP Industry Solution - Beverage.Any information would be very useful specially related to logistics ( MM, SD ).

The idea is to measure the impact of implementing a beverage solution in a company which already performs its activities with SAP standard (FI;CO;MM;PP, but NOT the commercial ones)

Steven Littlechild Tel.: +49 160 583 4256 CGEY/COMM: 9978752

Generating delivery schedule when schedule line becomes firm

My client would like to trigger the printing of a delivery schedule from a scheduling agreement when one of the schedule lines moves from the trade-off into the firm zone. Although this event is recorded in MRP, there appears to be no way (short of coding) to trigger the generation of the delivery schedule.

I would be interested to talk to anyone who has coped with this or a similar situation.

Physical inventory of WIP and making adjustments in SAP

I am looking for anyone that has done a physical inventory on WIP and has made adjustments in SAP. Has anyone done this using SAP? I need help with requirements and associated transaction codes?

Returns - Intercompany (Purchase Order Triggered)

Can someone share their approach for handling the return of material from one legal entity to another (within the same company). In our case, material will sometimes move back from France (Sales Org/CoCode XX) to the United States (Sales Org/CoCode XY). The material arrived in France via a Purchase Order, Replenishment Delivery and Intercompany Invoice... P.S. The typical sales order triggered intercompany returns scenario is no problem.

"Javier Gomez" <[email protected]>

Valuation Class Changes in Material Management

If anyone has information about Valuation Class Changes in Material Management Once again we need your assistance. We are working on a customer who already has SAP implemented. We are having some trouble with some specific customizing issues in the MM module.

(The problem refers to Valuation Class Changes in Material Management.)

our team is currently working on an SAP upgrade preparation. It is an upgrade from 3.1H to 4.6C and it is a "technical" upgrade with some "low hanging fruits" functional improvements. This client has implemented the whole suite of SAP modules - from FI, CO, AM, MM, SD to PP, QM, WM... As we are trying to gather all best practices from similar projects, we are looking particularly for :

- a list of all functional transactions (transaction codes with descriptions) added to SAP from 3.1H to 4.6C (delta transactions);- a list of all old functional transactions which have been replaced by new ones (especially by so called 'enjoySAP' transactions);

Any additional valuable documentation (project plan, kick-off presentation, etc...) will be highly appreciated.

I would like to draw your attention to the VALUEUpgrade initiative and associated powerpack. Whilst we are not in the purely technical upgrade business, we have all the tools and capabilities to help companies with their upgrades.

Our VALUEUpgrade approach is focused on helping our clients identify where the value will be realized with their upgrade and how the upgrade should fit into their overall ERP and ebusiness plans. Fundamental components:An approach for building awareness regarding mySAP and understanding how mySAP solutions can provide capability to support the client's ebusiness strategies and requirementsA tool set based on SAP's methodology and utilizing proprietary and third party tools that maximize project effectivenessA focus to help clients gain insight about business processes, customization and execution optimization for continuous process improvementAn in depth, but rapid discovery phase which clearly outlines the timeline, effort, and critical issues prior to commencing the solution blueprintIntegration of our Extended Enterprise Effectiveness (E3) method to identify where the value will be gained from newly implemented functionality, and to develop a comprehensive business case supporting the upgrade project.

Best Practices/Leading Practices

We are currently compiling a list of best practices/leading practices for a large aerospace client. I would appreciate any help in locating best practices/leading practices, associated with engineering and/or plm. Specifically I am looking for information on the following areas: - Options Management (variant configuration) -Engineering BOM management - Manufacturing BOM management -Tools/Jigs definition/Management.

Mary NiemannCap Gemini Ernst & YoungConsultant - OSLSan Francisco OfficeOffice: 415-951-3329

OSL Info Request: Need AR Best Practices, Benchmarks, and Metrics

If anyone has current information on Best Practices, Benchmarks, and Key Metrics for Accounts Recievable, please send to Mary Niemann. This can be related to Oracle or in general.

If you have an comprehensive year end close checklist, please forward that to me. All the modules are implemented with international sites.

Certification for Global SAP Support Centers

The Nissan engagement would like to talk to anybody that has worked with one of our clients to help certify a SAP support center. Nissan Japan is in the process of having SAP AG certify their Global Support Center in Tokyo. We would like to talk to anybody familiar with the key benefits associated with certification.

We would like to talk to anybody that has used or is familiar with either SAP's report scheduling capabilities or another third-party report scheduler.

Please let me know a good time and a phone number to call so we could spend a few minutes to discuss

"Javier Gomez" <[email protected]>

We are about to present a proposal about SAP Archiving (almost allmodules). We are looking for information about SAP Archivingprojects, a CGE&Y contact with experience in this subject, a sampleproposal or project experience, etc ...Unfortunately we have no access to CGE&Y's internal SAP websiteyet. Consequently, we will appreciate if you can help us with this,or tell us who can provide us with such information

Audrey RoesselConsultant BSCGEY Paris.

we need urgently 6 sigma balck belts & master black belts

Renault-Nissan has begun 6 sigma method deployment in Europe. In this context, we need black belts and master black belts to assist our customer. The first phase of this project concerns formation and projects managers personnal coaching. Then, if you are BB or MBB, please, answer to this mail and I will contact you as soon as I receive your answer.

I´m in a project implementing EC-CS. 46CThe client only requires to eliminate vendors-clients, income-expenses and interests.We expand the chart of accounts to satisfy the consolidation requirements, as a result we do not use subassignments in consolidation and copied the chart of accounts to the consolidation chart of accounts.

The configuration is 90% complete, but I have a problem when executing interunit elimination (consolidation monitor).Firstly we posted from accounts payable/receivable, general ledger to prove our IU elimination in consolidation and posted 2 documents (one for FI and the other for consolidation).When executing an entire scenario, we terminate the data monitor (with 4 measures) and block it. Then switch to consolidation monitor and execute the first measure without a problem, but in the following task (IU elimination), the system shows an error GK 524 “No elimination needs to be done for the specified selection”. However, when I go to Database listing of total records I do view all the transactions posted from FI which should be eliminated.The configuration is “realtime update from FI”.

Thierry Desnos / [email protected] HELTERLIN Service Line Manager Supply chain, BtoB Marketplace

1. Do you know if we already have experienced outsourcing of an eProcurement Buyside module for one of our customers ? Do you have any feedback on proposal, key points, business model ?2. If not applyed to an eProcurement (I guess we don't have experienced it), do you have any case study on outsourcing of an ERP "classic" backend module outsourcing ?3. Do you have any feedback on integration of an ASP eProcurement solution with one of our customer ? Same question : feedback on proposal, key points, business model ?

Our client, Bombardier Aerospace, is currently developing a vision for the 'paperless factory' i.e.

* electronic access to drawings, work instructions, etc. on the shop floor, * electronic signatures, * electronic delivery of product documentation,

Sheri ThrashCap Gemini Ernst & Young LLCHigh Growth Consulting ServicesOffice: 404-817-4488Mobile: 770-329-4239e-mail: [email protected]

SAP Colleagues,Our client is using Vertex as the tax package that integrates with SAP. They have contracted with Tower Consulting to implement Vertex. However, the consultant is not familiar with SAP. We are interested in bringing in someone (either f

Randy ShultzMobile 425.418.6510Office 425.990.6856Direct 208.938.5579CAPComm 7397485

We are preparing a generic portal demonstration for one of our clients and wish to include a view to the Standard Closing Process in SAP.

1) Is anyone aware of a "Standard Closing Process" schedule for a typical SAP implementation.

2) Does anyone have a

Unrealized Gains and Losses - Posted to I/S or B/S for France, UK, and Germany?

I'm working with foreign currencies and re-valuation for companies in France, UK, and Germany.Does anyone know where the Unrealized Gains and Losses from re-valuation are posted for these countries, I/S or B/S?

We have a client who is considering using JCo (Java Connector) to interface a front-end Java application (Websphere/AIX) with SAP R/3 4.6d (SD/MM/FI modules). Do we have any clients using JCo (Java Connector) & SAP interfaces (i.e. BAPI/IDOC/RFC's) to interface JAVA front-end screens (Websphere/AIX) to SAP R/3? What SAP interfaces (i.e. BAPI/IDOC/RFC's) should we consider when connecting with JCo? Would appreciate any assistance you can provide.

Diagram Explorer /Visio Process Models

We have a potential client who has been trying to get Diagram Explorer / Visio to work to create standard Business Process Models

(especially for Order to Cash and Procure to Pay)

Is anyone using these tools ? Gotten it to work

URGENT workflow knowledge needed

We have an excellent opportunity to replace an existing integrator implementing SAP for a semiconductor company. We are proposing a 3 month rapid implementation of a vanilla SAP system.As part of the scoping exercise the client has requested limited use of SAP workflow for approval and release of purchase req's and purchase orders. I need to know how complex this may be so we can make a decision to include in the initial scope of the proposal.If you can assist with some knowledge transfer to me (no more than an hour), please contact me directly on my cell phone:832-594-7950.

User Role Mapping for SAP Licensing

Our client(Rexam) is currently in the process of negotiating user licenses with SAP. They have been asked by SAP to categorize their user base into two areas, Professional Users and Limited Professional Users. We would be interested in information/documen

SAP & GETPAID Collections software

A potential client has SAP 4.6 and is looking at implementing GETPAID collections software to streamlinetheir collections process. They feel it may give them better visibility and control of their collections becauseof the reporting and workflow capabilities within GETPAID.

If you have any experience with this package and/or integrating with SAP, please let me know. We wantto give them information to help them determine if this would be a wise investment.

SAP_ALL SD: Sales Order Line Item Question

Please help with a couple of basic order processing questions:

1) What is the maximum number of line items which may be maintained on one sales order?

2) At what number of line items does system performance become significantly impacted?

3) Any other pitfalls/experiences with maintaining a very large number of line items on one sales order?

We have a possible opportunity with a client to implement Siebel Call Center for their internal help desks. The client uses SAP for their back office solution. I am looking for examples where we have integrated SAP with Siebel, specifically around asset and inventory management.

We will be setting up a demo/POC around this solution and any information that you can provide us would be most beneficial.

Virginia Boroni, Elisabetta Spontoni

Experiences on intercompany billing with TDP (IS-OIL)

For the Q8 project we need to implement intercompany billing together with TDP. We have the following business scenario:one Q8 dealer in Luxembourg is ordering excise duty payed gasoline to Kuwait Petroleum Luxembourg (KPL), but the nearest depot is in

Leading Practices - Accounts Payable

I am about to conduct some visioning sessions and am in need of information around leading practices and associated metrics in Accounts Payble and Procurement. Any Powerpoint decks or list you can forward on this topic will be appreciated. Feel free to

Single Global Instance Supporting Multiple Languages

I am hoping you help me answer a question regarding the languages that can be supported on a single instance of R/3 version 4.6C. Our client has operations in Europe, USA and Asia and is considering implementing a single, global instance of R/3 to support all operations. However, they have heard that there may be problems with supporting all of the languages that they need to use on this single instance and have asked us to verify this. The languages that will need to be installed are:EnglishJapaneseChineseGermanFrenchItalianDutchIf you have any knowledge of whether this can or cannot be done I would appreciate it if you would reply to this message and help us understand why this is the case.

We are looking for individuals with knowledge around the management of rental equipment. We are implementing SAP 4.6c at a client who requires the ability to rent some of their assets. We would like to get someone on the phone to briefly discuss, with our MM, SM, and AM consultants, more of the details around the requirement and to see if there are some areas where we can leverage any previous work that we have done.

SAP and Production Control System from Sequentia

My client has an interface between SAP 4.6b and the production control system Enterprise Batch from Sequentia. They are looking to replace Enterprise Batch with a more open solution based on SAP's Business Connector. I would like to know if we have any ex

If CGEY installed SAP Portals in your client, please respond back to the email and give me the Client name, lessons learned, business case if possible.This info is needed asap.

Field selection question for MM gurus

Material master basic data view "material group" (mara matkl) is default mandatory. I want to change it to optional.

In the "maintain Field selection for Data Screens" OMS9 this field is in field selection group 2. The field reference is MM01 since it

Looking for experience/ contact with experience with SAP VMI

I am looking for any information /experience/ Points of contact where CGEY has some experience with SAP VMI (Vendor managed inventory) it's like consignment, but tied more to APO. Have we done estimates for similar proposals ?

The Client : ElemicaEng/ Prop Lead: Erica Young (215-485-9237)Situation: Elemica has SAP MM in place. Clients want to know (we'd like to propose -with-in the week) what might be involved with tieing their SAP system to a VMI solution. (rather than having a third party come in with a solution).

Please respond (to me) if you know where I can start digging up information on this. Also this might count as a pursuit.. but for now its info gathering for a potential pursuit. Can you check to see if Erica Young is on the active pursuit list for Elemica ?

The following have VMI experience. All are on projects but should be able to field questions:Naomi Harris, Sr Mgr, AtlantaDevan Reddy, Sr Mgr, houstonTony Trombetta, Sr Mgr, HoustonJacques Muratori, Mgr, Birmingham>> Don Black

11/7/2001 Robert Fisher

11/7/2001 Klaus Schuermann

11/6/2001

11/6/2001 Retention on capital purchases



11/2/2001 Lance A. Leigh

11/2/2001 Abhijit Ray Report Distribution tools


10/31/2001 Tracy A. Suykerbuyk

10/29/2001 Hugh A. Nelson HR Infotype 0002 for Brazil

10/29/2001 Invoicing

10/26/2001 APO upgrade question

10/26/2001 Janine Guill CFM - Allianz

10/26/2001 Kory Squire Cost Center Allocations

10/26/2001 Bart Neal SAP IDOC testing

10/23/2001 Bob Heffley Encrypting SAP

10/23/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier Flag vendor as a minority vendor

10/23/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier Hide configuration settings

10/23/2001 Ishwar Naidu National Beverage



10/22/2001 Johan L. Opperman

10/22/2001 Perla Bravo;

10/20/2001 Gillian Metcalf

10/19/2001 Gary W. Coggins

10/18/2001 Perla Bravo

10/17/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier global master data maintenance


10/17/2001 Robert C. Littner Security Maintenance

10/16/2001 Dailey Doss Alternate MRP Listing Possibility

10/16/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier Material group

10/16/2001 Pavan K. Vankadaru PP-MRP Area


10/11/2001 Mike D. Arcuri



10/10/2001 Brian G. Francis

10/10/2001 Mohan G. Gautam SAP Transportation Question

10/10/2001 Paul Andrew Johnson

10/10/2001 Sudesh K. Pillutla

10/9/2001 Janine Guill TORO - Russian Railways

10/4/2001 Hellmut Ometzberger

10/4/2001 Brett E. Arnold

10/4/2001 Jeannie V. Brewer


10/2/2001 Christopher M. Lehan

10/2/2001 Francois Viljoen


10/1/2001 Johan L. Opperman Business Case for BW

10/1/2001 Aneika Coleman Clarify adapter to SAP

10/1/2001 Satya N. Peddireddy10/1/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier ERS and taxes Is there a problem with using ERS (v4.6c) when sales tax is involved?

10/1/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier SAP EBP

10/1/2001 Ulf Westhoven

9/30/2001 Vic E. Sison

9/28/2001 Sreedhar Marupudi


9/27/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier Supplier Workplace

9/26/2001 Johan L. Opperman Audit

9/26/2001 Ralph Kuhlmeier BOM items from multiple plants



9/26/2001 Jim R. Hartman


9/24/2001 Christina M. Fredricks SAP Context Diagram.



9/20/2001 John T. Waymire

9/19/2001 Brian Shiers

9/19/2001 Simon P Thompson Calling all Material Ledger Guru's

9/19/2001 Lawrence F. Boudreau

9/19/2001 Valerie J. Vick SAP Help Please!

QM, Doc Mgmt & HR folks -- are you familiar with Pilgrim Software Q&MIS Suite?

We recently completed an implementation of SAP 4.6C at a small Bio-pharmaceutical client in the Northeast. Our implementation scope included FI/CO(GL, AP, AR, CM, Product Costing, Assets, Cost Center Accounting) MM (Purchasing, Inventory Management) and Production Planning and Execution PP and PP-PI.

Our client sponsor has recently discovered that the QA and QC departments are interested in Purchasing Pilgrim Software. At a high level this software seems to duplicate many of SAP's QM functions (e.g., tracking material through QC status) and HR functions (e.g., training administration and qualifications tracking).

Pilgrim claims that some of their cGMP related clients use their modules and interface to SAP (e.g., J&J and Genzyme). They also indicate that they are in final discussions with Bristol Myers--a company that has significant stake in my client.

At present, I am interested in identifying folks who are familiar with this software suite.

SAP HR Travel Management (Planning&Expenses) - Need business blueprint!!

I am currently working for a big client implementing SAP Travel Management with mini Master Data and interfaces to FI/CO.

I need an English written Business Blueprint of Travel Management. In our current knowledge base I don`t find any but I am shure that SAP Travel Management has been implemented somewhere already. Can you help??? Please send any blueprint to my adress. It would save so much of work.

Suzanne O. Toon. Accellerate Center

Antwort: Accelerate Center Request # 2137 - Nortrhop Grumman RFI

I am not sure that any of you can help Brett Folkman, and he may already have reached out to you, but Janine suggested that I reach out to you to help on this Northrop Grumman RFI. Also, if you have any other suggestions of where/who we might go to find t

Carl CunninghamCapcomm 4822866Office Number 816-480-5238Cell Number 918-527-1685

In our client's legacy system, they are able to specify a percentage retention on the purchase of a capital item. When the vendor invoice (partial or complete) is processed, their system will calculate the retention percentage on the invoice, pay the ven

SAP_ALL - experience converting from BaaN to SAP (or other ERP) needed

Looking for our experience migrating from BaaN to SAP or other ERP packages. This is for a RFI response on our quals in this area. Thanks.

Client Information Needed - Migration from JDE to SAP or Peoplesoft

We are ugently looking for any information on any client that migrated from JDE to SAP or Peoplesoft. If your client meets this criteria, please let me know.Thank you, Jes

Is WMS required for an RF Solution?

Can you implement an RF Solution in Inventory Management without using SAP's Warehouse Management functionality?

If yes, any comments how this interface is enabled into SAP IM would be appreciated.

I am looking for information on report distribution tools that we might have recommended or implemented for our clients. At my present client (they have offices, stores and warehouses all over US), the requirement is for a tool that is user friendly and can handle report distribution from a host of packages (SAP, BW, EXE, Manugistics, E3) as well as DB2 based custom systems. We are at the initial stage of the reporting tool selection and any of the following information would be helpful:

1. Names of report distribution tools (eg, Vista plus, Document Direct etc.), any analysis or reports that you can provide or direct me to.2. Evaluations that CGEY may have done for any of our clients3. Clients where we have implemented these tools, lessons learned etc.

Complaint Management' software Packages and Bolt On's with SAP

Please bounce back if you have integrated 'Complaint Management 'software third party application ( covering customer complaint logging, complaint approval process,Returns,credit memos,complaint status,reports etc.) to SAP . We would like to know the name of the software,software vendor's name,client and a brief description of how it was used.

Mass Unblock of Invoices in 3.1H

My client has created a new block code in 3.1H for invoices to be used in a mass block program that they are creating. The new block code was created with the intention that it could not be unblocked on the line item level (i.e. with FB02). They would l

Hope things are well for everybody. Over the past few months I recall seeing some emails about Brazilian implementations, so hopefully someone out there can assist me. In Brazil, there are two unique national numbers that are required for every employee - the people's ID register (RG) and the CPF. However, the 4.6c version of SAP doesn't come with a defaulted module pool screen (MP000200). Any advice on how this has been handled at other clients? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Jorge Pereira - [email protected],

We have a quite huge problem in one customer who need to generate 100.000invoices each 10 or 20 days.

He can't change the invoicing dates. Obviously the process takes a lot oftime (more or less 60 hrs).

In addition the process is not completely standard.

We plan to enter in Production in one Month.

Do we have performance references or best practices about how to improvethese process time?

Beth PaulySCM Touchpoint - SAP Service Line

There is an upgrade tool that SAP provides. The other option would be to install APO v3.0 and migrate. Depending on what module of APO is implemented I may suggest different approaches. The data structures in APO 3.0 have changed from 2.0. This is mostly true in Demand Planning. The data structure for Demand Planning has extensive changes, including an additional level within the data structure. Due to these changes, the migration requires significant manual intervention. An example being the 2.0 data model has to be manually assigned to a new data model in a 3.0 system.

If Demand Planning only is implemented I would recommend re-installing. ( I verified this with Krish Kamath who was part on the CCF APO implementation).

If other modules are also implemented, my response could be different. The data structure changes in SNP and PP/DS are not as significant, and in some cases non-existant. An upgrade may be more feasible in this situation.

Any information about projects where CGE&Y implemented SAP CFM is greatly appreciated in support of the Allianz pursuit in Switzerland.

Our client wants to allocate costs from certain cost elements, but wants the base of the allocation to be a percentage of costs from a different cost element.

For example,

Cost Center 123 has $4000 posted to it with Cost Element 456 and the allocation would go to cost center 234. However, the allocated amount should be 70% of cost element 789 which has $10,000 posted to it. So the allocated amount should be $7,000, even though cost element 456 has an existing balance of $4000. Make sense?

I have looked at how distributions and assessments are set up in SAP and this functionality does not appear to available. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Please e-mail me or call me at 615-223-6581 if you have suggestions.

We are testing using IDOC to load data using a middleware tool. We need some assistance with the data types requirements, specifically with the IDOC for material master MATMAS01.Any knowledgeable IDOC assistance would be greatly appreciated.Please contact the following individuals in this order:

Sanjot Khurana 608-213-3503Myself - Bart Neal 214-395-9134

We'd like to get a guesstimate as to the cost of encrypting data throughoutour SAP processes using a SAP-preferred vendor and/or scheme (bothperformance and dollars). Assume we encrypt all data transmissions. Wedon't need anything other than a "around x$ with x% performance degradationfor a company with a similar scope".

Would you be able to find someone who can do this? When would you expect aresponse?

What is a simple way to flag a vendor as a minority vendor in SAP? Identifying minority vendors is a requirement in the chemical and automotive industry.

Can someone confirm whether it is possible to hide configuration settings in SAP v4.6, for e.g. if SAP standard lists 10 different payment methods, can I do something in config (without deleting entries) that will let me hide 5 of the options so that the user only sees the 5 remaining options when creating a vendor?

Have we any business processes documented in any other place for a consumer/beverage company?Does SAP have the business proceeses documented and how can I access them? ( I remember in the old days we use to have access to ARIS toolset etc)

Business Process Models can be found in the Solution Map Composer, but at a high level. I don't think ValueSAP has them anymore, although the QAdb does have a feed to Intellicorps Live Model tool. Regarding other process models in the KWeb, if anyone has submitted them, then I'm sure Christopher can help out here.In the meantime, we have done some other bottler work in Canada and Europe, so those engagements may be able to provide you some. Have you contacted anyone from our work at other Coke bottlers? It would seem that there should be something from which to start there.

Vendor records for multiple countries

ScenarioCompany A has multiple plants in Europe (belonging to different company codes) and these plants are supplies by a single vendor B that operates out of multiple countries.

QuestionCan we get away with creating just one vendor account number or will there be issues relating to having to define different information per country for Address, Control and Payment transactions? If additional accounts are required what is the easiest way to group them together for reporting purposes, when analyzing spend etc?

Distribution Output Related Information Request

Please let me know if anyone of you have experience with following Sales and Distribution related outputs (Ver 4.0 or higher):

Printing Labels (with or without Barcoding functionality)Printing Pick List Printing Pack List

I can be reached at any one of the following numbers.

SAP 4.5 upgrade to $.6 or Enterprise

I am looking for analysis that was done on functionality differences in the upgrade process form 4.5 to 4.6 or Enterprise and add mySAP.com to it.This would include all modules of R/3 and BW

Urgent: Please sent to SAP-ALL (CO and PP)

PP-PI. On this unique recipe there are several HALBs that are produced in a specific operation while they are consumed in another one, for instance, compressed chlorine gas is consumed on operation 100 and produced on operation 160. On this last operation it was included with a negative quantity. Additionally, there are also co-products (chlorine gas, hydrogen and cell liquor) on this recipe.

Both co-products and HALBs being produced were included on the unique recipe with a negative quantity; they only differ in that co-products have been flagged in the costing view of the material master as co-products. Furthermore, we entered an apportionment structure to allocate the total costs of the manufacturing process to the individual co-products involved based on equivalence numbers. We are using S control price (standard) for raw materials, semifinished and finished materials.

The issue is the following: this unique recipe does not allow us to calculate the new standard cost for those HALBs that are being produced. The system multiplies the quantity produced by their price from the material master, treating them as if they were by-products, instead of calculating their new price. Is there any way to calculate

SAP All: GL Accpunts & Cost Elements

We have just started a SAP implementation project for a company who used another consulting firm for their package selection / RFP development phases. This other consulting company told them that Cost Elements were a breakdown of a GL account and that both Cost Element and GL Account could appear in their 'Code Block' with differing values.

e.g. GL Account: Travel Cost Element: Air, Ground, Sea

As far as I am aware the primary cost element always has to be identical to the GL . Please let me know if (and how) you have ever had them different. Is this now possible in 4.6?

SAP_ALL: SD - Foreign Trade Functionality

I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has Foreign Trade functionality experience. The project team needs to spend a few minutes with you to determine the right line of questions to pursue this topic within our blueprinting sessionsI am looking for contacts who have implemented Foreign Trade functionality (preferably within 4.6).

Our client is currently running R/2 and has developed a custom program for all foreign trade processing. Based upon demos from SAP, they have the impression that R/3 handles their current requirements.

Our SD team is preparing for a Business Blueprint/requirements gathering session and we have very limited experience in this area. Specifically, we need help in developing the right set questions to determine foreign trade gaps, scope, and resource requirements. I would ideally like to setup a brief conference call with someone who has foreign trade experience. Our session is next Thursday and I would appreciate any help you could offer

Costing for continuous production (CO-PC and PP-PI)

PP-PI. On this unique recipe there are several HALBs that are produced in a specific operation while they are consumed in another one, for instance, compressed chlorine gas is consumed on operation 100 and produced on operation 160. On this last operation it was included with a negative quantity. Additionally, there are also co-products (chlorine gas, hydrogen and cell liquor) on this recipe.

Both co-products and HALBs being produced were included on the unique recipe with a negative quantity; they only differ in that co-products have been flagged in the costing view of the material master as co-products. Furthermore, we entered an apportionment structure to allocate the total costs of the manufacturing process to the individual co-products involved based on equivalence numbers. We are using S control price (standard) for raw materials, semifinished and finished materials.

The issue is the following: this unique recipe does not allow us to calculate the new standard cost for those HALBs that are being produced. The system multiplies the quantity produced by their price from the material master, treating them as if they were by-products, instead of calculating their new price. Is there any way to calculate

Our client has 14 plants in the North America and Latin America and 12 plants across Europe. Master data is currently maintained mainly decentralized. There are many issues with duplicate master data records and master data inaccuracies and inefficiencies.

We are working on defining:What to centralizeThe organization required to manage centralizationTools, processes, KPI's to support central master maintenance

We are looking for any relevant documentation or experiences that describe this type of model. Also if you could provide a summary of what some of your clients (with similar geographical spread) are doing about global master data maintenance, that would be a great help.

Need SAP HR Security Policy Examples

My client is looking for examples of information security policies re access limitations to HR, salary, compensation, personal data, etc. Please forward copies or provide summaries if available.

Our client's auditors have identified 150 issues related to security. We believe these issues are related to post-implementation security maintenance.

We want to know how companies use to prevent this from happening. Specifically, we are looking for policies, procedures or tools that they may use.

Your quick reply is greatly appreciated. I can be contacted via e-mail or at the numbers listed below.

Currently the MRP screen (MD04 and/or MD06) does not show the customer's original want date. The MRP controller cannot see this unless she/he drills into the sales order. Also, if she has already expedited the order, she does not need to keep looking at the red light which appears every day after rescheduling runs in the evening.

We need another sort of the MRP list to consider the original want date and any expediting so that the same red light does not show up every day.

Hi, we would like find out what other chemical companies are using the SAP material group field for (in the material master) , specifically for raw materials. For e.g. is UNSPC a good idea?

Our client is interested in exploring the use of MRP areas (Functionality introduced in 4.x) to have greater control over MRP execution. I would like to contact anyone who has experience in the implementation of MRP areas .

Specifically, I am looking for the following information Scenarios where MRP areas were used Stability of MRP areas in general Risks of turning off MRP areas after they are activated or vice versa Impact of MRP areas on other integrating modules

Data migration from SAP to JDE

Hi everybody,in Italy we have a pending pursuit, which could be rapidly won, if we demonstrate that CGE&Y has such an experience anywhere in the world: do you know of any project where data have been migrated from the legacy system on SAP to the new one

Example SAP Implementations on NT

I am looking for some references where we implemented SAP on NT. We need it for a requirement for a package selection. Your help would be very appreciated

Marketing part numbers in sales orders

We are currently researching the use of marketing part numbers in sales orders. The scenario is like as following:

Sales person enters a marketing part number in the sales orderAnd this marketing park number has a unique part number in the system for manufacturing teamIn a nut shell marketing part number that is entered on sales order corresponds to one material number for production team.

SAP 4.6 C IS - OIL Functionality

I am looking for contacts who have implemented SAP IS-OIL functionality preferably within 4.6 C in Chemical industry. I would ideally like to setup a brief conference call with someone who has IS - OIL Functionality experience.

SAP ALL: Looking for Info on Actual Product Costing

I would like to talk to someone who has experience implementing the new actual costing functionality available since version 4.5. Please call on my cell or respond to the email your contact information.

We are working on a Logistics Systems Integration project at Fleming and I'm looking for guidance on the Activity Profiles configuration used in Transportation for automating the Shipment process. We have been able to set up an activity profile within Shipment Creation that does PGI ; from there on, we need to go to the cost document (VI01) to create the freight costing and then go back into Shipment Change or to a Billing to finalize the billing doc and output. Note: We are copying the freight charges to the billing doc and not settling to FI/CO.

At this client we are receiving delivery confirmations from an external warehouse system and want to automate all of the following processes using the Shipment - Activity Profile (T-Code 0VTL) and the Shipment_Create BAPI :1) PGI2) Create the Costing Document3) Billing4) Billing OutputIf this set-up is successful, we will potentially be saving on a lot of development work.

SAP_ALL: Maintenance Plant and Planning Plant in Different Company Codes

I am working with a client that may need to have some maintenance plants located in a company code different from its associated planning plant. I do not have an SAP client available to test this currently, so I need to ask - has anyone ever done this before? Is it allowed in SAP?

SD: Multiple Ship-tos in sales contracts

We are upgrading to 46C with IS Oil. In 46C. My question is with respect to proposing multiple ship-tos at sales contract level in the partner functions. In 46C, proposing alternative ship-tos seem to work ifferently. When you propose alternative ship-to We are currently working with a potential client. Our potential client is Ministry of Russian Railways. They would like to implement a system for maintenance of FA.

They have two options: TORO in SAP ( SAP is in the process of implementation - MM/FI) and Spear2000 ( special software for railway FA maintenance. SAP interface will be required).

Unfortunately nobody in Russia has implemented these systems. The provider of SPEAR2000 visited Ministry several times and submitted a proposal. They insure that implementation will not have any modifications, because SPEAR is designed especially for railways.

I am looking for our experience in area of TORO implementation in other countries, especially in transportation. I would like to know man-days which was spent on implementing TORO without modifications and with modifications as well.

Can you please ask SAP service line about TORO implementation. I need only information about man days.

Brief information about the scope of potential project is the following:First phase is implementation of pilot for one depot ( about 100 locomotives), second phase is roll out in 350 locomotives depots. Ministry has other assets like depots of cars, station etc. This is phase four of implementation. The two phases should be done in next three years. The last phase we have not discussed due to uncertainty of a selected system.

BC / Infrastructure Power Pack Initiative

1) Difficulties in assessing the infrastructure architecture and technology component solutions available in upcoming releases, especially how SAP infrastructure choices relate to other IT efforts such as interface simplification, web-enablement or e-commerce 2) Resolving current performance, availability and maintenance issues as part of a migration-driven technology refresh 3) Translating technology footprint changes (e.g. Basis to Web Apps. Server) into migration paths that align with the business process configuration and distribution over SAP solution components 3) Greater integration of infrastructure and BC activities during implementation and migration cycles (use of Solution Architect and Service Level Manager components) 4) Optimizing solutions through using new solutions currently not - or inadequately - documented by SAP

In talking to Ken and Adolf, we have decided to go ahead with kicking off an initiative to create a technical / infrastructure powerpack. What we want to ensure is that we capture solutions, best practice and p.o.v.'s around infrastructure architecture, technology components, interfacing, system management, application maintenance

Re: SAP & Hyperion Credentials - for Aventis eMagine project

I have received an abundance of quals/creds from Hyperion engagements, but so far only have one project that prototyped (and subsequently determined not to use) SAP SEM. Since we apparently haven't had much experience with the new tool, to we have any quals out there specific to EC-CS? I have one implementation with Enron, but other than that haven't received any others.

Resite 4.5 by Insite Info Request

I am looking for a contact for a project that has used a tool called Resite 4.5 by a company called Insite. I need to get some information about the tool itself and how we've used it (step by step script development, training development, and/or online help).

SAP_ALL: SD - Foreign Trade Functionality

I am looking for contacts who have implemented Foreign Trade functionality (preferably within 4.6).

Our client is currently running R/2 and has developed a custom program for all foreign trade processing. Based upon demos from SAP, they have the impression that R/3 handles their current requirements.

Our SD team is preparing for a Business Blueprint/requirements gathering session and we have very limited experience in this area. Specifically, we need help in developing the right set questions to determine foreign trade gaps, scope, and resource requirements. I would ideally like to setup a brief conference call with someone who has foreign trade experience. Our session is next Thursday and I would appreciate any help you could offer

Post Go-live Master Data Maintenance Info

Request: Any flow charts, documentation, templates, databases or other materials regarding Post go-live Master Data Maintenance Reason: Developing the post go-live master data change management process & documentationVersion: 4.5bModules: MM, PP, WM, QM , FI, CO, SD,

SAP_ALL - SAP used on manufacturing Shopfloor Info required

Our client UNIBOARD is based in Montreal and manufactures Raw Particle Board and Fibre Board of different densities. They also have operations that add value in terms of cutting to specification size and / or laminating the surfaces with all sorts of different textures and colours.Their product is mostly used by other equipment manufacturers using it to manufacture office furniture, kitchen cabinets etc.They have 10 plants distributed across North America.

QuestionsMy questions relates to SAP integration on the production execution shopfloor area. The client has their own shopfloor system that needs to be operational 24/7 and is asking us to build the interfaces with SAP. We are exploring alternative solutions and would like to know:

1) Do we have references where SAP was used directly on the shopfloor as a MES (Manufacturing Execution System) interfacing with the equipment on the production line for data collect etc.2) In the above case, do we have any references where SAP was used in a distributed environment (Installation in each site with ALE) to minimize the risk of system down time. I.e if the central SAP system is down - All 10 plants are down.3) Do we have references where SAP was used interfacing with other standard MES packages.

Seeking examples of: MRP and S&OP Re-engineering, Security Redesign

Project #1:We are seeking example projects where we have provided consulting assistance in the areas of MRP and S&OP redesign including:Process ImprovementS&OP reorganizationMaster Data cleanupReporting enhancementChange ManagementTraining (re-Training)

Project #2We are seeking example projects where we have provided consulting assistance (with or without ISAAS) in redesigning the SAP security to accomplish: Tighter controls, reduce the effort to maintainprovide a more flexible & accurate solution

I am looking for Business cases that we have done to justify BW implementations. Please send your responses directly to me.

Can anyone please assist on providing information to this issue:

A company I am working with is researching their options about installing an adapter from Clarify to SAP.Clarify is going to track their service calls and they want the cost information to flow to SAP. I'm wondering if anyone within CG&EY has worked with product and has any input.

Data discovery and interface templates for SAP implementation

We are looking for templates used in large SAP Implementations for data discovery ,data conversions and interfaces.Any information( KWEB, Powerpack submissions etc.) you could provide us would be highly appreciated

Hi, I have the following questions regarding SAP's EBP for MRO purchases:

additional hardware/ software requirements for EBP considering client has v4.6ccost and effort of maintaining catalogue for approximately 10000 MRO items and 5 vendors (rough estimate)Is the recommendation to purchase catalogue maintenance services?time and resources required to implement EBP solution for MRO purchases for 5 vendors (rough estimate)how do p card purchases integrate with EBP?

SAP_ALL: EHS (Environment Health & Safety) resource need

My client is a German chemical company. They have created an EHS solution in Europe, which they consider rolling out to North-America. They have asked us to find a resource who would assess the European EHS solution in order to determine what data and co

Client Questions - Product Costing/ Production Planning

I have a client who has asked these questions of an SAP product costing consultant. Questions for PC Consultant

1. What is the production process? What does the master data look like? (PCC are created with reference to a production process)2. Underst

Sample Files for SAP Standard Programs

I am looking for Sample Input files for RFBIBL00, RM06EEI0, RFBIBE00, RFBIKR00 and other Data Transfer Objects. Could you please send'em or point me to where I could download. I tried to generate out of SXDB, a little more data ( than what SXDB spits out) would be helpful.

PP & Variant Config & Super BOMS

Looking for knowledge and experiences using variant configurator and how the super BOM was structured for the KMATs.

We currently have 4 model ranges that we will be selling, planning and manufacturing based on the variant configurator. We are trying to determine whether it is easier to have a Super Bom per model or have a Super BOM per model range

1 Want to know how the number of Super BOMs was determined ?2 How many options were on the variant configurator ? - ours are at around 1,0003 How was characteristic planning performed for a product mix which required a ratio of an option based on another option ?

Has anyone worked with the Supplier Workplace in SAP version4.6. I am particularly interested in the function for creating inbound deliveries through the workplace

We have an opportunity to do a training session for the EY auditors on SAP. I am looking for any material that is geared towards education Auditors.

Is it possible to have a single subcontracting BOM, that has 2 items on it from 2 different plants? We do not want SAP to create a transfer requirement, since the materials should be transferred directly from their plant to the subcontractor. We will be on SAP v4.6.

ECCS Experts Needed!!!! One Dimension vs. Two Dimensions

Question that relates to One Dimension vs. Two Dimensions.

I walked the client through the One Dim Two Dim Pros and Cons and they really wanted Drill Down and Real time, so they decided to go with Two Dimensions. However, we noticed that we can do Drill Down and Real Time for legal with One Dimension. I have never seen this being done before and this was not taught by SAP. I would like to get some confirmation that this works or does not work. I have attached a document with screen shots of the configuration that has explanations and questions.Questions:1) Is this an SAP preferred method?2) What are the repercussion of doing this?

Pricing based on supplier ship date

It is very common in the chemical industry to set up contracts with raw material suppliers that state that the material purchase price will be based on the date when the supplier ships the material from their facility (instead of the planned receipt date). I'm hoping that someone has been confronted with this common problem and can recommend an efficient/ best practice solution for this scenario. I believe that this issue was raised at an ASUG meeting and SAP was considering to do some development to support this requirement? Again we will be implementing SAP v4.6c.

Production Planning / Human Resources / Labor Reporting System

Our client would like to replace their current shop floor labor collection/reporting system. I would be interested in knowing how other Discrete Manufacturing clients have handled this scenario in the past. Key questions the client has asked are: 1. Can Standard R/3 PP and HR provide reports cover topics such as: Employee Productivity Department Productivity Plant Productivity

A small sample of their current reports are:Labor Activity by EmployeeLabor Absentee by EmployeeEmployee Labor SummaryProductivity by Department / ShiftProductivity by Employee 2. If Standard R/3 cannot handle such reporting requirements how have other client handled this scenario. (e.g. Kronos, BW, Custom Reports, etc.)

SAP Purchase order goods receipt into multiple plants

Is it possible at the time of performing a goods receipt for a single purchase order, to receive a portion of material A into plant A and another portion of it into plant B? I know this is a pretty weird scenario, but this is a sub contracting scenario where a portion of the material processed by the sub contractor needs to be received into a second plant. We will be on SAP v4.6c.

do you have a couple of examples of context diagrams. We have been asked to put one together here at CAT and I have heard this term but never actually done this. The same is true for the other module teams. Please send and example if you have them.

Urgent Need - response required today - Decision Point experience

I am working on a Data Mart pursuit for GE Power and they are proposing use of Decision Point software. Looking for anyone who has experience with with this software. Proposal is due Monday so we need a response today. Call me on my cell phone (770)713-1599 if you have experinece.

REQUEST: Post Go-Live Support

Hi all. Does anyone have an Access dB or Excel spreadsheet that is useful for logging calls from users and support personnel during a go-live start-up. I would greatly appreciate any info. you have. I would also like any presentations or documetation that

Using SAP for Services and CATS for MM Service Entry with PM integration

prototyping win!

The process would look something like this:

Create requisition for service via a PM work order. The requisition would refer to a specific vendor contract and contain a mix of planned and unplanned services.

On a daily basis the services would be received and approved. The preferred method would be via CATS but standard MM Service Entry will be considered

After the end of the month a consolidated invoice and check for all services received during the month will be sent to the Vendor using ERS. If the vendor will not support ERS then it is expected that the vendor would send a consolidated invoice that AP could validate using a 2 or 3 way match.

In the past the master data model for service masters and contracts to make this work was very large and difficult to manage, service entry for itemized services was difficult and matching the service providers invoice to a group of service entry sheets was difficult so invoice matching became a problem. Insight into addressing these specific

4.6c central address management

We are working on a 4.6c system and are experiencing difficulties transporting addresses among multiple clients in a single instance. SAP has indicated that addresses in 4.6 no longer are dependent on the internal numbering per client. We have exhausted all relevant OSS notes and continue to experience the problem.

The addresses have been maintained in the initial configuration client. After we have moved the configuration to the unit test client we receive a message indicating that the object cannot be found. Additionally, as the client is a test client we are not allowed to maintain the data.

Does anyone have experience using and moving addresses (plant, company, etc) either between clients or systems? If so could you please respond and provide insight to working with the addresses in 4.6. Thank you for your assistance.

We have a high-tech client based in Canada that is looking for some assistance in the use of the material ledger (4.6c). The client is initially seeking some guidance to deterine if the material ledger will meet their specific requirements, this, in turn may then lead to a small engagement to support the implementation.

Initially we are looking for limited remote support via phone/video.

SAP ALL: How to Turn on Purch Info Record

Can anyone tell me how to "turn on" the requirement for Purchase Info Records?

We would like to make it mandatory to have an info record to create a PO for material #'s.(We want to keep the requirement for the source list turned off) Sounds simple, right?Details:Message #341 (message for no info record) is configured to be an error message. When I save a PO for a material without an info record I do not get any message. Not even a warning message - the system just saves it. I have a suspicion that an unrelated patch may have unintentionally turned the missing info record message off. We are using 4.6c. Maybe there is simple config I overlooked? If you are using 4.6c, can you try saving a PO without an info record - do you get some type of warning/error message?

I am working on the Degussa project (chemicals company) that is implementing all modules of SAP (FI, CO, AM, IM, MM, SD, PP, PP-PI, PM, PS, QM, EH&S, BW) except for HR. I have been given the task to find out some information around SAP training. Jacob said you are the most knowledgeable person in this area, so I was hoping you would help me. They have decided that the core of Degussa training activities will be provided by TradeWinds solution. Here are a few of my questions...

What experience have we had training project teams on SAP modules? Where?Who has done this training? Are they still around?What types of materials did they use? What type of training environment (train the trainer, on-line, etc.) was used?How easy is it to modify SAP training material (they are looking at 4.6)?What resources to we have to train ABAP developers?

9/19/2001 Tom J. Reiter

9/18/2001 Subramanyam R. Bhamidipati SAP- Smart forms


9/14/2001 Gillian Metcalf


9/13/2001 EC-CS vs Hyperion ?




9/12/2001 Nicole Vamvakias

9/12/2001 Gary W. Coggins

9/12/2001 Michael R. Livingston

9/12/2001 Daniel E. Scherer

9/11/2001 Charles O. May ECCS 2 Dimensions 2 Ledgers?

9/11/2001 medruck Can a SAP script expert give me a call.

9/10/2001 Betsy A. Blitz ABI Tru Trac

9/10/2001 Todd O. Van Balen





9/6/2001 Prem Desai

9/6/2001 Liam Walsh CO-PA

9/6/2001 Rakhi Kapoor LIFO expert


9/5/2001 Victor Stinson Mapping question

8/31/2001 Michael R Livingston

8/30/2001 Hugh A. Nelson Org Mgmt_Jobs Question

8/30/2001 Carol A. Hustedde

8/30/2001 Carol A. Hustedde

8/28/2001

8/28/2001 Emilio Pazos

8/28/2001 Jai Sharma Serial Numbers in Sales Orders

8/28/2001 Tracy A. Suykerbuyk Service Master Numbers

8/27/2001 Subramanyam R. Bhamidipati

8/24/2001 Simon Thompson SD, FI, MM.…


8/23/2001 Subramanyam R. Bhamidipati Material Master

8/23/2001 Karen Chi SAP Question

8/22/2001 Aaron J. Ledet Field discrepancies in MSEG

8/21/2001 Don Valentine SAP-IT Licensing Costs

8/20/2001 Tom J. Reiter HotPac Analyzer

8/20/2001 Kevin M. Herweck

8/20/2001 Matthew S. Barnfield Training Client Strategy

8/19/2001 Adolf S. Allesch An Invitation for ERP Success

8/17/2001 Kory Squire Process Flows in SAP

8/16/2001 Tim M. Williams

8/16/2001 Roberto Perez-Pavon Alain Noel - I think we did it at OPG (Ontario, Canada)

8/16/2001 Roberto Perez-Pavon

8/16/2001 Kerry A. Kreighbaum SAP_ALL: Use of KPIs

8/14/2001 Tracy A. Suykerbuyk Imaging for SAP8/14/2001 Michael J. Carducci SAP Textile Mill Solution Do we have any experience implementing the newer SAP Textile Mill solution?



8/13/2001 Anbu Mani SAP - SD : Availability Check

8/10/2001 Raul Burbano


8/8/2001 Edward R Svoboda

8/7/2001 Charles O. May France Statutory Requirements


8/3/2001 Michael Derse Plants Abroad

8/3/2001 James R. Hartman

8/2/2001 Jai Sharma

SAP Production Support Organizations

I'm looking for some information or contacts on how other SAP shops have organized their IT departments (Functional support vs. Stream support).If you have some information regarding number of support people, allignment structure, number of users, and wh

We are using SAP Smartforms ( available from 4.6C) for our form changes. I am running into some problems and configuration issues when I am trying to change an existing form (Eg. MEDRUCK form for Purchase Order) using Smart forms. How does the function

SAP_ALL: PS Functionality Questions

Jack Wells, VP in LA is conducting a review of The Walt Disney Company's systems for planning labor resource requirements for their features.

Specific areas of review include:

planning, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, cost accumulation, reporting with a big emphasis on budgeting, forecasting, resource planning and scheduling

Disney is in the process of implementing SAP, which includes PS

Jack would like to talk one of our PS experts who knows the latest and greatest SAP PS functionality in these areas. For instance: Is SAP PS typically used for these areas or do our clients implement point solutions? - especially scheduling, front end budgeting, resource planning

PS Experts - please contact Jack directly to discuss opportunity and send him any of the latest PS functionality presentations or materials.

SAP_ALL - Looking for Configurable Product Contact

I am looking for somebody knowledgable in SAP's Configurable Product functionality to talk with a non-SAP CGE&Y consultant about work they are currently undertaking.

SAP-ALL: SAP Configuration scripts w. screen prints

I am in the middle of an assessment with a key client and trying to explain configuration concepts (unsuccessfully).

If you have any sales and distribution configuration scripts with screen prints, please forward these (or point me to the right spot). I could not find any when I was searching and I know we have these.

I would prefer version 4.6 but would be willing to take others!

Phuong Nguyen <[email protected]>

Has anyone made a software comparisonbetween EC-CS and Hyperion ?I'm looking for recommendations aboutthe best sofware, and documentationabout such a study.

SAP Integration Test Defect and scrip execution tracking software tools needed

We are looking for a tool to use to record Integration Test:Defects Track defect repair statusAssign responsibility for fixTrack status of test scripts Our client has a very limited budget and would prefer not to purchase any Integration Test tracking software. Does any project have a good solution that we could use? i.e., Access database? etc. etc.

SAP Upgrade 4.5 - 4.6 - Report Tree

We are upgrading SAP from 46B to 46C at our client. One of the SAP release notes mentions from 46A onwards, custom Report trees need to be converted to Area Menus else the report tree cannot be modified. However the client has already upgraded from 45B to 46B and is able to modify the report tree without any problem in 46B.

Is there someone who has experienced any problems in modifying a report tree after upgrading and NOT converting to Area menus, specifically in 46C?

We want to ensure the upgrade from 46B to 46C will NOT cause any problems if we do NOT convert to Area menus.

PP BOM Component Qties and PDM

This is fundamentals I know but I am sure that the BOM in SAP will not take a zero qty. Our client has wonderfully developed BOMs in a PDM system (Agile) and has many items that are zero qty as they are drawing references, documents or tools that are called out as part of the production process. The intent is to keep the SAP BOM and the PDM BOM in synch ie the same material appears on both BOMs and "ideally" the same qty.

One option is to bring the zero qty components over as text items and build the component # into the text description.

Any other ideas or experiences out there?

Request for Owens Corning Opportunity

We are not looking for their current SAP infrastructure to drive or enable anything in terms of Org Design.

Specifically, we are hoping to provide the Owens Corning executives:1. An overview of what Org Design is ( can be as brief as a paragraph or as expansive as a couple pages) 2. Some insight as to what the current thought leadership is in the field 3. Some "considerations", being areas or topics they should take in account when we have our facilitated session on Org Design at the ASE.4. If available, any sample deliverables of ORg Design work we have performed in the past

I will contact Bob Phillips for training insight.

SAP_ALL: QUESTION ABOUT DISCRETE MANUFACTURING FIRMS AND HOW THEY PROCESS TIME DATA.

Our client is a discrete manufacturing company who is inquiring about how similar organizations are handling the processing of time data in SAP. Currently they have a home-grown, front-end time evaulation system which feeds PP and their Payroll system. They want to replace this system with SAP. They are considering feeding time data (ins-outs) from their clocks and have time evaulated in SAP Time Eval. They also need the time data to go to PP and PS. We have two main concerns.

(1) SAP Time Evaluation is not a front-end time system, so using SAP Time would mean a substantial change in their business processes.

(2) If we decide to use CATS, there is no standard interface to PP. (They need the hours attached to the Production Orders).

The question is. . . How are other customers handling these issues? Are most customers not using SAP Time Evaluation and utilizing other Time systems such as Kronos to evaluate the time up front? Or . . . If they are using SAP Time Evaluation, how are they dealing with the time data needed to be used by other modules? (Particularly PP)?

SAP_ALL:Shop Floor integration to R/3

Anyone out their integrated R/3 to the shop floor? Specifically, PP-PI and RLink, but I'll take any information related to shop floor integration.

I'm on a pursuit with a brewer and they are interested in using RLink to integrate PP-PI to the shop floor. They do not want the high-turnover, low education shop floor workers to navigate SAP screens, and are looking to use RLink or similar tool.

Would like to see how other clients handle alternate UoM vs Single UoM

Let me explain (I"ll try to be brief):

My client (which is NOT implementing IS-Retail) is a large, national distributor of grocery products to the retail grocery industry. Currently, they operate using a "single-unit-of-measure" approach for their item masters, i.e. they create a new item # for every new unit of measure for an item. For example, a single can of green beans (an "Each") may have one item #, but a case of 12 cans of the same green beans would have a different item number. If they started buying or selling the geen beans by the pallet, they would create yet another item #. There are a number of legacy process and system reasons why they operate this way which I won't get into here. However, an undesirable consequence is that they have a huge number of SKU's to deal with and it makes reporting their purchases, sales, margins, etc. on green beans very complicated when they have to consolidate data from several different item numbers.

Now that they are implementing SAP, which has much stronger alternate-unit-of-measure functionality than their legacy system, they are evaluating if they want to convert from single-unit-of-measure to "alternate-units-of-measure" (i.e. the "each", the "case",and the "pallet" of green beans all have the same item number). The

An ECCS question:

If we are planning to have 2 Dimensions (one for Legal and one for PCA), do we need to create each Dimension with it's own Ledger or can they share a Ledger?

Victor StinsonEEA/ERPOffice 212-773-1236Cell 201-819-3269

I am currently working on a pursuit for the implementation of a Time and Attendance System. The system was formerly known asABI - Tru Trac. The company only recently changed the name to Cybershift. If you have any knowledge of the ABI Tru Trac product, please respond via email or call me in the office at the number listed below. We are meeting with the T&A vendor this Wednesday and would like to have a better understanding of their system and the implementation timeframe.

Automatic Service Order Creation

I am on the Chevron Phillips Chemical engagement, working on implementation of the new transportation functionality in 4.6. A program for automatic creation of the service order is available in 4.6C, but not in 4.6B, our current version. We need a copy o

Rapid Decision Workshop Material

I am on an SAP project where we are several weeks away from conducting Rapid Decision Workshops and are in need of the following:

a. Powerpoint presentation or process flows depicting how an RDW is conductedb. Readiness checklist for an RDWc. Guideline

SAP Information systems and reporting tool: PA-BW

I am looking for every CGEY CO-PA and/or BW implementation, BOTH concerned in the same time would be wonderful ! * chosen in the same time, * before or after, (depending of which one) .All sectors are concerned, to be able to build a Best Business Practice document in the Area of the Information systems and reporting tool.

It can include:* Competitors study* Tactical approach to get the best system environment and work area, as very modules are concerned, depending on the project concerned,* Strategy ( reporting strategy methodology , comparison between PA and BW ...)* Change management processing* Risks, Issues, (configuration for ex.) etc ... from blue print to go live, and for sure success story.

SAP_ALL: Process Mapping Templates/Tools to SAP Functionality (engineer to order)

I am looking for any tools that we have developed on engagements or otherwise (SAP provided?) that facilitate mapping a customer's high level processes to SAP to determine level of fit out of the box and estimate implementation effort. This is for a small engineer to order manufactuing client.

SAP_ALL: Seeking Preconfigured Client for Engineer to Order or similar

I am looking for a 4.6C2 preconfigured client for a small engineer to order manufacturing client. If you know of a solution we have access to that we could use as a starting point OR if you know if SAP has one that fits this description, please email or call me.

Changing the ABAP table from cluster to tranparent

Here at client side we are working on SAP R/3 3.1i version. We need to extract records from the table 'CDHDR'. The client has not done any archiving on this table and the table now contains about 30 mil record. Any query on this table is taking lot of time. Can we change the table to 'Transperant' currently it is 'cluster' table. If we can change the type to 'Transperant'. We can put indexes on the same. If we cant change the type, can we in someway put indexes on the cluster table? Is there any other way we can reduce the query time?

You cannot change this table to transparent or put indexes on it. Cluster table is a bunch of tables linked together with a certain key.You should work towards archiving data from this table. - Rakhi Kapoor>>>>>Cluster tables are a SAP mechanism that allows you to store several logically connected entries in one "Physical" table entry.

In 3.1i release the CDHDR is a logical cluster table and the physical cluster table (pool/cluster) is CDCLS that is a table in the database. You can determine all logical cluster tables for a physical cluster via 'Tools -> ABAP Workbench -> Overview -> Repository Infosys -> ABAP Dictionary -> Basic Objects -> Tables -> (All Selections)' then enter the name of the physica cluster int the Poll/cluster table field and execute.

As you can see, it's not possible to change CDHDR to be a transparent because it's not a table but part of the table CDCLS. In release 4.0 and up the table CDHDR has been converted to a transparent table. There are conversion programs that do the job, usually used after an upgrade to 4.0x. However I do not know if it will work with a 3.1x release.

I will suggest to improve the performance by reducing the fragmentation of CDCLS, recreating its index CDCLS_0. If you are running : Unix Oracle release < 7.1.6 or NT Oracle release < 7.2.3

We have a client who has been running cost based PA for the past few years and is now interested in implementing account based PA as well. They believe that by doing so they will resolve some of the reconciliation issues they are having between account based PA and the general ledger.

Does anyone have any experience of implementing account based PA in a production environment with cost based PA already running?

I am specifically interested in implementation approaches, key considerations, lessons learned as well as any perspectives on the clients anticipated benefit.

We are working on a SAP 4.6 project and would like to get some advise from a LIFO expert.

Please call me or email me if you have LIFO expertise or know of someone who has done this before.

Where did we use AS/400 architecture and multiple instance projects - Urgent Reply Needed

We are currently working on a RFP for a textile and fabric company. With this in mind, we need some assistance in finding where we did the following:

References for a SAP implementations using a distributed AS/400 architectureReferences for multiple instance architecture.References for multiple instance corporate consolidation and reporting

Hello SAP_ALL a Mapping question.We have a requirement to interface a good receipt from a legacy system to SAP4.6c

In 4.6c goods receipt can be executed using MB01, and MIGO. From a mapping/technical perspective which SAP transaction code should be us

SAP_ALL: Any experience with PP-PI and Rlink

I'm looking for anyone with experience/information using RLink to interface the shop floor with PP-PI.

Hope things are well for everybody. I'm working with a client and we are designing their current Job and requirements structure. If anyone has a list of the Jobs that they have implemented in Organizational Management (global and/or local), as well as a description of these Jobs please pass it on. The current mindset is to use the general, US governmental EEO/AAP categories as an easy starting point, but they've specifically asked for data points from our other clients. Can anyone assist? Thanks in advance.

SAP 4.6c: Rollbacks at the Time of Billing

At Monsanto, we have recently upgraded to SAP4.6c. During execution of billing (RV60SBT1) as a scheduled background job, we are sporadically encountering rollbacks that are causing gaps in our billing document number ranges. The SM13 analysis states that the error occurred in RV_INVOICE_POST. The termination occurs in program LV60UF0V at statement "INSERT VBSS FROM TABLE XVBSS". The sales document that SAP was attempting to invoice does not complete, however the next time billing occurs, the document is succesfully invoiced.

Please respond if you have encountered a similar issue in 4.6c.

Taxware Issues encountered in SAP 4.6C

At Monsanto, we have recently upgraded to SAP 4.6C. We are encountering two issues with our Taxware bolt-on.

1) The taxware audit log is not always updated even though the RFYTXDISPLAY shows that the document has successfully been sent to taxware. This does not appear to be caused by a blocked tRFC queue, as within the Same billing run, some transactions are successfully sent, while others are not.

2) Informational messages appear in the SM37 billing log when executing billing program RV60SBT1. The message is as follows:" The combination [Item 000060, TaxCode O0, JurCode IL6222000, JurLevel4] is not unique". In initial analysis, it appears that this message occurs when billing a sales transaction that has referenced a document created in 3.1h, prior to the 4.6c upgrade.

Please respond if you have encountered similar issues with 4.6c

Mindy Blackburn & Craig Schneider

BW Delta Update Functionality Question

We're trying to use the Delta Update functionality for the Special Ledgertransactional Data from R/3 to BW. We've created the Data Source from theSpecial Ledger Summary Table using standard functionality (txn SBIW >Settings for Application Specific Data Sources > Financial Accounting -Special Purpose Ledger > Generate Transfer Structures for Totals Table).On the BW side we've created an ODS object with key fields from the SLSummary table(Co Code/Account/Profit Center/Cost Center/etc.). (Doc No.,Data and Time fields are not available from the Data source, since they'renot in the SL Summary table) When creating InfoPackages to update the ODSand then the InfoCube from the ODS, the 'Initialize Delta Process' and'Initialize without Data Transfer' buttons are not available. Only the'Full Update' Button is available. How to we get these other buttons toappear, so that we can use the Delta Update functionality? Are we missinga step? Is there something more that has to be done with the Data Sourceon the R/3 side?

SAP_ALL: SD periodic billing, rental contracts

I'm working with a prospect client that sells service for a monthly fee. They need to bill (and collect) each customer every month based on a contract. Volume is important. The currently have 150,000 customers and are growing fast.

I've been told that the SD module has functionality to manage this kind of contracts (rental contracts) and that it can do periodic billing. I'd like to have a conversation with anyone who has used this functionality to find out if this solution approach is feasible.

There are two main concerns:

1. Is the functionality available in SD suficient to fulfill my client's requirement?

2. Can SD handle that kind of volume (150,000 to 300,000 invoices per month, 150,000 to 300,000 open items per month, 150,000 to 300,000 incoming payments and clearings per month).

We are currently exploring the process of assigning serial numbers at the sales order creation time. Please let us know if you have previously worked on serial numbers assignment in orders.

We are aware that serial number profile need to be assigned to the material master record. Please let us know what other setting we need to activate in order to trigger serial number assignment on sales orders.

We are looking for information regarding Service Master numbers, specifically:

Reasons for using Service Master numbersBenefits from using Service Master numbersIssues around using Service Master numbers

Interface/ Conversion Templates, SAP Smart Forms

We are working on lot of interfaces and conversions in realization phase of the project. I need Interface / Conversion templates for maintaining very good documentation on the work we are doing . Some of the interfaces are complex and some of them are

I need 4 quick answers

1) Does std R/3 do multiple layers of discounts? e.g. Discount for Full Truck Load + Discount for a particular product mix + Discount for ... something else

Someone referred to this as basket re-price. Is this correct? Is it covered?

2) Does std R/3 cover a COD order type and functionality?

3) Would std R/3 cover multiple levels of discount on payment terms for an invoice? e.g. Pay immediately, 3% off Pay in 14 days, 2% off......etc

4) What functionality does R/3 provide for purchasing on the commodities market?

Info Request - Consignment Fill-up for Configurable Products

We are currently exploring the use of SAP's Consignment fill up functionality for configurable products at the client site. Please let us know if you have worked in the following areas of Customer Consignment fill up process.

Scenario:Customer call in and instead of buying the configurable product they would like to first take it for a test (sent to the customer as a Demo) and if they like it they might buy it. In this case following will happen in the SAP system:

A consignment fill up (type of sales order) created in the system.Consignment fill up delivery created in the system and goods issued.Once the goods are issued, stock for the configurable product moves into customer consignment stock category.If the customer didn't like the product then it will be returned to us via a consignment returns. Per our discussions with other team members we have found out that this portion of the business process is not well handled by the SAP.

Also, I am trying the scenario currently and having issues with issuing goods (item 3 above). I get a hard error saying 'update control incorrect for 631 _ _ E L'

I am transferring material master data from legacy to SAP using direct input program. At present we are loading parts for only one plant. At later stage we want to load parts for all plants. Is there any easy method to copy parts from one plant to other .

I'm working on a pursuit in San Francisco and I was wondering if you can help me answer a question: What types of work fall under "Service Management" and "Warehouse Management"? (I'm obviously not an SAP expert.) For example, under Materials Management, these types of things would be listed:§ Material Master§ Supplier Management§ Inventory Management§ Procurement of Material§ Procurement of External Services§ Invoice Verification§ Subcontracting§ Consignment Management§ Consumption-based MRPCan you please list what would fall under the above listed modules?

Has anyone encountered an issue with material documents in Table MSEG where the MATNR (Material Number) and MATBF (Stock Material) fields do not equal one another? We believe that it may be a 3.1H issue because all documents containing this situation existed prior to our upgrade to 4.6b. This is causing problems when we are extracting data into BW and would appreciate any information that you may have.

As part of an RFP due to go to press tomorrow I need an estimate of licensing costs associated with the SAP-IT bolt-on. If it is germaine the version concerned is 30D2 associated with a 3.1h system and used by 12-20 users here in the United States.

I understand that SAP licensing options may lead to a number of possible scenarios but we just need a ball-park estimate at this time.

Please respond to this e-mail or contact me per the following details

We are currently looking for any resources that have information or practical experience using the HotPac Analyzer for SAP 4.5 installations.

Implementation in Phased Approach

Two quick questions for a pursuit we are currently working, so responses are requested ASAP.

1. In the past, we have used phased approaches implementing several modules in the first phase with temporary interfaces to the legacy systems being created. Then, implementing the other modules in the second phase removing the temporary interfaces. Specifically, have we done this while implementing the AR functionality first and then the order entry and processing in the second phase?

Has anyone had experience with this approach? Please send the name of the client where it was used and which modules were implemented in each phase, if possible.

2. If this approach is used with the legacy order entry system remaining in place, but the inventory being active on SAP, can ATP be checked through and interface to SAP in real-time? If so, how is this done and do we have an example?

My client is investigating it's training client strategy and is looking for some experiences on what worked well and what are the pros and cons of the different approaches. Horror stories and success stories are welcome.

Two options that are being discussed:A full copy of production (with master & transaction data) used as training client. A copy of production configuration with no master or transaction data. The project team would create exercise data that would be refreshed

Recently I have seen some SAP_ALL messages on Testing. We have a startegic alliance with Mercury Interative and commonly use their suite of tools to augment our implementations

Are any of your customer's in the process of upgrading orimplementing ERP/CRM applications? Or are you interested in increasingyour success rate with future implementations of these applications?Mercury Interactive has partnered with the leading ERP/CRP vendors,such as SAP, Siebel, Oracle and PeopleSoft to build the best performance managementsolutions for testing and monitoring these applications.

During this webcast series you will receive information onexactly how these applications function, as well as an in-depth updateon our relationship with these ERP/CRM vendors. Our experts will coverthe latest trends in the industry, how we monitor and test theirarchitectures, how to qualify opportunities and what resourcesand sales tools are available to help you in your ERP/CRMengagements.

Series at a Glance~~~~~~~~~~~~~~o SAPLive Broadcast: August 22nd, 3:00 p.m. (PST)o SiebelLive Broadcast: August 28th, 3:00 p.m. (PST)o OracleLive Broadcast: September 5th, 3:00 p.m. (PST)o PeopleSoftLive Broadcast: September 11th, 3:00 p.m. (PST) Kevin M. Dunn>

Does anyone know the transaction code or menu path for the business process flows that are supplied by SAP?

SAP 4.6 Printing Invoices from AR

Does anyone have experience or information "printing" Accounts Receivable invoices in FI-AR (not SD)? We are replacing Oracle Financials, which has this capability and we are not intending on implementing SD. The client billing system currently performs

SAP ALL Implementation of Funds Management and Treasury

We are looking for a client where we implemented SAP Funds Management and Treasury functionality. In particular in the southern part of Texas, we have a client in El Paso Texas / Juarez Mexico who wants to visit a successful implementation

SAP ALL Implementation of Funds Management and Treasury

We are looking for a client where we implemented SAP Funds Management and Treasury functionality. In particular in the southern part of Texas, we have a client in El Paso Texas / Juarez Mexico who wants to visit a successful implementation.

Please respond if you have used Key Performance Indicators within the ValueSAP methodology.

We are looking for the following information:Which projects are using KPIs as a tracking/reporting mechanism?How are KPIs being used?What are benefits/limitations with using KPIs?

Our client is currently using the imaging tool FYI to image documents into SAP and thinking of changing. They would like us to look into other options for them, including the possibility of outsourcing their imaging needs. Please reply to me with any in

SAP_ALL Use of Diagram Explorer Tool

Please respond if you have used the Diagram Explorer Tool within the ValueSAP (Edition 2) methodology.

We are trying to structure Business Blueprint sessions and would like the benefit of being able to use these process flows; however, we have been unable to update/change the flows. Has anyone had similar experiences, or found a more beneficial way to use this tool (rather than just as a printable reference)?

We did use them for blueprinting to give an overview at a high level but they are not too good as you have no doubt found because they cannot be modified. I think there is an additional product that Intellicorp sells that allows you to modify the diagrams. You can copy them as a bitmap and erase sections BUT modification is burdensome: I would not recommend this. We went through a similiar exercise in trying to scour the KWEB for modifiable process flows but came up with little to nothing. Our client Electroglas is just coming to the end of Blueprinting and we have used the flowcharts minimally - primarily for providing a high level overview of how the SAP transactions flow together.Scope of our project is MM, SD, PP FI, CO. Any swaps of data / info welcome. We start Realization in Sept.<James A. Bracken>

Good to see you are still around. It sounds like ValueSAP is the new version of ASAP? At YEA I looked into to making changes to the diagrams and found out it requires a license with IntelliCorp: > $100,000. IntelliCorp's explanation for this hefty price tag was that the license comes with several 'free' consulting days of Business Mapping and Reengineering. I used a few printed diagrams in my initial sessions with Gene and Julie. It helped them understand the big picture, after that I used it minimally.<Wilbert Blom>

Agile-SAP Interface Information Request

Currently we are evaluating and analyzing different vendors who have worked (have a link) on Aglile and SAP interface. So far we have identified Siemens (ALR3) as the only vendor providing these services.

Agile-SAP link at out client site will be performing following functions.Agile will maintain all BOMs, Rev Levels, Materials master records etc.These records will be fed to SAP via an interface.

Any information regarding the following will be of a great help to our technical team:Has any other CGEY project used SAP-Agile interface?Any vendors other than Siemens which we have used for this interface.

Please forward any information that you might have to either 'Subramanyam R. Bhamidipati' aka 'BRK' or myself.

Question on the AVAILABILITY CHECK during sales order processing…

I know the availability check rule could be set up at the plant / storage location level. But is there a way to EXCLUDE a particular storage location during availability check?? If anyone has done this before, please let me know the process.

SAP RESOURCE REQUEST NEED

We need an SAP resource with experience in Data Conversion, Data Mapping or general Data Management at the senior consultant or above level.Location will be Montreal starting ASAP for approximately 6 weeks with possible extension. The work will entail data conversion from Legacy to SAP at Bombardier.

Please send all inquires to:

Tax - Sales and Use (bolt-on vs. manual), VAT, and Corporate Income Tax

I need some help with Tax.

Sales and Use TaxHas anyone used SAP without a bolt-on for Sales and Use Tax (manual maintenance in SAP)? How do we maintain the Tax information in SAP without the bolt-on? Is there a lot of configuration and maintenance?Would there be more work setting up a bolt-on vs. manual maintenance? Does the bolt-on simplify the set-up?Can someone help with the pro's and con's of either method.

VAT taxWhat are the needs for VAT reporting?Is there a bolt-on for VAT?Would there be more work setting up a bolt-on vs. manual maintenance?Can someone help with the pro's and con's of either method.

Corporate Income TaxWhat is needed to extracted data from SAP for Corporate Income Tax returns? In-house created reports, third party vendor software, or other??

Wichita Accounts Receivable Hardware Inquiry [CGEY Virus checked]

I am currently working at Bombardier Aerospace in their Wichita facility implementing SAP 4.6 c2.

The Wichita facility manages the centralized invoice production process forSpare Parts for all live SAP Spares & Maintenance sites within BombardierAerospace. Average monthly output of individual invoices is in the 20,000 to 30,000 range. The A/R department is currently producing invoices on a HP Laserjet 4050 TN printer and fold and stuff envelopes manually.

The department needs high speed printing capabilities with automated folding andenvelope stuffing technology. Could you please suggest a hardware suite (orsuites) that can handle this. Ideally, I would like to have a microlevel process flow diagram that supports the process as well, say, from invoicebatch run to envelope mailing.

I'm looking for anyone that has implemented SAP for a French company. I would like to find out what SAP modules (only GL or GL & SPL) and reports are necessary to gather the financial data to send to the French government. Also, any lessons learned would be great.

Has anyone tried producing the financial reports using EC-CS?

Situation:One French company with no subsidiaries (no consolidations)Functional Currency is USD and will have a parallel currency of EURFrench COAInter-company transactions with companies from other countriesParent is a US company

Urgent: Global Process Design and Master Data

I am working on a pursuit for a large, global company that has asked for help in developing a global SAP design and I am looking for some assistance from people who have gone through a similar exercise.

Specifically, we are trying to determine which business processes and master data elements must be global, i.e. must be standardized and controlled globally, and which processes and master data elements can be handled locally. For example some of the finance processes and related data such as consolidations must be global whereas others such as tax reporting must be local.

If anyone has developed lists of global and local business processes and the related global and local master data we would very much appreciate you sharing them with us. Please assume that all SAP modules are in scope.

Our proposal is due by Friday so there is a high degree of urgency on this and therefore quick responses would be appreciated.

Looking for any experience you may have had with the Plants Abroad functionality. More specifically, our client has a few plants in foreign locations, so I'm curious to know:

What is the effort in putting this functionality vs. the benefit we will get out of itWhat are the implications if we do not use Plants Abroad

SAP vs. Oracle Total Cost of Ownership

We are working with a client who has requested a Total Cost of Ownership comparison between SAP and Oracle. If anyone has this information or has gone through a similar exercise and has information that might be pertinent it would be greatly appreciated as our response is due by Monday afternoon.

CATT vs Mercury WinRunner For Data Uploads

We are currently analyzing various upload tools including Mercury's WinRunner and SAP's CATT functionality for a high-tech client in Silicon Valley. We are leaning towards choosing Mercury and we would need your help to gather more information around it.

Primarily we think Mercury is a better tool because of following reasons:

Less technical as compared to CATT.Users with very little training could start to use Winrunner efficiently.Users do not need to be SAP CATT experts to upload data. Mercury can handle decent size data uploads efficiently.Et Al

If there are other things we should be considering while making a decision please respond back.

8/2/2001 Alex Johnson High Tech Refurbishing

8/1/2001 Sailaja Konduri

8/1/2001 John T. Waymire Itemized Services on Pos



7/30/2001 Vijay K. Goddla Audit Information System

7/30/2001 Sanjiv A. Gilani EBP 2.0c addresses

7/30/2001 Anthony V. Scott

7/30/2001 Siva Subrahmanyan Intellicorp's Uptimizer Tool

7/30/2001 Neepa Patel

7/29/2001 Prem Desai Current state analysis

7/29/2001 Elena Bauza



7/26/2001 Andrew Smith SAP Workplace References

7/26/2001 Ahmed M. Razak Upgrade to 4.6c IS-OIL

7/25/2001 Malay S. Parikh

7/25/2001 Victor Stinson Retro pricing

7/25/2001 Kin Ho SAP CIC

7/25/2001 Jeannie V. Brewer SAP PM Business Scenarios

7/24/2001 Lance A. Leigh Inventory/Warehouse Mgmt.


7/20/2001 [email protected] hardware, software, technical current and future state assesments for IT content

7/19/2001 Michele A. Fleischacker PM reporting strategies

7/19/2001 Matthew S. Barnfield

7/18/2001 John T. Waymire Meridium Software

7/18/2001 Bill Roos

7/17/2001 Robert D. Rosenfeld Fixed asset US tax configuration

7/17/2001 Jai Sharma Workflow Information Request


7/16/2001 Bruce Cameron

7/14/2001 Victor Stinson Reference server


7/13/2001 Daniel Tanugraha

7/12/2001 Mindy Blackburn



7/11/2001 Subramanyam R. Bhamidipati

7/11/2001 Stewart Wilson Pricing - Group Conditions

7/11/2001 Anbu Mani

7/10/2001 David S. Gray Label printing upon goods receipt

7/10/2001 Paul R. Musser MM/PM Serialization

7/10/2001 Patrick H. Stoneking QA DB

7/5/2001 Raja R. Chellappa Field description changes in SAP

7/5/2001

7/5/2001 James R. Hartman


7/3/2001 David Gara

7/3/2001 Dave Dobrovich

7/3/2001 Jack Roper Rolling Six Quarter Forecast

7/2/2001

6/28/2001 Alain Noel none

6/26/2001 Marco H. Santoyo

6/26/2001

6/25/2001 John C Gilhooly BCS Forecasting Functionality

6/25/2001 John T. Waymire Demand Management in R/3

6/25/2001 Miroslav Dlouhy

6/25/2001 Normand Girard R/3 with a POS system

6/25/2001 Allen Cowles. Syngenta

6/23/2001 James A. Bracken Kanban - PP & IM/WM

6/23/2001 Lance A. Leigh Workflow in 4.6C

6/22/2001 Karen M. Surdy SAP R/3 and DRP

6/21/2001 Anthony Hingley Material Serialization in WM


6/20/2001 Sidney E. Harrelson Jr.

6/14/2001 Tim M. Williams

6/13/2001 Brian G. Francis Request for Staffing Models

Our client, Electroglas (EG), makes something called a Prober. It is a large, expensive, critical piece of equipment. Since it is so expensive, customers (especially in these tougher times) might opt out for a used, refurbished Prober instead of a new Prober. Also, EG might make a deal to buy back an old one and sell a new one at a reduced price.

The bottom line is we've got quite an active business surrounding the receipt of used Probers (they come back into EG stock) and the sale of refurbished Probers.

We'd love to standardize this process (document flow, material receipt, costing). We do not want to recreate the wheel or develop client-specific solutions. If you've successfully tackled this 'buyback' and 'refurbishing' scenario and have some best practice recommendations please respond back.

Note: Service Management is not in Scope.

Control Indicators for Controlling Area

Has anybody experienced an error "Control Indicators for Controlling Area do not exist" when you activate indicators for controlling area for the current fiscal year?

Here is some more explanation: We are currently implementing SAP HR 4.6C and we do not have FI in the same instance. I have gone through OSS and came across a similar note but it talks about operating concern. We are not implementing CO-PA or FI so that note is not relevant for us. This message is coming across all the clients, so we need to get it fixed as soon as possible. Any help on this is greatly appreciated. The error message no. is KI102 and we are currently on support package LCP25

My client is looking for a method of capturing details on services performed by service contractors in their facilities. External service functionality using service masters will capture the detail but has a significant data entry workload. As the number of service POs are very high, we are looking for best practices in this area. We would also like to include rental equipment and support evaluated receipt settlement.

One of our competitors (AA) is pushing a system called Track software. It seems to replace external services functionality in MM. Phillips is listed as a customer. Any information about this software and the business case for using it as an alternative to external services would be appreciated.

SAP_ALL: HR - examples of Co. paying active & retirees out of SAP needed

Do you know of any Companies that are currently paying their retirees aswell as their active employees out of SAP?

Re: Request for sample Realization deliverables

We are preparing to kick off the realization (ASAP) phase and are looking for key project deliverable samples to leverage. We did not find any in the KLM or knowledge web. We would appreciate any help?

Please send copies of templates and samples or let me know of any project that might have what we are looking for. Our client is a High tech High Growth size company.

Key Deliverables

Integration Test Scripts (Template and samples)Unit testBPP or other business process documentation (current plan is to use ASAP as start point)Training Materials if other than BPP or to augment BPPsConfiguration Documentationtechnical documentation for interfaces, conversions, forms, reports (modifications)Training Course offeringsRealization phase kickoff materials

Has anybody used Audit Information System (AIS) component of SAP at any of Ur engagements. Please let me know any learnings regarding the same.Thx

We are currently using SAP EBP 2.0c as a reverse prototype to create a sell side private marketplace.

Does anyone know how to -

1. Sort visibilty of multiple delivery addresses based on the Purchasing Group?2. Allow selection of a Bill to address for inclusion in the shopping cart at header and or line item level?

ERS Change Management Request

Our client is currently engaged in an SAP 4.6 upgrade and rollout to new plants in the US and Europe.

I am charged with managing the change management aspects of rolling out the Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) functionality to all US plants.

I am interested to talk with anyone who has deep content/functional knowledge of this area or in obtaining any documentation pertaining to ERS.

Specifically, I am interested in the following items: Develop process/procedures for handling inbound freight (both planned and unplanned; and primary vendor supplied freight as well as third-party freight) with ERS Develop KPIs/savings measurement to show results of transition to ERSDevelop / Implement error resolution process with vendors and facilities Develop / Implement price updating process Develop / Implement process to add and/or remove vendors as ERS vendors

Has anyone used Intellicorp's Uptimizer for evaluating an upgrade ? We have heard & read the claims of the company...the tool can provide the list of all technical objects affected by the upgrade, and that this tools cuts down on the time for evaluating the changes to the objects...

Questions:

a) How effective is the tool ? b) Was any cost benefit analysis performed on the tool ?c) Do we have a list of (highlevel) pros & cons on the effectiveness of the tool ?

Any information on your experience or on the tool may help us in our decision making process.

SAP Banking Requirements for European Countries

Please respond back to this email if you have any documentation or experience with regards to SAP banking requirements for European Countries. Any information that we could leverage from would be extremely helpful.

Please contact me if further clarification is required. Thanks for your assistance!

I am looking for current state analysis document for a large SAP implementation. There are some interesting document on Kweb but none of them are complete. Does any one has such document.

Re: Has anyone used iTutor? Please share experiences, learnings, & suggestions

Ron, we used iTutor in the Fleming HR SAP project. Clint Nolen from the Dallas office was in charge of the training in the project. The tool was pretty easy to use and the client was highly satisfy with the material and the way we were able to cut the cost of training. My suggestion is that you contact Clint, he may still having the tool installed in his machine and some of the classes. He can also give you more details.

iTutor is not quite as robust as something like LEAP but it is much easier to develop and use! The client was extremely satisified with the results and the end users seemed to love it! It most definitely made production support MUCH easier.

We were able to develop over 25 modules in about a 1-2 weeks time. A wizard character points, talks, and gives texts output for each click and screenshot that the user would go through during a transaction.

We were able to post these to the clients HR intranet site for the users to access and use as an on-line visual training aid. I actually still have the executable on my PC and one or two sample training modules that we developed.

Unfortunately, I do not have the installation CD and you have to have the iTutor player installed to view the file. If you'd like to talk more about this, please feel free to give me a call tomorrow. - Clint V. Nolen

SAP_ALL: Archiving, Business Complete

At my current project we are to completely archive & delete the documents from SD, MM, PP, PS, PM, FI, and CO. We are using SAP's Archiving functionality to do so. Archiving programs select documents that are 'business complete' and then archive and delet

Pharma Industry-Deduction Management [SAP 4.6c FI-AR vs ChiCor]

We have been asked by our client to provide a comparison assessment between SAP FI-AR and a product call ChiCor DMS (Deduction Management System). The client is considering the implementation of SAP AR and would like to understand if it will be able to handle complexities of Pharmaceutical Chargebacks and Deductions or whether it should consider ChiCor as an alternative.

Can you please contact me if you have any background in AR - Deduction management or experience with the ChiCor product?

Please advise if you know of any CGEY references where we have successfully implemented mySAP Workplace. I urgently need this information for a client proposal which is due for submission on Monday.

Our client is considering delaying their upgrade project (3.1H IS-OIL to 4.6C IS-OIL) by couple of months.

They are looking for information, references, etc. that would allow them to determine if the delay would be a move in the right direction or not. If anybody has come across a similar situation please provide us with feedback in terms of the following information that we would like to provide them:

Benefits of such a delay, if any.What are the potential pitfalls if the upgrade is delayed by a month, 2 months or more. (Keeping in view their current concerns and situation - see below)Downsides of such a delay to the business, if any in general.

Please note the following pieces of key information about the client:While implementing 3.1H IS-OIL they went live in multiple phases spread over this year. The last go-live with the Rack Marketing Interface was on June 01, 2001.4.6 Upgrade starts on August 1stTheir target date for the upgrade go-live is Nov 12, 2001. (Approx. 3.5 months for implementation to go-live)SAP will give up support of 3.1H IS-OIL installations on Dec 31, 2001.Supporting the current system is a major concern due to many issues.

EC-CS ( Consolidation of Investments)

I am currently working on resolving issues around consolidation of Investments and Loans within EC-CS module of SAP at Owens Corning project in Ohio. I would like to talk to someone with ECCS hands on experience about the specific questions within configurations. It appears, we have most of the issues around currency translation within EC-CS when it consolidates it's intercompany Investments and Loans. Also, I want talk about " Lesson Learned" from the EC-CS projects you guys have worked on. We are on version 4.5 BLet me know the time and number where I can reach you.

Can anyone help me with SAP retro pricing in the auto industry.

Legacy system scenario: Contracts are established at X price per unit. At a date beyound the contract start and received goods a new price is negotiated for all future purchases and the n

We are in discussion with a client about SAP CIC. We like to know what experiences and references we have in this area.

I am looking for a list of SAP PM Business Scenarios. If you are also able to provide the details of those scenarios -- it would be greatly appreciated.

Our client would like to utilize the Inventory Management module as a substitute for the storage bin functionality in Warehouse Management. I am in need of any workaround solutions where we may have implemented IM and managed storage bins without getting into the complexities of WM. Specifically my client has the following requirements:

multiple bin locations for the same materialGR/GI slip with a complete list of storage bins per material500 storage bins in the warehouse

Any suggestions, possible solutions etc. would be much appreciated.

Also, I am sure this topic has come up in other projects. Any feedback on how we negated the use of WM while responding to our client needs would be helpful. For example did we use a IM workaround in phase 1 and then implement WM in phase 2?

SAP Cost of Sales Accounting using Functional Area

We are currently installing 4.6c at a manufacturing company and they would like to use SAP's Cost of Sales Accounting functionality.

Can someone help me with the pro's and con's of using this functionality? Does anyone have a "Best in Class" example or White Paper explaining how this functionality should be designed?

Alliance manager to coordinate, sales by us of EYT networking,

I am working with a client who use very little of the PM reporting functionality and want a very low level of detail in the GL & CO reports. Please send me any information you may have regarding Plant Maintenance reporting strategies. Also, any detailed information you have regarding turnaround processing/reporting would be beneficial.

SAP Knowledge Management & PAW

Does anyone have experience with SAP's Performance Assessment Workbench (PAW) tool? My client is investigating its use and I would like to learn of any experiences that I could share with them.

It is a knowledge management tool used to integrate assessment and feedback into learning objects within SAP's Knowledge Warehouse (KW).

Does anyone have experience with or knowledge about the suite of equipment reliability analysis tools from Meridium software?

Enterprise Reliability Management System (ERMS)

Meridium’s Extract Pack for SAP R/3

The Shell Texaco alliance is considering a Meridium implementation. We are working with them on the planning and estimating of a SAP PM implementation. If we have experience with these tools we have an opportunity to provide implementation assistance for the Meridium project or add this package to the scope of the PM project

SAP/JD Edwards functional Comparison

Have we done a recent comparison between the functionality provided by JD Edwards and SAP in a manufacturing environment (preferably process)? If you have any information to that effect I will appreciate a copy.

We are looking for configuration documents on SAP Fixed Assets as it relates to tax depreciation. At this client, we will be implementing four tax depreciation areas:MACRS (Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System)AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax)ACE (Adjusted Current Earnings)E&P (Corporate Earnings and Profits)

Being that in any SAP Asset Management implementation in the US, we need to accomodate these tax rules, I wanted to try and leverage this information from our internal network. If you have information on the configuration settings in SAP for any of these depreciation areas, could you please send it to me, or contact me on my cell phone (listed below). I realize that there are some default settings in SAP for these depreciation areas, but I did not know how accurate they were.

We are currently implementing SAP R/3 at a High Tech client in Silicon Valley, and currently working towards identifying Workflow scope for the project.

We could appreciate any information that we can get around implementing workflow for the following scenarios:

Simple use of workflow for triggering emails between various departments for maintaining Customer master. Currently we have identified three departments that will be responsible for maintaining customer master.How much time might be needed to implement simpler version of workflow for this scenario.Number of FTEs required to implement this portion of workflow.Do we need HR Org structures set up in the system to implement this portion of workflow.

SAP_ALL: WinRunner vs. CATT

Hi everyone, My client is looking for an automated testing tool that we will also use for loading transactional data to support our training client. Can anyone offer pros and cons between WinRunner and CATT in 4.6? Specifically, they'd like to evaluate the ease of use for: - Recording files - Executing files - Modifying files once they've been recorded - Executing files across multiple SAP instances

Any thoughts or experiences you can share would be appreciated.

Setting default consumption units in cost center planning layouts

Problem:Client has a custom program that populates data into the standard cost center planning layout (1-101).The next rollout to new countries for the client requires some changes to the planning layout.How can we set the "Unit of Measure" for consumption quantities to default to "H".

We have noticed that if a cost element is planned in cost center (A) without this default set, we are unable to input consumption into cost center (B) because the consumption and units are greyed out.

Can anyone share with me white papers, bench marks and strategies to deal with master data maintenance using a reference server. specifically material master, vendor master and chart of account objects also.

Sales order management questions

I am working on a pursuit of a SAP R/3 4.6B pursuit. We urgently need answers to the following questions - whether standard R/3 can handle this or some work arounds are available.

Sales Order administration based output reporting (e.g. order confirmations based on Order administration)System to require shipping manifest/Air Way Bill number and name of transportation provider before the order transaction is closed out in the system.System to generate an alert/message for order entry to trigger shipment pre-alert dispatch to destinationWhere a system is being configured i.e. modules populated in the rack and there are more modules than can be physically configured; these need to be identified as spares which need to be processed as line items as part of that order - need to build in system configuration rules

SAP Workflow Maintenance Question

At Enron, we just completed the EBP 2.0C implementation and I'm interested in talking to anyone who has knowledge on general SAP workflow configuration, setup or maintenance process.

Please give me a call at client (713) 345 5003 or bounce back to this e-mail with your contact information if I can talk to any of you for about 5-10 minutes.

BW Reporting/Authorization Question

When creating profiles to be used in the BEx Analyzer, we've created andauthorization object to hold key fields such as Co. Code and Profit Center,so that we can restrict users to only view P&L's etc. for their own profitcenter and co code. In doing so it appears that when the users go intotheir reports and try to use the filtering functionality on thesecharacteristics, they can no longer see the hierarchies that exist forthese characteristics and must now only restrict them based on the fixedvalues. They do not even have access to the parts of the hierarchies inwhich the values to which they have authorizations fall.

Does anyone know of a way around this?

Experience with SAP production support models

Hi, I am looking for documentation on SAP production support models, including:

Process, technology and organizational structure to support SAP related problem identification & resolutionProcess, technology and organization structure to support capturing, prioritizing and planning the implementation of post go-live system enhancements

Also if anyone has extensive experience in this area please let me know.

SAP_ALL Questions for FI SD folks

I am working on a pursuit for a SAP R/3 4.6B implementation. There were some questions in Finance & SD for which I could not get answers. It would be great if anyone can jot down some comments

Here are the questions

1. Multi-currency netting for intercompany activities. 2. Under Invoicing The Billing Document must mirror the Customer Purchase Order and allow for special requirements eg Letters of Credit, Customer specific requirements … No Manual Invoices . 3. Tax department provides % add on in transfer pricing. 4. Are the following standard R/3 reportsCash Receipt register by bankAbility to generate customized L/C documentation in SAPAbility to generate L/C and CIA instructions from SAP.Electronic Filing of InvoicesListing of Commissions Due/paid to DistributorsVAT returns for each country registered.Customer Services income & expenses analysed by clearing date

Electroglas SAP-Agile, SAP-Clarify Interfaces

Electroglas is implementing SAP 4.6C . Please let us know if anyone used SAP-Agile , SAP-Clarify interfaces in their projects. This information is very important for this project. You can reply to this mail or call me at (973) 325-3575.

I'm working with a client that has a price list that has scale pricing. The line item price depends on the total order value.

For example.

Order Value Price500 $3.50 ea1000 $3.25 ea2500 $3.15 ea

I have configured the price condition record with the "Group Condition" flag checked and Group Routine 1 (overall Order) and I've established a value based scale like the one above. For some reason, when I create the order the condition record is found, but no value comes into the order.

If anyone out there has experience configuring for this scenario, I could use some assistance. Either respond to this email with any suggestions or give me a call at 708-=359-7889.

SAP 3.1h - Euro Readiness for non EURO entities doing business in EURO Countries

Our client (primarily based in US) running on SAP 3.1h is preparing to go through a EURO READINESS phase to accomodate it's business partners in EURO countries. I would like to get any documentation on preparing non EURO entities (US, UK) to do business in EURO countries.

We're trying to print labels for materials upon goods receipt for a purchase order. The quantity of labels to print needs to be the quantity received on the goods receipt. The client currently uses an HP deskjet printer and prints labels on standard Avery 8.5x11'' forms with 10 blank stickers (2 columns of 5) per sheet. They are thinking of going to a Zebra or Intermec (industrial) printer which outputs one label at a time. Labels only need to print for materials that are to be posted to quality inspection stock.

The data that needs to be captured on the labels is general material doc info such as mat. doc #, PO #, matl #, matl description, batch, posting date, user id etc..

Does anyone have any specific experience with label printing output such as this? or any thoughts...

I have done similar thing earlier.The labels can be printed via SAP Script. The number of labels can be passed to the print program via user exit / modification to the program.Printing can be initiated by trigger files from SAP also defined in the code. - Rakhi Kapoor

I am interested in finding out if anyone has experience with implementing SAP's MM/PM serialization functionality. We are looking at possibly turning on this configuration for our client but would like to obtain some more information to assist with our analysis.

In particular, we are interested in seeing how receipts, issues, returns and reversal were handled with serialized equipment.

We are using SAP's QA DB tool here at Nissan. I have a few questions that I hope someone can help me with:

At what clients have we used QA DB?Was the team accessing QA DB co-located or spread over multiple locations / continents?If over multiple locations, were any issues encountered with the application?

Any information would be greatly appreciated. If you would like to talk to me directly please do not hesitate to call me at 310.771.6460.

There's been a request from our client to check out the possibilities of changing descriptions for certain fields. For example: Material field - the description to be changed to 'item' from 'material'

We are looking for answers for a few questions and also any lessons learnt in this regard.

1) Have we done anything similar in any of our engagements2) What does it take to make these changes3) What are the implications when we go in for upgrades.

Raja R. Chellappa, Venkatesh Doraikannu

Re: Field description changes in SAP

There's been a request from our client to check out the possibilities of changing descriptions for certain fields. For example: Material field - the description to be changed to 'item' from 'material'

We are looking for answers for a few questions an

I don't think its advisable to change description of fields.I have never seen any client in my experience do this. But lots of people have asked for it.These kind of description changes for filed attributes can be done at the data dictionary level (SE11

SAP Console Information / Experience

We are preparing a proposal for a Biotech firm who would like to utilize barcoding technology. They have indicated they would like to use SAP Console for this purpose. We are interested in any documentation, information, experiences, etc. with SAP Console. Your prompt response will be greatly appreciated as this proposal is due tommorrow.

Course Curriculum for SAP Overview, PM and MM in 4.6

Our client, Equiva Services, has asked CGEY to conduct project team training in the areas of an SAP Overview, Plant Maintenance, and Materials Management for R/3 4.6 --- in lieu of our team members attending SAP America's training academy.

I am looking for course outlines and training materials(including powerpoint presentations, exercises, case studies, etc) for all three.

Need for Engineering Change Management Resource at Bombardier

We are looking for a resource with in-depth knowledge of SAP Engineering Change Management (Product Change Management) for an upcoming engagement at Bombardier in Montreal. Ideally, this person would be Manager or above. Project duration is from early August to some time in 2002 (still tbd).

Please respond if you fit the profile or have suggestions as to where we may find such a resource. (FYI - Formal resourcing channels haven't located candidates with the background required.)

Rebates in a Life Science Environment

We are working on a pursuit for Pharmacia and need some information regarding SAP's ability to handle rebates in a life science's environment. As always, we need the information yesterday. If you have experience in this area please contact me at 203-913-5363 or reply to this e-mail with your contact information. Your help would be greatly appreciated!

I am working on a pursuit for a major Life Science company which has a requirement to initialize a "rolling six quarter forecast". Does anyone have experience with other companies in any sector with this type of budgeting methodology (within or outside SAP)? I would like info on what systems were used, methodology, process, anything you have.


Schneider Pursuit - Looking for PS reference, SAP configurator and CRM

I'm looking for- PS projects reference, especially in manufacturing industry(Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, ...).- SAP configurator implementation reference- CRM configurator (Sales Config Engine)

If we can show to the client that we have implemented such a project, thenwe will be in astrong position to win, and this is a big deal. Please, help !!!

Does anyone ever used the RBE tool or attended the training?

The Reverse Business Engineer is a toll-based SAP solution that provides a business-oriented approach to analyzing live SAP R/3 systems. The Reverse Business Engineer supports multiple Continuous Business Improvement scenarios such as:- Business Process Monitoring- Upgrade projects- Consolidation of live SAP R/3 systems

Room reservation and Catering functionality question

Could somebody that has had experience implementing the room reservation and catering functionality in SAP get in touch with me or Ralph Kuhlmeier?

We are looking for insight as to the configuration, its limitations, as well as answers to some key questions to finish our fit gap analysis. So far we have gone into the system and attempted configuration of Locations and Rooms, but we could not figure out a way to build a structure of locations and rooms to make the search of rooms a little more user friendly. We haven't touched the catering portion of the functionality, but it is a key requirement to our client. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Vendor Consignment Reference ?

I'm looking for Vendor Consignment Implementation project references withinCGEY (ERS - Evaluated Receipt System)and best practices with SAP.

We are currently implementing SAP-BCS - Consolidation module. The scope of the implementation is legal entity consolidation including Actuals, Forecasts, and Budgeting.

We currently have design questions and are looking for experience on other implementations for comparison purposes. If you have any experience with, or knowledge of, Forecasting in either SAP-BCS or EC-CS, please contact John Gilhooly (613) 598-4337 or Elena Petrov (416) 943 - 4403. Alternatively, please send a quick reply with project details (including scope, functional processes for instance use of versions, copy functionality of actuals into forecast).

I am working with a client (Chevron Oronite) in a make to order specialty chemical environment. I am looking for information about demand management using standard R/3 (SOP, etc). Presentations, white papers, or other functional descriptions would be appreciated.

Material Intercompany Transfers for Tax Efficient Supply Chain for European operations

I'm looking for a reference for an implementation of material intercompany transfers in the context of tax efficient supply chain for European operations.

Such project usually involves establishing a central European sales company in one European country (e.g. Switzerland) in order to take advantage of tax savings. This company operates on a "purchase-and-resale" basis with all the customers previously served by the local European companies - i.e. the Swiss company would purchase all product from the local companies and sell this product on to the end customer. All products would be shipped directly from the plant or warehouse to the end customer.

The project usually involves designing and implementing functionality for order processing, intercompany billing, pricing, VAT processing, Intrastat declarations and reporting. In addition to it transactions are often automated using the ALE functionality in R/3 – a sales order created automatically from a purchase order

I am presently working on a proposal for a client which is essentially in the service industry, but a small part of their business handles Retail functions (selling of T-shirts or polo shirts as well as Food & Beverage in mobile outlets that move from town to town). They want to upgrade to the same POS system for all of their outlets. They are presently using R/3 version 4.0b.

Would someone be aware of a client, anywhere in the world that has installed a POS system (basic, semi-intelligent or intelligent) with R/3, as opposed to having the Industry Solution - Retail with a POS system.

We are currently working on a large SAP assignement for an agrochemicalscompany. We need some help demonstrating potential SAP architecturesolutions.

Specifically, we are looking for any generic architectures that people havedevised in the past to cover e.g. Distributed Instances using ALE, SingleMaster Data Instance using ALE, Functional Processes Implementations, GlobalSupply Chain Management, Shared Services etc etc.

Additionally our solution will need to provide for a number of mySAPcomponents, APO, BW, SEM and possibly CRM and workplace, therefore therewill be ITS and workplace servers as well.

We understand each component requires its own DEV and QA boxes and thereforewe could be looking at a large number of servers.

We would appreciate input from anyone who has worked on, and has relevantexperience of technical design in a similar large installation.

If you believe that you can offer some useful help and guidance, please sendany relevant information to:

[email protected]

Peter, if you wish to discuss the project further, please do not hesitate tocontact me tel: 07801 - 764704.

Our client Electroglas currently uses several kanban methods and is keen to replicate these in SAP.

They have currently purchased PP and IM but SAP materials suggest that both PP and WM are required. Does anyone know if SAP supports kanban without WM ?

We are keen to find out what is required for setting up lineside WIP locations that operate under kanban and would like to speak to individuals that may have developed a design for carrying this out.

Our client, Electroglas, is considering implementing Workflow for the approval of purchase requisitions and purchase orders in 4.6C. I am looking for the following information to understand the scope of this effort:

Number of resources and specific skills required (functional and technical).Estimated timeline to design, test and implement.Timing of loading Workflow resources onto project. Do we need resources during the entire blueprint, realization and go-live project stages?We are also implementing Workplace. Does this impact the effort to implement Workflow either positively or negatively?

My client, Holnam Cement, is looking to load an optimized Distribution Plan into SAP R/3 (APO is out of scope this year) from an external system. The plan basically has a ship-from plant, ship-to plant, and tons. I was wondering if anyone has used DRP within R/3 for this type of activity before. The only issue I see right now is that DRP will not let you store a ship-from plant.

We have a system problem in 4.6C when trying to clear differences in IM from WM (LI21) and serialized materials are involved. The transaction returns an error message requesting the input of the serial numbers but there is no input field. OSS addresses s

Scheduling conference rooms & catering functionality

Hi, I am trying to find out if SAP has any functionality to schedule conference rooms and catering.

SAP ALL: SAP IS Chemical experience

These two requests are the for the same engagement, Reichhold Chemicals. Dianna Perron has been looking for this resource for several days, and I am serving as the engagement VP for the work at Reichhold. The potential resources which have been sent our way so far do not have the IS-Chemical knowledge that we definitely need. We have been given some SAP candidates with chemical industry background, but no candidates who have worked with the industry solution for chemicals. Please send any candidates to Dianna and Howard Buckley for review. Your help is greatly appreciated since we are scheduled to start the engagement on Monday in Durham, NC. If you have experience in IS-Chemical (not just chemical experience on an SAP engagement) AND are available for staffing on Monday 6/25/01, please respond to Dianna Perron.

Need RFP Responses - Manufacturing

We are working on a sales pursuit for Bell Helicopter and we need examples of initial responses to RFP's in the manufacturing industry and/or Aerospace/Defense. If available, the following responses to RFP's from Bombardier, Northrup and BF Goodrich wou

I am interested in obtaining staffing models for applications support organizations. Ideally, the model(s) will have been developed as part of staffing a client's internal support organization. The model(s) should include the number, type and cost of the resources. Alternatively, any models depicting the staffing of a support organization (internally or outsourced) created either for client work or as part of a pursuit or internal project would be sufficient.

6/13/2001 Anthony Hingley Technical assistance sought

6/11/2001 Joseph L. Reuwer

6/11/2001 Laura P. Mendoza

6/8/2001 Knowledge SAP FI manager

6/8/2001 Upgrading from SAP BBP 2.0b

6/8/2001 Jenny H Walton Upgrading from SAP BBP 2.0b

6/7/2001 Bruce Cameron CO Reports - currency choices

6/7/2001 John Olon ERP Comparisons

6/7/2001 Ramesh B. Ravi


6/6/2001 Johan L. Opperman International Req.

6/6/2001 Wilbert Blom none

6/6/2001 Alain Noel SAP ALL security question

6/6/2001 Joseph L. Reuwer SAP ALL security question

6/5/2001 Tammy Johnson 4.6C IMG Question

6/1/2001 Ron Harman Global SAP HR Benchmarks


6/1/2001 Beth A. Pauly

6/1/2001 Sadiq M. Ghulam SEM Product Offerings

6/1/2001 Beth Pauly T&E Systems


5/31/2001

5/29/2001 Vivek Karnik Outbound Delivery BAPI

5/25/2001 John T. Waymire

5/24/2001 Patrick H. Stoneking SAP User Transaction Volumes

5/24/2001 Michele A. Fleischacker

5/21/2001 Laurent Dancygier

5/18/2001 Devan Reddy SAP Scoping Phase

5/15/2001 Ahmed M. Razak Configuring Requisite Catalog

5/15/2001 Philip Taylor@CGEY


5/15/2001 Gary M. Pugh

5/14/2001 Amir Tidhar PLM and PTC Windchill

5/11/2001 Damodaran Kuppurajan SAP/Siebel Integration

5/8/2001 Bill Roos

5/7/2001 Sandeep Rustagi Global SAP Production Support

5/3/2001 Kees Meyboom Order record in PP-PI

5/2/2001 John Carlucci


5/1/2001 Vijay Nadkarni


4/30/2001 Greg R. Thomson where is the ipd?

4/27/2001 Andre J. Lotz

4/25/2001 Hugh R Smith

4/25/2001 Johan L. Opperman

4/24/2001 Michele A. Fleischacker@CGEY


4/23/2001 Diane Fisher

4/18/2001 Odessa Baruch

4/18/2001 Robert W Scott

4/18/2001 Cynthia A. Cornejo Archiving Strategies

4/10/2001 Pinkney Webster


4/6/2001 Roberta M. Todd

4/6/2001 Roberta M. Todd SAP_ALL SAP Client Strategy

4/5/2001

4/4/2001 Simon Thompson R/3 Implementations


4/4/2001 Glenn O'Flaherty

4/3/2001 Alessandro Evangelisti International rollout proposals

4/2/2001 Sanjiv A. Gilani Open SAP Issues on IDOCS


3/29/2001 Karen M. Surdy SAP_ALL: Payment Terms

3/29/2001 Gautam Banerjea

3/24/2001 Alice Wu SAP HELP NEEDED!

3/22/2001 John Carlucci SAP Archiving References

3/21/2001 Janine Guill Project Review

3/20/2001

3/20/2001 Vijay K. Goddla

3/20/2001 Alessandra Vigone

Hi all technical experts (rest may discard)

I'm working on a 4.6C implementation where SAP and their legacy systems are closely interfaced (this will change at a later stage when they implement the procurement functionality).

I need urgent help regarding the following: (SAP OSS says this is a consulting matter and won't help without charging for it)

Background:We are using the MEREQ001 - Customers' Own Data in Purchase Requisition inthe ME51N, ME52N & ME53N windows. The data on this customer tabpane is fora given requisition line; and we're using this data to interface informationto our legacy systems.

Issue:We need to access data found in the ME51N/ME52N Account Assignment tabpanein our edits in the customer tabpane. The data required is cost center,general ledger account, work order and wbs (EXKN - Account AssignmentStructure: Purchasing). This data is not available in the parameters passedto the user exit, i.e. user exit 5 (EXIT_SAPLMEREQ_005).

The Account Assignment tabpane becomes available in the Item window when weenter a P(project), F(order), or K(cost center) in the line item window'scolumn: Account assignment category.

Are you aware of any call method or any other means to access thisaccounting tabpane information in the customer tabpane? We can access the header and line item data but not the item detail data.

SAP_ALL Vendor Master Question

4.6c ME21N allows creation of a PO against a vendor which does not have a currency. The currency is only mandatory on the PO at the time of PO creation. This is a significant change from 3.1h and previous versions. In 3.1h message 06497 defaults as an Error and instructs the user to maintain the vendor master with currency. This change has a significant negative impact on our vendor master design. In 4.6c ME21 still prevents a PO created against a vendor without a currency. In 4.6c ME21N ignores message 06497, even when directly maintained as an error in OME0 system messages table. OSS considers this as intended functionality and does NOT consider this a bug.

Background:

The client uses vendor partner functions, linking our PI vendors to VNs. In 3.1h they were assured that a PO could not be created against a PI vendor by making the currency field a display only field on the vendor master. Since the PI currency field could not be populated, a PO could not be created against it.

OSS referred the client to an "order book" in configuration. The client is not aware of an "order book" in 3.1h or previous versions, and did not find reference to an "order book" in the IMG, in the implementation guide instructions, or in the release notes for 4.0a through 4.6c.

Single Sales Org for Multiple Company Codes

Has anyone implemented a single sales organization for multiple companies?

Our client would like to create a centralized customer service group that will handle all order processing for 9 separate company codes. This will allow customers to place a single sales order for goods and services regardless of which company code 'owns' the goods and services. The corresponding invoices will be combined or split depending on specific criteria.

As you are all aware, you can only assign a sales org to 1-and-only-1 company code.

We would appreciate any insights and/or design recommendations you can share with us regarding this matter.

"Jean-Claude ORIEUX" <[email protected]>

You will find hereunder the questions for which I needsome documentation:- Industry Best practices for ERS/Consignment processes- SAP - ALE scenarios for ERS/Consignment processes, best approach ofvarious scenarios that are possible. For e.g.., distributed Invoiceverification and central payment processes, central Invoice verification andcentral payment etc.- Any site specific documentation where such best practices are incorporatedon SAP.

Jenny WaltonPhone: (416) 943 2599

Last year CGEY implemented SAP BBP 2.0b for a client. Now we are addressing whether we should upgrade to SAP EBP 2 and what the effort estimate would be.

Has anyone done/planned this upgrade? Any workplans, lesson's learned, etc would be helpful. While on the B2B topic - are any of our clients using SAP B2B in a services procurement process?

Last year CGEY implemented SAP BBP 2.0b for a client. Now we are addressing whether we should upgrade to SAP EBP 2 and what the effort estimate would be.

Has anyone done/planned this upgrade? Any workplans, lesson's learned, etc would be helpful. While on the B2B topic - are any of our clients using SAP B2B in a services procurement process?

We are doing an upgrade right now from 2.0B to 2.0C at Enron, Houston. We are going live with EBP 2.0C in about 1 week - Daniel Tanugraha

Client would like to be able to view CCA, PCA and IO reports in either local or CO Area currencies.Currently the client reports all default to CO Area currency. The reports are a mixture of standard SAP and custom reports.I have noticed that we can set a Report currency default by User in CCA, to either CO Area or Local currencies, but this still does not give the client the choice of currencies.

Can anyone tell me where we can adjust configuration for this option? Or do we have to change/copy each report.

Does anyone have any recent ERP vendor comparisons out there showing strengths, weaknesses, etc?

I am assembling some client material by the noon on Friday, 6/8/01, and haven't found any recent Gartner Group articles.

SAP Integration With 3rd Party Product Configurator Software

Does anyone has any information on integrating SAP ERP with a product configurator software, e.g. Cybrant? Quote, pricing, availability, product catalog etc. are the transactional data and the options I can think of are: BAPI objects, IDOCs, middleware, etc. I need this information for a proposal work and really appreciate any help on this subject.

AM implementation in North America

In process to implement SAP: modules as FI-CO-MM-SD-PS-PP, in a Canadian and US subsidiary of a European company, extended its business in North America, in a first stage, we are looking for SAP experience, the AM module being concerned.

* Which depreciation area have been used in North America ?* What have been the different depreciation calculation methods used in the US ? what has been used in Canada ?* What are the legal consideration and requirements ? book, federal tax depreciations ... * What have been gaps, issues, and solutions found ?

Every documentations about : design, configuration ... from V0 4.5 or any other released version, are appreciated

We are in the process to roll out SAP Globally. I am looking for restrictions based on passed experience. All input would be valuable./ Can Data be processes outside countries boundaries? Can FI books be kept in English ?…

For my current project we have to delete HR - Personnel masters. Is there aSAP HR specialist that could spent a few minutes stepping me through themechanics of the deletion? Please contact me at any of the numbers below.

I am looking for forms and document about:

SAP Security Administration Custom Report Identification(This information will be used to (1) assign a custom tcode to the report, (2) include it under the proper report tree node, and (3) provide appropriate access to end-users.)

SAP Security Administration Interface Identification(This document describes the process used to fill and determine the security requirement. The type of interface (real-time, pseudo real-time, or batch) should be determined prior to filling out the form below. This information will be used to provide appropriate access to the CPIC or SYSTEM users.)

SAP Security Administration Guide (Not produce by SAP, I already have the Authorization Made Easy Guide and the SAP Security Guide)We have a requirement (4.6c SD module) to restrict display order access to a specific distribution channel when viewing sensitive manufacturing agreements. The client "spun" a specific profile which had access to all distributions channels excluding the sensitive one, and then a separate profile for just the sensitive distribution channel. The intention being to assign the second profile to a small group of people and then assign the first profile to the rest of the user base. In addition, a third profile already existed granting "wide open" access to all DC's.

The problem arose when they realized: 1) too many people had been granted access (which is a procedural issue)2) over access due to unforeseen profile combinations, for example one profile exists that contains the tcode and another profile exists providing the sales area authorization object and together they give access to the sensitive DC.

This client realizes that they need to back up and do a more thorough analysis of the situation but I wanted to check and see if there are any security experts out there who might have run across a similar situation and have a "silver bullet" solution.

Has anyone found a way to expand the entire IMG in 4.6 and then save the structure as an excel file? Please feel free to respond to this e-mail or call me directly at 612.804.7361.

ExxonMobil has asked if we (CGEY) have any benchmark information from other clients concerning implementation effort or costs for the following SAP HR processes:

Training and EventsCareer Development and Succession Planning (includes qualifications/requirements)Recruiting

I don't think anyone has done much of this type of work globally and certainly not to the scale planned by ExxonMobil, so I'll take good work effort information fo an individual country or specific implementation that I can use as a baseline and develop global benchmarks.

Help with Benchmarking for PM and MM MRO

Equiva has asked CGEY to conduct a benchmarking study containing information from other clients concerning implementation effort or costs for Plant Maintenance and MM MRO implementations. Relevant clients would include oil refining, chemical processing, beverage, food or fertilizer plants.

Please provide any information as soon as possible. We will be meeting with the client on Monday to discuss an outline.

SAP_ALL T&E system integration

We have an existing client that want to implement a new T&E system. They are currently running SAP, and will want to integrate the systems.

If anyone has any knowledge or experience with this process please let me know. We do not have to have the implementation experience. What we are looking for is a list of T&E systems that have been integrated, and any pros and cons regarding the systems.

The client has looked at Captura already, and was not impressed.

Thanks for the link. However, the client has their business requirements identified. They are looking for T&E tools that exist that have been integrated with SAP

If anyone has any knowledge or experience with SAP BW/SEM please let me know. I am working on mapping out a strategy going forward for building aeFinance CFO Solution Set leveraging SAP BW & SEM product offerings. What we are looking for is to talk to anybody who knows SEM from the standpointof what it can or cannot do as a product and if possible would like to see a demo of SEM capabilities. This will help us tremendously in our development of SAP CFO Solution set.

Looking for knowledge or experience with T&E Systems process please systems that have been integrated, and any pros and cons regarding the systems

Pointed to Functional System Requirements Definitionshttp://docs.iweb.ey.com/CS/CGDR01P1.NSF/$$WEBVIEW/6386FBC3E69984E586256A320065706C?OpenDocument - kweb search on ' T&E systems'

Best practices on SAP configuration documentation

my original question. I have also attached the original mail I sent out as well as your reply.

My final recommendation to the client was quite simple, straightforward and the client accepted it without discussion. The central document for any documentation throughout the project so far has been the BP's (business process). All other documents point to this, therefore my recommendation was to consolidate all "orphaned info" into the BP's. Although I presented 2 other points of view to the client, I ruled them out in my presentation as simply not a good return on the investment - one was to start the documentation all over again and the other one was to create a brand new "configuration document". As they are Food Retailers/Wholesalers and very conscious of every dollar spent, my recommendation was the only reasonable one for them. They do have a budget to work on, but it is very limited.

In my presentation, I also highlighted what 4 other local clients are doing, one of which is exactly "using the Implementation Assistant to store user-created documents, linked to the spot in the WBS to which it is applicable". They very much liked that idea but were not prepared to start over.

I know it isn't a very "sexy" solution, but knowing that Retailers have their heads down and are more concerned with dollars saved than dollars spent, I figured it was a good compromise for them. - Normand Girard

We used a central repository for the capture of ALL relevant documentation across multiple projects (language, country, different modules) for a very large, global installation of multiple SAP projects. The structure had the common denominator of ASAP Methodology (Phase-Activity-Task) which allowed several views of categorization. This was built from the former DIRECTOR produect that E&Y had. It amy be you could modify quickly, the other tool that has been used is a product called Documentum (contact Gary Pugh (Atlanta)) regarding its usage and value.

I am sending you a link, but the content is very confidential and CAN NOT be leveraged or used.

SAP Knowledge PowerPak (CGEYUS401) May have some suggestions here........... SAP Bottler Powerpak (click on Knowledge Management)

Gary Coggins

Prem Desai@CGEY, Paul Cooke, Vipul Desai

Re: SAP + 3rd Party MRP System

Our client, BP, is examining alternatives to executing MRP in SAP. SAP was the first choice because they are implementing the standard suite of transaction modules. They also are implementing AspenTech's MIMI functionality for the planning front-end. P

To a large extent, PWC folks are right about the best practice. It is advisable to run materials planning in the MIMI since that is their main planning system. However, you may want to consider following points:

1) The best practice is to use your APS sy

A question for anyone who has worked with BAPIs.

We, at the Vitria COE in Dallas are attempting to pass Sales Order/Delivery document data from SAP to an external system using Vitria as the middleware tool.

We are using the Outbound Delivery BAPI with t

Catalog of Packages and Bolt On's CGEY has integrated with SAP

We have received an RFI that requests a table of packages that we have integrated with SAP and the interface tool(s), MQ Series, seeBEyond, Tibco, Vitria, WebMethods, Biz Talk, CrossWorlds, etc. any schedulers such as Control M involved. I am not aware of any composite docuement so if you can create a partial table and respond today it will be greatly appreciated.

I need am currently building out the technical infrastructure ona project with team members in both the US and Japan. We have the following concurrent users: and need to determine the estimated transaction volumes in a typical SAP development environment. Concurrent Users of the SAP Development Env.Functional UsersTechnical UsersTotal

Is there a tool or estimating guidelines for determining these volumes?

SAP_ALL Product costing in 4.6, specifically 'actual' costing implications

We are meeting with a client tomorrow to discuss 4.6 actual product costing functionality and would appreciate any insites into the use of the actual product costing functionality in 4.6. Specifically, what companies currently use the functionality, why they use it (management reporting v. legal reporting) and what benefit (value) the functionlity has brought to the company.

Actual costing is a new addition to the CO module that enables costing for materials that have market driven prices (frequent changes in market price, requiring frequent updates to the standard cost on the material master).

Example: Semiconductor industry - Madhu Rao

FYI : SAPGUI 6.10 : will be released June 29

For your information, a new release of the SAPGUI will be available on June 29. There is no change in the look like, but the technical part has been improved.

Client trying to implement SAP4.6 while still using Windows 95, 98 or ME will probably see great improvements with this new GUI.

We are putting together a proposal on a scoping phase (4 to 6 weeks) for a SAP implementation (industry is medical equipment).

During the scoping phase the clients wants us to validate their implementation approach (roll-out sequence, big bang, etc). They want to use ASAP and believe that Change Management and BPR will be a huge component of the implementation.

The deliverables from the scoping phase will be a detailed work plan, resource plan, implementation plan, total cost of implementation, validated business case and most important the scope definition and validation.

Does anyone have similar proposals where we presented our capabilities and approach in performing a SAP v 4.6 scoping effort. Secondly I’m looking for all our differentiators (methodologies, tools, accelerators, etc) that will impress and excite them.

They are an existing SAP shop that wants to re-implement and not just upgrade…very SAP savvy. Also, they want to know how to leverage best practices across multiple divisions and ensure standardized processes.

Please disregard this message if you have not worked with configuring the Requisite/BugsEye Catalog to send shopping cart data to an external ordering system.

We are currently implementing a proof-of-concept project for our client to integrate their current SAP3.1H IS-OIL implementation with the Requisite/BugsEye catalog. The client wants to retrieve vendor/material information to successfully create Purchase Requisitions from the appropriate screens in the PM/MM modules. Please note we cannot use the BBP/EBP solution as this SAP product does not communicate with the IS-OIL solution.

We have been successful in writing an interface to communicate between SAP and the Requisite website using SAP's Java Connector. The only piece left in the puzzle is getting the correct information from Requisite in the format we would like. Consequently, we are hoping that somebody in the firm has experience in configuring Requisite to send data to our generic external shopping cart.

Discrete manufacturing references required

Looking for SAP references for a global roll out for a discrete manufacturer or anything with a strong service management element. Tight timeline, all contributions gratefully received!

Need some assistance on a SAP module called LES

CGEY Finland will attend a workshop together with SAP Finland and a largekey account (Inex Partners, retail logistics) to discuss implementation of adistribution center system. We are aware SAP has a solution called LES, butare unable to find anyone who knows LES, or has any implementationexperience. Would you be able to point us to the right person?

Kindly Yours,

Kaarina Rantala

PeopleSoft vs. SAP Comparison Info

Does anyone know where to find a Feature/Function list between PeopleSoft version 7.5.3 and SAP version 4.5.B? (or as close as possible on the respective releases). The application areas cover:- Financials- Manufacturing- HR- Distribution which includes Order Entry, Inventory- Technology infrastructure

Software Comparison from Gartner Group Symposium Nov 2000 Psoft 8, Oracle 11i and SAP, Lawson, JD Edwards / Nov 2000 /Gartner / from Kathy Valdaramma

Do we have experience with SAP PLM and PTC Windchill product?

This is for a huge proposal for HP

I am posting this to get information for Visteon pursuit (SAP/Siebel integration). Any information on this would be appreciated. I am collecting this infomation on behalf of Mike Boruszak.

We are working on a major pursuit at Visteon which may very well include integrating Siebel CRM functionality with SAP backoffice. Visteon is a Tier 1 supplier in the automotive industry (formerly a part of Ford). $20 Billion in Sales with 128 locations in 30 countries.

Questions:Who were the clients we helped with Siebel/SAP? Can they be referenced?What accelerators do we have related to this integration?What business objects of SAP did the integration involve? example: Master Cust Table, Products, Pricing, Employees, etcAny templates - either technology-related or process-related. Any specific VB Scripts for Real Time interface to SAP What gotcha's to look out for.

Any Siebel specific accelerators (with/ without respect to SAP) would also be appreciated

SAP All - Environment Health and Safety.

I am keen to establish contact with anyone that is currently implementing, or has implemented EH&S in release 4.6. We have an opportunity to expand the scope of our activities at an existing client and we may need to bounce a few things of an internal source while preparing the Statement of Work. Please respond to me directly via eMail, or call me on my mobil (1-610-745-5600).

For my current client, Fluor Daniel, I am putting together a "global SAP production support" rollout plan. If you can provide any documentation (or point me to it) which deals with the following, I would really appreciate. - Global production support models - Implementation strategies or plans - Outsourcing - costs/benefitsrequired. After release the order obtains the status ORRQ. To set a deletion flag for orders with this status an order record has to be created first. The order record contains several GMP relevant data for the process order.To create an order record a link with an archive system has to be set up in customizing. Preferably this link is, as with normal archiving, also possible with the database server. This because an optical archive is not available yet.The IMG path to the customizing entry for the link with the optical archive in release 45B (in release 46 the entry has been moved, see releasenotes) is;IMG -> Production Planning for Process Industries -> Process Data Documentation -> Order Record ->Define ArchivesAlso the path to the creation of order records; Logistics -> Production - Process -> Process order -> Tools -> Process dat document -> Order record (trx COPA)The question is:Does anyone have experience with the creation of order records and with setting up this link to an optical archive. Is it necessary to install an optical archive or can this link be made to other systems?

SAP_ALL - Bar-Code, SAP-Hyperion bolt on experience

I need to locate any firm resources who have experience in interfacing Console (Bar-Code bolt-on) and Hyperion (Consolidation) applications to SAP.

The Bar-Code resource would preferably be familiar with Console, but any bolt-on Bar-Code application would be OK.

I have worked with SAP Bar Coding, bolt -on barcoding with SAP and also anaylsed a vendor bolt-on package for Barcodes for a client.The boltons I have worked with were - Jet Forms and another one. I have not worked with Console however, I have worked with SapScript and barcodes (bolt-on / SAP) before.I have 5 years of SAP experience in ABAP, Basis and MM.I am currently available - just completed a SAP archiving project. (Rakhi Kapoor@CGEY)

Best practices on SAP configuration documentation

Our client is a major food retailer/wholesaler in the province of Quebec (French language), Canada. We have been live since Jan. 1999 for all financials, live with their frozen foods division since May 1999, live with their grocery division since May 2000 and we just went live (April 29, 2001) with a company that they acquired back in 1999.

They are at the stage where they want to know the best business practices with regards to SAP config documentation. For example, they have realized that members of the implementation team have placed config documentation in the IMG notes, in BPP'S, in IUW'S, in personal documents, in incidents logged by users, in personal notes not found on their LAN and so on. They now want to bring all those together and are wondering how this has been done on other projects, no matter what the industry.

So far, I have looked into ValueSAP and eSpeed, the SAP discussion forum and CHS US CS SAP discussion Dbase (within SAP CHS), also the ERP internal sites. Very few references, if any, concerning SAP config documentation so far.

If anyone has specific knowledge of what was done at a client and/or where I can find some info on this topic, it would be appreciated.

needs access to the SAP info DB

needs access to the SAP info DB - believes there is Training information - specific SAP BC420 - class information

Per Maria B. The info DB is very old, SAP replaced this wit their Knowledge warehouse - contains all SAP training information, and charged a large fee, CGEY is not subscribing.

REQUEST FOR INFO: Incentive Programs for client team members

My client Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics in Niagara Falls, NY is looking to implement an incentive program for its team members (not consultants) for the purposes of retention. If any one has programs and metrics to share I would greatly appreciate

I tried to find the IPD4mysap in the SAP community home space, but I cannot find it? what am I doing wrong?

http://chs.iweb.ey.com/CS/PPACK/MYSAPP6.NSF/6f57673ba3a9a98c8525674d006e99b0/852569350077ff908525698f005a5498?OpenDocumentDaniel M. Traub

SAP MM - The impact of VAT on Purchasing documents

I am working with a US client with a global presence. We are preparing to implement now in non-US countries and, naturally, we are now encountering VAT. Does anyone have documentation on the impact of VAT, particularly as it applies to Purchasing. Configuration implications would be greatly appreciated.

Contacts at Conectiv / Delmarva power

I am looking for anyone who has done any work, or has any contacts at Conectiv (formerly Delmarva Power), particularly with regards to their implementation of Logica's WMIS (Work Management Information System) and associated SAP interfaces. If anyone has any contacts at either company, please let me know

SAP shared services charge-out models

I am interesting in models to be used in a shared services environment for charging out the use of the SAP system to the rest of the organization.ANY models would help at this point.

4.6 Shipment costing - FICO implications

Has anyone been on a 4.6 project using the shipment costing functionaltiy? Specifically, I am looking for information on the FICO implications.Please respond back to this message or call me at the numbers listed below.

T=OK16 in CCA and plan settlement rule automatization for Internal order

Following an upgrade from 31i to 46C, I am looking for some experience feedback:Question 1- T=OK16 in CCA Maintain planner profile is missingMenu Path: Controlling-CCA-Planning-Manual planning-Define User-Defined Planner profiles It is ok for ex. in PCA Menu Path: Controlling -PCA-Planning-Manual planning-Maintain planner profiles- I have the two options: 1 -Maintain authorization groups T= OK16 and 2- EC-PCA Maintain planner profile T=KP34PC It is working find for the internal order OSS note 309214, have been implemented, it does not solved the issue.

Question 2 : Automatization of the Settlement rule for internal Order at the level of the plan settlement T=KO01: Possible ? and How ? It is an Abap solution ?

Situation: The customer has 8 plan versions : among them, 3 are the most used :A : all year long and is not changed. It is fixed. B: is used to make an internal transfer from Division to Division if one need money and the other is able to give some : Internal business. C: is used to make scenario : ex: Creation of new business process

In 31i we do not had to choose the budget version to make the plan settlement in 46 C, when we click plan settlement, all the plan versions appear and we have to choose them one by one. People create the order, settle it to a cost center and save it. It is not their job to choose the plan version, one by one.

BW: BEx Analyzer Reporting Question

Has anyone ever run across this request before? Using the BEx Analyzer in Business Warehouse Reporting, is there a way toflip the sign of the amount field in a report for only select rows. Whencreatinga P&L, we need to flip the sign on the revenue section only withoutflipping the sign of the entire key figure used in the column. Does anyoneknow of a way to do this?

Accounts Receivable and Cash Management

We have a situation where our client will go live with SAP 4.6, and will still have other sites that are live on 4.0 (which will only be upgraded at a later date. ), and some sites not yet at all on SAP, but will be rolled out later. They have customers that deal with the sites on 4.6 and and 4.0, and the sites not yet on SAP. Eventually all sites will be on 4.6 but this maybe only in 2 or 3 years time. We are talking large volumes of invoices every month. The customers are given a single lock box account to mail payments to, and here is the question: What do you advise: is it better to split the lockbox file into several files for each site and system? is it better to 'interface' invoices into one SAP site that is live first to apply the payments and interface back? did you encounter such a situation and how did you handle it? what is your comments/ opinion.

Apparel Footwear and Clothing SAP references

Hi everybody,we are dealing with a pursuit for "FILA Sport" in the Apparel industry and we are trying to collect our references on SAP implementations for clients in the Apparel Sportswear or Clothing sector. I have a few proposals regarding Retail and CP Clients but for the Apparel Industry just have the Reebok one. (I know of Wolverine World Wide and Sara Lee) I will be extremly pleased if You could give me any advice on where to find some useful material.Second, we also need some reference names of people experienced in this area. I remind You that this proposal must be ready for the 4° of May.

Does anyone have any archiving strategy documents that we can leverage, preferably HR archiving strategies.

SAP_All - MRP Process in Large Manufacturing Co.

We are seeking benchmark info on MRP processing in large scale manufacturing environments. We are looking at up to 25 million requirements being processed.

Specific question include:What is the processing time?What impact is there on the overall per

SAP_All - Critical Transactions for End User Training

Hi everyone, Has anyone identified the most commonly used and / or most critical end user SAP transactions? In developing our SAP training stratetgy, we're planning to develop more detailed training materials to support those transactions which a

SAP_ALL Regression Testing while in Production

Our client is interested in procedures used to test changes in a production environment. Please share your procedures or sources of information on this topic We will investigate CGE&Y's SAP repositories so are only interested in information that you m

Changes in a production environment follow the same route as during the implementation:

Technical/Unit testing in D, Integration/Acceptance testing in Q, and then the transport into P.

In larger or more SAP mature companies I have seen an addition

Our client needs to refine their client strategy process. Please share your procedures or sources of information on this topic. We will investigate CGE&Y's SAP repositories so are only interested in information that you may have that you did not put in

Roberta M. ToddOffice #:212-773-1617CAPCOMM: 6978633Cell #: 917-513-235

SAP_ALL FI Documents are limited to 999 line items

We are having an incoming EDI 820 transaction is excess of 1000 line items. SAP can not post more than 999 line items per document, since the line item filed in table BSEG is limited to 3 digits. This is an urgent problem, since this issue prevents the cl

We are in urgent need of some comparison data for an SAP implementation proposal.For any previous R/3 projects which implemented Procurement:

Was a headcount reduction in purchasing possible? If so, how much?Where were the effieciencies?

Please call

REQUEST FOR INFO: Master Data Access Database

Hello everyone - hope all is well. I am looking to find anyone that has developed Access Database(s) for any or all master data (tables & fields) for SAP 4.5B or higher. Specifically I am planning to map all the tables and fields in SAP in a Access Databa

Urgent! Benchmarking Material in CRM

Our team is currently working through a ValueSAP Customer Solution Strategy exercise with a major Canadian client, Bombardier Aerospace. I am looking for any relevant bench marking data (specifically ROI, sales increase, etc.) surrounding the implementat

Toby D. PingerManager, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young LLC

Office Number: (513) 361-4618Cellular Number: (937) 367-4618

PS. Here is some additional information on the accelerate center. Please share with your peers.

When should You use the Accelerate Ce

Hi ALL,I'm in a sticky wicket situation!We are trying to find Proposals in the Retail/Consumer goods sector which are a Rollout of a foreign project. I mean, a global company already has a SAP solution in a country and wants an offer for a rollout in a

To reiterate the issues regarding IDOCs Invoic02 (invoice) or PEXR2002 (Remit Advice);

1. How are IDOC's created in SAP for modules other than MM & SD?

2. What are the steps required to open posting periods for a specific company code?

3. Other than

SAP Release from 3X to 4.X Project experience

Involved in a Release Version project from 31i to 46C , Modules FI-CO-MM-SD-PM-PS-HR, I am looking for any others similar project experience (even if Versions are not exactly the sames)- Tactil approach - Strategy- Change management processing- Risks, Issues, (configuration for ex.) and success story.etc ... Every usefull documents are appreciated.

I am looking for references / configuration suggestions on setting up payment terms on a "Per Unit of Measure" instead of based on a percent discount:

Instead of 2% Net 30 TermsMy client would like to have payment terms stated as $1 per Ton Net 30.

Urgent: Question for Oracle & SAP Service Line Practitioners

I'm in the process of preapring a presentation for my client (Sony) to help executive management understand the challenges, risks, and sustained downsides of creating the following hybrid ERP environment:

Order Management System covering all electronic products based on SAP suite for both direct (web/telesales) and retail businessManufacturing System(s) based on Oracle ERP AppsFinancial Systems based on Oracle ERP AppsIntegration with third-party Logistics System Integration with internally developed Customer Service System

If you have either experience with a similar/close enough situation or know of any white papers/case studies which discusses the challenges/risks in business, financial and technical terms, I would deeply appreciate an email or a direct call on my cell (see below)

We are assisting our client with evaluating the practicability of using SAP 4.6c to handle their contract maintenance, rebate administration and rebate reconciliation processes. Does anyone have any direct experience with Rebates and/or Contracts in SAP,

We are in the midst of putting together a proposal for an Archiving initiative at a client currently on SAP 3.1H. Of course one sections of the RFP is asking for three customer references. We are looking for references where we have had an outright archiving project, or as part of a larger project, we have had significant work in the area of archiving.

Please respond back if you have a reference that we can use. Please note that the client may want to contact the reference directly, in which case we will coordinate the activity very tightly with our CGE&Y point person. We would need to have the below information by March 28th.

Has anyone done project review on a SAP Implementation? Any deliverables or documentation, particularly for the technical aspects would be greatly appreciated.

Jim BrackenOffice # : 949-440-3523EYCOMM: 4552722

Global ASAP and SAPOffice for Document Management

We have a client that is keen to use SAPOffice for document management of project documents; (meeting minutes, standards and procedures, training materials etc). This is for a Global SAP implementation.Does anyone have experience using this ? If so, how large was the engagement (number of users , modules implemented, timeline of project).How did it perform from overseas locations eg Europe and Asia-Pacific ?What were the problems that were experienced with it ?What were the benefits of using it ?How was version control maintained on the documents ?How many documents were managed by SAPOffice ?

Help regarding BW (Business Objects Vs. Business Explorer

BW Experts,We are planning on implementing BW at Holnam. The client would like to better understand the difference between BO vs BEx. If any of you has experience with BO and BEx, please give me a call at my cell phone. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Indusrial machineries and long vehicles references

Dear Sap - Friends,I'm trying to collect our wordwide references for what concernsINDUSTRIAL MACHINERIES AND LONG VEHICLES.Could you help me, please?

3/20/2001 Vijay K. Goddla Integrated Planning


3/19/2001 Victor Stinson Unit of measure for language

3/16/2001

3/14/2001 Raja R. Chellappa Vendor Hierarchy

3/13/2001 John Jordan

3/13/2001

3/12/2001 Victor Stinson LIS gurus

3/9/2001 Peter Kroll Workflow in SAP

3/8/2001 Andre J. Lotz SAP - MM - ISO 9000


3/7/2001 Alessandra Vigone

3/6/2001 Victor Stinson go live check list

3/6/2001 Stephen Pudlowski

3/5/2001 Adolf S. Allesch Free SAP WEB Knowledge

3/5/2001 Laurent Dancygier

3/5/2001 Adolf S. Allesch PUSH Engine on SAP

3/5/2001 Adolf S. Allesch PUSH Engine on SAP

3/3/2001 Vinay K. Karna SAP_ALL - Web Studio and BW

3/2/2001 Data scrubbing tools

3/1/2001 Vipul Desai global data standards

2/25/2001 Brad M. Phillip GuiXT questions/information

2/24/2001 Bill Roos@CGEY

2/23/2001

2/23/2001 Joey Teurlings

2/22/2001 Joseph L. Reuwe 4.6c upgrade, open item risks

2/22/2001 Victor Stinson Settlement


1/26/2001 Ashish D. Honawar


1/18/2001 Nadege Perrod SAP - Overview Training

I am looking for somebody with experience in Integrated Planning & Budgeting (Experience in CO-PA planning, CCA, PP Integration etc.), to help gather requirements at our client. Please give me a call at my cell phone, 313 506 9754, if you have experience in the above area.

SAP MM - Global Implementation - SAP Vendor Master Load List

If anyone has implemented SAP in the below mentioned countries/territories, please help with the required information.Further to our discussion, please check with Cap Gemini/SAP network and advise inwhich fields the following data should be entered in the SAP vendor master:

1. PUERTO RICO - 1099 reportable vendors (non-employees, consultants) - inPuerto Rico the form 460.6B is generated in lieu of the US form 1099.Please check in which field of the vendor master the 9 digit SocialSecurity number should be entered. Kindly also verify if the field"Withholding tax code" should be maintained for these vendors. If so,should an additional code/description be configured for these 460.6Breportable vendors in Puerto Rico?Will you please also inquire if the vendors in Puerto Rico haveFederal Tax ID Nos. and whether that data needs to be included whenloading the vendors into SAP.

2. PHILIPPINES - We understand the 12 digit Vendor VAT registration no.is required and needs to be loaded into SAP as part of the Vendor Master.Would you kindly check in which vendor master field this 12 digit VATregistration no. needs to be loaded?

3. AUSTRALIA - In checking with Asja, the Australian Vendor Master Load

Hello SAP All. I need help with maintaining units of measure for language. Specifically where in IMG 3.1h.Please call or provide a number

Bjoern Wolf phone: +49 (0) 6131 / 207-816

cross company postings in multi national organisations

Below is a description of the problem/challenge we are facing in theBasell project at the moment.

Is there any experience within our organisation that might helpSituation: Many company codes in one controlling area• More than one company code on one physical site• Decisions by finance:• No cross company code cost accounting• Two legal entities have to invoice each other

Challenges:• Central departments (e.g. maintenance) are working for different company codes• Each activity has to be invoiced (mass problem) to get the detail information in the receiving company codeor• Only one invoice per month means, no details in receiving company code• For multinational projects people from different sites/countries/company codes are performing work• Each object in the project (WBS-element, activity,...) has to be duplicated for each involved company code (leads to a mass problem and problems with the settlement)or• separate cost collectors have to be used before everything is consolidated in a project (leads to problems in project controlling and planning)

Questions:• Do we have solutions to these types of problems in our organization• Do we have add-ons that were programmed to assist customers• Are there experiences/remarks around that might help

I'm looking for some information on Vendor Hierarchy and would be glad to talk to anybody who has worked on that. Typically the information I'm looking for is on partner determination and reporting. Please e-mail me your contact no or call me at my client

Master Data Conversions - Oracle to SAP

This message is for both the Oracle and SAP service lines.

We are currently implementing SAP (Release 4.6b) for an existing client who recently acquired a company that runs Oracle applications . The project is at a point where the client could use some

John JordanCapComm #2555673Work # - 216.583.4300 Master Data Conversions -

Oracle to SAP

We are currently implementing SAP (Release 4.6b) for an existing client who recently acquired a company that runs Oracle applications . The project is at a point where the client could use some assistance in translating their Oracle master data to SAP (e.g. Materials, Customers, Vendors, BOMs, Routings, etc.).

We were wondering if anyone has either functional (i.e. field mappings) or technical (i.e. program design specifications) documents that could serve as accelerators in converting data from Oracle to SAP. Any type of assistance that you can pass along would be greatly appreciated !!!

I am sure you must have got many suggestion by now. Kin Ho's suggestion is valid as well. Any way, you need to extract data from Oracle through some SQL and clean the data. You can use Access or Excel to do this. SAP provides a guide book for Data transfer and SAP has many inbuilt programs to all the things you are looking. Only thing you need to do is to transfer the data into the correct format and pass it to the SAP program. Go to the http://www.saplabs.com/downloads/downloads_index.htm site and down load the Data Transfer Made easy guidebook (under Product dropdown) it is free and it should help you. For the list you have mentioned, you may not need any CATT procedures, but for some data, you may have to write CATT scripts and upload. Hope this helps you. If some body else suggests a good solution, please share with usSudesh K. Pillutla

Does anyone know how to get totals from standard list displays?example' I ran a open PO report (open101) long version and want to know how may POs and line items the report displays. And for the short version (kurz) the number of line items

Hi ALLI need to tap your collective knowledge of SAP or at least the people youhave who may be able to help solve this problem.

PwC and IBM have been telling one of the client organizations that there isquirk in SAP's workflow. The issues at hand are

This is a statement from our client. Has anyone done this on the vendor master?Andre

Our office Procurement Department is ISO 9000 certified. To comply with ISO requirements they must keep a Vendor Master List that includes:

Commodity Typeej. Concrete

SAP MM - Vendor master structure

I would be interested in hearing from anyone who has assisted in the design of the vendor master structure, where the client is purchasing on a global basis, from multiple divisions and plants of the same vendor corporation. How is the vendor master built

Apparel Footware Solution references

Dear SAP - Friends,I urgently need to know our world wide references about the

APPAREL FOOTWARE SOLUTION (AFS) implementation.

Could you help me, please?Thanks in advance!

Hello SAP all, Can someone send me a go live check list and MM month end procedures.

REQUEST: Compensation Component of SAP HR

If you have configuration experience with the compensation component of SAP HR, please let me know as I would like to develop an informal knowledge sharing/support group.

As you know the market is "transitioning" from Classic R/3 to Web Enabled R/3. As a company we are making investments in a variety of areas to retool our practice. More information will be coming out soon announcing our internal academies and demo syst

Possible Deployment Opportunity !!!

We have won a prestigious project for Supply chain (i2) implementation. The Client is a fortune 500 company. We will be implementing i2's APS solution.The client has SAP as its ERP system. We will need to integrate SAP & i2. Its a very exciting work, i

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BOOK OF THE WEEK"Understanding Directory Services" by Doug Sheresh and Beth ShereshRanging from basic theory and archetypes to current network directoryservice options, this book provides crucial information for you whenyou use directory service on yo

I was able to run SAP@Web studio with R/3 transaction but I had problem in running webRFC for BW web reporting. Any help will be highly appreciated. // Don't know if you tried this - to get webRFC for BW web reporting to work, you may need to release the

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Are there any "rules-based" data scrubbing tools that can be used either before or after an implementation to clean up master files?

Do we have any presentation/word or excel sheets prepared for a client to establish global standardization around processes and data ? This may be standardization of material/item master records, batch master records etc. Any document around best practic

At my current client (Kimberly-Clark), there is much interest in redesigning SAP screens to make them easier to understand for end users (most of our users will be Maintenance and Stores personnel). One of the new technologies that comes standard with 4.6

SAP All - GUI-XT and Transaction Variants

We are looking at using Transaction Variant functionality in conjunction with GUI-XT to create roll-based transactions for our North American roll-out of SAP 4.6C and we are keen to know where else we are using either transaction variants, or GUI-XT and i

Vic SisonDirect: (317) 681-7515Cell: (317) 753-6136

Changing Cost Center Standard Hierarchy

We are on version 4.6c and are trying to change the top node on the cost center standard hierarchy. A previous project set the top node and we are trying to comply with a more recent standard. Does any one have any ideas on how to reset the top node ass

Quals - SAP for Global Distributor

Are you aware of any SAP implementations that we have done for companies whose processes resemble those of a global distributor of high tech items and components?

Does anyone have any lessons learned on the risk factors associated with processing open items such as sales orders, purchase orders, and shipments at various delivery stages after upgrading from 3.1H to 4.6C?

This client seems to very concerned that thi

We have a problem with SAP

When we try to make a settlement in SAP we have two different errors appear.

One is “the Balance for transaction type group 10 negative for the area 01”

The other one is “Account 100170 in company code 2600 cannot be directl

URGENT URGENT - MM Valuation grouping code

SAP-ALL: I need your help desperately and quickly!!

I have a live system that was inadvertently corrupted (deleted logistics assignments and some logistics definitions)

I have basically reinstituted the settings and almost everything is working.

HOWEV

Update of SAP tables via ABAP programs

Our current client is looking at a scenario of updating some fields of SAP's internal tables (specifically CO-PA tables) directly via an ABAP program. This is to fill in some information that was missed (not deemed as significant till now). They do not want to use a batch update calling the transaction through the program as it will add two entries for each entry that's incorrect (- one to nullify the entry and another to correct it) and the number of records runs into millions. We are also in touch with SAP to understand the implications.

If I understand correctly ...following is my proposed solution.Create a file with KEY and missed out fields filled. KEY MF1 MF2 MF3 ........ In the abap move that file to internal table. USE: SELECT * FROM CO-PA table (CE1# ) Where KEY = KEYVALUE. CE1- MF1 = vlaue from file for the key. MODIFY CE1. ENDSELECT. COMMIT WORK.Or u can use UPDATE .... SET ....... WHERE .........in ABAP program. This is just high level guidelines but there is a room for performance improvement coding approach.Malay Parikh

Re: ASAP: BPP's available in Spanish / BPP en Espanol

Does anybody know if ASAP's Business Process Procedures (SAP's generic training material) are available in Spanish? Or has anybody been on a project were training material was developed in Spanish and has that available for sharing?

I am looking for training material (electronic form or even class book)for the SAP course: Overview - preferably for version 4.6x; but even a lower version would be helpful. I would appreciate any help