All Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Articles

Best Practices in Extending ERP: A Buyer’s Guide to ERP Versus Best of Breed Decisions Article(PDF 563 KB)

In this article, the Aberdeen Group explores how ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) strategies are evolving as enterprises strive to derive more and better business value from their implementations. That often means driving the use of ERP deeper into their organizations or broader across more of the enterprise. It means utilizing more functionality, extending the footprint beyond the core ERP functionality and making decisions between ERP vendors and pure play or "Best of Breed" solutions.01 Nov 2006

Kawasaki Rail Car At a Glance Article(PDF 130 KB)

Learn how Kawasaki Rail Car used mySAP ERP to overhaul its IT landscape and transform the company from a silo to a process mentality. The company used mySAP ERP to build a new US$6 million spare parts business, retain customers, and find new ones.01 Nov 2006

How to Use xMII to Report an SAP Query Article(PDF 701 KB)

The purpose of this document is to provide a high level overview of the steps that need to be taken to create and report from an SAP Query using xMII.23 Oct 2006

End-to-End Confidence and Cost Savings for Your Next SAP Implementation or Upgrade Project Article(PDF 162 KB)

In any implementation or upgrade project, IT decision makers must weigh the ROI and benefits of the new system against the risk that all such projects carry. What can you do to manage and lower these risks and costs? This SAP Insider article from Gene Eichman of SAP Services can help.01 Oct 2006

Combined Upgrade and Unicode Conversion Guide for R3 46C Customers Article(PDF 927 KB)

This guide details explains how to perform an upgrade to SAP ERP Unicode from source release SAP R/3 4.6C, and it applies to Single Code Page systems, MDMP systems, and SAP Blended Code Page systems. To convert a non-Unicode system to Unicode, all character data in the non-Unicode database must be converted to Unicode. The default conversion method is to export the entire database using SAPinst, create a new Unicode database (system copy), and then import the database using SAPinst again. The actual data conversion to Unicode is done during the export.23 Aug 2006

SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components Midsize Manufacturers Article(PDF 245 KB)

Business has never been easy for midsize manufacturers in the industrial machinery and components (IM&C) industry, but today's business environment is particularly challenging. Increased global competition is driving prices down, customers are demanding higher yields and more uptime from their equipment, business cycles are extremely volatile, the industry is consolidating, and the pressures of Regulatory compliance are growing. SAP can help – with a unique offering specifically designed to meet the challenges of midsize manufacturers competing in the IM&C industry.01 Jun 2006

Sponsored Content - The Four Levels of Data Readiness Article(PDF 1 MB)

This whitepaper from BackOffice Associates helps you assess your data-migration readiness and offers strategies to achieve business-ready data quality for SAP success.06 Mar 2006

Introducing Project Mendocino Article(PDF 80 KB)

This SAP Insider article discusses Project Mendocino, the initiative to integrate SAP and Microsoft Office.25 Jan 2006

Open Source Success Story: Siegenia-Aubi Article(PDF 231 KB)

This Open Source Success Story highlights Siegenia-Aubi, which expanded its infrastructure based on SAP Business Suite business solutions running on Linux.01 Jan 2006

The Secret to Accelerated SAP Implementations - SAP Best Practices Article(PDF 120 KB)

This article describes SAP Best Practices and provides an overview of its toolset, a package which includes reports, forms, an automated installation guide, and other deliverables. It also discusses recent innovations designed to provide greater flexibility and further streamline the implementation process.01 Nov 2005

Discrete Industries and Mill Products (SAP ECC-DIMP) and SAP DBM: Security Guide Article(PDF 205 KB)

This document provides security guidelines for use with SAP ECC-DIMP/SAP DBM29 Jul 2005

Technical Upgrade Aspects of SAP R3 Enterprise Presentation(PDF 2 MB)

This presentation describes the technical upgrade aspects of SAP R3 Enterprise.17 Nov 2003

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