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FI313 "No funds center entered/derived in item &."
You are using FM account assignments within one of the following components/modules: Plant Maintenance (PM), Sales Order (SD), Asset Accounting (FI-AA) or Materials Management (MM) and you receive the error message FI313: No funds center entered/derived in item &.09 Dec 2008
This article is about the Upgrade Project and what are the phases involved in it and what happens in technical upgrade time.01 Dec 2008
Structured Article Maintenance in SAP ERP
This document gives some very basic information about the maintenance of structured articles in SAP ERP. It also tries to give some hints on where to find more information.19 Nov 2008
Configuring Batch Determination
This is a step-by-step guide to configuring Batch Determination.17 Nov 2008
FI311: Common Issues Related to this Error Message
When you are doing a posting, you receive the error message FI311. This posting can be a purchase requisition or purchase order in Materials Management (MM), a document in Financials (FI) or any other place where you will have commitment item as an account assignment and it needs to be derived by the G/L account.13 Nov 2008
The Strategic Impact of Business Application Suites in Today's Corporate Environment
Traditional formulas for calculating the value of integrated application suites are expanding as enterprises discover a need to better account for the upside growth potential and flexibility afforded by new technologies.01 Nov 2008
More Than a Vision: SAP's Perfect Plant in the Chemical Industry
Research Brief from ARC on SAP's activities in Chemicals around the Perfect Plant. The author of the paper, Greg Gorbach, visited the Manufacturing Working Group Session at a CISUG event in September 2008. Greg's impressions and learnings are summarized in the document.01 Nov 2008
No one can predict how long the current recession will last. However,one thing is for sure: with every economic crisis comes opportunity. Some companies will go from good to great,others will just fade away, making room for more innovative competitors. To be among the winners, executives need to answer three key questions: Where Should I Invest Today? How Can I Grab Market Share to Defend and Grow My Position? How Can I Cut Costs Without Weakening My Organization? This article aims to answer these questions.01 Nov 2008
This document will help people understand MM excise configuration i.e. the Country India (CIN) version. This document should simplify CIN settings for those who are new to this area.31 Oct 2008
Use of Virtualization Technology with SAP
In close collaboration with Intel, energy measurements on single-, dual-, and quad-core Intel processor powered servers were performed while running SAP's latest ERP 6.0 software package. The lab stress tests simulated the load of 600 sales and distribution users - detecting a total energy reduction of over 50%. This corresponds – expressed in CO2 equivalents – to the amount of 84 Japanese cedars that could be saved from being cut down. In essence, these compelling results thus testify that significant energy consumption savings for business IT systems can be achieved by employing the latest chip technology.31 Oct 2008
Case Study: SAP Implementation in Poultry (Hatcheries) Industry
This is a case study of a poultry manufacturer who implemented ECC 6.0. This paper shares the business processes of feed manufacturing and poultry breeding. The main focus is on the business requirements, the business processes, and the mapping of same in SAP ECC 6.0.30 Oct 2008
SAP Legacy Connector (SAP LCO) is a software package which is intended to support projects in the z/OS environment. SAP LCO makes it possible to communicate synchronously between CICS, IMS or Batch applications on IBM mainframes and SAP systems. With SAP LCO, you can also call simple CICS programs or IMS transactions from SAP programs.28 Oct 2008
Master Data of ERP Retail - EAN/GTIN
This document provides a short introduction to EAN/GTIN handling. It also includes tips and tricks for customizing and frequently asked questions.23 Oct 2008
Accrual and Deferral Process in Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX)
This article explains about the process of Accrual / Deferral in Flexible Real Estate Management (RE-FX).22 Oct 2008
SAP Remote Access and Connectivity Service - Access with Internet SAProuter
For the ICC Test System available through SAP Remote Access and Connectivity (RAC) Service we introduced a new, easy to setup and convenient access method. Access will be directly over Internet. Additional efforts for VPN connection, ISDN dial-in or dedicated services of Internet service providers are no longer necessary. Please find in this document details about prerequisites and set-up process for the new introduced access method.18 Oct 2008
Purchase Order Splitting in SAP-AFS 6.0
This article shows how to perform purchase order (PO) splitting in SAP-AFS in the 6.0 version.08 Oct 2008
Quick guide for Brazilian Localization Installation
This quick guide seeks to provide a simple but at the same time comprehensive step-by-step list of activities that need to be performed in order to install a Brazilian Localization model in a new system. Please use it as a helping hand, never as a project reference or central document. You may also use it as checklist.07 Oct 2008
Configuration of ESS Travel Management
The document summarizes the prerequisites, configuration steps, related SAP Notes and roles for the implementation of Travel Management in ESS. Note that it does not include the Travel Planning component.01 Oct 2008
Industry Solutions Are Now Integrated into the SAP ERP Core
Due to the power of the Switch and Enhancement Framework, all SAP industry solutions are, with the release of SAP ERP 6.0, developed and delivered in the same system. This brings important benefits for customers. This article was published in the Oct/Nov/Dec issue of SAP Insider and appears here with permission of the publisher, WIS, www.WISpubs.com.01 Oct 2008
Although deploying cheaper labor for back-office tasks helped reduce the cost of specific processes like data entry and bookkeeping, it didn't take long for businesses to realize that sending such tasks elsewhere only addressed the cost aspect of service provisioning. As a result, a paradigm shift has begun to take place; companies have moved from looking only at labor costs to addressing business process automation. This article was published in the Oct/Nov/Dec issue of SAP Insider and appears here with permission of the publisher, WIS, www.WISpubs.com.01 Oct 2008
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