by Dr. Gaetano Altavilla, Senior SAP Solutions Architect, Project Manager, and Team Leader
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 5

Discover how to enhance the Quality Management module so that it can handle the quality management of vendors based on the quality of the vendor’s manufacturers and suppliers. This check occurs when you create and update the purchase order. Learn about creating the ABAP Workbench objects in the system to activate this solution.

by Jawad Akhtar, Assistant Vice President and SAP Project Manager, AbacusConsulting
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4

Recurring inspection (also called repeat inspection) at regular intervals allows business users to take advantage of standard SAP functionality to automatically create inspection lots when the expiry dates of batch-managed goods approach. The shelf life-related details of materials are managed in individual batches. These inspection lots can then go through quality control checks of results recording and usage decisions to decide if they can still be used or not. This functionality offers time and cost savings by enabling the business to act proactively.

by Ashfaq Hussain, Infosys
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4

In business scenarios in which virtual plants are created within SAP ERP systems for administrative purposes, managing available-to-promise (ATP) checks and stock transfers presents challenges. SAP provides two options that address plant-to-plant transfer issues in virtual plants. Based on North American or European business scenarios, these lessons learned help you foresee the challenges in mapping similar business processes in your SAP system.

by Dr. Gaetano Altavilla, Senior SAP Solutions Architect, Project Manager, and Team Leader
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 4

Implementing retroactive billing, available to you in SAP ERP Central Component 6.0, addresses the issue of changing pricing after invoices have already been sent. Learn the configuration steps needed to run retro-billing across modules in your SAP ERP system. Maintain your good customer relationships using this accurate, consistent business process.

by SAP's Global Ecosystem and Channel Marketing Group
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), April (Issue 2)

SAP offers select solution extensions that integrate directly into your existing landscape, providing increased business value to complement the SAP business solutions you already have in place. In this special report, you can explore several of these solution extensions in more detail and take a look at the benefits the various tools can bring to an organization.

by Manoj Ambardekar, Independent SAP Architect
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 3

SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO) Supply Network Planning (SNP) is used by supply planners in many companies for distribution requirements planning (DRP) and master production scheduling (MPS). However, it is not user friendly to log in to SAP SNP books to display planning data. Instead, I show how to display the data on the SAP NetWeaver Portal in a user-friendly manner.

by Jawad Akhtar, Assistant Vice President & SAP Project Manager, AbacusConsulting
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 3

See how to reward a regular vendor who has been supplying a good quality product for a long time by providing reduced inspection requirements. That means not every delivery goes through a stringent quality control test. If a problem is identified in the supplied goods, you can change to normal or tightened inspection. You can achieve both with the Dynamic Modification Rule (DMR) in the quality management (QM) module. DMR can also help in the production process by reducing the data entry efforts needed to maintain results when several goods receipts are undertaken in different shifts. The benefit is improved business process efficiency.

by Jawad Akhtar, Assistant Vice President & SAP Project Manager, Abacus Consulting, Pakistan
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 2

Learn to configure and implement SAP Quality Management (QM) in SAP production planning (PP) production processes. You can use QM for inspection during production, in-process inspection, and inspection of semi-finished and finished goods on a goods receipt against a production order (discrete manufacturing) or process order (process industry).

by Jawad Akhtar, Asst. Vice President & SAP Project Manager, AbacusConsulting, Pakistan
SCM Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 2

Understand the difference between a co-product and a by-product in production processes. Walk through both options and see the pros and cons of each.

by Frank Suetterlin, SAP
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), January (Issue 1)

Supplier management has evolved from basic recordkeeping and scorecarding to a strategic practice focused on the management of supplier information, performance, compliance, and risk. Strategic supplier management programs can improve visibility and collaboration, consolidate spend, and reduce quality issues. In this article, learn the three principles that are essential to strategic supplier management and how to make such a program work within your organization.