Continuing to build its partner channel to deliver business management solutions to midsize companies and small businesses, SAP America Inc., a subsidiary of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), today announced the introduction of seven new SAP® All-in-One value-added resellers (VARs), 26 new SAP® Business One partners and expanded coverage for nine existing SAP Business One partners serving customers across the United States. The new and expanded partnerships allow SAP to better meet the evolving business needs and vertical industry requirements of its rapidly growing base of midsize and small customers. The announcement was made at SAP Americas’ 2007 Summer Partner Summit, being held July 30-31, in Washington, D.C., where SAP also showcased new SAP All-in-One partner solutions and the latest version of SAP Business One, which provides new and enhanced tools to help small businesses grow.
SAP Business One and SAP All-in-One solutions are designed to suit the needs of today’s small businesses and midsize companies, respectively, supporting growing organizations across all industries through quick implementations, affordable pricing and flexible process alignment. By joining SAP® PartnerEdge™, a global framework providing partners with the resources and support to successfully deliver SAP solutions, members of the SAP partner channel receive training, solution development tools, market expansion resources and innovative solution collaboration opportunities. SAP PartnerEdge recognizes and rewards partners of all sizes for not only sales success, but capacity-building activities such as sales training, solution development and customer reference activity, providing all partners with the appropriate tools to better serve their customers.
“Initially joining SAP PartnerEdge to deliver SAP Business One to local small companies, we were quickly impressed by the company’s solution expertise and its strong track record of creating new opportunities for its partners,” said Rob Delf, partner, Business Systems, Tryarc. “Now that we’ve also begun to deliver SAP All-in-One solutions, we are reaching a whole new cross-section of customers and delivering solutions specifically enhanced with our knowledge of the media and entertainment industries.”
New U.S. SAP All-in-One Partners Extend Vertical Expertise
By leveraging an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA), SAP All-in-One partner solutions enable midsize companies to adopt innovations and hone micro-vertical processes over time, minimizing the costs and disruption to ongoing operations. SAP All-in-One partners employ SAP® Best Practices offerings to assist midsize companies support installations and address changing vertical practices. New U.S. SAP All-in-One geographic VARs include:
EntryPoint of Cleveland, Ohio, focuses on driving measurable benefits to midsize life sciences, wholesale distribution, logistics and complex manufacturing companies throughout the upper Midwest.
Lat Capital of Miami, Florida, offers enterprise solutions and implementation expertise for midsize companies throughout the southeastern United States and Latin America.
Tryarc of Los Angeles, California, serves the radio, television, cable and broadcasting markets throughout California, concentrating on business management solutions and business process platforms for the wholesale distribution of commercial and industrial equipment and supplies.
VSS LLC of Ridgeland, Mississippi, delivers enterprise software solutions throughout the southeast, mid-Atlantic, and northeast United States, specializing in manufacturing, distribution, retail, automotive and financial services, with the capability to bundle hardware, software and services.
Additionally, the following SAP All-in-One solution partners have become vertically focused resellers to offer their solution expertise to companies throughout the United States:
et alia of Milwaukee, Wisconsin will sell and deliver its SAP-certified CREWTM for Construction and CREWTM for Professional Services solutions.
KBMS of Montreal, Canada expanded its North American operations to establish operations in Denver, Colorado to sell its SAP-certified KBMS Food and Beverage solution.
Technology Solutions Company (TSC) of Chicago, Illinois capitalizing on growing demand among midsize companies, will sell its SAP-certified EDGE for IM&C Manufacturers and EDGE for High Tech solutions.
New Partners on Board as SAP Delivers Next Version of SAP Business One
The updated SAP Business One application streamlines small business processes with simplified and automated reconciliation, delivers an instant view of the entire business with a single intuitive, Microsoft Excel-based reporting tool, delivers secure information with single-click .pdf printing, and allows small businesses to control business operations through increased flexibility and enhanced accounting and financials. In 2007, SAP has increased its market coverage and ability to serve small businesses with SAP Business One by signing 26 new partners and supporting the expansion of nine partners into 11 new markets.
“Small businesses require business management solutions that help to manage growth through quick implementations, seamless integration between departments and improved insight into expanding operations” explained James Karl, CEO, Yarrow Bay Software Group, Seattle, Washington. “With SAP Business One, we offer our clients a powerful, fully integrated and user-friendly business management solution that provides increased process control across all operations for quick adoption by front- and back-office business users.”
Among the 26 new SAP Business One partners, SAP welcomed:
Advanced Business Software Corp. of Savannah, Georgia supports small and midsize business (SMB) software implementations with a specialty in accounting processes.
Advanced Systems Group of Tulsa, Oklahoma combines leading technology tools and best-in-class business practices to improve profitability for distributors, manufacturers and services companies within a multi-state area.
Advent Global Solutions of Houston, Texas is a leading SAP global services consulting firm and provider of SAP® Business Suite applications, offering technical upgrade support, application virtualization and business process management for best-in-class on-premise, offshore and remote consulting solutions.
Clients First Business Solutions of Birmingham, Alabama provides enterprise software implementation expertise throughout Texas, Alabama and Ohio.
VSS LLC of Ridgeland, Mississippi provides expertise in SMB implementations in the southeast, mid-Atlantic and northeast United States across a broad range of industries, including retail, automotive suppliers, financial services, manufacturing, distribution and professional services.
Yarrow Bay Software Group of Seattle, Washington combines an integrated, online business management solution delivering financial, accounting, production and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities through an intuitive user interface for employee ease-of-use with qualified client-site software integration and project management professional services.
In addition to these partners, the SAP Business One partner channel added 20 additional resellers, expanding coverage to the following geographic areas: Jasper, Alabama; Encinitas, California; Tustin, California; Boca Raton, Florida; Coral Springs, Florida; Miami, Florida.; Ponte Vedra, Florida.; Macon, Georgia; Holliston, Massachusetts; Helena, Montana; Reno, Nevada; Middletown, New Jersey; Freeport, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Greenville, South Carolina; Memphis, Tennessee; Frisco, Texas; Richmond, Virginia; Scott Depot, West Virginia and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
In addition to new partner Clients First Business Solutions, which opened to three new markets during 2007, existing SAP Business One partners expanded into the following new geographic territories: Santa Clara, California (Navigator); Miami, Florida (Apollo Consulting); Tampa, Florida (Netsirk Technologies); Indianapolis, Indiana (Business First); Baltimore, Maryland (ACUMEN Corporation); Detroit, Michigan (Business First); Omaha, Nebraska (Tallman Palmer); Chattanooga, Tennessee (D1 Technologies LLC, previously named MKB2B) and Memphis, Tennessee (BTM Solutions).
“The addition of these new SAP partners and enhancements to our solution portfolio provide the right touch to small businesses and midsize companies,” said Michael Sotnick, senior vice president, Small and Midsize Enterprises, SAP America Inc. “SAP PartnerEdge creates an open dialogue and support framework among ISVs, VARs and SAP to ensure that we identify and address market opportunities with proven solutions providing optimum customer value.”
About SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software*. Today, more than 41,200 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications—from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. With subsidiaries in more than 50 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE under the symbol “SAP.” (Additional information at )
(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource planning and related applications such as supply chain management, customer relationship management, product life-cycle management and supplier relationship management.
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “project,” “predict,” “should” and “will” and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.
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SAP All-in-One:
SAP's complete business solution, SAP All-in-One, has been enhanced to meet the needs of midsize companies. We've taken the best practices of industry leaders and built them into a single integrated system that enables you to optimize all facets of your business operations – and manage both operational efficiency and growth.
Based on SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP CRM, SAP All-in-One can address the business software requirements of the most demanding midsize organizations. ERP software provides a fully integrated system to support your core business processes, from financials and purchasing to inventory, production, and human resource management. Plus integrated sales, marketing, and service capabilities support your focus on customer relationships. And, with business analytics and reporting capabilities, you have full visibility into your business operations and performance.
Designed to Adapt to Your Changing Business Needs
When you choose SAP All-in-One, you gain immediate access to local implementation and customization support wherever you are in the world. Through our extensive partner network, you can easily find a local partner to adapt your solution to meet specialized needs or to provide a qualified SAP All-in-One partner solution tailored to meet micro-vertical specific needs.
As your business grows and changes, you can continue to adapt your system. Because the software is built on a business process platform, you can easily integrate third-party applications as new business requirements arise. SAP All-in-One also helps you adapt to changing regulations through documentation and reporting support for regulatory compliance.
Optimized for Rapid Adoption and Increased User Productivity
SAP All-in-One was designed for maximum productivity and ease-of-use, so your users will understand how SAP All-in-One helps with their jobs – and adopt the solution quickly. With role-based navigation, they see only the information, reports, and work lists that are relevant to them. Enhanced reporting and printing capabilities feature the latest technology from SAP and Adobe. And a simplified user interface with contextual help also promotes rapid adoption.
Streamlined for a Predictable Cost of Ownership
SAP All-in-One helps minimize your financial exposure by offering a predictable cost of ownership, letting you budget in advance and eliminate the risk of hidden or add-on costs. Mapping closely to your current business processes, SAP All-in-One can be deployed quickly – and rapid deployment tools and accelerator packs enable fast and efficient provisioning by SAP's partners, making your transition to SAP All-in-One straightforward. Plus, because the software is based on SAP ERP 6.0, you gain from ongoing enhancements and innovation without risking business disruption.
Based on SAP ERP 6.0 and SAP CRM, SAP All-in-One can address the business software requirements of the most demanding midsize organizations. ERP software provides a fully integrated system to support your core business processes, from financials and purchasing to inventory, production, and human resource management. Plus integrated sales, marketing, and service capabilities support your focus on customer relationships. And, with business analytics and reporting capabilities, you have full visibility into your business operations and performance.
Designed to Adapt to Your Changing Business Needs
When you choose SAP All-in-One, you gain immediate access to local implementation and customization support wherever you are in the world. Through our extensive partner network, you can easily find a local partner to adapt your solution to meet specialized needs or to provide a qualified SAP All-in-One partner solution tailored to meet micro-vertical specific needs.
As your business grows and changes, you can continue to adapt your system. Because the software is built on a business process platform, you can easily integrate third-party applications as new business requirements arise. SAP All-in-One also helps you adapt to changing regulations through documentation and reporting support for regulatory compliance.
Optimized for Rapid Adoption and Increased User Productivity
SAP All-in-One was designed for maximum productivity and ease-of-use, so your users will understand how SAP All-in-One helps with their jobs – and adopt the solution quickly. With role-based navigation, they see only the information, reports, and work lists that are relevant to them. Enhanced reporting and printing capabilities feature the latest technology from SAP and Adobe. And a simplified user interface with contextual help also promotes rapid adoption.
Streamlined for a Predictable Cost of Ownership
SAP All-in-One helps minimize your financial exposure by offering a predictable cost of ownership, letting you budget in advance and eliminate the risk of hidden or add-on costs. Mapping closely to your current business processes, SAP All-in-One can be deployed quickly – and rapid deployment tools and accelerator packs enable fast and efficient provisioning by SAP's partners, making your transition to SAP All-in-One straightforward. Plus, because the software is based on SAP ERP 6.0, you gain from ongoing enhancements and innovation without risking business disruption.
SAP Solutions for Midsize Companies
What makes midsize companies like yours great?
Your operation is lean and efficient. Your team can identify and respond quickly to market changes. And nobody understands your customers better or provides a higher level of service. Maintaining these competitive advantages isn't easy though. And that's especially true if your company's growth is making it difficult to give every aspect of your operation the same level of attention that built your business.
You know that business management software can help, but you can't afford to interrupt operations while you install it. It has to be a cost-effective solution from a proven provider. And the solution you choose has to meet your needs today – and tomorrow.
It's time to consider SAP solutions for midsize companies.
SAP provides a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that can be implemented quickly and affordably to handle today's industry-specific business challenges, and those midsize companies will face in the future. Midsize company solutions and services include
Your operation is lean and efficient. Your team can identify and respond quickly to market changes. And nobody understands your customers better or provides a higher level of service. Maintaining these competitive advantages isn't easy though. And that's especially true if your company's growth is making it difficult to give every aspect of your operation the same level of attention that built your business.
You know that business management software can help, but you can't afford to interrupt operations while you install it. It has to be a cost-effective solution from a proven provider. And the solution you choose has to meet your needs today – and tomorrow.
It's time to consider SAP solutions for midsize companies.
SAP provides a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that can be implemented quickly and affordably to handle today's industry-specific business challenges, and those midsize companies will face in the future. Midsize company solutions and services include
Security on SAP NetWeaver Portal
Security is paramount in the IT industry. Enterprise portals – the interfaces between company networks and the Internet – particularly need to be protected from unauthorized access. Various forms of authentication pledge to fend off potential intruders. An evaluation of the various procedures helps companies make the right choice.
Companies that set up a portal on the Internet are confronted with the question of how to configure access. They need to ensure that unauthorized persons cannot use the portal. So if they make information available on the portal to employees, partners, customers, or subcontractors, they have to be able to identify users beyond doubt. Many companies used to rely on static passwords, but these cannot adequately protect business-critical data from misuse.
Modern, secure authentication involves two things: what users have and what they know. Users have a token – such as a USB stick or number generator – or a card, and they must also enter a password or a PIN. Currently, two common procedures enable such a two-factor check: the one-time password and authentication using a certificate. Both technologies are highly secure, simple to use, and easy to maintain. Furthermore, they ensure stable operation.
Finding the right solution
To find the most suitable solution for an enterprise portal, a company first needs to compare the pros and cons of both technologies, bearing in mind that the one-time password method and the certificate solution take different approaches.
With the password method, portable hardware generates a passcode at each logon that is valid only once. For example, the company RSA, headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, provides a token called SecurID that generates numeric passcodes. Chips from other providers (such as Kobil, Vasco, and Aladdin) are not time-synchronized, but instead generate codes at the touch of a button.
Password generators usually come in the form of key rings but are available in other formats, too. The SecurID token, for example, is available as a credit-card-sized device with an integrated keypad for entering the PIN directly into the device. Password-generation software can also be installed on mobile phones.
All one-time password methods require a PIN as well as the code to log on to the portal. The application side needs a server that calculates the valid token code using an algorithm and compares it with what the user entered. As a rule, authentication servers from all providers are accessible using the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) protocol. So to use one of these password methods with the SAP NetWeaver Portal component, the user must enable authentication based on RADIUS.
Plugging into the portal
Smart cards and USB sticks with digital certificates are alternatives to the password method. A great hurdle to using smart cards for authentication in enterprise portals is that the user's PC must have a card reader. Such readers are not widely available, so the smart card is not usually the first choice for accessing data away from the office.
In contrast, USB sticks with digital certificates are more manageable and flexible. No bigger than a mechanical key, they combine smart card and reader in a handy device. However, the smart card concept loses points because it is inflexible and cumbersome: Even though the reader is integrated into the USB drive, the related driver must be installed on the work station. This considerably restricts its use on the road, especially because, in general, only administrators are authorized to install the software.
Hardware provider Kobil, headquartered in Worms, Germany, is breaking new ground. Kobil's mIDentity is a USB drive that incorporates a card, a reader, and flash memory. It includes both the required driver and other software, such as an Internet browser, making it ideal for users who have preconfigured access to SAP NetWeaver Portal. They can authenticate themselves using mIDentity without having administrator rights or installing software on their local PC. The solution is compatible with practically all PC operating systems (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X).
Because the key works according to the zero-footprint principle, once the USB drive has been unplugged, no data remains on the PC that could be accessed by intruders.
As well as the question of usability and flexibility, companies must look at how the selected procedure can be integrated into SAP NetWeaver Portal from an IT perspective. The one-time password method involves more work because authentication using the RADIUS protocol is not within the functional scope of the portal. This approach requires installing additional software or delegating authentication to a feeder component connected with the portal.
The feeder component may be a proxy system: The proxy server transfers the user ID in the HTTP header to the portal server, and the actual access check takes place in SAP NetWeaver Portal using the HTTP header login module. However, authentication using the HTTP header is problematic from a security point of view. Apart from the proxy, no server should be authorized to log users on using the HTTP headers. To prevent the header's being transferred, the proxy system should log on to the portal using a client certificate, and this certificate should be configured to reject HTTP headers from other sources.
Integrating the check into SAP NetWeaver
Another way to integrate the one-time password method into SAP NetWeaver Portal is to use additional software. SAP security expert SecurIntegration, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, provides such a module: The SI EP/Agent, based on JAAS (Java Authentication and Authorization Service), enables authentication with one-time password products from various providers directly on the SAP portal.
Because authentication with a certificate token uses the procedures provided in the SSL protocol, integrating this checking mechanism into SAP NetWeaver is easy. Digital certificates are part of the portal's functional scope, and most Web applications can handle digital certificates too. This also facilitates the integration of applications from other providers into the portal's single-sign-on function.
When a company is selecting an access mechanism, the degree of security is an important criterion. In this respect, the USB solutions come out on top. In particular, they protect more effectively from man-in-the-middle attacks, in which the intruder positions himself or herself between the communicating partners to intercept the token code: When access is verified using a certificate, the portal operator does not depend on the user's recognizing the man-in-the-middle attack. The man-in-the-middle is detected and locked out from the server side by authentication by both parties, based on the SSL protocol.
Operating either access mechanism requires a technical infrastructure as well as a token. USB devices use a public key infrastructure (PKI) for generating and administrating the keys. One-time password methods use the authentication server. The PKI-based access check still functions even if the infrastructure breaks down, but the one-time password method depends on the availability of the authentication server. The demands on the central system are thus considerably greater.
On the client side, however, one-time passwords have the significant advantage of not requiring the installation of additional devices or programs and are independent of local software. With USB solutions – particularly when a client outside the operator's administrative sovereignty accesses the portal – the user must install a driver to gain access. Kobil's USB solution offers an interesting alternative.
Companies that set up a portal on the Internet are confronted with the question of how to configure access. They need to ensure that unauthorized persons cannot use the portal. So if they make information available on the portal to employees, partners, customers, or subcontractors, they have to be able to identify users beyond doubt. Many companies used to rely on static passwords, but these cannot adequately protect business-critical data from misuse.
Modern, secure authentication involves two things: what users have and what they know. Users have a token – such as a USB stick or number generator – or a card, and they must also enter a password or a PIN. Currently, two common procedures enable such a two-factor check: the one-time password and authentication using a certificate. Both technologies are highly secure, simple to use, and easy to maintain. Furthermore, they ensure stable operation.
Finding the right solution
To find the most suitable solution for an enterprise portal, a company first needs to compare the pros and cons of both technologies, bearing in mind that the one-time password method and the certificate solution take different approaches.
With the password method, portable hardware generates a passcode at each logon that is valid only once. For example, the company RSA, headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, provides a token called SecurID that generates numeric passcodes. Chips from other providers (such as Kobil, Vasco, and Aladdin) are not time-synchronized, but instead generate codes at the touch of a button.
Password generators usually come in the form of key rings but are available in other formats, too. The SecurID token, for example, is available as a credit-card-sized device with an integrated keypad for entering the PIN directly into the device. Password-generation software can also be installed on mobile phones.
All one-time password methods require a PIN as well as the code to log on to the portal. The application side needs a server that calculates the valid token code using an algorithm and compares it with what the user entered. As a rule, authentication servers from all providers are accessible using the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) protocol. So to use one of these password methods with the SAP NetWeaver Portal component, the user must enable authentication based on RADIUS.
Plugging into the portal
Smart cards and USB sticks with digital certificates are alternatives to the password method. A great hurdle to using smart cards for authentication in enterprise portals is that the user's PC must have a card reader. Such readers are not widely available, so the smart card is not usually the first choice for accessing data away from the office.
In contrast, USB sticks with digital certificates are more manageable and flexible. No bigger than a mechanical key, they combine smart card and reader in a handy device. However, the smart card concept loses points because it is inflexible and cumbersome: Even though the reader is integrated into the USB drive, the related driver must be installed on the work station. This considerably restricts its use on the road, especially because, in general, only administrators are authorized to install the software.
Hardware provider Kobil, headquartered in Worms, Germany, is breaking new ground. Kobil's mIDentity is a USB drive that incorporates a card, a reader, and flash memory. It includes both the required driver and other software, such as an Internet browser, making it ideal for users who have preconfigured access to SAP NetWeaver Portal. They can authenticate themselves using mIDentity without having administrator rights or installing software on their local PC. The solution is compatible with practically all PC operating systems (Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X).
Because the key works according to the zero-footprint principle, once the USB drive has been unplugged, no data remains on the PC that could be accessed by intruders.
As well as the question of usability and flexibility, companies must look at how the selected procedure can be integrated into SAP NetWeaver Portal from an IT perspective. The one-time password method involves more work because authentication using the RADIUS protocol is not within the functional scope of the portal. This approach requires installing additional software or delegating authentication to a feeder component connected with the portal.
The feeder component may be a proxy system: The proxy server transfers the user ID in the HTTP header to the portal server, and the actual access check takes place in SAP NetWeaver Portal using the HTTP header login module. However, authentication using the HTTP header is problematic from a security point of view. Apart from the proxy, no server should be authorized to log users on using the HTTP headers. To prevent the header's being transferred, the proxy system should log on to the portal using a client certificate, and this certificate should be configured to reject HTTP headers from other sources.
Integrating the check into SAP NetWeaver
Another way to integrate the one-time password method into SAP NetWeaver Portal is to use additional software. SAP security expert SecurIntegration, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, provides such a module: The SI EP/Agent, based on JAAS (Java Authentication and Authorization Service), enables authentication with one-time password products from various providers directly on the SAP portal.
Because authentication with a certificate token uses the procedures provided in the SSL protocol, integrating this checking mechanism into SAP NetWeaver is easy. Digital certificates are part of the portal's functional scope, and most Web applications can handle digital certificates too. This also facilitates the integration of applications from other providers into the portal's single-sign-on function.
When a company is selecting an access mechanism, the degree of security is an important criterion. In this respect, the USB solutions come out on top. In particular, they protect more effectively from man-in-the-middle attacks, in which the intruder positions himself or herself between the communicating partners to intercept the token code: When access is verified using a certificate, the portal operator does not depend on the user's recognizing the man-in-the-middle attack. The man-in-the-middle is detected and locked out from the server side by authentication by both parties, based on the SSL protocol.
Operating either access mechanism requires a technical infrastructure as well as a token. USB devices use a public key infrastructure (PKI) for generating and administrating the keys. One-time password methods use the authentication server. The PKI-based access check still functions even if the infrastructure breaks down, but the one-time password method depends on the availability of the authentication server. The demands on the central system are thus considerably greater.
On the client side, however, one-time passwords have the significant advantage of not requiring the installation of additional devices or programs and are independent of local software. With USB solutions – particularly when a client outside the operator's administrative sovereignty accesses the portal – the user must install a driver to gain access. Kobil's USB solution offers an interesting alternative.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
The Migration Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
How-to Guide: The Migration Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
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How-to Guide: The Migration Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
Applies to:
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
Summary
The focus of this document is on the migration of J2EE-compliant applications to SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) from a technical point of view.
This document introduces the purpose and functionality of the migration plug-in. A sample application is used to exemplify the use of the tool as well as the basic steps to migrate an application to SAP NetWeaver CE.
Author: Markus Küfer
Company: SAP AG
Created on: June 2007
Author Bio
Markus Küfer holds a degree in medical informatics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
He joined SAP in 2000 and worked on Java application and technology frameworks as well as on customer specific J2EE development.
With the advent of JDO, Markus joined the initial core team that created the SAP JDO implementation and served as SAP's representative in the JDO Java Specification Request expert group (JSR 243). After some SAP J2EE Engine kernel development and design of the SAP EJB 3.0 implementation, he now imparts knowledge as a Solution Architect in the Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, Market Development Engineering team.
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Table of Contents
Applies to:.......................................................................................................................................1
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1..............................................................................1
Summary.........................................................................................................................................1
Author Bio.......................................................................................................................................1
Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................2
Purpose...........................................................................................................................................3
How does the Tool work?................................................................................................................4
Transformed Descriptors..............................................................................................................4
Created SAP NetWeaver CE Developer Studio Projects............................................................4
Using the Migration-Plug-in: A Sample Migration............................................................................5
Preparation/Get the Database ready...........................................................................................5
Installing the Migration Plug-in.....................................................................................................8
Create the IDE Projects and transform the Descriptors – Using the Migration Plug-in.............10
Project Structure Completion.....................................................................................................13
Datasource Adjustments............................................................................................................14
JNDI Adjustments.....................................................................................................................14
Deploy and run the Application..................................................................................................18
Related Content............................................................................................................................21
Copyright.......................................................................................................................................22
How-to Guide: The Migration Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
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Purpose
The Migration Plug-in is an Eclipse plug-in for the Eclipse based SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio for CE.
The plug-in allows importing third-party projects into the NetWeaver Developer Studio for CE. During the import all resources are copied into the right project structure and vendor specific deployment descriptors are converted to the corresponding SAP descriptors using XSLT transformations.
The primary focus is on the transformation of the EJB project’s proprietary object-relational mapping descriptor which is one of the trickiest parts when it comes to migrating the descriptors.
The supported J2EE 1.3 and J2EE 1.4 compliant source platforms are:
• JBoss 3.x - 4.0.5
• BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 – 9.2
The generated CE Developer Studio projects are J2EE 1.4 compliant, although CE supports Java EE 5 as well.
There are several reasons to do so:
• The use of descriptors is not encouraged any more, as they are succeeded by annotations
• EJB 3 provides a standardised object-relational mapping, it is not proprietary any more as it was up to EJB 2.1.
• Not only the mapping, but also (the EJB) programming paradigm has changed dramatically. This can hardly be addressed tool-wise.
For example, some object-relational mappings are not allowed any more and can therefore not be applied to EJB 3, entities are just plain old java classes, no need for business and home interfaces any more, no more home interfaces for session beans, dependency injection simplifies coding a lot, etc.
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How does the Tool work?
This will give you a more detailed understanding of how the tool works.
The subsequent sections will describe the tool’s use in an exemplifying migration sample.
Transformed Descriptors
The plug-in’s built-in XSLT transformation addresses the web project and ejb project descriptors. For J2EE 1.3 and 1.4 compliant projects, the proprietary descriptors like “jboss-web.xml”, “weblogic.xml” for web projects or “jboss.xml”, “weblogic-ejb-jar.xml” and “jbosscmp-jdbc.xml”, “weblogic-cmp-rdbms-jar.xml” for ejb projects are considered.
A J2EE 1.3 compliant project additionally requires the Migration Plug-In to transform the standard descriptors “web.xml” and “ejb-jar.xml” into J2EE 1.4 compliant descriptors as well.
Both the proprietary and the standard descriptors had undergone a change in the way they are described, from doctype to schema-based descriptors. The tool handles that implicitly as well.
For your convenience, the original descriptors are copied as a reference. To avoid name collisions, the suffix “.orig” will be added to the original “web.xml” and the original “ejb-jar.xml”. You can safely delete them.
The migration of web services implementations or web service related content in the descriptors described above is also out of scope of the tool. As the CE NetWeaver Developer Studio supports the latest web service standards now part of Java EE 5, it is reasonable to migrate in a “fall-forward fashion” and to make use of the standardised web service support.
Created SAP NetWeaver CE Developer Studio Projects
The Migration Plug-in creates J2EE 1.4 compliant EJB and Web projects.
For web projects, the specification of the following is required:
• Web Content Directory
• Java Source Directory
• Descriptor Directory
EJB projects require the following to be specified:
• Source Directory
• Descriptor Directory
If you realise the way the plug-in works does not suit the way the projects to be migrated are structured, you can still make use of the tool’s prime feature, the (object-relational) mapping descriptors’ transformation. Just do it for each of the projects, to get the descriptors, merge them and create the final SAP NetWeaver CE Developer Studio projects according to your specific needs.
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Using the Migration-Plug-in: A Sample Migration
The J2EE 1.4 compliant sample application to be migrated was created by means of XDoclet for JBoss as target runtime.
It is a simple, yet complete application with regards to the object-relational mapping used.
The application deals with Employees, Departments, Projects, Products and Contact Data entity beans which are used in a so-called Services stateless session bean that serves as session-façade.
Preparation/Get the Database ready
For this sample, we create the database tables with in the Persistence Perspective of the NetWeaver Development Studio for CE.
Therefore, we need to establish a designtime connection to the database.
We will use the Java EE engine’s schema.
Switch to the Persistence Perspective. On the “Database Explorer” view, right-click “Connectons”, select “New Connection…”, enter the parameters according to your installation and press “Finish”:
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The table definitions come along with the sample code in the “JMTS” folder, file “tables.sql”.
To create the tables, navigate along “CE1CE1SchemasSAPDBCE1Tables”, right-click and select “New””With SQL Editor”.
A new editor tab will open. Delete its content, copy and paste the content of “tables.sql” into the editor.
Right-click the editor’s canvas and select “Run SQL”. This will create all the necessary tables:
To access the tables at runtime, we need to create a datasource named “MigrationDS”:
Open the “NetWeaver Administrator”: http://localhost:50100/nwa in your browser.
Click “SystemsStart Stop Java EE Applications Application Resources” and select “Create New JDBC Custom Datasource” and enter the values as you did for the Developer Studio:
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Make sure you select “Native SQL” or “Vendor SQL”.
Press “Save” to create the datasource finally.1
1 You may want the MigrationDS to be started automatically on server start-up. Therefore, switch to “Start & Stop Java EE Applicatins“, filter the list by “MigrationDS“, select it and press “Start“ “On All Instances And Set Started“ As Initial State“.
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Installing the Migration Plug-in
Unpack the jar files contained in the zip file for the Migration Plug-in you downloaded.
Straightforwardly copy those plug-in jar files into the eclipse plug-in folder2:
Now start the NetWeaver Developer Studio for CE. If you started it before you copied the jars, please restart it.
If you connect to the internet through a firewall, please do the proxy settings accordingly. It is the most reliable way is to do this on the IDE VM level3:
Open “Window””Preferences…””Java””Installed JREs”, select your JRE, click “Edit…” and enter your proxy settings accordingly:
2 Copying the jar for BEA is fine as well. If you migrate a BEA project, you have to copy it.
3 The Internet Proxy settings on the Preferences page did not work for me.
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Create the IDE Projects and transform the Descriptors – Using the Migration Plug-in
Unpack the .zip file that contains the sample application.
It consists of an EJB part and a web part.
Open “File””Import…””Other””J2EE Project Migration”:
The window you will see next is supposed to collect all the information needed to migrate the sample application.
The “From folder” just specifies a convenient default folder to start from that is used when you add a Java, EJB or Web project.
Choose the folder you unpacked the sample application to.
The “Primal Server” is JBoss in this case, as we migrate an app that formerly ran on JBoss.
We first specify where the EJB module’s sources and descriptors can be found. Select “Add Ejb Module”, specify how you want the generated Eclipse project to be named and browse the folders appropriately as show below:
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We will now collect all the information needed for the web module:
Select “Add Web Module” ”, specify how you want the generated Eclipse project to be named and browse the folders appropriately as show below:
Press “OK” to return and “Finish” to start the project creations and descriptor transformations.
Your workspace will look similar to this:
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Project Structure Completion
We complete the project structure by the creation of an ear project that contains “JmtsEJB” and “JmtsWeb”:
Select “File” “New” “Project…” “J2EE” “Enterprise Application Project”, enter a project name, “JmtsEAR”, for example, press “Next >” two times, select the appropriate web and EJB project (“JmtsWeb” and “JmtsEJB”) and press “Finish”.
To make the EJB classes known in the web project, a reference to the EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) has to be set in the web project (“JmtsWeb”):
Right-click the web project (“JmtsWeb”), select “Properties”, goto “Java Build Path” and switch to the tab “Projects”. Press “Add…” and select the appropriate EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) and press “OK” two times.
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Rebuild your projects to resolve any classpath related issues.
Datasource Adjustments
The sample application is not yet migrated completely. The sample application should run on the datasource named “MigrationDS” we created at the very beginning.
Therefore, it needs to be introduced in the newly generated persistent.xml.
Open the “persistent.xml” (in the J2EE perspective), navigate to the “General” tab and enter “MigrationDS” as the Datasource name and save the “persistent.xml”:
One of the challenges that every migration encounters is the adaptation of the JNDI naming. The JBoss sample application is no exception to that.
JNDI Adjustments
It is common practice and good style to use local JNDI references and lookup as it is encouraged by the Java EE specs to support portability.
Open the “ejb-jar.xml” in the “META-INF” folder of the EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) and you will find that no local references are declared from the Services session bean to all its used entity beans. The JNDI lookups in the Services session beans are all done by using their respective global JNDI lookup name.
The next step is to use local JNDI references instead:
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Switch to the “Enterprise Beans” tab, open “session beans”, then expand the “Services” session bean “JNDI Env Refs” “ejb local ref”, right-click and chose “Add”, select all entries beside the “ServicesSession” for your EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) and click “OK”:
Save the “ejb-jar.xml” file. Your references should look like this now:
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The next step is to check how the “Services” session bean looks up the entity beans it uses and to use the local JNDI references we just declared.
Open the “Services.java” file which resides in your EJB project (“JmtsEJB”), package “de.sap.demo.test.ejb”, and navigate to the “setSessionContext” method.
The creation of the initial context does not need any property parameters because the lookup happens inside the server and will reference objects that reside on the same server, too. Therefore, delete the “properties” declaration and remove its use as parameter to the “InitialContext” creation.
Change each lookup string to the reference declared in “ejb-jar.xml”. For example, change "/ejb/EmployeeLocalHome" to “java:comp/env/ejb/Employee”.
Proceed with all the other lookups in the “setSessionContext” method in the same manner and save “Services.java”:
Now have a look at the “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” (and the original “jboss.xml”, too. It was copied to the newly created CE EJB project as well.). As it is common practice with JBoss, the EJBs’ JNDI names start with “ejb/”.
With NetWeaver CE, the JNDI entry “ejb” is already used, as there is a reserved top level naming entry for each of the Java EE engine’s services. Therefore, this leading “ejb/” prefix has to be removed from the JNDI name of all session and entity beans. This will cause the beans to be registered underneath the “ejbContexts” folder in the JNDI tree.
Open the “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” in the “META-INF” folder of the EJB project (“JmtsEJB”). In the “Entity Beans” tab, open both “session beans” and “entity beans” and correct each bean’s JNDI name by removing “ejb/”:
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Do not forget to save the “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” file.
Note that we do not make use of the JNDI names declared in “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” within the sample application, but they could be used for lookups from non-J2EE applications, for example.4
Now we have to check the actual JNDI lookups for the “Services” session bean in the EJB project’s coding:
There is a “Helper” class in the package “de.sap.demo.test.util” that implements the JNDI lookup of the “Services” session bean. It is used by the web project (“JmtsWeb”) only:5
The “Services” session bean’s lookup is “java:comp/env/ejb/Services”.
As it is used by the web project (“JmtsWeb”) only, check its “web.xml” to see if the lookup string of the Helper class is according to the EJB reference name declared there:
4 Even better then, use the newly introduced EJB lookup scheme for more fexibilty between the client lookup string and the real JNDI binding.
5 Preferably move it to the web project.
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The EJB reference name is “ejb/Services”, everything is fine.6
Deploy and run the Application
This is the time to check whether the application is ready to run.
To deploy it, switch to the J2EE perspective, select the “Server” view and right-click the “SAP Server” icon and select “Add and Remove Projects…”.
Now add your EAR project (“JmtsEAR”) by selecting it, pressing “Add >” and “Finish”:
6 The “ListProjectsE.jsp” does the lookup on its own, without use of the Helper class; it already uses the correct lookup string, too.
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You will then be asked to enter your user and password for the deployment:
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This should be the deployment’s result:
Now let’s run the application.
The URL should be something like http://localhost:50100/JmtsWeb/index.html. Change it according to your server, port and web project name (JmtsWeb, in this case).
This should be the result:
To give it a try, start by creating a Department and a Project.
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Related Content
• The Migration Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
• Sample application used in this how-to guide
• Screen cam that shows how to work with the Migration-Plug-in
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How-to Guide: The Migration Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
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SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1
Summary
The focus of this document is on the migration of J2EE-compliant applications to SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) from a technical point of view.
This document introduces the purpose and functionality of the migration plug-in. A sample application is used to exemplify the use of the tool as well as the basic steps to migrate an application to SAP NetWeaver CE.
Author: Markus Küfer
Company: SAP AG
Created on: June 2007
Author Bio
Markus Küfer holds a degree in medical informatics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
He joined SAP in 2000 and worked on Java application and technology frameworks as well as on customer specific J2EE development.
With the advent of JDO, Markus joined the initial core team that created the SAP JDO implementation and served as SAP's representative in the JDO Java Specification Request expert group (JSR 243). After some SAP J2EE Engine kernel development and design of the SAP EJB 3.0 implementation, he now imparts knowledge as a Solution Architect in the Global Ecosystem and Partner Group, Market Development Engineering team.
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Table of Contents
Applies to:.......................................................................................................................................1
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1..............................................................................1
Summary.........................................................................................................................................1
Author Bio.......................................................................................................................................1
Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................2
Purpose...........................................................................................................................................3
How does the Tool work?................................................................................................................4
Transformed Descriptors..............................................................................................................4
Created SAP NetWeaver CE Developer Studio Projects............................................................4
Using the Migration-Plug-in: A Sample Migration............................................................................5
Preparation/Get the Database ready...........................................................................................5
Installing the Migration Plug-in.....................................................................................................8
Create the IDE Projects and transform the Descriptors – Using the Migration Plug-in.............10
Project Structure Completion.....................................................................................................13
Datasource Adjustments............................................................................................................14
JNDI Adjustments.....................................................................................................................14
Deploy and run the Application..................................................................................................18
Related Content............................................................................................................................21
Copyright.......................................................................................................................................22
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Purpose
The Migration Plug-in is an Eclipse plug-in for the Eclipse based SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio for CE.
The plug-in allows importing third-party projects into the NetWeaver Developer Studio for CE. During the import all resources are copied into the right project structure and vendor specific deployment descriptors are converted to the corresponding SAP descriptors using XSLT transformations.
The primary focus is on the transformation of the EJB project’s proprietary object-relational mapping descriptor which is one of the trickiest parts when it comes to migrating the descriptors.
The supported J2EE 1.3 and J2EE 1.4 compliant source platforms are:
• JBoss 3.x - 4.0.5
• BEA WebLogic Server 7.0 – 9.2
The generated CE Developer Studio projects are J2EE 1.4 compliant, although CE supports Java EE 5 as well.
There are several reasons to do so:
• The use of descriptors is not encouraged any more, as they are succeeded by annotations
• EJB 3 provides a standardised object-relational mapping, it is not proprietary any more as it was up to EJB 2.1.
• Not only the mapping, but also (the EJB) programming paradigm has changed dramatically. This can hardly be addressed tool-wise.
For example, some object-relational mappings are not allowed any more and can therefore not be applied to EJB 3, entities are just plain old java classes, no need for business and home interfaces any more, no more home interfaces for session beans, dependency injection simplifies coding a lot, etc.
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How does the Tool work?
This will give you a more detailed understanding of how the tool works.
The subsequent sections will describe the tool’s use in an exemplifying migration sample.
Transformed Descriptors
The plug-in’s built-in XSLT transformation addresses the web project and ejb project descriptors. For J2EE 1.3 and 1.4 compliant projects, the proprietary descriptors like “jboss-web.xml”, “weblogic.xml” for web projects or “jboss.xml”, “weblogic-ejb-jar.xml” and “jbosscmp-jdbc.xml”, “weblogic-cmp-rdbms-jar.xml” for ejb projects are considered.
A J2EE 1.3 compliant project additionally requires the Migration Plug-In to transform the standard descriptors “web.xml” and “ejb-jar.xml” into J2EE 1.4 compliant descriptors as well.
Both the proprietary and the standard descriptors had undergone a change in the way they are described, from doctype to schema-based descriptors. The tool handles that implicitly as well.
For your convenience, the original descriptors are copied as a reference. To avoid name collisions, the suffix “.orig” will be added to the original “web.xml” and the original “ejb-jar.xml”. You can safely delete them.
The migration of web services implementations or web service related content in the descriptors described above is also out of scope of the tool. As the CE NetWeaver Developer Studio supports the latest web service standards now part of Java EE 5, it is reasonable to migrate in a “fall-forward fashion” and to make use of the standardised web service support.
Created SAP NetWeaver CE Developer Studio Projects
The Migration Plug-in creates J2EE 1.4 compliant EJB and Web projects.
For web projects, the specification of the following is required:
• Web Content Directory
• Java Source Directory
• Descriptor Directory
EJB projects require the following to be specified:
• Source Directory
• Descriptor Directory
If you realise the way the plug-in works does not suit the way the projects to be migrated are structured, you can still make use of the tool’s prime feature, the (object-relational) mapping descriptors’ transformation. Just do it for each of the projects, to get the descriptors, merge them and create the final SAP NetWeaver CE Developer Studio projects according to your specific needs.
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Using the Migration-Plug-in: A Sample Migration
The J2EE 1.4 compliant sample application to be migrated was created by means of XDoclet for JBoss as target runtime.
It is a simple, yet complete application with regards to the object-relational mapping used.
The application deals with Employees, Departments, Projects, Products and Contact Data entity beans which are used in a so-called Services stateless session bean that serves as session-façade.
Preparation/Get the Database ready
For this sample, we create the database tables with in the Persistence Perspective of the NetWeaver Development Studio for CE.
Therefore, we need to establish a designtime connection to the database.
We will use the Java EE engine’s schema.
Switch to the Persistence Perspective. On the “Database Explorer” view, right-click “Connectons”, select “New Connection…”, enter the parameters according to your installation and press “Finish”:
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The table definitions come along with the sample code in the “JMTS” folder, file “tables.sql”.
To create the tables, navigate along “CE1CE1SchemasSAPDBCE1Tables”, right-click and select “New””With SQL Editor”.
A new editor tab will open. Delete its content, copy and paste the content of “tables.sql” into the editor.
Right-click the editor’s canvas and select “Run SQL”. This will create all the necessary tables:
To access the tables at runtime, we need to create a datasource named “MigrationDS”:
Open the “NetWeaver Administrator”: http://localhost:50100/nwa in your browser.
Click “SystemsStart Stop Java EE Applications Application Resources” and select “Create New JDBC Custom Datasource” and enter the values as you did for the Developer Studio:
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Make sure you select “Native SQL” or “Vendor SQL”.
Press “Save” to create the datasource finally.1
1 You may want the MigrationDS to be started automatically on server start-up. Therefore, switch to “Start & Stop Java EE Applicatins“, filter the list by “MigrationDS“, select it and press “Start“ “On All Instances And Set Started“ As Initial State“.
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Installing the Migration Plug-in
Unpack the jar files contained in the zip file for the Migration Plug-in you downloaded.
Straightforwardly copy those plug-in jar files into the eclipse plug-in folder2:
Now start the NetWeaver Developer Studio for CE. If you started it before you copied the jars, please restart it.
If you connect to the internet through a firewall, please do the proxy settings accordingly. It is the most reliable way is to do this on the IDE VM level3:
Open “Window””Preferences…””Java””Installed JREs”, select your JRE, click “Edit…” and enter your proxy settings accordingly:
2 Copying the jar for BEA is fine as well. If you migrate a BEA project, you have to copy it.
3 The Internet Proxy settings on the Preferences page did not work for me.
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Create the IDE Projects and transform the Descriptors – Using the Migration Plug-in
Unpack the .zip file that contains the sample application.
It consists of an EJB part and a web part.
Open “File””Import…””Other””J2EE Project Migration”:
The window you will see next is supposed to collect all the information needed to migrate the sample application.
The “From folder” just specifies a convenient default folder to start from that is used when you add a Java, EJB or Web project.
Choose the folder you unpacked the sample application to.
The “Primal Server” is JBoss in this case, as we migrate an app that formerly ran on JBoss.
We first specify where the EJB module’s sources and descriptors can be found. Select “Add Ejb Module”, specify how you want the generated Eclipse project to be named and browse the folders appropriately as show below:
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We will now collect all the information needed for the web module:
Select “Add Web Module” ”, specify how you want the generated Eclipse project to be named and browse the folders appropriately as show below:
Press “OK” to return and “Finish” to start the project creations and descriptor transformations.
Your workspace will look similar to this:
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Project Structure Completion
We complete the project structure by the creation of an ear project that contains “JmtsEJB” and “JmtsWeb”:
Select “File” “New” “Project…” “J2EE” “Enterprise Application Project”, enter a project name, “JmtsEAR”, for example, press “Next >” two times, select the appropriate web and EJB project (“JmtsWeb” and “JmtsEJB”) and press “Finish”.
To make the EJB classes known in the web project, a reference to the EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) has to be set in the web project (“JmtsWeb”):
Right-click the web project (“JmtsWeb”), select “Properties”, goto “Java Build Path” and switch to the tab “Projects”. Press “Add…” and select the appropriate EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) and press “OK” two times.
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Rebuild your projects to resolve any classpath related issues.
Datasource Adjustments
The sample application is not yet migrated completely. The sample application should run on the datasource named “MigrationDS” we created at the very beginning.
Therefore, it needs to be introduced in the newly generated persistent.xml.
Open the “persistent.xml” (in the J2EE perspective), navigate to the “General” tab and enter “MigrationDS” as the Datasource name and save the “persistent.xml”:
One of the challenges that every migration encounters is the adaptation of the JNDI naming. The JBoss sample application is no exception to that.
JNDI Adjustments
It is common practice and good style to use local JNDI references and lookup as it is encouraged by the Java EE specs to support portability.
Open the “ejb-jar.xml” in the “META-INF” folder of the EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) and you will find that no local references are declared from the Services session bean to all its used entity beans. The JNDI lookups in the Services session beans are all done by using their respective global JNDI lookup name.
The next step is to use local JNDI references instead:
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Switch to the “Enterprise Beans” tab, open “session beans”, then expand the “Services” session bean “JNDI Env Refs” “ejb local ref”, right-click and chose “Add”, select all entries beside the “ServicesSession” for your EJB project (“JmtsEJB”) and click “OK”:
Save the “ejb-jar.xml” file. Your references should look like this now:
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The next step is to check how the “Services” session bean looks up the entity beans it uses and to use the local JNDI references we just declared.
Open the “Services.java” file which resides in your EJB project (“JmtsEJB”), package “de.sap.demo.test.ejb”, and navigate to the “setSessionContext” method.
The creation of the initial context does not need any property parameters because the lookup happens inside the server and will reference objects that reside on the same server, too. Therefore, delete the “properties” declaration and remove its use as parameter to the “InitialContext” creation.
Change each lookup string to the reference declared in “ejb-jar.xml”. For example, change "/ejb/EmployeeLocalHome" to “java:comp/env/ejb/Employee”.
Proceed with all the other lookups in the “setSessionContext” method in the same manner and save “Services.java”:
Now have a look at the “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” (and the original “jboss.xml”, too. It was copied to the newly created CE EJB project as well.). As it is common practice with JBoss, the EJBs’ JNDI names start with “ejb/”.
With NetWeaver CE, the JNDI entry “ejb” is already used, as there is a reserved top level naming entry for each of the Java EE engine’s services. Therefore, this leading “ejb/” prefix has to be removed from the JNDI name of all session and entity beans. This will cause the beans to be registered underneath the “ejbContexts” folder in the JNDI tree.
Open the “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” in the “META-INF” folder of the EJB project (“JmtsEJB”). In the “Entity Beans” tab, open both “session beans” and “entity beans” and correct each bean’s JNDI name by removing “ejb/”:
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Do not forget to save the “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” file.
Note that we do not make use of the JNDI names declared in “ejb-j2ee-engine.xml” within the sample application, but they could be used for lookups from non-J2EE applications, for example.4
Now we have to check the actual JNDI lookups for the “Services” session bean in the EJB project’s coding:
There is a “Helper” class in the package “de.sap.demo.test.util” that implements the JNDI lookup of the “Services” session bean. It is used by the web project (“JmtsWeb”) only:5
The “Services” session bean’s lookup is “java:comp/env/ejb/Services”.
As it is used by the web project (“JmtsWeb”) only, check its “web.xml” to see if the lookup string of the Helper class is according to the EJB reference name declared there:
4 Even better then, use the newly introduced EJB lookup scheme for more fexibilty between the client lookup string and the real JNDI binding.
5 Preferably move it to the web project.
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The EJB reference name is “ejb/Services”, everything is fine.6
Deploy and run the Application
This is the time to check whether the application is ready to run.
To deploy it, switch to the J2EE perspective, select the “Server” view and right-click the “SAP Server” icon and select “Add and Remove Projects…”.
Now add your EAR project (“JmtsEAR”) by selecting it, pressing “Add >” and “Finish”:
6 The “ListProjectsE.jsp” does the lookup on its own, without use of the Helper class; it already uses the correct lookup string, too.
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You will then be asked to enter your user and password for the deployment:
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This should be the deployment’s result:
Now let’s run the application.
The URL should be something like http://localhost:50100/JmtsWeb/index.html. Change it according to your server, port and web project name (JmtsWeb, in this case).
This should be the result:
To give it a try, start by creating a Department and a Project.
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Monday, July 23, 2007
SAP Manufacturing:
SAP Manufacturing:
Drive Manufacturing at the Speed of Business
Manufacturing isn't getting easier. You're under constant pressure to deliver innovative products, respond to customer demand quickly, and eliminate costs.
Enter SAP Manufacturing. This powerful solution integrates manufacturing with your other operations, so you can identify changes in demand and supply and rapidly respond to new customer requirements.
SAP Manufacturing is the only comprehensive solution for managing manufacturing operations with embedded Lean and Six Sigma – empowering you to deliver superior responsiveness and performance. And since it's built on the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP Manufacturing connects seamlessly with your entire enterprise, including your current plant floor infrastructure. So you can accelerate time-to-value and lower total cost of ownership.
SAP Manufacturing gives discrete and process manufacturers functionality to:
Coordinate operations with partners and suppliers
Detect and resolve exceptions and performance deviation in real time and at low cost
Institutionalize Lean and Six Sigma processes and monitor production to drive continuous improvement
Comply with environmental, health, and safety standards
Improve employee productivity and create a high-quality work environment
With SAP Manufacturing, your management and production departments gain real-time visibility into key data – enabling them to act quickly. Managers can document, track, and interpret quality and performance using rich analytics capabilities. Production teams can leverage role-based applications for plant managers, production supervisors, maintenance supervisors, and quality inspectors to detect and respond rapidly to exceptions and variances – and deliver superior performance.
SAP Manufacturing helps you to plan, schedule, sequence, execute, and monitor all your manufacturing processes optimally. So you can achieve higher profits and marketplace wins.
Drive Manufacturing at the Speed of Business
Manufacturing isn't getting easier. You're under constant pressure to deliver innovative products, respond to customer demand quickly, and eliminate costs.
Enter SAP Manufacturing. This powerful solution integrates manufacturing with your other operations, so you can identify changes in demand and supply and rapidly respond to new customer requirements.
SAP Manufacturing is the only comprehensive solution for managing manufacturing operations with embedded Lean and Six Sigma – empowering you to deliver superior responsiveness and performance. And since it's built on the SAP NetWeaver platform, SAP Manufacturing connects seamlessly with your entire enterprise, including your current plant floor infrastructure. So you can accelerate time-to-value and lower total cost of ownership.
SAP Manufacturing gives discrete and process manufacturers functionality to:
Coordinate operations with partners and suppliers
Detect and resolve exceptions and performance deviation in real time and at low cost
Institutionalize Lean and Six Sigma processes and monitor production to drive continuous improvement
Comply with environmental, health, and safety standards
Improve employee productivity and create a high-quality work environment
With SAP Manufacturing, your management and production departments gain real-time visibility into key data – enabling them to act quickly. Managers can document, track, and interpret quality and performance using rich analytics capabilities. Production teams can leverage role-based applications for plant managers, production supervisors, maintenance supervisors, and quality inspectors to detect and respond rapidly to exceptions and variances – and deliver superior performance.
SAP Manufacturing helps you to plan, schedule, sequence, execute, and monitor all your manufacturing processes optimally. So you can achieve higher profits and marketplace wins.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
SAP Ventures:
SAP Ventures:
SAP Ventures is a strong partner that normally participates as part of an investor syndicate. Typically, we prefer that the syndicate lead be a new investor in the company.
We evaluate information technology opportunities across all stages. We emphasize investing in solutions and services sold to enterprises.
Executing on an investment can take as little as several weeks or as long as several months. The key determinants are the required depth of diligence, the schedule and makeup of the investment syndicate, and, at times, the business requirements of the prospective investment recipient.
We identify investment opportunities in a variety of ways. For example, we will develop investment themes and areas of related interest in which we proactively seek new businesses. We will respond to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who understand the value we can bring to an investment to be part of a financing round. We also pursue investment opportunities brought to us by partners within the SAP ecosystem.
When evaluating investment opportunities, we focus on:
Management team strength and depth
Potential market size and opportunity
Uniqueness of products and technologies
Exit opportunity
In making these evaluations, we draw not only on our own expertise, but also from the knowledge base of the entire SAP ecosystem. Entrepreneurs can expect to have at least one discussion with a business and/or technology thought-leader within SAP. These discussions are mutually beneficial, providing all parties valuable industry insight. In many cases, these introductions are the seed of a significant future business relationship.
SAP Ventures is a strong partner that normally participates as part of an investor syndicate. Typically, we prefer that the syndicate lead be a new investor in the company.
We evaluate information technology opportunities across all stages. We emphasize investing in solutions and services sold to enterprises.
Executing on an investment can take as little as several weeks or as long as several months. The key determinants are the required depth of diligence, the schedule and makeup of the investment syndicate, and, at times, the business requirements of the prospective investment recipient.
We identify investment opportunities in a variety of ways. For example, we will develop investment themes and areas of related interest in which we proactively seek new businesses. We will respond to entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who understand the value we can bring to an investment to be part of a financing round. We also pursue investment opportunities brought to us by partners within the SAP ecosystem.
When evaluating investment opportunities, we focus on:
Management team strength and depth
Potential market size and opportunity
Uniqueness of products and technologies
Exit opportunity
In making these evaluations, we draw not only on our own expertise, but also from the knowledge base of the entire SAP ecosystem. Entrepreneurs can expect to have at least one discussion with a business and/or technology thought-leader within SAP. These discussions are mutually beneficial, providing all parties valuable industry insight. In many cases, these introductions are the seed of a significant future business relationship.
SAP Ventures:
Investing in New Technology
SAP Ventures helps build industry-leading companies by partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and top-tier venture capital firms. We are information technology investors who focus on enterprise products and services. In the 10 years since we were founded by Hasso Plattner, Chairman and co-Founder of SAP AG, SAP Ventures has invested in over 75 companies.
Our seven person investment team has more than 60 years of combined software experience as operators, entrepreneurs, industry analysts and investors. We have over 35 years of direct investing experience. The entire team believes in involving ourselves deeply with our companies. We are open and flexible in our thinking and believe there is the potential for great companies and solutions in a wide variety of spaces. This is reflected in our willingness to investigate opportunities across all stages, industries and market segments on a global basis.
Our Relationship with SAP
As the corporate venture capital arm of SAP AG, we operate under two independent but synergistic imperatives. First, we act autonomously in discovering and pursuing opportunities for outstanding financial returns that may be independent of or central to SAP's corporate strategic focus. Second, we bring substantial benefit to both our portfolio companies and SAP by facilitating interaction between innovative young companies and the SAP ecosystem.
Put simply, we have the independence to pursue investments we believe have the highest potential. We also spend a large part of our time maintaining strategic relationships throughout the SAP ecosystem and focusing on finding ways for each of our portfolio companies and SAP to collaborate for mutual advantage.
Investing in New Technology
SAP Ventures helps build industry-leading companies by partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and top-tier venture capital firms. We are information technology investors who focus on enterprise products and services. In the 10 years since we were founded by Hasso Plattner, Chairman and co-Founder of SAP AG, SAP Ventures has invested in over 75 companies.
Our seven person investment team has more than 60 years of combined software experience as operators, entrepreneurs, industry analysts and investors. We have over 35 years of direct investing experience. The entire team believes in involving ourselves deeply with our companies. We are open and flexible in our thinking and believe there is the potential for great companies and solutions in a wide variety of spaces. This is reflected in our willingness to investigate opportunities across all stages, industries and market segments on a global basis.
Our Relationship with SAP
As the corporate venture capital arm of SAP AG, we operate under two independent but synergistic imperatives. First, we act autonomously in discovering and pursuing opportunities for outstanding financial returns that may be independent of or central to SAP's corporate strategic focus. Second, we bring substantial benefit to both our portfolio companies and SAP by facilitating interaction between innovative young companies and the SAP ecosystem.
Put simply, we have the independence to pursue investments we believe have the highest potential. We also spend a large part of our time maintaining strategic relationships throughout the SAP ecosystem and focusing on finding ways for each of our portfolio companies and SAP to collaborate for mutual advantage.
Monday, July 2, 2007
SAP admits Oracle data downloads
SAP admits Oracle data downloads
SAP says it "regrets" the downloading incidents
SAP has admitted its TomorrowNow unit carried out "inappropriate downloads" of documents from its rival Oracle, but said SAP had not accessed the material.
Oracle is suing SAP, accusing it of hacking into its computer network and stealing vital product information.
In a written legal response to Oracle's claims of intellectual property theft, SAP said the downloaded material had stayed in TomorrowNow's systems.
SAP said changes had now been made to TomorrowNow's management.
"Even a single inappropriate download is unacceptable from my perspective. We regret very much that this occurred," SAP's chief executive Henning Kagerman said in a statement.
Lucrative market
Oracle has claimed the German firm is guilty of "corporate theft on a grand scale" by gaining illegal access to one of its customer support websites.
Oracle and SAP compete in the business software sector, selling programs that help firms to run more efficiently.
Oracle's lawsuit claims that SAP resorted to illegal activity to maintain its leadership in the market for business applications software.
It alleges that staff at TomorrowNow, a firm bought by SAP in 2005, accessed Oracle's computer network last year and illegally downloaded a wide range of copyrighted software and other material.
The software was part of the Peoplesoft business that was bought by Oracle in 2005.
The Peoplesoft deal was one of a $20bn series of takeovers that Oracle has pulled off in the past three years, exerting greater pressure on market leader SAP.
Through its actions, TomorrowNow had assembled a "storehouse of stolen Oracle intellectual property", Oracle says.
"This theft appears to be an essential, and illegal, part of SAP's competitive strategy against Oracle," the complaint - lodged with a federal court in San Francisco - alleges.
SAP says it "regrets" the downloading incidents
SAP has admitted its TomorrowNow unit carried out "inappropriate downloads" of documents from its rival Oracle, but said SAP had not accessed the material.
Oracle is suing SAP, accusing it of hacking into its computer network and stealing vital product information.
In a written legal response to Oracle's claims of intellectual property theft, SAP said the downloaded material had stayed in TomorrowNow's systems.
SAP said changes had now been made to TomorrowNow's management.
"Even a single inappropriate download is unacceptable from my perspective. We regret very much that this occurred," SAP's chief executive Henning Kagerman said in a statement.
Lucrative market
Oracle has claimed the German firm is guilty of "corporate theft on a grand scale" by gaining illegal access to one of its customer support websites.
Oracle and SAP compete in the business software sector, selling programs that help firms to run more efficiently.
Oracle's lawsuit claims that SAP resorted to illegal activity to maintain its leadership in the market for business applications software.
It alleges that staff at TomorrowNow, a firm bought by SAP in 2005, accessed Oracle's computer network last year and illegally downloaded a wide range of copyrighted software and other material.
The software was part of the Peoplesoft business that was bought by Oracle in 2005.
The Peoplesoft deal was one of a $20bn series of takeovers that Oracle has pulled off in the past three years, exerting greater pressure on market leader SAP.
Through its actions, TomorrowNow had assembled a "storehouse of stolen Oracle intellectual property", Oracle says.
"This theft appears to be an essential, and illegal, part of SAP's competitive strategy against Oracle," the complaint - lodged with a federal court in San Francisco - alleges.
(Continuing Education) Where Credit is Due APICS
Get Credit (Continuing Education) Where Credit is Due
APICS
SAPtips courses on Sales Order have been approved by APICS for certification maintenance. Individuals may claim one Professional Development Point per hour of instruction.
Sales and Distribution
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CPE Credits
As of September 1, 2006 Klee Associates / SAPtips is a member of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) National Registry of CPE sponsors. As such, if you are a CPA seeking CPE credits for your SAPtips training, please let us know when you register for a SAPtips Mastery Level Workshop and we'll provide you with the information you'll need when you apply to your State Board for CPE credits.
Being a registered sponsor ensures you that our workshops meet national standards for excellence. The registry listing is available to State Boards as well as to individuals seeking registered sponsors from whom they may take continued professional education. http://registry.nasbatools.com/dynamic/list_registry_sponsor.
What Classes Qualify for CPE Credits?
All SAPtips public training classes qualify unless otherwise noted.
Our custom, on-site courses that are presented in a "Group-Live" environment and use our own SAPtips training guides are eligible for CPE credits.
In either case, credits will be awarded to an individual based on the number of hours of actual, documented classroom time (based on one credit per 50-minute hour).
How Can I Learn More?
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APICS
SAPtips courses on Sales Order have been approved by APICS for certification maintenance. Individuals may claim one Professional Development Point per hour of instruction.
Sales and Distribution
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CPE Credits
As of September 1, 2006 Klee Associates / SAPtips is a member of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) National Registry of CPE sponsors. As such, if you are a CPA seeking CPE credits for your SAPtips training, please let us know when you register for a SAPtips Mastery Level Workshop and we'll provide you with the information you'll need when you apply to your State Board for CPE credits.
Being a registered sponsor ensures you that our workshops meet national standards for excellence. The registry listing is available to State Boards as well as to individuals seeking registered sponsors from whom they may take continued professional education. http://registry.nasbatools.com/dynamic/list_registry_sponsor.
What Classes Qualify for CPE Credits?
All SAPtips public training classes qualify unless otherwise noted.
Our custom, on-site courses that are presented in a "Group-Live" environment and use our own SAPtips training guides are eligible for CPE credits.
In either case, credits will be awarded to an individual based on the number of hours of actual, documented classroom time (based on one credit per 50-minute hour).
How Can I Learn More?
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ACOM's EZConnect - EDI/XML Software Solution
ACOM's EZConnect - EDI/XML Software Solution
EDI/XML Mapping - Data Translation - Integration - Management
Extend the capabilities of your SAP software
Automate your eBusiness processes
Leverage your investment
ACOM's EZConnect enables disparate systems to easily communicate with each other "real time," using any type of data format and via any type of communication medium
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
Highlights of ACOM's EZConnect Solution:
Direct Database Integration with SAP
Full Automation for 24x7 Operations
Business Process Management (with Business Rules and Data Validation)
Flexible Communication (AS/2, HTTP/s, FTP/s, and VANS)
Advanced EDI and XML Translation
Full Trading Partner Management
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In a hurry? Use EZConnect's Auto Configure and Map feature
EZConnect can accept an EDI document from a potential trading partner, parse the data and map it to establish a trading partner relationship without user intervention. If a trading partner changes a document, the document tables are automatically updated.
Whether you are trying to integrate two internal systems, or responding to an external mandate from one of your customers or suppliers, EZConnect is the answer: complete data transformation and integration... automatic trading partner setup and management... versatile communication module with support for Internet communications and VANs... as well as document-level tracking and auditing capabilities... all within one integrated solution.
EDI/XML Mapping - Data Translation - Integration - Management
Extend the capabilities of your SAP software
Automate your eBusiness processes
Leverage your investment
ACOM's EZConnect enables disparate systems to easily communicate with each other "real time," using any type of data format and via any type of communication medium
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
Highlights of ACOM's EZConnect Solution:
Direct Database Integration with SAP
Full Automation for 24x7 Operations
Business Process Management (with Business Rules and Data Validation)
Flexible Communication (AS/2, HTTP/s, FTP/s, and VANS)
Advanced EDI and XML Translation
Full Trading Partner Management
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In a hurry? Use EZConnect's Auto Configure and Map feature
EZConnect can accept an EDI document from a potential trading partner, parse the data and map it to establish a trading partner relationship without user intervention. If a trading partner changes a document, the document tables are automatically updated.
Whether you are trying to integrate two internal systems, or responding to an external mandate from one of your customers or suppliers, EZConnect is the answer: complete data transformation and integration... automatic trading partner setup and management... versatile communication module with support for Internet communications and VANs... as well as document-level tracking and auditing capabilities... all within one integrated solution.
RFGen – Data Collection Software
RFGen – Data Collection Software
If you are looking for an easy-to-implement, low-cost radio frequency bar coding data collection solution with certification for SAP, read on.
As you may already know, there are a few “out-of-the-box” solutions that are well advertised to the SAP user community. The solution selected by SAPtips offers an easier, lower cost approach and a far quicker implementation. For these reasons, it is wireless data collection’s best kept secret.
Read an SAPtips Interview with Tom Rhoades and Robert Brice of RFGen
How RFGen Is Helping SAP Users to Customize Their Bar Coding Projects
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Features and Benefits
Here are the some of the many reasons why RFGen's Integration Suite for SAP raises the bar for other data collection products, making it the most innovative, easy-to-use tool on the market today!
Pre-built transactions for all manufacturing and distribution modules that work immediately with all SAP versions.
The only data collection software solution to offer a full production free trial download that can be up and running in less than 1 hour.
No source code installation or modification is required within the SAP server environment ever.
Easy to use development tool set for enhancements and configuration of business processes.
The lowest total cost of ownership in the industry with the fastest return on investment.
Introducing RFGen…
RFGen is an advanced development environment that, when combined with the RF communications server, becomes a powerful, integrated bar coding solution for SAP customers.
The system consists of two modules: The RF Programmers Assistant and the RF Communications Server.
The RF Programmers Assistant enables a developer with all the tools needed to develop and deploy RF bar coding applications. With RFGen, developing and maintaining these applications becomes a snap!
The RF Communications Server provides communications between any Telnet-capable device (wireless or otherwise) and the RFGen Host Server. A variety of devices can be used making RFGen hardware independent!
RFGen allows for the following:
Rapid Application Development for fast, easy, intuitive development of RF data collection applications.
ERP Integration Suite/Screen Mapping for SAP allows you to easily identify and use standard ERP business rules and embed them in your RF applications.
Off-Line Data Collection
RFGen supports continuous 24/7 data collection operations even in remote locations. If desired, your employees can continue to function even when your ERP system is unavailable.
Easy Database Integration to any ODBC compliant database.
Network Administration allows the remote control of devices, easy connectivity, easy monitoring, and easy administration of your RF network.
All Major Hardware Brands are supported. Using TCP/IP and Telnet terminal emulation, RFGen applications run easily on all of the major RF hardware brands, providing easy portability and total hardware independence. Hardware brands utilizing DOS, WinCE, or Linux that are more commonly used include: Intermec, Symbol, Telxon, PSC, LXE, Handheld Products, Casio, Denso, AML, and Teklogix.
Easy Bar Code Printing is done through ActiveX integration or text file submission to popular bar code printing applications such as Bar Tender, Loftware and NiceLabel.
How does it work?
RFGen takes full advantage of a new standard in thin client computing called Remote Power Projection (RPP). Remote Power Projection is a protocol that is based on the Citrix client/server model. Data collection devices running RFGen perform all of their processing on a central Windows server and are able to provide Pentium like performance regardless of the capabilities of the end device.
By using a standard VT telnet session (or a graphical telnet client available from RFGen) to display and collect data on handheld devices, RFGen greatly simplifies customer installations, upgrades, and support.
What does an RFGen implementation look like?
A SQL compliant database and SAP.
A Windows 2000 (or later) based PC or server running RFGen.
A wireless network with a combination of the following:
Handheld terminals
RFID Scanners
Fixed terminals
Vehicle mounted terminals
Wedge scanners
Barcode printers
Wireless access points
If you are looking for an easy-to-implement, low-cost radio frequency bar coding data collection solution with certification for SAP, read on.
As you may already know, there are a few “out-of-the-box” solutions that are well advertised to the SAP user community. The solution selected by SAPtips offers an easier, lower cost approach and a far quicker implementation. For these reasons, it is wireless data collection’s best kept secret.
Read an SAPtips Interview with Tom Rhoades and Robert Brice of RFGen
How RFGen Is Helping SAP Users to Customize Their Bar Coding Projects
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Request a demonstration
RFGen website
Features and Benefits
Here are the some of the many reasons why RFGen's Integration Suite for SAP raises the bar for other data collection products, making it the most innovative, easy-to-use tool on the market today!
Pre-built transactions for all manufacturing and distribution modules that work immediately with all SAP versions.
The only data collection software solution to offer a full production free trial download that can be up and running in less than 1 hour.
No source code installation or modification is required within the SAP server environment ever.
Easy to use development tool set for enhancements and configuration of business processes.
The lowest total cost of ownership in the industry with the fastest return on investment.
Introducing RFGen…
RFGen is an advanced development environment that, when combined with the RF communications server, becomes a powerful, integrated bar coding solution for SAP customers.
The system consists of two modules: The RF Programmers Assistant and the RF Communications Server.
The RF Programmers Assistant enables a developer with all the tools needed to develop and deploy RF bar coding applications. With RFGen, developing and maintaining these applications becomes a snap!
The RF Communications Server provides communications between any Telnet-capable device (wireless or otherwise) and the RFGen Host Server. A variety of devices can be used making RFGen hardware independent!
RFGen allows for the following:
Rapid Application Development for fast, easy, intuitive development of RF data collection applications.
ERP Integration Suite/Screen Mapping for SAP allows you to easily identify and use standard ERP business rules and embed them in your RF applications.
Off-Line Data Collection
RFGen supports continuous 24/7 data collection operations even in remote locations. If desired, your employees can continue to function even when your ERP system is unavailable.
Easy Database Integration to any ODBC compliant database.
Network Administration allows the remote control of devices, easy connectivity, easy monitoring, and easy administration of your RF network.
All Major Hardware Brands are supported. Using TCP/IP and Telnet terminal emulation, RFGen applications run easily on all of the major RF hardware brands, providing easy portability and total hardware independence. Hardware brands utilizing DOS, WinCE, or Linux that are more commonly used include: Intermec, Symbol, Telxon, PSC, LXE, Handheld Products, Casio, Denso, AML, and Teklogix.
Easy Bar Code Printing is done through ActiveX integration or text file submission to popular bar code printing applications such as Bar Tender, Loftware and NiceLabel.
How does it work?
RFGen takes full advantage of a new standard in thin client computing called Remote Power Projection (RPP). Remote Power Projection is a protocol that is based on the Citrix client/server model. Data collection devices running RFGen perform all of their processing on a central Windows server and are able to provide Pentium like performance regardless of the capabilities of the end device.
By using a standard VT telnet session (or a graphical telnet client available from RFGen) to display and collect data on handheld devices, RFGen greatly simplifies customer installations, upgrades, and support.
What does an RFGen implementation look like?
A SQL compliant database and SAP.
A Windows 2000 (or later) based PC or server running RFGen.
A wireless network with a combination of the following:
Handheld terminals
RFID Scanners
Fixed terminals
Vehicle mounted terminals
Wedge scanners
Barcode printers
Wireless access points
ACOM’s Document Output and Document Management Systems for SAP
ACOM’s Document Output and Document Management Systems for SAP
Create - Capture - Distribute - Manage - Store
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
With ACOM's Document Management Solutions you can easily take your raw SAP output and create full-color professionally formatted documents and reports. (View Sample Form- PDF )
You’ll have finished documents the marketing team would be proud of, and you can modify the document template any time you want to, in just minutes.
Goodbye fax machine and mail!
Great looking forms are just the beginning. Since your output is now in an electronic format, you can automatically print, fax, or email the finished documents. Outbound documents can even be customized for different recipients, so everyone gets just the information they need, and nothing they don't.
Get rid of your filing cabinet!
You can automatically index and store your newly created electronic documents in our web-based document management system.
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
Get your files… Now!
With just a web browser, you’ll be able to retrieve and redistribute your files from anywhere in the world, in an instant. Sophisticated search capabilities even allow you to look for files based on what you think your search terms sound like (phonetic search).
Benefits:
Reduces costs up to 75% per document
Improves worker efficiency by providing faster access to files, anywhere, anytime
Virtually eliminates time spent searching for documents/files
Secures compliance to regulatory and industry standards
ACOM has over 300 SAP customers! Learn more about how ACOM can minimize paper processes, and reduce costs of creating, storing and distributing your documents, payments, and reports.
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
National Crane Corporation- Document Output Solution
“We were able to convert from an expensive and cumbersome, centralized forms printing process to a decentralized one that gives us professional, laser printed quality on plain paper stock. Because the system is so simple and flexible we were able to accomplish our objectives quickly.”
Mike E., Director of Information Systems, National Crane Corporation
ASF-Keystone, Inc. - Document Management Solutions
"EZContentManager offers great potential for optimizing office operations... When you see what it does, you keep finding more ways to use it.”
Create - Capture - Distribute - Manage - Store
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
With ACOM's Document Management Solutions you can easily take your raw SAP output and create full-color professionally formatted documents and reports. (View Sample Form- PDF )
You’ll have finished documents the marketing team would be proud of, and you can modify the document template any time you want to, in just minutes.
Goodbye fax machine and mail!
Great looking forms are just the beginning. Since your output is now in an electronic format, you can automatically print, fax, or email the finished documents. Outbound documents can even be customized for different recipients, so everyone gets just the information they need, and nothing they don't.
Get rid of your filing cabinet!
You can automatically index and store your newly created electronic documents in our web-based document management system.
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
Get your files… Now!
With just a web browser, you’ll be able to retrieve and redistribute your files from anywhere in the world, in an instant. Sophisticated search capabilities even allow you to look for files based on what you think your search terms sound like (phonetic search).
Benefits:
Reduces costs up to 75% per document
Improves worker efficiency by providing faster access to files, anywhere, anytime
Virtually eliminates time spent searching for documents/files
Secures compliance to regulatory and industry standards
ACOM has over 300 SAP customers! Learn more about how ACOM can minimize paper processes, and reduce costs of creating, storing and distributing your documents, payments, and reports.
Learn More- get a customized Product Review Bundle (you select what you want- demos, evals, literature)
National Crane Corporation- Document Output Solution
“We were able to convert from an expensive and cumbersome, centralized forms printing process to a decentralized one that gives us professional, laser printed quality on plain paper stock. Because the system is so simple and flexible we were able to accomplish our objectives quickly.”
Mike E., Director of Information Systems, National Crane Corporation
ASF-Keystone, Inc. - Document Management Solutions
"EZContentManager offers great potential for optimizing office operations... When you see what it does, you keep finding more ways to use it.”
SAPtips Software Solutions
SAPtips Software Solutions
Use the menu on the left side of this page to find out how each of our complementary software products can help you extract even more value from your investment in SAP software.
Each of our recommended Software Solutions is carefully assessed by the SAPtips/Klee Associates team. To qualify each product scores high in terms of:
Relevance - does it meet a real need in the marketplace?
Best of Breed - does it rise above the competition?
Quality of Product - does it work? Are future enhancements planned?
Service - do current clients have good things to say about the service they receive?
Price - is it fairly priced?
Use the menu on the left side of this page to find out how each of our complementary software products can help you extract even more value from your investment in SAP software.
Each of our recommended Software Solutions is carefully assessed by the SAPtips/Klee Associates team. To qualify each product scores high in terms of:
Relevance - does it meet a real need in the marketplace?
Best of Breed - does it rise above the competition?
Quality of Product - does it work? Are future enhancements planned?
Service - do current clients have good things to say about the service they receive?
Price - is it fairly priced?
Sunday, July 1, 2007
SAP Modules and Solutions Overview
In the past when people were discussing SAP, the conversation very quickly boiled down to modules, for example:
*
SAP’s courses were structured along module lines so that you would attend MM 101, 102 and 103. While at the course you would learn many things about MM, but not much about the rest of the SAP system and how MM fits into it.
*
A conversation with a SAP recruiter might go something like this:
Recruiter … “which modules do you work with?”
Candidate … “well, I have a lot of purchasing process experience”
Recruiter … “yes, but which modules do you work with?”
Candidate … “well, it’s purchasing functionality … so that would be, umm, MM, FI and CO mainly”
Recruiter … “great I have just the job for you”
Candidate … “fantastic, is it purchasing?”
Recruiter … “well it says here that they want an MM, FI and CO person and that’s you, right?”
Not necessarily! A MM, FI, CO role might include Inventory Management (MM), Accounts Receivable (FI) and Profitability Analysis (CO) – none of which a purchasing person is guaranteed to have
*
Many programme teams were organised along module lines, so that you would have a FI/CO, an MM and a HR team, for example. Training courses were (therefore) often prepared and delivered along module lines too. The result of this was that solutions were frequently optimised along module lines, and less often well integratred, and as for users, well, they were pretty much trained up in a module and left to get on with it post go-live. Fortunately those days are mostly passed, and more and more programmes (from design to build to training) are being organised along process lines such as:
Order to Cash (including parts of SD, FI-AR and probably TY as well)
Purchase to Pay (including MM-Purchasing and FI-AP)
Record to Report (FI-GL etc)
SAP now are moving away from describing their system as a set of modules, and now are using the term ‘solutions’, which is much better. If you visit SAP’s website (as we urge you to do) you will find that they have structured their Solutions tab as follows:
*
Financials
*
Human Resources
*
Customer Relationship Management
*
Supplier Relationship Management
*
Product Lifecycle Management
*
Supply Chain Management
*
Business Intelligence
If you’re still looking for that list of modules, here they are:
FI Financial Accounting (Tutorial) – essentially your regulatory ‘books of record’, including
*
General ledger
*
Book close
*
Tax
*
Accounts receivable
*
Accounts payable
*
Consolidation
*
Special ledgers
CO Controlling (Tutorial) – basically your internal cost/management accounting, including
*
Cost elements
*
Cost centres
*
Profit centres
*
Internal orders
*
Activity based costing
*
Product costing
AM Asset Management – track, value and depreciate your assets, including
*
Purchase
*
Sale
*
Depreciation
*
Tracking
PS Project Systems – manage your projects, large and small, including
*
Make to order
*
Plant shut downs (as a project)
*
Third party billing (on the back of a project)
HR Human Resources – ah yes, people, including
*
Employment history
*
Payroll
*
Training
*
Career management
*
Succession planning
PM Plant Maintenance – maintain your equipment (e.g. a machine, an oil rig, an aircraft etc), including
*
Labour
*
Material
*
Down time and outages
MM Materials Management – underpins the supply chain, including
*
Requisitions
*
Purchase orders
*
Goods receipts
*
Accounts payable
*
Inventory management
*
BOM’s
*
Master raw materials, finished goods etc
QM Quality Management – improve the quality of your goods, including
*
Planning
*
Execution
*
Inspections
*
Certificates
PP Production Planning – manages your production process, including
*
Capacity planning
*
Master production scheduling
*
Material requirements planning
*
Shop floor
SD Sales and Distribution – from order to delivery, including
*
RFQ
*
Sales orders
*
Pricing
*
Picking (and other warehouse processes)
*
Packing
*
Shipping
CA Cross Application – these lie on top of the individual modules, and include
*
WF – workflow
*
BW – business information warehouse
*
Office – for email
*
Workplace
*
Industry solutions
*
New Dimension products such as CRM, PLM, SRM, APO etc
*
SAP’s courses were structured along module lines so that you would attend MM 101, 102 and 103. While at the course you would learn many things about MM, but not much about the rest of the SAP system and how MM fits into it.
*
A conversation with a SAP recruiter might go something like this:
Recruiter … “which modules do you work with?”
Candidate … “well, I have a lot of purchasing process experience”
Recruiter … “yes, but which modules do you work with?”
Candidate … “well, it’s purchasing functionality … so that would be, umm, MM, FI and CO mainly”
Recruiter … “great I have just the job for you”
Candidate … “fantastic, is it purchasing?”
Recruiter … “well it says here that they want an MM, FI and CO person and that’s you, right?”
Not necessarily! A MM, FI, CO role might include Inventory Management (MM), Accounts Receivable (FI) and Profitability Analysis (CO) – none of which a purchasing person is guaranteed to have
*
Many programme teams were organised along module lines, so that you would have a FI/CO, an MM and a HR team, for example. Training courses were (therefore) often prepared and delivered along module lines too. The result of this was that solutions were frequently optimised along module lines, and less often well integratred, and as for users, well, they were pretty much trained up in a module and left to get on with it post go-live. Fortunately those days are mostly passed, and more and more programmes (from design to build to training) are being organised along process lines such as:
Order to Cash (including parts of SD, FI-AR and probably TY as well)
Purchase to Pay (including MM-Purchasing and FI-AP)
Record to Report (FI-GL etc)
SAP now are moving away from describing their system as a set of modules, and now are using the term ‘solutions’, which is much better. If you visit SAP’s website (as we urge you to do) you will find that they have structured their Solutions tab as follows:
*
Financials
*
Human Resources
*
Customer Relationship Management
*
Supplier Relationship Management
*
Product Lifecycle Management
*
Supply Chain Management
*
Business Intelligence
If you’re still looking for that list of modules, here they are:
FI Financial Accounting (Tutorial) – essentially your regulatory ‘books of record’, including
*
General ledger
*
Book close
*
Tax
*
Accounts receivable
*
Accounts payable
*
Consolidation
*
Special ledgers
CO Controlling (Tutorial) – basically your internal cost/management accounting, including
*
Cost elements
*
Cost centres
*
Profit centres
*
Internal orders
*
Activity based costing
*
Product costing
AM Asset Management – track, value and depreciate your assets, including
*
Purchase
*
Sale
*
Depreciation
*
Tracking
PS Project Systems – manage your projects, large and small, including
*
Make to order
*
Plant shut downs (as a project)
*
Third party billing (on the back of a project)
HR Human Resources – ah yes, people, including
*
Employment history
*
Payroll
*
Training
*
Career management
*
Succession planning
PM Plant Maintenance – maintain your equipment (e.g. a machine, an oil rig, an aircraft etc), including
*
Labour
*
Material
*
Down time and outages
MM Materials Management – underpins the supply chain, including
*
Requisitions
*
Purchase orders
*
Goods receipts
*
Accounts payable
*
Inventory management
*
BOM’s
*
Master raw materials, finished goods etc
QM Quality Management – improve the quality of your goods, including
*
Planning
*
Execution
*
Inspections
*
Certificates
PP Production Planning – manages your production process, including
*
Capacity planning
*
Master production scheduling
*
Material requirements planning
*
Shop floor
SD Sales and Distribution – from order to delivery, including
*
RFQ
*
Sales orders
*
Pricing
*
Picking (and other warehouse processes)
*
Packing
*
Shipping
CA Cross Application – these lie on top of the individual modules, and include
*
WF – workflow
*
BW – business information warehouse
*
Office – for email
*
Workplace
*
Industry solutions
*
New Dimension products such as CRM, PLM, SRM, APO etc
SAP Partners:
SAP Partners:
SAP Partner Portal
The SAP Partner Portal is the single best source for tools, information, and self-services for SAP partners.
Part of the SAP Service Marketplace, the SAP Partner Portal provides opportunities for participation, collaboration, and education, with sections dedicated to:
* Partnering with SAP – This area explains SAP partner categories and partner programs – including online services, such as test and demo license ordering and ramp-up nomination.
* Marketing and sales – This section contains tools such as SAP partner playbooks and partner sales kits, as well as information about branding and partner recognition programs.
* Events – This section of the SAP Partner Portal provides dates, locations, and descriptions of major SAP events, as well as a global events calendar for SAP partners.
* Products – This area contains partner-focused information about SAP solutions and platform topics like enterprise SOA and SAP NetWeaver.
* Education – This area provides access to information about training and delivery options, assistance, and curricula available to partners.
* Support – The support section provides access to software downloads, as well as information about SAP's maintenance offerings, SAP Solution Manager, and other services.
SAP Partner Portal
The SAP Partner Portal is the single best source for tools, information, and self-services for SAP partners.
Part of the SAP Service Marketplace, the SAP Partner Portal provides opportunities for participation, collaboration, and education, with sections dedicated to:
* Partnering with SAP – This area explains SAP partner categories and partner programs – including online services, such as test and demo license ordering and ramp-up nomination.
* Marketing and sales – This section contains tools such as SAP partner playbooks and partner sales kits, as well as information about branding and partner recognition programs.
* Events – This section of the SAP Partner Portal provides dates, locations, and descriptions of major SAP events, as well as a global events calendar for SAP partners.
* Products – This area contains partner-focused information about SAP solutions and platform topics like enterprise SOA and SAP NetWeaver.
* Education – This area provides access to information about training and delivery options, assistance, and curricula available to partners.
* Support – The support section provides access to software downloads, as well as information about SAP's maintenance offerings, SAP Solution Manager, and other services.
SAP TechEd '07
SAP TechEd '07
October 02, 2007 - November 30, 2007
Various venues, Las Vegas and cities around the globe, United States
Enterprise service-oriented architecture is ready to work. Come to SAP TechEd '07 to learn how to use the power and flexibility of the SAP NetWeaver platform to innovate and transform your business processes.
Experience hundreds of hours of expert-led, hands-on workshops; technical lectures; and networking opportunities. Leading experts provide the best in technical and business process training on a wide range of topics, including Duet, SAP xApp Analytics, SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management, SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment featuring Java EE 5, and ABAP.
Mark your calendar:
- SAP TechEd '07 Las Vegas: October 2 - 5, 2007
- SAP TechEd '07 Munich: October 17 - 19, 2007
- SAP TechEd '07 Shanghai: November 6 - 7, 2007
- SAP TechEd '07 Bangalore: November 28 - 30, 2007
Event Details
Main Topic Enterprise SOA
Event Site https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/sapteched
Topics Covered
Active Global Support, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive , Banking , Best Practices, BPO Powered by SAP, Business Maps, Business Solutions, Chemicals , Compliance Calibrator, Consulting, Consumer Products , Custom Development, Defense & Security , Duet, EC&O, Education, Endorsed Business Solutions, Financial, Healthcare , High Tech , Higher Ed & Research, Hospitality, IM&C, Insurance , Life Sciences , LSP, Manufacturing, Media , Mill Products , Mining , Oil & Gas , Packaged Services, Packaged Solutions, Postal Svcs, Professional Svcs , Public Sector , Railways , Ramp-Up , Retail , SAP Business Suite, SAP CRM, SAP ERP , SAP ERP Corporate Svcs, SAP ERP Financials, SAP ERP HCM, SAP ERP Operations , SAP Managed Services, SAP NetWeaver, SAP Partners, SAP PLM, SAP SCM, SAP Services, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Solutions for GRC, SAP Solutions: Information Workers, SAP Solutions: Performance Mgmt., SAP SRM, SAP xApp Analytics, SAP xApps, SAP xApps for Mobile Business, SDN, Small & Midsize Enterprises, Solution Extensions, SOX Compliance, Svc & Asset Mgmt, Telecommunications , User Performance Mgmt , Utilities , Wholesale Distribution
SAP TechEd '07
October 02, 2007 - November 30, 2007
Various venues, Las Vegas and cities around the globe, United States
October 02, 2007 - November 30, 2007
Various venues, Las Vegas and cities around the globe, United States
Enterprise service-oriented architecture is ready to work. Come to SAP TechEd '07 to learn how to use the power and flexibility of the SAP NetWeaver platform to innovate and transform your business processes.
Experience hundreds of hours of expert-led, hands-on workshops; technical lectures; and networking opportunities. Leading experts provide the best in technical and business process training on a wide range of topics, including Duet, SAP xApp Analytics, SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management, SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment featuring Java EE 5, and ABAP.
Mark your calendar:
- SAP TechEd '07 Las Vegas: October 2 - 5, 2007
- SAP TechEd '07 Munich: October 17 - 19, 2007
- SAP TechEd '07 Shanghai: November 6 - 7, 2007
- SAP TechEd '07 Bangalore: November 28 - 30, 2007
Event Details
Main Topic Enterprise SOA
Event Site https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/sapteched
Topics Covered
Active Global Support, Aerospace & Defense, Automotive , Banking , Best Practices, BPO Powered by SAP, Business Maps, Business Solutions, Chemicals , Compliance Calibrator, Consulting, Consumer Products , Custom Development, Defense & Security , Duet, EC&O, Education, Endorsed Business Solutions, Financial, Healthcare , High Tech , Higher Ed & Research, Hospitality, IM&C, Insurance , Life Sciences , LSP, Manufacturing, Media , Mill Products , Mining , Oil & Gas , Packaged Services, Packaged Solutions, Postal Svcs, Professional Svcs , Public Sector , Railways , Ramp-Up , Retail , SAP Business Suite, SAP CRM, SAP ERP , SAP ERP Corporate Svcs, SAP ERP Financials, SAP ERP HCM, SAP ERP Operations , SAP Managed Services, SAP NetWeaver, SAP Partners, SAP PLM, SAP SCM, SAP Services, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Solutions for GRC, SAP Solutions: Information Workers, SAP Solutions: Performance Mgmt., SAP SRM, SAP xApp Analytics, SAP xApps, SAP xApps for Mobile Business, SDN, Small & Midsize Enterprises, Solution Extensions, SOX Compliance, Svc & Asset Mgmt, Telecommunications , User Performance Mgmt , Utilities , Wholesale Distribution
SAP TechEd '07
October 02, 2007 - November 30, 2007
Various venues, Las Vegas and cities around the globe, United States
Business Benefits
SAP Supply Chain Management:
Business Benefits
SAP SCM can help you transform a traditional linear supply chain into an adaptive network with the following benefits:
* Faster response to changes in supply and demand – With increased visibility into the supply chain and adaptive supply chain networks, you can be more responsive. You can sense and respond quickly to changes and quickly capitalize on new opportunities.
* Increased customer satisfaction – By offering a common information framework that supports communication and collaboration, SAP SCM enables you to better adapt to and meet customer demands.
* Compliance with regulatory requirements – You can track and monitor compliance in areas such as environment, health, and safety.
* Improved cash flow – Information transparency and real-time business intelligence can lead to shorter cash-to-cash cycle times. Reduced inventory levels and increased inventory turns across the network can lower overall costs.
* Higher margins – With SAP SCM, you can lower operational expenses with more timely planning for procurement, manufacturing, and transportation. Better order, product, and execution tracking can lead to improvements in performance and quality – and lower costs. You can also improve margins through better coordination with business partners.
* Greater synchronization with business priorities – Tight connections with trading partners keep your supply chain aligned with current business strategies and priorities, improving your organization's overall performance and achievement of goals.
Business Benefits
SAP SCM can help you transform a traditional linear supply chain into an adaptive network with the following benefits:
* Faster response to changes in supply and demand – With increased visibility into the supply chain and adaptive supply chain networks, you can be more responsive. You can sense and respond quickly to changes and quickly capitalize on new opportunities.
* Increased customer satisfaction – By offering a common information framework that supports communication and collaboration, SAP SCM enables you to better adapt to and meet customer demands.
* Compliance with regulatory requirements – You can track and monitor compliance in areas such as environment, health, and safety.
* Improved cash flow – Information transparency and real-time business intelligence can lead to shorter cash-to-cash cycle times. Reduced inventory levels and increased inventory turns across the network can lower overall costs.
* Higher margins – With SAP SCM, you can lower operational expenses with more timely planning for procurement, manufacturing, and transportation. Better order, product, and execution tracking can lead to improvements in performance and quality – and lower costs. You can also improve margins through better coordination with business partners.
* Greater synchronization with business priorities – Tight connections with trading partners keep your supply chain aligned with current business strategies and priorities, improving your organization's overall performance and achievement of goals.
SAP Supply Chain Management:
SAP Supply Chain Management:
Technical Details
An adaptive supply chain network requires integration. From a business perspective, integration enables you to reach beyond enterprise boundaries and link with suppliers and customers. From a technology perspective, integration allows you to leverage existing investments and reduce total cost of ownership.
SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) ensures seamless integration through the technology foundation of SAP NetWeaver. SAP NetWeaver aligns people, information, and processes across technologies and organizations. It provides a coherent, scalable architecture that lets you integrate your existing technologies while creating a foundation for a new generation of flexible, cross-enterprise processes.
SAP NetWeaver also enables an Enterprise Services Architecture that combines enterprise applications with Web services and open technologies – enabling truly adaptive business. A crucial aspect of Enterprise Services Architecture is the composite application framework. It allows the integration of new functionality into processes that can be configured and reconfigured across the value chain. The composite application framework contains the tools, methodologies, and rules that allow SAP and our partners to develop "snap-on" processes.
Targeting Total Cost of Ownership
Integration isn't the only way SAP SCM lowers total cost of ownership. SAP SCM features a user-friendly interface, ready-to-use business processes, and out-of-the-box integration of vendor-managed inventory (VMI), supplier-managed inventory (SMI), event management, performance management, and other key processes.
In addition, SAP promotes operational stability by offering operational guidelines and by continuously improving our administration and monitoring tools. SAP EarlyWatch Alert and other monitoring services provide remote access to SAP service and support.
Finally, SAP SCM is now built on a single technology component, SAP Supply Chain Management 4.0 (SAP SCM 4.0). Combining SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO), SAP Event Management, and SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub (SAP ICH), SAP SCM 4.0 can be installed on a single database and administered as a single system. The architecture remains unchanged, so you can continue to use existing knowledge and documentation.
SAP SCM 4.0 is based on SAP Web Application Server and requires SAP GUI. For SAP APO within SAP SCM 4.0, you need liveCache. SAP APO also contains SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW), which is required for SAP APO within SAP SCM 4.0.
SAP ICH has its own Web user interface based on Business Server Pages (BSP) technology. Out-of-the-box integration with SAP ICH requires SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI). Master data integration with SAP ICH requires SAP R/3 plug-in 2003.1. For some SMI scenarios in which suppliers require Web-based user-management functionality, you need SAP User Management Engine (SAP UME).
Technical Details
An adaptive supply chain network requires integration. From a business perspective, integration enables you to reach beyond enterprise boundaries and link with suppliers and customers. From a technology perspective, integration allows you to leverage existing investments and reduce total cost of ownership.
SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) ensures seamless integration through the technology foundation of SAP NetWeaver. SAP NetWeaver aligns people, information, and processes across technologies and organizations. It provides a coherent, scalable architecture that lets you integrate your existing technologies while creating a foundation for a new generation of flexible, cross-enterprise processes.
SAP NetWeaver also enables an Enterprise Services Architecture that combines enterprise applications with Web services and open technologies – enabling truly adaptive business. A crucial aspect of Enterprise Services Architecture is the composite application framework. It allows the integration of new functionality into processes that can be configured and reconfigured across the value chain. The composite application framework contains the tools, methodologies, and rules that allow SAP and our partners to develop "snap-on" processes.
Targeting Total Cost of Ownership
Integration isn't the only way SAP SCM lowers total cost of ownership. SAP SCM features a user-friendly interface, ready-to-use business processes, and out-of-the-box integration of vendor-managed inventory (VMI), supplier-managed inventory (SMI), event management, performance management, and other key processes.
In addition, SAP promotes operational stability by offering operational guidelines and by continuously improving our administration and monitoring tools. SAP EarlyWatch Alert and other monitoring services provide remote access to SAP service and support.
Finally, SAP SCM is now built on a single technology component, SAP Supply Chain Management 4.0 (SAP SCM 4.0). Combining SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization (SAP APO), SAP Event Management, and SAP Inventory Collaboration Hub (SAP ICH), SAP SCM 4.0 can be installed on a single database and administered as a single system. The architecture remains unchanged, so you can continue to use existing knowledge and documentation.
SAP SCM 4.0 is based on SAP Web Application Server and requires SAP GUI. For SAP APO within SAP SCM 4.0, you need liveCache. SAP APO also contains SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW), which is required for SAP APO within SAP SCM 4.0.
SAP ICH has its own Web user interface based on Business Server Pages (BSP) technology. Out-of-the-box integration with SAP ICH requires SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI). Master data integration with SAP ICH requires SAP R/3 plug-in 2003.1. For some SMI scenarios in which suppliers require Web-based user-management functionality, you need SAP User Management Engine (SAP UME).
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SAP News
SAP News
SAP Recognized As Thought Leader in the Business Process Outsourcing Arena
(May 09, 2007)
SAP Consulting Accelerates Customers’ Enterprise SOA Road Maps
(October 18, 2006)
Fujitsu and SAP Strengthen Services Partnership
(October 04, 2006)
SAP Names John Hanley as Senior Vice President in SAP Services Organization; Hanley to Oversee Delivery Services Including Hosting and BPO Powered by SAP
(October 04, 2006)
SAP reinforces its commitment to India, CEO announces significant initiatives
(August 02, 2006)
SAP Enhances SAP® Solution Manager to Drive New Value for Customers
(July 25, 2006)
SAP Expands Presence in Brazil with New Global Service Center
(May 23, 2006)
SAP Reduces Software Testing Costs
(May 22, 2006)
SAP and Siemens Financial Services Expand Partnership to Meet Growing Demand for Affordable, Flexible IT Financing Tools
(March 09, 2006)
SAP Sharpens Application Management Tool to Help Customers Easily Master Their IT Environments
(March 09, 2006)
Events
SAP TechEd '07
(October 02, 2007 - November 30, 2007)
Las Vegas and cities around the globe, United States
Events Calendar
SAP Recognized As Thought Leader in the Business Process Outsourcing Arena
(May 09, 2007)
SAP Consulting Accelerates Customers’ Enterprise SOA Road Maps
(October 18, 2006)
Fujitsu and SAP Strengthen Services Partnership
(October 04, 2006)
SAP Names John Hanley as Senior Vice President in SAP Services Organization; Hanley to Oversee Delivery Services Including Hosting and BPO Powered by SAP
(October 04, 2006)
SAP reinforces its commitment to India, CEO announces significant initiatives
(August 02, 2006)
SAP Enhances SAP® Solution Manager to Drive New Value for Customers
(July 25, 2006)
SAP Expands Presence in Brazil with New Global Service Center
(May 23, 2006)
SAP Reduces Software Testing Costs
(May 22, 2006)
SAP and Siemens Financial Services Expand Partnership to Meet Growing Demand for Affordable, Flexible IT Financing Tools
(March 09, 2006)
SAP Sharpens Application Management Tool to Help Customers Easily Master Their IT Environments
(March 09, 2006)
Events
SAP TechEd '07
(October 02, 2007 - November 30, 2007)
Las Vegas and cities around the globe, United States
Events Calendar
FUEL YOUR CAREER WITH
In today’s highly competitive market, individuals who demonstrate
that they possess essential business and technological skills
enjoy a significant advantage over their peers. This is particularly
true if your expertise includes SAP® software. Your proven
knowledge of SAP applications and technology is your passport
to a wide range of opportunities. Whether you are a consultant
or an employee, your skills are in great demand, and validation
of those skills is critical.
Today’s businesses are taking a hard look at their investmentsand the returns they generate. Part of that scrutiny focuses on
the proficiency and proven capabilities of the people they choose
to implement and operate their SAP applications. To accelerate
your career, you need to demonstrate that you are part of an
elite group that has the talent and experience required to
optimize SAP software.
The SAP certification program provides that competitive edge.
Those who hold SAP certification have obtained their skills
through rigorous study and direct experience and have proven
themselves by passing demanding, process-oriented examinations.
SAP Certification: Join an Exclusive Community
When you are SAP certified, you join a distinguished community
of experts recognized throughout the business world. SAP has
been certifying individuals for over a decade. Today more than
140,000 consultants and users worldwide are part of this community.
SAP certification is the ideal way for organizations to assess
and verify their consultants’ or employees’ expertise and ensure
that they have the skills required to effectively implement and
operate SAP solutions.
SAP Solution Brief
SAP Services
that they possess essential business and technological skills
enjoy a significant advantage over their peers. This is particularly
true if your expertise includes SAP® software. Your proven
knowledge of SAP applications and technology is your passport
to a wide range of opportunities. Whether you are a consultant
or an employee, your skills are in great demand, and validation
of those skills is critical.
Today’s businesses are taking a hard look at their investmentsand the returns they generate. Part of that scrutiny focuses on
the proficiency and proven capabilities of the people they choose
to implement and operate their SAP applications. To accelerate
your career, you need to demonstrate that you are part of an
elite group that has the talent and experience required to
optimize SAP software.
The SAP certification program provides that competitive edge.
Those who hold SAP certification have obtained their skills
through rigorous study and direct experience and have proven
themselves by passing demanding, process-oriented examinations.
SAP Certification: Join an Exclusive Community
When you are SAP certified, you join a distinguished community
of experts recognized throughout the business world. SAP has
been certifying individuals for over a decade. Today more than
140,000 consultants and users worldwide are part of this community.
SAP certification is the ideal way for organizations to assess
and verify their consultants’ or employees’ expertise and ensure
that they have the skills required to effectively implement and
operate SAP solutions.
SAP Solution Brief
SAP Services
E-Learning
E-Learning
In order for your company to get the most from its SAP investment, your executives need to understand the full potential of your solution – and your users need the right skills to accomplish their daily tasks. That's why SAP Education offers a growing catalog of e-learning offerings – highly interactive, Web-based courses that enable you to deliver the timely, focused training your organization demands.
SAP Education's e-learning courses complement our tried-and-tested classroom-based training, allowing users to improve or maintain their skills by building online learning into their schedules. Your people have the flexibility to determine what, where, and when to learn. They can repeat learning units as often as required and control the duration of learning sessions. And your organization can realize significant benefits in reduced travel – and the resulting time and cost savings.
E-learning courses include highly effective instructional elements and simulations based on authentic situations. By completing these courses, users gain a solid understanding of how to navigate SAP solutions and how SAP solutions can support their role-specific business processes and individual objectives – as well as your overall corporate strategy.
Role-Specific Training
SAP's e-learning curriculum caters to a wide range of learning styles and subject-matter requirements. Experienced consultants, project team members, support professionals, end users, power users, and executives will find courseware to meet their needs. All courses are based on real-world business scenarios and the latest learning methodologies and technological standards to provide an e-learning environment that will enable users to work more productively with the SAP solutions related to their business functions.
For more information on this offering, read the solution brief (PDF, 265 KB).
Business Process-Oriented E-Learning from SAP
This series gives users a clear understanding of how SAP solutions support key business processes, and how their own work fits into the bigger picture. The curriculum includes:
Foundation courses – These courses familiarize users with the techniques needed to use the new Web-based offerings and provide practical insight into SAP solutions.
Business process courses – These courses focus on common business processes – including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-inventory, plant maintenance, and HR administration – to help users understand how their day-to-day work fits into the broader context of their SAP solutions. Each provides a firm grounding for more advanced e-learning and classroom content.
For more information on this offering, read the solution brief (PDF, 154 KB).
E-Learning for Key Solutions
This series – designed for executives, business consultants, and technical experts – focuses on the value of several key SAP solutions, including core functionality and business benefits. You'll see how these solutions can improve processes throughout your organization – and how you can manage change and increase end-user acceptance.
The curriculum includes:
Overview courses – These courses, currently available for SAP NetWeaver and SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM), focus on business benefits and how to manage change processes.
Detail courses – These courses cover several areas of SAP ERP, such as human capital management, financials, and logistics.
In order for your company to get the most from its SAP investment, your executives need to understand the full potential of your solution – and your users need the right skills to accomplish their daily tasks. That's why SAP Education offers a growing catalog of e-learning offerings – highly interactive, Web-based courses that enable you to deliver the timely, focused training your organization demands.
SAP Education's e-learning courses complement our tried-and-tested classroom-based training, allowing users to improve or maintain their skills by building online learning into their schedules. Your people have the flexibility to determine what, where, and when to learn. They can repeat learning units as often as required and control the duration of learning sessions. And your organization can realize significant benefits in reduced travel – and the resulting time and cost savings.
E-learning courses include highly effective instructional elements and simulations based on authentic situations. By completing these courses, users gain a solid understanding of how to navigate SAP solutions and how SAP solutions can support their role-specific business processes and individual objectives – as well as your overall corporate strategy.
Role-Specific Training
SAP's e-learning curriculum caters to a wide range of learning styles and subject-matter requirements. Experienced consultants, project team members, support professionals, end users, power users, and executives will find courseware to meet their needs. All courses are based on real-world business scenarios and the latest learning methodologies and technological standards to provide an e-learning environment that will enable users to work more productively with the SAP solutions related to their business functions.
For more information on this offering, read the solution brief (PDF, 265 KB).
Business Process-Oriented E-Learning from SAP
This series gives users a clear understanding of how SAP solutions support key business processes, and how their own work fits into the bigger picture. The curriculum includes:
Foundation courses – These courses familiarize users with the techniques needed to use the new Web-based offerings and provide practical insight into SAP solutions.
Business process courses – These courses focus on common business processes – including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-inventory, plant maintenance, and HR administration – to help users understand how their day-to-day work fits into the broader context of their SAP solutions. Each provides a firm grounding for more advanced e-learning and classroom content.
For more information on this offering, read the solution brief (PDF, 154 KB).
E-Learning for Key Solutions
This series – designed for executives, business consultants, and technical experts – focuses on the value of several key SAP solutions, including core functionality and business benefits. You'll see how these solutions can improve processes throughout your organization – and how you can manage change and increase end-user acceptance.
The curriculum includes:
Overview courses – These courses, currently available for SAP NetWeaver and SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM), focus on business benefits and how to manage change processes.
Detail courses – These courses cover several areas of SAP ERP, such as human capital management, financials, and logistics.
Customer-Specific Training
Customer-Specific Training
Implementing a project on schedule and within budget requires a capable, well-trained team – a team consisting of people who will help drive and realize the business benefit of your investment in SAP solutions.
SAP offers more than 250 training courses that can get your project team up and running quickly and cost-effectively. We provide a comprehensive standard curriculum, and our education experts can even work with you to build training plans and courses – custom-made to fit your specific education requirements.
SAP designs training programs that cover all application, functional, and technical areas related to SAP solutions. We can also modify existing courses to suit your specific project. Plus, we can host the training at any one of our training facilities, or, if you have the required infrastructure, we can deliver the training at your site.
Let us create a course specifically for your team. Give us the topic, the location, the date, and the time. We'll handle the rest. Please contact your local SAP Education representative for details.
Implementing a project on schedule and within budget requires a capable, well-trained team – a team consisting of people who will help drive and realize the business benefit of your investment in SAP solutions.
SAP offers more than 250 training courses that can get your project team up and running quickly and cost-effectively. We provide a comprehensive standard curriculum, and our education experts can even work with you to build training plans and courses – custom-made to fit your specific education requirements.
SAP designs training programs that cover all application, functional, and technical areas related to SAP solutions. We can also modify existing courses to suit your specific project. Plus, we can host the training at any one of our training facilities, or, if you have the required infrastructure, we can deliver the training at your site.
Let us create a course specifically for your team. Give us the topic, the location, the date, and the time. We'll handle the rest. Please contact your local SAP Education representative for details.
User Education
User Education
SAP user education improves your daily operations by bringing consulting, customized training, documentation, and the latest computer-based tools to your employees. Plus, it offers SAP certification based on comprehensive skills assessment.
Our training services teach your users how to become more proficient with the SAP solution -- so you experience faster ROI and increased productivity. And through our on-the-job support, we develop materials, evaluate strategies, and perform ongoing quality reviews and readiness assessments.
SAP user education takes into account the uniqueness of each company. That's why we analyze every customer's needs during a disciplined six-point process:
Plan -- Agree on project goals, processes, and deliverables
Analyze -- Understand process and end users, and develop strategies and course organizations
Design -- Determine task attributes and final curriculum design, training media, documentation, and priorities
Prototype -- Develop and finalize class prototype, and develop standards and templates
Develop -- Develop work instructions, concepts, exercises, any online systems, documentation, and instructor materials
Pilot and deliver -- Pilot and refine documentation and training materials, and deliver the final product
RWD Info Pak and SAP Productivity Pak by RWD
To help you drive greater value from your enterprise systems by maximizing employee proficiency for SAP solutions, SAP is offering RWD Info Pak and SAP Productivity Pak by RWD (also known as RWD uPerform) globally. These suites of software tools include documentation, context-sensitive online help, and simulations -- all in multiple languages.
In addition, SAP Productivity Pak supports collaborative partnerships among end users, content authors, and training administrators.
SAP user education improves your daily operations by bringing consulting, customized training, documentation, and the latest computer-based tools to your employees. Plus, it offers SAP certification based on comprehensive skills assessment.
Our training services teach your users how to become more proficient with the SAP solution -- so you experience faster ROI and increased productivity. And through our on-the-job support, we develop materials, evaluate strategies, and perform ongoing quality reviews and readiness assessments.
SAP user education takes into account the uniqueness of each company. That's why we analyze every customer's needs during a disciplined six-point process:
Plan -- Agree on project goals, processes, and deliverables
Analyze -- Understand process and end users, and develop strategies and course organizations
Design -- Determine task attributes and final curriculum design, training media, documentation, and priorities
Prototype -- Develop and finalize class prototype, and develop standards and templates
Develop -- Develop work instructions, concepts, exercises, any online systems, documentation, and instructor materials
Pilot and deliver -- Pilot and refine documentation and training materials, and deliver the final product
RWD Info Pak and SAP Productivity Pak by RWD
To help you drive greater value from your enterprise systems by maximizing employee proficiency for SAP solutions, SAP is offering RWD Info Pak and SAP Productivity Pak by RWD (also known as RWD uPerform) globally. These suites of software tools include documentation, context-sensitive online help, and simulations -- all in multiple languages.
In addition, SAP Productivity Pak supports collaborative partnerships among end users, content authors, and training administrators.
Certification Program
Certification Program
Few credentials in the business world carry the value of SAP certification. Those who hold it have honed their skills through rigorous study or direct experience. They have demonstrated their abilities by passing demanding, process-oriented exams.
In order to keep pace with the growing demand for SAP certification, we have enhanced our program. Certifications are now available in all functional areas at the associate, professional, and master levels. Whether you want to enhance your skills, differentiate your practice, or define your organization as a center of excellence, there is an appropriate certification for you.
In addition, we have expanded the resources available to our SAP certified community so you can interact with other SAP certified individuals, enjoy exclusive discounts on products and services, and get access to your own personal certification Web site.
SAP offers these certifications:
Solution consultant certification – This certification is available for specific SAP solutions. You can take the certification exams after completing the appropriate SAP Solution Academy course and case study, or the equivalent SAP standard curriculum at an SAP training center. If you already have significant experience implementing an SAP solution, you can take the exam without completing the course work.
Technology consultant certification – If you complete the SAP Solution Academy or SAP solutions training classes, you can take the technology exam to become a certified technology consultant. If you already have significant experience in Basis, SAP system administration, or R/3 database administration, you can take the exam without completing the course work.
Development consultant certification – This certification is available for individuals who are developing applications to interface with other SAP solutions. After you complete the necessary Solution Academy courses, you can take the technology exam to become a certified development consultant.
SAP user certification – This certification lets you improve your SAP proficiency, increase your confidence as a user, and enhance your employability. User certification exams are available in several key areas.
Certification exams are now offered at over 4,000 locations worldwide. To register for an exam at a location near you, please contact your local SAP Education representative.
Few credentials in the business world carry the value of SAP certification. Those who hold it have honed their skills through rigorous study or direct experience. They have demonstrated their abilities by passing demanding, process-oriented exams.
In order to keep pace with the growing demand for SAP certification, we have enhanced our program. Certifications are now available in all functional areas at the associate, professional, and master levels. Whether you want to enhance your skills, differentiate your practice, or define your organization as a center of excellence, there is an appropriate certification for you.
In addition, we have expanded the resources available to our SAP certified community so you can interact with other SAP certified individuals, enjoy exclusive discounts on products and services, and get access to your own personal certification Web site.
SAP offers these certifications:
Solution consultant certification – This certification is available for specific SAP solutions. You can take the certification exams after completing the appropriate SAP Solution Academy course and case study, or the equivalent SAP standard curriculum at an SAP training center. If you already have significant experience implementing an SAP solution, you can take the exam without completing the course work.
Technology consultant certification – If you complete the SAP Solution Academy or SAP solutions training classes, you can take the technology exam to become a certified technology consultant. If you already have significant experience in Basis, SAP system administration, or R/3 database administration, you can take the exam without completing the course work.
Development consultant certification – This certification is available for individuals who are developing applications to interface with other SAP solutions. After you complete the necessary Solution Academy courses, you can take the technology exam to become a certified development consultant.
SAP user certification – This certification lets you improve your SAP proficiency, increase your confidence as a user, and enhance your employability. User certification exams are available in several key areas.
Certification exams are now offered at over 4,000 locations worldwide. To register for an exam at a location near you, please contact your local SAP Education representative.
Training Catalog:
SAP NetWeaver
SAP Education provides a range of courses for the SAP NetWeaver platform. Take advantage of overview courses, where you'll learn how to leverage SAP NetWeaver as a strategic integration and application platform for your entire company. You can also pursue curriculum paths that cover specific SAP NetWeaver components and functionality, including development and administration of enterprise portals, business intelligence, and warehousing. In addition, you'll see how SAP NetWeaver, the foundation for enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA), empowers you to increase the flexibility and scalability of your key business processes and lower TCO.
Components
Administration
Application server
Business application development
Business intelligence (BI)
Enterprise portal
Exchange infrastructure and business integration technology
Knowledge management and collaboration
Master data management
Mobile infrastructure
WebAS ABAP
WebAS Java
Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture
Solution consultant - enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)
SAP xApps Composite Applications
SAP xApps composite applications
End-to-End (E2E)
End-to-end (E2E) change management
Processes
SAP NetWeaver processes
SAP NetWeaver process integration - business workflow
SAP NetWeaver process integration - exchange infrastructure
SAP NetWeaver process integration - process integration technology I
SAP NetWeaver process integration - process integration technology II
SAP ERP
You can take advantage of extensive, instructor-led classroom and workshop training for the various core components and industry-specific sectors of the SAP ERP application, SAP ERP Central Component 5.0, SAP R/3 Enterprise, and SAP R/3 4.6.
These classes are designed for the project team members, super-users, application users, and technical users at all levels who want to gain comprehensive insight into SAP ERP.
Functions
Analytics
Corporate and support functions
Financials
Human capital management (HCM)
Procurement and logistics execution
Product development and manufacturing
Sales and service
Delta Training
SAP ERP 2005 Delta Online Training
You might also be interested in the following curriculum paths:
Business intelligence
Enterprise portal
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Knowledge management and collaboration
Supplier relationship management (SRM)
Product life-cycle management (PLM)
Supply chain management (SCM)
Small Businesses and Midsize Companies
It's no secret that small businesses and midsize companies have unique needs. That's why SAP offers solutions tailored to these segments of the market -- and the training to back them.
You'll benefit from the same top-quality product and technical courses that we offer for large enterprises -- but with a focus on your business needs. With curriculum paths designed for small businesses and midsize companies, you'll learn how to configure and implement your SAP system and map your current business processes to your SAP solutions, so you can drive maximum value from your investment.
Plus, these courses will help you make long-term plans -- so as your business grows, your SAP system grows with you.
SAP Business One
Application Training
Product Training
Delta Training
Role-Based Training
Expert Training Sessions
SAP All-in-One
Solution Training - Industry-Specific
Role-Based Training
Sales Executives
Presales Consultants
Solution Consultants
Live Expert Sessions
Projects for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies
Solution architect and integration
Consultant in Small and Midsize Enterprise (SME) projects: Level 1
Consultant in Small and Midsize Enterprise (SME) projects: Level 2
SAP Solution Manager
SAP NetWeaver Tools / SAP Solution Manager 4.0 - Implementation Tools
Life-Cycle Management - Customer Support
Life-Cycle Management - Implementation
Life-Cycle Management - Operations
SAP Product Lifecycle Management
Take advantage of this curriculum to drive maximum value from your SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application. These courses will give you insight into every step of your product life-cycle, so you can optimize processes such as design, productions, sales, and enhancements. As a result, you'll gain visibility, enhance enterprisewide communication, and improve your ability to assess risk.
Through these courses, you'll also learn how SAP PLM can help you judge the maturity of your products against the market -- and ultimately, enable you to better design products that meet the needs of your customers.
Project Management
Solution Consultant PLM - Project Management (former module PS)
Solution Consultant PLM - Project Management (former module PS) (Delta Training)
Quality Management
Solution Consultant PLM - Quality Management (former module QM) and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S)
Solution Consultant PLM - Quality Management (former module QM) and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) (Delta Training)
Maintenance and Repair
Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair (former module PM)
Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair (former module PM) - Advanced Training
Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair (former module PM) (Delta Training)
SAP Supply Chain Management
SAP Supply Chain Management (SAPS SCM) provides extensive functionality for logistics, manufacturing, planning, and analytics. Take advantage of a training curriculum that can help you drive maximum value from your investment.
With these curriculum paths, you can optimize your supply chain for months in advance; streamline processes such as supply network, demand, and material requirement planning; create detailed scheduling; refine production integration, and maximize transportation scheduling. As a result, you'll be able to get your products to market quickly -- and cost-effectively.
Planning
Solution Consultant mySAP SCM - Planning & Manufacturing
Solution Consultant mySAP SCM - Planning & Manufacturing - Advanced Training
Solution Consultant mySAP SCM - Planning & Manufacturing (Delta Training)
SPM
Solution Consultant SCM - ERP Procurement (Material Management)
Solution Consultant SCM - ERP Procurement (Material Management) (Delta Training)
Order to Cash Processes
Order to Cash Processes - Billing Employee
Order to Cash Processes - Credit Analyst
Order to Cash Processes - Outbound Shipping Clerk
Order to Cash Processes - Sales Administrator
Order to Cash Processes - Sales Person
Procure to Pay Processes
Procure to Pay Processes - Buyer
Procure to Pay Processes - Invoice Verification Clerk
Procure to Pay Processes - Receiving Clerk
Procure to Pay Processes - Requisition Clerk
Manufacturing
Manufacturing and Execution
mySAP SCM - Manufacturing: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
Order Fulfillment
Solution Consultant SCM - Order Fulfillment (former module SD)
Solution Consultant SCM - Order Fulfillment (former module SD) (Delta Training)
Logistics Execution
Solution Consultant SCM - Logistics Execution
Solution Consultant SCM - Logistics Execution (Delta Training)
Additional Topics
Collaboration
RFID and Event Management
Component-Specific Role: mySAP SCM - SAP APO Administration
SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Solution Consultant mySAP SRM - SRM Procurement & Catalog Content Management
Solution Consultant mySAP SRM - SRM Procurement & Catalog Content Management (Delta Training)
Duet
Take advantage of courses for Duet software, the first jointly developed product by SAP and Microsoft. You'll get comprehensive insight into planning for and implementing Duet for your organization, and learn how to optimize Duet for maximum ROI.
The Duet curriculum will empower your information workers to leverage Duet to easily -- and quickly -- manage SAP data directly in the familiar Microsoft Office environment. As a result, your people benefit from a reduced user learning curve, as well as greater access to enterprise information and policies.
Duet 1.0
Industry-Specific Training
Your industry has unique characteristics and needs. That's why we offer over 25 industry-specific solution portfolios -- and the training to back them.
These courses will help you incorporate the unique needs of your industry into the structure of your SAP system -- and enable you to better map your business processes to the way you use SAP. You'll also benefit from example scenarios specific to your industry, so the material can be easily understood and adopted in your business.
Financials and Public Sector
SAP for Banking - Analytical Banking
SAP for Banking - Transactional Banking
SAP for Healthcare - SAP Patient Management 2005
SAP Higher Education & Research
SAP for Insurance
SAP Public Sector
Manufacturing
SAP for Automotive - Manufacturing Industry
SAP for Automotive - Sales and Service
SAP for Automotive - Supplier Industry
SAP for Consumer Products - SAP Apparel & Footwear Industry
Service
SAP Media Part 1
SAP Media Part 2
SAP for Retail
SAP for Retail - Additional courses from mySAP SCM Curriculum
SAP Utilities
SAP NetWeaver
SAP Education provides a range of courses for the SAP NetWeaver platform. Take advantage of overview courses, where you'll learn how to leverage SAP NetWeaver as a strategic integration and application platform for your entire company. You can also pursue curriculum paths that cover specific SAP NetWeaver components and functionality, including development and administration of enterprise portals, business intelligence, and warehousing. In addition, you'll see how SAP NetWeaver, the foundation for enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA), empowers you to increase the flexibility and scalability of your key business processes and lower TCO.
Components
Administration
Application server
Business application development
Business intelligence (BI)
Enterprise portal
Exchange infrastructure and business integration technology
Knowledge management and collaboration
Master data management
Mobile infrastructure
WebAS ABAP
WebAS Java
Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture
Solution consultant - enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)
SAP xApps Composite Applications
SAP xApps composite applications
End-to-End (E2E)
End-to-end (E2E) change management
Processes
SAP NetWeaver processes
SAP NetWeaver process integration - business workflow
SAP NetWeaver process integration - exchange infrastructure
SAP NetWeaver process integration - process integration technology I
SAP NetWeaver process integration - process integration technology II
SAP ERP
You can take advantage of extensive, instructor-led classroom and workshop training for the various core components and industry-specific sectors of the SAP ERP application, SAP ERP Central Component 5.0, SAP R/3 Enterprise, and SAP R/3 4.6.
These classes are designed for the project team members, super-users, application users, and technical users at all levels who want to gain comprehensive insight into SAP ERP.
Functions
Analytics
Corporate and support functions
Financials
Human capital management (HCM)
Procurement and logistics execution
Product development and manufacturing
Sales and service
Delta Training
SAP ERP 2005 Delta Online Training
You might also be interested in the following curriculum paths:
Business intelligence
Enterprise portal
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Knowledge management and collaboration
Supplier relationship management (SRM)
Product life-cycle management (PLM)
Supply chain management (SCM)
Small Businesses and Midsize Companies
It's no secret that small businesses and midsize companies have unique needs. That's why SAP offers solutions tailored to these segments of the market -- and the training to back them.
You'll benefit from the same top-quality product and technical courses that we offer for large enterprises -- but with a focus on your business needs. With curriculum paths designed for small businesses and midsize companies, you'll learn how to configure and implement your SAP system and map your current business processes to your SAP solutions, so you can drive maximum value from your investment.
Plus, these courses will help you make long-term plans -- so as your business grows, your SAP system grows with you.
SAP Business One
Application Training
Product Training
Delta Training
Role-Based Training
Expert Training Sessions
SAP All-in-One
Solution Training - Industry-Specific
Role-Based Training
Sales Executives
Presales Consultants
Solution Consultants
Live Expert Sessions
Projects for Small Businesses and Midsize Companies
Solution architect and integration
Consultant in Small and Midsize Enterprise (SME) projects: Level 1
Consultant in Small and Midsize Enterprise (SME) projects: Level 2
SAP Solution Manager
SAP NetWeaver Tools / SAP Solution Manager 4.0 - Implementation Tools
Life-Cycle Management - Customer Support
Life-Cycle Management - Implementation
Life-Cycle Management - Operations
SAP Product Lifecycle Management
Take advantage of this curriculum to drive maximum value from your SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application. These courses will give you insight into every step of your product life-cycle, so you can optimize processes such as design, productions, sales, and enhancements. As a result, you'll gain visibility, enhance enterprisewide communication, and improve your ability to assess risk.
Through these courses, you'll also learn how SAP PLM can help you judge the maturity of your products against the market -- and ultimately, enable you to better design products that meet the needs of your customers.
Project Management
Solution Consultant PLM - Project Management (former module PS)
Solution Consultant PLM - Project Management (former module PS) (Delta Training)
Quality Management
Solution Consultant PLM - Quality Management (former module QM) and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S)
Solution Consultant PLM - Quality Management (former module QM) and Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) (Delta Training)
Maintenance and Repair
Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair (former module PM)
Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair (former module PM) - Advanced Training
Solution Consultant PLM - Maintenance & Repair (former module PM) (Delta Training)
SAP Supply Chain Management
SAP Supply Chain Management (SAPS SCM) provides extensive functionality for logistics, manufacturing, planning, and analytics. Take advantage of a training curriculum that can help you drive maximum value from your investment.
With these curriculum paths, you can optimize your supply chain for months in advance; streamline processes such as supply network, demand, and material requirement planning; create detailed scheduling; refine production integration, and maximize transportation scheduling. As a result, you'll be able to get your products to market quickly -- and cost-effectively.
Planning
Solution Consultant mySAP SCM - Planning & Manufacturing
Solution Consultant mySAP SCM - Planning & Manufacturing - Advanced Training
Solution Consultant mySAP SCM - Planning & Manufacturing (Delta Training)
SPM
Solution Consultant SCM - ERP Procurement (Material Management)
Solution Consultant SCM - ERP Procurement (Material Management) (Delta Training)
Order to Cash Processes
Order to Cash Processes - Billing Employee
Order to Cash Processes - Credit Analyst
Order to Cash Processes - Outbound Shipping Clerk
Order to Cash Processes - Sales Administrator
Order to Cash Processes - Sales Person
Procure to Pay Processes
Procure to Pay Processes - Buyer
Procure to Pay Processes - Invoice Verification Clerk
Procure to Pay Processes - Receiving Clerk
Procure to Pay Processes - Requisition Clerk
Manufacturing
Manufacturing and Execution
mySAP SCM - Manufacturing: Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
Order Fulfillment
Solution Consultant SCM - Order Fulfillment (former module SD)
Solution Consultant SCM - Order Fulfillment (former module SD) (Delta Training)
Logistics Execution
Solution Consultant SCM - Logistics Execution
Solution Consultant SCM - Logistics Execution (Delta Training)
Additional Topics
Collaboration
RFID and Event Management
Component-Specific Role: mySAP SCM - SAP APO Administration
SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Solution Consultant mySAP SRM - SRM Procurement & Catalog Content Management
Solution Consultant mySAP SRM - SRM Procurement & Catalog Content Management (Delta Training)
Duet
Take advantage of courses for Duet software, the first jointly developed product by SAP and Microsoft. You'll get comprehensive insight into planning for and implementing Duet for your organization, and learn how to optimize Duet for maximum ROI.
The Duet curriculum will empower your information workers to leverage Duet to easily -- and quickly -- manage SAP data directly in the familiar Microsoft Office environment. As a result, your people benefit from a reduced user learning curve, as well as greater access to enterprise information and policies.
Duet 1.0
Industry-Specific Training
Your industry has unique characteristics and needs. That's why we offer over 25 industry-specific solution portfolios -- and the training to back them.
These courses will help you incorporate the unique needs of your industry into the structure of your SAP system -- and enable you to better map your business processes to the way you use SAP. You'll also benefit from example scenarios specific to your industry, so the material can be easily understood and adopted in your business.
Financials and Public Sector
SAP for Banking - Analytical Banking
SAP for Banking - Transactional Banking
SAP for Healthcare - SAP Patient Management 2005
SAP Higher Education & Research
SAP for Insurance
SAP Public Sector
Manufacturing
SAP for Automotive - Manufacturing Industry
SAP for Automotive - Sales and Service
SAP for Automotive - Supplier Industry
SAP for Consumer Products - SAP Apparel & Footwear Industry
Service
SAP Media Part 1
SAP Media Part 2
SAP for Retail
SAP for Retail - Additional courses from mySAP SCM Curriculum
SAP Utilities
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