by Phil Avelar | Dec 17, 2014 | Advance Ship, Logistics Execution
As we get closer and closer to the end of the year, many of our customers are becoming more aware of the potential impact of the rate increase and change announced by FedEx and UPS this year. Though both announced increased rates of ~4-5%, the major change is to use...
by AdvancedSupport | Nov 18, 2014 | Advance Ship, Logistics Execution, Sales and Distribution
When implementing our parcel solution (Advance Ship) I regularly need to explain the details of how carrier billing options can be handled correctly in SAP. To make this discussion simpler I’ll explain the 3 main options for domestic billing from a typical...
by Phil Avelar | Aug 25, 2014 | Advanced Support, NetWeaver
You are probably aware we are not fans of Java on the client, quite frankly considering the constant updates needed and the inability to shut off Java checks for updates its time for something new. I have been happily using SAPgui 7.2 without a problem for over a year...
by AdvancedSupport | Jul 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2453100/malware-hidden-in-chinese-inventory-scanners-targeted-logistics-shipping-firms.html
by Phil Avelar | Aug 31, 2011 | ABAP, Advanced Support
Not sure why but I felt today was a good day as any to address a topic I have been trying to get to for some time, the increasing use of BDC’s in standard application programs. What is a BDC? A little bit of background, a BDC which stands for Batch Data...
by AdvancedSupport | Nov 5, 2009 | Enterprise Project Management, SAP Business Analysis
Do you identify errors when designing your application? When developing a technical specification every analyst should know and account for the possible errors that can occur in an application. I think it’s pretty commonly known that no application should cause...
by AdvancedSupport | Nov 4, 2009 | Enterprise Project Management, SAP Business Analysis
I spent a afternoon with a good friend of mine who was having a hard time turning application requirements to a detailed design (I’m sure he is not the only one with this issue). We reviewed an example Software Requirements Specification that we use and once we...
by AdvancedSupport | Sep 8, 2009 | Enterprise Project Management, SAP Business Analysis
Over the years I have managed and/or been involved in every level of testing of applications known to man J , for most of our SAP projects we normally adopt the internal testing strategy dictated by our customer so it’s simple to say that every project is...
by AdvancedSupport | Sep 6, 2009 | Enterprise Project Management, Headline
Sometimes I feel like our disciple works in circles, what’s old is new etc. What I mean is after years of progress suddenly the discussion has turned to start to question whether the BA is needed and even whether requirements should be documented. Is it possible...
by AdvancedSupport | Aug 26, 2009 | Enterprise Project Management, NetWeaver
A while back I responded to a post on an ASUG forum with the question about how others handle the refresh of their development client and data for development and testing. It’s been a while and I couldn’t find the post but a recent CIO Insight article made...
