Executive Summary There are facts of the Diageo vs. SAP case that bring up important questions regarding SAP’s logic and what a poor job Diageo did in this case. To understand indirect access as enforced by SAP, it is necessary to connect the topic to CRM and SAP’s concern with Salesforce. Introduction In this article, I…
Executive Summary SAP’s support has been eviscerated in an attempt to maximize its margin. What can be done about the SAP support conundrum? Video Introduction: What to do About SAP’s Declining Support Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP’s support has been in a long-term decline for many years. SAP has strip-mined the…
Executive Summary The pricing of SAP or the price of SAP applications is kept secret, making pricing estimates challenging to obtain. SAP also has complex discounts, which make it impossible to know the price of SAP software accurately. Introduction SAP pricing is a mysterious topic hidden from public view, making purchasing from SAP a convoluted…
Executive Summary SAP has created press releases and related media coverage of customer SAP usage numbers. How customers, prospects, media outlets, and Wall Street tend to interpret SAP usage numbers. How faulty SAP usage numbers contradict reality Video Introduction: How SAP Controls Perceptions with Customer Numbers Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Many…
Executive Summary SAP made a large number of exaggerated forward-looking statements around Personas. But after Fiori arrived, Personas essentially disappeared as time passed. Now the question remains, whatever happened to Personas? Introduction In a previous article, What is Actually in the Fiori Box? I went through Fiori in detail and explained some features of Fiori,…
Executive Summary SAP has created a highly chaotic offering related to its cloud. In this article, we cover the impact of SAP’s highly confusing cloud cocktail. Introduction I was recently reading the options for SAP’s hybrid cloud. It struck me as incredibly complicated. A hybrid cloud is a term that is thrown around at the…
Executive Summary Background on Planning Versions and Simulation Some Common Reasons for Using Different Versions Version Copy In APO Copying Back Changes to the Active Version from the Inactive Version Process Issues of the S&OP Thread Security Issues and Simulation Version Report Generation and Extraction from the S&OP Version Beyond the Standard APO Problem Decomposition…
Executive Summary The most common APO modules implemented in APO are covered in this introduction to APO. APO has important interactions with SAP ERP. Introduction to SAP APO In this article, you will receive a high-level overview of the entire SAP APO suite. What is APO Made Up Of? SAP APO is made up of…
Sales and Operations Planning in Software What the Book Covers Getting Clear on S&OP S&OP is commonly discussed, yet an infrequently mastered area of planning. S&OP continues to be one of the most misused and overused terms in business. S&OP is a type of long-term planning that attempts to match supply and demand and provides…
Executive Summary SAP has made enormous claims for Fiori being a game changer for SAP applications. The evidence is not only that Fiori is not impressive technically, but that it is little used and not progressing as stated. Video Introduction: Why it is Time to Jump off the Fiori Bandwagon Text Introduction (Skip if You…