Executive Summary What is the downward slope for SAP Solution Manager or SAP SolMan? The changing story of SAP Solution Manager or SAP SolMan. This article was updated as of October 2019. Solution Manager has now moved into decommissioned status. Introduction SAP introduces products with great fanfare but does not do an excellent job of…
Executive Summary SAP outsourcing its support to low-cost countries with English as a second language has significantly degraded SAP support. SAP is reaping an enormous support margin but providing inferior quality support. Introduction SAP’s support has dramatically degenerated, with low-skilled support personnel and ever-increasing margins. SAP support resources are trained to gaslight customers, so they…
Executive Summary PP/DS is a significant mismatch with process industry manufacturing. This topic is necessary to understand the limitations of PP/DS for scheduling, and we provide specific examples. Process industry production scheduling means the ability to handle leading and lagging operations. Introduction PP/DS has had few successes in process industry manufacturing. In this article, we…
Executive Summary SAP has proposed that Netweaver was revolutionary. However, nothing really changed on SAP projects after it was introduced. How accurate was SAP on Netweaver? This is a graphical depiction of the content of SAP’s NetWeaver. Study it very carefully, can you see anything? Video Introduction: Did SAP NetWeaver Ever Actually Exist? Text Introduction…
Executive Summary Supersession is how parts are set up as interchangeable or substitutable. There are different types of part supersession. Where product interchangeability functionality is set up in SAP APO. Introduction: Getting the Heart of Supersession Supersession and part substitution is a critical component to supply chain planning that is only increasing due to the…