Warehouse Management KPI Series – Receiving
Key performance indicators (KPI's) are critical to managing efficient distribution centers. In this blog series, we'll look at core KPI's and key figures that are central to the process. To start, each distribution center must define the key performance indicators...
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Integrating a weight scale to SAP
When packing handling units for shipping, or processing inbound handling units, it's common to need to weigh and post this value to SAP. We often work with companies to automate the process of getting these values in SAP automatically so in this blog post I'll quickly...
Create an SAPscript form from an ITF file
In the past it was common to create complex labels by creating a new SAPscript form based on an ITF file. Normally you would receive an ITF file from an external source such as consultant or supplier for your use, ITF was a standard format to be able to send a form...
Leading practices for ABAP Persistent Classes
When working with ABAP Persistent Classes in SAP, many developers come across confusing behavior that perhaps should be considered bugs. To get around some of these I'll explain our leading practice for persistent class development that should simplify your work in...
Here’s how NOT to justify moving your data to the cloud
You're probably aware that the U.S. is the most litigious country in the world. Over breakfast today, I was reading an article touting the benefits of cloud-based computing (aren't they all?). The comments from one executive were interesting and really gave me pause....
Engineered to be worse
When I'm out and about, I pay close attention to the processes that are used in every aspect of our daily lives. My friends sometimes think it's annoying, but I have also imagined some of our best process innovations for customers through these observations. As...
Leading practices – a place for everything and everything in its place
This is the first in a new series of blog posts on leading practices we've observed in best-in-class facilities. I thought we would start with the basics. Many of you might remember years ago when the Dymo label maker was popular. I had an assistant at the time who...
Installing NetWeaver CE
I started yesterday morning with what I thought would be a quick process of installing NetWeaver CE on one of our developer's PCs. After a couple of hours of reading documentations to determine what I needed, the process made me wonder if SAP purposely makes...
Security: How to copy a user role across clients or instances
When setting up testing for users before delivering a solution, we always validate security roles. We often find that roles in quality and training environments can get out of sync with roles in production. The leading practice is, of course, to ensure that roles are...