[ Articles with keyword 'rule' ]
Tax Calculation using Business ByDesign
13.03.2009
In the United States, small and midsize enterprises live on the razor’s edge when it comes to complying with the growing maze of local and state tax laws. On-demand tax calculation engine scaled for SMEs using the SAP Business ByDesign solution.
Rules for Four Wheels
05.09.2007
In companies that repetitively manufacture different products, the maintenance of variant configuration ties up the capacities of costly IT specialists. Help is at hand thanks to a solution allowing the configuration logic to be maintained centrally in SAP ERP in table form.
Regulated Flexibility
12.07.2006
Business rules help control and automate business processes. The right tools make it easy to define, manage, and implement business rules directly in business software so that companies can react flexibly to strategic changes or external events.
Timing Makes All the Difference
18.04.2006
Available to promise (ATP) capabilities are crucial for supply chain management. But many companies work with different software for sales and production that hinders ATP. Data transfers between these unintegrated solutions often lead to delays and errors. An additional check rule can help.
Formulating Rules Means More Agility
13.03.2006
Business rules are essential these days because they define what is desirable and what should be avoided when operating a business. Markus Schacher and Patrick Grässle, the authors of a book on agile enterprises and business rules (available only in German) talk to SAP INFO online about how subject matter experts can formulate business rules and the technical infrastructure that is necessary to manage the rules and execute them automatically.
Electrifying Procurement Processes
17.10.2005
Four years ago, the largest energy supplier in the former East Germany, envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG, implemented mySAP Supplier Relationship Management (mySAP SRM). But the energy supplier did not settle for mySAP SRM alone. It also enhanced procurement with a portal for all of central Germany. In the past year, more than 100 customers have selected and ordered around 40,000 items using the platform.
Clear Decisions Based on Clear Definitions
27.07.2005
For SMEs, the procurement, maintenance, administration, updating, and new release implementation of SAP systems can be costly in terms of time, money and staff input. For this reason, outsourcing has become an increasingly attractive alternative to companies operating their own system in house. However, the term “outsourcing” has spawned a wide range of different definitions that sometimes overlap with one another. Clear definitions achieve the linguistic transparency required by SMEs to help them make better decisions when selecting the correct form of outsourcing and the right service provider.
Modular Solutions
27.10.2004
Large companies are not the only ones who appreciate the benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning – SMBs can also reap the rewards of mySAP ERP. One option would be mySAP All-in-One solutions based on mySAP ERP, created and distributed by SAP business partners.
