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Does your organization have SAP processes which require enhancements?

GuiXT is able to simplify your SAP user interface without Java or ABAP programming.

Standard features of GuiXT includes:

• Integrates with NetWeaver
• Supports Enterprise Portals
• Change SAP screens with No ABAP, No Java. No programming skills required
• Edit and combine SAP screens and transactions
• Create new and simplified transactions
• Web enabled, access simplified optimized UI through the browser. Includes iPhone support
• Create ‘offline’ transactions that works without SAP WAS and use them in areas without WiFi
• Zero footprint
• Access SAP through Mobile CE devices
• Create and maintain scripts. WYSIWYG interface, syntax checks and static analysis of scripts. Identifies precisely which line a variable is set or used.

Key customers using GuiXT:

• Shell
• Nike
• Canada Post

To get started with GuiXT, simply head over to GuiXT’s site where they have specified simple steps to start implementing their solution. You can also download a 30 day free trial to test and evaluate the software.

My two cents

I feel that SAP customizations and implementations are usually not as straight forward and can take up much time and resources to ensure successful and problem free implementation. With these solutions, it will probably help organizations to speed up any SAP processes and gain ROI quicker. After all, we just want our business processes streamlined to increase productivity and reduce any downtime. Check GuiXT out today!

By LOUIS COLUMBUS
Starting around August of last year I started tracking down SAP users who were early adopters of the NetWeaver platform, and I found an interesting dynamic happening that lead me to continue researching what was going on. What I found was the SAP was attracting entirely new customers based on the NetWeaver platform.

What makes this unique in the SAP world is that the vast majority of SAP applications get sold because there is an ERP instance somewhere in the organization to tie back to. Rarely if ever in the years of doing primary research on their customer base would I find a reference who had just come onboard for their channel management applications for example.

NetWeaver on the other hand is starting to show up as the architecture for future Web Services in some companies who were not multi-decade ERP customers for example. This finding contradicted many people’s perceptions (including my own) of just how SAP goes about selling their applications. I decided to go all out and complete a research study of SAP NetWeaver early adopters, mostly out of personal interest but also because I love doing primary research and wanted to see what could be learned from NetWeaver early adopters.

What I Found Out

It’s a good thing I started this project in August as a hobby of sorts because the effort to get people to respond to a survey on this topic takes a fair amount of work. Also I attended SAP user group meetings in my area and continued to work at getting the Zoomerang survey to people who were kind enough to provide their e-mail addresses. The big break in getting connected with NetWeaver users came from a friend at Disney who introduced me to several and the networking started working from there. From that point I was able to complete a decent sample size of 300 companies distributed globally, and visited many companies locally through user group meetings and buying lunches. The result is a report published in December titled Users Speak Out About SAP NetWeaver. Continue Reading »
Users Speak Out About SAP Netweaver

Many have asked about SAP and what it really is? What are the main features and why is it so successful? Can your organization implement SAP as well? See the slide below for a simple but comprehensive slide show about SAP.

Key information included in the slide:

• Introduction to SAP
• Whats a business like without ERP
• Enterprise Architecture
• History of SAP
• Evolution of SAP
• SAP R/3 Architecture
• SAP R/3 Modules
• Details of each SAP R/3 modules - FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, QM PS, etc.
• IS Industry Solutions - For banks, automotive, mill products, research, mining, etc.
• mySAP Solutions
• Key Components of mySAP
• mySAP Product Life Cycle Management
• SAP integration challenges
• General settings of SAP system. - currencies, exchange rate, public holidays, unit of measurement, etc.

Definitely with this slide, you will be able to find out and understand more about SAP. You’ll never be left clueless the next time someone tries to talk to you about SAP.

Your chief technology officer (CTO) just shouted in the IT department meeting room today, “We need a new ERP system!, and Bob… you’re in charge of this project!” Your nightmare just began. You realize that there are way too many erp software vendors out there in the marketplace today. How do you go about choosing the best ERP solution which fits your organization and most importantly fits within the IT budget. Selecting and implementing the wrong ERP system within the company could cost the company a bomb and the sadest part, a kick in the ass from your boss.

Fear not for the worst as this site, ERP Evaluation Center will be the saviour. Continue Reading »
A simple method to evaluate erp solution