Administrator Industry Observation: Why Subcontracting and Operation Outsourcing Are Easy to Design Incorrectly Subcontracting and operation outsourcing both involve external resources, but they should not be forced into the same process model. The difference is not only terminology. It affects material movemen... Equipment Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP Core Process Aug 27, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Purchasing BOM Scenarios and Solution Boundaries A purchasing BOM is sometimes introduced as a quick way to make procurement more detailed. That is not always a good reason. If the business only needs a commercial item, adding component structure ma... Electronics Manufacturing Equipment Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP Core Process Jun 12, 2025
Administrator Product Update: SNC Upgrade for Subcontracting and Supply Network Collaboration Subcontracting often creates a supply network rather than a simple supplier relationship. A material supplier may deliver directly to a semi-finished subcontractor. A semi-finished subcontractor may d... Electronics Manufacturing Equipment Manufacturing Product Release SRM / SNC Mar 14, 2025
Administrator Industry Observation: Supplier Collaboration Should Move Up to Planning Many SRM systems focus on execution: purchase-order collaboration, delivery collaboration, reconciliation, and invoice collaboration. These are useful, but they often start too late. In many companies... Automotive Parts Equipment Manufacturing Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning SRM / SNC Nov 1, 2024
Administrator Product Update: Lightweight SAP Label Printing with Drag-and-drop Templates Some SAP customers have dozens or even hundreds of label formats. Customer-specific finished-goods labels are especially common: different customers may require different layouts, fields, barcodes, or... Chemical and New Materials Electronics Manufacturing Equipment Manufacturing MES / WMS Product Release SAP Interface / Integration Sep 14, 2024