MWC 2019: SAP unveils Leonardo Internet of Things for industrial IoT

SAP unveiled SAP Leonardo Internet of Things and announced its cloud-to-cloud interoperability with Microsoft Azure IoT Hub.

The software giant touted SAP Leonardo IoT as an "all-encompassing technology that generates and drives digital transformation for Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0".  With a focus on Industrial IoT, the new offering will allow customers to gather insights from machines, products, supply chains, consumers, and partners, with SAP saying Leonardo IoT provides three "paths to innovation" for customers.

Read full article here - https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/mwc-2019-sap-unveils-sap-leonardo-internet-of-things-for-industrial-iot/ 

US Seafood Giant Bumble Bee Foods to Use SAP Blockchain Tech in Supply Chain

North America’s largest branded shelf-stable seafood firm Bumble Bee Foods has launched a blockchain platform for seafood traceability. The project was created in collaboration with German tech company SAP specializing in enterprise software, according to a press release on March 8.

Based on SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain service, the new platform can purportedly monitor the supply chain of yellowfin tuna from Indonesia to end customers.

Read full article here - https://www.google.com/amp/s/cointelegraph.com/news/north-american-seafood-firm-to-use-blockchain-tech-in-supply-chain/amp

Change is good ! ERPGenie is changing ...

In the past ERPGenie has served up many tips, tricks and articles, in the generic ERP and SAP. We like to think that we pioneered the age of sharing information when it wasn't cool to do so!

As a company, ERPGenie LLC, focuses on SAP Supply Chain Management and specifically, we are experts in the traceability and automation space. If SAP EM, OER, GTT, GTS, GBT, TM, EDI, AIF and PI are no foreign to you then you will begin to see a bigger focus on these topics in our blogs going forward. IOT and Blockchain are also near and dear to our hearts as we see the great potential that these technologies are already bringing to the Supply Chain process. Exciting times call for exciting changes... Join us for this new Journey. Discover the new Supply Chain - The 4th Generation Supply Chain with us...

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Difference between NetSuite “Editions” and NetSuite “Levels” by the TM Group

Are you confused by the difference between NetSuite “Editions” and NetSuite “Levels?” You’re not alone. The main reason for the confusion is that the terms are often used interchangeably, but that’s wrong. Editions are not levels and levels are not editions. Let’s take a look at what those differences are.

Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations vs. SAP vs. Oracle – Which ERP is Right for You?

The ERP you choose often depends on the type (and size) of your business. While smaller businesses can do just as fine without one, medium businesses and large enterprises can benefit a great deal with a robust ERP in place. And as far as big corporates are concerned, having an ERP system is rather inevitable. However, with so many ERP players in the market (and the ERP market touted to be worth more than $49.50 billion by 2020), choosing the right one is often a daunting task. How do you make the decision? What factors should you consider? What trends should you watch out for? How do you ensure the ERP you choose is the best for your business? 

The Battle of the ERPs 

Let’s do a quick comparison of the top three players in the ERP market - Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, SAP, and Oracle – to help you make the right choice for your business.

Read the full blog here. Courtesy ERP Cloud Blog

Free: Gartner Magic Quadrant Market Guide for Cloud ERP Solutions

The white paper evaluated Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises. They defined midsize companies as having an annual revenue of $50 million to $1 billion and classified core financial management suites in 5 categories: general ledger (GL), accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), fixed assets (FA) and project accounting, costing and billing. Gartner then evaluated the financial management software providers based on their Ability to Execute (overall viability, marketing execution, operations, etc.) and Completeness of Vision (marketing understanding, sales strategy, business model, innovation, etc.)

To download the full analyst report visit: https://www.acumatica.com/analyst-reports/gartner-magic-quadrant-for-cloud-core-financial-management-suites/

TIP: Can we get a list of SAP customer modifications?

SAP provides us with fixes to SAP code through OSS notes that we implement. During upgrades we make changes to code using SPAU. There are various reasons why customers make modifications but how do we list them so we can see what we have done?

Use transaction SE16 and table SMODILOG to view the modifications. The diagram below shows details like the object that was changed, the user that changed it and the transport request that it was in. It will also list the applicable OSS number if it was done via that method.

TIP: How do you set a start transaction for a user - or all users

Some users are always in one or 2 transactions... Why not fire up their most key transaction automatically each time they log on?

To do this execute report ADMIN_SET_START_TRANSACTION_FO

It has the following selection screen:

Simply execute and the next time user KWILSON logs in the transaction "/SAPTRX/EH_LIST" will be started.

TIP: Searching for text in SAP programs

We often want to find programs where a certain text string exists. i.e. We know it contains a certain word but forgot the program name. Use report AFX_CODE_SCANNER to search for text within objects. 

The report can search the following objects:

• Programs
• Function groups
• Classes

It has the following selection screen:

In the above selection I would be looking for all custom programs with my name in it...

And the result would look like this:

Double-clicking the row would take you to the applicable program.

TUTORIAL: SAP EM - Understanding the difference between events and messages

TIP: Do you have duplicate batch jobs running?

Run report BTCAUX04 to check for duplicate jobs running the same programs

TIP: Listing background jobs by their frequency

Use report BTCAUX14 to view the following:

1. Scheduling Frequency
2. Number of times it's been run for the selected period
3. How many instances are in released status
4. How many are currently active 
5. How many instances have been completed for the selected period
6. How many were terminated
7. Total Job Runtime
8. Average Job Runtime
9. Total Delay
10. Average Delay

TIP: Changing background jobs in mass

We sometimes have a requirement to change several background jobs with the same change. E.g. You want to use a new user to execute a program or you have standardized the names of certain program and want to change the old program to the new program name. Well it is possible...

Report BTC_MASS_JOB_CHANGE can be executed to change jobs in mass.
This report allows you to change the following:

• program / variant
• user owner / step user
• target server / group

There is a “Test Mode” option to test out the change prior to executing it for real