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THE SAP MAGAZINE N0. 79 / FEBRUARY 2001V 5.95/$5.95

Optimization:

Adding value withmySAP SCM_p.22

Transition:

From SAP R/3 tomySAP.com_ p.16

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e-business functions. It is possible, for ex-ample, to set up some sort of e-businessplatform based on R/3 Release 3.1I usingthe mySAP starter packs. These precong-ured packs are ideal for entering the world

of e-business applications. Customers canquickly use business-to-business scenariosand outsmart competitors. You can readmore about these handy assistants onpage 18.Of course, starter packs alone are notenough. SAP offers a whole range of effi-cient tools and services to help you quicklyand securely implement important Internetapplications and transfer other businessprocesses to the mySAP.com platform. Afterall, the Smooth Transition to mySAP.com,as SAP calls its initiative, aims to ease thetransition of SAP customers toward theirgoal. Take a step along this path and wellguide you.

Bernhard HochlehnertEditor-in-chief of sapinfo.net

There are R/3 users at all ends of thespectrum. The small- and medium-sizedenterprise benets from the business pro-cesses of the SAP system just as the globalgiants do. For years R/3 was ne-tuned,constantly expanded, and enriched withe-business functions. Some customers kepton adapting the client-server package overtime to meet their own changing needs,while others adhered strictly to the standard,and even today have not moved one jot

from it.For many companies that have implement-ed R/3, the functionality will suffice to ful-ll their business requirements in the fore-seeable future. SAP is safeguarding itsusers investment and planning by extend-ing the maintenance for the euro-enabledreleases as of R/3 3.1I and above up until

August 2003. SAP has even given a main-tenance guarantee for Release 4.6C untilJune 2004.However, the priorities have changed.Companies can no longer afford to put offInternet projects. In many sectors it is nowa must to offer an Internet sales solution.SAP customers have an excellent startingposition. Thanks to the maintenance guar-antee for older R/3 systems up until 2003,they do not automatically have to upgradeto R/3 Release 4.6 to enjoy mySAP.coms

DEAR CUSTOMERS ANDBUSINESS PARTNERS,


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AMR report, mySAP Financials,mySAP Automotive at BMW, SAPProfessional Services Organization 6

Arts sponsorship,Commerce One/SAPMarkets 7

e-SAP Easy Sell, SAP Public Sectorand Education, SAP SI, SAP fourth-quarter results 8

Optimizing processes with mySAPSupply Chain Management 10

Product life-cycle management withmySAP Media 12

Gerhard Oswald and Hans-Joachim Wrth discuss the benets of theSmooth Transition to mySAP.com16

E-Commerce Starter Pack:Internet-enabled in just days 18

SCM Starter Kit: The basisfor supply chain projects 22

Smart implementations reduceimplementation times 24

E-business processes withBest Practices for mySAP.com 26

IDES: Testing mySAP.com 28

Simplifying software implementation with the Solution Manager 30

Klckner & Co forges Internet plans with the E-Commerce Starter Pack32

HP offers Internet Ready Program36

Udo Kerkow on the e-commercestarter pack from Compaq 37

NEWS

SOLUTIONS

mySAP Product LifecycleManagement (mySAP PLM)

offers an integrated work anddevelopment environment formanaging, tracking, andcontrolling all product datathroughout the entire life cycleof a product.

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Surviving as an automotive supplier isnteasy. Automotive suppliers need to pro-duce top-quality products and innovativesolutions. And to do this, qualied em-ployees are indispensable. Thats whyMann+Hummel optimized its humanresources department with SAP R/3Human Resources (HR) Release 4.6C.

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Product Development, a solution inmySAP Media, manages media-specic content development andproduction processes.

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mySAP.com THE SMART WAY

Windows laptop so that you have it on handduring planning meetings. All congurationinformation is saved to an XML-based cong-uration le. With this conguration le, thehandover of information is well dened, which means, for example, that the installa-tion itself can be carried out by another con-sultant who does not need specialized SAPknow-how the actual process of installa-tion and conguration is automatic. The ad- vantages of the Conguration Assistant in-clude a graphical user interface, the optionof proposing default values, predened dis-tribution scenarios, and drag-and-drop sup-port.

Smart implementations cut the timeneeded to get mySAP.com components upand running by avoiding time-consumingconguration tasks and post-installation re- work. This technology will therefore be in-cluded in future generations of the SAP in-

stallation tool under the name SAPinst.

Uwe Inhoff, Marco Gleiter, SAP AG

Smart technology makes implementationfaster and more secure. It spans both theplanning process for the technical infrastruc-ture and the installation and congurationof all components. Mutual dependencies andinterfaces are taken into account as early asthe conguration and planning stage, whichensures compatibility of all the components.

As with manually installed SAP systems,those installed with smart technology donot have any limitations. You can modify allsettings after installation. The technical con-guration is part of the installation process,and adjustments are made more quickly andeasily than setting up a new system.

The path toward smartimplementation

Smart implementations can be divided intotwo phases: conguration and planning, and

installation. The rst phase uses the Cong-uration Assistant to simplify congurationplanning. You can install this tool on any

Implementing mySAP.com

e-business solutions is not just

a question of installing the soft-

ware components. Smart imple-

mentations use new, intelligent

installation tools to provide a

exible and integrated solution.

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TEST A mySAP.com demo system for every occasion

THE use and do not require any special training. As well as German and English, the systemnow supports Japanese for the service pro- vider, engineering and construction, andconsumer products industries.

To ensure that the processes worksmoothly, users are given suitable authoriza-tions. This allows you to work through theprocesses in parallel with other users.IDES has a data warehousing componentthat aggregates information and analyzes itgraphically. You can also use the buyingfunctions of mySAP Marketplace.

Employee self-services administer per-sonal data in all areas of IDES. The IDESRole Switcher supports the role concept of mySAP.com; users seamlessly switch fromone role to another so they can try out allthe typical activities and MiniApps suppliedfor each role.

Customer and Partner Systems(CPS)

The CPS is a homogenous and fully function-al system infrastructure available from thebeginning of 2001, and contains all themySAP.com elements. Within this framework,IDES provides integrated business scenariosfor customer relationship management, sup-ply chain management, portals, and Internetbuying. Standard users with all the neces-sary roles have been set up for this. You canevaluate ready-made examples step-by-stepusing predened roles, such as campaignmanager or demand planner. You can alsodene the roles you require. And unlike

IDES, you can congure your own processesand create the corresponding data.

Gerhard van der Beck, SAP AG

SAP offers external and internal demonstration systemswithin mySAP.com. In addition to business scenarios, these

demo systems contain data for sales, self-learning programs,

and interactive demonstrations.

BEST

SAP has demo systems for just about every-thing portals, customer relationship mana-gement, supply chain management, e-procure-ment, and data warehousing. You can accessthem via individually set-up or ready-made

workplaces. Heres a brief look at SAPs demosystems.

IDES: Test-drive mySAP.com

Anyone not just SAP customers and part-ners can log on to Internet Demonstrationand Evaluation System (IDES) via the Inter-

net without charge, from anywhere in the world to evaluate general and industry-specic processes. The examples are easy to

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Minimal cost and risk

For Klckner & Co, fast entry into the world of e-business and rapidexploitation of the Internets potential to maximize control over the value chain appeared to be challenging. However, the mySAP E-Com-merce Starter Pack proved to be the ideal launch pad. Within days,Klckner & Co implemented a prototype system, providing the data for informed decision making and laying the foundations for extend-

ing and customizing the respective solutions throughout the group.The mySAP E-Commerce Starter Packs precongured applicationsallowed Klckner & Co to take advantage of SAPs experience fromprevious projects conducted with other e-commerce enterprises toenable rapid deployment of a complete solution. This made it pos-sible for Klckner & Co to enter the e-business age at minimal riskand cost, without restricting the potential for customizing and ren-ing the system.

Wolfgang Scheid, CEO of Klckner Information Systems, is de-lighted with the project. Because these systems integrate seamless-ly with the back office, they will streamline our buying and sellingprocesses considerably, he says. The huge amounts of paperwork

and countless phone calls the old economy demanded of our suppli-

ers, our customers, and ourselves will be radically reduced. Moreover, we can provide a better service to our customers in the form of moreconvenient ordering 24 hours a day from any browser and constantaccess to the very latest product data.

In addition to SAP Online Store and mySAP E-Procurement,Klckner & Co plans to add additional Web-based functions tostreamline processes within the organization even more. mySAP Workplace, the third element of the mySAP E-Commerce StarterPack, is a browser-based enterprise portal that allows personalized,user-based access to applications, information, and services. By im-plementing all three elements of the mySAP E-Commerce StarterPack, Klckner & Co is well on the way to success in the world of

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