... are performed manually. State-of-the-art ERP systems offer a number of options for different payment transactions, like check or cash payments and money transfers. Plus, payment runs can be implemented to enter these transactions automatically or manually. Automatic entry limits the user’s...

... are called up from other systems via remote function call (RFC) or application link enabling (ALE). When the proportion of externally accessed transactions is high, this indicates that the degree of openness to external systems is too great and the landscape comparatively complex. In this case,...

... are assigned directly to G/L or material accounts without reference to a purchase order. Procurement transactions are therefore documented in Accounting but not in Logistics. This greatly increases the risk of payables being created and paid for services that are not performed, or of incoming...

... are assigned to the "$TMP" class. These temporary objects are created directly in the production system. This results in inconsistencies between development and production systems. There is also a significant risk of transactions and reports being deleted during a release upgrade....

These particular processes happen rarely and require relatively long prep and processing times. If an organization has a large number of these, it should check process relevancy, redundancy and efficiency. Make a huge dent in TCO by reducing seldom used processes. Sometimes, though, seldom or...

... in SAP systems are not used. Sometimes it’s smart to have custom developments, like customer transactions -- say, when your SAP release doesn’t offer a standard version for functions you need. But custom developments become a problem when they cease to contribute positively to business...

... also enter 80 percent of all vendor invoices. Based on the relatively low number of “power” users, we can deduce that there is a large proportion of occasional users who enter invoices only sporadically. Reasons for this might be that work is distributed among several employees or that...

To accelerate its SAP system upgrade and reduce costs, Philip Morris in Russia opted for RBE Plus solutions. IBIS’s RBE Plus is able to analyze a live system automatically and efficiently. So why risk manual analysis? Precisely this logic moved decision-makers at Philip Morris to enlist more »