Overview of Third Party Order Processing in SAP Business ByDesign

Approval Process for Shopping Carts and Purchase Orders in SAP Business by Design

Consilium Webinar - SAP Business ByDesign

How to activate and consume SOAP Web Service in SAP Business ByDesign

What’s New in SAP Business SAP Business ByDesign 1608

The release of SAP Business ByDesign 1608 brought with it many changes and improvements, and you may not be taking full advantage of them.

In this blog, we’ll tell you all you need to know to about the changes that have occurred during the SAP 1608 update.

SAP Business by Demand in use - Customer story

SAP Business ByDesign at Galpa Group

Autonomy Technology simplifies and standardizes with SAP Business ByDesign

Whats new in SAP Business by Design as of August 2016

SAP S/4 HANA – the numbers and the business case – diginomica

By Den Howlett (diginomica) - "So much has been said and written about SAP S/4 HANA it is almost passé as a topic of conversation. But there have been two consistent themes that have concerned/confused readers, analysts and customers: 

1. What do the numbers mean? 
2. How does the business case make sense? 

In SAP’s defense, the answers to both those questions have been available, they’ve just been hard to tease out in a coherent manner. So it was with that in mind that I was given the opportunity to discuss these points directly with Markus Schwartz, SVP and general manager, S/4 HANA.

Ivan Bond's blog – SAP ByDesign

1. Check out Ivan Bond's blog for some good content on SAP ByDesign.
2. For reporting tips with Excel, check out the ExcelGuru...

Video: SAP Business ByDesign Demo

Video: 5 Brilliant Ways to Customize SAP Business ByDesign

Like snowflakes, no two businesses are alike, and at times it’s necessary to customize your ERP solution to ensure it works exactly the way your business does.

In this video we’ll demonstrate 5 brilliant examples of how you can customize SAP Business ByDesign to ensure it accommodates your most unique and critical business needs.

Specifically, the video covers:

1. How Development Works in SAP Business ByDesign
2. Basic User Assistance – Sales Order Duplicate Check
3. More Advanced Validation – External Reference Required for Release
4. Store Custom Data – Approved Supplier List
5. Upload Custom Data – File Input
6. Automate Processes – Freight on Customer Invoice

External Integration of Custom Solutions in SAP Business ByDesign / SAP Cloud for Customer

Document by Thomas Schneider : This document gives an overview on the capabilities of external integration of SAP Business ByDesign / SAP Cloud for Customer custom solutions developed with SAP Cloud Applications Studio. This document is relevant for you if:

• You are developing (or planning) a custom solution for SAP Business ByDesign or SAP Cloud for Customer with SAP Cloud Applications Studio
• You are searching for means of integrating this solution with an external system.

An overview of SAP Business ByDesign

SAP Business ByDesign is a cloud-based global mid-market ERP system. It helps you manage all of your key functions, including finance, HR, CRM, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, field service and project management.

Created by SAP from the ground up, and based on 40 years of experience with system design and best-practices, SAP Business ByDesign was built to offer an extensive out-of-the-box ERP solution that meets the most complex needs of midsized businesses.

Understanding what SAP solutions are provided to help manage your Supply Chain

SAP provides a myriad of solutions covering all aspects of the supply chain. In addition they often provide more than one solution to the same requirement. This makes it quite a challenge to choose the right solution for your scenario. With that being said I'd prefer to have more options to choose from than no option at all...
In this blog I have collected the current suite of Supply Chain solution offerings from SAP and grouped them in to 3 categories:

• Most commonly used solutions
• Less commonly used solutions
• Solutions that cover Supply Chain processes as well as the rest of your ERP needs

At Q Data USA we specialize on these types of solutions so feel free to reach out to us with any questions.

Application Identifier on Bar Codes in SAP Business ByDesign

It appears that there have been a number of questions raised on the ByDesign forums related to the use of the mobile devices with existing SAP Business ByDesign form templates, and errors due to a lack of an “Application Identifier” when trying to scan barcodes.

The reason for this is that not all standard form templates for ByDesign are built with mobile devices in mind. Luckily, the fix to this is very straightforward. By default, most of the forms do not include the “Application Identifier” for the related fields. The “Application Identifier” is a numeric code that represents what type of data is being scanned.

Take the use-case in which the product ID is expected to be scanned. The associated application identifier is “91”. Note that this is a ByDesign-specific application identifier (it is one of the “90 – 99” custom fields referenced in the GS1 specification). Therefore, the mobile device will expect that any barcode that represents a product ID will start with a “91”. However, the XML data that is used to generate the forms will not necessarily have information in this format – in general, it would come over with just the regular value.

With the example of a product ID “SKU1234”, the product ID on the form template would still be “SKU1234”. However, if this product ID needs to be scanned, then the application identifier would need to come first – the barcode would actually need to contain the value “91SKU1234” to scan correctly, with the “91” representing the application identifier. We can make this adjustment through the addition of a simple script in Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

SAP Business ByDesign Customization: 4 Real-Life Examples

When it comes to ERP systems, a strong and diligent selection process can really help you meet your business needs without the requirement for any customization. While SAP Business ByDesign is able to fulfill the majority of common business requirements, there will always be industry-specific or customer-specific requirements. For these requirements, SAP provides a combination of tools: both front-end based adaptation and extensibility as well as the Cloud Applications Studio can be used to develop solutions to bridge any out-of-the-box gaps.

In the blog series below, we’ll explore four examples of customer-specific SAP Business ByDesign solutions built by FMT Consultants. While the level of effort behind each of these enhancements varies, the business impact for even the simple solutions has been substantial – improving efficiency, automation, visibility, and data integrity. The solutions are ordered from least complex to most complex. The first two solutions can be built without the use of the SAP Cloud Applications studio. The second two solutions do require a small customization to be built in the SAP Cloud Applications Studio.

4 SAP Business ByDesign Customization Examples - by FMT Consultants:

1. Application Identifier on Bar Codes

2. Detailed Material Description

3. Actual Freight on Customer Invoice

4. Material-Specific Lead Time

Actual Freight on Customer Invoice in SAP Business ByDesign

We’ve often come across the requirement to invoice customers for only the actual freight price or cost incurred related to the outbound delivery. In the example we explore here, the “Freight Price” is an extension field that has been added to the outbound delivery. The value in the field is actually being sent to SAP Business ByDesign from an external system, but this functionality could also work with a value entered manually on the outbound delivery itself.
Note that this customization was only built for a single-currency environment, but it would be very easy to adjust to a multicurrency environment by changing the “Freight Price” field to an “Amount”-type field instead of a “Text” type field. In this scenario, the external system did not send data in an “Amount” type structure.
The external system would send back the actual amount value to populate the “Freight Price” field once the outbound delivery had been processed.

How to Handle Three Common Outbound Logistics Deviation Scenarios inSAP Business ByDesign

As many of us have experienced, transactions flow pretty smoothly through an ERP system until a deviation from the norm occurs. Deviations from normal processes can cause incorrect transactions, workarounds, or lost productivity when users do not have sufficient instructions on how to handle these. This blog will cover how to handle three common scenarios within Outbound Logistics in SAP Business ByDesign where deviations from the regular processes might occur.