Administrator Industry Observation: Cost Center Budget Control From Function to Management Boundary Cost center budget control is easy to discuss as a function, but harder to use as a management mechanism. The system can warn or block spending, but it cannot decide by itself what level of control is... Industry Observation SAP Finance / Cost Jun 30, 2023
Administrator Industry Observation: Why MRP and ATP Are Harder Than They Look Many companies face the same contradiction: inventory is high, yet planners and buyers are busy chasing shortages every day. From the system side, MRP appears to be running, but the supply chain still... Industry Observation SAP MRP / Planning May 29, 2023
Administrator Industry Observation: Seven Practical Issues in Purchase Order Approval Purchase order approval is often discussed as a workflow topic, but in SAP it is also a very concrete configuration and system-behavior topic. Many approval problems come from details that are easy to... Industry Observation SAP Core Process Apr 20, 2022
Administrator Industry Observation: Procurement Price Management Is a Cost and Settlement Problem Procurement price management is often treated as master data maintenance, but its impact is much larger. Timely and accurate purchase prices affect standard cost estimation, actual cost accounting, in... Industry Observation SAP Finance / Cost Apr 2, 2022