There are currently over 100,600 SAP installations at over 41,200 companies in the world. SAP announced at the 2013 Logistics & SCM, PLM, Manufacturing, and Procurement conference in Las Vegas in March that there are currently only around 400 installations of SAP EWM. EWM was release in 2007, and it’s obvious that the majority of […]
Consumer Feedback on E-Tail Order Fulfillment Processes
Consumers’ growing preference for online shopping resulted in unprecedented increases in order fulfillment and returns shipments in 2012. The numbers will increase in 2013 as the e-commerce & m-commerce (mobile commerce) movement is only revving up. With this rise in online orders, fulfillment and reverse logistics processes have never been as important for retail companies than they are as we enter the new year.
Massive Inevitable Changes For E-Tailer Shipping
Thanks to Gray Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, online retail (“E-tail”) sales have hit record highs in the US this holiday season. FedEx is expecting to ship a record 19 Million packages today alone (12/10/12). UPS has predicted that they will ship over 527 million packages in the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, as compared to 480 million packages total in 2011. The increase in shipping volume is shocking, and it’s only going up.
So what’s the impact? Both carriers and E-tailers are beginning to realize that, if they intend on maintaining the same levels of customer satisfaction and quality control as shipping volumes increase, the current partnership dynamic will be changing in a big way.
Automating XSI Carrier Setup
One of the more tedious aspects to configuring XSI is setting up each carrier (Express Delivery Company) in the XSI Cockpit (VTRC). UPS and Fedex used to provide a mechanism for loading much of the data via SAP Business Connector (see http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/index?rid=/library/uuid/1b17c690-0201-0010-17b1-a362e172a094), however this is no longer supported by either carrier or by SAP.
How Express Shipping Drives Down Operating Costs
Factors contributing to building a compelling business case for implementing the SAP shipping solution include: (1) fully considering all departments within the business which will benefit from the solution, (2) quantifying the benefits in terms of dollars, and (3) properly communicating this value proposition in your business case.
SAP Shipping Solution – Cost/Benefit Calculator
Blue Harbors was created by a team of technical and business saavy SAP consultants back in 2001. That is evident in the solutions and services they provide. However, there is one area of the business that is “under construction”, and that is the marketing and sales aspect of the business. That’s where I come in. […]
SAP Scale Programs and Files – Free Download
Are you looking for a place to download the original SAP scale programs and files? Look no further… just use the attached link to download them in a zip file.
Stylesheet Generation Errors When Generating Client Proxies
When generating client proxies from certain WSDLs, including UPS web services, stylesheet generation errors can occur when one of the exception classes is instantiated for the first time.
Displaying Outbound Web Services Messages in SAP
Legacy transaction LPCONFIG works well for setting up logical ports for web services. However Solution Manager provides greater functionality for logging errors and tracing. More importantly it provides an easy way to capture and view web service request and response messages. This is especially handy for providing sample messages to web service providers when troubleshooting.
No Need For Middleware
There are two ways to approach the integration of your company’s SAP environment with parcel carriers such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, etc. This article presents your options and the Blue Harbors’ suggested approach.