tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130628262024-03-18T20:37:31.973-04:00Digital Transformation and Enterprise ApplicationsThis blog was created to help Program leads, solution architects and administrators of different enterprise solutions including ERP, CRM, SCM, WMS, PLM, Business Intelligence and many more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-81287625554371457232023-07-30T21:51:00.000-04:002023-07-30T21:51:31.543-04:00e-Commerce discount typesIn the world of retail today every retailer is trying to find ways and be creative to attract online customers. To attract your attention and make a conversion they publish different ads in their websites. Some of these ads can come in discounts like "buy one, get one 50% off" or free shipping. To make sure the experience is captured by retailers and convert you to a customer then later as a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-57879129690977941942022-08-13T01:17:00.009-04:002023-12-07T17:04:41.763-05:00Signs to upgrade or move to a new ERP platformIs it time to upgrade or move to a new ERP?Interesting question but why are you asking this question in the first place, there are several reasons, it can be business-related or technology challenges. Whatever the reason you don't need to make the decision alone. Here are some scenarios that businesses might encounter why they're thinking about upgrading or moving:Business-relatedWe've Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-31604578861619351362022-08-11T15:04:00.005-04:002022-08-13T00:24:21.919-04:00ERP - Oracle Netsuite CloudIt's been a while since my last post and I'm excited to share what I've been doing the last few months. I've renamed my blog as well to Digital Transformation as I feel the transition to a broader content makes more sense.My topic for this post is Oracle Netsuite, a cloud ERP for medium sized companies which they claim is the first cloud ERP in the market. I can't argue with this being in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-16113795016208800612022-04-30T23:30:00.008-04:002022-08-13T11:34:11.037-04:00Migrate from Dynamics to SAP S/4HANAIt is almost night and day when you get involve with this migration. I'm on my 3rd system migration from Dynamics AX/GP to SAP S4HANA and there's always something unique in each implementation.
One uniqueness is the S4 platform - On-premise vs Cloud, now there's Hybrid. Data migration is another unique criteria to consider.
The process is almost the same as I remember, a WRICEF or RICEFW Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-66978696046077618772020-01-22T23:46:00.001-05:002020-01-22T23:46:16.766-05:00Microsoft in Retail
In one of my previous post I've mentioned the lack of investment from Microsoft in the EPM space. In this post I'll touch on the Retail space and some transformations that organizations partake.
I was with
Microsoft Dynamics between the years of 1990 to 2000 and very privileged with the
opportunity. In the last 10 years it has been unfortunate though that most of my
engagements (mostly Retail Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-13435917235158871282019-03-02T18:19:00.000-05:002019-03-02T18:19:56.706-05:00Amazon piece of the pieHow big is Amazon compared to the other retailers
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-38868963223700281872016-03-24T11:36:00.001-04:002016-03-24T11:36:16.614-04:00Did SAP Fiori capture the future of software development? SAP Fiori is using modern design principles like role-based, responsive, simple and delightful to create the next generation of SAP software products. The user experience or UX is personalized that you can create an application by targeting a certain user or persona instead of the current designs where we all fit everything in one window to target multiple users. What happens, users tend to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com138tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-12112955622522971972016-02-12T14:35:00.001-05:002016-02-12T18:56:47.186-05:00In-Memory Appliance: SAP HANA vs Oracle ExalyticsI was trying to research Oracle Exalytics to learn more about the Oracle cloud offering and stumbled upon this interesting video comparing it with SAP HANA. Just interested as previously had implemented HANA with another client so knowing the basic difference might make a difference in the future I need to choose between the 2 giant vendors.
Here's the video, ignore the characters as they look Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-50535509927004730522016-01-20T15:37:00.000-05:002016-03-04T17:36:06.796-05:00EPM arena but where is MicrosoftHappy Monkey Year!!!
I haven't been as active as I've been learning and implementing different systems. If you check my previous posts, my last project was moving Dynamics to SAP suite and we finally wrapped that at end of 2014. One reason my client move out of Dynamics is lack of applications in planning and HR.
In 2015, I started another chapter and this time managing programs. One program Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-23636379517483530862015-01-06T17:24:00.000-05:002015-10-12T10:04:23.025-04:00Actuals vs Budget using TableauOne product I liked using to do data visualization and analytics is Tableau. It's easy to use and can work with most of the datasources that I have in my environment. I could've utilized another tool like MicroStrategy, SAP Lumira or BusinessObjects but because I need a quick turnaround for the client, I decided to used Tableau.
In this video, I used Tableau Desktop so show a simple side-by-sideUnknownnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-90850695845042061742014-06-04T15:08:00.000-04:002014-12-15T15:17:09.666-05:00Microsoft Dynamics to SAP ECC - Part 2As promised, I'm posting Part 2 of the Dynamics GP to SAP migration.
Since my last post we've done a lot of cleansing to the GP data. Some of the ETL processes we ran include:
- Master data including GL accounts, Profit Center, Cost Center, Employees, Vendors and others
- Vendor and Customer addresses including multiple addresses for Vendor Partner functions
- Any Tax-related fields Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-18336180419953340782014-02-12T10:23:00.002-05:002014-11-24T12:14:15.863-05:00Microsoft Dynamics to SAP ECC - Part 1
Actively participating in the data modeling & cleansing, reporting (including BPC, BW and BI) and testing of a Dynamics GP client to SAP AFS.
Exciting, as the last time I was part of a SAP implementation was almost 10 years ago.
Piece of advice if you know you're going to migrate to SAP:
1 - When creating your Chart of Accounts start integrating Cost Center and Profit Center
2 - Create a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-44484731310460725762012-09-24T11:32:00.000-04:002012-09-24T11:32:44.073-04:00Dynamics GP 2013This month Microsoft announced the availability of Dynamics GP 2013 demo which you can download here.
Most of the improvements were geared to improving security, integration with other Microsoft products and the Web client.
I was reading the installation guide of the web client and the requirements were pretty basic including the Web server OS which can either be Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012Unknownnoreply@blogger.com240tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-36069648558437272802012-07-30T21:33:00.002-04:002012-08-02T11:54:15.612-04:00ETL toolsFollowing are top ETL tools used for extracting, cleaning, transforming and loading data to a data warehouse:
Oracle Warehouse Builder (OWB)
SAP Business Objects Data Integrator (BODI)
IBM Data Stage
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
SAS Data Integration Studio
Talend Open Studio
Clover ETL
Adeptia Integration Suite
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-83457596007334707252012-07-06T19:05:00.001-04:002012-07-06T19:14:17.626-04:00Former Citi VP of Treasury SentencedIn this age of compliance and tight security, how can one still manage to embezzlement more than $22 million?
Well Mr. Gary Foster did, the former vice president at Citigroup
Inc.’s treasury finance department was sentenced to 97 months in prison
for fraud related to his embezzlement. Foster embezzled funds from various Citigroup accounts by transferring money to Citigroup's cash account and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-19890079748338555942012-04-10T11:02:00.000-04:002012-04-10T11:02:09.093-04:00LinkedIn errorLinkedIn is acting up today as I'm getting this error a lot - Sorry, there was a problem processing your request. Please try again.
Even on simple links, it doesn't work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-89927128532464869712012-02-22T19:01:00.005-05:002012-06-06T22:48:52.171-04:0010 things you should know about NoSQL databasesDid you hear about the latest trend in databases? If not then you should read this article about NoSQL or "not only SQL".
NoSQL vary from your classic relational database management system (RDBMS) as they do not use SQL as their primary query language. These data stores may not require fixed table schemas, usually do not support join operations, may not give full ACID (atomicity, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-50369303347966894682011-12-02T12:00:00.000-05:002014-05-01T16:31:03.523-04:00Cloud Computing Practice OverviewBessemer Venture has been an advocate of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for years now. They've compiled a one-pager of all potential providers of cloud services in different areas of the business. Get the one-pager here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-53146976084059344032011-07-30T23:54:00.000-04:002011-07-30T23:54:50.900-04:00Apple's iPhone forcing smartphone industry change by ComputerworldThe intensely competitive smartphone industry is becoming an increasingly challenging space. Analysts say Apple [AAPL] has achieved the largest share of hardware sales and revenue, putting competitors on any current platform (Android, Microsoft, RIM, etc.) under lots of pressure. In this environment, surely it won't be long until another round of mergers and acquisitions begins?
[ABOVE: Thanks Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-8724187620371434812011-06-27T20:38:00.000-04:002011-06-27T20:38:13.161-04:00Cloud war already started?For months, I've been waiting for somebody to write an article about cloud-based services which features bigwigs like Micrsoft, EMC, Apple and some unknown players in the market. The day finally came but I was more disappointed than excited about the article as it failed to recognized other David's in the market.
Also, what do you consider players in this market and how do you classify them in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-41194834699301526032011-06-01T17:37:00.001-04:002011-06-01T17:37:57.873-04:00The Dynamics DecadeI liked this article because it shows you the history of the company I've grown to follow and the individuals who have contributed to its success over the years. Here's an excerpt from the article:
Microsoft originally created a Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions brand headed by Great Plains Chairman and CEO Doug Burgum, who became a Microsoft senior vice president and president of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-22159023536145818822011-03-25T13:01:00.000-04:002011-03-25T13:01:07.108-04:00The New York City SharePoint Developers User Group Monthly Meetup
Wednesday, April 20, 20115:30 PM Microsoft Office NYC - 6th Floor 1290 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-7014880115029108652011-03-25T12:37:00.001-04:002011-03-25T22:28:45.745-04:00Required apps for Cloud computingYou've done your research and know the differences in business model between the 3 areas of cloud computing:
SaaS (software-as-a-service). WAN-enabled application services
PaaS (platform-as-a-service). Foundational elements to develop new applications
IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service). Providing computational and storage infrastructure in a centralized, location-transparent service
So you Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-64285374366093771062011-03-25T11:01:00.001-04:002011-03-25T11:15:36.238-04:00Integrating with Dynamics GP - Part IIOne of the more complex integration in this project were the customer payments integration and Revenue. The entry point of the integrated data in GP will be in two (2) windows: General Ledger and Bank Deposits.
The General Ledger integration were the entries originally created from the Revenue & Expense Deferral (RED) module. Now that the subledger is non-resident to GP, we have to create Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13062826.post-2798845452158554702010-10-01T17:43:00.002-04:002010-10-01T17:44:23.252-04:00NYC Sharepoint Developers User Group MeetupThe NYC Sharepoint Developers User Group will meet again on Oct. 20 at the Microsoft office in the Avenue of Americas, NY.
The topic for October is "Word Automation Services in Sharepoint 2010" by Kenneth Cooper.
Join us by visiting the website here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9