Game Changing Functionality in the new SAP CPQ [ASUG session]

Lawrence Matusek to present at the 2019 ASUG Annual Conference! Game Changing Functionality in the new SAP CPQ True CPQ has been an SAP gap for 20 years.  Now you can leverage robust native functionality and integration with the new SAP CPQ.  Learn what CPQ can do and how to get...

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Make Complex Buying Simple [on-demand webinar]

Streamlining Complex B2B Sales with CPQ.  In this webinar, we discuss current trends in complex selling models, recent shifts in customer expectations, the subsequent impact on the organization, and how the right CPQ solution can help to overcome the complex nature of those sales.

Categories: SAP Solutions, Manufacturing Industry Insights

Tags: Configuration, CPQ, SAP, SAP CPQ, CX

Top 5 reasons to use SAP Product Configuration APIs

The latest APIs from SAP are powerful and can take your B2B and B2C eCommerce applications to new levels. Interactive configuration and pricing can transform your online customer experience into an intuitive, interactive and accurate sale with an ease of...

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Tags: B2B, SAP, SAP Solutions, Variant Configuration, API

Hands-On with SAP CPQ Document Generation

Big improvements are on the way to SAP user interface proposal generation and workflow!   SAP CPQ is the next-generation sales experience planned for S/4HANA (officially, part of C/4HANA). In the 1811 and 1902 planned releases, CPQ will integrate with VC through the...

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Tags: CPQ, SAP, SAP Solutions

AVC Material Variants for S4HANA

One of the exciting new features in S4H will be the ability to determine a Closest-Match Material Variant. This new search functionality for Material Variants goes above and beyond existing ECC functionality by providing a list of partial matches as well as a quick comparison of configuration...

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Tags: Configuration, SAP, SAP Solutions, Tech Tips + Tricks

Why is my BOM not exploding?

It’s a common experience: you create the BOM, go to the configurator, fill the conditions, try to explode the BOM and… no items show up. If you want to explode a BOM in a Production Order, you’ll want to build the BOM with Production-Relevant line items. If you want to...

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Tags: SAP, SAP Solutions, Tech Tips + Tricks, Variant Configuration, BOM

SAP VC: Best Practices and Warnings for Change Management

Engineering Change management (ECM) is a powerful feature of SAP.  It allows you to implement changes using effectivity dates and keep a thorough history of changes made to most VC elements. ECM lets you keep VC elements in two states: before the change, and after the change.  This is...

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Configure to Stock in SAP ERP

"It's not that easy for us to do" doesn’t garner much empathy in market anymore.  A particularly candid customer once told us "just because it is difficult for you doesn’t make it more valuable for me".  Is it difficult for you to handle low volume (i.e. special) product configurations?  The conventional thinking is that focusing only on high volume configurations will generate greater efficiencies that translate into better margins.  But consider that many customers prefer a single supplier that can provide whatever configurations they need.  To them, they are all just products.  They are special in your eyes, not your customer's.  Uh oh.

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Tags: Configuration, SAP