Comments for b2b2dot0 http://www.b2b2dot0.com On-Demand SAP B2B Internet Sales Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:10:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on The Slippery Slope of SAP Disconnected B2B ecommerce Websites by ramos http://www.b2b2dot0.com/strategy/the-slippery-slope-of-sap-disconnected-b2b-ecommerce-websites#comment-56 ramos Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:10:19 +0000 http://www.b2b2dot0.com/?p=1127#comment-56 "Politics" you got it :) SAP is far behind 'cloud' race, they are trying to catch-up. But the agile business users are way ahead. So, there is a gap between business users and SAP managers who need to wake-up to 'business user/end-user' UI/collaboration requirement. “Politics” you got it :)

SAP is far behind ‘cloud’ race, they are trying to catch-up. But the agile business users are way ahead. So, there is a gap between business users and SAP managers who need to wake-up to ‘business user/end-user’ UI/collaboration requirement.

]]> Comment on Thule Rules! – B2B eCommerce Channel Conflict Update by b2b http://www.b2b2dot0.com/strategy/thule-rules#comment-2 b2b Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:21:19 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-2 I recently started writing for our company’s blog. Your post provides some great tips and food for thought. Thanks! I recently started writing for our company’s blog. Your post provides some great tips and food for thought. Thanks!

]]> Comment on b2b2dot0 Initiates Office Relief’s Magento Paymetric SAP Integrated B2B and B2C eCommerce Website Initiative by magento themes http://www.b2b2dot0.com/friends-of-b2b2dot0/officerelief-relaunch#comment-3 magento themes Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:18:24 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-3 This is really good to know about the official release, thanks for sharing, nice one. This is really good to know about the official release, thanks for sharing, nice one.

]]> Comment on People When You Want Them, Technology When You Don’t ™ by Tahsin http://www.b2b2dot0.com/marketing/people-when-you-want-them-technology-when-you-dont-tm#comment-4 Tahsin Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:31:44 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-4 I can't agree with you more. I wonder why this ad seems to have been noticed by people in the service industry. I am putting together a Customer Experience Best Practices deck and this one is in the list! I can’t agree with you more. I wonder why this ad seems to have been noticed by people in the service industry. I am putting together a Customer Experience Best Practices deck and this one is in the list!

]]> Comment on Total Cost of Ownership of On Premises versus SaaS Applications by Jim Bower http://www.b2b2dot0.com/uncategorized/total-cost-of-ownership-of-on-premises-versus-saas-applications#comment-5 Jim Bower Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:01:41 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-5 Not sure whether this was before, during, or after you asked the question, but this is very good. Short, sweet, articulate, and compelling. Nice work! Not sure whether this was before, during, or after you asked the question, but this is very good. Short, sweet, articulate, and compelling. Nice work!

]]> Comment on mySAP.com T-shirt – Ten Years Later by Fermin Iduate http://www.b2b2dot0.com/marketing/mysapcom-ten-years-later#comment-7 Fermin Iduate Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:22:36 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-7 It's been 15 mos. since I broke orbit from SAP after having revolved 13 years around that wonderful planet of software code production and sales. Having started in 1995 right after the "Client/Server" revolution, and growing technologically at the exponential rate of the Internet during the later half of the 90's I believe we'd make a good team given we probably have a few of the same t-shirts that we guard against the "power of order" at home which constantly thrives for an efficient and non-cluttered environment. If you recall the "colorful" logos of the mid to late 90's were characteristic of the Dot Com era and SAP as did many big corporate giants during that day upgraded their traditional marketing "brand recognition" logos with newer Multi-Color Logos that caught the eye and were indicative of New and Innovative thought. Of course, as with most events in business which create a stir and inspire a herd type reaction, this was just a "fad" and as is the case with fads ...they come and go...this one which faded with the Dot Gone closure of growth that came along with GW Bush's administration. I had hands on experience with Haht as well as with WebMethods, both innovators in Web enabling applications as well as partners in design with SAP. I actually worked on a key "Marketplace" that integrated Commerce One apps with SAP BW using Webmethods, given SAP didn't have a viable "stack" at that time (1999-2000). I was their with the integration team of SAP with Top Tier actually installing EP4.5 FCS (First Cust Ship) before the first integrated Portal of EP5.0 that was the precursor to SAP NetWeaver when InQMy 6.0 was actually the WebServer portion of the Technology Stack and Java JDBC was in its infancy as part of the SAP Stack. I was there...but am no longer... I don't think that good things ever really go away, they just get bought out, embedded, stripped of all intellectual property, and then get re-marketed, re-positioned, re-packaged, re-vamped, then sold all over again under a different marketing proposition! I've been in the business too long to not see clearly how the old saying "the more things change...the more they stay the same" is so markedly prominent in our society. The only thing that has changed however is the power and level of technology which now makes old innovation obsolete and new innovation "to die for" from the Software Perspective. That's why the T-Shirt business will never go out of business. But because of technology, it may no longer be sourced by the local T-Shirt shop down the road, but maybe in Colombia, Peru, Shanghai, or Mumbai. (look for their logos at the next SAP SAPPHIRE Convention)! It’s been 15 mos. since I broke orbit from SAP after having revolved 13 years around that wonderful planet of software code production and sales. Having started in 1995 right after the “Client/Server” revolution, and growing technologically at the exponential rate of the Internet during the later half of the 90′s I believe we’d make a good team given we probably have a few of the same t-shirts that we guard against the “power of order” at home which constantly thrives for an efficient and non-cluttered environment.
If you recall the “colorful” logos of the mid to late 90′s were characteristic of the Dot Com era and SAP as did many big corporate giants during that day upgraded their traditional marketing “brand recognition” logos with newer Multi-Color Logos that caught the eye and were indicative of New and Innovative thought. Of course, as with most events in business which create a stir and inspire a herd type reaction, this was just a “fad” and as is the case with fads …they come and go…this one which faded with the Dot Gone closure of growth that came along with GW Bush’s administration.
I had hands on experience with Haht as well as with WebMethods, both innovators in Web enabling applications as well as partners in design with SAP. I actually worked on a key “Marketplace” that integrated Commerce One apps with SAP BW using Webmethods, given SAP didn’t have a viable “stack” at that time (1999-2000). I was their with the integration team of SAP with Top Tier actually installing EP4.5 FCS (First Cust Ship) before the first integrated Portal of EP5.0 that was the precursor to SAP NetWeaver when InQMy 6.0 was actually the WebServer portion of the Technology Stack and Java JDBC was in its infancy as part of the SAP Stack.
I was there…but am no longer…
I don’t think that good things ever really go away, they just get bought out, embedded, stripped of all intellectual property, and then get re-marketed, re-positioned, re-packaged, re-vamped, then sold all over again under a different marketing proposition!
I’ve been in the business too long to not see clearly how the old saying “the more things change…the more they stay the same” is so markedly prominent in our society. The only thing that has changed however is the power and level of technology which now makes old innovation obsolete and new innovation “to die for” from the Software Perspective.
That’s why the T-Shirt business will never go out of business. But because of technology, it may no longer be sourced by the local T-Shirt shop down the road, but maybe in Colombia, Peru, Shanghai, or Mumbai. (look for their logos at the next SAP SAPPHIRE Convention)!

]]> Comment on mySAP.com T-shirt – Ten Years Later by Sam Bayer http://www.b2b2dot0.com/marketing/mysapcom-ten-years-later#comment-6 Sam Bayer Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:07:45 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-6 Looks like I got one of my facts wrong. GXS acquired HAHT in early 2004, not 2000 as I stated in this post. Sorry for my confusion and thanks to the "fact checkers" that pointed out my error. While I'm apologizing, my wife was also mad at me for this post because I made it sound like she's the mean one who nags me to throw out my old t-shirts. She really doesn't care what's in my dresser drawers. Sam Looks like I got one of my facts wrong. GXS acquired HAHT in early 2004, not 2000 as I stated in this post. Sorry for my confusion and thanks to the “fact checkers” that pointed out my error. While I’m apologizing, my wife was also mad at me for this post because I made it sound like she’s the mean one who nags me to throw out my old t-shirts. She really doesn’t care what’s in my dresser drawers.
Sam

]]> Comment on Gemba in the Virtual World by Kevin E. Schlabach http://www.b2b2dot0.com/agilephilosophy/gemba-in-the-virtual-world#comment-8 Kevin E. Schlabach Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:45:39 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-8 I spent more than 5 years in usability before getting into project management and agile, and I found that this is the LARGEST difference between academic/planned success, and actual success. Great post! I spent more than 5 years in usability before getting into project management and agile, and I found that this is the LARGEST difference between academic/planned success, and actual success.
Great post!

]]> Comment on b2b2dot0′s View on SAP’s Shipping Information by Adrian http://www.b2b2dot0.com/engineering/b2b2dot0s-view-on-saps-shipping-information#comment-9 Adrian Wed, 20 May 2009 09:53:53 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-9 Addendum: When dealing with schedule lines that are late, the relevant date is actually the planned goods issue date (VBEP-WADAT) and not the delivery date (VBEP-EDATU). The reason for this is that a late delivery could be sitting picked and packed on your dock, but the truck broke down, which still leaves you with a real chance to deliver it on the planned delivery date. But if picking and packing have not even started yet (and the fact that the delivery didn't get created points towards a more serious problem), it is better to use the planned goods issue date for making the decision. So already on Apr 19 you would see this: Ship Status Del.date Qty Del.Nr shipped 4/5/2009 50 80123456 pending 50 Adrian Addendum:
When dealing with schedule lines that are late, the relevant date is actually the planned goods issue date (VBEP-WADAT) and not the delivery date (VBEP-EDATU).
The reason for this is that a late delivery could be sitting picked and packed on your dock, but the truck broke down, which still leaves you with a real chance to deliver it on the planned delivery date.
But if picking and packing have not even started yet (and the fact that the delivery didn’t get created points towards a more serious problem), it is better to use the planned goods issue date for making the decision. So already on Apr 19 you would see this:
Ship Status Del.date Qty Del.Nr
shipped 4/5/2009 50 80123456
pending 50
Adrian

]]> Comment on The Reality of SAP Integration in Real Time by Adrian http://www.b2b2dot0.com/engineering/realtime-integration-and-realtime-integration#comment-11 Adrian Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:32:07 +0000 http://b2b.fatcatstrategies.com/post-name/#comment-11 Hi Piers Our priority was to bring the app to market and gauge the market's appetite for a hosted sellside eCommerce website integrated with SAP. SOAP was the least constraining technology and we traded off speed for performance, although based on our results, it's quite acceptable. Should performance become an issue, we know where to go :-) Cheers Adrian Hi Piers
Our priority was to bring the app to market and gauge the market’s appetite for a hosted sellside eCommerce website integrated with SAP. SOAP was the least constraining technology and we traded off speed for performance, although based on our results, it’s quite acceptable. Should performance become an issue, we know where to go :-)
Cheers
Adrian

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