We proudly present our March issue of the ACSU newsletter, the second issue of Year 2010. The spring is coming to us. As the old Chinese saying goes:"The whole year's work depends on a good start in spring". We wish that all our members and friends will have a good beginning for a prosperous Tiger Year.
We always welcome any suggestions or ideas from you. If you would like to share with us an interesting topic or article, just write to us.
This issue includes the survey result of last year's seminars , internal and external news and much more.
Offer of 6-months trial period for ACSU potential members Now we are offering a six-month trial period for all companies who are interested in our organization. During this period, one person of each company can enjoy the member price when attending our event. After the six-months-trial period, each company can decide whether to continue the ACSU membership and pay for the membership fee or not. It's a great opportunity to gain and share knowledge and experience within the Chinese SAP Community, meanwhile to enlarge your social network in this area. Take action and join us now!
ACSU published the general survey result of its seminars held in 2009 Last year ACSU held plenty of seminars of different topics. We value the feedback from our participants. So every survey sheet from our event attendees are preserved and analysed. This survey result inclueds all the seminars held in 2009. It indicates how people like our events and what are the most intersting topic for them. Check the survey result.
Webinar——"Reformat SAP background reports in to Excel" was held on Mar. 23rd ACSU's Webinar——"Reformat SAP background reports in to Excel", cooperating with Symtrax Co., Ltd., was successfully held on Mar. 23rd. 26 people attended this webinar.Read the review .
Next General Meeting: "SAP SCM - Awareness Seminar" Have you ever wondered how much planning and coordination it takes to roll out a car from a car manufacturer’s assembly line? A typical automobile consists of thousands of parts sourced from hundreds of suppliers, and a manufacturing and assembly process that consists of dozens of steps.All these different pieces need to tie-in in an extremely well synchronized manner to realize the end product. How is this achieved? The specific discipline of software that addresses these types of problems is known as “Supply Chain Management” (SCM).Please click here for more information.
Next Webinar for ‘Time Zones Handling’ in SAP Systems “The German SAP User Group DSAG offers in cooperation with SAP a WebEx for ‘Time Zones Handling’ in SAP Systems. The Chinese User Group ACSU is cooperating with international User Groups. View details
The Virtual SAP Tech Ed 09 presentations and sessions are available online.
The Virtual SAP TechEd 2009 was held on Nov. 11 and 12 last year. For the presentations and sessions you can find it online now. You as an ACSU member can have an even better offer with 60% reduced price.View details
Call for speakers and topics
The ACSU events are a collaboration of SAP users who share their knowledge with each other.Therefore we are constantly looking for speakers or topic suggestions. We will try our best to meet the demand of our members to make the ACSU as customized as possible. Simply write an email to Angela.Wang@sapuserschina.com or visit our "Call for speakers" page: and fill in the form for your topic or speaker request . We will try our best to create an event or integrate the enquiry in our existing agenda. See upcoming events...
Interview with Mr.Sun Wei from ThyssenKrupp Elevator In this issue, we'd like to introduce to you our ACSU board members, Mr. Sun Wei, IT Manager of Thyssenkrupp Elevator (Manufacturing China), who has around 6 years experience in the SAP business, he will share with us his opinion on SAP implementation in China and how ACSU can support companies in China by utilizing the experience of SAP community in China Read the full interview
Question of March: For future ACSU events, do you prefer webinar or face-to-face seminars? Webinar and face-to face seminars both have their pros and cons.Webinar could reach out to more people but make personal contact and comunnication impossible, while face-to-face seminars allow people to network, but the location bacomes a problem as we cannot reach out to every city in China...ACSU would like to know what's your opinion on this issue.Take the survey
The result of question of February-"How diffcult is it for you to download information from your SAP system to Excel for analysis or to update data to SAP? " has been published on our website, check the results
We suggest you to read "Discover SAP SCM " written by Shaun Snapp . SAP SCM is a leading supply chain management solution and if you're considering using it, this is the book for you. Whether you're a decision maker considering SAP SCM, a consultant seeking functional details or you're just starting to work with SAP SCM, this guide will give you the insight and knowledge needed to understand the features and benefits of SAP SCM. You'll find details on the evolution of the software, guided tours through each application, advice on which functionality to implement, and expert guidance on how to get the best return on your investment. (pages) 380, (publisher) SAP Press, (ISBN) 978-1-59229-305-6 , (English) More book information
How to know which data base tables have been accessed while running system report, e.g.balance sheet or Profit & Loss statement?
During User Acceptance tests or tests of newly developed reports for your business analysis (e.g balance sheet or Profit & Loss statement) you need to check the correctness of your report results before using them for your real company business. In some cases you are facing errors which you need to solve where they are coming from. For example you need to check where the data had been extracted from, i.e. from which data base table they originate. In our “Tip of the month” Chen Changqing (Westernacher Consulting China) describes a simple way to check the origin of the report data. Read our tip of the month
Please let us know, if you have any tips for us SAP users you would like to share that can make our work easier and more comfortable. We would be more than happy to publish it in this section. Just write an email to Angela.Wang@sapuserschina.com
SAP brings BI OnDemand: The Star Online - Mar. 17, 2010 - BUSINESS software provider, SAP unveiled SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand to make business intelligence (BI) systems available to everyone. Primarily targeted at casual BI users, the new solution aims to deliver a complete BI toolset in one flexible offering. ...Read Article...
New SAP CEOs promise faster development and execution Posted by Tom Foremski - Mar. 15, 2010 - SAP’s new co-CEOs today promised faster software innovation and better execution on a hybrid enterprise software model that includes cloud computing and traditional enterprise software. .. Read Article...
Open Letter to SAP Customers Mar. 04, 2010 - The new CEO of SAP, Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe explain the changes in the company's leadership, their strategy and agenda, and how they want to "set SAP on a better course." .. Read Article...
SAP lands major deal with 3M at Oracle's expense By Chris Kanaracus - March 01, 2010 - SAP has seen its share of executive upheaval and customer discontent in recent months, but a newly inked agreement with global conglomerate 3M is giving it reason to celebrate. The project, which will see SAP's Business Suite 7 rolled out companywide, is going to be conducted in phases, said Rob Enslin, president of SAP's North American division. Read Article...
