The Problem Securing credit card data in business systems can be costly and complex. And when you have multiple systems that use the credit card information, it becomes more complex. While some systems like SAP allow you to encrypt the data, if procedures are not followed, there can be glitches that expose the data (see [...]
SAP Implimentation Tips
This article covers a few of the major problems with implementing payment cards into SAP. It then covers Paymetrics Xipay solution and the problems it solves.
I have spent the past 5 months working with Paymetric’s solution for SAP credit cards and I must say I have been impressed. I first came across Paymetric in 2002 when supporting Credit Cards from the CRM side and they have come a long way since then. I was impressed with their expertise at that [...]
This morning I was musing over the fact that I had not heard a large emphasis on change management for a few years now. When I started with SAP (early 90′s), change management was the big buzz word. Every project had a dedicated raaa raaa change management team. Am we were made very conscious of [...]
I recently came across an email with a Quote from a daily progress meeting (by the project manager ) which I had forgotten about: “We are going to continue having these meetings, everyday, until I find out why no work is getting done.” This was a project from hell. We did great work and I [...]
For some time now, I have been looking for a flexible, user friendly script, that would allow me to create a testimonial gathering page. While I could get a script developed, it makes absolutely no sense if I can buy a ready made script for under $50. And it includes all the bells and whistles. [...]
In the previous article, I gave two examples where outsourcing cost way more than was apparent. In this article I will begin to delve into some strategies and tips you can use to make outsourcing work. Firstly, let’s examine some concepts and questions you need to answer for yourselves before you embark on the outsourcing [...]
Provocative title. I want to make a significant point. Outsourcing, if handled incorrectly, can produce crap. Let me give you 2 examples. Example 1 Business Scenario: All European orders were shipped out of a separate distribution company in Germany. This company was not on SAP and used an older legacy system. We had to find [...]
If there is one key to a successful implementation, it is simply this: TESTING !!! Duh. Well that’s obvious. Well if it’s that obvious, why do so many implementations fail to do a decent job of it? It just amazes me, the number of times that I am standing behind a user doing go live support, [...]
This is something that has always bugged me on SAP Projects. You send somebody an important email, or reply to an email, only to discover several days later, that they never bothered to open it. How do you get them to open your email? I decided to start observing myself. I get about 100 email’s [...]
