Once again, SAP and ASUG partnered to present two unique events in a single location at the same time: SAPPHIRE and the 2008 ASUG Annual Conference.

These two events delivered:

• Customer-driven education
• Expert insights
• Peer exchange
• The chance to engage SAP in an open, collaborative environment

Download the archived recording or the slide set, using the links below.

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With strong competition the demands on your warehouse operation increase, supply chain efficiency and flexibility are not just requirements for success. They are key for survival.

This presentation is designed to give warehouse and IT managers a useful framework for understanding SAP’s newer Warehouse Management application functionality. It will also assist companies in understanding which WM application to select when it comes time to upgrade their SAP environments.

The presentation will focus on the following areas:

• What does the evolution of SAP WM look like?
  A brief recap on past and future functionality for SAP’s WM application.
  
• What is some of the newer functionality that SAP WM has to offer?
  With the advent of TRM and eWM, the functionality within the WM application has been vastly improved. Capabilities such as cross docking, dynamic cycle counting, slotting, yard management and task interleaving are now standard functionalities within particular releases.
  
• What WM solution is right for you when it comes time for an upgrade?
  A comparison chart on some of the newer functionality and release information to help you make a more informed decision when it comes time to upgrade your SAP® R/3 system

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Learn how Barber Foods, a leader in the production of frozen chicken specialties, gained visibility and control at its new distribution center with SAP® Warehouse Management, SAPConsole(tm) & supply chain services from Catalyst.

Download this webinar to hear Barber Foods' project case study.

Representatives from Barber Foods and Catalyst International share:

• Important decision criteria behind bringing warehousing operations in-house
• A look into the design phase process
• An overview of the solution and development highlights
• Benefits and optimizations gained
• Keys to project success

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If you are like most businesses you have a major investment in inventory and maintaining that inventory. With thousands or tens of thousands of items to keep track of, your costs likely include debt service and insurance as well as costs associated with providing space for the inventory and labor for handling it into and out of your supply chain. Learn how to gain real value from an inventory optimization solution and the best project implementation methodology to ensure rapid ROI.

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This webcast provides an overview of basic SOA concepts and how they fit into SAP's ESA initiative. In addition, you will see a practical demonstration of how to create a service in NetWeaver Development Studio.

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Your ability to control one of the largest costs in your supply chain resides in your ability to objectively measure performance. In this presentation, we will show SAP user companies how to maximize labor utilization, increase throughput and increase overall operational efficiency with labor management standards and best practices. You will learn how to capture labor in the warehouse, shop-floor, plant maintenance, or essentially anywhere you need to measure labor activity. We will show you what you need to know about labor and what you should be doing differently to create a more efficient work force.

You will learn:

• How labor is broken down in a distribution center
• What SAP user companies should be doing differently to create a more efficient work force
• How SAP user companies can use labor management standards and best practices to achieve rapid time to value

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How did a leading online retailer of cookware use inventory replenishment and planning software from Catalyst International to reduce their inventory costs by 35% and their replenishment planning time by 75%? Representatives from both Cooking.com and Catalyst will share information about key implementation goals, benefits and optimizations gained, key metrics, how they implemented the system in less than three weeks and received a return on investment in less than 90 days.

You will learn:

• How to enable time savings with management by exception
• How to model new SKUs against other SKUs for potential sales patterns
• How to model future sales based on causal factors that drive demand

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How did a leading sugar refinery use SAPConsole to increase their inventory visibility? In this presentation, you will learn how C & H Sugar used SAPConsole to achieve greater visibility, and increase productivity and efficiency. Representatives from both C & H Sugar and Catalyst International will share information about key implementation goals, an overview of the solution and development highlights, benefits and optimizations gained, key metrics, and what they considered to be their keys to success.

You will learn:

• How to optimize your supply chain with SAPConsole
• How to achieve greater inventory visibility
• Implementation goals, solution overview, development highlights, benefits gained, key metrics and keys to success

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Are you looking for ways to reduce labor costs while increasing productivity? Labor Management is a proven solution that provides competitive advantage and will soon become a competitive necessity. Some studies have shown that labor can be more than half of the cost of distributing. But are you getting your money’s worth? An industry expert at ARC Advisory Group has reported that a typical distribution center worker is only about 70% effective. Labor management is the way to improve this number. This webinar highlights the key capabilities of a labor management system and shows how an LMS enables rapid time to value.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can:

• Maximize your existing labor investment by tracking and minimizing idle and indirect time
• Unmask unproductive time
• Achieve double digit productivity and throughput gains by deploying your resources for maximum profit

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Many retail and DOD suppliers do not understand the impact recent mandates will have on their organization. Catalyst is a leading RFID solutions provider with expertise in adding value beyond compliance. Discover how you can comply with RFID mandates and realize significant improvements in your supply chain through RFID.

View these educational Webinars and learn:

• The specific compliance requirements from your retail distributor or the DOD
• How you can meet short term requirements and gain long term scalability and flexibility
• How to gain cost savings from a smaller investment in a preconfigured solution
• How to leverage our knowledge of EPC technology and compliance implications
• How suppliers of these retailers and the DOD are already leveraging the RFID technology

Compliance and Beyond for Retail Suppliers
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RFID Compliance and Beyond for DOD Suppliers
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An increasing number of companies have or are considering adoption of SAP’s warehouse management (WM) module and related logistics solutions. Unfortunately, information that can help companies successfully deploy these SAP solutions and add the wireless capabilities critical to high performance logistics has been hard to find.

At this web seminar you will learn:

• The options and keys to success for adding wireless capabilities to SAP’s logistics applications.
• The function and capabilities of SAP’s RF Console and Web Console.
• How your current SAP environment impacts options for adding wireless.
• Physical wireless infrastructure and security considerations in an SAP environment.
• How Insight, a multi-billion provider of IT systems and solutions, successfully deployed a new wireless system with its SAP WM module.

Webinar Leaders:

• Dan Gilmore, President and Chief Editor of SCDigest, will moderate the web seminar. Co-presenters include:
  • Devendar Alety, WMS Project Manager at Insight, which has recently gone live with a large scale wireless implementation using SAP WM
  • Ed Krueger, LXE, a leader in rugged wireless computers and RF data collection networks.
  • Kyle Sorenson, Catalyst, a leading provider of SAP WM implementation and integration services

It’s an event anyone currently using or considering SAP logistics applications will not want to miss.

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On September 8, Catalyst significantly strengthened its resources and capabilities with the formal transfer of ownership to the institutional investment firm ComVest Investment Partners. This is great news for Catalyst and all of our customers. Our new owners have the financial strength-plus a strong commitment to our business-that will enable Catalyst to continue to provide customers with the innovative new products and services they need to get the most value from their supply chains.

This Webinar gives Catalyst customers the opportunity to meet its new Board and talk to its leadership team.

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In this Webinar, you will learn how Intermec and Catalyst International partnered to create synergies that enabled greater visibility, increased productivity and efficiency, reduced labor and handling time, and increased customer satisfaction. Representatives from both Intermec and Catalyst will share information about key implementation goals, an overview of the solution and development highlights, benefits and optimizations gained, key metrics, and what they considered to be their keys to success. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can use SAP WM and SAPConsole to optimize your supply chain.

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Join us for an in-depth discussion, which will reveal the hidden potential within WM and IM. This Webinar includes demonstrations of both IM and WM and outlines the benefits of each as well as ways to optimize the software.