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Technical articles on the SAP modules you actually run into on projects (EWM, PP, PM, MM, S/4HANA...) and career tips to move forward without burning out along the way.

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SAP Tutorials

SAP Object Locked by Another User: What It Means (SM12)

SAP Object Locked by Another User: What It Means (SM12) An object locked by another SAP user and an object you have no rights on feel exactly the same: everything...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
SAP Careers

Your First SAP Project as a Consultant: What to Expect

Your First SAP Project as a Consultant: What to Really Expect Nobody starts their first SAP project at the beginning of the project. That is the paradox of arriving: you...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 14 min read
SAP Tutorials

SAP Credit Block: Release a Blocked Sales Order (VKM1, VKM3)

SAP Credit Block: Release a Blocked Sales Order (VKM1, VKM3) and Understand OVA8 You create a sales order the way you do a hundred times a week, and instead of...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 19 min read
SAP Tutorials

SAP EWM Wave Management: Waves, WT and WO Explained

SAP EWM Wave Management: Mastering Picking Waves A misconception runs through almost every team I meet: "my wave creates my picking tasks." It does not. SAP EWM wave management builds...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 14 min read
SAP Tutorials

SAP BOM and Routing: Create the Pair (CS01, CA01)

SAP BOM and routing: understand and build the BOM / routing pair First thing to get straight, because this is where everyone stumbles: in SAP, a bill of materials has...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 19 min read
SAP Careers

SAP Consultant Interview Questions and How to Answer Them

You know your module inside out. You have practised your transactions, you know how to configure, you even have a project or two to talk about. And yet, on the...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 21 min read
SAP Careers

Career Change to SAP at 40: Is It Too Late?

Career Change to SAP at 40: Is It Too Late? When I really moved into SAP, I had spent nearly nine years in industrial maintenance. Methods technician, then team leader,...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
SAP Careers

SAP Consultant Resume: Junior and Career-Change Guide

You completed a training course, you know your module, you can configure a few things in a demo system. And yet, you send out your CV and nothing happens. No...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 17 min read
SAP Tutorials

SAP IDoc Guide: Read an IDoc, Fix Status 51 (WE02, BD87)

SAP IDoc Guide: How to Read an IDoc, Diagnose an Error (WE02 / WE19 / BD87) and Know When to Use It A failed SAP IDoc is often a junior...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 17 min read