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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 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
SAP Tutorials

SAP Output Determination: How SAP Decides What to Print or Send (NACE)

SAP output determination: how SAP decides which document to print or send (NACE) A SAP output document never fires "just because". When a sales order goes out as an email...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 15 min read
SAP Tutorials

SAP SM30 Table Maintenance: Edit a Table Without a Developer

SAP SM30: maintain a customizing table without a developer (and when to use SM31 or SE11) A consultant forwards me a screenshot: "Michael, the client wants to add three rows...

Michael Antoine Michael A. 16 min read