28 November 2012

SAP PO authorisation training

To improve controls on expenditure, took part in short on-line SAP course with director about purchase order and invoicing approval.  This system was set up making good use of email notifications and should now allow the director to have a clearer audit trail of PO approval within SAP.

18 November 2012

Prophix Forecasting update

Had update training on Prophix P10 forecasting software, following replacement of P3 Personnel module with DPM (detailed planning manager).  Looks good having all the data in one module so that personnel changes feed through to the P&L more quickly.  Also allows improved reporting from the Ad Hoc Report Generator which feeds to Excel - so this should allow easier people cost variance analysis against future actuals.

13 October 2012

SAP training

Took a revision course on SAP.  The stand out feature when comparing one set up with another that I have worked with is the log on process: for one organisation, SAP had separate log on details to Windows, for the other, access to Windows gave access to SAP.  Think how much time is cost/saved each day against the potential security risk.