Newsletter March 2008

Useful tips for your work with SAP® HCM

Today you’ll learn in our newsletter:

• why it is best to start with Time Management installing a BI-System
• how to configure the layout of job and position description in OM.
• how to eliminate form problems in Travel Management in ERP2005.
• how to avoid inconsistent object names in OM.
• how to leverage BAdIs to customize SAP HCM Performance Management.
• how iProCon HCM can help you to maximize your human potential.

"Business is not about company-to-company. It is about people-to-people."
Warren East, CEO of ARM

1 Tips in SAP® HCM

BI: Starting with SAP BI in the area of Time Management
Using Business Intelligence Systems in the area of human resources becomes more and more important to provide different groups of people in a company with key data, so that they can make strategic decisions based on the given information. This raises the value of the human resources department to a strategic business partner. Systems that become more and more capable are needed to provide the required data automatically. Read further and learn why it is best to start with Time Management when you intend to implement SAP BI.
Article from Hassmann-Consulting

OM: Job- and position-description in Organizational Management
They may already be familiar: reports RHXDESC0 (job description) and RHXDESC1 (position description). You can configure the layout of these descriptions without programming, in accordance with your needs. In order to find out how to do this, click here.
Article from Projektkultur

Travel: Upgrading to ERP2005 and problems with forms
After upgrading to ERP2005 an error may occur when initialising the expense report / travel expense statement in travel manager or travel expense manager. That is because the standard tries to display the new pdf-based form (Adobe). If you still want to use the old form you have to change the following customizing setting: Travel Management > Travel Expenses > Dialog and Travel Expenses Control > Travel Expenses Control > Travel Expenses Control (Expert View), row Other Settlemen, 3rd group, set the 4th value to '1'.
Article from iProCon

OM: Inconsistency when renaming translated objects (infotype 1000)
When you rename objects in transaction PP01 you will get inconsistent infotype records if different languages of an object name exist.
Example: The object name of an organizational unit (Department XY) is also existent in German language (Abteilung XY). On 01/01/2008 the object name changes (Department YZ). You copy the infotype 1000 in transaction PP01 'Object' and change the English title in new record beginning 01/01/2008. The previous record will be delimited at 12/31/2007. The new record with the English title is valid from 01/01/2008 to 12/31/9999. But, the record with the German translation will only be delimited at 12/31/2007 without creating a new record from 01/01/2008. The Germany title does not exist anymore in your system.
You can avoid this error if you copy and rename the organizational unit in transaction PPOME. There will be automatically created a new record from 01/01/2008 to 12/31/9999 with the same name which you can change afterwards.
Article from iProCon

2 Publications from AdManus

Leverage BAdIs to Customize SAP HCM Performance Management
More than 50 Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) are available in SAP HCM Performance Management. However, with flexibility comes complexity. Sven Ringling and Jens Richter from iProCon tell you what’s available, how to integrate BAdIs into your process and which pitfalls you should avoid. (The article can be accessed by HR-Expert subscribers via www.hrexpertonline.com)

3 News from AdManus

iProCon starts new venture in UK focusing Strategic HR and Change
'iProCon Human Capital Management Limited' (www.iproconhcm.co.uk), short 'iProCon HCM', was established in January in London as a joint venture between AdManus Member iProCon GmbH and two individuals with a strong background in corporate strategy and HR management. iProCon is represented among the executive directors by former AdManus board member Sven Ringling.
The new consultancy firm aims at helping large and medium sized organizations in Europe to build the best possible Human Capital to support their strategic goals. The experience of the individuals involved is a strong mix of corporate and consulting careers in HR as well as in the business. This supports the goal to take Human Capital Management beyond the walls of the HR department. The service offering comprises the following areas, all around the common theme of HCM:

• People Strategy with the iProCon HCCEM (Human Capital Capability Excellence Model) at its core
• Change Capabilities and Innovation
• Organisational Culture
• Strategic Sourcing
• Operational delivery of the above

Following the tradition of its parent as an AdManus Member, iProCon HCM also want to share cutting edge knowledge in their field. Therefore they offer a knowledge base on their website and a free e-newsletter, which can be subscribed to via this link: www.iproconhcm.co.uk/NL

AdManus Customer Survey 2008 has been completed
As in previous years, all AdManus-consultants decided to face up to an anonymized evaluation by their customers. And again, the result was an enjoyable one: On a scale of 1 (very high) to 5 (extremely low), average customer satisfaction was 1.7, including all evaluations provided, and at a return rate of just under 45%.
For more details on the survey results, click here. If you want to know why these customer surveys are so important to us, you can find out here.

4 Events in SAP® HCM

SAP HR 2008 conference in Orlando, Florida: AdManus-led sessions and general trends
We’ve been there for you! The large independent conference hosted by Wellesley Information Services featured 125 presentations around SAP HCM and subscribers of this newsletter will be able to get their share from this knowledge through articles and tips in future edition of the AdManus newsletter. One more reason to forward it to your friends and colleagues and invite them to subscribe.
iProCon Consultant Sven Ringling presented two sessions in Orlando: 'Aligning Your SAP ERP HCM Investment with Your Business Strategy and Stakeholders' and 'How and when to use BAdIs to customize SAP ERP HCM Performance Management'. Read here what these sessions where about and get to know some overall trends from the conference.

5 German Language Lesson

We invite you to practice your German language skills as our German subscribers do it reverse. In this issue we choose some vocabulary from the article 'Strategic HR Management'.
You find the lesson via this link.