What to Expect with SAP Order to Cash Process?

SAP Order Management is billed as a complete "order to cash process" system. It helps retailers and other businesses improve the efficiency of the entire order cycle from the moment an order is placed (oftentimes long before that) to the receipt and reconciliation of the payment. The term "order to cash" is not unique to SAP. It refers to all of the business processes required from receiving the order, packaging it, delivering it, and depositing the money in the bank.

SAP Order Management includes tools for managing all of these processes. A few of the functions in the SAP order to cash process are listed below:

• Account management - Integration with SAP CRM means that you can easily manage customer data throughout the order to cash cycle. It also provides everyone involved from sales reps to billing clerks and senior management with a holistic view of customer data.  
• Quotes and sales order management - As an integrated solution, SAP supports inventory and supply chain operations, making managing quotes, proposals, and orders a streamlined, efficient process.
• E-commerce - SAP also supports e-commerce both for B2B and B2C scenarios. Websites can include catalogs, shopping carts, product searches, and more.
• Contract management - Whether you need to manage contracts or ensure that a customer receives a specific discount, built-in contract management and pricing tools make doing so a snap.
• SAP accounts payable/receivable - Paying suppliers and receiving customer payments through an integrated system is essential to ensuring adequate cash flow.
• Returns - Enabling an efficient means of handling returns can help to reassure customers that they will be taken care of should they need to return an item. This reassurance can prompt hesitant customers to buy. Should the item be returned, efficiently minimizes costs.  
• Invoicing - Invoicing is crucial to any business, but it's also a time-consuming task. SAP order to cash process systems automate invoicing as well as allow for online invoice submissions and online payments.

These are a few highlights of how the SAP order to cash process works (Source: Dolphin Corp. SAP Order To Cash). It's a complete system for all processes related to an order including quotes, contracts, returns, billing, and more.

                                                                                                                                                                        

James Hadley is a professional business and IT consultant specializing in SAP solutions. On his spare time he enjoys traveling, fishing and rooting for the San Francisco 49ers.

GTA 5 could arrive on PC early next year

Released on Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, Grand Theft Auto V could land on our favorite tricks from the first quarter of 2014. The wait will finally not too long. You waited for his release on PC to play GTA IV, despite its bugs, crash and are obvious lack of optimization? Then you should rejoice, because according to sources, Rockstar could be preparing the release of GTA V on PC in early 2014.

According to "multiple sources" of the environment, the game, which broke sales records, generating over a billion dollars in a handful of days, could come out in the first quarter on our laps. Like its predecessor, GTA V could happen on a PC a few months after its release on consoles. This information confirms what an officer of Nvidia hinted last August during a conference call on financial results for the graphics chip maker. It was well said "The players prepare their configuration to a slew of big titles this fall, with blockbusters like Call of Duty: Ghosts, Grand Theft Auto 5 and Assassin’s Creed 4."

Twitter launches Android Tablet App, Initially just for Galaxy Note 10.1 2014

Users of Android tablets expected a Twitter app for a long time. It has finally arrived but for now, those of Samsung starting with the 2014 edition Galaxy Note 10.1. People use more and more mobile devices to surf the Web. In the second quarter of 2013, Android tablets even dominated the sector with more than 62% market share. This has pushed Twitter to announce the October 10, 2013 on his blog the release of an application optimized for Android tablets.

 Landscape view of the application offers a single screen view tweets, trends, accounts follow. At the touch of the screen, photos, videos or articles appear on the right side of the tablet. That is enticing. This version of Twitter is currently only available for the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition of Samsung!

It will be then for the other Samsung products “it will arrive on other Android tablets by the end of the year," said a online source. The purpose of Twitter is to take advantage of some of the new features of this tablet: multi-screen view, drawing the picture with the S- Pen. A widget has also been created to directly access the contents of the other micro blogging sites.

Your Family Can Be Proud Of Your Home Security Success

Security: how can I get this within my home? What sort of measures can I take to protect my loved ones? What advice is out there which can help me out? This article guides you through many different strategies which will not only secure your home, but do so in the most affordable manner.

Home Security in Nashville TN

Your home is the one space where you are supposed to feel most secure. If something threatens the sanctity of your home, it can cause emotional and physical trauma. At Interactive Alarms, we are committed to helping the residents of our community ensure complete home security. In Nashville, our home security products can be combined to address your specific concerns, and put your mind at ease. Our full line of security products for residential properties includes:

Burglar Alarms Interactive Alarms understands the many emotions that a burglary can cause. From helplessness to anxiety, an intruder in your home not only poses a threat to your possessions, but also to your state of mind. With our burglar alarms for Nashville homes, we help families gain back their confidence in the security of their space. By utilizing high-tech motion detectors and innovative glass-break sensors, we will always be able to tell when your home is in danger and notify the proper authorities immediately.

When you move into a new home change all the locks. Even though the previous homeowner may have given you keys to the house, there might be a key out there that someone has. To be sure you are as safe as possible, get all new locks for your new house.  Do you have a dog that stays in your yard when you're not at home? Your pet might just be the perfect place to stash a spare key to your home. Put it on your dog's collar, making sure it is hidden. This is very effective if your pet is afraid of strangers; therefore, burglars are not very likely to notice the key.
Refrain from using candles in your house unless it is absolutely necessary. If you do burn a candle, make sure that you blow it out when you are completed. It is vital that no burning flame is left unattended because one slip can destroy your home and potential hurt your loved ones.  While home security systems are effective in most cases, many robberies are committed during daylight hours when the home is not vacant. In this case, the security system may not be activated so no warning would be sounded. Most burglars enter the home at some other point than the front door.
Sit your family down and create a fire escape plan depending on what region of the house you are in. This is crucial, as it will serve as the quickest plan to leave the house safely and effectively in an emergency. Practice your plan with your family as these few hours can save lives.  If you are moving into a new home, the first thing you should do to make your home more secure is to change the locks. You do not have to change the actual locks, a locksmith can re-key the locks to make them inaccessible with any of the previous keys.
Do not list your full name in the phone book or on your mail box. This can give possible intruders a lot of information about you and allow them break into your home a lot easier. Instead, only list your last name and possibly your first initial, this is much safer.  Rural areas are just as prone to break-ins as cities. Nonetheless, people in the country may be at greater risk due to being far away from neighbors. That said, stranger things have happened.
Walls can be a great hiding spot. Small items of value can be hidden for safety in your home's walls. Simply take advantage of an unused switch plate, electrical outlet, or phone jack. If there are no unused plates, you can easily install fake ones.  Avoid putting your name on your mailbox. As silly as it may seem, doing so gives a thief ammunition to break into your home. They could easily call directory assistance using your name to get your phone number. Then, they will call you to find out if you are home or not.
Video Surveillance
Cameras are a great way to protect your home and family. If you make the cameras noticeable, just having them on your property is enough to deter many criminals. High quality video surveillance systems have gone down in price in recent years and are affordable for almost any budget now.  Video security systems are a nightmare for a burglar. When you see a burglar with a mask in the movie, you are watching fiction. Many intruders will not wear masks to be less noticeable. Burglars who see a surveillance camera in place usually beat a hasty retreat.
Don't pass up the complimentary services that Interactive Alarms offers, like remote monitoring and video storage!
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4D Printing

4D printing, the printing of the future ? Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created with the help of 3D printing three-dimensional objects that can change their shape according to predetermined specifications. 3D printers have become much more than just a quick hype. As an integral part of productions in IT, medicine, space and decor; printing technology offers a wide range of design options.

The researcher Skylar Tibbits wants to use this by the architect, designers and computer scientists, however, much further. With its own research team, he sat down at the big project “4D printing" and produced using 3D printers objects that take on a new shape, when they are placed in water. The prototypes of the computer scientist work on the basis DIY principle of individual molecules (Molecular self-assembly technology).

Objects are first collected by means of 3D printing of various materials, among which some change in certain environments or influences in their form. In the example of the MIT scientist, it is done with process in the water. The water is responsible for the deformation of two different polymers. Consisting of individual molecular chains of the polymers being doubled its volume and thus provides for some time for the new shape of the object.

However, water alone does not appear to be possible in this case as the only source for shape shifting. Skylar Tibbits looks for 4D - printing still much more potential with heat, sound or lasers. Even the current applications are still far not the end of possibilities - whether under water or in space. US Defense is together with the software company Autodesk computer scientist currently working on the development of other prototypes.

He presented preliminary results at the TED conference in Monterey, California. Received was very positive, the project 4D printing and the Research Office of the U.S. Army. This in turn invested 855,000 dollars in further research and hopes for the future, and already first adaptive textiles and vehicles according to the uniforms with camouflage pattern. Even more curious creations from the 3D printer can be found soon.