Best practices in SAP P2P

Best practices in SAP P2P

Based on years of experience with SAP improvement processes in the Procure to Pay (P2P) process, Avelon has established a number of best practices. Using these recommendations, significant improvements in the P2P process can be realized. In this blog we will discuss the do's and don'ts.

Manage your data with SAP MDG

Manage your data with SAP MDG

In the past, many organizations have developed customized solutions optimizing processes around SAP master data management. Some years ago, SAP developed a fully-fledged standard alternative: SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).

We've moved!

We've moved!

As of September 1, 2018, we have moved!

The doors of our office at the Bruistensingel in 's-Hertogenbosch are now closed. We have taken great pleasure in moving into the beautiful building of Creative Valley at Orteliuslaan 9, 3528 BA in Utrecht.

We look forward to welcoming you to our new office!

Avelon Update April 2018

Avelon Update April 2018

This Avelon update covers the following topics:

  • purchase orders capture with a Fiori app. 
  • Which other Fiori apps work at ECC?
  • All your digital invoices automatically in SAP via a single channel using Avelon E-Invoicing
  • Heineken chooses Fiori Invoice Approval app from Avelon
  • This year 5 consultants are Fiori certified!

Heineken chooses Fiori Invoice Approval app from Avelon

Heineken chooses Fiori Invoice Approval app from Avelon

After an extensive investigation, Heineken opted for Avelon's Fiori Invoice Approval app for internal approval of incoming invoices. The app is combined with the SAP Invoice Management functionality of OpenText. 

No HANA, right Fiori?

No HANA, right Fiori?

Would you also like to modernise the ease of use of your SAP system, but are you not yet ready for (S/4)HANA? There are many Fiori apps available that do not require (S/4)HANA, making the Fiori experience and ease of use possible within your current SAP ERP environment. Various Fiori apps are available to modernise the P2P process.

Fiori certification Avelon colleagues

Fiori certification Avelon colleagues

On 8 March 2018, four colleagues passed the SAP Fiori certification exam. Last month our colleague Joost already passed the exam. All of them were successful and achieved their certification. From now on they can call themselves "SAP Certified Fiori Application Developer".

Province of Overijssel successfully live with new SAP system

Province of Overijssel successfully live with new SAP system

The Province of Overijssel has successfully implemented its new SAP environment on HANA as of 2 January 2018. The financial processes, project management and the procure to pay process have been re-implemented and made future-proof. 

Avelon present at Connect to Innovate 2017

Avelon present at Connect to Innovate 2017

The Connect to Innovate Congress on 3 and 4 October 2017; the annual update for the SAP community. With a strong content programme in which you will learn all about the latest developments in the SAP field. Avelon was there.

SAP Cloud Platform Workflow

SAP Cloud Platform Workflow

The trend within SAP Enterprise software is to move more and more to the cloud. SAP Cloud Platform Workflow is part of the SAP Cloud Platform (SCP). With the SAP Cloud Platform Workflow service, customers and partners can easily and quickly develop, run and manage workflow-based applications. Since March 2017, this solution has been generally available within the SAP Cloud platform.

Avelon newsletter April 2017

Avelon newsletter April 2017

Welcome to the renewed Avelon newsletter. In this edition we cover the following topics:

  • E-invoicing 
  • Fiori Invoice approval app
  • Manage subscriptions Workflow / SIM / Fiori
  • SAP Invoice Management (SIM) 7.0 support ends end 2017

Business Workflow Innovations in SAP S/4 HANA

Business Workflow Innovations in SAP S/4 HANA

SAP Business Workflow has been the standard tool for automating procedures and optimizing business processes for many years. The team responsible for the workflow environment has made various changes to the workflow runtime and development environment in order to better meet new needs.

The future direction of SAP Workflow

The future direction of SAP Workflow

On January 19, 2017, Avelon organizes together with the VNSG and SAP SE a theme afternoon at SAP in Den Bosch. This day will be dedicated to the future developments of workflow and the associated business benefits. It will be a varied afternoon, for both developers and business users who work with SAP workflow .

SAP Workflow inbox performance

SAP Workflow inbox performance

By assigning workflow tasks to multiple people, a shared responsibility for processing is created. A disadvantage of this can be a lower performance of the workflow inbox. A recent SAP OSS note improves the performance within the Fiori My Inbox app and the SAP GUI Workflow inbox.

VNSG Congress: 4 & 5 October 2016

VNSG Congress: 4 & 5 October 2016

The VNSG Congress on October 4 and 5, 2016; the annual update for the SAP community. With a content strong program where you will learn all about the latest developments in SAP. Choose from 132 customer, VNSG and SAP presentations, partner sessions, SAP product roadmap and live influencing sessions, roundtable discussions and workshops.

Fiori My Inbox 2.0

Fiori My Inbox 2.0

In the first generation of Fiori apps, SAP developed separate apps for processing workflow-based approval tasks. Separate apps were delivered to handle approval tasks around purchase orders, ATBs, leave requests, declarations etc. SAP's new vision recommends that one app be used in the future to handle workflow tasks: the Fiori My Inbox app.

Heineken wins OpenText Elite Award 2016

Heineken wins OpenText Elite Award 2016

HEINEKEN WINS OPENTEXT ELITE AWARD 2016

Heineken has received an award from OpenText in the category "Most innovative project in the Food and Beverage sector". With this, international recognition is given to the projects Heineken has carried out worldwide, using the Vendor Invoice Management software for SAP solutions. 

A team of consultants from Avelon (Open Text and SAP partner) has helped Heineken to set up a global solution with country-specific extensions and roll it out to the various country organizations around the world. Avelon was part of this successful team during the entire process.