This blog introduces the Federated Master Data Governance (MDG) concept, a new option for data management within organizations. It emphasizes the critical importance of accurate master data for business operations. The blog explains the need for a federated approach in data governance, which balances central standardization with the specific requirements of different business units, and highlights benefits such as flexibility, efficiency, and cloud preparedness.
This blog introduces key updates in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) on SAP S/4HANA 2023, highlighting the new cloud-ready mode for enhanced flexibility in data governance and federated governance for distributed data ownership. It also covers the integration with SAP Fiori 4.0 for a better user interface, along with updates in business partner governance, data quality management, and process analytics.
Avelon, a renowned SAP partner in the field of process optimization, has made the strategic decision to operate independently in the Netherlands and Belgium. Avelon Netherlands will continue its domestic and international activities under the name "Avelon," with its headquarters located in Utrecht.
This blog post highlights the importance of data quality in modern, data-driven organizations, with SAP Data Quality Management (DQM) playing an essential role. SAP DQM, part of SAP Master Data Governance, maintains and improves data quality through processes such as data normalization, validation, correction, and quality monitoring.
This blog discusses cloud solutions for processing supplier invoices versus SAP Invoice Management (SAP IM). The best choice depends on organizational need. This article compares multiple options from an implementation and operational standpoint.
The University of Amsterdam and Hogeschool van Amsterdam recently switched from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA. Our colleague Hylke Visser supervised the transition of Vendor Invoice Management (VIM). Curious about more background on this transition and its impact on SAP VIM? Read all about it in this blog.
Our colleague Martin Nooteboom had the chance to support Nouryon with a solution for their Transportation Management invoice process. He created a solution to process the invoices coming into the regular process via SAP VIM, including an interface to SAP TM.
Introducing SAP MDG S/4 HANA 2022, the latest release of SAP's Master Data Governance solution! This version brings 20 innovative new features developed based on customer and partner priorities identified through the SAP Customer Connection program. The enhancements aim to address improvement requests and make MDG S/4 HANA 2022 the most customer-focused release yet.
Implementing an SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) on S/4HANA as a master data hub in your SAP landscape forces you to think about migrating your supplier and customer master data towards business partners. This exercise should be performed in due course anyway when you migrate to S/4HANA, it simplifies the transition when you have already completed this step.
Because of our long-standing partnership with OpenText, Avelon was recently invited back to an exciting 2023 OpenText Deep Dive session. During this technology-focused event, OpenText shared with us the latest strategic roadmap for Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) (also known as SAP Invoice Management (SIM)) and its related products such as VIM Beyond Finance and Intelligent Capture.
PepsiCo has selected the Avelon Offline Email Approval solution. This is a functionality in ECC or S4/HANA that allows an approver to approve or reject a workflow step by clicking a link in an email without the user having a direct connection to SAP.
As of recent versions of OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM), also referred to as SAP Invoice Management (SIM), licenses no longer apply only to invoice processing. The software is now also prepared to process other document types such as order confirmations, delivery notes, quotations, sales orders and payment advices. This expanded scope is referred to as VIM beyond Finance.
To develop reliable, automated workflows for the capture of business-critical data, Distrelec Group implemented OpenText™ Vendor Invoice Management (VIM). VIM is not only suitable for processing incoming invoices, but can also be used for processing quotations, delivery notes, PO confirmations and sales orders.
In the week of November 8 to 12, 2021, the VNSG organized its traditional annual online congress Focus Online. Avelon also contributed to this through the webinar "Optimization by iRPA and chatbots". This session discussed the added value and concrete use cases. The presentation was illustrated with a number of demos.
Recently, the so-called "free tier model" has become available for SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). This licensing model allows you to get started with your own free instance of SAP BTP. The free tier model allows you to explore services including SAP Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and even try them out productively until a certain capacity limit is reached.
How do iRPA and chatbots help to optimize your processes, reduce pressure on administrative & support departments while increasing service levels? Do you want answers to these questions and insight into the initial explorations that the University of Utrecht, WML and the Province of North Brabant have conducted for this purpose together with SAP and Avelon? Then watch this webinar.
Province of North Brabant's desire to reduce complexity for users and improve insight and efficiency prompted the implementation of SAP S/4HANA and within it Avelon's Procure to Pay suite. This is a modern, user-centric solution for a simple, streamlined, compliant and audit-proof ordering and billing process in SAP.
Many SAP users link local PC files to SAP documents. In addition, many outgoing documents are generated by the SAP system.
The table in which attachments and generated documents are stored (the table SOFFCONT1) can occupy as much as 25% of the total database. When looking at the cost of storage in an SAP HANA environment, reducing the database can realize significant cost savings.
Following its annual tradition, SAP rewarded the cooperation with its partners by presenting the SAP Partner Awards. These awards were given virtually to those who have achieved exceptional performance in the past year. This year, Avelon advanced to the finals for the "SAP Service Partner of the year" award. Naturally, we are extremely proud of this!
Due to the growth of the organisation, Wavin needed a more robust and comprehensive solution for the management of master data. With SAP Master Data Governance (MDG), Wavin and SAP partner Avelon are laying the foundation for a Master Data Hub where all master data are centrally consolidated and stored.
