One of the biggest evils that currently exist in practically all areas is stress. Many people get sick, unmotivated, depressed, etc. for living extremely busy lives, with many responsibilities, and mainly because of a lot of pressure. When we think about the project area, I would say that stress is the main problem faced by practically everyone who works in this area. In this post, we will talk a little about this complex and difficult topic, as well as talk about ways to manage it better. How are SAP projects? Before starting, I need to contextualize a little what my vision of the project ar ..read more

In today’s post, I’ll tell you a little bit about my journey from the choice to the day of my APICS CLTD certification. When I decided to get certified, I wished to find a post on the internet explaining the whole process, the biggest challenges, and the best study plan to get this valuable certification in the Supply Chain world. But I could not find it. What is APICs (Now ASCM)? Association for Supply Chain Management is the leading transformation/innovation/leadership in Supply Chain. It is a non-profit organization that has several deep training and certifications on the Supply Chain mark ..read more

We’ve already talked in a previous post about the discussion of whether or not to become a Certified SAP Consultant and in this post, we’ll talk step by step on how to become a Certified Consultant. First of all, I’ll say that it’s not a fast path, but for sure, you’ll get a good return. Choose the Certification One of the easiest ways to see which certifications are valid is by going to SAP’s own official certification site: https://training.sap.com/certification/ You will see the following screen (2021 Version): Click on the Link “View SAP Global Certifications”: You will be presented wit ..read more

Even if it is a big challenge, speaking a second language will be one of the best investments you will make in your personal and professional life. Many people postpone learning new languages ​​as much as possible, as they use as an excuse that learning other languages ​​is extremely hard work and takes a long time. I agree with the points of time and is expensive, but like everything in life, our biggest investments (and returns) take time and with languages, ​​this is no different. In an increasingly globalized world, mainly in the technology sector (and increasingly in other sectors), we o ..read more

Introduction It is a great pleasure that today we are publishing the sixth episode of our talk show “Talks” and I would like to thank both our interviewee of the day and all followers of SAP Steps. The idea of this interview program is to talk to people who are directly connected to the SAP world (Consultants, Project Managers, etc.), as well as to interview people who are on the “business” side and who have been or are going through SAP projects. Jacqueline is an experienced SAP ABAP Consultant having worked in the most different market segments. Below, I will transcribe the chat we had about ..read more

For some time now I would like to write a post on a subject that I consider so important in the SAP market. In fact, it is not really a specific subject, but rather a way of looking at the career. Like me, I am sure that a large majority of people started their careers in the SAP market directly or coming from areas that had little or nothing to do with the business area related to the module in which they chose to work. In my case, I started my career in technology at 16, worked as a Visual Basic programmer, then worked in the telecommunications market (CISCO), went back to technology at 21 ..read more

I decided to write an end of the year post for SAP Steps and the theme of this post will be how was the year 2020 and what is my feeling for the year 2021 when we think about the SAP market. 2020 The year 2020 started very strong, with several opportunities and large projects unfolding in the market. Myself, I started the year with a great trip to Zurich (Switzerland) to learn a little more about the template for a great project that was about to start. That was in February (just when COVID started to appear in the news). We started the project, several people from Europe came to Brazil to do ..read more

One of the most important topics within any SAP project is testing. The tests will determine the success of the project in addition to the quality of delivery. It is simply impossible for a project to be delivered without proper planning for this activity. Companies that save in this phase, usually have great headaches after the end of their projects and that is precisely why we are going to talk today about the main phases of testing within any SAP project. Unit Tests Unit tests are usually performed by the consultants themselves within a project. The environment used is that of Development ..read more

I have been working in the SAP market for many years and I have always been much more focused on technology than really on the Supply Chain area itself (I am a consultant for the MM Module – a member of Supply Chain), however in 2020 I decided to change my focus a little and decided to start an MBA in the Supply Chain Area. I confess that my initial expectation with the MBA was mainly to go deeper into the processes related to Supply Chain and to make a deeper connection between my technical knowledge with the business area. However, to my surprise, in addition to this main objective, my bigg ..read more

When we think about the activities that must be planned and performed within an SAP project, the Data Migration activity, without a doubt, is one of the most critical and important activities of any project. Generally, when the time is not invested in this important task, the results can be catastrophic. What is Data Migration? Basically, in a simplistic way, when we talk about data migration, we are talking about the act of loading data (either from another system or another version of SAP) into an SAP environment. Defining it this way, it seems to be something extremely simple, but it is no ..read more