This entry sounds like project management 101 and can be summarized as: don’t assume because when you do… and you know the rest of that one. The trick is to uncover your implicit assumptions, the explicit ones are easier to identify, whereas the ones lurking in your subconscious may only want to come out when they can trip you up.
Welcome to the SAP Project Management & Project Observations Blog
October 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
Introduction
Welcome to my SAP project management and project observations blog. I’m Tim Cooper, an SAP FI/CO certified consultant with a lot of project management experience. My goal with this blog isn’t to make you PMP certified or to address all and any project management issues you may have. Instead I’m going to share some of my experiences from various projects – some good, some not so good – with the hope that you can make your project more successful. At times I’m going write about subjects that will feel like it is project management 101, but I haven’t stopped being surprised by how often my assumptions have turned out to be incorrect and need to be reconfirmed.
I hope this blog is helpful to consultants and non-consultants: it should help you understand some of each others’ expectations and make working together a better experience for you both.
Let me know what you think, but please be civil.
Sapphire/ASUG 2009 Presentation – Leveraging SAP to Improve AR to Cash Flow Conversion Efficiency, Lessons Learned
May 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Leveraging SAP to Improve A/R to Cash Flow Conversion Efficiency, Lessons Learned
In this economic climate, staffing levels are decreasing and at the same time customers are paying later than ever. Historically, increasing cash flow used to mean adding collections personnel. This option is simply not available in today’s recession. Learn how enhancing SAP accounts receivables workflows will immediately improve your AR performance.
Key Learning Points:
1. How to increase customer touches without increasing headcount.
2. Increase cash flow by ensuring that collection events are optimized to maximize cash flow.
3. Measurements and reports to highlight at-risk customers, late payment trends, and other A/R metrics including enhanced cash flow forecasting.
Speakers: Tim Cooper – Senior Project Manager – DataXstream, LLC.
Tim has over 20 years of SAP FICO experience with an emphasis on accounts receivable, deductions & collections processes. As a senior project manager at DataXstream he has deployed & supported A/R solutions at Textron Greenlee, Ferrero & Intradeco Apparel. Tim brings project management experience and a hands-on perspective to engagements. His experience also includes large complex SAP projects at companies as diverse as Lucent Technologies, Armstrong World Industries, and Bayer Corp.
Speaker: Chris Caparon – President – Cforia Software
Chris graduated from the University of Michigan in 1987 with dual degrees in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. After graduating, he worked for seven years with several large distribution companies in a variety of management roles. His areas of experience include: Accounting; engineering; manufacturing; materials planning; quality; and sales. Chris began business consulting in 1994 to leverage his broad range of business process knowledge and technical background. Over the next six years, Chris ran a 20 person consulting, sales and programming practice that focused on implementing ERP applications and business process reengineering. He successfully ran over fifty projects across multiple business models. As a result of his extensive experience in ERP software systems, Chris decided to concentrate his efforts on the weakest element in these packages, AR management. Chris co-founded Cforia Software in 2000 with the goal of providing a best of breed application that streamlined the credit, collections and deductions processes to generate cash flow and earnings. He has successfully implemented over 75 customers that include Napa Auto Parts, Citizen Watch, Teledyne, Stryker Medical, Seiko Watch, Sunrise Medical, and Ashley Furniture.
ASUG Sapphire 2009 Presentation
March 19, 2009 By
DataXstream – 2009 ASUG Presentation (May 14th at noon)
Presenters: Timothy Cooper of DataXstream and Chris Caparon of Cforia Software
Leveraging SAP to Improve A/R to Cash Flow Conversion Efficiency, Lessons Learned
In this economic climate, staffing levels are decreasing and at the same time customers are paying later than ever.
Historically, increasing cash flow used to mean adding collections personnel. This option is simply not available in today’s recession. Learn how enhancing SAP accounts receivables workflows will immediately improve your AR performance.
Key Learning Points:
1. How to increase customer touches without increasing headcount.
2. Increase cash flow by ensuring that collection events are optimized to maximize cash flow.
3. Measurements and reports to highlight at-risk customers, late payment trends, and other A/R metrics including enhanced cash flow forecasting.
Speakers: Tim Cooper – Senior Project Manager – DataXstream, LLC.
Tim has over 20 years of SAP FICO experience with an emphasis on accounts receivable, deductions & collections processes. As a senior project manager at DataXstream he has deployed & supported A/R solutions at Textron Greenlee, Ferrero & Intradeco Apparel. Tim brings project management experience and a hands-on perspective to engagements. His experience also includes large complex SAP projects at companies as diverse as Lucent Technologies, Armstrong World Industries, and Bayer Corp.
Speaker: Chris Caparon – President – Cforia Software
Chris graduated from the University of Michigan in 1987 with dual degrees in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. After graduating, he worked for seven years with several large distribution companies in a variety of management roles. His areas of experience include: Accounting; engineering; manufacturing; materials planning; quality; and sales. Chris began business consulting in 1994 to leverage his broad range of business process knowledge and technical background. Over the next six years, Chris ran a 20 person consulting, sales and programming practice that focused on implementing ERP applications and business process reengineering. He successfully ran over fifty projects across multiple business models. As a result of his extensive experience in ERP software systems, Chris decided to concentrate his efforts on the weakest element in these packages, AR management. Chris co-founded Cforia Software in 2000 with the goal of providing a best of breed application that streamlined the credit, collections and deductions processes to generate cash flow and earnings. He has successfully implemented over 75 customers that include Napa Auto Parts, Citizen Watch, Teledyne, Stryker Medical, Seiko Watch, Sunrise Medical, and Ashley Furniture.
Please visit the ASUG Annual Conference website for more details as well as the
Featured Educational Content section for additional information and schedule of events.
Cforia Webinar – Leveraging SAP to Improve A/R to Cash Flow Conversion Efficiency
March 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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In this economic climate, staffing levels are decreasing at the same time customers are paying later than ever. Historically increasing cash flow meant adding collections personnel. This option is simply not available in today’s environment.
Join us on Thursday, March 19 at 1PM Eastern as Cforia Software and DataXstream discuss SAP accounts receivable automation.
Attend this webinar to learn how enhancing SAP accounts receivable workflows will improve your A/R performance by 10 to 20% during the next 90 days:
- How to increase customer touches without increasing head count
- Increase cash flow by ensuring that collection events are optimized
- Flag questionable customers for additional financial analysis
- Measurements and reports to highlight at-risk customers, late payment trends, and other A/R metrics including cash flow forecasting
- Improve Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls with segregation of responsibilities for FI/CO.
Presented By: Tim Cooper of DataXstream and Chris Caparon of Cforia Software. Tim Cooper has over 20 years of SAP experience and possesses Finance and Controlling (FI/CO) Certification. He currently works for DataXstream as an implementation consultant, who integrates Cforia’s Accounts Receivable Automation Software into SAP customer environments. From 1997 to 2007, he worked in a variety of FI/CO areas including Order-to-Cash at Lucent Technologies. Prior to that, Tim was an FI/CO consultant who specialized in Order-to-Cash Business Process optimization at large client companies including Bayer Corporation, Cott Beverages and Armstrong World Industries.
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