Category: Technology

Insight for SAP – A new free app from Lithium Labs

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Here is a little app we threw together for SAP Customers, developers, users and generally interested parties in the ERP world.

We wanted to aggregate mutliple, interesting sources of SAP data and news and present it in a simple easy to use interface. The app pulls data from google, SDN, interesting blogs and the SAP news site.

As usual our apps always welcome news ideas and constrctive critism, so feel free to provide some feedback!


Here is a link to the app in the iTunes app store

iOS CRM for SAP and iPad – A free Mobile CRM App

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Introduction

So its finally ready for a quick demo, the app has taken a little bit longer than expected to develop but has been a really good experience. Having worked very little little with CRM, it was interesting to get a bit of background knowledge and information about the product and its potential.

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Background

I decided I wanted to build an enterprise app for the iPad while I was at TechEd a couple months ago, but wasn’t sure which direction to take – Should I go with a manufacturing related type app which assisted material handlers in the warehouse or something which is a little bit more generic and could be used by a wider audience. After meeting a couple great people at a Web Service Class (CD360) we got chatting and they planted the seed for something linked to CRM since users are often out of the office, don’t always want, or need, to take a laptop with them, and iPads seem to lend themselves well to such an environment. read more

SAP Note Viewer for iPhone

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Well, its been an interesting few months with the XCode platform and learning Objective C was interesting, but I am glad to announce my side project has been released and is available in the Apple App Store. The free app is called SAP Note Viewer for iPhone and is just that … a SAP OSS Note viewer which allows people to search for and download the notes and store them on their iPhone/iPad in PDF format.

The app also allows you to share the note details via email and mark specific notes as “Favorites” for easy reference.

Since this is Version 1, my intention is to simply get the ball rolling and hope for some feedback from the community to get some ideas on where it should go and what functionality everyone would like to see. read more

2011 SAP Demojam Ideas

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These were my SAP TechEd (which includes Demojam) ideas for 2011:

  • iPad app which uses its indoor location and mapping, uses the camera and an augmented reality overlay to tag items inside a warehouse with live tags based on a picklist. As each item is marked as picked, the next line item shows up using a “radar” style map and informs the warehouse driver where they should navigate next. 
    • Develop it using multiple cheap wifi routers? using signal strength? and a mesh like network
    SAP ERP integration with a Segway for material handling. Show camera on front showing an augmented view of the warehouse with a 3D overlay.

DIY: IGUS Slider for Timelapse and Long Exposure Photography

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This was a fun project using a Arduino, a sliding rail and belt to pull a sled with a DSLR on it for taking long exposure photography, video or long exposures. This was mounted on a Tripod for some additional stability and flexibility.

Here is the Code: Link

TODO: Photos/Footage

LCD Menu/Options

  • Run
  • Speed
  •      1 – 10
  • Mode
  •      Movie  (Continuous)
  •      Stop Motion (Move, Stop, Move, Stop)
  • Steps
  •       xxxx (Default to count steps)
  • Setup
  •       Default Steps
  •       Count Steps
    • Note: Move carriage to end of rail and press start, press when the carriage +- 2 inches before the end. Store this number as your Max Steps.
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    • 2010 ASUG Presentation @ Charlotte Motor Speedway

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    ASUG-SAP-3.0-Incl-NotesDownload

    Overview:

    A highlevel view of why companies should build their infratructure around ESA and what the future holds for SAP 2.0

    Page 1: Examples of open arcitechure (Facebook, twitter, XML, EDI, FTP, SAP forums etc.)

                   – Heard this morning about computing in the cloud, just one aspect of Web 2.0

                   – Web 2.0 is not tangible but rather a openess of communications, systems and people, people willing to share

    Page 2: What is SAP SOA, what are the fundamentals been around a good few years, but have not come across many people who say, you know what we have a 10 year plan to go down this road using this set of specifications or servers and this SAP system. That is the great thing about building a SOA environment, is that it doesnt really matter whats on either end of the telephone or even what language they are speaking in, its in a way heterogenous. read more

    SponsoRC.com

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    Hi, I was wondering if you would be interested in signing up on my new site: [URL=”http://www.sponsorc.com”]sponsorc.com[/URL] – Its 100% free for both hobbyists and companies and allows you to create a company profile and support racers by supporting or sponsoring them. Check out the site and create a profile, we are currently reaching out to hundreds of companies and the entire concept is a great marketing opportunity.

    Let me know if you have any questions,

    Thanks, Paul Aschmann

    paul@aschmg.com

    Web App: Project 9

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    This was a fun small side project inspired by the Microsoft POC and a mashup between Facebook, social media feeds and events. I had a vision that event attendees and fans could collaborate and share media, news and happenings directly at and during a live event.

    This was one of my first code based implementation of a “live” timeline. The app was PHP based with a mySQL DB, the UI was all custom designed and coded.