The How, Why & When of BITI: E-Commerce at the ASUG Annual Conference and Beyond Troy Bayne, Eastman Chemical Beth (Brown) Matthews, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Session Code: 410/410A

E-Commerce Infrastructure Agenda: How: BITI Group Structure BITI Group Leadership BITI Group Involvement What: A Group Offers Group Volunteers When: Fall BITI Forum E-Commerce Hot Topics/Call for Speakers ASUG Influence Presentation Open Floor Discussion Program Slide:

How: Group Structure Business Information, Technology and Infrastructure Archiving BW/BI&A E-Commerce Internal Controls Portals Security Systems Management Workflow/WebFlow

How: Group Leadership Joel Albert Group Chair John Gordon Influence Chair SIG Chairs Rob Jackson - Archiving Richard Dunning – BW/BI&A Troy Bayne – E-Commerce Marty Allison – Internal Controls Paul Kurchina - Portals Ken Hill - Security Jim Spath – Systems Management Sue Keohan – Workflow/Webflow SIG Program Chairs Mike Mihalick Andy Heldt & Karen Mayer Beth Brown Marty Allison Paul Kurchina Ken Hill Laie Nelson Dale Davis Ad hoc Influence Committee Beth Brown Program Coordinator

How: Group Involvement Educate –Chapter Meetings –ASUG Education: Webcasts, Teleconferences, Symposiums, ASUG Forums, Speakers Bureau, ASUG Annual Conference & Vendor Fair Network –Chapter Meetings –ASUG.com, –ASUG Education: Webcasts, Teleconferences, Symposiums, ASUG Forums, ASUG Annual & Conference & Vendor Fair Influence –The ASUG Influence Model: Influence Councils –ASUG Education: ASUG Forums, ASUG Annual Conference & Vendor Fair

E-Commerce Infrastructure Agenda: How: BITI Group Structure BITI Group Leadership BITI Group Involvement What: A Group Offers Group Volunteers When: Fall BITI Forum E-Commerce Hot Topics/Call for Speakers ASUG Influence Presentation Open Floor Discussion Program Slide:

Why: What a Group Offers ASUG Groups provide members direct access to: –Colleagues with similar interests and workplace challenges –SAP representatives and resources –Year-round community offering educational, networking and influencing opportunities via asug.com –Group & SIG specific notifications and updates

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E-Commerce Infrastructure Agenda: How: BITI Group Structure BITI Group Leadership BITI Group Involvement What: A Group Offers Group Volunteers When: 2003 Fall BITI Forum E-Commerce Hot Topics/Call for Speakers ASUG Influence Presentation Open Floor Discussion Program Slide:

When: 2003 ASUG Forum Mark Your Calendars! 2003 ASUG Forum on BITI October 26 – 30, 2003 Wyndham Anatole Dallas, Texas Call for Speakers available NOW! Visit for more information.

Register via ASUG.com E-Commerce Hot Topics for Fall BITI Forum : - Exchange Infrastructure (XI) – overviews, roadmaps, real-life scenarios - NetWeaver Overviews - Web Services - Open Standards - Industry Standards – UCCNet, Transora, RosettaNet, CIDX, PIDX, etc. - Business Process Management - Bringing SAP to the Small Screen – integration with SAP, technology, lessons learned, industry direction regarding handhelds, tablet PCs, and smart phones - Using.NET Technology to Leverage SAP Applications and Information When: Planning for the Forum

E-Commerce Hot Topics for Fall BITI Forum (continued): - Technical information on Web interfaces, such as ITS, Web AS, Portals, etc. - Technical information on System interfaces such as ALE, Idocs, Bdocs, BAPIs, BADIs, XML, EDI, etc. - Item Synchronization and UCCNet, Transora, etc. - Migration paths – ITS -> Web As, Business Connector -> Exchange Infrastructure - Enterprise Upgrades – Lessons Learned, New Features & Functionality - Strategic initiatives for electronic interfaces and integration - Internet Sales, B2B and B2C - mySAP Suite Components, such as APO, CRM, PLM, EBP, SCM, BW, etc. When: Planning for the Forum

E-Commerce Hot Topics for Fall BITI Forum (continued): - Lessons learned on electronic/web/systems interfaces, implementations, upgrades, and/or functionality enhancements - Integration of BizTalk (Microsoft), Gentran Integration Suites (Sterling Commerce, Web Methods, Web Sphere (IBM), etc., with SAP - JAVA Web Development Environment (SAP NetWeaver Studio) - ABAP Web Development - Java Connector When: Planning for the Forum

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E-Commerce Infrastructure Agenda: How: BITI Group Structure BITI Group Leadership BITI Group Involvement What: A Group Offers Group Volunteers When: Fall BITI Forum E-Commerce Hot Topics/Call for Speakers ASUG Influence Presentation Open Floor Discussion Program Slide:

E-Commerce Infrastructure Agenda: How: BITI Group Structure BITI Group Leadership BITI Group Involvement What: A Group Offers Group Volunteers When: Fall BITI Forum E-Commerce Hot Topics/Call for Speakers ASUG Influence Presentation Open Floor Discussion Program Slide:

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