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Table of Contents
  • ... Foreword ... 21
  • ... Preface ... 23
  • ... Target Audience ... 24
  • ... Objective ... 24
  • ... Structure of This Book ... 24
  • ... Acknowledgments ... 29
  • 1 ... Introduction to Sourcing and Procurement ... 31
  • 1.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement: From Basic to Strategic ... 31
  • 1.2 ... Sourcing and Procurement from End to End ... 35
  • 1.3 ... Procurement with SAP S/4HANA ... 40
  • 1.4 ... Summary ... 49
  • 2 ... Implementation Options ... 51
  • 2.1 ... Implementation Overview ... 51
  • 2.2 ... On-Premise SAP S/4HANA ... 60
  • 2.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 69
  • 2.4 ... SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 71
  • 2.5 ... Quick Start Approaches and Materials for SAP S/4HANA ... 74
  • 2.6 ... Summary ... 82
  • 3 ... Organizational Structure ... 83
  • 3.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Organization Objects ... 83
  • 3.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement–Specific Organization Structure Objects ... 86
  • 3.3 ... Company Code ... 87
  • 3.4 ... Plants ... 90
  • 3.5 ... Storage Locations and Warehouses ... 92
  • 3.6 ... Purchasing Organizations ... 96
  • 3.7 ... Purchasing Group Creation ... 100
  • 3.8 ... Summary ... 100
  • 4 ... Master Data ... 103
  • 4.1 ... Material Masters and Material Groups ... 104
  • 4.2 ... Batch Management and Serialization ... 115
  • 4.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Partner Model ... 118
  • 4.4 ... Summary ... 137
  • 5 ... Operational Procurement ... 139
  • 5.1 ... What Is Operational Procurement? ... 139
  • 5.2 ... Self-Service Procurement ... 143
  • 5.3 ... Requirements Processing in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement ... 156
  • 5.4 ... Purchase Order Processing ... 159
  • 5.5 ... Service Purchasing and Service Confirmation ... 161
  • 5.6 ... Purchase Order Collaboration ... 162
  • 5.7 ... Configuring Operational Procurement ... 163
  • 5.8 ... Summary ... 186
  • 6 ... Automated and Direct Procurement ... 187
  • 6.1 ... What Is Automated and Direct Procurement? ... 187
  • 6.2 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 190
  • 6.3 ... Forecasting and Planning ... 200
  • 6.4 ... Contract and Source Determination ... 207
  • 6.5 ... Configuring Automated and Direct Procurement ... 225
  • 6.6 ... Industry-Focused Solutions for Direct Procurement ... 231
  • 6.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 234
  • 6.8 ... Summary ... 235
  • 7 ... Inventory Management ... 237
  • 7.1 ... What Is Inventory Management? ... 238
  • 7.2 ... Stock Management in SAP S/4HANA ... 241
  • 7.3 ... Goods Movements ... 244
  • 7.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 274
  • 7.5 ... Reporting in Inventory Management ... 283
  • 7.6 ... Configuring Inventory Management ... 307
  • 7.7 ... Summary ... 326
  • 8 ... Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management ... 327
  • 8.1 ... What Is Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management? ... 328
  • 8.2 ... Contract Consumption ... 335
  • 8.3 ... Contract Reporting and Analytics ... 338
  • 8.4 ... Configuration ... 343
  • 8.5 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 349
  • 8.6 ... Customizing Scheduling Agreements ... 355
  • 8.7 ... Integrating with SAP Ariba Contracts ... 359
  • 8.8 ... Summary ... 360
  • 9 ... Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly ... 361
  • 9.1 ... What Is Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly? ... 361
  • 9.2 ... SAP Fiori Apps for Enterprise Contract Management Overview ... 363
  • 9.3 ... Customizing Enterprise Contract Management ... 374
  • 9.4 ... Summary ... 389
  • 10 ... External Sourcing ... 391
  • 10.1 ... Sourcing Strategies ... 391
  • 10.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 393
  • 10.3 ... SAP Fiori Apps for External Sourcing ... 395
  • 10.4 ... Configuring Request for Quotation ... 404
  • 10.5 ... Configuring Flexible Workflow ... 411
  • 10.6 ... Integration with SAP Ariba ... 418
  • 10.7 ... Summary ... 418
  • 11 ... Product Sourcing ... 419
  • 11.1 ... What Is Product Sourcing? ... 420
  • 11.2 ... Product Sourcing ... 423
  • 11.3 ... Procurement Planning ... 433
  • 11.4 ... Product Sourcing with Enterprise Contract Management ... 437
  • 11.5 ... Product Sourcing and Commodity Pricing Engine ... 439
  • 11.6 ... Quotation Management and Supplier Quotations ... 440
  • 11.7 ... Mass Price Update ... 441
  • 11.8 ... External Collaboration with Suppliers ... 442
  • 11.9 ... Configuration Product Sourcing ... 445
  • 11.10 ... Summary ... 450
  • 12 ... Invoice and Payables Management ... 451
  • 12.1 ... What Are Invoice and Payables Management? ... 451
  • 12.2 ... Invoice Processing ... 452
  • 12.3 ... Accounts Payable ... 477
  • 12.4 ... Invoice and Payables Management Analytics and Reporting ... 491
  • 12.5 ... Configuring Invoice and Payables Management ... 504
  • 12.6 ... Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Invoice Management by OpenText ... 520
  • 12.7 ... SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 521
  • 12.8 ... Taulia: Working Capital Management ... 522
  • 12.9 ... Summary ... 524
  • 13 ... Supplier Management ... 525
  • 13.1 ... What Is Supplier Management? ... 525
  • 13.2 ... Classification and Segmentation ... 530
  • 13.3 ... Supplier Evaluation ... 534
  • 13.4 ... Configuration ... 542
  • 13.5 ... Summary ... 546
  • 14 ... Centralized Procurement ... 547
  • 14.1 ... What Is Centralized Procurement? ... 547
  • 14.2 ... Central Requisitioning ... 552
  • 14.3 ... Central Purchasing ... 554
  • 14.4 ... Central Sourcing ... 558
  • 14.5 ... Central Purchase Contracts ... 559
  • 14.6 ... Central Analytics ... 561
  • 14.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 566
  • 14.8 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 568
  • 14.9 ... Summary ... 592
  • 15 ... Sourcing and Procurement Analytics ... 593
  • 15.1 ... Spend Visibility ... 593
  • 15.2 ... Contract Expiration ... 596
  • 15.3 ... Sourcing ... 597
  • 15.4 ... Supplier Performance ... 599
  • 15.5 ... Reporting ... 602
  • 15.6 ... Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence ... 604
  • 15.7 ... SAP Ariba Category Management ... 606
  • 15.8 ... Configuration ... 607
  • 15.9 ... Summary ... 614
  • 16 ... Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Signavio, SAP Ariba, SAP Business Network, and SAP Fieldglass ... 617
  • 16.1 ... SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network Integration Projects and Connectivity Options ... 618
  • 16.2 ... SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Management and SAP Business Network ... 620
  • 16.3 ... SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration ... 640
  • 16.4 ... SAP Business Network for Logistics ... 647
  • 16.5 ... SAP Business Network for Asset Management ... 650
  • 16.6 ... SAP Fieldglass ... 651
  • 16.7 ... SAP SuccessFactors ... 656
  • 16.8 ... SAP Signavio ... 658
  • 16.9 ... Summary ... 660
  • 17 ... Customizing the User Interface ... 661
  • 17.1 ... User Interface Options in SAP S/4HANA ... 661
  • 17.2 ... Configuring SAP Fiori ... 673
  • 17.3 ... Customizing SAP Fiori ... 679
  • 17.4 ... Summary ... 683
  • 18 ... Conclusion ... 685
  • 18.1 ... Future State of Procurement Solutions ... 688
  • 18.2 ... Future State of the Procurement Supply Chain ... 689
  • ... The Author ... 691
  • ... Contributors ... 691
  • ... Index ... 693

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      Publisher: SAP Press
      Publication Date: 16/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9781493224845, 978-1493224845
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents
      • ... Foreword ... 21
      • ... Preface ... 23
      • ... Target Audience ... 24
      • ... Objective ... 24
      • ... Structure of This Book ... 24
      • ... Acknowledgments ... 29
      • 1 ... Introduction to Sourcing and Procurement ... 31
      • 1.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement: From Basic to Strategic ... 31
      • 1.2 ... Sourcing and Procurement from End to End ... 35
      • 1.3 ... Procurement with SAP S/4HANA ... 40
      • 1.4 ... Summary ... 49
      • 2 ... Implementation Options ... 51
      • 2.1 ... Implementation Overview ... 51
      • 2.2 ... On-Premise SAP S/4HANA ... 60
      • 2.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 69
      • 2.4 ... SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 71
      • 2.5 ... Quick Start Approaches and Materials for SAP S/4HANA ... 74
      • 2.6 ... Summary ... 82
      • 3 ... Organizational Structure ... 83
      • 3.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Organization Objects ... 83
      • 3.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement–Specific Organization Structure Objects ... 86
      • 3.3 ... Company Code ... 87
      • 3.4 ... Plants ... 90
      • 3.5 ... Storage Locations and Warehouses ... 92
      • 3.6 ... Purchasing Organizations ... 96
      • 3.7 ... Purchasing Group Creation ... 100
      • 3.8 ... Summary ... 100
      • 4 ... Master Data ... 103
      • 4.1 ... Material Masters and Material Groups ... 104
      • 4.2 ... Batch Management and Serialization ... 115
      • 4.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Partner Model ... 118
      • 4.4 ... Summary ... 137
      • 5 ... Operational Procurement ... 139
      • 5.1 ... What Is Operational Procurement? ... 139
      • 5.2 ... Self-Service Procurement ... 143
      • 5.3 ... Requirements Processing in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement ... 156
      • 5.4 ... Purchase Order Processing ... 159
      • 5.5 ... Service Purchasing and Service Confirmation ... 161
      • 5.6 ... Purchase Order Collaboration ... 162
      • 5.7 ... Configuring Operational Procurement ... 163
      • 5.8 ... Summary ... 186
      • 6 ... Automated and Direct Procurement ... 187
      • 6.1 ... What Is Automated and Direct Procurement? ... 187
      • 6.2 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 190
      • 6.3 ... Forecasting and Planning ... 200
      • 6.4 ... Contract and Source Determination ... 207
      • 6.5 ... Configuring Automated and Direct Procurement ... 225
      • 6.6 ... Industry-Focused Solutions for Direct Procurement ... 231
      • 6.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 234
      • 6.8 ... Summary ... 235
      • 7 ... Inventory Management ... 237
      • 7.1 ... What Is Inventory Management? ... 238
      • 7.2 ... Stock Management in SAP S/4HANA ... 241
      • 7.3 ... Goods Movements ... 244
      • 7.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 274
      • 7.5 ... Reporting in Inventory Management ... 283
      • 7.6 ... Configuring Inventory Management ... 307
      • 7.7 ... Summary ... 326
      • 8 ... Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management ... 327
      • 8.1 ... What Is Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management? ... 328
      • 8.2 ... Contract Consumption ... 335
      • 8.3 ... Contract Reporting and Analytics ... 338
      • 8.4 ... Configuration ... 343
      • 8.5 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 349
      • 8.6 ... Customizing Scheduling Agreements ... 355
      • 8.7 ... Integrating with SAP Ariba Contracts ... 359
      • 8.8 ... Summary ... 360
      • 9 ... Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly ... 361
      • 9.1 ... What Is Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly? ... 361
      • 9.2 ... SAP Fiori Apps for Enterprise Contract Management Overview ... 363
      • 9.3 ... Customizing Enterprise Contract Management ... 374
      • 9.4 ... Summary ... 389
      • 10 ... External Sourcing ... 391
      • 10.1 ... Sourcing Strategies ... 391
      • 10.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 393
      • 10.3 ... SAP Fiori Apps for External Sourcing ... 395
      • 10.4 ... Configuring Request for Quotation ... 404
      • 10.5 ... Configuring Flexible Workflow ... 411
      • 10.6 ... Integration with SAP Ariba ... 418
      • 10.7 ... Summary ... 418
      • 11 ... Product Sourcing ... 419
      • 11.1 ... What Is Product Sourcing? ... 420
      • 11.2 ... Product Sourcing ... 423
      • 11.3 ... Procurement Planning ... 433
      • 11.4 ... Product Sourcing with Enterprise Contract Management ... 437
      • 11.5 ... Product Sourcing and Commodity Pricing Engine ... 439
      • 11.6 ... Quotation Management and Supplier Quotations ... 440
      • 11.7 ... Mass Price Update ... 441
      • 11.8 ... External Collaboration with Suppliers ... 442
      • 11.9 ... Configuration Product Sourcing ... 445
      • 11.10 ... Summary ... 450
      • 12 ... Invoice and Payables Management ... 451
      • 12.1 ... What Are Invoice and Payables Management? ... 451
      • 12.2 ... Invoice Processing ... 452
      • 12.3 ... Accounts Payable ... 477
      • 12.4 ... Invoice and Payables Management Analytics and Reporting ... 491
      • 12.5 ... Configuring Invoice and Payables Management ... 504
      • 12.6 ... Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Invoice Management by OpenText ... 520
      • 12.7 ... SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 521
      • 12.8 ... Taulia: Working Capital Management ... 522
      • 12.9 ... Summary ... 524
      • 13 ... Supplier Management ... 525
      • 13.1 ... What Is Supplier Management? ... 525
      • 13.2 ... Classification and Segmentation ... 530
      • 13.3 ... Supplier Evaluation ... 534
      • 13.4 ... Configuration ... 542
      • 13.5 ... Summary ... 546
      • 14 ... Centralized Procurement ... 547
      • 14.1 ... What Is Centralized Procurement? ... 547
      • 14.2 ... Central Requisitioning ... 552
      • 14.3 ... Central Purchasing ... 554
      • 14.4 ... Central Sourcing ... 558
      • 14.5 ... Central Purchase Contracts ... 559
      • 14.6 ... Central Analytics ... 561
      • 14.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 566
      • 14.8 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 568
      • 14.9 ... Summary ... 592
      • 15 ... Sourcing and Procurement Analytics ... 593
      • 15.1 ... Spend Visibility ... 593
      • 15.2 ... Contract Expiration ... 596
      • 15.3 ... Sourcing ... 597
      • 15.4 ... Supplier Performance ... 599
      • 15.5 ... Reporting ... 602
      • 15.6 ... Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence ... 604
      • 15.7 ... SAP Ariba Category Management ... 606
      • 15.8 ... Configuration ... 607
      • 15.9 ... Summary ... 614
      • 16 ... Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Signavio, SAP Ariba, SAP Business Network, and SAP Fieldglass ... 617
      • 16.1 ... SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network Integration Projects and Connectivity Options ... 618
      • 16.2 ... SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Management and SAP Business Network ... 620
      • 16.3 ... SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration ... 640
      • 16.4 ... SAP Business Network for Logistics ... 647
      • 16.5 ... SAP Business Network for Asset Management ... 650
      • 16.6 ... SAP Fieldglass ... 651
      • 16.7 ... SAP SuccessFactors ... 656
      • 16.8 ... SAP Signavio ... 658
      • 16.9 ... Summary ... 660
      • 17 ... Customizing the User Interface ... 661
      • 17.1 ... User Interface Options in SAP S/4HANA ... 661
      • 17.2 ... Configuring SAP Fiori ... 673
      • 17.3 ... Customizing SAP Fiori ... 679
      • 17.4 ... Summary ... 683
      • 18 ... Conclusion ... 685
      • 18.1 ... Future State of Procurement Solutions ... 688
      • 18.2 ... Future State of the Procurement Supply Chain ... 689
      • ... The Author ... 691
      • ... Contributors ... 691
      • ... Index ... 693

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