Discover how SAP S/4HANA transforms your supply chain! Explore functionalities for sourcing and procurement, production execution, plant maintenance, sales order management, transportation management, warehouse management, and more. See how intelligent technologies elevate your logistics operations with SAP Business Technology Platform and learn about complementary cloud solutions like SAP Ariba and SAP IBP. This is your starting point for logistics with SAP S/4HANA!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Key Functionality
See what SAP S/4HANA 2021 has to offer! Walk through your logistics business processes, from production planning to inventory valuation and beyond. Learn about new features such as predictive MRP, centralized procurement, and production engineering and operations.

b. Logistics Innovations
Your supply chain is getting smarter. Discover intelligent technologies enabled by SAP BTP: blockchain, intelligent robotic process automation, machine learning, and more.

c. Planning Your Migration
Prepare for your logistics transformation. Plan your roadmap to SAP S/4HANA, evaluate your implementation approaches, and get insight into the new RISE with SAP offering.

Highlights include:

1. Planning and scheduling
2. Sourcing and procurement
3. Manufacturing operations
4. Quality management
5. Plant maintenance
6. Sales order management
7. Transportation management
8. Inventory management
9. Warehouse management
10. Intelligent technologies
11. Reporting and analytics
12. Industry use cases

Third edition, updated and revised

Autorentext
Guillermo Vazquez is a senior technology executive, leading multimillion dollar SAP global programs with Fortune 500 companies. He has extensive experience defining enterprise architecture strategy and solutions, having advised more than twenty C-level executives in the adoption of SAP S/4HANA, SAP HANA, cloud, mobile, and big data solutions. He has been implementing supply chain management solutions such as sales and distribution, purchase management, intercompany processing and transfer pricing, and warehouse management for more than twenty years. Guillermo led the fourth live SAP HANA implementation in the world.

Inhalt
**... Foreword ... 19**

... Preface ... 23

... The Objective of This Book ... 25

... Who Should Read This Book? ... 25

... What Will Be Covered? ... 25

... Acknowledgments ... 27

1 ... SAP S/4HANA for Supply Chain ... 29

1.1 ... Overview ... 30

1.2 ... Architecture ... 36

1.3 ... Solution ... 38

1.4 ... Deployment Options ... 44

1.5 ... Key Innovations ... 46

1.6 ... Summary ... 49

2 ... Planning and Scheduling ... 51

2.1 ... Planning and Scheduling Basics ... 51

2.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 53

2.3 ... Simplified Sourcing ... 56

2.4 ... Material Requirements Planning ... 57

2.5 ... Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling ... 74

2.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 84

2.7 ... Summary ... 88

3 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 89

3.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement Basics ... 89

3.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 90

3.3 ... Operational Purchasing ... 94

3.4 ... Central Procurement ... 102

3.5 ... Supplier Management ... 112

3.6 ... Invoicing and Payables Management ... 116

3.7 ... Collaborative Sourcing and Contract Management ... 117

3.8 ... APIs for Sourcing and Procurement ... 120

3.9 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 120

3.10 ... Summary ... 127

4 ... Manufacturing ... 129

4.1 ... Manufacturing Basics ... 129

4.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 130

4.3 ... Production Execution ... 139

4.4 ... Production Engineering and Operations ... 151

4.5 ... SAP Manufacturing Execution ... 153

4.6 ... SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence ... 154

4.7 ... SAP Plant Connectivity ... 156

4.8 ... SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud ... 159

4.9 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 163

4.10 ... Summary ... 167

5 ... Quality Management ... 169

5.1 ... Quality Management Basics ... 170

5.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 177

5.3 ... Quality Planning ... 177

5.4 ... Quality Inspection ... 179

5.5 ... Quality Improvement ... 190

5.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 195

5.7 ... Summary ... 201

6 ... Plant Maintenance and Asset Management ... 203

6.1 ... Plant Maintenance and Asset Management Basics ... 203

6.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 204

6.3 ... Maintenance Processing ... 211

6.4 ... Preventive Maintenance ... 225

6.5 ... Predictive Maintenance ... 232

6.6 ... SAP Intelligent Asset Management ... 234

6.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 237

6.8 ... Summary ... 240

7 ... Sales Order Management ... 241

7.1 ... Sales Order Management Basics ... 241

7.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 242

7.3 ... Sales Contract Management ... 247

7.4 ... Sales Order Management and Processing ... 254

7.5 ... Available to Promise ... 263

7.6 ... Variant Configuration ... 274

7.7 ... Sales Billing ... 278

7.8 ... Output Management ... 288

7.9 ... Delivery and Shipping Processing ... 290

7.10 ... Claims, Returns, and Refunds Management ... 293

7.11 ... International Trade ... 303

7.12 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 305

7.13 ... Summary ... 315

8 ... Transportation Management ... 317

8.1 ... Transportation Management Basics ... 317

8.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 318

8.3 ... Transportation Requirements ... 322

8.4 ... Capacity Management ... 325

8.5 ... Transportation Planning ... 329

8.6 ... Carrier Selection and Subcontracting ... 347

8.7 ... Transportation Monitoring and Execution ... 353

8.8 ... Freight Charge Management and Settlement ... 356

8.9 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 362

8.10 ... Summary ... 367

9 ... Inventory Management ... 369

9.1 ... Inventory Management Basics ... 369

9.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 370

9.3 ... Material Movements ... 373

9.4 ... Handling Unit Management ... 386

9.5 ... Physical Inventory Management ... 388

9.6 ... Inventory Valuation ... 390

9.7 ... Product Segmentation ... 392

9.8 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 394

9.9 ... Summary ... 399

10 ... Warehouse Management ... 401

10.1 ... Warehouse Management Basics ... 402

10.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 408

10.3 ... Inbound Processing ... 412

10.4 ... Outbound Processing ... 420

10.5 ... Internal Warehouse Processing ... 427

10.6 ... Dock Appointment Scheduling ... 433

10.7 ... Transit Warehousing ... 434

10.8 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 436

10.9 ... Summary ... 439

11 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 441

11.1 ... Business Intelligence Maturity ... 441

11.2 ... Tactical Reporting in SAP S/4HANA ... 444

11.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics ... 449

11.4 ... Summary ... 460

12 ... Logistics Innovations with SAP Business Technology Platform ... 461

12.1 ... Intelligent Technologies in SAP BTP ... 461

12.2 ... Integration with Blockchain ... 463

12.3 ... Intelligent Robotic Process Automation ... 465

12.4 ... Internet of Things and Edge Services ... 466

12.5 ... Conversational AI ... 470

12.6 ... Machine Learning ... 472

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