Logistics with SAP S/4HANA
An Introduction
2nd Edition
Published on 28. January 2019
Book
Hardback
589 pages
978-1-4932-1781-6 (ISBN)
Description
Transform your logistics operations with SAP S/4HANA! With this introduction, see what SAP has in store for each supply chain line of business: sales order management, manufacturing, inventory management, warehousing, and more. Discover how SAP Fiori apps and embedded analytics improve reporting, and explore the intersection between your supply chain processes and new SAP Leonardo technologies. Take your first look at SAP S/4HANA logistics, and see where it will take your business!
a. Key Processes
Advances in SAP S/4HANA are changing your supply chain. Explore planning and scheduling, transportation management, inventory management, manufacturing, warehousing, sourcing and procurement, plant maintenance, and more!
b. The Future of Logistics
Uncover what's new and improved in SAP S/4HANA for your logistics LOBs, from centralized procurement to demand-driven MRP. See how technologies like IoT and machine learning can accelerate your core supply chain processes.
c. Migration
Once you see the logistics big picture, you can plan your next steps. Learn how to design your roadmap, evaluate your technical and functional conversion steps, and prepare your system for your desired migration path.
1) Sourcing and procurement
2) Inventory management
3) Warehouse management
4) Production planning
5) Manufacturing operations
6) Plant maintenance
7) Quality management
8) SAP Fiori applications
9) SAP Leonardo technologies
10) Implementation and migration
11) SAP S/4HANA 1809
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Persons
Author
Deloitte principal/partner Deb Bhattacharjee is a thought leader in supply chain strategy, supply chain planning, and inventory planning and management. He has published papers on supply chain segmentation, inventory management, and transportation.
Vadhi Narasimhamurti is a principal in Deloitte's SAP consulting practice. He is focused on helping consumer products companies reduce their operating costs and improve their supply chain efficiencies through SAP-enabled business transformations. Vadhi has more than 18 years of SAP and supply chain experience; during this time, he has helped design and implement SAP solutions globally, including SAP S/4HANA, IBP, EWM, MII, and TM.
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.
Tom Walsh is a supply chain network and operations principal consultant at Deloitte. He brings 18 years of consulting experience in industrial and automotive industries, where he has focused on digital strategy development for companies looking to invest in digital capabilities and business models for improving supply chains, manufacturing operations and after-market and dealer networks. His specific areas of focus include after-market parts pricing, dealer management systems, and ERP value realization. For the past 10 years, Tom has served on the board of National Association of Manufacturers with the Manufacturing Institute.
Content
... Foreword ... 21
... Preface ... 23
... The Objective of This Book ... 25
... Who Should Read This Book? ... 26
... What Will Be Covered? ... 26
... Acknowledgments ... 28
1 ... SAP S/4HANA for the Supply Chain ... 29
1.1 ... Architecture ... 37
1.2 ... Solution ... 40
1.3 ... Deployment Options ... 46
1.4 ... Summary ... 48
2 ... Planning and Scheduling ... 51
2.1 ... Planning and Scheduling Basics ... 52
2.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 53
2.3 ... Simplified Sourcing ... 57
2.4 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 57
2.5 ... Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling ... 75
2.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 86
2.7 ... Summary ... 91
3 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 93
3.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement Basics ... 93
3.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 94
3.3 ... Operational Purchasing ... 99
3.4 ... Supplier Management ... 108
3.5 ... Invoicing and Payables Management ... 112
3.6 ... Collaborative Sourcing and Contract Management ... 114
3.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 116
3.8 ... Summary ... 125
4 ... Manufacturing ... 127
4.1 ... Manufacturing Basics ... 127
4.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 128
4.3 ... Production Execution ... 138
4.4 ... Manufacturing Execution ... 153
4.5 ... Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence ... 153
4.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 156
4.7 ... Summary ... 161
5 ... Quality Management ... 163
5.1 ... Quality Management Basics ... 164
5.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 165
5.3 ... Quality Engineering ... 166
5.4 ... Quality Inspection ... 169
5.5 ... Quality Improvement ... 182
5.6 ... Integration with Supply Chain Processes ... 187
5.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 191
5.8 ... Summary ... 198
6 ... Plant Maintenance and Asset Management ... 199
6.1 ... Plant Maintenance and Asset Management Basics ... 199
6.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 201
6.3 ... Maintenance Processing ... 209
6.4 ... Preventative Maintenance ... 225
6.5 ... Predictive Maintenance ... 232
6.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 234
6.7 ... Summary ... 237
7 ... Sales Order Management ... 239
7.1 ... Sales Order Management Basics ... 239
7.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 240
7.3 ... Sales Contract Management ... 245
7.4 ... Sales Order Management and Processing ... 251
7.5 ... Available to Promise ... 259
7.6 ... Variant Configuration ... 266
7.7 ... Sales Billing ... 271
7.8 ... Output Management ... 284
7.9 ... Delivery and Shipping Processing ... 285
7.10 ... Claims, Returns, and Refunds Management ... 288
7.11 ... International Trade ... 295
7.12 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 298
7.13 ... Summary ... 307
8 ... Transportation Management ... 309
8.1 ... Transportation Management Basics ... 309
8.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 311
8.3 ... Transportation Requirements ... 315
8.4 ... Capacity Management ... 318
8.5 ... Transportation Planning ... 324
8.6 ... Carrier Selection and Subcontracting ... 337
8.7 ... Transportation Monitoring and Execution ... 341
8.8 ... Freight Charge Management and Settlement ... 344
8.9 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 349
8.10 ... Summary ... 356
9 ... Inventory Management ... 357
9.1 ... Inventory Management Basics ... 358
9.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 359
9.3 ... Material Movements ... 362
9.4 ... Handling Unit Management ... 376
9.5 ... Physical Inventory Management ... 378
9.6 ... Inventory Valuation ... 381
9.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 382
9.8 ... Summary ... 389
10 ... Warehouse Management ... 391
10.1 ... Warehouse Management Basics ... 392
10.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 398
10.3 ... Inbound Processing ... 403
10.4 ... Outbound Processing ... 412
10.5 ... Internal Warehouse Processing ... 417
10.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 423
10.7 ... Summary ... 425
11 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 427
11.1 ... Business Intelligence Maturity ... 427
11.2 ... Tactical Reporting in SAP S/4HANA ... 431
11.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics ... 437
11.4 ... Summary ... 443
12 ... Innovation with SAP Leonardo ... 445
12.1 ... What Is SAP Leonardo? ... 446
12.2 ... Machine Learning ... 449
12.3 ... Internet of Things ... 450
12.4 ... Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality ... 452
12.5 ... Natural Language Processing ... 455
12.6 ... Robotics ... 457
12.7 ... Blockchain ... 459
12.8 ... Summary ... 463
13 ... Industry ... 465
13.1 ... What Is Industry 4.0? ... 465
13.2 ... Digital Supply Networks ... 468
13.3 ... Consumer and Industrial Products ... 473
13.4 ... Life Sciences ... 479
13.5 ... Oil and Gas ... 484
13.6 ... Summary ... 487
14 ... SAP S/4HANA and the Cloud ... 489
14.1 ... Cloud Computing with SAP ... 489
14.2 ... SAP Ariba ... 497
14.3 ... SAP Integrated Business Planning ... 502
14.4 ... Summary ... 509
15 ... First Steps to SAP S/4HANA ... 511
15.1 ... Business Transformation Goals ... 512
15.2 ... Defining a Digital Transformation Roadmap ... 517
15.3 ... Selecting an SAP S/4HANA Implementation Approach ... 525
15.4 ... Summary ... 533
... Appendices ... 535
A ... SAP Fiori Applications for Logistics with SAP S/4HANA ... 535
B ... The Authors ... 563
... Index ... 573
... Preface ... 23
... The Objective of This Book ... 25
... Who Should Read This Book? ... 26
... What Will Be Covered? ... 26
... Acknowledgments ... 28
1 ... SAP S/4HANA for the Supply Chain ... 29
1.1 ... Architecture ... 37
1.2 ... Solution ... 40
1.3 ... Deployment Options ... 46
1.4 ... Summary ... 48
2 ... Planning and Scheduling ... 51
2.1 ... Planning and Scheduling Basics ... 52
2.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 53
2.3 ... Simplified Sourcing ... 57
2.4 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 57
2.5 ... Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling ... 75
2.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 86
2.7 ... Summary ... 91
3 ... Sourcing and Procurement ... 93
3.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement Basics ... 93
3.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 94
3.3 ... Operational Purchasing ... 99
3.4 ... Supplier Management ... 108
3.5 ... Invoicing and Payables Management ... 112
3.6 ... Collaborative Sourcing and Contract Management ... 114
3.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 116
3.8 ... Summary ... 125
4 ... Manufacturing ... 127
4.1 ... Manufacturing Basics ... 127
4.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 128
4.3 ... Production Execution ... 138
4.4 ... Manufacturing Execution ... 153
4.5 ... Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence ... 153
4.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 156
4.7 ... Summary ... 161
5 ... Quality Management ... 163
5.1 ... Quality Management Basics ... 164
5.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 165
5.3 ... Quality Engineering ... 166
5.4 ... Quality Inspection ... 169
5.5 ... Quality Improvement ... 182
5.6 ... Integration with Supply Chain Processes ... 187
5.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 191
5.8 ... Summary ... 198
6 ... Plant Maintenance and Asset Management ... 199
6.1 ... Plant Maintenance and Asset Management Basics ... 199
6.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 201
6.3 ... Maintenance Processing ... 209
6.4 ... Preventative Maintenance ... 225
6.5 ... Predictive Maintenance ... 232
6.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 234
6.7 ... Summary ... 237
7 ... Sales Order Management ... 239
7.1 ... Sales Order Management Basics ... 239
7.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 240
7.3 ... Sales Contract Management ... 245
7.4 ... Sales Order Management and Processing ... 251
7.5 ... Available to Promise ... 259
7.6 ... Variant Configuration ... 266
7.7 ... Sales Billing ... 271
7.8 ... Output Management ... 284
7.9 ... Delivery and Shipping Processing ... 285
7.10 ... Claims, Returns, and Refunds Management ... 288
7.11 ... International Trade ... 295
7.12 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 298
7.13 ... Summary ... 307
8 ... Transportation Management ... 309
8.1 ... Transportation Management Basics ... 309
8.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 311
8.3 ... Transportation Requirements ... 315
8.4 ... Capacity Management ... 318
8.5 ... Transportation Planning ... 324
8.6 ... Carrier Selection and Subcontracting ... 337
8.7 ... Transportation Monitoring and Execution ... 341
8.8 ... Freight Charge Management and Settlement ... 344
8.9 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 349
8.10 ... Summary ... 356
9 ... Inventory Management ... 357
9.1 ... Inventory Management Basics ... 358
9.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 359
9.3 ... Material Movements ... 362
9.4 ... Handling Unit Management ... 376
9.5 ... Physical Inventory Management ... 378
9.6 ... Inventory Valuation ... 381
9.7 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 382
9.8 ... Summary ... 389
10 ... Warehouse Management ... 391
10.1 ... Warehouse Management Basics ... 392
10.2 ... Master Data Simplifications ... 398
10.3 ... Inbound Processing ... 403
10.4 ... Outbound Processing ... 412
10.5 ... Internal Warehouse Processing ... 417
10.6 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 423
10.7 ... Summary ... 425
11 ... Reporting and Analytics ... 427
11.1 ... Business Intelligence Maturity ... 427
11.2 ... Tactical Reporting in SAP S/4HANA ... 431
11.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics ... 437
11.4 ... Summary ... 443
12 ... Innovation with SAP Leonardo ... 445
12.1 ... What Is SAP Leonardo? ... 446
12.2 ... Machine Learning ... 449
12.3 ... Internet of Things ... 450
12.4 ... Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality ... 452
12.5 ... Natural Language Processing ... 455
12.6 ... Robotics ... 457
12.7 ... Blockchain ... 459
12.8 ... Summary ... 463
13 ... Industry ... 465
13.1 ... What Is Industry 4.0? ... 465
13.2 ... Digital Supply Networks ... 468
13.3 ... Consumer and Industrial Products ... 473
13.4 ... Life Sciences ... 479
13.5 ... Oil and Gas ... 484
13.6 ... Summary ... 487
14 ... SAP S/4HANA and the Cloud ... 489
14.1 ... Cloud Computing with SAP ... 489
14.2 ... SAP Ariba ... 497
14.3 ... SAP Integrated Business Planning ... 502
14.4 ... Summary ... 509
15 ... First Steps to SAP S/4HANA ... 511
15.1 ... Business Transformation Goals ... 512
15.2 ... Defining a Digital Transformation Roadmap ... 517
15.3 ... Selecting an SAP S/4HANA Implementation Approach ... 525
15.4 ... Summary ... 533
... Appendices ... 535
A ... SAP Fiori Applications for Logistics with SAP S/4HANA ... 535
B ... The Authors ... 563
... Index ... 573