Sourcing and Procurement with SAP S/4hana (Hardcover, 2, Enlarged)

... Foreword ... 21

... Preface ... 23

... Target Audience ... 24

... Objective ... 24

... Structure of This Book ... 24

... Acknowledgments ... 28

1 ... Introduction to Sourcing and Procurement ... 31

1.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement Basics ... 31

1.2 ... Sourcing and Procurement from End to End ... 35

1.3 ... Procurement with SAP S/4HANA ... 40

1.4 ... Summary ... 48

2 ... Implementation Options ... 51

2.1 ... Implementation Overview ... 51

2.2 ... On-Premise SAP S/4HANA ... 62

2.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 74

2.4 ... SAP S/4HANA for Central Procurement ... 77

2.5 ... Quick Start Approaches and Materials for SAP S/4HANA ... 79

2.6 ... Summary ... 89

3 ... Organizational Structure ... 91

3.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Organization Objects ... 91

3.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement-Specific Organization Structure Objects ... 95

3.3 ... Company Code ... 96

3.4 ... Plants ... 98

3.5 ... Storage Locations and Warehouses ... 100

3.6 ... Purchasing Organizations ... 105

3.7 ... Purchasing Group Creation ... 108

3.8 ... Summary ... 109

4 ... Master Data ... 111

4.1 ... Material Masters and Material Groups ... 112

4.2 ... Batch Management and Serialization ... 122

4.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Partner Model ... 125

4.4 ... Summary ... 146

5 ... Operational Procurement ... 147

5.1 ... What Is Operational Procurement? ... 147

5.2 ... Self-Service Procurement ... 151

5.3 ... Requirements Processing in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement ... 163

5.4 ... Purchase Order Processing ... 166

5.5 ... Service Purchasing and Service Confirmation ... 168

5.6 ... Purchase Order Collaboration ... 169

5.7 ... Configuring Operational Procurement ... 170

5.8 ... Summary ... 198

6 ... Automated and Direct Procurement ... 199

6.1 ... What Is Automated and Direct Procurement? ... 199

6.2 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 202

6.3 ... Forecasting and Planning ... 214

6.4 ... Contract and Source Determination ... 222

6.5 ... Configuring Automated and Direct Procurement ... 245

6.6 ... Integration with SAP Ariba ... 253

6.7 ... Summary ... 254

7 ... Inventory Management ... 255

7.1 ... What Is Inventory Management? ... 256

7.2 ... Stock Management in SAP S/4HANA ... 259

7.3 ... Goods Receipts ... 264

7.4 ... Goods Issues ... 277

7.5 ... Stock Transfers ... 280

7.6 ... Transfer Postings ... 286

7.7 ... Physical Inventory ... 287

7.8 ... Reporting in Inventory Management ... 305

7.9 ... Configuring Inventory Management ... 332

7.10 ... Summary ... 354

8 ... Contracts Management ... 355

8.1 ... What Is Contract Management? ... 356

8.2 ... Contract Consumption ... 363

8.3 ... Contract Dashboard Reporting and Expiration Notification Setting ... 367

8.4 ... Configuration ... 374

8.5 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 381

8.6 ... Customizing Scheduling Agreements ... 388

8.7 ... Summary ... 391

9 ... Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly ... 393

9.1 ... What Is Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly? ... 393

9.2 ... Enterprise Contract Management Overview App ... 395

9.3 ... Customizing Enterprise Contract Management ... 407

9.4 ... Summary ... 423

10 ... External Sourcing ... 425

10.1 ... Sourcing Strategies ... 426

10.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 428

10.3 ... Configuring Request for Quotation ... 439

10.4 ... Configuring Flexible Workflow ... 446

10.5 ... Integration with SAP Ariba ... 454

10.6 ... Summary ... 454

11 ... Invoice and Payables Management ... 455

11.1 ... What Are Invoice and Payables Management? ... 455

11.2 ... Invoice Processing ... 456

11.3 ... Accounts Payable ... 483

11.4 ... Invoice and Payables Management Analytics and Reporting ... 499

11.5 ... Configuring Invoice and Payables Management ... 513

11.6 ... Summary ... 528

12 ... Supplier Management ...