Readers will quickly come to understand feeder system and specific configurations that are the baseline of the implementation and that will be applied across all functions, including configuration steps for rapid implementation. The author helps you master the concept of compliance and shows you how all the components of compliance use that concept for different functionality (shared settings), as well as how to quickly configure Embargo. You'll get an in-depth understanding of how the Sanctioned Party List works, and how pre-delivered configuration and best known methods can be applied for rapid configuration and implementation. In addition, you'll explore the core functionality of Export Licensing and Legal Control, and how it affects Compliance and drives the export process. Learn best practices for configuring it properly the first time, for scale, while saving time and avoiding costly mistakes. Plus, take away critical information on the key data elements required for a successful Trade System solution implementation and how to plan for ensuring data integrity.

Highlights

• Implementation best practices
• Upgrade strategies and benchmarks
• Risk and compliance reporting
• Customs management
• Classifications
• Up-to-date for release 8.0

About the Author(s)

D. Rajen Iyer has been working with SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services since the first release, first as part of the product consulting team at SAP America and later in the product development group at SAP Labs. He is currently leading the SAP Global Trade Services practice for Krypt, Inc., and is involved in product development for Kryaa. He is also the author of the SAP PRESS titled Effective SAP SD.

"Rajen and Krypt have offered top-notch service to GTS customers since 2006. They have consistently delivered mission-critical GTS implementations at companies like Altera Corporation and Pelican Products, to name two examples. Rajen is a true GTS thought leader. He has written a number of in-depth works on GTS and is highlyqualified to deliver this well-written book on GTS 8.0. We are honored to have Rajen's and Krypt's ongoing support in driving GTS to its market-leading position."
—Kevin McCollom, Global Head of GTS Solution Management, SAP Laboratories

Table of Contents

• 1 ... Global Trade and SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services ... 13
• 1.1 ... Import, Export, and ERP Systems ... 14
• 1.2 ... Trade Checks and Services ... 16
• 1.2.1 ... Trade Compliance ... 18
• 1.2.2 ... Customs Declaration and Transit Procedures ... 19
• 1.2.3 ... Classification and Duty ... 20
• 1.2.4 ... Letter of Credit ... 21
• 1.2.5 ... Electronics Compliance Reporting ... 22
• 1.3 ... Trade, Supply Chain, and Supply Chain Extensions ... 23
• 1.3.1 ... Export Process ... 24
• 1.3.2 ... Import Process ... 25
• 1.3.3 ... Preference Management ... 27
• 1.4 ... System Architecture and Landscape ... 28
• 1.5 ... Summary ... 31
• 2 ... Feeder Systems ... 33
• 2.1 ... Feeder System Foundation ... 34
• 2.1.1 ... SAP ECC SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Plug-in ... 36
• 2.1.2 ... SAP ECC Configurations ... 41
• 2.1.3 ... System Communication ... 44
• 2.1.4 ... Master Data ... 45
• 2.2 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services System Foundational Configurations ... 49
• 2.2.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Netweaver ... 50
• 2.2.2 ... Cross-Application Components ... 54
• 2.2.3 ... System Communication ... 55
• 2.3 ... Summary ... 57
• 3 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Baseline Settings ... 59
• 3.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services General Configurations ... 59
• 3.1.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services System Setup ... 61
• 3.1.2 ... Change History and Transfer Logs ... 62
• 3.1.3 ... Number Ranges ... 63
• 3.1.4 ... Organizational Structure ... 65
• 3.1.5 ... Partner Structure ... 66
• 3.1.6 ... Legal Regulations ... 68
• 3.1.7 ... Numbering Scheme ... 71
• 3.2 ... Compliance Management Fundamentals ... 72
• 3.2.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Documents and Business Processes ... 73
• 3.3 ... Embargo Service Checks ... 78
• 3.3.1 ... Embargo Service Setup and Configurations ... 79
• 3.3.2 ... Activations Specific to Embargo Service Checks ... 81
• 3.3.3 ... Control Settings for Embargo Service Checks ... 82
• 3.4 ... Summary ... 82
• 4 ... Enabling Embargo and Sanctioned Part List Screening ... 83
• 4.1 ... Embargo Applications ... 84
• 4.1.1 ... Embargo Country – Global ... 84
• 4.1.2 ... Legal Regulation and Country of Destination or Departure ... 85
• 4.1.3 ... Legal Regulation and Specific to Country of Departure and Destination ... 87
• 4.2 ... Configuration of the Sanctioned Party List ... 88
• 4.2.1 ... Activating the Business Partner at the Business Partner Function Level ... 89
• 4.2.2 ... Determination Procedure ... 90
• 4.2.3 ... Activate Legal Regulation ... 90
• 4.2.4 ... Address Comparison ... 91
• 4.2.5 ... Control Settings ... 94
• 4.3 ... SPL Content Loading and Associated Processes ... 99
• 4.3.1 ... Loading ... 100
• 4.3.2 ... Monitoring ... 100
• 4.3.3 ... Indexing ... 101
• 4.3.4 ... Screenings ... 103
• 4.3.5 ... Operational Effectiveness ... 105
• 4.4 ... Tactical Reporting ... 106
• 4.4.1 ... Reports on Embargo Business Partners and Documents ... 106
• 4.4.2 ... Reports on SPL Screening of Business Partners ... 107
• 4.4.3 ... Reports on SPL Screening of Documents ... 110
• 4.5 ... Summary ... 112
• 5 ... Classification ... 113
• 5.1 ... Numbering Schemes: Design and Application ... 114
• 5.1.1 ... Export and Import Lists ... 114
• 5.1.2 ... Harmonized Tariff Numbers and Commodity Codes ... 116
• 5.1.3 ... Other Numbering Schemes ... 119
• 5.2 ... Product Content and Classification ... 120
• 5.2.1 ... Content ... 121
• 5.2.2 ... Product Classification ... 122
• 5.3 ... Summary ... 127
• 6 ... Legal Control: Export and Import ... 129
• 6.1 ... Export Legal Control Setup: Baseline Configuration ... 129
• 6.1.1 ... Country Group ... 130
• 6.1.2 ... Item Category Activation and Depreciation Group ... 131
• 6.1.3 ... Numbering Schemes ... 131
• 6.1.4 ... License Types ... 133
• 6.1.5 ... Control Settings ... 136
• 6.1.6 ... Allowed Status ... 139
• 6.1.7 ... Time Zones ... 139
• 6.1.8 ... Partner Groupings ... 139
• 6.1.9 ... Determination Procedures: Legal Control and License Types ... 140
• 6.1.10 ... Address Comparison for License Types ... 141
• 6.2 ... Legal Import Control ... 142
• 6.2.1 ... Import Licenses ... 143
• 6.3 ... Operational Effectiveness ... 145
• 6.3.1 ... Legal Control and Operational Effectiveness ... 146
• 6.3.2 ... Export/Import Data Setup ... 148
• 6.3.3 ... Trade Reporting and Monitoring ... 151
• 6.4 ... ITAR and Agreements ... 153
• 6.4.1 ... Business Scenarios, Associated Configurations, and Data Setup ... 153
• 6.4.2 ... Configurations Steps ... 154
• 6.4.3 ... Data Setup ... 156
• 6.5 ... Summary ... 158
• 7 ... Customs Management: Application and Use ... 159
• 7.1 ... Foundations of Customs Management ... 160
• 7.1.1 ... Legal Regulations ... 160
• 7.1.2 ... Numbering Schemes ... 160
• 7.1.3 ... Document Structures ... 161
• 7.1.4 ... Import Customs Declarations ... 165
• 7.1.5 ... Customs Codes ... 166
• 7.1.6 ... Authorization ... 168
• 7.2 ... Configuring Customs Management ... 169
• 7.2.1 ... Activation ... 170
• 7.2.2 ... Control Settings ... 170
• 7.2.3 ... Preference Settings ... 170
• 7.2.4 ... Customs Duty Setup ... 171
• 7.3 ... Communication Setup: Post-Processing Framework ... 173
• 7.3.1 ... Automated Export Submission Scenario ... 173
• 7.3.2 ... Post-Processing Framework ... 174
• 7.3.3 ... Defining Condition and Output Parameters ... 177
• 7.3.4 ... Messages: Definition for Communication Process ... 178
• 7.3.5 ... Process Template ... 178
• 7.3.6 ... Message Parameters ... 180
• 7.3.7 ... Middleware Communication Setup ... 181
• 7.4 ... Cockpit Setup ... 184
• 7.4.1 ... Messages ... 187
• 7.4.2 ... Classifications ... 187
• 7.4.3 ... Master Data ... 188
• 7.4.4 ... Identification Numbers ... 189
• 7.5 ... Summary ... 190
• 8 ... General Add-On Functionality and Features ... 191
• 8.1 ... Text Determination ... 192
• 8.1.1 ... License Text ... 193
• 8.1.2 ... Product Text ... 195
• 8.2 ... Customs Product ... 195
• 8.3 ... Case Management and Email Notification ... 197
• 8.3.1 ... Record Management ... 197
• 8.3.2 ... Email Notification ... 202
• 8.4 ... Default Data and Incompletion Checks ... 203
• 8.4.1 ... Default Data ... 203
• 8.4.2 ... Incompletion Checks ... 206
• 8.5 ... Application Integrations: HR, FI, and EH&S ... 207
• 8.5.1 ... SAP ERP HCM Integration ... 208
• 8.5.2 ... SAP FI Integration ... 218
• 8.5.3 ... SAP EH&S Integration ... 219
• 8.6 ... Summary ... 223
• 9 ... Preference Processing or Preferential Treatment ... 225
• 9.1 ... Preferential Treatment and Determination Configuration ... 226
• 9.1.1 ... Feeder System or SAP ERP Setup ... 227
• 9.1.2 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Configuration ... 231
• 9.2 ... Preference Processing Business Processes ... 242
• 9.2.1 ... SAP Feeder System Process ... 242
• 9.2.2 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Cockpit Process ... 245
• 9.3 ... Summary ... 255
• 10 ... Intrastat Reporting with SAP Electronics Compliance Reporting (SAP ECR ... 257
• 10.1 ... Data Setup for Intrastat Reporting ... 258
• 10.1.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Data Setup ... 259
• 10.1.2 ... SAP ECR Data Preparation and Processes for Feeder Systems ... 264
• 10.1.3 ... SAP ECR Processing Within SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services ... 268
• 10.2 ... Business Process Procedure for Intrastat Reporting ... 271
• 10.2.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Configuration ... 271
• 10.2.2 ... Feeder System Configuration ... 278
• 10.3 ... Summary ... 285
• 11 ... Functionality Release, Upgrade, Archiving, and Technical Overview of SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services ... 287
• 11.1 ... Functionality Releases and Delta Features ... 288
• 11.1.1 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 1.0 Versus SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 2.0 ... 288
• 11.1.2 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 2.0 Versus SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 3.0 ... 289
• 11.1.3 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 7.x ... 289
• 11.1.4 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services 8.0 ... 290
• 11.2 ... Data Retention and Archiving ... 291
• 11.2.1 ... Archiving Objects ... 292
• 11.2.2 ... Archiving General Steps and Procedures ... 292
• 11.3 ... SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Table Structure ... 299
• 11.3.1 ... Linking Product and Classification Information ... 299
• 11.3.2 ... Transaction Information ... 301
• 11.4 ... BAdIs, User Exits, and Copy Control ... 302
• 11.4.1 ... BAdIs ... 302
• 11.4.2 ... User Exits ... 303
• 11.4.3 ... Copy Control ... 304
• 11.5 ... Summary ... 306
• 12 ... Data Transfer Between Standard, and Non-SAP Interfaces, and Best Known Methods ... 307
• 12.1 ... Master and Transactional Data Interface ... 308
• 12.1.1 ... Change Pointers ... 308
• 12.1.2 ... Non-SAP Interface ... 311
• 12.1.3 ... Content Load and Screening Interface ... 314
• 12.2 ... Best Known Methods for Managing Your Trade System Project Implementation ... 316
• 12.2.1 ... Supply Chain Processes: Preparation Work ... 317
• 12.2.2 ... Requirement Analysis ... 322
• 12.2.3 ... Scoping ... 323
• 12.2.4 ... Managing the SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services Project ... 325
• 12.2.5 ... Build and Testing Approach ... 327
• 12.3 ... Summary ... 328
• ... The Author ... 329