Looking for unique scenarios to maximize your SAP Supply Network Collaboration (SNC) solution? Then this detailed guide is perfect for you! Based on SAP SNC 5.1 and 7.0, it focuses on insightful new information including architecture, business process and scenario enhancements, usually only available from highly experienced SAP consultants. The book begins with a concise review of SAP SNC, its architecture, and standard scenarios, and quickly moves on to the non-standard scenarios and other techniques for enhancing and customizing SAP SNC.

Readers discover important factors for supplier collaboration scenarios such as Multi-Tier and Multi-Partner Collaboration, or SMI with Demand Based Replenishment and learn more about outsourcing scenarios including PO Subcontracting integration with SAP APO, or Work Order Collaboration with SNI. You'll see how SAP SNC supports customer collaboration, including Sales Forecast Collaboration with consensus finding and store-level data, Order Forecast Collaboration with SAP APO Planning Books, and Pallet Determination.Plus, you'll develop a deep understanding of the SAP SNC Web Dynpro Architecture and Selection and Authorization Concepts and learn how you can develop your own screen in SAP SNC.Last but not least, explore the procedures for enhancing SNC business processes and scenarios, including message interfaces, order documents, and user interfaces.

Highlights

• Overview of SAP SNC architecture and standard scenarios
• Non-standard Scenarios for Supplier, Outsourcing, and Customer Collaboration
• SAP SNC Resources, including links to SAP documentation, scenario and process decriptions, and the SAP implementation guide

About the Author(s)

Christian Butzlaff is a director at SAP’s Value Prototyping team in Palo Alto, CA. Thomas Heinzel works for SAP Research in Palo Alto. Frank Thome is program manager for SNC at SAP AG in Walldorf, Germany. All three worked as development architects and project managers for SNC, formerly ICH, from its inception.

Table of Contents

1 ... Introduction ... 11
... 1.1 ... The Need for Supply Network Collaboration ... 12
... 1.2 ... SAP SNC Business Scenarios and Processes ... 14
... 1.3 ... SAP SNC Architectural Overview ... 19

2 ... Supplier Collaboration Scenarios ... 41
... 2.1 ... Multitier, and Multipartner Collaboration ... 41
... 2.2 ... SMI with Demand-Based Replenishment ... 52

3 ... Outsourcing Scenarios ... 57
... 3.1 ... PO Subcontracting Collaboration with SAP APO Supply Network Planning (SNP) Integration ... 57
... 3.2 ... Subcontracting Component Transfer Confirmation ... 66
... 3.3 ... Work Order Collaboration with SNI ... 71

4 ... Customer Collaboration Scenarios ... 81
... 4.1 ... Enhanced Consensus Finding in Collaborative Sales Forecasting ... 81
... 4.2 ... Sales Forecast Collaboration with Store-Level Data ... 88
... 4.3 ... Order Forecast Collaboration ... 95
... 4.4 ... Pallet Determination ... 101

5 ... SAP SNC Selection and Authorization Concepts ... 109
... 5.1 ... Screens in SAP SNC ... 109
... 5.2 ... Introducing the SAP SNC Selection Component ... 111
... 5.3 ... Model Class and Selection Object ... 118
... 5.4 ... Result List ... 127
... 5.5 ... Authorization Concepts in SAP SNC ... 135
... 5.6 ... Selection Modes and Selection Objects ... 139
... 5.7 ... Application Logic ... 143
... 5.8 ... Navigation Menu ... 157
... 5.9 ... Selection Object Extensions ... 158
... 5.10 ... Alert Selection ... 160

6 ... Business Process Enhancements ... 163
... 6.1 ... Process Enhancement Description ... 163
... 6.2 ... Enhancements of Mapping and Message Interface ... 164
... 6.3 ... Enhancements of Business Object Layer for Order Documents ... 171
... 6.4 ... Enhancements of PO Details Web Screen ... 179
... 6.5 ... Enhancements of Time Series Data Storage ... 180

A ... Conclusion ... 183

B ... SAP SNC Resources ... 185

C ... Appendix ... 187
... C.1 ... Example Proact Report ... 187
... C.2 ... Example Proact Mapping ... 201
... C.3 ... Example Method for Consensus Forecast ... 203

... The Authors ... 209