Table of Contents

Open all
Close all
Preface
15
Who This Book Is For
16
How This Book Is Organized
17
Acknowledgments
19
Conclusion
20
1 Introduction to SAP S/4HANA and SAP Fiori
21
1.1 SAP HANA Database
22
1.1.1 Basics
22
1.1.2 In-Memory Database Limitations and Mitigation Strategies
24
1.1.3 Database Benefits and Features
26
1.2 A New Data Model
27
1.2.1 Material Documents (Table MATDOC)
27
1.2.2 Precompacting and Purging Data (Tables MATDOC and MATDOC_EXTRACT)
32
1.2.3 Accounting Documents (Table ACDOCA)
34
1.3 Functional Changes
35
1.3.1 Simplification List
35
1.3.2 Industry Solution Retrofitting
36
1.3.3 Clean Core
36
1.4 SAP Fiori
36
1.4.1 A New User Paradigm
36
1.4.2 SAP Fiori Applications
38
1.4.3 SAP Fiori Launchpad
45
1.5 Summary
56
2 Inventory Management Basics
57
2.1 Inventory as a Staple of the Supply Chain
57
2.2 End User Role Templates
60
2.3 Key Considerations
61
2.3.1 Service Levels, Inventory Costs, and Operational Profit
61
2.3.2 Lot Sizes, Replenishment Times, and Safety Stocks
62
2.3.3 Local versus Global Inventory Management
65
2.3.4 New Technologies
66
2.4 Inventory Optimization in SAP S/4HANA
75
2.4.1 Optimization Schema
75
2.4.2 Plan and Adjust
77
2.4.3 Execute
78
2.4.4 Analyze
79
2.5 Summary
80
3 Configuring Inventory Management
81
3.1 Implementation Guide Configuration
81
3.1.1 Implementation Guide Overview
82
3.1.2 Organizational Units
84
3.1.3 Inventory Management
89
3.1.4 Procurement
107
3.1.5 Logistics Execution
110
3.1.6 Production Planning
111
3.1.7 Stock Transport
117
3.2 Cross-Topics
122
3.2.1 Batches
122
3.2.2 Serial Numbers
124
3.2.3 Handling Units
125
3.2.4 Split Valuation
126
3.3 Generic Cross-Functions
127
3.3.1 Date Functions
127
3.3.2 Responsibility Management
129
3.3.3 Situation Handling
131
3.3.4 Barcode Scanning
137
3.3.5 Extensibility
140
3.4 Servers
152
3.4.1 Frontend
153
3.4.2 Backend
155
3.5 Basic Interfaces
156
3.6 SAP Fiori
158
3.6.1 SAP Fiori Entities
158
3.6.2 Roles and Users
160
3.6.3 SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library
162
3.7 Summary
164
4 Planning and Adjusting Inventory
165
4.1 Planning Strategies
166
4.1.1 Production Planning
167
4.1.2 Discrete versus Process Manufacturing
170
4.1.3 Demand-Driven versus Plan-Driven Planning
170
4.2 Production Master Data Overview
172
4.3 MRP Overview
173
4.3.1 Generic Capabilities
174
4.3.2 Planning Process
174
4.3.3 MRP Live
177
4.3.4 DDMRP
177
4.4 Kanban Overview
178
4.5 Capacity Planning and Production Master Data
179
4.5.1 Manage Work Center Capacity
180
4.5.2 Display BOM, Display Multilevel BOM Explosion, and Find BOM for Components
181
4.5.3 Display Routing/Display Master Recipe
185
4.6 Make to Order and Make to Stock
187
4.7 MRP Live
190
4.7.1 Monitor Requirements and Material Coverage
190
4.7.2 Manage Planned Orders
202
4.7.3 Convert Planned Orders
203
4.7.4 Schedule MRP Runs
204
4.7.5 Display MRP Key Figures
207
4.7.6 Display MRP Master Data Issues
209
4.7.7 Monitor External Requirements
210
4.7.8 Monitor Internal Requirements
212
4.7.9 Detect Unnecessary Supply Elements
215
4.8 DDMRP
219
4.8.1 Configuration Process
219
4.8.2 Buffer Profile Maintenance
219
4.8.3 Product Classification: Mass Maintenance of Products
220
4.8.4 Buffer Adjustment
222
4.8.5 Product Classification: Schedule Product Classification
223
4.8.6 Buffer Positioning
225
4.8.7 Schedule Lead Time Classification of Products
227
4.8.8 Schedule Buffer Proposal Calculation
229
4.8.9 Manage Buffer Levels
231
4.8.10 Planners Overview
236
4.8.11 Replenishment Planning
236
4.8.12 Replenishment Execution
239
4.9 Kanban
240
4.9.1 Manage Control Cycle
240
4.9.2 Summarized JIT Call Scheduler
243
4.9.3 Kanban Calculation
245
4.10 What’s Ahead for Inventory Planning and Adjustment?
246
4.10.1 Prerequisites
246
4.10.2 Schedule Predictive MRP Simulation Creation
247
4.10.3 Process Predictive MRP Simulations
250
4.11 Summary
252
5 Goods Receipt
253
5.1 Purchase Order
253
5.1.1 Purchase Orders for Inventory
254
5.1.2 Stock-Related Procurement
257
5.2 Inbound Delivery
261
5.3 Production Order
262
5.4 Goods Receipt without Reference
263
5.5 Post Subsequent Adjustment
265
5.6 Process Variants
265
5.6.1 Batch-Managed Materials
266
5.6.2 Serial Numbers
267
5.6.3 Goods Receipt Blocked Stock
269
5.6.4 Mandatory Quality Inspection
269
5.6.5 Decentralized Warehouse Management
271
5.6.6 Direct Posting with Embedded EWM
271
5.6.7 Return Delivery
271
5.6.8 Single- or Multi-Account Assignment
272
5.6.9 Split Valuation
273
5.7 Real World Scenarios and Best Practices
274
5.7.1 Implementing Simple Warehouse Management with Storage Bins
274
5.7.2 Simplifying Inbound Quality Control with Goods Receipt-Blocked Stock
275
5.7.3 Scanning Barcodes to Speed Up Goods Receipt
275
5.8 What’s Ahead for Goods Receipt?
276
5.9 Summary
277
6 Core Inventory Management
279
6.1 Monitoring Core Inventory Documents
279
6.1.1 Material Document Components
280
6.1.2 Use Enterprise Search to Identify Inventory Documents
280
6.1.3 Material Documents Overview
282
6.1.4 Analyze the Document Flow via the Material Document Object Page
286
6.2 Stock Identification
288
6.2.1 Stock – Single Material
289
6.2.2 Stock – Multiple Materials
293
6.2.3 Analyze Stock in Date Range
296
6.2.4 Display Stock Overview
296
6.3 Stock Transfer
298
6.3.1 Stock Transfer – In-Plant
298
6.3.2 Transfer Stock – Cross-Plant
302
6.3.3 Post Goods Movement
304
6.3.4 Working with Stock Transport Orders
306
6.3.5 Advanced Intercompany Stock Transport
307
6.4 Initial Entry and Scrapping
308
6.4.1 Manage Stock
309
6.4.2 Post Goods Movement
313
6.5 Reversals
314
6.5.1 Reversals within the Material Document Object Page
314
6.5.2 Partial Material Document Reversal
314
6.6 Physical Inventory
315
6.6.1 Physical Inventory Phases
316
6.6.2 Create Physical Inventory Documents
317
6.6.3 Manage Physical Inventory Count
322
6.6.4 Process Physical Inventory Count Results
325
6.6.5 Manage Physical Inventory Item List
326
6.7 Cross-Topics
328
6.7.1 Batches
328
6.7.2 Serial Numbers
330
6.7.3 Handling Units
331
6.8 Real-World Scenarios and Best Practices
331
6.8.1 Scanning Barcodes to Speed Up Inventory Management
331
6.8.2 Managing Product Lifecycle State with Split Valuation
333
6.8.3 Converting Materials into Different Materials
334
6.8.4 Fine-Tuning Inventory with Custom Movement Types
334
6.9 What’s Ahead for Core Inventory?
338
6.10 Summary
338
7 Production Execution
339
7.1 Working with Reservations
340
7.1.1 Automatic Creation of Reservations
340
7.1.2 Manual Reservation Management
341
7.1.3 Manage Reservation Items
342
7.2 Scheduling and Manufacturing Execution
344
7.2.1 Capacity Scheduling Table
344
7.2.2 Capacity Scheduling Board
346
7.2.3 Stock Requirements List
348
7.2.4 Display Planned Orders, Production Orders, and Process Orders
349
7.2.5 Manage Change Requests
352
7.2.6 Check Material Coverage
355
7.2.7 Monitor Production Orders and Process Orders
355
7.2.8 Manage Production Orders
359
7.2.9 Confirm Production Operations
365
7.2.10 Create Goods Receipt for Production Order
366
7.3 Production Performance Monitoring
366
7.3.1 Material Scrap
367
7.3.2 Operation Scrap
367
7.3.3 Scrap Reason
368
7.3.4 Excess Component Consumption
370
7.3.5 Monitor Production Execution Duration
371
7.4 Working with Kanban
372
7.4.1 Display Kanban (Demand View)
372
7.4.2 Display Kanban (Supply View)
374
7.4.3 Due Replenishment Elements
375
7.4.4 Correct Kanban
378
7.4.5 Unlock Kanban Container
379
7.4.6 Set Kanban Container Status
379
7.5 What’s Ahead for Production Execution?
380
7.6 Summary
381
8 Inventory Analysis
383
8.1 Inventory Analytics in SAP S/4HANA
383
8.1.1 Advances in Analytics
384
8.1.2 Choosing the Right Analytics Tool
385
8.2 Posted Stock Change Analysis
385
8.2.1 Stock Single Material and Stock Multiple Materials
385
8.2.2 Analyze Stock in Date Range
386
8.2.3 Schedule Export of Inventory Analytics and Display Inventory Analytics Jobs
390
8.2.4 Goods Movement Analysis
392
8.2.5 Physical Inventory Document Analysis
396
8.3 KPI Monitoring and Analysis
397
8.3.1 Overview Pages
397
8.3.2 Inventory Turnover Analysis
401
8.3.3 Inventory (Multiple) KPI Analysis
405
8.3.4 Material Valuation
409
8.4 Process Analysis Tools
410
8.4.1 Dead Stock Analysis
410
8.4.2 Slow or Non-Moving Materials
412
8.4.3 Overdue Stock in Transit
415
8.4.4 Overdue Goods Receipt Blocked Stock
417
8.5 Custom Queries
417
8.6 Real-World Scenarios and Best Practices
422
8.6.1 Analyzing Your Serialized Stock
422
8.6.2 Controlling Inventory
424
8.6.3 Monitoring Shelf Life
425
8.7 What’s Ahead for Analytics?
426
8.8 Summary
429
9 Inventory Management in SAP Business Suite
431
9.1 Extensibility
432
9.1.1 SAP S/4HANA Extensibility
432
9.1.2 SAP Business Technology Platform
435
9.1.3 SAP Business Accelerator Hub
435
9.2 SAP S/4HANA Cloud
441
9.2.1 Solution Scope
442
9.2.2 Implementation Methodology
445
9.2.3 Configuration and Fine-Tuning
447
9.2.4 Update Cycle
451
9.3 Hybrid Deployment
452
9.3.1 SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud
452
9.3.2 Decentralized Warehouse Management with SAP S/4HANA
455
9.3.3 SAP Extended Warehouse Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
457
9.4 Cloud Solutions
457
9.4.1 SAP Integrated Business Planning
457
9.4.2 SAP Digital Manufacturing
460
9.4.3 SAP Business Network for Procurement
460
9.4.4 SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Analytics Cloud
461
9.5 Summary
462
The Authors
463
Index
465