Guide Your SAP S/4HANA Project to Success Unit 4 ...

Guide Your SAP S/4HANA Project to Success

Unit 4: Logistics Essentials and Changes in

SAP S/4HANA

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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA

Introduction

INNOVATION ADOPTION

SAP ERP

Any DB

Suite on HANA

Updated DB and some

incremental benefits

SAP ERP

SAP HANA

SAP S/4HANA

Technical Conversion

SAP S/4HANA with GUI

introduce only required

changes as the foundation

for innovation

SAP

S/4HANA

SAP

S/4HANA

SAP

S/4HANA

Grow SAP Fiori coverage

and SAP S/4HANA

features across more

business roles

Add more Intelligent

Enterprise capabilities

e.g. machine learning &

Intelligent RPA

Common scenario of the

first SAP S/4HANA

implementation

Implementation of SAP

S/4HANA advanced

features

Showcase innovations

e.g. SAP Fiori launchpad +

basic SAP S/4HANA

functionalities



Question 1

“How is the data model

different in the MM-IM

space in SAP S/4HANA

vs SAP ERP?”


Classic Data Model SAP S/4HANA Data Model

MSTQH

MSTEH

MSTBH

MSSQH

MSSAH

MSPRH

MSLBH

MSKUH

MSKAH

MKOLH

MCHBH

MARDH

MARCH

MKPF

MSEG

MSTQ

MSTE

MSTB

MSSQ

MSSA

MSPR

MSLB

MSKU

MSKA

MKOL

MCHB

MARD

MARC

MATDOC

Master data in

stock aggregates

Inventory tables

for different stock

types (11 tables)

Inventory history tables for

different stock types (13 tables)

Inventory

movements

MARD

MARCMaster data without

stock aggregates

MATDOC –

material documents

Data Model Simplification

▪ Merge material document header and item

▪ Aggregated values for aged data as starting points

▪ Only one quantity column for all stock types

KEY Benefits

▪ Drop all aggregate fields and history tables (in total 24 tables)

▪ Updates on aggregation tables no longer required

▪ High-speed evaluations

▪ Open for new stock types


How is the data model different in the MM-IM space in SAP S/4HANA vs SAP ERP?



Question 2

“What changes do we

have on the SD side in

SAP S/4HANA and are

there any benefits?”



What changes do we have on the SD side in SAP S/4HANA and are there any benefits?

Benefits with SAP S/4HANA

❑ Reduced memory footprint (simplified document flow, elimination of index tables, fewer aggregates)

❑ Increased performance of SAP HANA queries and code pushdown (one select statement instead of two)

❑ Increased robustness of order processing (no redundancies due to aggregates)

ERP SD SAP S/4HANA Sales



Question 3

“How has output

management changed

in SAP S/4HANA?”



How has output management changed in SAP S/4HANA?

Optional: Other frameworks like

NAST are still available

Unified: Across all the modules

such as SD, MM, FI, and so on

New: More capabilities like

flexibility, templates and so on

SAP S/4HANA output

management is the new, unified,

and optional framework to

handle the output management

processes.


SAP S/4HANA output management is not going to rebuild NAST

Frameworks covering functionalities out of the SAP S/4HANA output management scope:

▪ Workflow → SAP S/4HANA workflow

▪ Special function → SAP S/4HANA business event handling

▪ Communication which uses objects other than Business Partner continue using NAST


How has output management changed in SAP S/4HANA?

SAP S/4HANA

output managementNAST



Question 4

“What are my basic

options for warehousing

in SAP S/4HANA?”



What are my basic options for warehousing in SAP S/4HANA?

Inventory

Management

Key Features▪ Pure “total” quantity

management

▪ Basic pallet processes only

Key Drawbacks▪ No system-guided, controlled

warehouse

▪ No storage bin management

Stock Room

Management

Warehouse

Management

Key Features▪ Storage bin management,

basic operations

▪ Relevant for small warehouses

with manual operations

Key Features▪ Designed specifically for

SAP S/4HANA

▪ Basic warehouse processes only

▪ Availability beyond 2025

Key Drawbacks▪ No enhancements or

development plans

▪ Compatibility scope in

SAP S/4HANA, usage rights

will expire end of 2025

Key Drawbacks▪ Does not cover the whole

compatibility scope of WM

▪ It is a not the strategic product

SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA



Question 5

“What differences are

there between MRP

classic and MRP Live?”


Classic MRP

App Server DB ServerDispatcher

Read planning file entries

For every planning file entry

Read planned orders

Eban

Read purchase requisitions

Read purchase orders

Read production orders

Read sales orders

Read stock transfer demand

MRP Live

App Server SAP HANADispatcher

Read planning file entries

For all planning file entries with the same low-level codePlaf

Mdbs

Caufv

Vbbe

Mdup

Read

Eban

Read

Plaf

Read

Ekpo

Afpo Vbbe Ekko

Merge + Split

MRP planning logic

Plaf

Eban

Update planned orders

Update purchase requisitions

Plan

set 1

Plan

set 2

Plan

set 3

Merge + Split

Insert

Plaf

Insert

Eban

Insert

Resb

ABAP post-processing

(e.g. determine release strategy)


What differences are there between MRP classic and MRP Live?

The application server calls the database server

many times to read lots of data

Many tables are read in parallel using the

parallelization capabilities of SAP HANA


Move to a real-time evaluation of the

planning situation

Instant detection of critical situations in

the material flow based on real-time

data

User-oriented visual content for the

planner, which provides the relevant

information at a glance

Comprehensive impact analysis

Move to SAP Fiori and real-time evaluation


What differences are there between MRP classic and MRP Live?



Question 6

“What are the immediate

benefits from a logistics

perspective once we are

on SAP S/4HANA?”



What are the immediate benefits from a logistics perspective once we are on SAP S/4HANA?

Manage Sales Plans

Sales Management Overview

Quality ManagementManage Usage Decisions

Quality Technician Overview

Manufacturing

ProcurementProcurement Overview Page

Manage Purchase Orders (Version 2)

WarehousingTransfer Stock – Cross-Plant

Overdue Materials – Stock in Transit

Schedule Production

Manage Buffer Levels

The products that customers can consume immediately once they are on SAP

S/4HANA are the SAP Fiori Lighthouse apps. These come out-of-the-box rich in

functionalities and can offer an immediate business benefit.

Sales



Key takeaways

When moving to SAP S/4HANA there are functional

changes to be taken into consideration

Business teams need to be involved in the project

in order to understand what is changing and how to

better adapt

The benefits and advantages of SAP S/4HANA need

to be understood in order for customers to exploit all

the capabilities

Extra consideration should be taken with regard to

the immediate benefits SAP Fiori offers

Thank you.

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