guide your sap s/4hana project to success unit 4
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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
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
Question 1
“How is the data model
different in the MM-IM
space in SAP S/4HANA
vs SAP ERP?”
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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
Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
How is the data model different in the MM-IM space in SAP S/4HANA vs SAP ERP?
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
Question 2
“What changes do we
have on the SD side in
SAP S/4HANA and are
there any benefits?”
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
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
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
Question 3
“How has output
management changed
in SAP S/4HANA?”
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Logistics Essentials and Changes 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.
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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
Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
How has output management changed in SAP S/4HANA?
SAP S/4HANA
output managementNAST
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
Question 4
“What are my basic
options for warehousing
in SAP S/4HANA?”
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Logistics Essentials and Changes 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
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
Question 5
“What differences are
there between MRP
classic and MRP Live?”
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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)
Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
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
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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
Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
What differences are there between MRP classic and MRP Live?
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
Question 6
“What are the immediate
benefits from a logistics
perspective once we are
on SAP S/4HANA?”
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in 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
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Logistics Essentials and Changes in SAP S/4HANA
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
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