sap upgrade-delta highlights
TRANSCRIPT
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 1/100
DISCLAIMER
Please Note:
This spreadsheet represents a work in progress. In no way is it guaranteed to be complete. It is offere
As part of its upgrade support, SAP will be enhancing this tool on an ongoing basis.
mySAP.com UPGRADE ANALY
Business Warehouse BW Sales and Di
Customer Relationship Management CRM Service Ma
Financials, Controlloing, Asset Management FI, CO, AM Strategic En
Human Resources HR Supply Chai
Knowledge Management (Training) KM Technology
Materials Management/Procurement MM Variant Co
Plant Maintenance PM Warehouse
Product Design PD
Production Planning PP
Quality Management QM
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 2/100
d for informational purposes only.
IS
stribution SD
agement SM
terprise Management SEM
n Management SCM
Tech
figuration VC
anagement WM
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 3/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
From 3.1 To 4.0 Mass change
In Release 3.0, SAP introduced the functions for
master data maintenance and asset retirement using
mass processing. In order to represent the
organizational flow of these functions in the system,
you needed to use R/3 SAP Business Workflow.
In Release 4.0A, you do not need this organizational
representation in SAP Business Workflow. Mass
changes and mass retirements can be carried out
directly by each R/3 user who has the necessary
authorization. You no longer need to define the
responsible users in an organizational plan and assign
them to the workflow tasks.
Ease of use/ productity
Multiple Similar Assets
In Release 4.0A there is a new function for creating
multiple similar assets from within a master data
transaction. The similar assets differ initially only in
their main number or sub-number. When you save, you
can also change the asset description and the inventory
number of the individual assets.
Ease of use/ productity
Intercompany Asset Transfer
.
intercompany asset transfer that enables you to post
completely from the sending company code. The system
automatically posts the acquisition in the receiving
company code, and creates the new asset (if one is
needed).Please note, however, that this function is only
available for transfers within a single client. Transfers
between clients or systems must be posted in two
steps (retirement and acquisition).
Ease of use/ productity
Overhead cost controlling
Release 4.0A provides greater support for changes in
your organization. General enhancements to master
data include tab displays to improve master data
overview, increased list display functionality, and
improved collective processing functions for cost
centers. Internal order master data has a new layout
as well including tab index pages with additional user-defined fields.
Ease of use/ productity
Allocation
In release 4.0A, allocation enhanced features include a
formal check feature that tests individual cycles
before production runs, a segment overview function
that displays all the segments involved in a selected
cycle, change documents that log cycles or segment
indicators and settings, segment insertion at any place
for a cycle, and sorting of segments for a cycle.
Ease of use/ productity
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 4/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 5/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
Client copy and transfer
new au or za on _ _ s c ec e(optional in 4.0A). In a remote copy, large clients can
be copied without main memory problems. Values such
as source client or source destination can be saved for
profiles. Since all necessary profiles are delivered by
SAP, you are not allowed to create customer profiles.
Ease of use/productivity
Automatically mailing of spool request output
from background jobs
With Release 4.0A, it is possible to specify that spool
request(s) generated by a background job are to be
mailed automatically to one or more recipients. The
mail functionality of the SAPoffice component is used
for the automatic mailing. The spool request(s) may be
mailed to a single R/3 mail user, to an external user, or
to a distribution list that can include multiple R/3 mail
and external mail users. The mail recipient can be
identified by his or her R/3 user ID or by the user's
name in the R/3 address management component.
Addressing by name in the address management
requires that user address information be maintained
in the R/3 SAPoffice. This increases efficient
communication and saves time and mailing costs.
Unique gaps can be filled,
currently scattered acrossWhirlpool. Relaces tool in
legacy system maintencanc
costs savings.
VRU integrationAbility to support and integrated automated VRU w/
R/3
Reduced customer support
staff, Reduced response ti
to customer inquiries
Activity Based Costing
Activity-Based Costing (CO-OM-ABC) in the SAP R/3
System uses the assignment of resources to business
processes based on cost origin allowing detailed
analysis of specific areas in addition to cross-functional, process-oriented views of your organization.
This allows for much greater transparency in the area
of overhead.
processes, allowing collecti
of basic information for
management strategies and
decision-making. The
operational integration of
Activity-Based Costing wit
the other components in
Controlling (CO) allows
process cost flows to be
displayed as part of produc
manufacturing costs.
Particularly useful for
organizations with a high
percentage of overhead cos
and a high degree of produ
complexity, especially as su
product complexity leads t
strongly differentiated
utilization of overhead cos
processes by the individual
products. Reduces the
maintenance required for
activity-based costing
calculations.
Consolidation
Ability to generate interna
and statutory group
reports,through a single,
standard tool.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 6/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
IS-SW Support Ability to support revenue recognition
FASB Comp iance orstatutory reporting of
revenue, Ability to minimize
time to recognize sales
revenue
Warehouse Management
From 4.0 To 4.5 Reoccurring Items
reference. The system can now copy the original
document's long text to the documents that result
from recurring entries and from posting with
reference. When posting with reference, you can
choose this option on the initial screen and change the
texts as you enter and process the document. The
recurring entry data of an original document contains a
new parameter that you can choose to have the long
text copied. You can change this setting at any time.
The system copies all texts from the original document
once you process the batch-input session. You cannot
have the system transfer individual types of text. In
addition cross-country code correspondence in release
4.5 allows data from many company codes to be
grouped together.
Combine for a overall A/P
efficiency improvement
Balance Display
As of release 4.5 you can create worklists for account
numbers and company codes in the balance displays for:
You define the worklists in customizing as previously.
For the balance display in the general ledger, all the
company codes in the worklist must have the same local
currency and the same fiscal year variant.
If you have several parallel local currencies, the
worklist can still be used: the data on the parallel local
currencies can then, however, not be displayed.
Eliminates extra screen
processing
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 7/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
Payment Currency
,currency can be paid in a different (alternative)
currency when paying line items manually. Payers in
certain countries and industries also require this
facility during automatic payment transactions so that
they can make payments in any given currency available
to them.
As a rule, payers and the vendors either come to a
general agreement on what constitute acceptable
alternative currencies, or they agree on the payment
currency and the payment amount per transaction.
Prior to Release 4.5A, payments in an alternative
currency could only be created and posted manually. Asof Release 4.5A, it is now possible to enter a payment
currency that differs from the document currency in
the open item. You can also specify an amount
equivalent to the gross amount of the item in the
payment currency.
Manual process reuired to
pay in another currency,
eliminates multiple payment
runs
Dunning Reporting
dunning in 4.0:
A single customer or vendor can be dunned using the
individual dunning notice switch in transaction F150.
This enables you to see the current dunning status, and
to make a sample printout or an actual printout of the
dunning notice. For individual dunning notices, an
MHNK/MHND record is only written in the actual
printout.
As of 4.0, it is possible to group dunning notices for one
time accounts.
In each company code, sort variants for dunning notice
headers and lines can be maintained in table T047.
The interest calculation indicator set for the dunning
procedure can be used for each dunning area.
dunning
By installing interfaces, it is possible to carry out
customer-specific enhancements or modifications.
data, has been adjusted to the new address
management or the changed user address data in
SAPoffice. New fields have been included. However,
some fields are no longer supplied, e.g. cost center.
dunning notices.
media attached.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 8/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
Lock Box Processing
, , ,
house bank using normal telecommunications or a
lockbox provider, can now be received using Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI). The data flows into the
system automatically and you can process it there.
EDI lockbox processing consists of three steps. In the
first step, the data is automatically imported into the
system and stored in the IM bank data store. The next
step is top schedule the report program RFEBLB30;
this uses the lockbox data to generate the following
postings. The last step is to process the lockbox data
using transaction FLB1.
Improved performance using RFC during
depreciation posting
n re ease . e eprec a on-pos ng program
RABUCH00 was changed to use Basis technology for
parallel processing. As a result, it is possible to
distribute the workload to several servers and work
processes, which considerably reduces the overall
runtime.
In addition, the program now offers the option of
directly posting the depreciation posting documents,
instead of creating a batch-input session. You can
choose this option using a report parameter. When you
use this function, the step of processing the batch
input session is no longer required, which again
considerably reduces the overall runtime for
depreciation posting. As compared to posting using the
batch-input session, the system creates fewer
documents when you choose the direct posting option.
Ease of use/ productity
Automatic assignment of the inventory
numbers
Using SAP enhancement AISA0001, you can have the
system automatically assign an inventory number when
you create a new asset master record. The new number
is assigned according to rules you define.
Ease of use/ productity
Period-end partnner for asset accounting
. ,
Asset Accounting using the Period-End Partner. The
Period-End Partner (PEP) is a general tool in the
Accounting components of the R/3 System. It makes iteasier to control periodic processing, and in the future
will help to make these processes automatic as far as
possible. Using the Period-End Partner you can display
the current status of the period-end closing.
You can use the Period-End Partner to control either
the posting depreciation process or the posting of
asset values (other than depreciation) process in Asset
Accounting.
Ease of use/ productity
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 9/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
Summary for external accounting documents
As of release 4.5A you can carry out document
summarization in Controlling for postings from external
accounting. Depending on the object type you define
the fields that are not to appear in the CO document.
You can only use those fields for summarization that
contain no information of relevance to Controlling.
Ease of use/ productity
Group maintenance
documents for all groups within Controlling if you have
made the corresponding settings in the Implementation
Guide (IMG) "Controlling General". Based on the
change documents you can make changes to the group
at any time. All changes to the group structure and thegroup name are logged, together with the date of the
change and the user. Selection variants in group
maintenance: You can use the following functions for
selection variants when you maintain groups of cost
elements, cost centers, activity types, business
processes, orders and WBS
Ease of use/ productity
elements. Processing master data from the standard
hierarchy: Until now, you structured the standard
hierarchy and created cost centers or business
processes in two separate steps. It was only possible
through master data maintenance to assign a cost
center or a business process to a node of the standard
hierarchy or to change the assignment of a cost center
or business process to a node. As of Release 4.5A it is
possible to edit the standard hierarchy and cost
centers or business processes at the same time. This
simplifies maintenance. It is not yet possible to edit
master data for profit centers from standard
hierarchy maintenance.
Transfer Pricing
Making sure there are no
zeros in tranfer costs-data
integrity. Ease of use, less
effort to maintain/efficien
Planning, Budgeting & Foecasting Ability to upload spreadsheet data i.e. budgets
Ease of use/ productity,als
have the ability to capture
actuals & create plans base
on them (efficiency)
Appropriation requests
n e ease . , you can n oge er severa
appropriation requests that can be seen as alternative
methods of implementing a measure or as different
alternate investment options. These alternate
appropriation requests are linked by means of the
original appropriation request (that is, the first of the
alternates that was created).
Enhancement to PS
(investment manager only)
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 10/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
This function goes a step further than the
appropriation request variants by allowing you to link
very different alternatives (such as, do we build a plant
in the USA or in Spain?) together in the system. Up
until release 4.5A the "program position ID" field was
not available in the master data screen for internal
orders. In Release 4.5A, the "program position ID"
field is included in the screen layout of appropriation
requests. It can now be defined as a required entry
field in appropriation request master data.
Capital Investment Programs
In Release 4.5A, you can reassign measures and
appropriation requests, which are assigned to aprogram position, within the investment program. You
can also select a limited number of the measures and
appropriation requests that are assigned to a program
position, and reassign only those measures or requests.
Reassigned measures take all of their plan, budget and
actual values with them. At the level of the investment
program, the system automatically makes the
necessary changes to the plan values and budget values.
Enhancement to PS
(investment manager only)
Will check with Amy to see
benefits were ever applied
this area
Mass Change Functionality
Mass maintenance makes it easier to enter large
amounts of data. To meet these requirements, R/3version 4.5 contains a central tool that can be used by
various applications. Supported master data includes
material master, article master, customer master, and
vendor master.
A large amount of data en
can be avoided using this t
saving time. Another benefwould be data integrity.
Eliminates interface costs
developing one central
program to port data that
useable to all BAPIs
SAPgui in JAVA
a Java applet in an Internet browser, it provides
Internet access to an R/3 or R/2 System. Since it can
also run as an application, it provides an alternative
GUI for client platforms that do not have their own
"native" SAPgui. SAPgui in Java consists of two
components - the SAPgui server, and a Java applet.
The SAPgui server is a normal (multi-threaded) SAPguiwithout the GUI part. Instead, it has an API, which
the GUI can use to make itself a SAPgui. It is a
standalone program, and must run on a host that has a
connection to an R/3 or an R/2 System. For
performance reasons, it is written in C++.
From 4.5 To 4.6 Asset Explorer (replaces asset value display)
Displays all transactions posted to asset, as well as
depreciation (planned & posted) by depreciation area,
navigated via left panel. Parameters tab displays
select asset control data. User may change asset
dis la ed without leavin the screen.
Displays comprehensive
information in a single scre
user no longer has to consu
several screens for relevan
asset information.
Fixed Assets-Single Screen Postings
User can create & post to an asset in a single screen;
additionally, a posting no longer requires a transaction
type.
Faster data entry.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 11/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
Fixed Assets- User Defined fields in master
record
Enhancement AIST0002 allows the user to definefields in the master data record as needed. Previously,
users could use only "informational" fields, such as
inventory number, to meet unique master data
requirements and the field name could not be changed.
Minimizes end-user confusias a result of
counterintuitive field name
better able to meet the
unique needs of the client.
Fixed Assets-Notification of cost center
change
Previous y, an en -user wou simp y e pro i ite rom
posting to an asset if the cost center was locked to
primary postings. Workflow functionality in 4.6 now
generates a list of the locked cost centers and notifies
the cost center agent, with the option of changing the
cost center on the asset manually or via mass
substitution.
Reduces the occurrence of
end users encountering
assets locked for posting.
Schedule Manager replaces Period End ParterMakes period end closing more convenient.Documentation will guide end user through the first
steps.
Enhanced Usability Improved interface for recording a standard FI invoiceReduced standard FI invoicerecording time/increasedproductivity
Enhanced Usability Improved interface for G/L account postingReduced G/L account postintime/increased productivity
Travel Managemennt Improved interface for G/L account posting
-transaction that corresponds
with the usual forms on pape
Split screens show allnecessary information at thesame time. Trips that have
already been entered arepresented clearly in a tree
structure. As the traveler, you do notneed to enter a personnel
number or trip number. Youcan select the trips to be
Cash Journal
The Cash Journal transaction lets you enter, display,
and change cash movements in a business easily and
quickly. It works independently of other posting
transactions. Opening and closing balances, as well asreceipts and payments balances are automatically
calculated. Receipts can be printed at the touch of a
button.
No particular R/3 Finance knowledge is necessary to
operate the cash journal.
e ore e ease . , seven
screens were required
altogether for this
transaction:Three screens
for entering one cash
movement. Two screens for
monitoring the balances. Tw
screens for
displaying/reporting the
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 12/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Financials, Controlling and Asset Management Release Highlights
G/L Account Master
Using the Edit G/L account master record transaction, you can create, change, and display G/L accounts
quickly and with clarity. The G/L account texts can be
translated directly when creating or changing master
records. A separate transaction is no longer needed.
You are now able to create the corresponding cost
element automatically when creating a G/L account.
Additionally, a connection for editing financial
statement versions and sets was also created, allowing
direct access to the line item in the financial
statement version or set as assigned in the reference
Prior to Release 4.6, themaster record transaction
required a minimum of three
screens. The translation
transaction used an additiona
two screens. There was no
connection to the cost
element master data, to the
financial statement version,
nor to sets.
Vendor Invoice Entry
An invoice is entered in a single screen (even with
multiple offsetting entries); account assignment modelsare displayed on the left panel. Personalization
through user options (e.g., screen variants displayed on
the left panel) and drag & drop.
Prior to Release 4.6, the
invoice entry transactionrequired three screens &
user options, such as account
assignment models, required
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 13/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Da
From 3.1 to 4.0 Purchase Requisitions
Up to Release 4.0A, you were only able to enter the
local currency in requisition items for a material
without a material master record. As of release 4.0A,
you can also work with foreign currencies. You can also
display all purchase orders, requisitions, and outline
purchase agreements relating to projects, networks and
WBS elements. Benefits of this new functionality
include enhanced use of business when dealing with
foreign currencies and enhanced display capabilities. Up
to Release 4.0A, purchase requisitions could only be
released or approved on an item-wise basis. As of 4.0A
you can also release a complete purchase requisition.For the purpose of determining the release strategy,
the data from the items is aggregated. An obvious
benefit would be that speed and efficiency is increased
during the requisitions release process. As of release
4.0B, you can link the process of releasing purchase
orders to the SAP workflow facility. This is
particularly advisable if employees, whose normal duties
This contributes to increased
functionality within the release
process and more efficient
business practices, thus saving
time.
(Cost per P
(Reduced c
annually)
Communication
As of release 4.0A, you can send requisitions, purchase
orders, RFQs, scheduling agreements, and contracts as
attachments via SAPoffice. This tool increases
capabilities when sending out purchasing documents tovendors, saving time and cost of shipping documents.
Use SAPoffice to automate RFQs,
can output as email and autofax to
conduct business with vendors
reduing RFP costs through lowermail costs and improved efficiency.
(Cost per P
(Reduced c
annually)
Purchase Orders
There is a simplified procurement process using blanket
purchase orders. Up to release 4.0A, when you ordered
material to be consumed immediately you had to create
a purchase order for each requirement. For example,
the procurement of office supplies from a single vendor
in a year might have required the creation of several
purchase orders. As of release 4.0A, it is possible to
create purchase orders with a value limit and a validity
period (instead of a delivery date). In a blanket
purchase order, you merely set a value limit and enter abrief general description of what the order covers (e.g.
Lower costs per PO. Provides
greater flexibility in the
procurement process for the
company and its vendors. Lowers
the cost of the procurement cycle
while improving cycle time.
(Cost per P
(Reduced c
annually)
The use of such longer term purchase orders with value
limits allows you to procure various materials or
services from a vendor for which the creation and
processing of individual POs is regarded as both time
consuming and uneconomical. Also in release 4.0A, you
can purchase materials using the vendors part number
or the manufacturer‟s part number in the procurement
process.
Material Management Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 14/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Da
Material Management Release Highlights
Logistics Invoice
Verification
In Release 4.0, enhancements have been made to the
Logistics Invoice Verification function. Invoice
verification in the background is now possible for
invoices with large amounts of data for which no item
check is required. Evaluated Receipt Settlements
(ERS) is now possible within Logistics Invoice
Verification. As of Release 4.0A you can post a vendor
invoice in Logistics Invoice Verification and have the
system post a credit memo for the difference between
the value of the invoice and the value for which the
system expected an invoice. The vendor will also
receive a letter of complaint detailing the invoicereduction.
This function increases the
efficiency and functionality while
performing invoice verification
ultimately reducing errors and
costs associated with the invoice
correction process. Use ERS
before it gets past to FI
Cost per e
annually e
ou can now ass gn many s orage oca ons o a p an o
the same warehouse number Up to release 3.1, you could
only manage the stock of one storage location within a
warehouse number for each plant. With Release 4.0,
this limitation has been removed because the business
implications of the organizational unit storage location
have increased, therefore more than one storage
location per plant is to be defined. This enhancement
allows you to either represent the ownership status of
companies, or be able to make important planning
decisions at this level.
Also with release 4.0A you can perform an active
capacity check. It is possible to have the capacity check
run actively for different storage strategies, that is,
any bin found is first checked with respect to its
capacity and only proposed if the capacity is sufficient.
There is also a warehouse activity monitor with release
Obvious benefits include increased
and efficient use of storage space
as well as enhanced flexibility in
handling bulk material. A huge
benefit in using this tool is to
recognize error situations and
processes automatically and
quickly, to display them, and to
provide support in analyzing andremoving the actual errors. This
could save much re-work and
shipping costs and improve
customer service
the warehouse, critical situations in particular. You can
define when a situation or a process is to be classified
by the warehouse activity monitor as critical. The
warehouse activity monitor provides monitoring tasks
for objects in the WM component such as transfer
orders, transfer requirements, critical stock situations,
deliveries (provided they are relevant for the WM
System), and posting change notices.
Data Transfer Workbench
The Data Transfer Workbench supports the automatic
transfer of data from your legacy system into the R/3
System. The Workbench provides you with access to
the standard programs as well as with the necessary
tools for transferring data. For example, with release
4.0A, some of the objects you can transfer to the R/3
system using the workbench are the G/L account master
record, material master, vendor master, customer
master, condition records, sales documents, financialdocuments, rental contracts, etc.
Using this functionality will save
time in transferring data as well
as improve data integrity.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 15/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Da
Material Management Release Highlights
Central Address
Management
A new central address management (CAM) will be
delivered for Release 4.0, to be implemented in the
areas listed below.
In the medium to long term it is planned to change all
applications to this central address management. In the
new CAM the data will be managed in its own database
tables. All application objects will only store a
reference to the address key. There are addresses
changed to CAM for 4.0A, there are applications in
which the address function is new in 4.0A, and there
are applications in which the CAM was used in a Release
before 4.0.
This tool will aid in system
performance and ease of
maintenance by data being
managed in its own tables -
efficiency benefits. Can't use
multiple vendor addresses from 3.1
need to check if 4.5 has multiple
address capability
Info Object Viewer
rom re ease . e n o ec ewer s e
Browser for displaying HTML-based online help in the
R/3-System. It is based on the Microsoft Internet
Explorer 3.0x or the Netscape Navigator 3.0. The R/3
library, the extended help, IMG documents and the
glossary are displayed with the Info Object Viewer.
The Info Object Viewer is available on all front-end
platforms (UNIX, OS/2, Macintosh, Windows 16 bit and
Windows 32 Bit). The software and hardware
requirements can vary depending on the platform and
the HTML based online help (help type) variant used.
This viewer is friendly & faster
way of accessing and seeing the
help documentation ultimately
saving time and improving
efficiency.
Client Copy and Transport
new aut orization _ _ is c ec e
(optional in 4.0A). In a remote copy, large clients can be
copied without main memory problems.
Values such as source client or source destination can
be saved for profiles. Since all necessary profiles are
delivered by SAP, you are not allowed to create
customer profiles.
Data integrity and transfer
efficiency
Automatic mailing of spool
request output from
background jobs
With Release 4.0A, it is possible to specify that spool
request(s) generated by a background job are to be
mailed automatically to one or more recipients. The mailfunctionality of the SAPoffice component is used for
the automatic mailing. The spool request(s) may be
mailed to a single R/3 mail user, to an external user, or
to a distribution list that can include multiple R/3 mail
and external mail users. The mail recipient can be
identified by his or her R/3 user ID or by the user's
name in the R/3 address management component.
Addressing by name in the address management
requires that user address information be maintained in
the R/3 SAPoffice.
This increases efficient
communication and saves time and
mailing costs. Example: Order
exception report can be used to
send email or fax, or run a
generalized open order status &
routing to buyers. Has the
potential to automate core report
distribution systems.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 16/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 17/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
applet. The Java applet is also installed on the server,
but runs on the Java virtual machine (VM) in the
Internet browser once it has been loaded onto the
client. It calls the functions of the remote GUI server,
allowing it to retrieve R/3 data and return details of
user interaction.
The downloaded Java applet establishes a connection
with the R/3 System by making remote method calls
through the Inter-ORB protocol (IIOP). The SAPgui
server interprets these calls. This means that clients
only need a browser that supports Java (or a Java VM)
to be able to access R/3 Systems from anywhere in theworld - no other software components are required.
This reduces installation and administration costs
considerably. The SAPgui server is a normal (multi-
threaded) SAPgui without the GUI part. Instead, it has
an API, which the GUI can use to make itself a SAPgui.
It is a standalone program, and must run on a host that
has a connection to an R/3 or an R/2 System. For
From 4.5 To 4.6 Mass Maintenance
As of Release 4.6, the number of applications that Mass
Maintenance supports has increased. It now includes
Purchase orders, Purchase requisitions, Purchasing info
records, and Rental units.
Consumption Based Planning:
Enjoy Evaluation Lists
There are new selection limitations in the initial screen
of the collective display (only the stock/requirements
list). Safety stock is not included in plant stock. It is
displayed in a separate row. The processing indicator is
accessed and viewed easier. The search function has
been standardized. Traffic lights indicate the urgency
of materials that need to be processed based on range
of coverage and exception groups. A Symbol column
exists to give a one-click access to the detail dialog box.
Plant and MRP area are ready for input only when the
material exists in more than one plant or MRP area.
period totals and switching between periods. There is adirect branch to customizing or other applications by
double-clicking certain fields. All pushbuttons that
refer to individual MRP elements in the respective list
are displayed below the list, clearly differentiating
these functions from general functions. The function
Calculate ATP quantity has been replaced by a branch to
the function Availability overview (CO09). Four new
branches are provided for Configuration, Quota
arrangement, Production version, and Product structure.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 18/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
S
Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
Evaluation Lists
MRP exception group texts can be assigned to company-
specific exception messages. Exception group 8,
Terminations, is the only group that cannot be modified.
Previously, the ways to navigate between materials in
the MRP list and the stock/requirements list were,
entry of a new material number, sequential scroll in the
list sequence of the collective display, and access using
different transactions (for example, collective order,
material master). As of Release 4.6, the overview tree
makes navigation between materials quicker and more
comfortable. By double-clicking a material in the
overview tree, the corresponding list is immediately
accessed. In addition, a search function has been
provided in the worklist tree to search through the list
of displayed materials by certain criteria.ere are t ree i erent views avai a e in t e
overview tree. A pushbutton exists to provide
functionality to toggle between views.The Worklist tree
displays all materials that have been processed in the
respective transaction call, or all materials that were
selected in the collective display. In this view, the
displayed materials can be grouped and sorted, fieldsare defined to be displayed in the overview tree, values
are defined for the traffic lights, and the worklist can
be limited using a search function. The Order tree
displays all assemblies or components for a chosen MRP
element, for example, a planned order. The display is
hierarchic and corresponds to the order report. When
this list is accessed from the collective display using a
product group, the Product group tree displays this
roduct rou with all sub- roduct rou s and assi ned
A variable print option has been provided for Print list.
It displays a separate list which can be edited before it
is printed. It contains just the filtered MRP elements.The list can be further filtered, sorted, and sequenced.
Column widths can be defined. These settings can be
saved as a display variant. When the goods receipt date
is chosen instead of the availability date, or when
safety time is activated, the settings is taken into
consideration for the print. When the storage location
and BOM explosion number columns appear, or when
customer or vendor columns have been activiated, these
columns are considered in the print.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 19/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
S
Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
Before Release 4.6, the unit of measure used in detail
dialog boxes for MRP elements in the MRP list and the
stock/requirements list was always the base unit of
measure. Due to the different units of measure, the
quantities in the detail dialog boxes for MRP elements
were not the same as the quantities in the list. Now, the
unit of measure for the detail dialog box is always the
same as that chosen as the first of the two possible
units for the display of the list. Quantities and units of
measure agree in both displays.Up to now, only a few settings in the MRP list and the
stock/requirements list could be saved on a permanentbasis. All other settings were valid only for the current
display. A new pushbutton, Settings, can be used to
define a record of parameters, which control the
display and the processing of the lists. The settings can
be used for the current display or saved permanently.
The settings are valid for both the MRP list and the
stock/requirements list. The following can be set,
Display of detailed information for the material, Display
of the overview tree, Sort for the individual segments,
Activation of requirements grouping, Display of period
totals, Definition of requirements/receipt date,
Activation of safety time, Display of the total
replenishment lead time, Activation and selection of a
display filter and selection rule, Selection of the unit of
measure, Selection of the checking rule for the ATP
dis la , and Assi nment of a navi ation rofile.Up to now, ess exception messages were isp aye in
the stock/requirements list than were displayed in the
MRP list. These display lists and the corresponding
processes have been brought into line, as far as
possible. The most important changes are exception
message 30, Plan process according to schedule, exists
in both evaluation lists and rescheduling check in the
stock/ requirements list is done automatically by the
system in all lists. The corresponding exceptionmessa es a ear immediatel .
Customer-specific programming is available. SAP
provides you with two example reports and a function
module. Experts can use these to create programs for
the MRP list and the stock/requirements list.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 20/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
r or o e ease . , e s or e
stock/requirements list only branched to certain fixed
transactions using the standard branches under
Environment. Today transaction calls may be user-
defined. Transactions are then reached by pressing a
single key. When certain fields are predefined, initial
screens can be skipped. The transaction calls can be
general or specific to a certain MRP element. You define
the transaction calls on a user-specific basis or group
Subsequent Settlement
.
now also possible to carry out a comparison for the
periodic conditions. Business volume data can be editedat any level of the key fields "Plant", "Tax code" "Goods
supplier" and "Month" (analysis period). In the
statistics, the data entered can then be expanded to
the most detailed level on the basis of the updated
business volume data. Business volume data can be
entered for plants for which no business volume exists
in R/3. Tolerance limits can be defined (business volume
tolerance groups) within which the business volume for
an arrangement is to be compared. These limits can be
defined individually for each user. If the defined
tolerance limits are exceeded, either warnings or error
messages are issued, depending on the Customizing
In Subsequent Settlement, message determination can
be used to create messages with SAPscript for
settlement runs and arrangements. Messages can be
printed out and sent to business partners for
information. This function is particularly important if
settlement occurs across company codes at plant level,
which means that several settlement documents are
created for one vendor. Message output from the
individual settlement documents does not make sense in
this case. Message determination can be used to group
together this information in one form for the vendor.
It is now possible to output a list of business volumedata using the "Detailed statement" and "Statement of
statistical data" report, and display and enter the
business volume comparison, using flexible aggregation
and sort levels. This provides a flexible and powerful
tool for grouping together (aggregating), and sorting
data according to all existing characteristics (such as
plant, tax code, goods supplier, etc.) for display
purposes and (in the case of the business volume
comparison) entry purposes. For the "Detailed
statement" and "Statement of statistical data" report,
aggregation and sort levels replace the previous
function "Scope of statement".
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 21/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
S
Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
Subsequent Settlement is now incorporated in
Profitability Analysis. This means that the data from
the settlement document (customer/vendor billing
document) can be used in Profitability Analysis.
Enjoy Purchase Order
The new purchase order design places the requirements
of the user in the foreground. It supports the fast and
straightforward execution of purchasing activities, in
particular through the implementation of best-practice
ergonomic principles. There are several key advantages
of the En o urchase order.
All information is presented on a single transaction
screen. Jumping back and forth between different
windows and the use of an "initial screen" is a thing of
the past. It is possible to switch between Create,
Change, and Display modes without navigation.
As of Release 4.6, it is also possible to store faulty or
incomplete POs in the R/3 System (that is, to "hold"
them). In contrast to saved purchase orders, "held" POs
are not transmitted to the vendor and cannot be
released (approved). Neither can any follow-on
documents be osted.
Purchase order messages can be set so that the system
will issue any relevant messages while the purchase
order is being worked on or record all such messages in
an error log to be processed later. A status column in
the item overview shows which PO items are faulty.
The material, item, category, and plant can be
subsquently changed as long as no follow-on documents
have been posted.
When entering the vendor/supplying plant, material
group, storage location, or plant, it is sufficient to enter
just parts of the name instead of the complete number.
The system will then suggest the relevant data.
PO items can be displayed according to certain criteria.
Filter functionality has been added to the purchase
order.
Items can be adopted from reference documents (such
as requisitions, other POs, or RFQs) in a purchase order
being created simply by dragging with the mouse or
clicking a button.
Master data is easily accessible. Master records for
vendors and materials can be displayed by doubleclicking on the relevant field.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 22/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
S
Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
Header or item texts can be entered with the
conventional word-processing facility or a new
continuous text editor which, among other things,
supports automatic line breaks and searches for and
replacement of text. Note that with this editor
formatting and word-processing commands for a
SAPScri t text are lost.
Vendor Managed Inventory
The Send function has been enhanced. Forecasted data
can also be sent. Normal and promotions data can be
differentiated. The Recipient function has be enhanced.
Normal and promotions data can be differentiated using
the separate fields for historical and forecasted data.
Enjoy External Services Man
User friendliness is the keynote of the new
developments within the framework of the EnjoySAP
initiative. The Enjoy functions for External Services
Management provide the basis for greater working
efficiency and higher productivity.
For each function there is a central screen on which
relevant data can be maintained. All important functions
can be carried out on a single screen. In the service
master and the service entry sheet, it is possible to
switch between display, create, and change modes
without navigation. This simplifies orientation and
obviates that time-consuming jumping between several
screens.
Clearly grouped fields, which can be displayed as
required, make it easier to find information that is
available in the system. There are also graphical
elements such as overview trees, which can be
additionally display on the left half of the screen in
order to search for Service specification outlines (full
service screen), Services (service master), and Purchase
orders with their associated entry sheets (service
entry). From these overview trees, information can be
selected to be displayed, changed, or copied. Displayvariants are user definable within the overview trees.
As of Release 4.6A, each service does not need to be
saved individually. Instead, all processed services can be
saved together before exiting the transaction.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 23/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
S
Dat
Material Management Release Highlights
Time Sheet
s o e ease . , you can use e repor , me ee :
Time Leveling, to check the data recorded for time
sheets. The report allows selection of data records
according to the particular circumstances, to check
whether employees completed their planned working
time or target hours, or whether they worked overtime.
If the report identifies deviations from the planned
working time or target hours, the employees concerned
can be notified automatically by mail. Detailed
information on the data records can be accessed by
switching from the report display screen to the display
As of this release, there are two additional workflow
tasks available, which both allow the recipient to be
determined automatically, Approval by superior and
Approval by time administrator.
The Data Transfer Report has been enhanced. It can be
used for data transfers for all target components
(except Materials Management) in one step.
The process for analysing errors that occurred when
transferring time sheet data to SAP Logistics (Project
System, Plant Maintenance, and Customer Service) hasbeen simplified and is available for all confirmations.
The new Display errors function is available for this.
As of this release, almost all of the usual SAP System
Time Sheet functions are available in the Internet
Application Component (IAC), Internet Time Sheet.
Users can now enter clock times and information on
confirmations, and print their time sheets. In addition,
workflow can be implemented workflow for the approval
procedure.
A new interface is available to transfer time data
recorded using the time recording software currentlyimplemented in an external system to the Time Sheet,
where it can be postprocessed as usual.
Enjoy Goods Receipt
As of Release 4.6A, the Enjoy transaction MIGO can be
used to post goods movements. This transaction will
currently replace MB01, MB0A, MBRL, MBSF, MBNL,
MBST, MB02, and MB03.
Enjoy Logistics Invoice Verif
The redesigned Logistics Invoice Verification
transaction, Enter Invoice (MIRO), focuses on the
needs of the users. By applying guidelines on ergonomics,
it allows quick and simple completion of all tasks. There
are many advantages.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 24/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Su
Data/
Material Management Release Highlights
Header data and item data is maintained on one central
screen. There is no longer a need to switch between
different windows or process an initial screen. Invoices,
credit memos, subsequent debits, and subsequent
credits can be entered and posted in Logistics Invoice
Verification.In the PO structure, the system displays the business
transactions, depending on the allocation made. A choice
can be made from the following allocations: purchase
order/scheduling agreement, service entry sheet,
delivery note, bill of lading. If the PO structure is not
needed, it can be hid. More space is then made available
for rocessin .In Re ease 4.6A, invoices can e par e . T e unction,
Invoice Overview (MR1B), is used to continue processing
the invoice document. System messages that occur
during processing are collected in a log. This allows the
user to enter all the data first and process errors or
variances afterwards. A status display shows you the
status of the messages collected.Notes related to the
invoice can be entered and saved.n y par o e ven or name or num er nee s o e
entered. The system then suggests the appropriate
data. Vendor master records, line items and bank
details can be displayed from the central screen.
Purchase orders can be displayed by doubleclicking onthe column Purchase order on the invoice item list. The
system displays the balance on the central screen. The
transaction defaults the first company code entered.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 25/100
3.0 to 3.1Internet Application Components(IACs)
First components: Customer order recording,Customer order status, Available-to-Promise. Initialfoundation for Internet enable applications.Thisenable SAP customers to provide around the clockaccess for their customers, giving them self-servicecapabilities, thus eliminating customer calls to theorder desk for ordering, checking order status, andproduct availability.
Reduction in cost of sales, reduced cycletimes related to component and MROpurchasing,
Sales: Availability Check
The availability check control (scope of The check)was enhanced to include production order checking.This enhancement enables SAP users to view itemsin production as if they were on hand.
Ability to commit to delivery or moreproduct, resulting in increased revenue
Sales Contracts
– New enhancement that will allow SAP users to setdefault percentages using milestone for dates inbilling plans. Users can enter a percentage instandard milestones and operative milestones. Thisenables users to be more specific as to what isactually billed, thereby ensuring a more accuraterepresentation of what milestones have beenreached and what percentage has beenaccomplished for the contract.
Ability to make payments/receivepayments made for product and servicesas performed, resulting in more accuratecash flow
Transportation
New sections in customizing: Maintain freight codesets and freight codes and External TransportationPlanning Systems. These are a precursor to SAPplanned functionality for R/3 Release 4.5 andbeyond, for freight determination and managingproduct movements through various freightingcompanies. An interface is available as of 3.1G, thatallows users to transmit shipping orders andtransportation information to service agent (e.g.forwarding agent, customs agent). This guaranteesefficient information flow between the R/3 systemand external systems.
Foreign Trade
– This release enables users to create export
licenses that are only valid for certain terms ofpayment, as well as certain business transactions.This can be done by entering the document numberof an SD order in License Maintenance which willensure that an export for a certain businesstransaction. In the customer master in the ForeignTrade screen you can specify whether the customer
has been on a boycott/embargo list. Also eachexport license types will help the user determinewhat is authorized for export, such as to military orcivilian customers. It is also now possible to doexport control by product / material only using exportlicense master legal regulations check.
Compliance to Gov't regulations, reducedrisk associated with 3rd party reporting orinaccurate data
From 3.1 To 4.0 Euro supportFull capabilities to generate quote, order, invoiceand payment in Euro
EC requirement compliance, reduction inprocessing time due to automatedcurrency conversion, potential newmarkets, competitve edge, prevention oflost revenue
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Suppo
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 26/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Supp
Automatic mailing of spool requestoutput from background jobs.
With Release 4.0, it is possible to specify that spoolrequest(s) generated by a background job are to bemailed automatically to one or more recipients. Themail functionality of the SAPoffice component isused for the automatic mailing. The spool request(s)may be mailed to a single R/3 mail user, to anexternal user, or to a distribution list that can includemultiple R/3 mail and external mail users. The mailrecipient can be identified by his or her R/3 user IDor by the user's name in the R/3 addressmanagement component. Addressing by name inthe address management requires that user addressinformation be maintained in the R/3 SAPoffice.
This functionality increases efficientcommunication, reduces cycle time anddecreases postage costs associated withinternal/external reports
(# of rep* saving
Automatic Dial Up Screen Pop Up
Simple order processing additional functions.
Another “group” of enhancements that follow are
stated together since they are similar in benefit forsales order processing. As of release 4.0A the salesarea can be derived from the sold-to or ship-toparties when entering a sales document. Many timesorder entry personnel will not know the sales area,now they don’t have to. This saves order entry time.
Additionally, as of 4.0A you can enter salesdocuments via ship-to party and not just sold-toparty. Personnel might know the ship-to and not yetthe sold-to at order entry time, now there will be nodelay in processing.
This would benefit the telephone salesscenario when order entry personnel arenot sure of what type of order is needed,or the customer isn’t sure if they need a
quote, inquiry, regular order, etc.
(# of calsaving pIncreaseto crossdata ent
New Screen Interface & SimpleOrder Processing AdditionalFunctions
New screen interface/friendlier look, fasterprocessing. As of release 4.0 there is a new userinterface for sales documents including tab or indexcard technology which groups all data together thatbelongs together. The new interface works withflexible tables so you can adjust display duringprocessing to match your requirements. Resultswould be intuitive navigation between processingscreens, reduction in number of screen changes,and easier and faster communication of salesprocessing.
Productivity in the order desk areaInquiry cycle time reduction
(% reducreate aorder sa250 daystaff=62$18/hourates)= $
Shipping And Transportation
Actual shipment cost and a matrix can be created todevelop actual costs for each shipment. Includeactual costs in Customer bill and delivery notice. Asof release 4.0A the transportation component hasbeen enhanced with the shipment cost document toinclude entry and administration of shipping costrelevant data, calculation of shipment costs viashipment header or stage, and settlement withtransportation service agents and forwarding coststo FI.
These transportation enhancementssignificantly decrease data entry,decrease time in communication, improveerror finding, and decrease costs andincrease revenue. Currently the client
may roughly correlate delivery charges toactual. With an upgrade, The client canidentify "buried" premium charges, homedelivery or internet for consumer - offercustomer options for delivery.Transportation contract valuation - are wegetting value from our transportationproviders? Close the gap between whatcustomer is billed for delivery and what itactually costs
Cost peannually
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 27/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Supp
Credit Card Processing
New to release 4.0A, the system now contains thebasic tools to handle payment cards in a variety ofbusiness processes including sales and distribution,retail point of sale, financial accounting, and internetcommerce. You can integrate payment cardactivities into sales, delivery and billing processes,manage complicated sales scenarios, exchangeinformation with authorizing clearing houses,approximate card processing costs, authorize andimport data from external systems, and carry out thegeneral settlement process. This enhancement didnot exist in previous R/3 releases and is a hugerequirement in the basic business process ofcollecting payment. Benefits include financialsettlement much faster, reduced paperwork, andreduced manual entry.
AR, AP sales order processingUncollecrecovera
Picking Waves
In R/3 release 4.0A, you can use picking waves tocreate work packages in shipping. A picking waveconsists of several deliveries that are processed atthe same time. Assignment of deliveries to pickingwaves is based on time criteria (for instance, alldeliveries with the same goods issue time areassigned to a picking wave). Functions availablewith wave picking are simulation before actualcreation, as well as observation of capacity limitsduring actual creation. You can create picking waveseither online or in background processing. Wave
picking can help your warehouse capacity planningby controlling how loads get dropped to theWarehouse, depends on how often customercreates delivery do list. Picking waves looks atconstraints (I.e. 100 trucks) to get product out thedoor.
A huge benefit of using this functionalitywould be better time managementregarding sending delivery due lists to thewarehouse for shipment. By setting upwaves you can manage when to senddeliveries due to the warehouse either bytime, location, priority, etc. The clientwarehouse would have much morecapability to create dynamic delivery dolist. Also create communication tool forcustomers who use their own trucks to
pick up goods. More flexibility andefficiency in the warehouse plus helpsprioritize picking & packing. Can movefrom picking directly to truck shipmentimproves efficiency by overriding lesspriority picks with items having greaterpriority
Mass Change
Mass maintenance makes it easier to enter largeamounts of data. To meet these requirements, R/3version 4.5 contains a central tool that can be usedby various applications. Supported master dataincludes material master, article master, customermaster, and vendor master. A large amount of dataentry can be avoided using this tool, saving time.
Another benefit would be data integrity.
Need to quantify by identifying how manyFTEs are required for master Changeprocesses.
Data Transfer Workbench
The Data Transfer Workbench supports theautomatic transfer of data from your legacy systeminto the R/3 System. The Workbench provides youwith access to the standard programs as well as withthe necessary tools for transferring data. Forexample, with release 4.0A, some of the objects youcan transfer to the R/3 system using the workbenchare the G/L account master record, material master,vendor master, customer master, condition records,sales documents, financial documents, rentalcontracts, etc.
Using this functionality will save time intransferring data as well as improve dataintegrity.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 28/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Suppo
Central Address Management
A new central address management (CAM) will bedelivered for Release 4.0, to be implemented in theareas listed below. In the medium to long term it isplanned to Change all applications to this centraladdress management. In the new CAM the data willbe managed in its own database tables. Allapplication objects will only store a reference to theaddress key. There are addresses changed to CAMfor 4.0A, there are applications in which the addressfunction is new in 4.0A, and there are applications inwhich the CAM was used in a Release before 4.0.
This tool will aid in system performanceand ease of maintenance by data beingmanaged in its own tables.
Info Object Viewer
From release 4.0A The Info Object Viewer is theBrowser for displaying HTML-based online help inthe R/3-System. It is based on the Microsoft InternetExplorer 3.0x or the Netscape Navigator 3.0. TheR/3 library, the extended help, IMG documents andthe glossary are displayed with the Info ObjectViewer. The Info Object Viewer is available on allfront-end platforms (UNIX, OS/2, Macintosh,Windows 16 bit and Windows 32 Bit). The softwareand hardware requirements can vary depending onthe platform and the HTML based online help (helptype) variant used.
This viewer is a more friendly, faster wayof accessing and seeing the helpdocumentation and could save time.
From 4.0 To 4.5 Client copy and transport
A new authorization S_CLIENT_IMP is checked(optional in 4.0A). In a remote copy, large clients canbe copied without main memory problems.Values such as source client or source destinationcan be saved for profiles. Since all necessaryprofiles are delivered by SAP, you are not allowed tocreate customer profiles.
Available to Promise
Available to Promise. Availability checking is carriedout on a dedicated machine known as an ATPserver which has a shared buffer storing therequirements quantities. Checks include checkingbased on ATP logic, checking against plannedindependent requirements, and checking against
product allocations. When checking availability, thesystem reads the data from the reservations anddependent requirements table as well as the salesrequirements table (in the shared buffer) rather thanfrom the database.
Faster return on inquiries and improvedprocessing time in the order desk areaplus improved back order rescheduling.
Performance advantages includereduction in direct I/O processing time.
Order Cut Off Time
Order cut-off time issue, time-stamp in SAP R/3.Delivery and transportation scheduling has beenenhanced as of 4.5A to take place within one day orduring working hours. All relevant date fields havebeen supplemented with time fields. If you selectworking hours, delivery scheduling can occur interms of minutes and during working hours. Afterorders are taken and sent to the warehouse, certain
facilities have certain order cut-off times in order tomake that night’s shipping run. The delivery time and
working hours fields in 4.0/4.5 respectively can workto solve a major implementation issue.
This functionality will alleviate the “order
cut-off time” issue currently experienced
in release 3.1. Orders will be expeditedfaster reducing inventory and improving
ATP. Increased customer satisfaction.
Reduced200,000costs (1
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 29/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Suppo
Shipping And Transportation
Actual shipment cost and a matrix can be created to
develop actual costs for each shipment. Include
actual costs in Customer bill and delivery notice. Asor release 4.5A it is possible for the system to enter
an estimate of shipment costs as early as the sales
order, which is sometimes very important at thisearly order processing stage. Additionally with this
release you can maintain multi-dimensional
shipment rates allowing for costing by geographyand quantity. Also the break weight calculation is
required for many shipment contracts. It is used to
determine at what point it is better to calculate ahigher weight in order to move up to a higher and
more favorable scale. Other transportation planning
additions as of 4.5A include a planning proposalwhich allows the planner to simplify certain aspects
of planning. Also it is possible to carry out changes
to data for several documents simultaneously usingmass Change functionality.
These transportation enhancementssignificantly decrease data entry,
decrease time in communication, improve
error finding, and decrease costs andincrease revenue. Currently the client
may roughly correlate delivery charges to
actual. With an upgrade, The client canidentify "buried" premium charges, home
delivery or internet for consumer - offer
customer options for delivery.Transportation contract valuation - are we
getting value from our transportation
providers? It allows the customer to closethe gap between what customer is billed
for delivery and what it actually costs.
You can also track changes made to existingshipment documents using Change documents,
allowing you to track problems by Change, user, and
date. These transportation enhancementssignificantly decrease data entry, decrease time in
communication, improve error finding, and decrease
costs and increase revenue. Other transportationplanning additions as of 4.5A include a planning
proposal which allows the planner to simplify certainaspects of planning. Also it is possible to carry out
changes to data for several documentssimultaneously using mass Change functionality.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 30/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Suppo
VMI
Vendor-managed inventory involves vendorsoffering their customers the service of planningreplenishments of vendor materials at the customerplant. The new functions allow VMI to be modeledfrom both a vendor and a customer point of view.VMI is typically used by manufacturers of consumerproducts that plan replenishments of their productsat retailers. Some of the functions of vendor-managed inventory include transferring andreceiving stock and sales data by EDI. In thesecases a customer can, for example, transfer thestock data for certain materials to the manufacturerso that the manufacturer can gear their production tocustomer requirements and deliver the quantities
required by the customer on time. At the same timethe manufacturer would use this function to receivethe current stock and sales data from a customer sothat replenishments can then be planned for thecustomer. Obvious subsequent activities includeplanning replenishments for customers then creatinga purchase order for an order acknowledgmentreceived by EDI.
Using this functionality will decreaseinventory costs and data entry whileimproving data integrity.
Picking Waves
In R/3 release 4.0A, you can use picking waves tocreate work packages in shipping. A picking waveconsists of several deliveries that are processed atthe same time. Assignment of deliveries to pickingwaves is based on time criteria (for instance, all
deliveries with the same goods issue time areassigned to a picking wave). Functions availablewith wave picking are simulation before actualcreation, as well as observation of capacity limitsduring actual creation. You can create picking waveseither online or in background processing. Wavepicking can help your warehouse capacity planningby controlling how loads get dropped to theWarehouse, depends on how often customercreates delivery do list. Picking waves looks atconstraints (I.e. 100 trucks) to get product out thedoor.
A huge benefit of using this functionalitywould be better time managementregarding sending delivery due lists to thewarehouse for shipment. By setting upwaves you can manage when to send
deliveries due to the warehouse either bytime, location, priority, etc. The clientwarehouse would have much morecapability to create dynamic delivery dolist. Also create communication tool forcustomers who use their own trucks topick up goods. More flexibility andefficiency in the warehouse plus helpsprioritize picking & packing. Can movefrom picking directly to truck shipmentImproves efficiency by overriding lesspriority picks with items having greaterpriority
Mass Change
Mass maintenance makes it easier to enter large
amounts of data. To meet these requirements, R/3version 4.5 contains a central tool that can be usedby various applications. Supported master dataincludes material master, article master, customermaster, and vendor master.
A large amount of data entry can be
avoided using this tool, saving time. Another benefit would be dataintegrity.Need to quantify by identifyinghow many FTE are required for masterChange processes.
Client copy and transport
A new authorization S_CLIENT_IMP is checked(optional in 4.0A). In a remote copy, large clients canbe copied without main memory problems.Values such as source client or source destinationcan be saved for profiles. Since all necessaryprofiles are delivered by SAP, you are not allowed tocreate customer profiles.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 31/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Suppor
SAPgui in Java.
This is a thin GUI client for an SAP System. Runningas a Java applet in an Internet browser, it provides
Internet access to an R/3 or R/2 System. Since itcan also run as an application, it provides analternative GUI for client platforms that do not have
their own "native" SAPgui. SAPgui in Java consistsof two components - the SAPgui server, and a Javaapplet. The SAPgui server is a normal (multi-
threaded) SAPgui without the GUI part. Instead, ithas an API, which the GUI can use to make itself a
SAPgui. It is a standalone program, and must runon a host that has a connection to an R/3 or an R/2System. For performance reasons, it is written in
C++. The Java applet is also installed on the server,
but runs on the Java virtual machine (VM) in theInternet browser once it has been loaded onto the
client. It calls the functions of the remote GUI server,allowing it to retrieve R/3 data and return details ofuser interaction.
The downloaded Java applet establishes aconnection with the R/3 System by making remote
method calls through the Inter-ORB protocol (IIOP).The SAPgui server interprets these calls. Thismeans that clients only need a browser that
supports Java (or a Java VM) to be able to accessR/3 Systems from anywhere in the world - no othersoftware components are required. This reduces
installation and administration costs considerably.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 32/100
Sales & Distribution Release Highlights
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Suppo
From 4.5 To 4.6
E-commerce Capability for e-commerce and e-marketingReduced cost of marketing by customerReduced cost of sales
Annual #
year 100enabled x
Enhanced Usability Improved user interface for distribution managementReduced transport creation cycle time /
Increased productivity
Enhanced UsabilityImproved user interface in customer creationprocess
Reduced customer file creation time /Increased productivity
Enhanced Usability Improved user interface order entry processReduced order entry cycle time /
Increased productivity
Enhanced Usability Improved interface for expense account recordingReduced travel expense accountreporting allowing for additional sales or
services revenue
Improved user interface for sales activty trackingReduced time to record sales activitiesallowing for additional selling time
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 33/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
3.0 to 3.1
3.1 to 4.0 Matrix organization support Ability to set up organization with matrix reporting
Personnel administration anddevelopment
Ability to manage multiple actions same day, make corrections,attach infotypes to manage expatriates. Enhanced careermanagement (career and succession planning "what-ifs", availabilityof skills catalog, profile evaluations and matching
Improved employee satisfreduced employee turnovimproved resource plannireduced expatriates costs
Recruitment tracking Ability to logically store applicant dataReduced cycle time for rereporting (EEOC) and redof payments related to la
Enhanced compensation
management
Salary surveys, job evaluations, remuneration
Increased standardizationgrades, increased employsatisfaction, avoidence o
beyond industry averagesin reduced costs
Time reportingSingle point of entry for time reporting and dynamic resourceplanning
Travel management Automatic approvals, maximum spending limitsReduced costs due to betcontrols, Reduced cycle tiemployee payment
Enhanced payroll Support of Euro and automatic conversion of paymentsElimination of regional PRresulting in lower costs
Additional standard HR countrylocalization
Standard support for localization in 24 add't countries includingmaster data, payroll, time and travel.
Elimination of customizaticountry, reduced HR staff
centers, automatic currenconversion, reduction of opayroll providers
Ad Hoc Query Flexible report building with selection and display logic. Better reporting.
Tab Strips For infotype navigation. Easier and user-friendly
Enhanced Training & Events
Management
Customized training and event functions for various users of the
system. Planning integration with HR budgeting for
administrators, note functions and correspondence for
registration clerks and Employee Self Service to book and cancel
attendance for participants.
More user applicable.
Human Resources Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 34/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Benefits
New miscellaneous plans, event offers, and added links to outside
providers. Other new features include Evidence of Insurability,
prerequisite and corequisite plan requirements, as well as
combined limits for contributions and coverage. Introduces
Default and Standard Plans.
Greater flexibility.
Enhanced Time Management
New time entry methods in the standard Cross-Application Time
Sheet (CATS). Allows automatic quota generation and quota
adjustment functionality.
Enhanced functionality is added in quota deduction, leave accrual,balances and absence valuation, plus value limits for time balances
and dynamic work schedule assignment.
New time interfaces, reporting enhancements and a new time
evaluation log.
New archivin functionalit for a roll and time evaluation
Improved usability.
Easier to observe proces
results.
Better record-keeping.
Enhanced Payroll Processing
New Payroll log for error tracking. Customization of the Payroll
accounting interface in the IMG is expanded.
Reduced time in error an
Improved usability.
Enhanced Payroll Accounting
New payroll log to simplify troubleshooting of a payroll run.
New payroll accounting procedures, including conversion and
rounding rules, to support the introduction of the euro currency.
Reduced time in analysin
Improved usability.
4.0 to 4.5 Employee Self ServiceCapability to research and update HR information by employee
rather than HR personnel
Reduced time to update
research HR information
in more accurate informa
increase in HR staff pro
Manager's Desktop
Customizable access to reports and functions for use by line
managers.
Reduced time and effort
managers to retrieve rep
perform managerial func
User-friendly access.
Enhanced Ad Hoc Query Flexible report building with selection and display logic.Better and more flexible
including response time.
Enhanced Recruitment
New interfaces to Word 8.0 to generate correspondence and an
applicant short profile plus bulk processing of internal
candidates.
Reduced time and effort
Enhanced PersonnelAdministration Master Data
New country-specific selection of infotypes and subtypes allow
you to customize the type of data collected and stored foremployees. New fields for reporting are associated with several
infotypes.
Greater flexibility.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 35/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Organizational
Management
Chief position can now be external to an organizational unit.
Cost distribution for organizational objects-organizational units,
positions, and work centers-may now be allocated to different
cost centers, and other objects can inherit these allocations.
Vacancy management has been improved to handle vacant and
obsolete positions differently. Obsolete positions can no longer
be filled, nor will vacancies be created from obsolete positions.
Greater flexibility.
Enhanced Personnel
Development:
Workflow Trigger
Personnel Development events can now trigger workflow. Better administrative co
Enhanced Personnel
Development:
Career Planning & Appraisal
System
Ability to create individual development plans integrated with
career planning and a totally new appraisal functionality that
integrates with development and compensation management.
Appraisals can be used to transfer qualifications, and they
integrate with compensation to present a consistent appraisal
system.
The new appraisal system allows individual, multi-source and team
methodologies. A cyclical process tracks employee progress from
one appraisal to the next.
More robust and flexible
Enhanced Personnel
Development:
Office Functions Integration
Office functions integrate with Microsoft Word and Excel. Reduced time and effort
Enhanced Training & Event
Management
Correspondence history is kept and class prerequisites can be
compared to the qualifications to ensure that the right people
get the right training. In addition, there are enhanced follow-up
functions for transferring qualifications after a class.
Closer integration creates credit memos, cost allocation, and
direct ordering of equipment and materials for classes. Wizards
guide theuser through the proper configuration steps to set up integration
between components.
For training participants, Release 4.5 expands Employee Self
Better record-keeping.
Easier configuration for
integration.
Reduced time and effort
Enhanced Compensation
Management
Job pricing to create salary structures from salary survey and
job valuation data. In addition,
3-dimensional matrix guidelines allow complex award
determination. There is also improved reporting and selection and
more flexible adjustments.
Greater flexibility.
Better reports.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 36/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Benefits
Event Offer functions allow you to process changes to employee
enrollments triggered by changes in circumstance. This allows the
tracking of past changes and controls adherence to company
policies. The concept of the Benefit Offer is introduced,
improving administration of different plans for various employee
groups.
A new stock purchase category is added to benefits. There are
new functions for changes in employer and employee
contributions and spouse data plan costs. There are new
determinations of dependents and beneficiaries and improvedletter and form management.
Eligibility can now be determined by actual work hours through
time data inte ration. Off-c cle time and benefit rocessin is
Better record-keeping an
tracking.
Greater flexibility.
Enhanced Time Management
CATS is enhanced with actual costing via payroll and with
Employee Self-Service access. Now CATS and HR time data can
reside on different systems with integration via BAPITM and
ALE distribution techniques.
New Communication Channel (CC1) standardized interface for
external feeding of attendances and absences from certified
systems.
New flexible time recording for multiple person and time data.
New determination of compensation for unused time (such as pay
for unused vacation). Daily Work Schedule rule configuration is
simplified and calendar view for some reports is now available.
Major reporting enhancement now allows ABAPTM and ad hoc
queries to include time management information. Time data is also
incor orated into the SAP Business Information Warehouse.
Greater flexibility.
Easier configuration.
Better reports.
Enhanced Shift Planning
Requirements records can now be copied into requirement types
and source. A function called "Assignment Assistant" proposespersons who
can cover different requirements and gives assignments options.
Greater flexibility.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 37/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Payroll Processing
New wage type reporter, a flexible tool for wage type-related
evaluations. Additional payroll results infotypes are added as
well.
New payroll journal allows flexibility in period selection and
added features in forms handling.
Using Employee Self Service in Release 4.5, employees may order
employment and salary verification reports that they may need
when applying for a mortgage, for example.
A payroll process model allows intelligent payroll processing anderror monitoring. It combines all run steps as one process with a
single monitoring point.
A new authorization object controls access to display, change,
deletion of actions or generation of data sets via Personnel
Greater flexibility.
Simpler monitoring.
Greater control.
Enhanced Payroll Accounting
New accounting interface with batch input replacement, and new
authorization objects to support careful control of payroll data
access.
The new archiving allows you to preserve the detailed record of
labor distribution by employee, after transfer to FI/CO.
Better record-keeping an
control.
4.5 to 4.6 Enhanced Usability Improved interface for expense account recording
Reduced travel expense a
reporting allowing for ad
sales or services revenue
Enhanced Usability Improved interface for sickness certificate creation time
Reduced time for sick tim
reporting resulting in les
value added work
Enhanced Personnel
Development:
Workflow Scenarios
Qualification Monitoring : Enables you to monitor qualifications
for which a validity has been defined, and ensures that the
appropriate personnel administrator is informed in good timethat the qualification is about to expire.
Approving Appraisals :Enables you to set up an approval
procedure for appraisals. The completed appraisal is sent to the
appraisee in question, who can then approve it or reject it.
Reduced time for personin monitoring qualificatio
Reduced time in approval
for appraisals.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 38/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Recruitment
With new feature you can sort the organizational assignment of
all applicants according to nationality or advertisement and of
unsolicited external applicants according to nationality. You can
define country-specific applicant entry screens. The standard
system currently supports entry screens for Germany and the
USA.
Can be interfaced to the structural authorization check.
Employment contracts can be created automatically by the
system for applicants you want to hire.
Recruitment data is transferred to Personnel Administration as
default values. This means that data you created for the
applicant can be reused and modified for the future employee.
Greater flexibility.
Better security controls
Reduced time for contra
documentation.
Reduced time and effort
processing new hires fro
applicant base.
Enhanced Personnel
Administration Master Data
Supports international organizational changes (country
reassignments) for employees.
The Personnel Development appraisals system can be called up
from the Appraisals infotype (0025) when processing HR master
data.
New Workflow scenarios:a. ESS follow-up action for a new hire--every newly hired
employee is assigned an ESS user and is given the necessary
system authorization to maintain his/her own personal data
--
Enhanced Employee Self-
Service
US-specific screens available. It now checks whether the
changes employees makes to their home address will affect their
W-4 withholding information. If so, it will take them directly to
the ESS for defining W-4 withholding information.
Employment & Salary Verification requests from employees can
be routed via Workflow to Payroll Admins.
W-2 from previous year can be reprinted.
Employees can edit their own qualifications profile,
communications data, such as their telephone, telefax numbers
and e-mail address, and display the communications data of other
employees. They can also maintain their own calendar, and display
the calendars of other employees.
New "Job Opportunities" functionality can be used to display and
apply for internal vacancies. Internal applicants can use a
different service to track the status of their ob a lication and
Greater flexibilty andfunctionality.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 39/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benef
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Benefits
The Benefits ESS Enrollment Scenario covers all kinds of
employee enrollment including Open Enrollment, Life Change
Enrollment and Work Change Enrollment.
Supports 2 new BAPIs to enable other application systems, such
as Intranet, Kiosk or other employee self-service scenarios to
integrate to R/3 Benefits. They support employee enrollments
such as Life or Work Changes.
New report has ability to communicate health plan participation
information to external health care providers.
USA only--COBRA forms can be printed in Microsoft Word.
New report can convert the monetary values stored on benefits
infotypes from one currency to another.
Enrollment Statistic report displays a tablulated overview of
employee plan enrollments over a specific period of time which
can be sorted.
Contribution Consistency Verification report compares an
'
Greater flexibility and
functionality.
Reduced time in data rep
and verification.
Enhanced Benefits Plans
g y mon or n ene process ng a ows e ec on oemployees who are participating in plans, that they are no longer
eligible for.
Can assign providers to individual investments for a plan and
depict multiple vendor scenarios for one plan.
It is now possible to control employee participation in a plan, that
requires spouse approval, when the spouse's beneficiary
Reduced time and effort
eligibility monitoring.
Greater flexibility.
Enhanced Compensation
Management
Compensation Management has a 2-way integration with Personnel
Development's Appraisal System.
Approval process has a Workflow scenario.
More reporting capabilities.
Job pricing functionality contains 2 queries:
a. Hay PayNet Data Extraction for Salary Survey Participation
b. Data Extraction for Salary Survey Participation
Selection screen for compensation adjustments has been
redesigned for better usability.
New mass update feature enables you to maintain lots of
employees and award several adjustments at the same time on
one screen and uses office inte ration dis la ed in an Excel
Reduced effort in integr
between Comp and Appra
Greater flexibility.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 40/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefi
Human Resources Release Highlights
Enhanced Organizational
Management
The new enterprise organization enables you to connect the
depiction of your enterprise in Organizational Management
(organizational structure) with its depiction in Accounting (Cost
center hierarchy).
New design of Org Management with a new interface designed
and implemented in conjunction with Cooper Interaction Design.
It focuses on the requirements of employees in the personnel and
organization departments and it will fully support daily work
activities of this group, such as creating and maintaining data and
procuring information.
You can translate several infotype records at the same time (on
one screen). It is also possible to translate records into several
Reduced time and effort
personnel cost planning.
Position & Funds Management
In 4.6B, integration between Position Management and Funds
Management to a) set up and manage your organizational
structure, including the personnel structure, b) budget personnel
expenditures, and c) create earmarked funds to finance
personnel and positions.
Reduced time and effort
personnel cost planning a
budgeting.
Enhanced Training & Event
Management
payment cards are allowed (VISA, Eurocard, Mastercard, etc.).
Partner functions for billing can be Bill-to party, Payer, Ship-to
party, or Sold-to party.
You can create links to SAP training materials, the complete
online documentation, or the SAP R/3 Library.
Integrated with the R/3 Appointment Calendar. Calendars of
internal employees are automatically maintained for event
attendance or instructor function as required.
New wizards to guide you through the configuration of
Correspondence and integration with Materials Management.
Reduced time and effort
maintaining employees' ca
for event attendance,
correspondence and conf
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 41/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
3.0 to 3.1
BAPI Support
BAPI technology provides open business-orientedinterfaces for accessing business processes anddata in the R/3 System. BAPIs are defined in theBusiness Object Repository as methods on SAPBusiness Objects. They enable an object-orientedview on the R/3 application modules and thus arethe basis for the R/3 Business Frameworkdevelopment. Because of their open, well-definedinterfaces, BAPIs can also be used by externalapplications, which have been developed, forexample, using Visual Basic.
Reduced training time and interfacedevelopment costs.
ITcunu
Implementation Guide
Release 3.1G provides a graphic tool for maintainingyour enterprise structure. This enables a clearerview of the functional areas of a company and theirrelationships to one another, thereby decreasing theimplementation time. In addition to this, new userexist have been added to enable customers to addadditional functionality without change to SAPsource code. This creates the opportunity for usersto enhance R/3 capabilities without impactingupgrade strategies.
Transaction based security Security check of each transaction executed todetermine if the user has been authorized toexecute the transaction
The protection of business data to ensureits confidentiality, integrity and availability
New security objects controllingexisting or new businessfunctionality
New functionality delivered with the 3.1 release(refer to other tabs in the spreadsheet) must besecured and assigned to authorized users to ensureproper application security
Application security over new businessfunctionality decreases the risk ofunauthorized data access
Profile Generator The Profile Generator is an automated tool to assistin the creation, maintenance and assignment ofsecurity profiles
The Profile Generator simplifies thedefinition and maintenance of theauthorization environment, which mayresult in cost and time efficiencies
Audit Information System (AIS) AIS is a reporting tree structured around securityand auditing procedures and documentation,security evaluations and analysis of audit data.
AIS provides analysis tools that simplifiesthe administration of security and sensitivebusiness functionality, resulting in cost andtime efficiencies
3.1 to 4.0
New security objects controllingexisting or new businessfunctionality
New functionality delivered with the 4.0 release(refer to other tabs in the spreadsheet) must besecured and assigned to authorized users to ensureproper application security
Application security over new businessfunctionality decreases the risk ofunauthorized data access
Introduction of responsibilities inthe Profile Generator
Security responsibilities allow for the differentiationof authority profiles that are generated from thesame selection of transactions in an activity group
Security Responsibilities simplify securityadministration
Introduction of Secure Store andForward (SSF) mechanisms
Provides functionality to secure Internet applicationswith the use of digital signatures and encryption
Proper security of data transfer processesensures data integrity, authentication, non-repudiation and confidentiality
From 4.0 to 4.5
New security objects controllingexisting or new business
functionality
New functionality delivered with the 4.5 release(refer to other tabs in the spreadsheet) must be
secured and assigned to authorized users to ensureproper application security
Application security over new businessfunctionality decreases the risk of
unauthorized data access
Responsibilities replaced by"derived activity groups"
Please refer to "From 3.1 to 4.0; Introduction ofresponsibilities" above
Technology Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 42/100
Introduction of authorization
groups for output devices (i.e.printer, fax, etc.)
New authorizations specifically defined for the
protection of output devices and queues
Enhanced security features strengthens
protection over the processing environment
BAPIs
Release 4.5 contains over 1000 additional BAPIs
representing methods of more than 250 businessobjects. BAPIs can be invoked from COM/DCOMand COBRA. Development Environments such as
MS Visual Studio, Access Builder from IBM andDelphi/Connect from Inprise are shipped with BAPIsand the Business Object definitions. Interface
Advisor, shipped with 4.5 explains how to use BAPIsin integration scenarios with non-SAP software.
Reduced training time and interfacedevelopment costs.
Central User Management
User management within the SAP user framework issimplified allowing the system admin to use one
single business component that contains all usermaster records. The data is automaticallydistributed among all business components included
in installation. Different roles of an end user indifferent components are allowed usingauthorization profiles and activity groups defined
component dependently in one central component
System management efficiency
WorkflowSAP allows the monitoring of business processesusing a graphical representation of the process.
This will benefit customers by providingtransparency with respect to the currentprocess resulting in more accurate and
more reliable information for employees,customers and business partners. Alsoreduces implementation errors and
associated correction time
Generic Object Services
With release 4.0, SAP introduced GOS to improve
the support of ad hoc work processes. In release
4.5 SAP offers a broad range of services which areinstantly available for business objects within R/3.These services include the launch of workflowsassociated with a business object, the sending of a
business object to individuals, organizational unitsand the ability to link external objects such asdesktop files (e.g. Excel, Word), faxes, or URLS to
SAP Business Objects.
Internet
With 4.0/4.5 SAP enhances its solutions for
Electronic Commerce including support of extent,intranet and internet. 4.5 includes over 85 internet
application components which support completesupply chain solutions (i.e. procurement: requisition
to payment, and online stores).
This reduces third party software costs &associated interface costs and faster
development of web enabled businessprocesses.
Active X
The user interface for the trained user is significantlyeasier to use. Through the comprehensive use of
Active X technology it is much easier to visualize theresults of business processes. 4.5 includes a varietyof graphics for networks, portfolios or planning
boards as well as controls for text editing, improvedhelp features and tighter desktop office integration.The handling of SAPscript - printing via forms and
text management is considerably facilitated throughcontrols as well as the presentation of images andHTML pages.
System management efficiency
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 43/100
Self Upgrading User
In order to further reduce the cost of ownership, SAPhas improved the way the user interface is updated
on the user's desktop. With release 4.5 is selfupgrading without the need of human interaction -
as it communicates with a central server andautomatically detects that a software upgrade of the
user interface on the desktop is required.
System management efficiency
MS Outlook Support
The use of electronic forms is another way ofincluding new user communities into R3 businessprocesses. Release 4.5 adds support for MS
Outlook forms. R/3 calendar synchronization is alsoavailable.
By reducing large amounts of paper work,electronic forms will save R/3 customers a
significant amount of money.
ABAP Objects
Release 4.5 contains further object oriented
enhancements of the ABAP programming language.With classes, object interfaces and business events,
ABAP programmers leverage the benefits ofobjected orientation resulting in improvements in theareas of usability, maintenance and quality of code.
4.5 ABAP Objects also comes with a new classbuilder tool that supports the navigation, crossreferencing and test support within object
hierarchies.
Greatly increase developers productivity(and lowers implementation costs).
Digital Signatures
The digital signature is based on cryptographicalalgorithms that make it possible to "sign" documentsto achieve a higher level of security. This is
especially useful when an explicit identity or proof ofobligation is needed (ex: paperless contracts).
Digital signature improves processes
requiring proof of obligation by reducingtransaction cycle time and reducingovernight delivery charges.
Internet- Enabled SAP
ArchiveLink
Documents can be archived via the internet anddisplayed using a Web browser. SAP ArchiveLinkhas an extended interface that now supports HTTP
(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
SAP ArchiveLink improves archivingefficiency and reduces archive costs.
Incremental Data ConversionRelease 4.5 enables the incremental conversion ofdata from one R/3 release to another during theproductive processing of R/3.
This approach significantly reducesdowntime of the system (and associated
costs) while providing increased flexibilityand agility.
IBM
Release 4.5 running on AS/400 platforms have
improved interoperability with respect to sendingfaxes using facsimile/400, exchanging documentson the basis of theX.400 standard, and using
AnyMail/400 to send and receive electronic mails.
InformixThe parallel operation of update statistics for thecost-based optimizer in SAP's database toolSAPDBA.
Significantly reduces run times on multiprocessor platforms using the Informixdatabase.
Microsoft
Release 4.5 includes comprehensive support of NT5.0. For ease of installation and upgrades, both the
R/3 application server software and SAP's Windowsbased user interface are installed using theMicrosoft Installer (MSI). The use of R/3 with NT
results in a single sign-on to the desktop computer,avoiding an explicit R/3 logon. Additionally, SAP'sComputer Center Management System (CCMS)
information is included into the MicrosoftManagement Console (MMC), enabling theadministration of R/3 using a MMC Span-In. 4.5 also
offers zero administration memory managementunder windows NT.
Transaction efficiency, Reducedimplementation costs, Eliminates the need
to manually configure or adjust memoryrequirements, even hardware changessuch as memory upgrades are detected,
and R/3 system parameters are adjustedautomatically.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 44/100
Oracle
The next version of SAPDBA will supportincremental backup of the Oracle 8 database. This
new option enhances the set of alternative backupstrategies a customer can apply. Incrementalbackup support will be based on the integration ofSAPDBA with RMAN, the new Oracle recovery
manager tool.
Interface Advisor
The interface advisor is the integration guide thatenables customers to design and implementinterfaces between SAP and non-SAP systems in anew easier and faster way. An easy to use Web
front-end provides all the information needed toimplement business processes that span SAP andnon-SAP components. All technical interfaces andall BAPIs offered with 4.5 are explained. Theinterface advisor can be used both stand alone and
in conjuction with an R/3 system.
Provides clients with increased interfacedevelopment efficiency and lower overallinterface costs.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 45/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Calculation
Technology assisted selling
(mobile sales)
Enables selling advantages acrosshighest impact medium and
channels
Higher profit margins, sales cycle order time
average sale
Field Service
Field service dispatch, spare parts
inventory management, repair depotoperations, services management
Ability to place right parts in rightlocations, and route management
of Field service to minimize travel
and expense.
Reduction in spare painventory levels, reduc
and time per service c
improved customer sa
Marketing
Improved lead and campaign
management, marketing agents,marketing encyclopedias
Reduced annual costs
mail, telemarketing, inlead conversion perce
Inbound call center tracking, problemmanagement
Ability to have a total customer
view regardless of where inforesides, which reduced call time
and increase customer satisfaction
Reduced time to proce
Increased productivity center staff, Increased
customer satisfaction,
hit rate for problem res
Customer Service
Customer Relationship Management Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 46/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
1.0
2.0GIS = Geographical
Information System
The results of a query (with geographical reference) can be displayed on a
map within the Business Explorer Analyzer. Navigation is likewise supported.
The integration into BW takes place via the Metadata repository and the
BEx Analyzer.
InfoObjects (for example, country) or attributes (customer with attribute
district) can be indicated as geo-relevant. By doing this, geo-attributes (for
example, coordinates) are linked. Geo coordinates can be calculated with an
external tool and then uploaded via an InfoSource to BW. With BW Business
Content geographical data (maps for regions, countries, ...) will be shipped.
Ease of use / productivity
Web Reporting
With the aid of Web reporting, it will be possible to publish queries createdwith BEx on the Intranet/Internet. The queries can be included in the
enterprise‟s own HTML pages. Since only a description of the data, and not
the data itself, is saved in the HTML page, it is possible to interact with the
BW server via the HTML page (drilldown, refresh, and so on).
It is also possible to include several queries in an HTML page (cockpit).
Navigation steps can be included as predefined pushbuttons in the page.
Hereby, it is also possible to display results in the form of charts and tables
(workbooks).
The output takes place in pure HTML form, so that the generated HTML
pages are compatible for every HTML Browser. Thus it is not necessary to
additionally install programs to the frontend.
The integration of queries into the enterprise‟s own HTML pages can takeplace using which ever web design tool you like (for example, MS Frontpage).
The display of the HTML pages with queries embedded takes place in pure
HTML form. However, it is possible to add Active X Controls, Applets, Java
Script, and so on to the HTML Page Designer.
Ease of use / productivity
Business Information Warehouse Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 47/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 48/100
Drag & Drop
Drag & drop works for objects from the desktop into the BEx Browser and
vice versa. An object from the desktop can be directly dragged and dropped
anywhere in the window of the Browser. Several objects can be marked on
the desktop and then all together can be dragged into the Browser. A whole
cluster can be dragged and dropped into the hierarchy.
Limitation: due to the new design standard, it is not possible anymore tointegrate a customer logo in the Browser.
Additional Drill Through
It will be possible to get additional detailed information from the query
result in Excel by drill through. There is a marker from query result to
OLTP, ODS and query. The previously made selection conditions are taken
into account with this marker.
Authority Checking on Drill-
Down Levels
been fundamentally enhanced.
1. Authorizations can be created for hierarchies. A user can get the
authorization for one node of a hierarchy and all nodes and sheets below this
node.
2. The authorization check takes place at every navigational step. By this,besides variables also filter values become effective. This enables, for
example, the result per department to be displayed, but not the sales
revenue per person in the department.
3. Dynamic adjustment of the query result to the authorizations. By using
variables the query can be kept general. When the query is executed, it is
adjusted to the authorizations of the user. Example: A user wishes to
analyze his/her cost center. The query definition is arranged in such a way
that all cost centers are displayed. Based on the authorization of the user,
the query result is now adjusted in such a fashion that only the result of the
individual cost center appears. You do not have to make a manual entry for
this.
Attribute Usage for
Calculations
e var a es or ormu as an ex s, a are rep ace y a
“replacement path”, the variable replacement by key or description has been
enhanced by replacement from attribute values. For this, you have to
additionally define the attribute whose value is to be used. With this type of
replacement, the internal (compounded) value of the attribute is always
accessed. As a result, the entries offset start and offset length also refer
to the internal compounded value. The meaning of the other parameters did
not change. These variables give
you the option, for example, to map the price of a product as an attribute. If
you now define a variable for formulas as described above, that is
automatically replaced from the attribute price for the characteristic
product, then you can use this variable in the formulas of the query
OLAP API
You can use ODBO as an ABAP API. By doing this, it is also possible to
restart the OLAP processor in an environment that is not Windows. Features
in common with ODBO are the usage of the query language MDX and the
organization of the Meta- and master data (catalogs, Cubes, dimensions,
hierarchies, and so on). In contrast with ODBO, the API does not contain any
equivalent „flattening‟ mechanism (conversion of the multi-dimensional query
result into a flat file).
AggregatesAggregates can be transported or delivered as Business Content. The
surface has been modified.
InfoCube as InfoSource in
one BW System
An InfoCube can be used as an InfoSource for another InfoCube within a
BW system. Hereby, you can also use transfer rules for transferring data
from InfoCube to InfoCube. The transfer is likewise supported in delta
mode.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 49/100
Data Marts
Delta update for the data transfer from the InfoCube of a source BW to
the InfoCube of a data mart will be supported. For this, all changes to the
source-InfoCube are registered.
SAP Query for generic data
extraction
Using the functional areas of SAP Query, dedicated extractors for master-
and transaction data can be generated. This generic way of data extraction
supports the usage of logical data bases and bringing the data together inthe so called outer join. It is possible for master and transaction data.
Integrated exits enable the additional import of specific fields.
ODS (BW 2.0B)
In Release 1.2, ODS was request-orientated and stores the imported data in
the form of the transfer structure (analog OLTP). It is now possible to
additionally store the imported data in the ODS in a denormalized form. The
data can be analyzed using BEx. ODS tables allow to merge data and apply
update rules. Drilldown from query result to ODS will be supported.
Connection to Business
Document Service
Metaobjects (InfoObjects, InfoCubes, InfoSources, Queries, InfoObject
Catalogs...) can be linked with documents. These documents can, for example,
be MS Word files, PowerPoint files, Bitmap images. The documents are
stored in the BDS (Business Document Service), that is a part of R/3 basis.
Business Content
Installation
There is a Installation Program you can use for transferring BW Content.
Content deltas can be directly selected, matched and activated. With the aid
of the Installation Program it is possible to activate the entire Business
Content for a channel in only one step. The corresponding channel is selected
by drag and drop and the Content Wizard automatically selects the relevant
objects.
Update rules
The mode “move”, meaning overwrite, is supported in the update rules for
key figures with the update mode aggregation. Reading master data
attributes on demand is provided as a standard function. The possibility to
partition a fact table depends on whether the underlying database
management system provides a table partitioning functionality. Partitioning
of the fact table is planned for DB2/MVS, DB2/UDB, INFORMIX and
ORACLE.
Partitioning of the Fact
Table
The concept of partitioning is implemented for the fact table of an
InfoCube. The first implementation is a static implementation with
restricted possibilities. You can partition the fact table by CALMONTH or
FISCPER. This is the “partition column.” In the case of FISCPER, the
necessary FISCVARNT must have a FIX-VALUE for the InfoCube. This is
necessary because the values of the “partition column” must be precalculated
for a predefined time period. The fact table will then be partitioned for the
precalculated values. The method is a range partitioning with exception of
DB2/UDB where a hash partitioning approach is used.
Additional APIs for
InfoCube, InfoObject,
InfoSource
APIs support the creation of Metadata from external tools, such as ETI,
Informatica.
Monitor Assistant
Compared with BW Release 1.2, additional error situations are recognized by
the monitor assistant. If an error situation occurs, a mail can be sent
automatically to the BW office inbox or to an Internet address. If the mail
is in the BW office inbox it is executable, meaning that you can switch direct
to the monitor to analyze the defective request. An error log is generated
when uploading master data. It logs every incorrect data record and it can
be called up by the monitor or the monitor assistant. The use of lower-case
letters, overlapping time intervals and duplicated data records is checked
for the master data. A tree control is added in the monitor to give anoverview of loaded requests.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 50/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 51/100
Business Content: Nielsen
A samp e scenario or connecting Nie sen ata can e use . T e scenario
embraces both the preparation of an InfoCube as well as queries, workbooks
and channels. The InfoCube does not contain any data, but is a remote Cube,
with which the data is requested when executing the query from the AC
Nielsen RFC – server.
Integration of Dun &
Bradstreet Data
A pilot program on Dun & Bradstreet data will be started for BW 1.2B and,
based on the results, the official release will be scheduled. D&B sells
information on companies worldwide. This includes information on companies
and structural information on groups (family trees). To achieve this, D&B
introduced the D-U-N-S-Number (Data Universal Numbering System) for
each company, a unique number which allows companies to be identified. The
goal of the integration now is to enhance the SAP BW master data (vendor,
customer) with the company information from D&B. Furthermore, the family
trees should be loaded as hierarchies into SAP BW to enable reporting on
groups. In BW, existing master data (customer, vendor) can be enhanced by
D&B attributes in the form of attributes. This information is used in the BEx
Analyzer to further evaluate the InfoCube.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 52/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Calculation
Standardizes corporate reporting acrossenterprise
Reduced time per week tointerpret or remapinformation in reports x 50 xloaded hourly labor charges
Integrates external and internalaccounting reporting
Reduced time to manuallyintegrated external data intoreporting per week x loadedahourly labor charges x 50
Makes non-financial key success factorsand risk exposures more transparent andrelates their influence on companyperformance
Balanced Scorecard Automed management of Balanced Scorecard
Provides a more focused, balanced viewof company performance and techniquesto communicate to build and maintainemployee and stakeholder satisfaction
Rolling forecast Supports migration of rolling forecasts
1.0Balanced Scorecard
(BSC)
Link between strategic planning and
operational target setting. Provides a more
focused, balanced view of companyperformance.
o e s a s ra egy an n s e
strategy model to the right operational
measures of the business. The
measures are then used to assess the
strategic achievements of theorganization and to set targets, which
are linked to the strategy and to the
Business Consolidation
(BCS)
Legal & management consolidation, value
adjustments, economic profit calculation
Speeds up legal and management
consolidation, complete automation of
activities, reconciled, internal &
external group reporting, international
accounting rules, complex currency
translation capabilities
Business Planning &
Simulation (BPS)
Links strategic planning and simulation with
cross-functional enterprise planning;
resource allocation according to strategic
and operational targets; PowerSim dynamic
modeling tool (includes Monte Carlo risk
management simulation).
BPS enables continuous and efficient
simulation, planning and forcasting
processes across the entireorganization. Allows for internalization
of stakeholder expectations in the
planning process, strategic and long-
term planning, resource allocation, and
rolling planning. BPS uses model-based
planning, scenario modeling, dynamic
simulations, and links to R/3 planning.
Dynamic scenario modeling increases
understanding of interdependencies in
business, cascading effects of decisions
and the effects of competitive
responses and counter-responses. Italso helps identify risks and their
performance effects and allows for
experimentation with delayed effects.
Strategic Enterprise Management Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 53/100
CorporatePerformance Monitor
(CPM)
Communicate and monitor performance and
strategy through Balanced Scorecard,
Management Cockpit and Value Driver Trees.
Maintain a complete and balanced set of Key
Performance Indicators, support ValueBased Management, support translation of
strategic objectives into operative targets,
provide interpretation models to visualize
the strategic impact of operative
performance measures, and support aligned
target setting for all organizational units
Provides an end-to-end solution to
support integrated enterprise
management processes and creates
visualization of how key performance
indicators (KPI) are influenced by
other measures. The ManagementCockpit presents KPI information,
supporting shorter and more efficient
management team meetings by
improving communication within the
team. Makes non-financial key success
factors and risk exposures more
transparent and relates their influence
2.0a
(12/6/1999)
Business Information
Collection (BIC)
Automatic sourcing of unstructured business
information from the web.
e ps to in , structure an e it
relevant external (unstructured)
competitive, market or other
information on an ongoing basis and to
automatically distribute it to the
a ro riate information consumers.
>2.0b
(02/01/200
0)
Stakeholder
Relationship
Management (SRM)
Integrate your most important stakeholders
into your enterprise management process.
Includes Stakeholder Master Database &
Stakeholder Contact Database, Stakeholder
Questionnaire Generator, Stakeholder Value
Report Builder, and Stakeholder Simulation
Processor.
igni icant y improves t e
communication process with
stakeholder groups and therefore helps
realize stakeholder value.
Questionnaire Generator collects
information from stakeholders and
organizes the feedback. Value Report
Builder creates reports with target
group related information. It allows
for the presentation of existing data in
different ways in order to meet
stakeholders' information
requirements. Simulation Processor
supports interactive simulations where
stakeholders can develop company
scenarios and simulate the impact of
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 54/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
3.0 to 3.1
3.1 to 4.0 General EnhancementsTabstrips are now used to organize information for
Equipment, Notifications, Work centers, and Users
Improved usability and organization of
information processing and technical
ob ects
List editing improvements including the use of a general
list viewer and the grouping of fields for a display variantImproved reporting capability
Notification and Work Order
Improvements
Joint processing of Maintenance notification and orders
where the notification data is copied directly to the
order screen.
Increased order processing efficiency
and accuracy due to the reduction of
redundant keying of notificationinformation.
Flexible reference object allows Functional location
and/or Equipment and/or Material serial number to be
the reference ob ects in the notification and order.
Increased flexibility in notification and
order creation to identify real cost
driver for PM activity.
Automatic equipment determination based on functional
location where the equipment is installed.
Increased order processing efficiency
from automation of equipment
determination
Centralized address
management
Centralized address management for functional location,
equipment, maintenance notification, and order.
Increased order processing efficiency
and accuracy due to the reduction of
redundant entering of addresses
Functional enhancements forTechnical Objects
Enhanced equipment list entry to include documents,
classification, measurement categories, long text, internalnotes, installation location, partner assignments, permits,
addresses, and configuration
Comprehensive description of
equipment for better maintenance
planning and activity.
Action logs for equipment and functional locations to
track who made what changes and when.
Improved maintenance activity
monitoring for traceability and
historical tracking
Functional enhancements for
Maintenance processing
For refurbishment of spare parts, there is now a material
valuation type c for condition-based valuation.
Improved ability to process and track
material and expenses associated with
refurbishment.
An employee can be assigned to a maintenance order
based on available capacity or necessary qualifications.Improved resource utilization
Workflow for maintenance orders from Order creator to
Maintenance planner group for order release and
Maintenance work center for order confirmation back to
creator.
Faster processing of maintenanceorders and the elimination of lost
orders.
Improved maintenance and classification of permitsReduction of lost time due to delays or
errors in permit management
List editing improvements including completion
confirmation, notification activities, orders by settlement
rule, and orders by permit.
Improved reporting capability
Transfer of net order price from the maintenance order
to the purchase requisition and purchase order.
Time savings due reduction of
redundant effort by Material Planner
or Purchasing to determine net order
price.
Plant Maintenance Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 55/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Plant Maintenance Release Highlights
Integration of PM to QM including inspection of
maintenance objects, definition of inspection
characteristics in maintenance task lists, and automatic
inspection lot creation for PM orders.
Time savings due reduction of
redundant effort and automation
Integration with Investment management including
automatic assignment of PM orders to a capital
investment item.
Time savings due reduction of
redundant effort and automation
Additional PM order assignments available now are funds
management, real estate management, and joint venture.
Increased capability for tracking and
reporting financial assignments for PM
orders.
Improved completion confirmation functionality including
actual data being proposed from orders for collective
confirmation, automatic selection of standing orders by
specifying the object number for equipment or functional
location, and deletion of selected lines for collective
confirmation.
Time savings due to collective
confirmation and automation activities
Technical completion (TECO) reversals from within the
PM order are now possible.Improved work order cost accuracy
Functional enhancements forPreventive Maintenance
Order planning using configurable tasks lists allows a
general PM task list to be created with object
dependencies. When the general task list is then selected
in a PM order, its characteristics are checked and the
modified version of the task list is copied to the order.
Flexible task list creation allows more
accurate tasks to be identified andperformed reducing the expense for
unnecessary tasks
Maintenance plan variants now include a new single cycle
plan and an extended multiple counter plan.
New choices in maintenance cycles
allows more accurate planning and
schedulingScheduling overviews can be created as a graphic with
maintenance plan simulation or as a list with display
variants with general list viewer technique.
Improved preventive maintenance
planning and scheduling
Cross Application Time
Reporting
Single entry of time reporting which updates relevant
R/3 modules in real-time, including, MM, HR, CO, PM, SM
and external services MM. Capabilities to customize inputscreens to level of user with change/update. Integrated
approval procedure and automat
Reduction of data entry for time
reporting, Increased productivity of
service, plant and other personnel,
Improved labor utilization and real
time update of plant services
performed resulting in
4.0 to 4.5Functional enhancements for
Technical Objects
Standardization of master record view for functional
locations and equipment
Improved usability and organization of
information processing and technical
ob ects
Direct display of address and structure provided through
tabs in the master record
Improved usability and organization of
information processing and technical
ob ectsThe use of serial numbers for Inventory management was
already available in Release 4.0, but is now extended to
additional stock types
Improved inventory management
control due to extension of serial
number tracking to additional stock
t es
Entry List for Measurement ReadingImproved ability enter measurement
readings
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 56/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Plant Maintenance Release Highlights
Functional enhancements for
Maintenance Processing
The Configurable User Interface for Notifications allows
for the tab strip to be displayed or hidden, Icons and
text to be freely defined for each tabstrip, and the
screen sections to be freely defined for each tabstrip.
Improved usability and understanding
of notification information due to user-
configurable interface.
An Escalation Workflow now exists for when the end date
for a notification or task is exceeded.
Improved resolution process for
notifications where end date is
exceeded Tabstrips are now used to enhance the User interface
for PM orders. Also, the operation detail screen is called
up by double-clicking.
Improved usability and organization of
information for PM orders
A Graphical Monitor for resource planning is now
available.
Improved resource planning and
scheduling
A Material availability list is now available to show the
status of material for a PM order.
Improved resource planning and
scheduling based on improved
understanding of material status
The Settlement of a Refurbishment Order is now
available for processing a material from valuation type C3
(faulty) to C2 (refurbished) and correctly adjusting the
moving average cost to include spare parts and working
time.
Improved ability to process and track
material and expenses associated with
refurbishment.
Functional enhancements for
Preventive Maintenance
Task list enhancements include: Internal and externaldata can be maintained on the operations overview screen,
direct assignment of maintenance packages to operations,
and direct link to service specifications for external
operations
Improved usability and organization of
information for Preventive Maintenance
orders
In Release 4.5, Notifications can be created from
maintenance plans based on maintenance call dates just as
orders could be created in Release 4.0.
Time savings due to automated creation
of notifications from maintenance plans
A maintenance plan (category PM) can now be created
without assigning a task list. This requires confirmation
before the generation of next maintenance call object.
Improved flexibility in maintenance
plan creation
Cross Application Time
Reporting
Enhancements to CATS include entry via Internet or
Intranet, a modified mechanism for default values, entry
of accounting indicator, and selection of personnel
numbers.
Improved flexibility in time reporting
through CATS
4.5 to 4.6 Enhanced UsabilityReduced plant maintenance work order
creation time
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 57/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
From 3.1 to 4.0Lean WM - Using Transfer
Order as Pick List
It is possible in 4.0 to create transfer order for
deliveries when no storage bins are managed in the
system. Stock is viewed in the IM system not the WM
stock overview.
Using Lean WM allows the use of trans
order functionality for an SD Pick list
without using full blown Warehouse
Management.
Active Capacity Check
As of release 4.0 it is possible to have active capacity
check run for strategies I, L &P. Any bin found is first
checked for capacity and only suggested if sufficient
capacity exits.
You can carry out a search for a suitablefor putaway. The system checks each bfound for put away and checks availablecapacity as set in customizing. This leadan efficient put away process
Several Storage Location sfor Warehouse Number
Up to release 3.1 you could only manage the stock of one
Sloc within a warehouse number. In 4.0. More than one
Sloc can exist per warehouse.
In 4.0 this functionality has been providedto business implications. More than onecan be define to represent the ownership
status of companies or in order to be abmake important planning decisions at valevels.
Warehouse Activity Monitor
The activity monitor is used to quickly recognize errors
or critical stock situations. The aim of the WH monitor
is to acknowledge, process and remove critical errors and
situations in the warehouse.
User Friendly tool provided to help monitactivities in the warehouse.
WM - Two Step Picking
For two step picking, the picking is divided into two
steps. Step one, the entire quantity of needed materials
is picked. Step two, the total quantity is divided up and
allocated according to individual requirements.
Using 2 Step Picking the picking processbe optimized. This picking method is useespecially for picking large quantities ofmaterial usually in a wave scenario.
SU-Managed Bulk Storage
with Partial Pallets and Mixed
Storage.
It is now possible to manage partial pallets and mixed
storage in SU managed bulk areas. With partial pallet
permission, you can pick partial quantities. A complete
removal indicator exists to remove full pallets (with
partial picking) and return the partials to partial pallet
This functionality leads to more efficient management within the WM system.
Planned Replenishment
This report creates transfer requirements for fixed bin
replenishment where stock removals are allowed to take
place before putaways because of respective deliveries.
A goods transfer from a source storage type to a fixed
bin is considered replenishment.
Using this report, you can create all thereplenishment transfer requirements forsupplying the fixed bins the following dayThe report provides an overview of planreplenishment it does not execute and coreplenishment for a given time.
WM - Transfer Order
Splitting
Transfer order splitting is control by customizing. Valuelimits for the target time (header data) , volume, and
weight of the transfer order ensure targeted
distribution of the workload.
To achieve a balanced distribution of theworkload in the warehouse, transfer ordemay be split and divided among available
resources.
Processing Posting Changes
for within WM
Using the new transaction "Posting change in WM and IM"
you can process posting changes for quants entirely
within the warehouse management component. The
system carries out all the necessary processes in
Inventor Mana ement.
This functionality leads to more efficientmaterial management within the warehoumanagement system.
Prepicked Shipping Units
The new function allows you to place prepicked shipping
units in an interim storage type. The goods are stored in
interim storage as prepicked goods with reference to
the delivery. The goods are then picked at the time ofdelivery. Delivery items must be packed into shipping
units in advance.
This requirement came from the retail indDue to al a lack of warehouse capacity acustomer, the picked goods are deliveredat a later point in time (i.e. Seasonal Goo
Warehouse Management Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 58/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 59/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Warehouse Management Release Highlights
RF Monitor
The monitor serves to assign the TOs created in WM to
queues. The RF monitor is used to supervise the workload
and the work capacity of queues. Ability to display
number of TOs assigned per user, sort TOs by creation
date and time, move transfer orders to other users,
forward transfer orders to other users, manually
prioritize transfer orders.
The user 's view at the RF terminal is limihis current queue of transfer orders. A cefunction is necessary in order to be able have processing of transfer orders by RFusers completed as efficiently as possible
Enjoy in the Warehouse
Management System
The display of bin data, inventory, bin sectioning, and
statistics no longer takes place by means of a pushbutton:
instead you use tab pages in a table control, with the
table control you can now call up and group your data
according to your individual requirements. The followingnew functions are also available: Branching from Storage
type to customizing, Branching from "inventory display"
doc. to inventory history. Text descriptions added to
inventory status, graphic display of bin usage, inventory
status and blocking. Reports converted to ABAP list
Viewer so you can adapt your lists to your own
Enjoy SAP functionality allow the user todisplay or group data according the usersindividual requirements making SAP R/3 user friendly.
Two -Step Confirmation of
Transfer Orders
A Transfer Order can now be confirmed in two steps.
During the first step you confirm that the goods have
been picked from the source storage bin. During the
second step, you confirm the transfer process and thus
the receipt of the material into the destination bin.
The physical process of picking can now
depicted in the system without time de
The storage bin from where the mater
picked is immediately available again fo
stock picks. If several resources are
involve in a TO, you can confirm each
physical action separately.
Putaway Process in Lean WM
New functionality creates a TO for the inbound delivery.
No bins are updated. Bins are determined through
movement type and master data.
Now you can use Lean WM in the putaw
process in addition to the picking proce
for the delivery
Enjoy SAP - Delivery
Processing
Dialog processing of inbound and outbound deliveries was
completely revised during SAP's enjoy initiative. Delivery
data is now organized in process-oriented groups,
Foreground navigation is easier with buttons and tabstrip
control, a status overview gives you a summary of the
delivery document's status at a glance & you can switch
from display to change mode with out leaving the
a lication.
Enjoy SAP functionality allow the user todisplay or group data according the usersindividual requirements making SAP R/3 user friendly.
Small Parcel Carrier Link
In the small parcel carrier link, you define for each small
parcel carrier which data fields you need. Ex: using Pre-
defined modules, Setting standard values, Using number
range objects, Calling up BAPIs, Using your own function
module, Combining data field using substitution.
Without extra effort these fields are considered in
IDOC and RFC interfaces. Also, there are XML
interfaces for master data that is directly related to the
Small parcel carriers need to deliver g
quickly from one location to another an
tracking the entire path of the deliver
The labels on parcels must meet pre-
defined requirements in order to be re
automatic sorting machines and to be
forwarded correctly.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 60/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Warehouse Management Release Highlights
Subsequent Delivery Split
Until now, the delivery split had to be reduced and then
leftover quantities placed in a new delivery. The
subsequent delivery functionality let you carry out this
process in one step without the goods returning to
available status in the meantime. You can use a list to
select delivery items that are to be taken from existing
outbound deliveries and put into one or more outbound
Deliveries change frequently during the
course of processing time. It may be
necessary to divide up a delivery for
warehouse and transportation planning
purposes.
Proof of Delivery
The ship-to-party transfers the proof of delivery to the
system via IDOCs. You can edit and analyze differences.
In turn, you can create a delivery-related billing
document for the corrected quantities.
Proof of Delivery allows verification of
actual quantity received by the ship-to-
party or reason for derivation. (POD)
occurs after goods issue for the deliver
POD supports delivery confirmations fo
external customers.
Wave Pick for Shipments
Wave picking groups delivery requirements according to
trucking/transportation schedules. Two options exist:
Create a exactly one wave for each shipment ignoring
time slots and capacity. Option two, combine and group
outbound deliveries according to shipment time. Time
slots and capacity are taken into consideration. Outbound
deliveries of the same shipment are always either all in
one wave pick or not included at all.
Picking in WM and Distribution centers
be more accurately planned according to
requirements of outbound deliveries
Extension for Multi-
Dimensional Freight Condition
Now you can distribute multi-dimensional freight
conditions from an SAP system to other systems via ALE.Also, now you can change freight rates in mass by
percentage or absolute value.
You can define up to three scales of pr
conditions in SAP for the calculation offreight costs for shipments. The proce
more efficient and user-friendly due to
Distribution of conditions and 2) Mass
changes to freight rates.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 61/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Calculation
3.1 to 4.0
IS-SW SupportSupport of revenue recognition, Ibase
management
Ability to increase maintenancerevenue and management of
through advance notification of
renewal, upgrade info. FASBcompliance for software revenue
recognition
Increased cash flow froimproved maintenance
invoicing = NPV of increarevenues at standard co
capital
Customer ContractManagement
Ability to manage global contracts,
Reduced time spent on non-value
added contract renewal and re-pricing Increased discounts with
strategic suppliers due to freed uptime from non-value activities
4.0 to 4.5
4.5 to 4.6
Web enabled servicemanagement
Ability to dispatch f ield service via web,
Ability to provide support services (ie.help desk, QA dB's, etc.) over the
Internet
Reduced call dispatch cycle time
resulting in higher customer sat. -Improved productivity of field service
staff
Service Management Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 62/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
3.1 to 4.0
Calibration Inspection
Ability to include inspection characteristics for each operation inthe maintenance task lists (as with current). Work list for controlcharts that will enable you to call up and display control chartsfrom outside the results recording function. .
Better decision making of material usage. Recycle time and improved data related to themanagement of calibration and testing of mat
Enhanced Quality
Control
Work list for control charts that will enable calling up and displaycontrol charts from outside the results recording function .Abilityto control charts for qualitative characteristics, control tolerance
input for a control chart, andrun charts function to represent the progression of values in aninspection
Improved WIP and finished product quality, pdata results in graphical format for easier decmaking
Sample management
Allows for flexible planning of the actual samples to be drawn,the identification of these actual samples, the administration ofsample data in a sample record, and the assignment ofinspection results to a sample record
Compliance of Good Manufacturing Practice
Functional
enhancements for
approvals during
inspection planning
and inspection
processing
QM: New Authorizations functions are: Master data
authorization -The new authorization object Q_MASTERD
controls the access to master data in the QM application
component. Material authorization - The authorization object
Q_MATERIAL has been supplemented with the following
functions: Approval procedure and Digital signature.
In certain branches of the process industr
example, the pharmaceutical industry), the
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) require tha
master data and master data changes must
subjected to an approval procedure. You ca
process work orders if they are controlled
approved master data or if they have been
approved.
Implementing Table
Control in the
overview screens and
the new general list
viewer for list
displays.
Screens and Lists now use table to display information which
is more flexible for the user to decide what and how much
information is displayed.
Easy to use, shortens users time for proces
information.
QMIS -
Characteristic Results
in information
structures.
Quality Management Information System (QMIS) -
Characteristic Results in information structures.
Summarization of inspection results data in the QM
Information System (QMIS)
n ance r epor ng capa es. s a ow
Access the inspection results in the LogistInformation System. Use standard informa
structures and standard analyses to update
analyze the inspection results. Choose amon
process models for calculating the statistic
for quantitative characteristics
Take deleted inspection lots into considera
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 63/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Certificates:
New functions.
Quality Certificate functions new in 4.0: Creating Certificate
Profiles Using a Copy Model. Delete certificate profiles that
have not been released. The system creates change
documents for released certificate profiles. If the data
origins or text elements for the characteristics are not
compatible with the remaining data, the system issues
corresponding warning messages. Copy the characteristics
that reference master inspection characteristics from a
task list into a certificate profile. Display all currently valid
assignments. New customer exits.
Quality Control:
Enhanced Quality
Control
Work list for control charts that will enable calling up and
display control charts from outside the results recording
function .Ability to control charts for qualitative
characteristics, control tolerance input for a control chart,
and
run charts function to represent the progression of values in
an inspection
Improved WIP and finished product quality
provides data results in graphical format fo
decision making
Quality Control:Evaluating Inspection
Characteristics
Evaluating Inspection Characteristics. In the transactions
for results recording and the usage decision, you can call up
the results history for an inspection characteristic. This
allows you to compare the results of the current quality
inspection with the results of previous inspections for the
same material. (QGP1 Results history for inspectioncharacteristic) functions in this list: display the single
results for one or more samples. obtain a detailed display of
all inspection results for a sample by calling up the
corresponding transaction. display a run chart for the
sample mean values. display a run chart for single values.
display a histogram for single values with the process
capability indices cp and cpk. use the QM-STI interface to
generate statistiscal analyses using an external statistics
acka e.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 64/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Control: New
types of control
charts for SPC
1) np-chart for the number of nonconforming units (175, 176)
2) p-chart for the number of nonconforming units (165, 166)
3) c-chart for the number of nonconformities (195, 196)
4) u-chart for the number of nonconformities for each unit
(185, 186)
5) Moving-average chart (520-526)
6) EWMA moving-range chart for mean values with
exponential smoothing (530, 531)
7) Moving range chart for mean values (515, 516)
The c-chart and u-chart are provided for characteristics
whose control indicators specify the confirmation of defects.
The moving-range chart is a control chart with two tracks
that is especially suited for characteristics with a sample
size of n=1. In this case, track 1 displays the actual measured
value and track 2 displays the distance between the actual
measured value and the preceding measured value. The
control limits for the moving-average chart, EWMA moving-
average chart, and the R-track of the moving range chart do
not only reference the current sample and you cannot use
them to valuate the samples.
Quality Control: Open
Integration andinterfaces.
QM-STI interface for linking decentralized evaluation tools
(for example, statistics software packages). AdditionalBAPI's. New Customer Exits.
Quality Inspection:
Specifications from
Variant Configuration.
Determine the characteristic specifications in an inspection
lot from the variant configuration characteristics on a
material.
Quality Inspection:
Canceling the Sample
calculation.
The sample calculation for an inspection lot can be cancelled
as long as you have not recorded any confirmations,
inspection results, or defects for the inspection lot for the
following reasons: The inspection lot quantity was changed
and the new quantity should be used as a basis for calculatingthe sample sizes. You want to the system to reassign the
inspection specification using a new or revised task list.
Quality Inspection:
Digital Signature
The digital signature ensures that only users with special
authorization be allowed to execute, monitor, or approve
certain transactions. In QM, these transactions are as
follows: Saving inspection results for characteristics and
Saving a usage decision.
The digital signature serves as a technical aid for this
requirement. When an authorized user wants to save data, he
or she inserts an indvidual identification card (containing the
user identification and password) into a smart-card reader
and enters a password. The system checks whether thisinformation corres onds to the information in the individual's
The digital signature enables you to meet t
security requirements stipulated in the Goo
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) with regard
execution of these transactions. The digita
signature ensures that: A transaction can o
carried out by users with a special authoriz
The user identification is unique and forger
The name of the users is documented toget
the signed transaction and the date and tim
cannot be manipulated afterwards.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 65/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Inspection:
Enhancements in
Results Recording.
e o ow ng new ea ures n resu s recor ng: s ng e
functions for table control, you can configure the recording
tables to suit your individual requirements. With the help of
subscreens, you can configure the header data for the
recording screens to suit your individual requirements.
'Summarized' recording view. Recording configuration
automate navigation of the results recording function.
Forced closure function. You can confirm the attribute
indicator and the measured value in a single field. Changes to
single values and classed values are recorded in change
documents. Results data origin documents the origin of a
result (for example, "value copied from certificate").
Quality Inspection:
Graphics in Results
Recording
The new graphic displays for sample results in the
transactions for recording and displaying characteristic
results are Histograms and Run charts.
Quality Inspection:
Inspection for Goods
Receipt in Blocked
Stock.
Inspections for Goods Receipt in Blocked Stock. You can
inspect materials that are held in goods-receipt blocked
stock (movement type 103).
Previously, you could only create inspection lots for good
receipts that were posted out of goods-receipt blocked
stock (movement type 105).
Quality Inspection:
Inspection lots in
Inventory
Management.
New functions for correcting the actual quantity of an
inspection lot are: 1) stock postings for goods-receipt insp
lots with account assignments. 2) a posting and material
document date that is not the same as the current date. 3)
activate or deactivate the "delivery completed" indicator. 4)
a reason for making a correction in the actual quantity. 5) a
text for the posting.
The system checks your QM material authorization when you
correct the actual quantity of an inspection lot.
A new transaction to transfer the stock in an inspection lot
to another storage location or another plant. (You cannot
transfer partial quantities of stock in an inspection lot.) All
material documents that reference an inspection lot or that
were created as a result of an inspection lot are recorded
and available for display in the transactions for the usage
decision and displaying an inspection lot.
Quality Inspection:
Multiple inspection
lots for a single run
schedule header.
You can create several inspection lots for a run schedule
header. This allows you to create a new inspection lot after
you have completed the current inspection lot, without having
to create a new order. This function is especially useful if an
inspection planner changes the planning data so that it
affects the processing of a subsequent inspection lot (for
example, if tolerances for a characteristic are changed or if
a new operation with characteristics is inserted into the tasklist). In the run schedule header, you can display the current
inspection lot and a list of all previous inspection lots
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 66/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Inspection:
One-Time Inspection
for Several Goods
Movements
en you maintain t e inspection ata in t e materia
master, you can enter the following values for the
"LotsforMatDocItem" indicator:
' ' (blank): One inspection lot for each goods-receipt
document item. (3.0) 'X': One inspection lot for each
purchase order item or order item and batch. (3.0) '1': One
inspection lot for each material document, material, and
batch. (New function) '2': One inspection lot for each
material and batch. New function
Quality Inspection:
Print Function for theInspection Lot
The existing function for the results printout (transaction
QGA3) has been expanded to include the following functions:
Printout of summarized data for samples. Printout of single
values/classed results for inspectioncharacteristic/sample/inspection point. Possibility of
inserting standard texts in various text elements
Quality Inspection:
Printing SampleDrawing and
Inspection
Instructions
The sample-drawing instruction has the following new
features: Improved layout, production order number
available, partial samples by operations, and Multiple copies.
If using Sample Management, the following information is
also available: texts from sample drawing procedure, list of
physical samples and size of each physical samples, indicator
for physical samples to be inspected, partial samples
information. For inspection lots of maintenance orders, the
following information is available: List of Plant Maintenanceobjects (equipment or functional location), inspection
operations and work center.
The inspection instruction has the following new information
available: Shop papers can be printed out on a work center
printer (that is, the system prints several inspection
instructions, if specified in the print control), Multiple copies
can be printed out. Detailed information for production tools
and resources. Control over printing of inspection
characteristic 1) all cases (3.1), 2) not printed, or 3) not
printed, if in a skip stage.
Quality Inspection:
Proposal for Batch
Status change making
a U.D.
A proposal for a Batch Status Change When Making the
Usage Decision can now be stored in the catalog for the
usage decision. As a result, you no longer have to trigger the
batch status change manually. You can also trigger a batch
status change when the system makes an automatic usage
decision. The manual function, however, is still available.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 67/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 68/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Planning: New
Features for QM in
Procurement
The following new features for QM in procurement have been
implemented: Skip for certified vendors. Lot creation
status and inspection lot reference in the goods receipt
document. Mass changes for QM in Procurement info-
records. Certificates Acknowledgement required in goods
receipts can now control stock or issue messages. Deletion
Indicator for the quality info-record.
Quality Planning: New
User Interface for
Catalog Processing.
You can now create, change, or display code groups and codes
using a single transaction. When you select a code group, you
can branch directly to the codes that belong to that
particular code group. Within a transaction, you can: Process
selected codes or all code groups in a catalog, Copy the code
groups along with their respective codes, Translate the
entries into various languages, Transport the code groups and
codes on a client-wide or system-wide basis.
Quality Planning:
Optional Unit of
Measurement for
Quantitative
Inspection
Characteristics
As of Release 4.0A, you no longer have to specify a unit of
measurement for a quantitative inspection characteristic.
This applies to both master inspection characteristics and
inspection characteristics in a task list.
Quality Planning:
Printing Out
Inspection Plans for a
Material
The system selects the same version of the inspection plan ituses when it creates an inspection lot for a material. The
system prints the characteristic values that are valid for
this material or for a predefined combination of material,
vendor, and customer.
Simplified User
Guidance in results
recording.
Easier to use, shortens users time for proc
information.
Test Equipment
Management:
Calibration Inspection
Ability to include inspection characteristics for each
operation in the maintenance task lists (as with current).
Work list for control charts that will enable you to call up
and display control charts from outside the results recording
function. .
Better decision making of material usage. R
cycle time and improved data related to the
management of calibration and testing of m
Quality Notifications:
Notification Action
Log
Changes to notifications, tasks, items, activities and partners
will be kept in a chronological sequence in an action log.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 69/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Notifications:
Items, Tasks,
Activities in
Notifications
e sor num er n no ca on ems, as s an ac v es
can be given an external sort number. This number makes it
possible to define the sequence in which the tasks, items or
activities should be displayed.
Partner in the task detail screen. The system can determine
a partner function for the persons responsible for the task
depending on the notification type. The partner function is
proposed in the detail screen; from Release 4.0A, you can
Quality Notifications:
Linking Notifications
to the Document
Management System
Noti ication processing as een in e to t e ocument
management system (DVS). You therefore have the option of
assigning document master records to notifications. Several
functions are available: Search functions for the documents.Jump to the document master record. Display the original
document. In addition to the known reference objects,
other options are available to set the notification system in
your company. Examples of this are problem notifications or
im rovement ro osals for technical documentation.
You can use this DVS link, for example, for
inclusion of documents which are of centra
importance for notification processing. TheSystem thus makes notification processing
more efficient because distribution of orig
documents in your company (for example, b
post or telefax) is no longer necessary.
Quality Notifications:
Classification of
Notification Items
The functions available for 3.0 have been enhanced so that
you can directly valuate the characteristics of the assigned
class of the catalog profile in a section of the item data
screen. In Customizing: Allow classification and Activate
include screen in catalog profile.
Quality Notifications:
Creating a
Notification Using a
Copy Model
The function for creating a notification using a copy modelhas been changed and enhanced. You no longer have to call up
a separate transaction to use this function. Instead, you
choose the function Notification -> Create and enter the
number of a notification to be used as a copy model directly
on the initial screen. The system copies the notification data
such as reference objects, problem description (including
long text), contact person, items, tasks, and activities
(including long text) into the new notification. You can use
any notification type as a copy model for a new notification.
The notification type of the new notification is irrelevant.
Quality Notifications:
Copying/Displaying a
Long Text for a Code
You can display a long text for a code that is used to
describe a defect or damage item in a notification. A
pushbutton allows you to copy the code text into the
notification as a long text for the corresponding object.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 70/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
Quality Notifications:
Displaying Statistical
Key Figures
When you process notifications or inspection lots in Release
4.0A, you can have the system display existing notifications
that reference the same objects that are contained in the
current notification or inspection lot you are processing. This
function can: Display the absolute frequencies of the
notifications based on their processing status
(outstanding/completed). Branch to a list of notifications.
Branch from the list of notifications to a specific
notification. You can specify whether you want the system to
use the information structures or the original documents to
determine the number of notifications.
Quality Notifications:
New Initial Screens
for Creating a Quality
Notification
New Initial Screens for Creating a Quality Notification have
the following additional options: create a quality notification
with reference to the vendor material number (screen 0105),
create a quality notification with reference to the customer
material number (screen 0125), create a quality notification
using a copy model (screen 0150).
Quality Notifications:Enhancements in the
Data Structure of the
Quality Notification
The following new fields are in the data structure of the
quality notification: An external reference number. In the
device data field, store any desired additional information
(for example, the production series). In the copy model
number field, reference an existing quality notification.
The serial number field serves as a new reference object for
a material. In the customer material and vendor material
fields, the number under which a material is maintained at
the customer or vendor site can be specified. A
manufacturor can be storde for notifications involving
complaints against vendors. A physical sample can be
referenced at the item level of the notification. The unit to
be inspected number is a field in which information about the
Quality Notifications:
New Features in the
Business Workflow
following new features: A scenario to inform the individuals
with the partner function "IT" (interested party) that a new
notification has been created. An escalation mechanism for
workflow scenarios that involve notifications and tasks. Thesystem uses the data in the notification or task to determine
the deadlines for completing the work items for a
notification or task. If these deadlines are exceeded, the
coordinator of the notification or person responsible for the
notification receives a mail. These escalation messages are
forwarded and deposited in a separate folder in the inbox.
Improved communications and faster inter
processing of complaints. (improved custom
service)
Quality Notifications:
Creating One Quality
Notification Per
Inspection Lot
Since Release 3.0, you record defects for an inspection lot.
If you recorded defects for different inspection operations
in the same inspection lot, the system created a quality
notification for each inspection operation. In Release 4.0A,
you have the option of creating only one quality notificationfor each inspection lot.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 71/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Quality Mgmt. Release Highlights
4.0 to 4.5Certificates in
Procurement
,
if certificate is missing, certificate is an object in the
system, and storing the oroginal certificates in an optical
Properties of the
Process-Optimized
Results Recording
(RR)
Three different versions available, designed for summarized
results, valuation overview using icons, availability of control
charts and other graphics, direct link to original results
recording, possibility to save and keep screen
Process Optimized
Results Recording
Selection of inspection operations via work list, recording for
a master inspection characteristic, recording for several
characteristic in a plan, recording with inspection-point
overview
OCX User Interface
Graphics Tool
New graphics tool based on OCX (Grafitti), display control
charts with new graphic tool, integrated graphic frame in
results recording screen. Windows 32-bit is required
4.5 to 4.6
Control for Goods
Receipt and Source
Inspections
This enhancement can be used to control the goods receipt
for purchasing document items independent of the source
inspection lot.
Print Control for
Order Types
Used to determine the order types for printing the
inspection instruction, sample drawing instruction, and
physical sample labels.
Output of Language
Dependent
Characteristic Short
Text
Used to change the characteristic short text in results
recording. The changed characterisitc short text is notsaved.
Creating a Quality
Notification when
making inspection
point confirmations
Supplementary Data
when transmitting
certificates
electronically
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 72/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
1.1 - 2.0A Alert Monitor: Messaging
A tool for exception-based management. You
can email the alert messages to other planners.
You also can have the message sent to you
automatically.
Give planners more controlling
abilities over exception situation.
Alert Monitor: Stand-alone
p to . , ert onitor is a stan -a one
component. The Alert Monitor window has
been enhanced.
Demand Planning
Gives demand visibility to understand the market
dynamics and to create accurate forecasts and
demand plans.The forecasting features, like time series
models, causal models, promotion planning, phase
in/out profiles, etc. addresses the needs to plan
high promoted products, seasonal products, as
well as slow moving items and products with
short lifecycles.
Demand Planning-Advanced
Marcos
You can access advanced marcos directly,
separate session for advanced marcos, drag
drop. You can use a new marco element to
have system issue a message. Another new
marco element can have system send out an
email. The new marco tool give you Undo, Redo,
Expand All, Collapse All, Save layout settings
feature. You can define a new marco as a level
change marco. You can also define alerts that are
not visible in the Alert Monitor.
Demand Planning-Aggregate
in Mass ProcessingYou can use an Aggregate to increase the
speed with which mass jobs are processed
Demand Planning-Compare
Through this new function, you can compare
and review DP version for InfoCube and key figure,
forecast versions, univariate forecast errors,
forecast parameters.
Demand Planning-Copying You can copy an existing mass processing jobto a new job
Demand Planning-Decimal
Place
You can set the number of decimal places of a
key figure individually per planning book.
Demand Planning: Aggregation
and Desegregation
ou can e ine t e aggregation an
desegregation types of a key figure in planning
parameters of the InfoCube
Demand Planning:
Authorizations
ou can e ine aut orizations or ersions,
DP functions, Selection Ids, Planning book,
Macros.
Demand Planning: Setting up
the Forecast You can now store the ex-post forecast.
Demand Planning: ForecastVersions
W en you save a eman p anning version,
the newest forecast is saved in the InfoCube and isaccessible for further processing
Demand Planning: Mass
Processing Job Log
You can now have the system create a log of
mass processing job.
Supply Chain Management Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 73/100
Demand Planning: Lifecycle
Planning
profiles from the master forecast profiles.
You can restrict the use phase-in and phase-out
profile for a product to one location. You can now
apply a phase-in and phase-out profile to either
demand history or the demand forecast. You can
also specify whether period without a value in aphase-in and phase-out profile should be set to 0 or
1000
Demand Planning: Like
Modeling
You can now create "like" profiles from the
master forecast profile. You can restrict the use
of a "like" for a product to one location.
Demand Planning: Notes
Management
In interactive forecasting, you can now create
a note for any cell at any level.
Demand Planning: Planning
Book Access
You can now e ine i erent ways o accessing
the demand planning desktop for different users.
Demand Planning: Promotion
Planning
You can now opt to see t e p anning oo ayout
when you are planning promotion
Demand Planning: Selection
Ids
. comes w new unc ons ororganization of selection Ids. You can build a master
profile of selection Ids as well as a working profile
Ids for each user.Demand Planning: Transfer to
R/3
Demand Management
ou can now trans er t e eman p ans o
multiple products from Demand Planning to R/3
Demand management
Global ATP
Global ATP: General
Enhancements
ou can now protect t e system rom import
customized data. You can switch off the availability
check by setting all basic methods to no check in
checking instructions. You can now configure the
production and the production time in checking
instructions
Global ATP: Product
Allocation
You can now change the consumption parameter in
the production allocation display and production
overview. You can now enter the location-dependent
and location-independent product allocations
procedures and the sequence of product allocation
procedures in APO product master data. You can
now use the following functionality for product
allocation: execute shortage check, display product
allocation assignment by sales order, check the
product allocation assignments, update the product
allocation assignments
Global ATP: Rule-Based ATP
requested products in the rule maintenance screen
and from the hierarchical display of the result tree
for the explanation and situation components. You
can now maintain the location product substitutions
in addition to the product substitutions and the
location determinations. You can now maintain the
reason for the product substitutions and the
location determination activity in the integrated
rule maintenance in the Profile and Parameter
screen.
Maser Data: Authorization
Concept
With effect from 2.0, APO offers an authorization
concept that defines user groups and user access to
the different areas of Master Data.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 74/100
Maser Data Hierarchies
You can now group Master Data objects in hierarchy
relationships. You can use the Master Data
hierarchies to maintain relationships between
existing Master Data objects.
Master Data: Planning
Version
You can now copy Master Data attri utes o an
inactive planning version back to the active planningversion.
Master Data: Resources
At initial screen for Resource Master , you no
longer need to define resource type that you wish to
maintain in this screen. Instead, you select a
resource in the initial screen Resources in the
Maintenance view of Master Data for resources
Change or Display Resources.
Production Planning and
Detail Scheduling
The manufacturing environment, production
processes, co-products, primary/secondary and
alternative resources, yields, minimum/
maximum time constraints between operations
etc. can be flexible defined and will be
considered during the scheduling to guarantee
the feasibility of the created production plans.
Dynamic lead times and sequencing optimization
achieve maximum cycle time compression to
achieve flexibility, which leads to fast reaction
times to new demand signals or changes.
Characteristics are available to describe
configured products, production blocks,
campaigns and batches.
PP/DS: Authorization You can now use authorization to define which
activities a user may perform in the APO system.PP/DS: Customer exit for the
object selection
in mass detail scheduling
With the Customer Exit APOCDPS1 you can define
the object which the system is to process (schedule
or optimize) in a work step in mass detail scheduling
PP/DS: Scheduling and Detail
Scheduling Strategies
n t e strategy pro i e, wit w ic you contro t e
detail scheduling of orders and operations, the
indicator Finite scheduling has been omitted.
PP/DS: Day's Supply
Calculation
You are able to define exactly which categories of
stock, receipts, requirements and forecast are to
be included in the calculation of day's supply.
PP/DS: Detail Scheduling
From release 2.0 mass detail scheduling is available
with which you can carry out detail scheduling for alarge number of objects as a background job.
PP/DS: Charts in the DS
Planning Board
You can now define network view charts in the
detail scheduling planning board only as dynamic
charts, which you can hide and show in the detail
scheduling planning board. You can also define the
network view charts as static charts, which are
always displayed in the planning board.
PP/DS: Important Indicator
for PP/DS and SNP Planning
Version
Constant planning can affect system performance.
You can now set within a planning version, that
changes relevant to planning are trigger planning or
create planning file entries for just PP/DS and/or
for SNP, or not at all.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 75/100
PP/DS: PP/DS - SNPIntegration
As of Release of 2.0 A, it is now possible to define
resources that allow a bucket approach (SNP) and a
detail approach (PP/DS), which enables you to use it
for SNP as well as PP/DS. You are now able to
specify for a PPM used in Supply Network Planning
from PP/DS is to be used when you convert theorder into a PP/DS order. When select receipts to
be converted from SNP orders into PP/DS orders ,
you are now able to limit the selection by products
and/or locations. You can therefore convert all
receipts, for example, in one location or for certain
product only.
PP/DS: New Evaluations in
DS Planning Board
In the detail scheduling planning board the following
new evaluations are available in Release 2.0 under
Extra.: Work-In-Process-Stock, Scheduling
quantity, Resource load per period.
PP/DS: Selection of the
Objects to be Displayed in
the DS Planning Period
From release 2.0 you can make user-specific
settings so that only orders of certain types aredisplayed. For the detail scheduling planning board,
which you can access directly in the area menu of
Production Planning, you can control which
resources, products, and orders will be displayed
the table areas of the various sub-screens, using
the Work Area
PP/DS: Optimization
activities in the optimization horizon. In the
optimization profile, you can define the maximum
delay that a receipt element can have in comparison
with a requirements element so that the system is
still able to create pegging relationship betweenthese elements when optimizing . In the
optimization profile, you also can define that system
post-optimizes following the optimization. You can
also define the optimization horizon and the start
of the optimized schedule in the optimization
profile.
PP/DS: Planning Run
ou are not a e to per orm a p anning run in
for as many products in as many locations as you
require.
PP/DS: Product Campaign
. ,
processing in integrated in APO (creation, planning)
and R/3 (Execution, and cost accounting). You can
not create single-product or multiple-productcampaigns in APO using block information in the
planning board.
PP/DS: New Features in the
Order View
On the Process Order screen (Order View), you can
now see alerts related to the order for the product.
This enables you to recognize any surplus/short
quantities, due-date violations, minimum day's supply
alert, and so on, and immediately see details on the
alert with out accessing the alert monitor. When
you select a product receipt in the order tree, you
now receive a tapshtip entitled Alternative. At the
top of the tapstip, the start date and time, baseunit of measurement and order quantity of current
are displayed
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 76/100
PP/DS: Propagation Range
With the propagation range, you could previously set
for which resources and products you could change
the schedule. From Release 2.0A in the detail
scheduling planning board only the resources
specified in the propagation area will be considered
in scheduling. You can not use a propagation range ininteractive planning and in the planning run, to limit
which product you can use. Using Authorization, you
define whether a user may display or change
planning versions, the schedule for location
resources or the stock/requirements situation for
location products.
PP/DS: Push Production
us pro uction a ows you to p an a pro uction
process starting with an ingredient that is to be
consumed.
PP/DS: Rescheduling of
activities in the detail
scheduling planning board
From Release 2.0A, you can define in the planning
board , that in the diagram section of a chart,
activities are displayed, that you can manuallyreschedule with drag&drop. Therefore, you can also
move individual activities specifically to another
date and/or to an alternative resource.
PP/DS: SAP Standard ProfileA ter Re ease 2.0, it's no onger possi e to c ange
SAP standard profile.
PP/DS: New scheduling and
processing functions in the
DS planning board
In the detail scheduling planning board (DS planning
board) you can fix time intervals for selected
resources. A context menu with scheduling
functions, as is available for the table section, is
now available for the diagram section of the
planning board.
PP/DS: Subcontracting
PP/DS. In APO, subcontracting is carried out by
means of stock transfer. The vendor
(subcontractor) is defined as a location with an
indicator for subcontracting. You define
transportation lines between the plant and the
vendor and back to enable the transfer of stock in
both directions.
Supply Chain Cookpit:
Enhancements
As of Release 2.0A, the Supply Chain Cookpit is a
stand-alone component that is separated form,
though still integrated with, Supply Chain Engineer
and Alert Monitor. The enhancements include:
Integrated model and version management, both of
which require user authorization, displaying the
chain in a logical format, creating user -defined
menus for APO queries and key performance
indicators, using hierarchies for organizing supply
chain elements, saving your working area under user
id as personal settings or under a shared label for
public use. numerous key performance indicators
added.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 77/100
Supply Chain Engineer:
Enhancements
stand-alone component that is separated form,
though still integrated with, Supply Chain Cookpit.
The enhancements include: Integrated model and
version management, both of which require user
authorization, displaying the chain in a logical
format, using hierarchies for organizing supplychain elements, saving your working area under user
id as personal settings or under a shared label for
public use, if you add or delete an object from a
model, all its dependent objects are automatically
added or deleted as well. There is a new mass
maintenance function for maintaining transportation
lane data.
SNP
Creates demand driven, the distribution,
production, purchasing requirements and the
related transportation and allocation plans,
through the whole supply chain network. The
concurrent planning of distribution and
production leads to optimal souring, global
balancing of the resource capacities and limited
materials to satisfy the most profitable
demands. Dynamic calculation of safety stock
and target inventory levels in conjunction with
time phased order logic for an continuous
replenishment reduces the inventory levels and
increases inventory turns through the supply
chain. Supply Network Planning supports the
planner with techniques, like Mixed Integer
Linear Programming and Constraint basedPropagation.
SNP: Capable to Watch
Under the planning data tab of CTM profile, you can
further restrict the objects to be included in the
CTM planning run by: master data, work area. Under
planning strategies, it is now possible to define a
period during which planned orders are deleted.
Supply and demand objects can now be aggregated
according to a CTM time stream, based on specific
categories such as stock type, orders or
requirements.
SNP: Capacity Leveling
When you do resource capacity leveling, you can now
select one or both of the following options: ignorefixed quantities, fix result.
SNP: Optimization Costs
Maintenance
er you ave es a s e a e cos s use y e
Optimizer via master data set up, you can now
maintain those costs through a single point of
access.SNP: Using Hierarchical
Structure for the Heuristic
Run
It is now possible to use hierarchical structures for
the Heuristic run using the Level ID option.SNP: Using Hierarchical
Structure for the
O timization Run
It is now possible to use hierarchical structures for
the Optimization run using the Level ID option.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 78/100
SNP: Interactive Planning
For aggregate planning: You can now plan product
and resource families on multiple levels. For fix
planning values, if you manually overwrite the value
in a plan, those values are fixed and will not be
changed during subsequent planning runs. For
sending plan, you can now send plans via emailinternally and externally if the system is connected
to a mailsever.
SNP: Master Data
The Cost Function is used by the Optimizer to
calculate the cost of procuring, producing, or
transporting varying quantities of products defined
in intervals via the Maintenance function.
SNP: Optimizer Log Files
ou can now isp ay severa i erent views o
Optimizer-related data from a single-point of
access.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 79/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business B
3.1 to 4.0 Process Flow Scheduler
Through the POI interface the PFS is connected to PP-PI and started through the
planning process. Master data as well as transaction data is modified by the
detailed planner and optimizer and then transferred back to PP-PI
Improved control ove
schedules. Improved
delivery, reduced inve
improved production t
Distribution Resource
Planning
On the whole, Distribution Requirements Planning can be conducted using techniques
available in Material Requirements Planning (MRP). The planning results provide you
with planned stock transfers (stock transfer requisitions), which you can use to
guarantee the stock level required in the distribution centers. The system also
takes into account the fact that requirements can be satisfied by more than one
supply center.
In contrast to Distribution Requirements Planning, deployment has a short-term
character. The aim of deployment is to help you react to deviations from the
preceding Distribution Requirements Planning run. Deviations can occur in the
production process, and can also be due to imprecise sales forecasts. Deployment
enables you to take appropriate action when situations of either requirements
shortage or requirements surplus arise by providing algorithms for "fair share"
distribution and for "push" distribution, respectively.
Network
Graphical maintenance of a time-dependent distribution network
Integration of important customers in the distribution network (Vendor Managed
Inventory)
Definition of a distribution network for materials or groups of materials, also
without reference to materials
Definition of more than one source of supply for one distribution center
Historical values can be used to calculate the quota arrangement
Connection to Sales Planning
Program for splitting plant-independent forecast requirements over distribution
Easier to use MRP fun
through graphical net
new allocation algorit
results of MRP proces
distribution node netw
External Processing
Full integration of subcontractor information from purchase req, order creation,
goods receipt, material costs, quality inspection. Orders can be set up as planned
delivery times or standard times and workflow can be triggered when orders are
changed and purchase orders are effected.
Improved managemen
subcontractor inform
stronger relationships
terms (order lead tim
Improved production improved update of su
deliver information
Flow Manufacturing -
Kanban calculation
Automatic calculation of number and quantity per kanban. The system will propose
number and quantity based on materials requirment and long term planning. Ability
to specify the valuaion period the system should use. On-line transaction to check
change and accept system proposal
Reduction of inventor
production or procure
improvement in sched
performance and redu
effort.
Production Planning Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 80/100
Flow Manufacturing -
Line design
Designing lines and planning the production process are two of the most important
tasks in production control for flow and repetitive manufacturers. In a flow and
repetitive manufacturing environment, production is split into various processes and
the sequence of these processes is used as a basis for developing the plan for
loading a line.
For this purpose, the line is subdivided into line segments and takt areas. Takt timesare calculated for the takt areas to control material flow and to calculate the time
the material is retained on the line.
Line design also involves allocating products to lines and operations, components and
production resources and tools to line segments. Here, you also assign feeder lines
to main lines. While doing so, make sure that these two lines are synchronized.
In Release 4.0, line design functions already available will be enhanced to suit the
special requirements of a flow and repetitive manufacturing environment.
Description of Function
Line design will be an important tool for flow and repetitive manufacturers to plan
the structure of the production line as well as the production procedure. Thefollowing functions are planned for line design:
Dividing production into processes
Defining process networks
To depict main and feeder lines
To increase possibilities for shortening lead time
Defining line hierarchies
Improvement in prod
and increase in labor
Mass Processing in PP
and control
SAP R/3 users in production planning and control are increasingly processing very
large objects or large quantities of objects (for example, planned orders,
production orders, and capacity requirements).
Functions to simplify the use of mass processing and to increase data throughput
are available in Release 4.0. Response times in online processing have been improvedconsiderably.
You can use comprehensive selection criteria to create a work list. You process this
work list with the functions for sorting, grouping, and filtering.
You can carry out various business functions on selected objects, such as scheduling,
release, and dispatching. You can carry out these functions online or in the
background, both synchronously or asynchronously. The response times for online
processing have been improved considerably as a result of parallel processing in the
background.
Tools are available for you to list and analyze any errors, warnings, and other
important information collected during processing.
You can use the planned functionality in production planning and control wherever
Decrease in manual p
improving planner pe
reduces planning erro
faster responses to c
requirements and pro
Order related planning
strategies
New order-related planning strategies for Release 4.0 so that you do not have to
use additional external optimization tools. The handling of objects in the planning
table, such as planned orders and production orders, will be simplified.
The following functions will be available in Release 4.0:
Additions to planning strategies
Maintenance and dynamic determination of setup times and the setup time matrix
Dispatching of operations within a defined period pattern (days, shifts)
Consideration of production versions when planning alternative lines (for planned
orders)
Material availability checks for a selected planning period
Simple handling of the planning table
Selecting and moving several operations in groupsEasy analysis of planning results
Application Area
Improved utilization
resources, more accu
achievable productio
will improve delivery
increase throughput.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 81/100
Process Chain for
Confirmation
When you create confirmations, for example, for production orders or run schedule
headers short response times and fast processing are important. On the other hand,
however, further processing steps should be automatically triggered at the same
time as the confirmation. These steps include functions that result directly from
the confirmation of the operation, such as the determination of current costs or
backflushing, but also the confirmation of previous operations in the processingchain.
To process these complex process chains in a manner that optimizes performance
and with short response times, you must distinguish between functions in the
confirmation process where time is a critical factor and those where it is not and
transfer processing steps to the background, to aggregate them and place them in
parallel.
In Customizing you can specify which functions can be carried out on confirming an
operation and when. The individual confirmation functions were encapsulated and
can be run both online as a confirmation, as an asynchronous background task as well
as in periodic background jobs. This affects the following functions:
Updating actual data in the order
Capacity adjustmentAutomatic goods receipt
Backflushing of material components
Determination of expected receipt surplus/deficit
Updating of HR incentive wage data
Actual cost determination
Both a temporal decoupling function and an aggregation function are available for
the confirmation. Since aggregation concerns both goods movements and production
Decrease in producti
efforts improve data
production schedule
PP simulation
Long-term planning provides you with tools for monitoring and planning future
requirements and resources. Using these tools, you can create various versions of
the demand program on a time scale of your choice, and simulate their effects in
MRP and capacity planning. The information from long-term planning also provides
Purchasing with a preview of the order quantities required from the respectivevendors. In the simulation, you can also calculate the activity requirements for
production. This information can be passed on to cost center accounting, where it
can be used for costing the product.
Long-term planning is controlled in a special planning scenario that is independent of
operative planning. In the planning scenario, you can adjust the settings of
simulative planning to suit your particular needs.
More options for simulating planning will be provided in long-term planning in
Releases 4.0C.
The following functions will be available:
Optional consideration of sales orders in long-term planning
Changing simulative planned orders
Copying simulative production plan to operative planning
Graphic capacity planning table with change options
Integration of long-term planning with repetitive manufacturing functions
Improved ability to m
production planning d
operative production
achievable and accur
improving delivery pereducing inventories.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 82/100
Repetetive
Manufacturing
Repetitive and flow manufacturers usually control production on a period and
quantity basis. In this area of industry, production is also usually characterized by
simple and clear processes. Assemblies are processed in a continuous flow through
the production lines.
Therefore, this branch of industry requires tools that can plan and control
production on a production-rate and line-oriented basis, as provided by theRepetitive Manufacturing component in the R/3 System. Repetitive Manufacturing in
the R/3 System effectively streamlines planning and control processes and greatly
simplifies backflushing.
The planning table is available in Repetitive Manufacturing for planning production
quantities. Here, information on production quantities, the current capacity load of
the production lines, and the product availability situation can be read at a glance.
The flexible strategies for automatic dispatching facilitate the creation of a
realistic production plan. As planning is often based on shifts, the planning table in
Repetitive Manufacturing will be enhanced to include the option of shift planning.
The planning table will be enhanced to include an option for shift planning where you
will be able to create shift quantities for production. The quantities per shift will
be calculated automatically on the basis of the production dates in the plannedorders and the shift times maintained per line. Here, the production quantity of a
Easier to use planning
the ability to make r
decisions, enabling m
response to changes
which results in redu
increased delivery re
Sequencing
Flow shop and variant manufacturing is characterized by a high volume of orders. To
help you plan the resulting high order quantities, you can use the sequencing
functions. Here, the order sequence is determined for flow shop manufacturing. In
this process, the system loads the work stations of a line, taking sequencing
restrictions into account.
For customer-oriented assembly processing, for example, in the automobile and
computer industries, sequence planning is a significant part of production planning.
The system uses the information from sequencing to calculate the exact delivery
times for staging components.
In flow shop manufacturing, sequencing determines the sequence in which ordersare to be processed on a particular production line. The exact line load is displayed
graphically per line on a time axis that is folded in such a way as to display as many
orders as possible at once. Using colors, you can determine the status of the orders
or the assembly areas where the orders are located. You can maintain sequence
plans manually. External optimization or model-mix procedures are linked via an
Improved production
reduced inventory an
delivery performance
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 83/100
FDA requirements
Description of Function
The key developments of Release 4.0 focus on the following three topics:
Electronic batch record
Electronic signature
Approval of changes
Electronic Batch RecordThe electronic batch record is a unique and complete description of the
manufacturing process of a batch. In compliance with the FDA, planning data and
actual data of the process order enter the electronic batch record from various
origins. The actual data comprises process messages from the line operator, process
messages from the process control system and in-process controls, provided they
exist.
As of Release 4.0, the electronic batch record will be enhanced by inspection
results data collected in post-process controls after production.
The lists of the electronic batch record were revised and enhanced.
Process data documentation that represented the "batch record" in Release 3.0 was
order-related. In Release 4.0, the new batch record is directly related to the batch
of the material produced and the data that is allocated to it.Electronic Signature
As of Release 4.0, it will be possible to use smartcard readers for the electronic
signature. The electronic signature serves as a forgery-proof identification of
persons carrying out one of the transactions in the R/3 System described below.
These persons identify themselves by entering their names and passwords. This
data is then compared with the data stored on the chip card.
You can activate the electronic signature for the following transactions:
This development aim
the functionality of t
comply with the lega
Good Manufacturing
set out by the Food a
Administration (FDA
BAPI for Maintaining
IndependentRequirements
This BAPI (Business Application Programming Interface) is designed to provide an
open interface for maintaining independent requirements. In this case, a writing
BAPI is used to make changes to the independent requirements table.
This dispenses with the interfaces that were available up to now, and only used
internally.The BAPI enables you to maintain your own independent requirements from non-SAP
systems without needing a dialog from the side of SAP. The transfer of tables and
control indicators allows you to influence the maintenance of independent
re uirements, such as s littin transferred monthl values.
Eliminate the need fo
custom interface.
4.0 to 4.5 MRP Areas
As of Release 4.5, the system will include the Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
area, which will provide even more clarity and a more refined method of Material
Requirements Planning within a plant. With this method, the MRP area represents an
organizational unit, for which you can carry out Materials Requirements Planning
independently. The results of the planning run are displayed specifically for each
MRP area.
With Release 4.5, an MRP area can include one or several storage locations of a
plant or a subcontractor for the materials planning of the parts to be provided. Youcan assign a material to various MRP areas.
Every MRP area can, for example, correspond to an assembly line, a service storage
location or stock with a subcontractor. You can specifically plan independent
requirements for spare parts or other special requirements for individual MRP
areas.
Up to now, you had carried out Material Requirements Planning at plant level. The
various requirements were combined in the planning run and procurement elements
were created for these pegged requirements with unknown sources
Increased flexibility
MRP processing, by b
segregate the plannin
based on different r
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 84/100
Production Order
Change Management
In the production and procurement process it is often necessary that changes to
master data, for example in bills of material and routings, be copied to the
production and purchase orders.
In make-to-order production, especially in the engineering and construction field,
customers often request changes to be made. The user should be able to implement
these changes in the production and procurement process, even when theseprocesses are already operative.
Changes that occur in the area of engineering/design or production for the make-to-
stock production have to be integrated into existing procurement elements.
It is therefore necessary to have a flexible medium for make-to-order and make-to-
stock production that allows:
You can do this by using change management for production orders.
The following individual functions are included in the order change management
process:
An order change request is created when changes are made to a sales order or when
engineering/design or production changes are released. This request initiates the
change process and manages the change activities.
All production orders affected by the changes in an order change request are
selected. For the change management process, new order change requests are
created for all of the affected production orders.
Increased control ov
execution when custo
specifications change
changes take place.
Production Lot Planning
(SEIBAN)
The necessity to continuously upgrade products and to reduce costs, means that,
for example, in the mechanical and electronics industries, production lots of
finished products and semi-finished parts have to be planned and produced with
different bills of materials or routings. Production lots can vary due to, for example,
the use of another component or another manufacturing process. In this case, aspecific cost determination and evaluation for each production lot is necessary. In
particular, planned costs and actual costs, for example, incurred by a production lot
of an assembly, can be determined before receipt of the sales order.
You can achieve this by defining production lots. This process entails giving each
production lot a number, for which a specific bill of materials and if necessary a
specific routing has been created. The planning, production and costs evaluation is
carried out in relation to this number. This process enables you to evaluate the
costs of the various production lots that have already been planned (before receipt
of the sales order) and compare them to one another.
This type of planning is known as Pre-Planned SEIBAN in Japan.
Up to now, separate planning and cost evaluation has only been possible for make-to-
order and engineer-to-order productions, or in other words, after the receipt of
concrete customer requirements. For this reason, the planning of production lots is
being introduced with Release 4.5.
As of Release 4.5, the SAP-R/3 System will be extended to include the following
functions:
Improved capability
planning, execution a
for specific lots of p
continuous improvem
in place.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 85/100
High Volume Order
Management
Order-specific repetitive manufacturing and prefabrication is often associated with
a high order volume. Large volumes of data also appear in the production of complex
products, for example with collective orders or complex individual orders.
In such cases, to process large volumes of data it is necessary to carry out
individual functions during the creation or processing of a production order using
collective processing, or by running the functions in the background. Typicalexamples include converting planned orders to production orders, executing
availability checks or releasing production orders.
In the case of a high order volume, the aim is, after a few online steps, to carry out
functions for large quantities of orders or to shift the processing into the
background. In the case of large production orders, long online response times
should be avoided by shifting the complex processing of individual functions into the
background.
High Volume Order Management provides a uniform framework for carrying out
mass production functions. The following functions are available:
components or operations)
These functions are contained in a program that offers the following advantages:
transactions. You can reduce the various selection parameters to the required size
by using variants.
Improved capability
maintenance to large
production orders, ba
defined parameters.
Order Progress Report
In make-to-order and project-oriented production, it is important to have a report
that provides an overview of the current status of procurement and production. The
new order progress report enables you to determine whether or not the delivery
date will be met or delayed. It also allows you to react to delays or bottlenecks
from within the report.The order progress report shows clearly which documents, MRP elements, stocks
and deliveries exist for products ordered by customers, and for their components.
You also receive information regarding the status and progress of each component.
This enables you to predict whether or not the delivery dates will be met or
delayed.
The order progress report offers selection and filter functions that allow selected
elements to be viewed, for example, all elements belonging to a particular material.
You can use profiles to generate individual views of each element. This is done by
means of a hierarchical structure that can be expanded. First, all procurement
elements, stocks and deliveries relating to a product are displayed according to the
selection criteria. You can then explode the corresponding component structure for
each internal procurement element. All existing elements for each of the
components in the bill of materials will then be displayed. Elements which were
created manually and accounted to a sales order or work breakdown structure are
also displayed.
The following elements are displayed:
Enhanced visibility to
Service agents on th
to-order orders thro
chain, reflecting true
delivery problems ansituations.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 86/100
Storage Resources
When it comes to manufacturing gases, granulates, and liquids in continuous
production, the differences between storage and production resources are
becoming even less clear than in discrete manufacturing. In the manufacturing
process, a tank can be regarded as part of the production line. A tank serves, for
example, as a buffer between two processing units that produce or further process
an intermediate product at different speeds. If material remains in the tank aftermanufacturing has been completed, the tank takes over the role of a storage
resource. The material is again available as warehouse stock.
In Release 4.5, storage or production resources are reproduced in the R/3 System
as storage resources that combine the characteristics of storage facilities and
resources. This means, for example, that available capacity can be allocated to
them, process orders can be dispatched for them, material stock can be allocated,
and goods movements can take place for them.
The development includes the following areas:
By maintaining and classifying storage resources, you create the prerequisites for
the selection of suitable storage resources in the master recipe and process order.
Permits the vessels o
in storing materials i
manufacturing proce
considered as constr
production, and track
hence ensuring realisscheduling.
Grouped JIT Call
The new grouped JIT call function allows you to create a delivery-relevant JIT call
from production with reference to a scheduling agreement (in addition to creating a
requirements forecast from the MRP run). The JIT call can be administered and
transmitted as a separate document.
Firstly, the MRP run creates schedule lines for a scheduling agreement, which are
then transmitted to the supplier as forecast or JIT delivery schedules. However, in
this procedure these forecast or JIT delivery schedules are not relevant fordelivery.
As soon as a material is required in production, you can create a grouped JIT call by
setting a kanban to empty. This applies both to traditional and event-driven
KANBAN. The grouped JIT call, in contrast to the forecast and JIT delivery
schedules mentioned above, is relevant for delivery.
The following functions are available in Release 4.5:
separate file.
Streamlines the flow
regarding JIT requir
vendors, and speeds
transactions.
Characteristic Planning
with Characteristics
Combinations
By creating characteristics combinations, you will be able to manage the large
number of possible combinations of characteristics more efficiently.
Characteristics combinations comprise one or more mutually-dependent
characteristics that are used frequently for planning in Demand Management.
After the characteristics combinations have been determined, you can conduct
characteristics planning on the basis of these combinations. You no longer need to
enter the planning data of characteristics individually. Consequently, the amount of
time and effort necessary for the management of characteristics planning will be
reduced significantly.
Characteristics combinations can be maintained manually.
Requirements can be entered for characteristics combinations.
Information structures can be updated in the Logistics Information System (LIS)
Ease of use in maint
volumes of data.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 87/100
4.5 to 4.6
Usability Enhancements
for Confirmation
Transactions
As part of the initiative to increase the usability of the R/3 System, numerous large
and smaller developments and changes are being carried out in production orders, in
the areas of confirmations and goods movement. The goal of these efforts is to
make using the system easier, more understandable and more intuitive for the end
user. Here, time ticket confirmation for the operation is given top priority, as the
most frequently used transaction in this area. Particular attention is given to thefollowing goals:
screens
of a customer's own fields and detail screens in confirmation transactions
entry
and removing unnecessary ones or by including further default values for
confirmations
and having context-sensitive field descriptions
sensitive input helps
Description of Usability Enhancement
The most important innovations are, for example:
A new confirmation transaction makes it possible to make confirmations on a single
Ease of use in maint
volumes of data.
Order Information
System and High Volume
Order Management
The order information system is often used to create a list of orders to be
processed. The user can branch from this list to display or change single orders.
Within the framework of high volume order management, mass and background
processing functions for releasing and scheduling production orders are available
through the order information system.The main goal of this development is to make it easier for users to update and
process their daily workload by using the order information system. A standardized
user interface has now been added to the tool to improve usability, and more
transactions and mass processing functionality have been included to increase
versatility of this standardized entry point for the user‟s different tasks.
The tool selects orders according to selection criteria or a user-specific work list.
While processing the selected data, orders can be added to or removed from this
work list.
The user can switch between separate lists for displaying order headers,
operations, components or production resources and tools.
The standard ABAP List Viewer (ALV) is used to display these lists. The list layout
(field selection, sorting, filtering) can be customized and stored individually. Since
this viewer is widely used in the SAP system, most users will be familiar with its
Ease of use in maint
volumes of data.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 88/100
Order BOM and the
Product Structure
Browser
In the area of sales-order-oriented processing, the maintenance of the individual
product structure has now been made considerably easier, due to the incorporation
of a browser. This simplification is of great benefit to users when they need a clear
overview of the current situation in a sales order and wish to maintain it, or use the
reporting functions.
This is made possible by the product structure browser, which graphically displaysand clearly formats the multi-level tree structure of a sales order BOM. The
product structure browser is tailored to meet the demands of sales-order-oriented
processing. Even during the development phase of the product structure for a sales
order, it provides an overview showing on which level individual order BOM
assemblies have already been created and on which level the non-order-specific
material BOM assembly is exploded in the sales order.
In detail, the following requirements have been realized:
configurable assembly BOMs are exploded (on the screen).
whether an assembly has multiple levels, whether a assembly is configurable and
whether a result-oriented BOM exists on that level for the sales order. Graphicalstructure indicators help you to quickly follow the navigation structure.
environment. A configurable assembly, however, has to access the configuration
editor, which provides all necessary information.
the structure:
- From a sales order context: The relevant BOM explosion date from the sales
Ease of use in mainta
BOM transactions in
documents
Document Integration
for Production Orders
In the execution of a production order, it is often necessary to directly access
external documents. Such documents could be, for example:
To do this, a direct link is required between the production order and document info
records or the original application files, which are managed via these records. In
addition to this, external documents can be created during the production process,
which must be linked to the production order for the purposes of verification or
documentation.
In previous releases you could include documents in a production order by assigning
documents to a routing as a production resource/tool. This document is then
transferred to the production order. Since this method is not always sufficient,
other object relationships need taking into account. The two central linking
mechanisms are the linking of documents to the material master of the BOM header
material on the one hand and document items in the material BOM of the BOM
header material on the other.
So that you do not have to manually re-enter relationships that already exist, it
must be possible to evaluate and automatically transfer such relationships when
required.
In order to be able to comprehensively fulfil the existing, sometimes varying
requirements, integration must be very flexible:
Improved informatio
execution, reduces n
efforts by productio
increasing efficiency
throughput.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 89/100
Production Order
Splitting
In a production process all the materials in a production order usually progress
together from one operation to the next. Sometimes there is a logistical need to
divide the materials into two groups, which are then processed separately. Such
logistical needs occur in the following situations:
required quantity. The materials to be produced can be separated into two groups,so that material components are available for processing at least one of these
groups.
different requirement dates. By separating the materials, they can be put into
groups with different requirement dates.
should be processed at first.
differently than those passing the quality inspection and therefore need different
or additional operations.
result in a smaller quantity per group, which can be processed faster than thecomplete order quantity.
The separate processing of materials can be achieved by creating a second
production order. The new function „order split‟ offers the possibility of
automatically creating the second production order. It divides an existing and
partially completed discrete production order into a parent and child order. The
order split also adjusts the quantities and dates and handles the costs of the two
orders.
Improved control ove
schedules. Improved
delivery, reduced inv
improved production
Usability Enhancements
for Production Orders
As part of the initiative to increase the usability of the R/3 System, numerous large
and smaller developments and changes are being carried out in the area of shop
floor control. The goal of these efforts is to make using the system easier, more
understandable and more intuitive for the end user. Here the maintenance
transactions for a production order take center stage, as the most frequently usedtransactions in this area. Particular attention is given to the following goals:
screens
user exit for the integration of a customer's own fields
object concerned and placing object specific pushbuttons underneath overview
screens.
menus for the search, sort and filter functions on overview screens.
the most frequently used functions and showing the user status alongside the
system status
short texts
input help
Description of Usability Enhancement
Examples of the most important innovations are as follows:
Ease of use in mainta
production order tra
improving planning, sc
productivity
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 90/100
Graphical Kanban Board
and Integration of In-
house Kanban and MRP
The kanban board has been converted into a graphical user interface and thus
permits user-specific settings. This facilitates use of the planning board and allows
faster access to relevant information, accelerating the planning process.
Materials for which KANBAN controlled run schedule quantities or production
orders are created, can be planned in the MRP run and exploded in the BOM.
Description of Usability EnhancementThe new graphical user interface enables the user to select the information
displayed in the kanban board and to configure the display to his/her requirements.
In particular, the following can be set:
Quick info and sorting for the kanbans can be defined in the control cycle.
It is now also possible to use MRP for materials, for which the KANBAN module
generates run schedule quantities or production orders. Integration of the
KANBAN module and MRP is thus complete.
Previously, materials for which production was triggered via KANBAN, had to be
excluded from MRP if the KANBAN module generated run schedule quantities or
Ease of use in plannin
Dialog Control in the Pull
List, Specific User
Guidance/Information
A more transparent initial screen, additional links to bordering applications and
improved usability provide you with more support when working with the pull list.
You can carry out the individual steps for replenishing material either online or
automatically in the background. This simplifies the complete procedure in the pull
list.
Description of Usability Enhancement
You can tailor the procedure in the pull list to suit your own requirements. In user-
specific selection variants, you define which steps are to be carried out online and
which are to be carried out in the background. This means you can automate the
steps which remain constant. A new procedure supports error processing.
All selection parameters are recorded in groups in one screen providing clarity and
ensuring that the pull list is easy to access.
New links to bordering applications are available from the pull list. For example, you
can branch to:
Ease of use in pulling
transactions, improvi
and reducing non-valu
in material handling.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 91/100
Usability and process
optimization in
repetitive manufacturing
in the planning table will be more effective and transparent.
easier to use. Backflushing is now carried out from one central screen for various
scenarios (for example, make-to-stock production, make-to-order production or
production by lots).The entry can be adjusted per user to suit the individual requirements.
Now, you can also use a material-dependent production rate.
schedule header has been abolished.
Description of Usability Enhancement
The following developments simplify the use of the planning table:
planning table.
of examination. For example, you can display the first couple of days in shifts, the
next weeks in days and the rest of the period in weeks and months as required.
table
directly).
The different types of backflush are grouped together into one central
Ease of use in plannin
Focus on the MRP
Controller, Usability in
Material Requirements
Planning
The MRP work environment can be adjusted to suit the requirements of the MRP
controller. Enhanced integration in the logistics chain allows quicker access to
important information that is relevant for planning. The MRP functions have been
optimized to simplify their execution and increase user-friendliness.
The main optimizations include:
areas
These enhancements consolidate R/3's extensive support of the MRP controller's
work processes.
Description of Usability Enhancement
The general handling of MRP functions (MRP list, stock/requirements list) has been
simplified and made more consistent. The following new developments simplify
working in MRP:
the MRP and stock/requirements lists.
collective display of MRP lists.
exception messages occurring within a period of time.
various ways.
elements (such as planned/production orders, purchase requisitions, and so on). The
Ease of use and read
information improves
thereby making the p
more responsive to s
Increased customer in inventories, improv
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 92/100
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 93/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
3.1 to 4.0 Integrated PDM PBM integrated through ALE with core R/3
Elimination if duplicate data entry,reduction of errors, reduced productdesign cycle time, reduced ECOcycle time, increased integrity ofdata
ECM Can control material validity through ECMReduced costs associated with EC'swith invalid materials
6
Ability to change heirarchy, work with or without release keys,effectivity by serial #, time period, user defined parameters,combination of parameters
Improved search and definitioncapabilities will lead to shortersearch times for product substitutionor line down situations
Ability to archive change numbers
Support of digital signatureReduced product development cycletime, reduced delays
BOM's Ability to set history requirments for BOM's
Addition of links todocuments
Ability to add links and/or directions to documents
Improved search and definitioncapabilities will lead to shortersearch times for product substitutionor line down situations
CAD Interfaceimprovements
No specific CAD user required in dialog modem, in RFC mode willreturn object by matchcode for materials, equipment and functionallocation
Elimination if duplicate data entry,reduction of errors, reduced productdesign cycle time
Classificationsimprovements
Ability to sort, set max values and set restrictions on searches
Improved search and definitioncapabilities will lead to shortersearch times for product substitutionor line down situations
Additional BAPI's Reduction of duplicate entry,leverage of external applications
Product Design Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 94/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Product Design Release Highlights
Variant Configurator
4.0 to 4.5Enhancements for
parameter effectivity
Up until now, you could only process BOMs with reference to a
change
number whose effectivity was defined by a parameter effectivity
(for
example, a serial number interval).
As of this release, you can also process the following objects in
this
way:
o Types of routing:
- Standard routings
- Reference operation sets
o Characteristics
o Characteristics of class
o Classification
Settings in the change master record (indicator for the object
types)
determine whether these objects can be maintained with
parameter
effectivity.
There are the following special features:o Routings
You cannot set the object type indicators until you have set the
object sub-types (see: release note General Maintenance
Changes).
o Material
Increased control over changes,
ensuring product design and
production integrity.
Enhanced Usability Inprovement in end user interface for BOM process Reduced product design cycle time
Enhanced Usability Inprovement in end user interface for material master creation Reduced product design cycle time
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 95/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Product Design Release Highlights
4.5 to 4.6
Graphical User Interface
for the Engineering
Workbench
The Engineering Workbench browser simplifies both navigation in
the Workbench and object processing. You can find required
information quicker, which reduces processing time. The graphical
display illustrates the structures and their processing contexts.
The browser optimizes both navigation itself, and also the
processing of the objects displayed. It displays all object types
that are processed in the Engineering Workbench, and all the
relationships between these object types, in a simple,
understandable way. You can navigate by expanding hidden objects
in the structure and also by using where-used lists. You can limit
which objects are displayed by using selection parameters and
filters. During object processing, you can directly call up all
general and object-specific functions. Direct processing in the
graphical interface, for example using Drag&Drop, is also possible.
In addition to this, you can jump from the generic product
structure browser into the Engineering Workbench. Further
details of this will be given in the text below.
The browser‟s most important characteristics are:
The browser can be called up from every screen in the Engineering
Workbench. The screen consists of two parts. You see the
graphical browser in one part of the screen and the Engineering
Workbench screen in the other. You can stil l use normal navigation
methods. The browser serves as an additional navigation tool,
which can be hidden or shown by the user at any time.
Reduced product design cycle time
New ECR/ECO Functions
Up until now, you have benn able to define whether an employee
must make
a digital signature for certain status changes of an ECR/ECO by
using the
change type.
As of this release, you can define a comprehensive approval
process in
which several people have to make a digital signature before you
are
allowed to make the next processing step.
You define the following in Customizing for this approval process:
o Individual signatures that are used as partial steps in a
signature
strategy
o Signature strategies in which you group together individual
signatures
of different user groups into a signature process
o Signature networks in which you allocate one signature strategy
to the
individual system statuses of an ECR/ECO or an object
management
record
You choose the signature network for the approval process when
you define
Increased control over change
authorization and audit
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 96/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Calcul
Product Design Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 97/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
3.0 to 3.1Integrated Sales Order
Configuration -ATO
Online configuration with availability check and pricing
during order entry. Description of all allowed / possible
product configurations in a maximal BOM.
Integrated Sales Order
Configuration - ETO
Online configuration pricing based on calculation project
network to plan production
Lean Modeling of Multilevel
Configurable Products
Modeling of complex relations between components with
constraints. Object oriented dependency knowledge in
order to gain reusability, central maintenance and reduce
complexity. Lean maximal BOM using class items for
reduced maintenance efforts and clear structures. Easy
maintenance of valid value combinations using central
Order BOM MaintenanceIt is possible, in release 3.1G, for several users to
maintain the order BOM at the same time.
3.1 to 4.0 Enhanced FunctionalityUser Interface Design: Design characteristic assignment
screen using folder strips.
Enhanced FunctionalityYou can display and/or create a dynamic task list from
the result of a configuration.
Variant Configuration Analyzer
Multi-level documentation of product model (classes,
characteristics, dependencies, class nodes, BOM-Items...)
basis for performance analysis
Enhanced Functionality
Until 4.0 it was possible to set variant condition keys only
using dependency knowledge. In 4.0 it is possible toallocate one variant condition key to a characteristic
value. During interactive variant configuration the amount
assigned to the variant condition key is displayed. As soon
as this value is set, the variant condition is set without
any dependency knowledge.
Enhanced Performance
Variant pricing was reworked to improve performance.
(Users must now include their reference characteristic
for SDCOM-VKOND in the variant class.)
Type MatchingIt is possible to execute type matching at the assembly
level in the BOM.
Variant pricing in Purchasing
ar an pr c ng n urc as ng. s poss e o
maintain variant conditions in the purchasing info recordfor configurable materials.
Enhanced Control of Screen
DisplayA new table (SCREEN_DEP) allows users more control
over the display and entry of data during configuration.
4.0 to 4.5 Control of BOM explosion
New settings in configuration profile. No BOM explosion
if not needed. Define level of BOM explosion - for order
BOM. Using Filters it is possible to configure needed
components only.
Type matching with ATP
Type Matching can now be configured to search for
matching variants with relevance to their availability.
There is an additional field in item category configuration
(SD), which is the ATP Material Variant field.
Variant Configuration Release Highlights
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 98/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Variant Configuration Release Highlights
Enhanced Performance for
Variant Tables
Use of transparent tables with better run-time-objects.
New fast BOM explosion in down stream configuration:
MRP, assembly order process. New link from a variant
table to a database table to enhance performance.
Pricing as an event for the
configuration process
While using pricing on request: all procedures allocated to
the dependency group SAP_PRICNG will only be
executed when activating the pricing button.
Openness40 External APIs. API Usage support tool. API based
solution CADagent
Authorizations
There are new authorization objects for controlling
maintenance of table structures, table entries andvariant functions.
New Functionality - IBase
New storage of variant configuration with a view of the
“as_sold” product structure in the new IBase (installed
base). Integration of new effectivity (not date only),
affects master data maintenance and operative
rocesses. Inte rated archive functionalit in 4.5B
Enhanced Functionality - SD
Integration
New structure with SD fields that may be changed using
reference characteristics (vcsd_update). SD reads
material variant configuration for pricing purposes -
without executing configuration task. Configuration
versions for order change management (OCM)
Enhanced Functionality - MRP
Integration
You may 'lock' a configuration to prevent therequirements from passing to MRP. This is helpful when
the customer has not completely made their configuration
decisions.
Enhanced Functionality -
Configuration Profile
Configuration settings - new in profile configuration.
Settings may be defined in the configuration profile and
saved : including configuration language, alternative
language, configuration scope, pricing, variant matching.
If multiple profiles exist, you may give them a priority
for use with background or IDOC processing.
New Functionality - Variant
Configuration in the Logistics
Process Chain
New objects: Model Service Specification-1 for services
frequently purchased. Configuration is used for service
selection for one purchase order line item entry ofservices rendered. New objects: Model Service
Specification-2 Example: contractor buys installation of
TV cable links dig a trench (costs depend on: length,
depth and also on ground_quality) lay a cable (costs
depend on cable length;10% longer than length) provide n
connection points connect to cable network fill in trench
(length and depth as above) => characteristics: length,
depth, ground_quality, etc. New objects: Task
Maintenance List. Task list for a service (to be sold)
related to an equipment. Master data: maintenance task
list. Configuration process: create customer order for a
service product, select equipment (this configuration willbe copied to the service configuration and locked until
the service is finished), simple configuration, selection of
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 99/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit
Variant Configuration Release Highlights
Sales Configuration Engine
Runs detached from R/3. Empowers salesperson at Point
of Sale. Increases order accuracy. Re-uses SAP R/3
Master Data - One Model - eliminates cost of dual
maintenance and synchronization. Uses R/3 PDM
functionality. Simple one-button download from R/3 to
SCE. Offers flexibility in choice of user interfaces: Call
from existing environment or customize your own, API-
driven engine enables use of any custom user interface,
and Plug-in for other desktop applications (I.e. SFA). The
Sales Configuration Engine is a building block of Sales
Force Automation. SCE uses advanced technology: written
in Java and provides platform independence, is objectoriented and entirely API driven, with seamless
4.5 to 4.6 Improved User InterfaceMost functions from the value assignment screen are now
accessed via pushbuttons below the screen area.
Processing Order BOMs
You can process result-oriented or knowledge-based
order BOMs, depending on the settings you define in the
configuragion profile
New User Exits
Ten new user exits are available in variant configuration
with pushbuttons to execute these.
New syntax for object
dependencies
It is now possible to concatenate, change to lower case,
change to upper case with new syntax.
8/12/2019 Sap Upgrade-Delta Highlights
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/sap-upgrade-delta-highlights 100/100
Release Delta Functionality Functionality Description Business Benefit Calc
InfoDB 2.0 Support for NT Ability to support InfoDB instance on NTFewer technical environments tomaintain
On Demand 1.0
R/3 V. 4.6a Enjoy SAP interface Enhanced user interface for R/3Reduced training time, classroomtime, instructor time. Increase inuser productivity
Training Release Highlights