Expert Insight: What is SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics?

SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics is also known as SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management. It is composed of all key module involved in SAP ERP Business Suite like Demand Planning, Sourcing and Procurement, Material Management, Supply Chain, Contract Management, and Manufacturing. Basically Sap S/4HANA Simple Logistics is a real-time ERP suite for digital business.

SAP S/4HANA is the most efficient tool for reporting than any other tools, as SAP HANA database uses SAP BW for reporting, online transaction processing for online transactions, and online analytical processing for reporting. Row and column-based storage is introduced in the HANA database to store data. It is a 2D storage procedure means during the execution process the transaction system considers the column-based storage, similarly, row-based storage is used to pull the reports.

In SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics, new functionality is used to search the required records, view the number of related entries, and to search the entered character.

Customer master data, vendor master data, extended transport management are configured at one place or centralized screen called ‘BP’. New functionality in this customer/vendor master screen helps us in staying on the same screen and extends sales area, company codes. The reason behind centralizing all different master data’s into a single screen is to remove the aggregates and data redundancy by simplifying the master data.

The new functionality in Business partner guides in specifying relationship, insurance for a business partner. Now in Material Management module, the Matdoc is a centralized table which stores transaction information related to purchase order, Migo, customer, vendor, delivery document, account document etc.

SAP FIORI

Fiori is a new concept for ERP ECC consultants, this concept runs on IP address and it is friendlier for end-users when compared to traditional GUI. Fiori can be used for in leave approval process, travel management, and to customize screens, apps, fields in Fiori. The workflow process in Fiori, where it can be used to approve sales order, purchase order etc.

Admin needs NetWeaver 7.20 and above to install SAP S/4HANA and database with Unicode is the best suitable for SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics. The functionality behind Unicode is that it accepts any local character or symbol around the world so that one can use any language to get print on the templates.

Settlement Management helps in using finance with account receivables which are included in financial supply chain management. The credit score can be used to rate the customer and further, it can be used as the deciding factor to apply credit management functionality. In checking rule, ECC there are five types credit check available they are – no check, run a simple credit check with a warning, a simple credit check with an error message, run a simple credit check, automatic credit check. In SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics there are only two types of check that are no check and automatic credit check. Additionally, you need to create a Business partner role called ’UKM000”, to apply credit management functionality.

The changes in pricing have resulted in extending access sequence serial number from 99 to 999, that means you can add condition tables up to 999. The output management is configured by a new approach called the Business Rule Framework. In Material management module, now you can use parameters for invoice verification which need to be carried before Migo transaction, the Business logic behind this functionality to verify price before you post the invoice.

SAP S/4HANA Simple Logistics gives you a new approach called Activate methodology with an agile process, this approach is very efficient where the development of objects carried simultaneously with user testing. The three deployment methods called On-premise, Cloud, Hybrid. In On-premise client or customer take care of maintaining the server, in cloud vendor maintains the server, Hybrid approach is a combination of On-premise and cloud.

Conclusion

In real-time Simple Logistics gets the best of SAP S/4HANA data processing capabilities. It helps the emerging businesses to take decisions proactively, acknowledge to corrective measures, notify based on the real-time data monitoring and delivering effective solutions. SAP Simple Logistics is a combination of SAP Fiori and Netweaver Business Applications.

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