Understanding MD04, MD05, and MRP Live in S/4HANA

The comparison of MD04, MD05, and MRP Live highlights their distinct functionalities in S/4HANA 2021+/2023. MD04 provides real-time stock visibility for operational planning, MD05 offers a snapshot of the latest MRP results for analysis, while MRP Live focuses on high-performance, bulk MRP processing using HANA technology.

Understanding Product Costing: FG, SFG, and Overheads Simplified

In Valuation variant can there be one costing-sheet for FG and SFG and one for Material components maintained for each plant ? Short answer: โœ… YES โ€” and this is actually a recommended best practiceYou can have: One costing sheet for FG & SFGAnother costing sheet for material components (RM / PM / semi inputs)Assigned … Continue reading Understanding Product Costing: FG, SFG, and Overheads Simplified

Sales Order Costing – Part 3 : config-Checklist

a step-by-step configuration checklist (blueprint) for Sales Order Costing in SAP. This sequence ensures you donโ€™t miss dependencies and can move smoothly from CO setup โ†’ SD integration โ†’ execution. ๐Ÿ”น Sales Order Costing Configuration Checklist Step 1: Define Costing Variants (Planned & Actual) T-code: OKKN SPRO Path:Controlling โ†’ Product Cost Controlling โ†’ Product Cost … Continue reading Sales Order Costing – Part 3 : config-Checklist

Licensing and Costs of DAR in SAP S/4HANA Explained

In SAP S/4HANA, DAR stands for Document and Reporting Compliance (Advanced Reporting) โ€” but in the AI/ML & Finance context that we have been discussing (Inventory Provision, Classification), DAR usually refers to โ€œData Attribute Recommendationโ€. ๐Ÿ”น DAR = Data Attribute Recommendation It is an SAP AI Business Service that helps automate and improve master data … Continue reading Licensing and Costs of DAR in SAP S/4HANA Explained

Market Leaders in Machine Learning (ML) space

Note : This blog is NOT an attempt to explain the ML platforms. This content will provide a good foundation to start on the Topic and then one deep-dive to gather more details and insights about each market leader. If you are looking for the considerations and/or parameters for choosing between SAP and dedicated platforms, … Continue reading Market Leaders in Machine Learning (ML) space

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning(ML) & Business Benefits of ML in SAP S/4HANA Inventory Management

Hi, Starting a new series : Machine Learning in S/4HANA. This is first of the Blogs. Hope you enjoy the learning as much as I intend to do from the learning. So let's start with the basics : What is AI? What is Machine Learning? Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) Artificial Intelligence (AI) … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning(ML) & Business Benefits of ML in SAP S/4HANA Inventory Management

SAP S/4HANA 1709 Simplification Listing

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management covers Finance and Logistics changes and innovations. The Simplification Listing covers a basic high-level list-items for all modules in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management, highlighting the topics which needs to be studied to understand the changes / Differences in S/4HANA from ECC and its one earlier versions of S/4HANA Enterprise Management . … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1709 Simplification Listing

SAP S/4HANA 1909 – 5th Wave Innovations

SAP S/4HANA 1909 - Release Info SAP released SAP S/4HANA 1909, the 5th release of SAP S/4HANA Enterprise MAnagement. Product-Details can be found at product-viewer-link NOTE : This blog-post will be updated as I continue my study of SAP S/4HANA 1909 version. SAP S/4HANA 1909 - Finance Innovations AreaSub-Area1909 InnovationBusiness CAse ProfitabilityTOP-Down Distribution, based on … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1909 – 5th Wave Innovations

BPAY & SAP A/R

What is BPAY BPAYย is an electronic bill payment system inย Australiaย which enables payments to be made through a financial institutionโ€™s online, mobile or telephone banking facility to organizations which are registeredย BPAYย billers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPAY   BPAY Process (End-to-End)   BPAY Process : Process-Steps Explained : BPAY Biller (Your Organization) Register for BPAY Feature thru their Bank BPAY Biller … Continue reading BPAY & SAP A/R

SAP S/4HANA 1511 โ€“ Is It MORE about the ROADMAP to NEAR FUTURE ?

The wait is finally overโ€ฆ..  SAP S/4HANA 1511 is released At high-level the functional benefits from SAP S/4HANA 1511 release look promising and as anticipatedโ€ฆ . http://scn.sap.com/people/monika.patel/blog/2015/11/13/sap-s4hana-1511 And while the โ€œSimplification Listโ€ is officially awaited -(as this blog is being written)โ€“ https://uacp.hana.ondemand.com/http.svc/rc/PRODUCTION/pdfa4322f56824ae221e10000000a4450e5/1511%20000/en-US/SIMPL_OP1511.pdf However based on available content on help.sap.com and SAP NOTES (Release Note, Restrictions … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1511 โ€“ Is It MORE about the ROADMAP to NEAR FUTURE ?

Business Benefits (Use-Case) of SAP S/4 HANA

  https://blogs.sap.com/2015/10/13/business-benefits-use-case-of-sap-s4-hana/   Benefits of S4 HANA ? While one might be quick in identifying the โ€œtechnicalโ€ differences and principles of SAP S/4 HANA, how do one tackle the question โ€“> Does SAP S/4 HANA offer any tangible and immediate Business Benefits to my business? In this blog, I try to answer this question from … Continue reading Business Benefits (Use-Case) of SAP S/4 HANA

SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Functional View

https://blogs.sap.com/2015/11/13/sap-s4hana-1511/ Diwali 2015 came with a โ€œBIG DHAMAKAโ€ โ€“ A BANG!!! The much-awaited SAP S/4HANA On-Premise  edition 1511 is finally available to ascertain. While the NEWS and EXCITEMENT is yet to sink-in, the details yet to be explored and the nitty-gritty and the restrictions to be reconnoitered, in this blog, I would like to focus on … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Functional View

AP S/4HANA 1511 Initial Release, Feature Pack 01&02 : Whatโ€™s NEW & Whatโ€™s NOT !! Advantage S4HANA 1610

  https://blogs.sap.com/2015/11/13/sap-s4hana-1511-initial-release-feature-pack-0102-whats-new-whats-not-advantage-s4hana-1610/   Added : 20160928 An outlook on 1610 & prediction about overall S/4HANA Landscape evolve  is shared in SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management (Digital CORE) : Current Landscape & Evolution HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook SAP S/4HANA 1511 โ€“ FPS02 (released MAY 2016) Updates of this release added to … Continue reading AP S/4HANA 1511 Initial Release, Feature Pack 01&02 : Whatโ€™s NEW & Whatโ€™s NOT !! Advantage S4HANA 1610

SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Key Principles, Implementation Impact & Solution-Landscape

  https://blogs.sap.com/2015/12/10/sap-s4hana-1511-key-principles-implementation-impact-solution-landscape/   In one of my earlier blogs I had shared a document that stated โ€œwhat is SAP S/4HANA 1511 & WHAT it is NOT !!!โ€ http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-68846 Continuing with the study and analysis of innovations in SAP S/4HANA 1511 MMO โ€“ Materials Management & Operations ( Simple !??! Logistics) area, I share below my … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1511 : Key Principles, Implementation Impact & Solution-Landscape

Remove the OLD, MAKE place for THE NEW – 2016 !!!

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/01/01/remove-the-old-make-place-for-the-new/ Happy New Year !!! Wishing you all fantastic 2016โ€ฆ. !!! As we all do (in one way or other), either at โ€œeve of last day of old yearโ€ OR โ€œNEW Beginning at first ray of NEW Yearโ€ย  โ€“ย we all do take stock-of-things, identify and remove the old and unwanted,ย  thus make space of the … Continue reading Remove the OLD, MAKE place for THE NEW – 2016 !!!

SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management (Digital CORE) : Current Landscape & Evolution

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/09/27/sap-s4hana-enterprise-management-digital-core-current-landscape-evolution/   After aligning your business priorities to current and upcoming innovations within SAP S/4HANA, it is important to also consider how line-of-business processes from โ€œECC pastโ€ are currently covered between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Solutions, forming a modern landscape that is agile, integrated and supporting new business processes only made possible by being … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management (Digital CORE) : Current Landscape & Evolution

HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook

https://blogs.sap.com/2016/09/27/headsup-sap-s4hana-enterprise-management-op-1610-outlook/ The journey started in November 2015, with release SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management 1511. The 1st โ€œfeature packโ€ was released in 201602. as FPS01 Following the quarterly release strategy, soon the 2nd โ€œfeature packโ€ was released in 201605. โ€“ FPS02 While we expect the 3rd Feature Pack, some time soon, end of Aug ( in 201608) as FPS03, but … Continue reading HeadsUP : SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management : OP 1610 Outlook

SAP Financial Closing Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA : Status & Roadmap

ย  Highlights of today;s Enablement Session : SAP Financial Closing Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA: Status and Roadmap ย  FCC โ€“ Financial Closing Cockpit (SAP FCc) is primarily for Entity Close ; SAP BPC is Group Planning and Consolidation ย  SAP FCc is planned to be part of SAP S/4HANA 1709 (as opposed to being an … Continue reading SAP Financial Closing Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA : Status & Roadmap

SAP S/4HANA 1709 โ€“ sneak preview

  https://blogs.sap.com/2017/07/26/sap-s4hana-1709-sneak-preview/ SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management OnPremise version 1709 is awaited with eager eyes. Reason โ€“ It is promising version with multiple changes and NEW innovations across Line of business (LOB)s. With 1511 and 1610 versions of S/4HANA Enterprise Management, building blocks were laid down, with some CORE data-model changes, FIORI Analytical Applications, VDMโ€™s starting … Continue reading SAP S/4HANA 1709 โ€“ sneak preview

Data-Migration in S/4HANA On-Premise โ€“ LSMW ? SAP RDM Content? Migration Cockpit ? SI Tools

Is LSMW available / valid in SAP S/4HANA On- Premise ? I have received this particular QUESTION a number of times and hence an attempt to answer it thru this blog. ย  Well First things first : Q: What is LSMW & whatโ€™s itโ€™s use ? A: The Legacy System Migration Workbench (LSMW) is an … Continue reading Data-Migration in S/4HANA On-Premise โ€“ LSMW ? SAP RDM Content? Migration Cockpit ? SI Tools

S/4HANA โ€“ Business Partner

S/4HANA โ€“ Business Partner, BP to Customer, BP to Vendor, BP to CVI Greetings, As S/4HANA gains popularity, still, there are many questions related to basic mendatory features in S/4HANA. Especially for people who have not worked earlier on these MENDATORY feature of S/4 have many questions related to feature. One of them is Business … Continue reading S/4HANA โ€“ Business Partner

Should I use SAP S/4HANA Readiness Check or Simplification-item Check ?

https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/18/should-i-use-sap-s4hana-readiness-check-or-simplification-item-check/ Hi, The awareness and interest in Digital Transformation is slowing picking up. I experienced that the Client as well as Support and Implementation partners want to know more about it. I have teams and clients enquiring โ€“ I want to implement S/4HANA. What do you suggest? What they want to know and check โ€“ where to start … Continue reading Should I use SAP S/4HANA Readiness Check or Simplification-item Check ?