SAP GATP Overview Training Presentation (174 Pages PDF)

GATP in SAP stands for Global Available-to-Promise, a functionality in SAP that helps to check the availability of products or resources for customer orders. GATP is part of the SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) module and integrates with other modules such as SD (Sales and Distribution) and PP (Production Planning).

This training pdf document covers four main topics related to GATP: Basic ATP (Available to Promise) Check, Transportation and Shipment Scheduling, Rules Based Availability Check, and Backorder Processing. Each topic is explained with detailed steps and screenshots.

  1. Basic ATP Check: This section explains how an ATP check verifies that a requested product can be provided by the company in the requested quantity and on the requested date. It provides step-by-step instructions for creating a sales order and reviewing the availability and order confirmation situation.
  2. Transportation and Shipment Scheduling: This topic covers how activities are backward scheduled based on the requested delivery date. It provides examples of different cases, such as when the Material Availability Date (MAD) is in the past.
  3. Rules Based Availability Check: This section explains how to create sales orders and review proposals created for various substitute locations. It also covers location substitution, including drop shipment and non-drop shipment.
  4. Backorder Processing: This topic provides instructions for opening the batch backorder processing screen and filling in relevant fields for generating a backorder processing run. It also explains how backorder processing helps in robbing confirmation from lower priority sales orders to satisfy higher priority sales orders.

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MRP in SAP: Differences Between ECC and S/4HANA

In this document, the author compares the differences between SAP ECC and S/4HANA in terms of Materials Requirement Planning (MRP). Here’s a summary of the key points from the document:

  1. MRP Run: S/4HANA uses MRP Live, which offers improved performance and shorter planning cycles. It also supports more detailed planning scopes and allows for more frequent planning runs, providing more up-to-date supply and demand information.
  2. Demand Driven MRP (DDMRP): This feature is not available in ECC. DDMRP is a pull methodology to plan inventories and materials based on current demand, offering a new way of managing the supply chain.
  3. Predictive Material & Resource Planning (pMRP): This feature is not available in ECC. pMRP in S/4HANA helps identify potential capacity issues and evaluate possible solutions based on a simplified requirements plan.
  4. Production Version Selection: In ECC, there are multiple selection methods available. However, S/4HANA considers the production version with the latest “valid from date”, irrespective of the selection method and lot size.
  5. Batch Management: The transaction codes for batch management have changed in S/4HANA.
  6. Advanced Planning: In ECC, advanced planning requires a separate system and data transfer. In S/4HANA, advanced planning is part of the system, eliminating the need for a separate system and data transfer.
  7. Production Scheduling Board: This feature is not available in ECC. In S/4HANA, the Production Scheduling Board allows for detailed planning of resource schedules and order dates and times.
  8. Material Scrap and Operation Scrap: S/4HANA offers analytical apps that compare actual scrap figures with expected scrap, allowing for feedback loops for updating expected scrap percentages.
  9. Planning File Table: The original planning files in ECC no longer exist in S/4HANA. They have been replaced by the new planning file PPH_DBVM.
  10. FIORI Application Type: S/4HANA offers new FIORI applications for transactional tasks, analytical overviews for KPI analysis, and factsheets for viewing essential information about an object.

The document also provides detailed comparisons of various other features and functionalities, including DDMRP, pMRP, selection methods for production versions, production version status, mass processing, and more. It also highlights the new processes and changes in transaction codes in S/4HANA.

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Beginner’s Guide to SAP S/4HANA Accruals Management

The process of managing purchase order accruals, which involves recording and deferring costs and payments for goods and services in SAP S/4HANA 1909, was challenging before the introduction of S/4HANA Accruals Management. This tool helps you automate and streamline the process of accruals accounting. It enables you to create, post, and monitor accruals in real time, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
Accruals refer to invoicing expenses in future periods, while deferrals involve delaying the recognition of revenues or expenses until a more appropriate time.
In this pdf document, you will get a brief introduction to accruals in SAP, overview of purchase order accruals process and detailed transactional flow with screenshots in SAP S/4HANA of following processes;

  • Create Purchase Order – ME21N
  • Display Accrual Objects – POACTREE03
  • Edit Time Intervals for Accruals Reviews and Approvals -FACRATIVL
  • Propose Periodic Amounts – ACEPROPOSALRUN
  • Review Purchase Order Accruals – Purchase Order Owners – FACRARVWBU
  • Review Periodic Accruals – Controllers – FACRARVWCO
  • Periodic Posting Run – ACEPOSTINGRUN
  • Display Accrual Objects – POACTREE03
  • Supplier Invoice – MIRO
  • Display Accrual Objects – POACTREE03

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SAP PS Training Manual (519 Pages PDF)

This sample document is a comprehensive guide to using SAP PS. It covers all aspects of SAP PS, from project creation to project settlement. The document is written in a step-by-step format, with screenshots to help you follow along. The document is divided into following main list of topics:

  • Project Creation
  • Investment Management
  • Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) for Project
  • Enter Tender Values in Project Structure
  • Project Schedule
  • Project Budget allocation from Project Category
  • Project Budget Planning
  • Project Release
  • Purchase Order (PO/Work Order) Creation
  • Purchase Order (PO/Work Order) Release/Approvals
  • Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) Link to Purchase Order (PO)
  • Receipt of Bank Guarantee from Vendor
  • Excess Quantity in Project Structure
  • Quantity change in PO and Project Structure
  • Extension of Time
  • Maintaining Running Account (RA) Bill
  • Project Settlement
  • OpenText File Management Workflow

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SAP S/4HANA Profitability Analysis Configuration Guide (124 Pages PDF)

The SAP S/4HANA Profitability Analysis Configuration Guide [124 pages PDF] provides information on how to configure SAP S/4HANA Profitability Analysis (CO-PA). CO-PA is a module in SAP S/4HANA that allows you to analyze profitability by segment. Segments can be defined by product, customer, sales organization, or any other criteria that is relevant to your business.

The structure of this document is divided into the following areas:

Organizational structures: This area covers the configuration of organizational structures, such as company codes, profit centers, and cost centers.
Master data: This area covers the configuration of master data, such as products, customers, and sales orders.
Value fields: This area covers the configuration of value fields, which are used to define the segments that you will analyze in CO-PA.
Valuation: This area covers the configuration of valuation, which is the process of assigning costs and revenues to segments.
Reporting: This area covers the configuration of reporting, which is the process of generating reports that show the profitability of your business by segment.

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Material & Service Procurement in SAP S/4HANA: Complete End User Guide

This 187 pages PDF document provides an overview of the Material Procurement (Stock) and Service Procurement process in S4H MM (SAP) and SRM. The process begins with the creation of a Material Requirements Plan (MRP), which is a forecast of future demand for materials. Based on the MRP, a Purchase Requisition is created, which is a request to purchase materials. The Purchase Requisition is then sent to a vendor, who may respond with a quote. If the quote is accepted, a Purchase Order is created. The Purchase Order is then sent to the vendor, who ships the materials to the buyer. Once the materials arrive, they are inspected and accepted. The buyer then creates an invoice, which is sent to the vendor. The vendor pays the invoice, and the transaction is complete.

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SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit: Intro Presentation

S/4HANA Migration Cockpit (MC) is a tool that is used to migrate data from SAP or non-SAP systems to SAP S/4HANA. It is delivered with SAP S/4HANA and can be accessed through a browser-based interface. MC has predefined migration objects that contain the mapping for all master and transactional data. This reduces migration cost and time, as no programming is required by the customer.
This presentation provides an overview of the Migration Cockpit in SAP S/4HANA, covering the following topics:

  • Overview – Functions and Features of Migration Cockpit
  • Different Migration Approaches
  • File and Staging Approach
  • Transfer data directly from SAP system
  • Preconfigured migration objects SAP S/4HANA
  • Comparison of Migration Approaches: Transfer Data Using Files, Transfer Data Using Staging Tables, Transfer Data Directly from SAP System

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