S/4 HANA has introduced Self-Service Procurement as a way to make purchasing easier for casual users and give employees the ability to purchase the products and services they need. The procurement function offers an intuitive shopping cart interface and user-friendly online catalog, allowing users to easily purchase goods and services. Additionally, it can automate and control the purchasing process, helping procurement organizations enforce purchasing strategies and contract compliance, and streamline the purchasing process. Users can also access supplier-managed product information, including specifications, configurable items, and pricing, to quickly identify the right products and services. SAP provides direct access to procurement catalogs through the purchase requisition. These catalogs, managed by catalog administrators, assist end users in making purchasing decisions using preferred and contracted suppliers. Self-service procurement enables users to search and compare options to find the right products and services using existing catalog management tools.

Following topics are covered in this Self Service Procurement cookbook document;

• Changes identified with respect to SAP Business Suite (IE ECC, SCM, APO etc)
• Key business benefits for S4 HANA 1610 – Use cases, Cost Case etc
• Migration to S4 HANA 1610
• Process Independent Implementation (Configuration) Steps for Self-Service Procurement
• Indirect procurement using self service requisitioning from material master

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This SAP S4/HANA configuration guide provides an end-to-end implementation steps for configuring Materials Management module for a steel sheet tools & components manufacturing company. The document covers the necessary documentation and methodology used in SAP implementation projects. Upon completion of guide, you will be able to identify and analyze the business requirements of steel manufacturing company for the Procurement to Payment process cycle, and configure the SAP MM module accordingly.

• Enterprise Structure Definition
• Enterprise Structure Assignments
• General Logistics Configurations
• Materials Management – Configuring Purchasing
• Materials Management – Configuring External Services Management
• Materials Management – Configuring Inventory Management & Physical Inventory
• Business Partner Customization
• Material Master Field Length
• Business Rule Framework Plus for PO Output Determination
• Business function activation
• Subcontracting Configuration
• Version Management in PO
• Material Ledger Configuration

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