Get all the essential details to set up and use SAP S/4HANA for sourcing and procurement! Follow step-by-step instructions to configure your system for operational and direct procurement, inventory management, contracts, product sourcing, and invoices. Learn how SAP S/4HANA integrates with SAP Signavio, SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, and more. Then, expertly run your system after go-livesee how to get the most out of your new analytics features and customize your UI. Explore the future of sourcing and procurement!Highlights include:1) Source to pay (S2P)2) Operational procurement3) Automated and direct procurement4) Inventory management5) Contract management6) Invoicing7) External and product sourcing8) Supplier management9) Central procurement10) Analytics11) Integration

... Target Audience ... 24 ... Objective ... 24 ... Structure of This Book ... 24 ... Acknowledgments ... 29 1.1 ... Sourcing and Procurement: From Basic to Strategic ... 31 1.2 ... Sourcing and Procurement from End to End ... 35 1.3 ... Procurement with SAP S/4HANA ... 40 1.4 ... Summary ... 49 2.1 ... Implementation Overview ... 51 2.2 ... On-Premise SAP S/4HANA ... 60 2.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 69 2.4 ... SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 71 2.5 ... Quick Start Approaches and Materials for SAP S/4HANA ... 74 2.6 ... Summary ... 82 3.1 ... SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management Organization Objects ... 83 3.2 ... SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement–Specific Organization Structure Objects ... 86 3.3 ... Company Code ... 87 3.4 ... Plants ... 90 3.5 ... Storage Locations and Warehouses ... 92 3.6 ... Purchasing Organizations ... 96 3.7 ... Purchasing Group Creation ... 100 3.8 ... Summary ... 100 4.1 ... Material Masters and Material Groups ... 104 4.2 ... Batch Management and Serialization ... 115 4.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Business Partner Model ... 118 4.4 ... Summary ... 137 5.1 ... What Is Operational Procurement? ... 139 5.2 ... Self-Service Procurement ... 143 5.3 ... Requirements Processing in SAP S/4HANA Sourcing and Procurement ... 156 5.4 ... Purchase Order Processing ... 159 5.5 ... Service Purchasing and Service Confirmation ... 161 5.6 ... Purchase Order Collaboration ... 162 5.7 ... Configuring Operational Procurement ... 163 5.8 ... Summary ... 186 6.1 ... What Is Automated and Direct Procurement? ... 187 6.2 ... Materials Requirements Planning ... 190 6.3 ... Forecasting and Planning ... 200 6.4 ... Contract and Source Determination ... 207 6.5 ... Configuring Automated and Direct Procurement ... 225 6.6 ... Industry-Focused Solutions for Direct Procurement ... 231 6.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 234 6.8 ... Summary ... 235 7.1 ... What Is Inventory Management? ... 238 7.2 ... Stock Management in SAP S/4HANA ... 241 7.3 ... Goods Movements ... 244 7.4 ... Physical Inventory ... 274 7.5 ... Reporting in Inventory Management ... 283 7.6 ... Configuring Inventory Management ... 307 7.7 ... Summary ... 326 8.1 ... What Is Contract and Scheduling Agreement Management? ... 328 8.2 ... Contract Consumption ... 335 8.3 ... Contract Reporting and Analytics ... 338 8.4 ... Configuration ... 343 8.5 ... Scheduling Agreement ... 349 8.6 ... Customizing Scheduling Agreements ... 355 8.7 ... Integrating with SAP Ariba Contracts ... 359 8.8 ... Summary ... 360 9.1 ... What Is Enterprise Contract Management and Assembly? ... 361 9.2 ... SAP Fiori Apps for Enterprise Contract Management Overview ... 363 9.3 ... Customizing Enterprise Contract Management ... 374 9.4 ... Summary ... 389 10.1 ... Sourcing Strategies ... 391 10.2 ... Request for Quotation ... 393 10.3 ... SAP Fiori Apps for External Sourcing ... 395 10.4 ... Configuring Request for Quotation ... 404 10.5 ... Configuring Flexible Workflow ... 411 10.6 ... Integration with SAP Ariba ... 418 10.7 ... Summary ... 418 11.1 ... What Is Product Sourcing? ... 420 11.2 ... Product Sourcing ... 423 11.3 ... Procurement Planning ... 433 11.4 ... Product Sourcing with Enterprise Contract Management ... 437 11.5 ... Product Sourcing and Commodity Pricing Engine ... 439 11.6 ... Quotation Management and Supplier Quotations ... 440 11.7 ... Mass Price Update ... 441 11.8 ... External Collaboration with Suppliers ... 442 11.9 ... Configuration Product Sourcing ... 445 11.10 ... Summary ... 450 12.1 ... What Are Invoice and Payables Management? ... 451 12.2 ... Invoice Processing ... 452 12.3 ... Accounts Payable ... 477 12.4 ... Invoice and Payables Management Analytics and Reporting ... 491 12.5 ... Configuring Invoice and Payables Management ... 504 12.6 ... Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Invoice Management by OpenText ... 520 12.7 ... SAP Ariba Central Invoice Management for SAP S/4HANA Cloud ... 521 12.8 ... Taulia: Working Capital Management ... 522 12.9 ... Summary ... 524 13.1 ... What Is Supplier Management? ... 525 13.2 ... Classification and Segmentation ... 530 13.3 ... Supplier Evaluation ... 534 13.4 ... Configuration ... 542 13.5 ... Summary ... 546 14.1 ... What Is Centralized Procurement? ... 547 14.2 ... Central Requisitioning ... 552 14.3 ... Central Purchasing ... 554 14.4 ... Central Sourcing ... 558 14.5 ... Central Purchase Contracts ... 559 14.6 ... Central Analytics ... 561 14.7 ... Integration with SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network ... 566 14.8 ... Configuring SAP Ariba Central Procurement, Private Cloud Edition ... 568 14.9 ... Summary ... 592 15.1 ... Spend Visibility ... 593 15.2 ... Contract Expiration ... 596 15.3 ... Sourcing ... 597 15.4 ... Supplier Performance ... 599 15.5 ... Reporting ... 602 15.6 ... Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence ... 604 15.7 ... SAP Ariba Category Management ... 606 15.8 ... Configuration ... 607 15.9 ... Summary ... 614 16.1 ... SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network Integration Projects and Connectivity Options ... 618 16.2 ... SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Management and SAP Business Network ... 620 16.3 ... SAP Business Network Supply Chain Collaboration ... 640 16.4 ... SAP Business Network for Logistics ... 647 16.5 ... SAP Business Network for Asset Management ... 650 16.6 ... SAP Fieldglass ... 651 16.7 ... SAP SuccessFactors ... 656 16.8 ... SAP Signavio ... 658 16.9 ... Summary ... 660 17.1 ... User Interface Options in SAP S/4HANA ... 661 17.2 ... Configuring SAP Fiori ... 673 17.3 ... Customizing SAP Fiori ... 679 17.4 ... Summary ... 683 18.1 ... Future State of Procurement Solutions ... 688 18.2 ... Future State of the Procurement Supply Chain ... 689 ... Contributors ... 691