This book provides comprehensive coverage of the supply chain visibility business processes and technical architecture of SAP Event Management (EM) 5.1, including detailed step-by-step, set-up content for five critical supply chain visibility processes: Procure to Pay, Order to Cash, Manufacturing, Transportation and Returnable Items based on the Supply Chain council's SCOR framework.
Visibility Processes
Explore the supply chain visibility business processes supported in SAP EM 5.1, including the individual business processes, their steps, and the business benefits. The business processes are explained using the Business Process Modeling Notations
Setting up a Procure-to-Pay Scenario
Get introduced to the lean procurement concepts associated with SAP EM that provide better visibility of inventory management decisions and vendor collaboration.
Setting up a Order-to-Cash Scenario
SAP EM offers near real-time visibility on the sales orders,deliveries, billing and proof of deliveries information with overall goal of reducing cycle time from order placement till collection of cash
Setting up a Manufacturing Scenario
Get introduced to the manufacturing and plant maintenance integration via SAP EM. Learn how to setup monitoring system to avoid production delays in shop floor.
Setting up a Transportation Scenario
Get introduced to the 3 transportation visibility business scenarios that integrates SAP ECC, SAP EM and SAP Transportation Management. Also learn how to integrate APO Transportation and Vehicle Scheduling (TP/VS) with SAP EM.
Setting up a Returnable Items Scenario
Get introduced on how any assets in company can be tracked taking returnable items as example. See how SAP EM integrates with SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure for enabling business processses supported by RFID devices.
Architecture in SAP Event Management
Learn about the architectural aspects pertinent to setting up and integrating an SAP EM 5.1 system, as well as the various deployment and technical connection options.
Integrating SAP Event Management
Discover the optimal integration of SAP EM with other SAP solutions (SAP APO, SAP SNC, SAP TM, SAP BW, SAP Portal) that are beneficial for high-performance supply chain visibility processes.
Monitoring Procedures
Understand the system administration procedures for monitoring, error handling, and escalation management for the SAP Event Management 5.1 system.