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Procurementand LogisticsExecution

MM Order processing withradio frequencyidentification

Order processing with radio frequencyidentification (RFID) providescomprehensive and integrated portfolioof autoidentification-enabledapplications and infrastructurefunctions:

- Receiving and processingRFID/autoidentification data streamsfrom readers- Writing data to RFID tags- Enabling RFID data processing inshipping, receiving, and packing- Handling RFID automatically

RFID-enabled outbound processingprovides a generic outboundprocessing solution to industries. Theautomatic identification developmentenhances the efficiency and quality ofoutbound processing operations byenabling the following:

- Automated hands-free goodsissue/loading confirmation- Verification of physical goods issuedagainst the fulfillment requirementsstipulated by the back-end software inthe form of a delivery document,presenting a real-time quality controlfunction at source for correct issuing ofgoods ordered- Nearly instantaneous communicationof pallet and case-level electronicproduct code (EPC) information tobusiness partners and enterprise back-end software upon goods issue, whichmeans that the roles impacted by thisdevelopment extend well beyond thewarehouse worker and manager: theyapply to sales executives, as well asbusiness partners

In conjunction with the SAP EventManagement application, RFID-enabled outbound processing allowsvisibility at delivery and handling unitlevels inside the company and alsobetween business partners.

Order processing withradio frequencyidentification (RFID)provides the followingbenefits: - It automates theidentification and trackingof physical objects (pallets,goods, and so on).- It improves transparencythrough real-timeconnection between thereal world and businessapplications to optimize allkind of activities (supplychain, maintenance, andso on).

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End-UserServiceDelivery

MM Purchasing agent role The purchasing agent roleaccomplishes the following: - Itprovides overview of the actualworkload. - It provides decisionsupport. - It executes correspondingfunctions such as sourcedetermination, purchase requisition

The purchasing agent roleprovides these benefits: - Itimproves efficiency andeffectiveness of purchasersthrough the personalizationof information, as well as asingle point of entry. - It

conversion, and creation of requestsfor quotation (RFQs). - It offers accessto reporting functions.

enhances visibility of dailyissues and figures. - Itincreases speed in routinework. - It increasesdemand visibility and orderresponsiveness.

SAP ERP 6.0 Procurementand LogisticsExecution

SRM Service procurement Service procurement accomplishes thefollowing: - Request for external staff Amanager can send a request to thesupplier before actually ordering theservice or external staff, and canrequest further information forexample, on availability, skillsinformation, or curriculum vitae. Therequest can be based on existingcontracts.- Order management This includes thestandard purchase order managementfunctionality offered by the SAPSupplier Relationship Managementapplication, including purchase orderprocessing and purchase orderresponses by the supplier, as well asmonitoring- Confirmation and service entry Oncethe services have been performed, thesupplier records times worked andadditional costs. These must beapproved by the requesting manager.- Invoice handling An invoice can besent in electronically by the supplierand must then be approved by therequesting manager.

This situation supports line managersor project managers in findingtemporary staff as required. Althoughsituations such as this were in the pastrouted through the procurementdepartment with various iteration loops,procurement was in most cases notinvolved in line or project activities.This situation empowers theemployees who have the knowledgeabout what to order or from where tosource it, by providing professionalsourcing functionality together withworkflow enablement to line or projectmanagers.

This functionalityautomates the procure-to-pay business scenario fortemporary labor andconsulting services byaccomplishing thefollowing: - It provideseasy-to-use self-service formanaging the procurementof external resources.- It offers seamlessintegration of suppliers intothe service procurementprocess.- It enhances shiftoperation.


SRM SAP InvoiceManagement

The SAP Invoice Managementapplication provides a single point ofaccess for all invoices. Invoices can beentered manually, through ExtensibleMarkup Language (XML), or throughelectronic data interchange (EDI).There is also an option to receivescanned invoices based on opticalcharacter recognition (OCR). If an erroroccurs when the invoice is posted, theycan be viewed by various exceptiontypes and statuses with the invoice

The invoice managementfunctionality providespreprocessing of incominginvoices on top of existinginvoice verification. If thereare no exceptions, theinvoices are automaticallyposted. In the case ofexceptions, variousworkflow and monitoringactivities, includingnotification of vendors

monitor software. The clarification ofincorrect invoices is based on SAPInteractive Forms by Adobe and e-mail,which the software monitors.

about exceptions, aretriggered and tracked.

Predefined exceptions areas follows: - Missing orincorrect internal orexternal information Theinvoicing party or internaluser can change or addmissing or wronginformation in an Adobeinteractive form. Changesare transferred into theinvoice document.- Duplicate invoice Ttheinvoicing party or internaluser is asked to checkwhether an invoice really isa duplicate. If the answer isyes, the invoice is deletedautomatically. If the answeris no, the invoice can beposted automatically (ifanswer was sent byinternal user) or the statusis updated to "inclarification (if the answerwas sent from invoicingparty).- Price, quantity, or taxdifferences The e-mailrecipient can accept orreject differences within theSAP Interactive Forms byAdobe application. If theacceptance by an e-mailrecipient is sufficient, theinvoice can automaticallybe posted or deleted;otherwise, the answer isrecorded in the protocol.- Missing goods receiptThe invoice arrives beforethe goods receipt isposted. You can clarify withthe goods receipientwhether the goods alreadyarrived at the loading rampor ask the supplier directlywhy the goods have notarrived yet.- Wrong reference The e-mail recipient can correct apurchase order in the SAPInteractive Forms byAdobe application. Thenew purchase order istransferred into the invoiceand then posted.- Invoice in approval Allinvoices that are awaitingapproval for more than a

certain number of days aredisplayed.- Other error This refers toother error messages.


MM Design collaboration withsuppliers, based oncFolders

Exchanging product documentationwith suppliers and partners issupported by the collaboration onproduct structure data (such as bills ofmaterial or product variant structures)and product-related documents (suchas technical drawings and computer-aided design models).

See also the description "Developmentcollaboration with partners andsuppliers (cFolders)."

This functionality improvesproductivity andcollaboration with partnersand suppliers during theproduct design phase.

SAP ERP 6.0 End-UserServiceDelivery

MM SAP role: buyer This role supports buyers in their day-to-day purchases (operationalprocurement) as it provides for bothmaterials and services procurement.

The main target group is operationalbuyers who are involved mostly inordering activities (operationalprocurement), as well as reporting.Targeted purchasers may operate inseveral industries (cross-industry role)and buy direct materials andmaintenance, repair, and operations(MROs), as well as services:- In work overview, you obtain anoverview of your daily work. Thepurchasing work list is the point of entryfor the processing of current workflowtasks, such as the release of purchaserequisitions and purchase orders or theprocessing of faulty vendorconfirmations. You can obtaininformation about forwarded workflowtasks and obtain an overview of thetasks you have completed. Thepurchasing group analysis provides anoverview of the workloads of theindividual buyers and buyer groupswithin your enterprise. For thispurpose, the software accessesenterprise-wide consolidated data ofthe former SAP Business InformationWarehouse component (now includedin SAP NetWeaver BusinessIntelligence). The purchasing groupanalysis gives you the option ofdefining and saving your own views ofthe data.- In transaction processing, you obtainan overview of your purchasingdocuments (such as purchase ordersand purchase requisitions). With theaid of queries, you can assemble yourtransactions to be processed in anynumber of work lists. You therefore

This functionalityaccomplishes the following:- It enables you to react toquestions and problemsimmediately.- It provides quick accessto personalized work lists.- It helps you achieveanalytical insight.

have the opportunity to structure andperform your daily work in accordancewith your own needs. The integration ofthe SAP document storage applicationCollaborative Folders (cFolders) allowsyou to display the attachments to yourpurchase transactions directly in theportal.- In vendor information, you obtain anoverview of your vendors. You candisplay the contact data and partnerroles of your vendors. You can use asource-of-supply overview to obtain anoverview of the assortment of productsoffered by your vendors. The vendoranalysis informs you of the goodssupplied and services performed byyour vendors. In the process, thesystem accesses enterprise-wideconsolidated data stored in the formerSAP Business Information Warehousecomponent. The vendor analysis givesyou the option of defining and savingyour own views of the data.- With information on material, youobtain an overview of your materials.You can display master data for, andstocks information about, yourmaterials, or you can obtain informationon the possible sources of supply ofthese materials. The material analysisinforms you about the materials thatyou procured. In the process, thesoftware accesses enterprise-wideconsolidated data stored in the formerSAP Business Information Warehousecomponent. The materials analysisgives you the option of defining andsaving your own views of the data.- With service procurement, you canperform all tasks and access alldocuments involved in the procurementof external services. You can start thesourcing application, or you canprocess documents of all types.Alternatively, you can open the worklists for different documents, which arebased on prespecified selectioncriteria. If you know the documentnumber, you can also open documentsdirectly.


SAP role: invoicing clerk This role provides access to the invoicemanagement function. The main targetgroup of this role is invoicing clerks,who are responsible for the incominginvoices in the logistics department.The invoice management functionallows the processing of incomingelectronic invoices (with and withoutpurchase order reference) on anexception basis. The invoicing clerkrole contains one work center for

This functionalityaccomplishes the following:- It streamlines invoiceverification by delivering ahigh degree of processautomation.- It improves efficiency andeffectiveness through thepersonalization of theinformation.

processing invoices and monitoring thecomplete exception handling process.It can be enhanced with additional workcenters, especially in companies inwhich single individuals often havevarious different jobs.

In work overview, the invoicing clerkcan start all tasks and get access to alldocuments involved in the invoicemanagement process. He or she cansearch for related invoices and invoiceexceptions. Alternatively, the clerk cancreate a document or start the relatedservice without any previousselections.The work center providespreprocessing of incoming invoices ontop of existing invoice verification. Ifthere are no exceptions, the invoicesare automatically posted. In the case ofexceptions, various workflow andmonitoring activities are triggered andtracked, including notification ofvendors about exceptions.A work list enables the invoicing clerkto monitor the incoming invoicesquickly and also shows all invoiceexceptions. In the case of exceptions,various workflow and other activitiesare offered, including informingsuppliers and noninvoice specialistusers.With regard to analytics, appropriatereports and queries on every workcenter support relevant user scenarioswith respective business intelligencequeries, such as excessive invoicedocuments or invoice documentoverview.


SAP role: supplier This role provides suppliers with asingle point of access to data andtransactions in the SAP Supplier Self-Service component, thereforeintegrating self-service capabilities aspart of the end-to-end procurementprocess. Extending the capabilities ofSAP ERP to business partners,specifically to a companys supplierbase, is one of the next logical steps inthe evolution of the SAP ERPapplication. The introduction ofaccessibility to information andtransactions for suppliers brings self-service functionalities to SAP ERP,which allow companies to furtherstreamline their processes andinformation exchange and, therefore, tofurther capitalize on their investments.Work centers support various activitiesassociated with orders, purchase orderresponses, and invoices, as well as

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itimproves productivity andcollaboration withsuppliers. - It speeds upthe procurement process. -It reduces costs. - Itexpands value propositionby linking any kind ofsuppliers throughappropriate and costeffective channels.

reporting activities. The main targetgroup is small suppliers without theirown enterprise resource planning(ERP) software. Usually these aresmall to middle-sized businesses inwhich individual employees take on avariety of tasks. The employee workingwith the supplier role accesses data inthe customers system and uses thisdata to start both internal andscollaborative processes. - In workoverview, you can start all tasks andget access to all documents involved inthe collaboration process with yourcustomer. You can see a status-relatedoverview of all documents, as well asincoming alerts that need yourimmediate attention. - You can searchfor information on requests, purchaseorder responses, or invoices. Thedocument overview provides quickaccess to documents, such as requestsfor quotation, purchase orders,shipping notifications, confirmations,goods receipt confirmations, andinvoices. - You can create shippingnotifications, confirmations, or invoices.- With administration, you canadminister your companys access tothe portal by requesting user accessrights, and administer your own or yourcompanys master data in the portal. -With regard to analytics, appropriatereports and queries on every workcenter support relevant user scenarioswith respective business intelligencequeries, such as sales value reportingor evaluations.

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Financials FI, CO, AM,FSCM

Management of internalcontrols

Management of internal controlsaccomplishes the following: - Itsupports documentation, assessment,and testing of internal controls neededto fulfill the requirements of Sections302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actof 2002 (SOX), as well as theCommittee of SponsoringOrganizations of the TreadwayCommission (COSO I) framework andother internal control initiatives.- It provides scheduling functionalityand workflow-supported issue-remediation functionalities.- It includes predefined and easilycustomized management reports,ranging from a high-level overview ofthe status of internal control to detailedanalyses.

SOX makes management responsiblefor the effectiveness of disclosurecontrols and procedures for financialreporting, operations, and compliance

Management of internalcontrols produces thefollowing benefits: - Lowerrisk of failing to comply withfinancial complianceregulation- Reduced internalcommunication andadministration expensesrelated to compliancedocumentation- Improved managementreporting that highlightsissues before legal andregulatory reportingdeadlines, to reduce therisk of noncompliance

(Section 302) and requires managersto document internal controls, assesstheir effectiveness, and prepare areport on the state of internal controlsin their organization (Section 404).SOX is applicable not only to UnitedStatesbased companies and theirforeign subsidiaries but also to foreigncompanies that are registered with theU.S. Securities and ExchangeCommission.

Management of internal controlscentralizes the documentation ofinternal controls and assessments ofcontrol design, efficiency,effectiveness, and managementreporting to support companies in theirSOX and other internal controlinitiatives. The scheduling functionalityand workflow-supported issueremediation ensure on-time disclosuresand reduce internal communication andadministration expenses related tocompliance. Predefined andcustomizable management reportsprovide managers, as well as internaland external auditors, with an overviewof the state of internal control.

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Audit information support This function offers new roles thatsupport two different business auditapproaches:

- An account-oriented approach thatprovides a balance sheet, an incomestatement, and segment reporting, aswell as internal activity allocation and aconsolidated financial statement- A process-oriented approach thatsupports two different processes: orderto cash and purchase to order

The audit information function providesmethodical approaches for businessand system auditing, comprising astructured collection of preconfiguredSAP evaluation programs. The auditinformation function is the external orinternal auditors toolbox within an SAPenvironment, providing online controlsand data export functionality tospecialized auditing software. Thisfunction has been enhanced to offer amore complete suite of preconfiguredbusiness audit functionality. Theenhanced scope of this functionincludes further components withinfinancial applications, such as assetaccounting, cost accounting, cashjournal, consolidation, real estate, andtreasury, and within operationapplications, such as procurement.

This functionality lowersrisk of internal auditfailures, improves ability tosatisfy requirements ofinternal audit commitees,improves quality of internaland external auditing, andimproves efficiency ofinternal and externalaudits.

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Management of internalcontrols: customer-defined fields

Customers can create their ownattributes for control-related masterdata such as organizational units,controls, and processes. In addition,fields can be added to assessments,test logs, issues, and remediationplans. These fields can be madeavailable in reporting and can helpcompanies deliver on company-specificrequests by auditors.

This function provides thefollowing benefits: - Itimproves managerialinsight into internal controlsanalysis and reporting.- It improves effectivenessof processes in compliancewith the Sarbanes-OxleyAct.- It reduces risk of failure tocomply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


Management of internalcontrols: import of third-party tests

This function accomplishes thefollowing: - It supports the direct importof third-party test results of controleffectiveness (from separately licensedtesting tools) to support the testingrequired by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.- It enables authorized users todocument the results of their control-effectiveness tests, in accordance witha predefined testing procedure.- It provides master data structures thatfacilitate data mapping with dedicatedcontrol testing environments.

New functionality in SAP ERP supportsthe import of third-party tests of controleffectiveness results directly intomanagement of internal controls tosupport the testing required by theSarbanes-Oxley Act. To implement thisfunctionality, the customer must beusing a separately licensed testing tool(Virsa, Approva, SecurInfo) in whichthe customer's side of the interface hasbeen developed for pushing the testresults into management of internalcontrols.

This function provides thefollowing benefits: - Lowercost of compliance throughthe automation of testingprocedures- Real-time identification ofinternal control violations orfraudulent transactions- Improved effectiveness ofprocesses in compliancewith the Sarbanes-OxleyAct


Management of internalcontrols: upload of masterdata

This function supports upload ofprocess- and control-relateddocumentation which is required forcompliance with the Sarbanes-OxleyAct, Section 404 from otherapplications, such as Microsoft Excel,with a standardized Extensible MarkupLanguage (XML) interface.

This function provides thefollowing benefits: - Lowercost of compliance throughthe automated processdocumentations- Real-time identification ofinternal control violations orfraudulent transactions- Improved effectiveness ofprocesses in compliancewith the Sarbanes-OxleyAct


Management of internalcontrols: massassignment of testers

This function supports massassignment of testers to controls (testobjects) within a cycle or business unit.

This function provides thefollowing benefits: -Improved automation ofactivities that ensurecompliance with theSarbanes-Oxley Act- Elimination of manualassignment processes- Improved ability tomonitor key controls


Management of internalcontrols: audit informationfunction interface

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables authorizedtesters to document the results of theircontrol effectiveness tests in themanagement of internal controls.- It allows testers to drill down to theindividual document level in the auditinformation function, if necessary, totrack down results.

The audit information function is alisting of SAP ERP reports that can beaccessed through a hierarchicallystructured menu of reports. Auditing ismade easier because data ranges foranalysis can be limited and there is noneed to learn transaction codes andnavigation.

In accordance with the predefinedtesting procedure, the tester uses a linkin management of internal controls toopen the audit information function in aWeb-based transaction. The tester istaken to a report that has beenassigned to test a particular control (ina particular system for example, alogistics control would bring the testerautomatically into an audit informationfunction in the business units logisticssoftware).

Using selection criteria as provided inthe testing procedure, the testerexecutes the report. The auditinformation report is displayed. Theuser can drill down to the individualdocument level if necessary to trackdown results.

The tester enters the results of thereport in management of internalcontrols. If problems were identified,the tester initiates any necessaryremediation activities to fix problemswith the control.

This function provides thefollowing benefits: -Improved automation ofactivities that ensurecompliance with theSarbanes-Oxley Act- Elimination of manualassignment processes- Improved ability tomonitor key controls

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Cost center planning andbudgeting: expressplanning

The express planning self-servicecomposite application combinesvarious services into one convenientand easy-to-use planning applicationfor occasional users such as linemanagers:

- It supports the technical preparationof planning, communication, executionof planning, and review and release ofplanning details.- It includes planning guidelines forreference.- It provides status overview forplanners and planning supervisors.- It integrates planning software such

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itlowers the cost of planningand budgeting.- It improves accuracy ofplans.- It better enables you tomonitor changes andapprovals to plans.- It enhances businessperformance through moreeffective planning andperformance management.

as the former SAP BusinessInformation Warehouse (SAP BW)component (now part of SAPNetWeaver); the former SAP BusinessPlanning and Simulation ServiceSelect; and SAP ERP CentralComponent (SAP ECC)based costcenter planning.

This functionality helps with planningfor the entire organization. It improvesthe productivity of the entireorganization during planning cyclesand produce a better audit trail of allassociated documentation, e-mail, andunstructured information. Expressplanning bundles all this into a singleapplication and presents it in astructured way to the user. A statusmanager tells you at any time what youhave done already and what still has tobe done. Altogether, this makesplanning much easier for the user.

Express planning is a new collaborativeplanning function that acceleratesplanning and is available with roadmap user interfaces, making it easy touse, even for occasional users. Thestandard end users for expressplanning are occasional users: forexample, line managers. ExpresspPlanning is not a new planningtechnology but a new compositefunction framework. As a compositefunction, express planning combinesvarious services (such as planning andreporting services, master datamaintenance services, and internalservice requests) into a singleapplication framework. As a self-service function, express planningguides users through a series ofbusiness process steps to allow themto accomplish tasks related to planningwithout additional training.


Cost center planning andbudgeting: planningcoordination andmonitoring

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It supports planningprocess organization throughcollaboration rooms.- It provides monitor with statusinformation on the progress of planningtasks.- It offers links to jump directly into asingle planning task of a singleplanning user for example, forinserting comments or approvingcertain parts of the planning.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itlowers the cost of planningand budgeting.- It improves accuracy ofplans.- It better enables you tomonitor changes andapprovals to plans.- It enhances businessperformance through moreeffective planning andperformance management.


Product design costestimate

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It imports bills of materials

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - It

and routing from SAP R/3 and anyother logistics software.- It imports existing cost estimates fromSAP R/3 software.- It enables you to develop target costsand accurately estimate productprofitability.- It performs simulations and modeloutcomes of your production plans.

enables manufacturingorganizations to makeaccurate price predictionsbefore production.- It allows more accuratemeasurement of productprofitability.- It improves ability toforecast productprofitability.- It enables engineeringstaff to evaluate costimplications of designdecisions.- It improves ability ofproduction staff to evaluatechange requests.

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General ledger: datastructure standardization

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides single datastructure across various ledgers.- It offers a simplified approach toextend the general ledger functionalityas needed.- It lowers the cost of expandinggeneral ledger and training accountingstaff.- It smoothes the transition path fromthe existing general ledger.

SAP ERP contains a new cross-industry and cross-country generalledger, which, because of itsarchitecture, provides considerableadvantages with regard totransparency and compliance, theoption of enhancement with industry-specific and customer-specific terms,fast close, reduction of total cost ofownership (TCO) on implementation,and extended options for reflectingparallel accounting standards. The newgeneral ledger functionality existsparallel to the classic general ledgerthat is the current functionality in SAPR/3 and SAP R/3 Enterprise. Upgradecustomers can continue to use theclassic functions for the time being.SAP plans to provide a migration fromthe classic to the new general ledger atthe start of unrestricted shipment.

In the standard SAP offering, the newgeneral ledger has a data structure thatis equally suitable for financialstatement reporting, for managementreporting, and as a source for analyticalapplications. This means thatcustomers no longer have to implementadditional components with partiallyredundant ledgers (profit center ledger,cost of sales ledger, special purposeledger, consolidation staging ledger,

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itsimplifies datamanagement.- It enables more flexibleconsolidated reporting andanalysis.- It eliminates need formanual postings to variousledgers.

industry-specific ledger) in addition tothe general ledger, as was the case inSAP R/3 and SAP R/3 Enterprise.

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General ledger:extensions

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It allows organizations toadd dimensions to general ledger asbusiness evolves.- It offers an extensible general ledgerin which standard data structure isused.- It maintains existing functionality fromcurrent general ledger.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itquickly modifies generalledger to fit businessneeds.- It reduces requirementsfor technical migration ortraining.- It eliminates the need tomaintain separate ledgers.

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General ledger:document online split

This funcitonality accomplishes thefollowing: - It simplifies the generationof financial statements and reports onsegments or dimensions that areunique to an industry.- It eliminates the need for businessesto create new or special ledgers foreach view of the company by allowingdocuments to be automaticallybalanced online for any desired viewof the company.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itsupports transparency andfast closes.- It simplifies the ability toreport by industry-specificrequirements.- It enables greater internalcontrol when generatingindustry-specific financialstatements.

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General ledger: real-timeintegration fromcontrolling

This functionality automatically reflectsany postings from managementaccounting (for example, cost centerallocations) in the general ledger at theappropriate level of detail.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Iteliminates need for aseparate reconciliationledger.- It eliminates reconciliationprocesses betweenfinancial and managerialaccounting.- It increases theopportunity to close month-end books faster.

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General ledger: parallelaccounting

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides additionalfunctionality for parallel ledgers toreduce costs. - It enables organizationsto use identical interfaces and functionsto process all ledgers in the generalledger, as well as to update ledgersindividually or simultaneously.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itreduces manual postingsto individual ledgers.- It enables greaterefficiency of accountingstaff.- Its document numberingimproves internal controlfor managing parallelledgers.

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Fast close support This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides a simplifiedoverview of the entire closing processthrough a closing cockpit for period-endclosing of individual financialstatements.- It offers an intuitive user interface forscheduling and beginning the closingprocess.- It enables reconciliation of open itemsand intercompany balances in generalledger accounts.- It supports loading of intercompanydata from non-SAP software through a

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Reduced errors throughtransparency and supportfor compliance through aconcise overview of theclosing status andremaining tasks- Significantly reduced timeto reconcile intercompanyactivities- Improved employeeproductivity and reducedcosts

new interface.

There is an increasing worldwidedemand by companies management,as well as external institutions, such asregulators and stock exchanges, toreduce time spent on closing thebooks. SAP software supports the fastand efficient creation of accurate andtransparent financial statements bymeans of application integration,process automation, comprehensivereconciliation, and collaborationfunctionality.


General ledger:document online splitsimulation

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It offers functionality tosimulate the result of an online split,which can be previewed and analyzedbefore a document is posted.- It allows posted documents to beanalyzed with regard to theconfiguration that led to the resultingsplit.- It offers standard customizing contentfor processing special indicatortransactions, such as down paymentsand down payment clearings.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Increased transparency ofpostings in the new generalledger- Improved usability- Necessity for lessadditional customizing tosupport standardprocesses such as downpayments and so on


General ledger: period-end closing taxaccounting

A program (data retention tool [DART])creates data files to support theperiodic transfer of value-added taxrelated data to tax authorities. Thesefiles are then sent to the tax authorities.

Note: this functionality has also beenmade available in SAP R/3 and the2004 version of SAP ERP.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Compliance with U.S. taxlaw (IRS RevenueProcedure 98-25)- Increased reporting andauditing capability


General ledger: period-end closing

The reporting tools available in theaudit information function now alsosupport the new general ledger.

Note: this functionality is also availablein the 2004 version of SAP ERP withsupport package 10.

This functionality improvesbusiness and tax auditcapability.


General ledger:depreciation of fixedassets

This functionality offers a completelyautomated depreciation of fixed assets,even for customers from countries withspecial requirements in this area, suchas Japan and Russia.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Greater flexibility andeasier compliance,especially for customers inJapan and Russia- Improved compliance withInternational AccountingStandards (IAS)


General ledger: migrationfrom classic to newgeneral ledger

This functionality supports SAP R/3and SAP R/3 Enterprise customers intheir migration efforts, providingstandardized migration paths andprograms.

Note: this functionality is also availablein the 2004 version of SAP ERP withsupport package 10. If a customer

This functionality reducesmigration effort and costs.

wants to apply as a pilot, he has tocreate an open source software ticketaccording to note 812919 and will beprovided with further informationconcerning the next steps).


General ledger: defaultderivation of profit center

This functionality supports derivation ofthe default profit center.

This functionality reducesthe need for additionalcustomizing effort.


General ledger:enhanced reporting

This functionality offers the following: -Enhanced standard line-item reportingfor the fields segment and profit center- Reconciliation report for totals anddocuments


This functionality reducesthe need for additionalefforts in generatingspecific reports onstandard content.


General ledger: statisticalkey figures

This functionality allows allocationwithin general ledger through the useof statistical key figures as a basis.

This functionality providesgreater flexiblity forallocations within generalledger.


General ledger: archivingof documents

This function allows archiving ofdocuments and totals created in thenew general ledger.


This functionality results inbetter performance of theSAP software and lowermaintenance costs.


General ledger: euroconversion

This functionality creates zero balanceon document level when changing overto euro currency.

This functionality improvesaudit capability.


General ledger:enhanced interfaces andintegration to new generalledger

This functionality offers enhancedinterfaces and integration concerningthe applications public sector, financialaccountingcontract accounting,human capital management, travelmanagement, and material ledger(transfer prices).

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Improved ability to supportpublic sector accountingrequirements- Improved integration withhuman resources, traveland expense, and contractaccounting solutions

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Credit management:credit limit managementand control

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides a portal for creditmanagers to view, analyze, andchange current credit limits forcustomers.- It enables access and visibility tocustomer credit scores according toexternal or internally createdstandards.- It displays intuitive view of customercredit risk levels and order limits.- It triggers a notification process if anexception is needed.

SAP Credit Managementhelps companies managetheir customers creditlines. Companies cananalyze credit informationby using both external andinternal information toadapt the customer scoringto fit the reality. SAP CreditManagement makes use ofthe latest components ofthe SAP NetWeavertechnology platform,including SAP NetWeaverMaster Data Management,SAP NetWeaver Portal,and SAP NetWeaverExchange Infrastructure.Effective creditmanagement can reduce

arrears and preventpotential nonpayment afterdelivery has occurred. SAPCredit Management meetsall the prerequisites for acompany-wide creditpolicy, includingautomated, real-timedecisions and access toboth internal and externalcredit information by allemployees. By bringingcustomer data from varioussources together, SAPCredit Managementenables centralizedcustomer credit checks andhelps companies avoid therisk that customers woulduse different distributionchannels to extend theircredit limits. SAP CreditManagement can be usedby companies in allindustries.

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Credit management:credit information support

Requesting external credit informationis completely integrated in SAP CreditManagement and enables companiesto request information electronicallyusing appropriate Extensible MarkupLanguage (XML) interfaces. Becausecredit departments often use severalexternal credit information providers,SAP Credit Management can save theinformation provided by such aninterface separately according to thedata provider.

This functionality supports creditmanagers in determining andmanaging the external and internalcredit information on customers information used primarily to set upinput parameters for the credit rulesengine in SAP ERP, which can makecredit decisions or automaticallycalculate credit limits.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Ability to utilize externaland internal credit ratingsin a single portal- Ability of companies togenerate credit standardsby using external data- Ability to develop anindustry-specific creditrating system

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Credit management:credit rules automation

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It allows organizations toapply or change credit rules to groupsof customers.- It enables automated calculations ofcredit limits on the basis of newstandards or changes to externalstandards.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Ability to change new creditrules without transformingprocesses- Simplified implementationof new credit rules andstandards- Ability of creditdepartment to changestandards faster and reactto market conditions

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Credit management:credit decision support

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It helps credit managers

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -

visualize customer credit risks andlimits.- It reduces training costs for creditmanagers through an intuitive userinterface.- It allows credit managers to makedecisions faster and with greatercertainty through improved reporting.

Credit decision support contains, forexample, evaluations for analyzing thecredit history for a customer and foranalyzing payment or purchasebehavior.

Enhanced customer care- Reduced customer creditrisks- Reduced levels of baddebt or default accounts

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Collections management This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables greaterproductivity through a single view ofcustomer accounts receivable status.- It enables individual collectionsmanagers to set promise-to-pay flagsthat include automatic workflow triggersif dates have passed.- It offers customer-improved invoicehistory overview.- It simplifies the task of applyingcredits to open invoices or splittingpayments to multiple invoices.

SAP Collections Management providesnew functions that enable you todisplay and process receivables percustomer. All open invoices aredisplayed, with their status, at customeraccount level, and this enables fastfurther processing. It is thereforepossible to create and monitorpromises to pay, to create disputecases, and to display a detailed invoicehistory.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Enhanced productivity ofcollections and accountsreceivable departments- Increased collectionsrates, lower days salesoutstanding (DSO)- Customer-orientedapproach to the accountsreceivable process

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In-house cash This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides integration withcash management and treasurymanagement features.- It provides new payment orders,flexible routing, and new currencyconversion functionalities.- It supports international paymentswith real-time exchange rateinformation.

SAP In-House Cash is an applicationfor companies that operate globally tomanage their intragroup and externalpayment transactions more efficientlyby setting up a virtual house bank. WithSAP In-House Cash, internationalcompanies can centrally processpayments made by their affiliates bynetting and consolidating internalaccounts. You can use SAP In-HouseCash to pay external business partners

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Accurate current accountsforecasting for cashmanagers- Reduced complexity ofintercompany netting andpayments- Reduced cost ofintercompany payments orcross-border settlements

on behalf of the subsidiaries or toforward incoming payments fromexternal business partners to thecorrect subsidiary.

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Dispute management This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables organizations toprocess receivables-related disputes.- It supports structuring andstreamlining the dispute resolutionprocess and reduces processing timethrough an electronic communicationprocess.- It integrates with accounts receivable,sales and distribution, SAP CustomerRelationship Management (SAP CRM),and SAP Business Workflow (includinge-mail notification).- It supports automatic creation ofdispute cases for underpaymentsgenerated by the electronic accountstatement.- It offers a correspondence functionthat enables standard letters, faxes,and e-mail to be sent automatically.- It supports various communicationchannels, including those through SAPBiller Direct and SAP CollectionsManagement.

SAP Dispute Management containsfunctions for processing receivables-related disputes such as reducedpayments and disputes because of acustomer action. SAP DisputeManagement enables companies tostructure and streamline the process ofdispute resolution and to reduceprocessing time. Communication ismanaged entirely in electronic form.SAP Dispute Management is closelyintegrated with the accounts receivablefunction but also with the sales anddistribution function, SAP CRM, andSAP Business Workflow.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Reduced days salesoutstanding (DSO)- Reduced days deductionoutstanding (DDO)- Improved liquidity andliquidity forecasting- Accelerated processesthrough automation- Improved customerrelationships throughtargeted inquiries and fastprocessing of complaints- Reduced costs throughearly identification andnotification about possibleproblems in the logisticsvalue chain or internalprocesses

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Electronic billpresentment andpayment (SAP BillerDirect)

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables companies todeploy Web-based billing, invoicing,account management, and paymentservices through Internet portals.- It supports Internet-basedauthorization of automatic paymentdebits.- It enables collaboration withcustomers and trading partners withoutrequiring paper- and electronic datainterchange (EDI)based paymentmethods.- It provides a portal for suppliers toview invoices and payments.- It supports the completecommunication process from bill

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Reduced billing andsettlement transactioncosts- Improved payment andexception processing- Improved cash flow- Integrated data both inaccounts receivable andaccounts payable, whicheliminates the need toreenter information- Reduced accountingerrors on the customer side- Reduced processing timeon the supplier side

presentation to discrepancy handlingand final reconciliation.- It eliminates duplicate data entry byintegrating data in accounts receivableand accounts payable.- It reduces administrative burden witheasy Web-based configurationmanagement.

This functionality allows corporateentities to present invoice and accountinformation through the Internet. SAPBiller Direct supports the completecommunication process frompresenting the bill through dealing withdiscrepancies to the final reconciliation.

SAP Biller Direct also supports theauthorization or cancellation ofautomatic debits through the Internet.This function is of particular interest tothe utilities and telecommunicationsectors. It also enables thepresentment of vendor information inthe Web. At the same time, billrecipients can import bill data into theirSAP software in Extensible MarkupLanguage (XML) form. There arefurther improvements in the areasdiscount, partial payments, andconfiguration. SAP Biller Direct is anapplication based on the Java 2platform, enterprise editioncompatiblefunctionality of SAP NetWeaver.

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Treasury and riskmanagement

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It improves compliance withthe International Financial ReportingStandards (IFRS) and financialaccounting standards (FAS), includinghedge accounting, and supports theSarbanes-Oxley Act and Germanregulations.- It adds new products for foreignexchange trading.

The SAP Treasury and RiskManagement application is used tomanage financial transactions and theassociated financial risk. Commoninstruments can be handled within themoney market, foreign exchange,derivatives, and securities functions,both on the investment side and on theborrowing side. Financial risks can bemonitored through the use of risk tools,and a range of derivatives can beemployed to limit the risk.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Improved corporatecontrols, by integratingtreasury reporting withfinance and accounting- Greater array oftransaction support- Elimination of the need tosupport a treasurymanagement functionseparate from finance andaccounting


Credit management:credit limit managementand control

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides a list ofdocuments that are blocked because oftheir credit status.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itlowers the cost ofoperating your credit

- It offers automated work lists for creditlimit checks triggered by sales ordersand delivery documents.

The major processes in creditmanagement that are subject tocontinuous improvements developmentin SAP ERP are as follows:

- Credit check called by sales ordersand delivery documents (delivery andshipping)- Liability updates triggered by salesorders, delivery documents, and billingdocuments- List of documents that are blockedbecause of their credit status (blockedsales order list)- Rebuilding of liabilities from salesdocuments (linked partner messages)Exposure from deliveries is decreasedonly if the corresponding financialaccountingaccounts receivableinvoice is sent to credit management.

department.- It improves productivity ofindividual credit analystswithin your creditdepartment.- It improves ability of creditmanagers to monitor risksthroughout the entire valuechain.- It drives down customercredit risk and levels of baddebt.


Credit management:credit decision support

This functionality improves reportingand scoring abilities.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itlowers the cost ofoperating your creditdepartment.- It improves productivity ofindividual credit analystswithin your creditdepartment.- It improves ability of creditmanagers to monitor risksthroughout the entire valuechain.- It drives down customercredit risk and levels of baddebt.


In-house cash This functionality release workflows forin-house cash payment orders. Youcan define the workflow for in-housecash payment orders and assign thepossible users for the workflow.

The SAP BusinessWorkflow tool can be usedwith this functionality.


Collections management This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables the definition oforganization-specific rules for collectingreceivables and determining theselection and prioritization ofcustomers to be contacted.- It presents a work list with prioritizedaccounts to collections specialistsautomatically, based on definedcollection rules and strategies.- It enables collections specialists toremove customers from their work listuntil the resubmission date.- It allows collections specialists todocument customer contacts andprovides an overview of past contacts

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Reduced days salesoutstanding (DSO)- Increased efficiency incollecting receivables fromcomplex transactions orcontracts- Improved customerrelationships- Ensured collectionstrategy execution withautomatic creation of worklists- Improved userproductivity

to facilitate contact preparation andoptimize contact results.

A focus area in financial supply chainmanagement is the SAP CollectionsManagement application in whichcollection specialists can processautomatically created work lists toensure efficient execution. Userproductivity enhancements were alsomade to bank statement reporting inthe SAP Cash and LiquidityManagement application. Specifically,a report was added that helpscustomers to do better cashmanagement reporting. SAPCollections Management is notlicensed separately.

- Reduced preparation timefor customer contacts


Electronic billpresentment andpayment

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides integration withthe SAP Dispute Managementapplication, thereby allowing users toupload or download businessdocuments.- It offers various options for filteringinvoices, such as by sold-to party.- It provides a company administratormode that allows companyadministrators to create and maintaintheir users' profiles themselves.

Within SAP Biller Direct, dispute-handling functions are enhanced, andan additional company administratormode allows company administratorsto maintain their users' profilesthemselves. This component isseparately priced.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itimproves your disputeresolution processes anddrives down days salesoutstanding (DSO).- It accelerates your abilityto manage supplier andbusiness customerrelationships.- It improves insight andability to examine invoiceinformation.


Treasury and riskmanagement

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It offers new instruments fordebt management and asset-backedsecurities.- It provides significantly improvedreporting and hedge-accountingcapabilities.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itimproves youreffectiveness in managingfinancial instrument andhedging transactions.- It improves the accuracyand speed of reportinginvestment income andlosses.- It reduces currencyexposure and risk.

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RE-FX Space management This functionality provides enhancedmaintenance of the linkage thatconnects architectural views (physicalstructure of a building) and rentalobjects (the different rental spaces tolease out) to the real estate contract.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Better management of theallocation and utilization ofspace- Enhanced transparencyof vacancies in the spaceutilization- Faster creation of rentalobjects and relatedcontracts

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RE-FX Rental vacancymanagement

This functionality enables managers toassign the reasons why a vacancy hasoccurred (and the date on which itoccurred).

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Analysis of conditionchanges by reasons- Easier assignmentthrough automatic settingof change reasons,depending on theadjustment method duringthe adjustment process

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RE-FX Rent adjustments This functionality allows rentadjustments to be made according torepresentative lists of rents andcomparable objects.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Higher legal reliability ofrent adjustments throughautomation of thecalculation procedure- Increased revenuesthrough improved usage ofadjustment opportunities

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RE-FX Service chargesettlements

This functionality supports meteredconsumption for the apportionment ofservice charges if meters are assignedto settlement units or pooled spaces.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Improved distribution ofconsumptions through theassignment of meters topooled spaces- Enhanced settlementpossibilities as a result of aone-, two-, or three-levelhierarchy of meters for thesettlement units

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RE-FX Integration to financialaccounting

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables easier retrieval ofrelated open times by using the real-estate contract number in the incomingpayment transaction.- It enables open items to be easilydistributed into multiple installments.- It allows assets to be created andassigned directly from buildings andproperties.- It facilitates reporting, revenue, andcost planning on real estate objects byallowing real estate master data to beeasily assigned to individual sets.

Until this release, the financialaccounting functions used for realestaterelated transactions were notable to reflect the specific informationimportant for real estate. Now thenumber of the real estate contract isincluded in the incoming paymenttransaction. Also, the tenant account isdisplayed in standard reporting forfinancial accounting. In addition, youcan record an installment agreement inthe software by splitting an open itemin financial accounting into smalleramounts later on.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Easier posting of incomingpayments by betterselection function- Time savings throughautomatic generation ofinstallments- Simplified creation andassignment of assets- Faster selection ofspecific parts of a realestate portfolio

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RE-FX Reports and invoicing This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It includes new reports for

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -

plant maintenance (costs onmaintenance orders), asset accounting(depreciation of real-estate objects),and controlling (costs on internal ordersfor real estate objects).- It allows rent invoices to be printedfrom the periodic postings function anddispatched to tenants (Note: Line itemson the invoice are grouped together,and the invoice number is based on thereal estate document.)

Enhanced analysis optionsfor joining data from theSAP Real EstateManagement applicationwith data originating fromother SAP ERPapplications- Simplified creation ofinvoices to real estatecontracts

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RE-FX Real estate search This application enables the following: -Search for offered objects (vacantobjects) on the basis of the prospectsproperty requirements and generalprospect data- Creation of a contract offer, when afitting real estate object is found, bycopying all relevant prospect and rentalobject data to the offer document- Monitoring of contract offer approvalsor rejections and creation of theaccompanying correspondence forproperty managers

Real estate search is a functionalitythat was not available in previousreleases. It supports the lease-outprocess. In real estate search, youcollect the prospects requirements forthe property that the prospect wishes torent, as well as all data on the prospectin the real estate search request.

This functionality providesthe real estate managerwith enhanced insight intodemand for property andown supply, and itoptimizes the occupancylevels within the manager'sreal estate portfolio.

The process is automatedand integrated to masterdata and contractmanagement processes,and it allows for accurateoccupancy reporting.


RE-FX Land use management This functionality enables managementand viewing of public lawrelatedinformation found in cadastral andproperty registers about parcels of landand properties, as well as related rightsand encumbrances, such as rights ofways and contracts for usage andsales. (This functionality has beenreleased only for Germany).

This functionality supportsbetter decision making andbusiness insight.


RE-FX Condominium ownershipassociation (COA)management

Condominium ownership association(released only for Germany)accomplishes the following: - Itprovides real estate managers with aseparate book of accounts per realestate and enables real estatemanagers to manage various suchassociations on their behalf.- It enables viewing of specific masterdata such as mandates andmanagement contract.- It supports regularly scheduledprocesses:> Calculation of event-driven fees> Creation of a proposal for the nextyears annual budget> Final settlement of costs to theowners

This functionality enablesmore efficient managementof condominium ownershipassociations.

In comparison to standard propertymanagement, the condominiumownership association functionalityfocuses on the management ofcommunities of owners per real estate.The community gives the real estatemanager the power of attorney(mandate) to manage the property andall associated activities.


RE-FX Adjustment measure This functionality enables the following:- Using the adjustment measure, thereal estate manager can set new rentsor increase rents for any rental objectsand, on the basis of this action, make arent adjustment.- Adjustment measures are especiallysuited for adjusting conditions andnotifying tenants when the adjustmentis based on the following:> Modernization measures> Expert opinion> Special assessments forcondominiums (condominiumownership association)

In general, you can use the adjustmentmeasure when rental conditions forobjects are to be adjusted through aparticular adjustment method, and anadjustment for these conditions shouldbe calculated.

Adjustment according tomodernization isconsidered by Germanorganizations as a legalrequirement.

Organizations profit froman earlier, faster, and saferincrease of revenues andreturn on their(modernization)investment. Additionalmanagement costs arereduced.


RE-FX Integration to financialaccounting

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It adapts one-time postingtransactions and templates to standardfinancial accounting interfaces to bettermeet the needs of the real estatemanager.- It utilizes the accrual engine to postaccruals and deferrals to the correctperiods for expenses and revenuesfrom real estate contracts.- It offers tax summarization for thesummarization of tax lines, which isrequired in some countries, such asItaly and Austria. This compresses alltax postings sharing certain criteria intoone line.- It allows input tax distribution inaccounting objects for real estate tomeet taxation requirements, therebyavoiding time-intensive manual checksand transfer postings.- It integrates with public sectorcontract accounting to allow for unifiedopen-item accounting in the publicsector through real estate processes,while being able to transfer thesedocuments to general ledgeraccounting.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Optimization of integrationwith other parts of SAPERP (such as controllingand plant management)- Increased efficiencythrough automatedprocesses- Better compliance with(local) legislation andtaxation requirements inthe area of real estate


RE-FX Service chargesettlements

Because of local law, organizations insome countries have to calculate, in

This functionality enablesorganizations to ensure

addition to the service costs, theapportionment loss risk, whileexecuting service charge settlement.This functionality is a legal requirementand was not available in previousreleases.

that taxation requirementsare met and to avoid time-intensive work on manualchecks and transferpostings.


RE-FX Localization support:Germany

This functionality includes the following:- Data retention tool(DART)/Grundstze zum Datenzugriffund zur Prfbarkeit digitaler Unterlagen(GDPDU) compliance (reportingsupport for tax authorities)- Land use management -Condominium ownership association

This functionality enablesbetter compliance with(local) legislation andtaxation requirements inthe area of real estate.


RE-FX Localization support: Italy This functionality calculates thefollowing: - Imposta comunale sugliimmobili (local property taxes and fees)- Imposta di registro (registration tax)- Posta di bollo (stamp tax)



RE-FX Localization support:Austria

This functionality calculates thefollowing: - Condition adjustments(Austrian real estate, 1/15 adjustment)- Service charge settlement (currentoccupancy principle)- Correspondence (according toAustrian real estate template)



RE-FX Localization support:Switzerland

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - Creation ofEinzahlungsscheine mitReferenznummer (ESR) (referencenumbers) in credit postings of vendorcontract- Service cost settlement (calculation ofheating material consumption; refermanagement fee to vendor andinvoice/document printing; exchange ofdata tapes in individual heating costsettlement; results of meter reading forconsumption of energy)- Correspondence (including forms thatare released by the state ofSwitzerland)


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Business unit analyst roletesting 123

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides monitors to trackaggregate key figures for a businessunit and identify budget overruns,postings that exceed a given threshold,and unusual postings.- It offers hierarchical reports to helpvisualize the relationships betweenprofit centers, cost centers, and ordersin the business unit and to facilitatenavigation through large numbers ofitems, such as information for multiplecost centers.

The business unit analyst is typicallypart of the management team for his orher unit with responsibility for thefinancial health of the unit. Thebusiness unit analyst monitors a

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itimproves productivity forthe occasional user bymaking it easier to find allthe relevant reports for hisor her business unit and toaccess the reports withoutfilling out a selectionscreen.- It helps analysts focus onthe information thatmatters, by allowing themto set rules to help themmonitor key figures,budgets, and individualpostings.- It makes it easy to verifyand examine the selected

number of financial and operational keyfigures for his or her business unit andreports these figures to seniormanagement. This analyst also has anadvisory role to the line managers inhis or her business unit, explainingpostings to them and communicatingwith the back office. The business unitanalyst is a key player in the planningprocess and coordinates the handoverto the back office and to corporateplanners. He or she is a supportingplayer in the fast close process,monitoring the key figures for theoperational processes, reportinganomalies to the back office, andsigning off the figures for his or her unitwhen postings are complete. Allorganizations have business unitanalysts, although the key figuresmonitored can differ significantlybetween industries.

information and perform orrequest adjustmentpostings if necessary.- It helps analysts visualizethe relationships betweenthe profit centers, costcenters, and orders in thebusiness unit and helps theuser see how costs rollthrough these structures.- It provides a frameworkfor the planning processand access to the planningdata entered by the linemanagers.- It supports collaborationbetween the business unitanalyst and the managers.


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Business unit analyst role This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It provides monitors to trackaggregate key figures for a businessunit and to identify budget overruns,postings that exceed a given threshold,and unusual postings.- It offers hierarchical reports to helpvisualize the relationships betweenprofit centers, cost centers, and ordersin the business unit and to facilitatenavigation through large numbers ofitems, such as information for multiplecost centers.

Within the SAP ERP release 6.0, thesolution has been redesigned to helpanalysts to monitor their business unitand collaborate more effectively. Thenew work center approach provides thebusiness unit analyst with a list of alertseach morning that show dependingon rules for exception handling set bythe analyst key figures that haveexceeded a threshold, cost centers thatare over budget, unusual postings, andso on. From here, the business unitanalyst can drill down into the detailsbehind the posting and startcollaboration services with, forexample, the cost center managerresponsible for the high variances. Inthe event of errors or changes in theorganization, the analyst can use form-based processes to initiate a correctionposting or request a change: forexample, to a profit center or costcenter in his or her area. All form-based business processes have beenreimplemented to use SAP InteractiveForms by Adobe software.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Improved businessproductivity throughautomated alerts andexception handling- Improved decisionsupport and employeeproductivity- Increased quality ofemployee support andproject managementthrough better access tobudgets and project statusinformation- Better usability andenriched user experience

A separate work center focuses solelyon the planning process allowing theanalyst to set up a collaborativeplanning process to organize all tasksassociated with planning. This includesad hoc planning tasks and the guidedexpress planning application that leadsthe managers through the process ofplanning head count, costs, equipment,internal orders, and other costs. As themanagers submit their data, thebusiness unit analyst can monitor theirresponses and check the results bothin total and individually, returning thework item to the manager for furtherwork: for example, if the planned travelcosts exceed the organizationguideline.

An additional work center shows theanalyst the master data in his or herarea of responsibility, and a dedicatedanalytics work center provides accessto all the reporting applications that theanalyst works with. This application hasbeen expanded in SAP ERP to includeprojects in addition to the profit centers,cost centers, and orders available inthe 2004 version of SAP ERP.

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Briefing book This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It makes it easy to createcustom reports, summarizing specificdata in the SAP Balanced Scorecardapplication for different audiences.(Note: Users simply drag and dropdesired data from the scorecard intothe briefing book, tailoring contents forparticular audiences as needed whilekeeping other SAP BalancedScorecard data confidential.)- It enables PC-based download thatcan be forwarded to the relevantparties either as an Adobe PDF file oras a printout.

In general, the strategy managementprocess communicates strategies andobjectives throughout the entireorganization through the SAP BalancedScorecard. It supports value-basedmanagement, management byobjectives, and strategic initiatives.

Reporting for strategy managementhas to consider the individual needs ofthe recipients of the different types ofinformation.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Less time needed toprepare reports based ondata from the SAPBalanced Scorecardapplication- Personalized collection ofdata from SAP BalancedScorecard- Many options for printingand viewing through theuse of Adobe PDF files

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Legal and managementconsolidation: integrationof statutory and

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It delivers time- andversion-dependent assignment validity

This release extends theexisting online analyticalprocessing (OLAP)based

managementconsolidation

from statutory and managerialconsolidation units.- It provides specific definition of firstconsolidation/divestiture accountingdates through consolidation unitcombinations.- It supports customer-definedattributes of consolidation unitcombinations.

The process of consolidationencompasses extensive functions forthe efficient collection of data frominternal and external accounting andfor ensuring the necessary quality anddetails of the data. These functionsoffer an almost fully automatic creationof consolidated financial statements fora broad spectrum of accountingmethods in compliance with variousgenerally accepted accounting rules.External and internal group reportingcan be built on a basis of shared,consolidated data, so that time-intensive reconciliation andsynchronization of different sets of dataare no longer necessary. Thus, anefficient, integrated consolidationprocess for statutory and managementreporting contributes significantly torealizing a fast-close strategy.

consolidation functionalityin various places withregard to usability,compliance withInternational AccountingStandards (IAS) andInternational FinancialReporting Standards(IFRS), and a reduction intotal cost of ownership(TCO). The concepts of fullintegration of statutory andmanagement consolidationare extended with newfunctionality andenhancements in the areaof master data. The userinterface is more clearlystructured. The logic ofconsolidation ofinvestments has beenextended to automaticallysupport new requirementsfor IAS and IFRS.Furthermore, this releasesignificantly facilitates theintegrated collection ofdata from subsidiaries.

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Legal and managementconsolidation:consolidation ofinvestments

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It supports goodwill in localcurrency.- It provides automatic treatment ofmethod change between equity methodand purchase method.- It supports organizational changes.- It enables amortization/write-up ofinvestments.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itimproves cost ofgenerating consolidatedfinancial statements.- It improves accuracy offinancial reporting.- It enables more effectivetreatment of investmentaccounting.- It supports consolidatedfinancial reporting forcomplex, multinationalorganizations.

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Legal and managementconsolidation: datacollection capabilities

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It enables users to readdata from an integrated business datawarehouse.- It supports conversion of data frombusiness data warehouse or flat file.- It enables customers to usecustomized calculations to update databefore the consolidation process.- The cut-and-paste functionality canbe used to move data from third-partysoftware to consolidation software.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Less complexity in therelationship betweenoperational software andthe consolidations software- Ability to link third-partyaccounting software to theconsolidation software- Improved usability, whichaccelerates theconsolidation process andimproves close times- Support of consolidatedfinancial reporting forcomplex, multinational

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Legal and managementconsolidation: reportingfeatures

This functionality provides the followingfeatures: - Configurable task logs- Simpler configuration of reporting fordata matrices- Database list with report logic- Extensible Business ReportingLanguage (XBRL) outbound interface(support for multiple periods)

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Quick and handy ad hocanalysis of preliminaryconsolidated data- Easy creation ofperformance-optimizedreports- Information tailored to theusers needs


Legal and managementconsolidation:consolidation ofinvestments

This functionality is characterized asfollows: - New alternative posting logicprovides enhances flexibility inhandling goodwill in investmentconsolidations, including decrease ofownership.- Handling of manual goodwill entryand correction is facilitated.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Increased automationduring the creation ofconsolidated financialstatement and thusreduced closing times- Support of legalcompliance- More flexibility in goodwilltreatment


Legal and managementconsolidation: interunitprofit elimination intransferred assets

Automated functionality for theelimination of interunit profit intransferred assets is characterized asfollows:- It enables the elimination of interunitprofit in transferred assets, includingfunctionality for the treatment oftransfer chains.- It creates automatic postings tocorrect ongoing depreciations.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Lower total cost ofownership (TCO): nomanual eliminationdocuments ncesessary toexecute consolidationsteps- Faster closing: predefinedbusiness logic forautomatic postings, whicheliminates recurringadjustments after a manualparallel posting- Better compliance as aresult of standard businesslogic for new legalrequirements fromInternational FinancialReporting Standard (IFRS)3


Legal and managementconsolidation: interunitprofit elimination ininventory

This functionality enables elimination ofinterunit profit in the following:- Inventory supply chains, while allinterunit profit along the supply chain isconsidered within a consolidation group- Inventory in upstream, downstream,and horizontal transactionsAlso, delivery between purchased andat-equity units can be handled invarious combinations.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Lower total cost ofownership (TCO): nomanual eliminationdocuments necessary toexecute consolidationsteps- Faster closing: predefinedbusiness logic forautomatic postings, whicheliminates recurringadjustments after a manualparallel posting- Better compliance as aresult of standard businesslogic for new legalrequirements from

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Legal and managementconsolidation: masterdata integration

This functionality provides support forreading master data from an InfoObject(the smallest information object in theformer SAP Business InformationWarehouse [SAP BW] component,which is now part of SAP NetWeaver),either from its physical storage in theformer SAP BW or through a remoteconnection from its origin.It also provides the ability to loadmaster data that has been extractedfrom SAP BW with traditional businessintelligence extractors into the SAPSEM: BCS workshop.Moreover, it allows you read an infoobject's master data, not from physicalstorage in SAP BW, but online throughremote connection from the originallocation in SAP R/3 or SAP ERPCentral Component.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Streamlined maintenanceof master data in integratedscenarios- Lower total cost ofownership (TCO): noprogramming of dowloadinterfaces necessary tocreate files that arereadable by SAP SEM:BCS flexible file uploadfunctionality


Legal and managementconsolidation: migrationsupport

Improved migration support from theenterprise controlling component forconsolidation to SAP StrategicEnterprise Management ischaracterized as follows:- Downloadable reports can be used tocreate flat files (for chart of accounts;financial statement items andhierarchies; subassignments; andconsolidation units, consolidationgroups, and hierarchies) that can beuploaded with standard methods formaster data file upload in the SAPSEM: BCS workshop.- Flexible file upload of SAP SEM: BCShas been enhanced to read transactiondata files in formats created by periodicextract or special ledger rollup.- Statistical items can be recalculatedin C/I; no reopening of already closedperiods is necessary.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: - Itlowers cost of migrationand shortens projectschedules.- Facilitated projectorganization: the migrationproject can, as a first step,fully concentrate switchingthe consolidation softwarewithout the need forsubsidiaries to change theirdata extraction method;switching the dataextraction method can bedone as a second stepwhenever it fits best in theproject schedule.

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SAP Employee Self-Service: for travel andexpenses

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - It integrates maps tosupport hotel and airport searches,indicating exact distances todestination addresses.- It integrates airline and car rentallogos, hotel images, and amenitiesinformation in availability searches.- It integrates external Web contentregarding up-to-date visa, health, andsecurity information, as well asimportant travel news.- It integrates company-specific textson and links to important policyinformation.- It maintains personal traveler profilesthrough new self-service functions.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Easy and direct access toa range of travel servicesfor employees- Improved useracceptance- Minimized training costsand decreased help-deskcalls- Reduced administrativecosts

- It supports subsequent assignment ofimported credit card data to expensereports.- It provides several options, includingcountry-specific versions.

SAP Travel Management provides afully integrated end-to-end trip life-cyclemanagement solution to improveprocesses in pretrip approval, onlinebooking, expense reporting, and datawarehousing. This process optimizationresults in a reduction in indirect travelcosts, lower travel agency transactionfees, enhanced supplier negotiations,and higher company policy compliance.For SAP ERP, the major new travelmanagement development is in thearea of people-centric user interfaceredesign, increasing user productivityfor travelers as self-service users. Theenhancements include the redesign ofthe user interface and the integration ofexternal services such as maps andvisa, health, and security information.

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FI-TV Enhancements in mobiletravel expenses for SAPERP

The SAP Mobile Time and Travelapplication has been enhanced asfollows:- Usage with the 2004 version of SAPERP provides the following:> Redesigned, step-by-step guideddata user interface, in completeanalogy to the new online self-serviceapplication> Enablement of offline users to attachcredit card receipts directly to expensereports> Receipt itemization functions to breakdown complex receipts such as hotelbills- Usage with version 6.0 of SAP ERPprovides the above plus:> Travel requests and travel plans thatare created in the online SAP ERPapplication can be brought down to theoffline application> Ability to customize for long-termtravel (for example 90-days-rule)> Integration with CollaberationProjects (cProjects) application

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Reduced costs, byeliminating paper-basedprocesses and double dataentry- Speedier billing cycles forservices rendered, whichincrease cash flow- Increased visibility ofaccounting data


FI-TV Self-service for managers(approvers) and travelarrangers

This functionality accomplishes thefollowing: - Enhanced process supportfor managers (highlighting of policyexceptions, instant access to mostimportant travel data, details ofbusiness trips in summarized Adobeform, and one-click approval function)- Personalized access for travelarrangers

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Accelerated approvalprocesses and reducedindirect costs- Increased transparencyabout anticipated costs formanagers- Faster access to data ofother employees for teamassistants


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Pretrip budget availabilitycontrol in fundsmanagement

This functionality enhances availabilitycontrol of funds management budgetsat the stage of travel requests(estimated amounts) and travel plan(exact costs of online booking).

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -More accurate availabilitycontrol before start of abusiness trip, at the time ofpretrip approval- Elimination of manualavailability control andpaper-based processes


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Travel planning andonline booking

The direct hotel connects functionalityincludes a generic SAP interface basedon SAP NetWeaver ExchangeInfrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI) tocomputer reservation software forhotels.

The low-cost carrier airlines and Webfares functionality includes a genericSAP interface based on SAPNetWeaver XI to consolidator systemsfor low-cost carriers or Web fare withfull integration into SAP TravelManagement booking processes:

- Services not registered in centralreservation software (for example,taxis, shuttles, and so on) can noweasily be requested and their bookingstatus can be updated in a travel plan.- Processing status at the agency sidecan now be made transparent to users,and communication dialogue betweentraveler, travel preparer, and agency isimproved with an additional status field.- Enhancements for car rental bookingsinclude special drop-off and pickupaddresses, as well as handling ofnegotiated fares differentiated byorganizational area.- German Rail (NVS) bookings throughthe Amadeus global travel distributionprogram have been integrated in theWeb-based self-service user interface.- Country-specific airline fares such asLufthansas pay as you fly programcan now be booked online.- A new program for the offlinesynchronization of Amadeus bookingsallows for a much faster update ofbookings that have been changedoutside the SAP software forexample, by the travel agent. Noadditional system components areneeded any more.

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Increased flexibility in usingdifferent reservationsoftware in the bookingprocess- Lower total cost ofownership (TCO) andimplementation coststhrough service providerspecific integration support- Lower direct purchasingcosts based on access to awider range of low-priceoffers- Significantly reducedcosts for interfacemodifications- Streamlined and moreefficient back-officeprocesses for theinteraction of traveler andtravel agency/sharedservice centers


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Expense reportmanagement andreimbursement

This functionality includes the following:- New print forms as Adobe PDF forms,facilitating the configuration andadaptation of the look and feel(including the option for bar codes andcompany logos) of Adobe PDF formstechnology

This functionality providesthe following benefits: -Improved usability foronline and offline travelmanagement businessscenarios- Significantly reduced

- Automatic distance calculationsbetween start-of-trip and end-of-triplocations based on geocoding services,simplifying audit-proof and tax-proofmileage calculations- Credit card feeds through the genericinterface in SAP NetWeaver ExchangeInfrastructure (SAP NetWeaver XI) thatcapture itemized hotel folio statementsto populate expense reports- Integration with Collaboration Projects(cProjects) to capture travel expenseson project budgets- New user interface for mobile travelexpenses

effort for entering traveland expense data, as wellas associatedadministration efforts, aspaper receipts becomeobsolete- Increased flexibility inimporting credit cardinformation into thesoftware and,subsequently, reducedtotal cost of ownership(TCO)- Reduced cost ofcompliance with theSarbanes-Oxley Actthrough deployment ofstandard, fast-to-implement, compliance-relevant workflows

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ProductDevelopmentandManufacturing

PM SAP Mobile AssetManagement version 2.5

The SAP Mobile Asset Managementapplication assists the field service andthe field maintenance technicians inperforming their daily activities atcustomer sites and within plant

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