S4/Hana Simplification List for PLM

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1 S4/Hana Simplification List for PLM Nguyen Dao Tran, Senior Consultant SAP PLM Stian Alexander Enger, Senior Consultant SAP PLM

2 About Cognizant Oil & Gas Cognizant (NASDAQ-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 205 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Cognizant Oil & Gas (formerly Frontica Business Solutions) is the business unit that provides consulting and outsourcing services to the Oil and Gas Industry in more than 20 countries. Frontica Business Solutions was acquired by Cognizant in November

3 Background With SAP/S4Hana some of the old functionality is removed in order to get a more tidy and structured architecture. This presentation will focus on the most relevant issues identified in a study for a client. Some of the new solutions have already been presented in previous SBN Webinars. 3

4 Documentation SAP has released a S/4 Hana Simplification List. This is a document with more than 900 pages covering all industry solutions and functional areas. You can find the document here: The last version of the Simplification List is for Note contains an overview of all the elements in the Simplification list and their respective notes. 4

5 Simplification Categories From the simplification list: The simplification items can be categorized based on their type of impact: Re-architecting for SAP HANA in-memory platform Used for functionality that is optimized to leverage the capabilities of the SAP HANA database, for example the new data model. Consolidation of existing functionalities Functionality that is unified in the core and optimized according to the principle of one, but from a business process and user perspective, the functionality basically remains the same. No functional equivalent Compared to the SAP Business Suite, there may be no functional equivalent available in the SAP S/4HANA On-premise edition delivery, because SAP S/4HANA is not a legal successor of an SAP Business Suite product. Alternative functionality with application innovation is in many cases already available in an SAP S/4HANA scope, or it is on the roadmap. 5

6 Overview PLM Simplification List Component Description Required and Recommended Actions Engineering Desktop (EDesk) DMS - STEP Support DMS Documents@WEB Variant Configuration With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the EDesk functionality within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) application is not available. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the STEP support within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) is not available. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 Documents@web is not available. - Object dependencies of type actions have been documented as obsolete. Creation of object dependencies of type actions isn't possible anymore (e.g. transaction CU01). Configuration models containing actions are still supported and behave like before, but new actions can't be created. - It's not possible to maintain "Classification as Selection Condition" in Material BOM items anymore (e.g. transactions CS01, CS02). If in Material BOM items classes as selection condition are already maintained, the BOM explosion will work as before. But it's not allowed to use "Classification as Selection Condition" for BOM items, where it wasn't used before. - Transactions have been removed. Customers can move to SAP Engineering Control Center for SAP S/4HANA. Check if there is any scenario which is using STEP and use alternative methods to exchange the data. Check if Web Document is used anywhere. Use PLM WUI or FIORI tiles for CV transactions. None 6

7 Overview PLM Simplification List Component Description Required and Recommended Actions Classification IPPE-BOM Converter BOM, Routing, Production Version Release Management Framework With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 transactions of the Classification are renovated so that transactions may have changed functionality or may be completely removed within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM). - User Defined Data Type (031) for characteristics has been removed. - Rename Characteristic functionality has been disabled. - Parameter Effectivity has been hidden. - Due to security reasons batch import has been limited and batch import is possible only from presentation server. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the IPPE-BOM Converter within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) is not available. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511, the functional relation between Bill of Material (BOM), Routing and Production Version has changed. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the current Release Management Framework functionality within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) is not available anymore. No special actions required. In case hidden functionality is needed, it can be reactivated by following the steps in SAP Note Customers using this functionality should evaluate if Product Structure Management and Product Structure Synchronization fit their needs. An interactive migration report has been provided to create new production versions based on existing BOM data. Run Report CS_BOM_PRODVER_MIGRATION to create Production Versions. It is recommended for new customers to have a look at the Engineering Record. 7

8 Overview PLM Simplification List Component Description Required and Recommended Actions SAP PLM Recipe Development Engineering Change Management ECR/ECO Engineering Change Management Change Sequence Graph Routing Component Assignment With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 following functional changes were done: 1) Maintenance a specification using the Fast Entry Screen is not available. A successor is planned. 2) The compliance check functionality will the ABAP based implementation and will not support and will not need the EH&S Expert Server With SAP S/4HANA the current the Engineering Change Record / Engineering Change Order functionality within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) is not available anymore. With SAP S/4HANA the current Change Sequence Graph functionality within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) is not available anymore. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the current Routing Component Assignment (RCA) in Guided Structure Synchronization is not available. Successor products planned Existing and running Change Requests and Change Orders should be finished before system upgrade is facilitated as working with these type of object will not be possible in S/4HANA. Additional settings will be required in the system for the Customer to use the Engineering Record. None Switch Component Allocation Process from RCA to VEMP or Routing UI. 8

9 Overview PLM Simplification List Component Description Required and Recommended Actions Enterprise Search in SAP Product Lifecycle Management Engineering Workbench Collaborative Engineering With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the Enterprise Search models are now replication free search models (using HANA DB tables instead) within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM). With the new solution the following searches are not available in SAP S/4HANA: - Document search with linked documents - Document search with attached document content - Synchronization BOM to BOM search with assigned MBOMs - Synchronization PSM to BOM search with source PSM Structure and target MBOMs - MBOM, Recipe and PSM search with assigned classification data - MBOM, Recipe and PSM search with assigned document data - Specification and PSM search with status data - Label search with recipe data origin - Recipe search with formula item quantity - Search for any object with IDs without leading zeroes With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the Engineering Workbench is not the target architecture and will not receive any further updates(functionality available in SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition 1511 delivery but not considered as future technology. Functional equivalent is available). With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the Collaborative Engineering is not available. Customizing and Custom Code related information: SAP Note: Custom code needs to be adjusted to reference to the new model names. Please use another transaction in WUI in place of Engineering Workbench. Evaluate Mobile Document as alternative for collaboration. 9

10 Overview PLM Simplification List Component Description Required and Recommended Actions PLM Labeling Usage SAP PLM Recipe Development Labeling Usage hiding. Engineering Record Integration to SAP Portfolio and Project Management ippe Time Analysis Product Designer Workbench The PLM Web UI Engineering Record (ER) will be renovated. Customers can still continue to use the existing functionalities of Engineering Record (ER) within SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition Moreover, the renovated Engineering Record (ER) will be available in the future. SAP Portfolio and Project Management is integrated with ERP in various ways. SAP plans to simplify and improve this integration in the way to ease configuration and leverage HANA capabilities (Functionality available in SAP S/4HANA on-premise edition 1511 delivery but not considered as future technology. Functional equivalent is not available yet). In SAP S/4HANA, the integration of time analysis tools into the ippe Workbench is not available. In SAP S/4HANA, the functions related to the Product Designer Workbench, previously accessible via transaction PDN, have been removed from SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM). None None If the integration of a time analysis tool into the ippe workbench was done via transaction OPPE07, this integration has to be done by customer own implementation now. Customers shall move to Product Structure for SAP S/4HANA, onpremise edition

11 Overview PLM Simplification List 11 Component Description Required and Recommended Actions cdesk cfolder Access Control Management (ACM) Assemblies The CAD Integration in SAP PLM (cdesk) is not available in SAP S/4HANA. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the current cfolder interfaces is not available. The PLM specific Access Control Management will be deactivated in the SAP S/4HANA shipment and is planned to be replaced by a generic authorization concept for SAP S/4HANA. Access Control related UI fields are removed from the PLM objects' Web screens. Authorization restriction is not in place so these fields won't be considered and system won't restrict authorizations. Hiding the ACM for SAP S/4HANA means that no PLM object specific authorization is in place by default. If customers would like to activate it, they need to follow the steps described in SAP note: In SAP S/4HANA, the functions related to Assemblies in product structure management within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) are not available. Customers can move to SAP Engineering Control Center for SAP S/4HANA. Customers have to establish data exchange processes with partners using other techniques like SAP Jam or SAP Mobile Documents. None Customers moving from SAP Business Suite to SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 can use the report /PLMI/ER_ASM_DELECTION to remove Product Assembly related entries from the Engineering Record and Object Navigator customizing.

12 Overview PLM Simplification List Component Description Required and Recommended Actions Recipe Management SAP PLM Recipe Management (RM) is not available in SAP S/4HANA. This also affects PLM RM sub-functions such as Labelling, Trial Management and Handover to Manufacturing. Projects need to migrate their processes from PLM Recipe Management functional capabilities to PLM Recipe Development functional capabilities. Engineering Client Viewer (ECL) Easy Document Management (Easy DMS) With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the ECL-Viewer Functionality within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) will no longer be available. Parts of the functionality and use cases can be covered by SAP Visual Enterprise Viewer. With SAP S/4HANA, on-premise edition 1511 the Easy DMS Functionality within SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) will no longer be available. As an alternative, customers using easy DMS may consider the PLM DMS integration into SAP Mobile Documents. In case Visual Enterprise Viewer shall be used, check the appropriate customizing. Switch to DMS and Mobile Doc integration which is more powerful. 12

13 Variant Configuration Some transactions are removed New advanced configurator New simulation environment using Fiori UX New configuration engine Advanced Variant Configuration in S/4HANA was presented in SBN Webinar

14 Engineering Control Center - SAP s new platform for CAD integration 14

15 Engineering Control Center - Short introduction: - Long version: - Identical ribbon menu for all CAD systems - Data management in personal folders - 3D Visual enterprise viewer integrated - Simple navigation, drag and drop - Import function for CAD structures - Cost issue considered a new product, not upgrade from CDESK. 15

16 Mobile Documents (Now SAP Document Center) 16

17 Mobile Documents (Now SAP Document Center) Easy access and easy sharing Simple interface to handle attachment Web solutions and Mobile Devices Work in offline mode and synchronized when online DMS in S/4HANA was presented in SBN Webinar

18 Engineering Record Engineering Record is a new and simplified way of handling engineering change process. Compared to traditional ECR/ECO process there are less screens and fields. It s easier to make customer specific adjustments such as new fields. The Engineering Record will create a Change Master in the background, so all changes will still be tied to a Change Master, but the users will only work with the Engineering Record. The Engineering Record comes with a Process Route workflow. The Engineering Record is already available in the WEB UI. Supports side panel reports and dashboards. SAP documentation can be found here: 85a8819/frameset.htm 18

19 Engineering Record - Example 19

20 20 Nguyen Dao Tran Stian A Enger Stian.enger@cognizant.com