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SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 Release Notes

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LO Logistics - General LO-MD Logistics Basic Data ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Time-Dependent Promotion Data (Enhanced) ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Time-Dependent Promotion Data (Enhanced) LO-MD-MM Material Master LOG_MM_SUSTAIN_1, Business Function Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement LO-MD-PR Promotion ISR_RETAIL_PROMO_2: Retail, Inbound Promotions 2 (Enhanced) Retail, Inbound Promotions 2: Enhancements to Bonus Buy Articles Retail, Inbound Promotions 2: Enhancements to Display Articles LO-SRS SAP Retail Store ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Source List (New) ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Consideration of Transit Stock (New) ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (New) LO-AB Agency Business (Global Trade) ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New) ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: ALE Monitor for IDocs from the Agency Business ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Deviating Exchange Rate in Customer Company Code ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Settle Invoice Requests for Energy Business without ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Enterprise Services ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Incoterms in Agency Documents (New) ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Partner Determination Within Energy Business LO-GT Global Trade ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Agricultural Processes based on TC Application ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Multi Level BOM Explosion within TC Application ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Create Batches within TC Application (New) ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Creation and Cancellation Processes within TC ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Document Flow on Item Level for TC Processes (New)

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ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Expense Management for Agri Processes (New) ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Incoterms within Expense Management (New) ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Trade, Commodity Management 5 (New) ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: PPE Within Trading Contract Processing (New) ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Settle Invoice Requests for Energy Business (New) ISR_GLT_IFW: Flexible Status Management of (Simulated) Invoices (New) ISR_GLT_IFW: Navigation to Invoice Creation (New) ISR_GLT_IFW: Integration into CPE and New Events for Pricing (New) ISR_GLT_IFW: Report: Any Selections of Deals and Related Invoices (New) ISR_GLT_IFW: Simulation of Invoices (New) LO-GT-TC Trading Contract ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Application Log for Trading Contract Release ISR_GLT_VENDOR_FUND: Condition Contract-Related Settlement ISR_GLT_IFW: Trade, Invoice Forecasting (New) LO-ARM Advanced Returns Management OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Repair as Logistical Follow-Up Activity (New) OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Non-Valuated Returns Stock for Customer Returns (New) OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Replacement Materials for Customer Returns (New) OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Improvements to Existing Returns Scenarios (Enhanced) OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Replacement Materials for Supplier Returns (New) OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Business Function for Advanced Returns Management 2

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Logistics - General

9.1 Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), the business function Decoupling of Financials and Logistics (FIN_DCFL_01) is available

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9.2 LO-MD

Logistics Basic Data

9.2.1 ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Time-Dependent Promotion Data (Enhanced) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (ISR_APPL_SCM_2), you can maintain promotions with time-dependent replenishment data, meaning you can adapt replenishment parameters during active promotions. You can create default values for the following time-dependent replenishment parameters: -

Minimum/maximum stock level

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Planning/delivery cycle

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Planned delivery time

You can create the default values manually or you can create them automatically using a mass import of default values from customer sources. The report RWRF_DISPRO_TD_DEFAULT (Create and Assign Default Values for Time-Dependent Promotion Data) uses a BAdI for the mass import of default values and assigns these default values to time-dependent promotion data. The system transfers these values as time-dependent data for transportation lanes to SAP F&R.

Effects on Existing Data You can maintain default values for time-dependent promotions on the following data retention levels: -

Promotion Type

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Promotion Type/Material/Plant

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Material

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Material/Plant

You can then assign the default values you have maintained to the time-dependent promotion data in transaction WRF_DISP_PROMO (Process Time-Dependent Promotion Data). You can also use the transaction WRF_DISP_DF_REORG (Reorganize Default Values of Time-Dependent Promotion Data) to delete obsolete records of default values data.

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In the Customizing activity Maintain Basic Settings for Data Transfer, you maintain the basic settings for communication between SAP ERP and SAP F&R, including the transfer of minimum/maximum stock levels, planning/delivery cycles, and planned delivery time.

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You can use the BAdIs under Integration with Other mySAP.com Components->Forecasting and Replenishment-> Time-Dependent Data for Promotions->Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins to change, create, and assign time-dependent data for promotions, and to modify time-dependent promotion data before transfer to SAP F&R.

9.2.2 ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Time-Dependent Promotion Data (Enhanced)

Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 606), business function Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (ISR_APPL_SCM_2), you can maintain promotions with time-dependent replenishment data, meaning you can adapt replenishment parameters during active promotions. You can create default values for the following time-dependent replenishment parameters: -

Minimum/maximum stock level

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Planning/delivery cycle

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Planned delivery time

You can create the default values manually or you can create them automatically using a mass import of default values from customer sources. The report RWRF_DISPRO_TD_DEFAULT (Create and Assign Default Values for Time-Dependent Promotion Data) uses a BAdI for the mass import of default values and assigns these default values to time-dependent promotion data. The system transfers these values as time-dependent data for transportation lanes to SAP F&R. Effects on Existing Data You can maintain default values for time-dependent promotions on the following data retention levels: -

Promotion Type

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Promotion Type/Material

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Promotion Type/Material/Plant

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Material

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Material/Plant

You can then assign the default values you have maintained to the time-dependent promotion data in transaction WRF_DISP_PROMO (Process Time-Dependent Promotion Data). You can also use the transaction WRF_DISP_DF_REORG (Reorganize Default Values of Time-Dependent Promotion Data) to delete obsolete records of default values data.

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In the Customizing activity Maintain Basic Settings for Data Transfer, you maintain the basic settings for communication between SAP ERP and SAP F&R, including the transfer of minimum/maximum stock levels, planning/delivery cycles, and planned delivery time.

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You can use the BAdIs under Integration with Other mySAP.com Components->Forecasting and Replenishment-> Time-Dependent Data for Promotions->Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins to change, create, and assign time-dependent data for promotions, and to modify time-dependent promotion data before transfer to SAP F&R.

See also Release Note: ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (New)

9.2.3 LO-MD-MM

Material Master

9.2.3.1 LOG_MM_SUSTAIN_1, Business Function Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), the business function Sustainable Sourcing and Procurement is available. With this business function, you can store sustainability data for vendors and materials. You can then use this information when evaluating vendors and materials during the purchasing process. You access the sustainability data using the Buyer role. This business function has the following features: -

You can enter a validity period for the vendor and material sustainability records.

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The vendor sustainability information is created at client level, so it is valid for all company codes and purchasing organizations.

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You can enter information at plant and purchasing organization level for materials.

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You can assign ratings for the vendor's social, environmental, and economic performance and evaluate the overall score for the vendor.

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The vendor and material sustainability records can be deleted.

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You can activate the master data management catalog integration to leverage capabilities to support you when making decisions by maintaining and displaying sustainability data for materials.

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You can activate embedded analytics for displaying data when evaluating vendors.

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The master data management catalog is enhanced to include sustainability information record details.

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This business function needs to be activated in order to display individual criteria in embedded analytics, including sustainability scores.

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You can copy sustainability data from the same vendor or from a different vendor.

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You can upload vendor sustainability records directly from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Effects on Customizing The following Customizing activities are available for Materials Management: In Purchasing --> Sustainability --> Vendor Sustainability --> Define Number Ranges for Vendor Sustainability Record. In Purchasing --> Sustainability --> Material Sustainability In Customizing for Materials Management --> Define Number Ranges for Material Sustainability Record. In Purchasing --> Sustainability --> Material Sustainability In Customizing for Materials Management --> Maintain Sustainability Certificates.

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Change Average Environmental Data.

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Calculate Overall Score.

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Change Sustainability Data.

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Change Side-Panel Average Data.

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Change Material Sustainability Data.

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9.2.4 LO-MD-PR

Promotion

9.2.4.1 ISR_RETAIL_PROMO_2: Retail, Inbound Promotions 2 (Enhanced) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 606), the business function Retail, Inbound Promotions 2 (ISR_RETAIL_PROMO_2) is available. With this business function, you can take advantage of enhanced integration between SAP for Retail and SAP Promotion Management for Retail

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(SAP PMR).

Effects on Customizing This business function uses the following technical switches: -

ISR_APPL_PROMO_2 (SAP_APPL)

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ISR_RETAIL_PROMO_2 (EA-RETAIL)

See also For more information on enhancements to bonus buy articles, see release note LO_MD_606_PROM2_01. For more information on enhancements to display articles, see release note LO_MD_606_PROM2_02.

9.2.4.2 Retail, Inbound Promotions 2: Enhancements to Bonus Buy Articles Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 606), the business function Retail, Inbound Promotions 2 (ISR_RETAIL_PROMO_2) is available. With this business function, you can take advantage of enhanced integration between SAP for Retail and SAP Promotion Management for Retail (SAP PMR). Effects on Existing Data Articles that are associated with bonus buys can now be synchronized to the corresponding promotion as line items for subsequent processing. Effects on the User Interface -

The Offer Type and Offer ID columns have been added to the Fast Entry, Quantity planning, Price planning and Logistics control tabs of the Promotions transactions (WAK1, WAK2, WAK3)

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The four offer types available in the Offer Type column are Offer Price, Offer Discount, Bonus Buy and Multiple

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The Sync to Promotion checkbox has been added to the Promotion Data tab of the Bonus Buy transactions (RDMBBY01, RDMBBY02, RDMBBY03)

Effects on Data Transfer Promotions created in SAP PMR now include planned sales quantities for bonus buy articles. This allows you to see planned sales quanity distribution for an article in SAP ERP based on the article's association with other offers.

Effects on Customizing

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The Subsequent Process, Display Article Allowed and Allow InitSlsPrc fields have been added to Customizing for Logistics - General under Retail Promotion -> Promotion Type.

9.2.4.3 Retail, Inbound Promotions 2: Enhancements to Display Articles Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-RETAIL 606), the business function Retail, Inbound Promotions 2 (ISR_RETAIL_PROMO_2) is available. With this business function, you can take advantage of enhanced integration between SAP for Retail and SAP Promotion Management for Retail (SAP PMR). Effects on Existing Data Display articles can now be added to promotions created in SAP PMR. This enhancement allows retailers to procure display articles containing component articles that are planned into promotions. It also makes the articles available for subsequent processing, such as allocation or promotional announcements. You can now navigate away from a promotion to choose multiple display articles and specify the allocation quantities. If subsequent processing has not yet started, you can also further modify allocation quantities of added display articles or remove display articles from the promotion. Effects on the User Interface The View Display Article and Remove Display Article buttons have been added to the Fast Entry, Quantity planning, Price planning and Logistics control tabs of the Promotions transactions (WAK1, WAK2, WAK3)

Effects on Customizing The Subsequent Process, Display Article Allowed and Allow InitSlsPrc fields have been added to Customizing for Logistics - General under Retail Promotion -> Promotion Type.

9.3 LO-SRS

SAP Retail Store

9.3.1 ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Source List (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (ISR_APPL_SCM_2), you can transfer source list data from SAP ERP to SAP

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Forecasting and Replenishment (SAP F&R). The source list, an existing component of the source of supply network in SAP ERP, contains the preferred sources of supply defined for combinations of materials and receiving plants, as well as the periods during which procurement from these sources is possible. The standard interfaces from SAP ERP to SAP F&R have been enhanced to allow users to consider source lists during source determination in SAP F&R. The system evaluates the source list entries in SAP ERP to determine whether they are relevant for SAP F&R. If relevant, they are transferred to SAP F&R to be taken into consideration during source determination. The ERP lane outbound interface handles the following data transfers: -

Initial data transfer The system transfers the F&R-relevant source list entries from the SAP ERP system to the SAP F&R system for the first time.

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Delta transfer The system transfers any changes to the source list data (that is any new, changed or deleted data) from SAP ERP to SAP F&R.

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Re-initial data transfer The system re-transfers the F&R-relevant source list entries from SAP ERP to SAP F&R.

Effects on Existing Data A new checkbox, Send Source List Data, in the Customizing activity Maintain Basic Settings for Data Transfer has been added to enable you to transfer source list lanes to SAP F&R.

See also Release Note: ISR_APPL_SCM_2:Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (New)

9.3.2 ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Consideration of Transit Stock (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), business function Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (ISR_APPL_SCM_2), the standard order interface from SAP ERP Retail to SAP Forecasting and Replenishment (SAP F&R) has been enhanced to allow for the consideration of transit stock. When performing a requirements calculation for a combination of material and plant, SAP F&R by default considers open orders in the receiving plant. This means that when calculating the net demand for a combination of material and plant, the system also takes into account any goods receipts expected by the delivery date for the calculated required quantity. However, if an exceptional stock transfer is triggered in the supplying plant (for example, to another distribution center), it is necessary that SAP F&R also considers open stock transfer orders at the supplying plant so that this extra demand is taken into consideration. The following enhancements to the transfer of order data have therefore been made:

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Goods issue information (quantity, unit, and completion status) is now also transferred from SAP ERP to SAP F&R. SAP F&R can therefore consider completed goods issues in the requirements calculation of the supplying plant.

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It is now possible to send from SAP ERP to SAP F&R stock transfer order items in which the combination of material and supplying plant is F&R-relevant but not the combination of material and receiving plant.

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You can now specify whether stock transfer orders are relevant for the requirements calculation of the supplying plant (as goods issues), for the receiving plant (as goods receipts) or both. Replenishment relevance is set at the level of order document type.

Effects on Customizing In Customizing for Forecasting and Replenishment, the following Customizing activities have been enhanced: -

Maintain Basic Settings for Data Transfer A new setting in this activity allows you to specify which order items in SAP ERP are transferred to SAP F&R in cases where the combination of material and supplying plant is relevant in SAP F&R but not the combination of material and receiving plant.

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Define Document Types for Order Outbound A new setting in this activity allows you to identify order document types as replenishment relevant for the supplying plant and/or the receiving plant, or neither of them.

See also Release Note: ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (New)

9.3.3 ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (EA-APPL 606), the business function Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2 (ISR_APPL_SCM_2) is available. With this business function, you can use the following features in SAP ERP: -

Transfer of Source List Data to SAP F&R For more information, see the release note ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Source List (New).

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Time-Dependent Promotion Data For more information, see the release note ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Time-Dependent Promotion Data (Enhanced).

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Consideration of Transit Stock For more information, see ISR_APPL_SCM_2: Consideration of Transit Stock (New)

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See also SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp606. In SAP Library, choose Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0) -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Retail, Connectivity to F&R 5.2.

9.4 LO-AB

Agency Business (Global Trade)

9.4.1 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), the business function Trade, Agency Business 5 is available.With this business function, you can implement new business models for agency business processes, support allocation of any types of expenses, improve cost transparency, and increase process flexibility and efficiency. Furthermore, a new B2B outbound service allows customers and partners to leverage enterprise service-oriented architecture for the exchange of invoices. The following further enhancements in agency business processes increase usability in the modeling of business processes through a unified reporting architecture that enables greater flexibility for end users. For more information, see the following release notes: -

ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Incoterms in Agency Documents (New)

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ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Partner Determination Within Energy Business

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ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: ALE Monitor for IDocs from the Agency Business

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ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Enterprise Services

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ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Settle Invoice Requests for Energy Business Without SD Processing

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ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Deviating Exchange Rate in Customer Company Code

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See also SAP Library for ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 6 -> Business Functions -> Business Functions in SAP ERP -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Trade, Agency Business 5

9.4.2 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: ALE Monitor for IDocs from the Agency Business Application Use The ALE Monitor enhances the SAP Standard IDoc transaction for Agency Business IDocs for better monitoring, selection, filtering, comparison and testing of IDocs - either in a productive or non-productive environment. The following IDoc monitoring features are supported: Selection Screen The selection screen is divided into different areas: -

Standard selection: Basic selection parameters for common attributes

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Additional selection: Extended selection parameters can be used in oder to narrow down the selection via reference fields.

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Partner: Selection of partner information is also available. This includes partner types, partner numbers, and ports.

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Status records: IDocs can be selected by current and historical status records.

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IDoc content: IDocs can be selected via segment field content. This requires the choice of a message type.

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Area Menu WEDI: Calls the Area Menu for IDoc and EDI Basis.

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IDoc Test Tool: Calls transaction WE19 (IDoc Test Tool) with the selected IDoc.

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Send IDoc via RFC: Sends the selected IDocs to the remote system specified. IDoc control record data in the destination system can be changed before the transfer.

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Compare IDocs (local and remote): Two IDocs can be compared either locally if two IDocs are selected, or remotely on selection of only one IDoc.

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Call Transaction via RFC: Calls this transaction in a remote system.

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Change control record: Basic header information of IDoc control records can be changed. This feature is restricted to non-productive systems only.

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Change view: The view mode can be switched between ALV grid and list tree (as in WE05)

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Change status: The status of the selected IDocs can be changed. This feature is restricted to non-productive systems only.

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Process: Processes the marked IDocs in dialog mode, via transaction BD87 or in a batch job.

9.4.3 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Deviating Exchange Rate in Customer Company Code Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0, (SAP_APPL 606), the business function Trade, Agency Business 5 (ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5) is available. With this business function, the following new features for single settlement requests in Agency Business are available: -

In the single settlement request document, the Deviating Exchange Rate in Customer Company Code is used on header level. With this field, it is possible that the currency of the customer company code deviates from the currency of the vendor company code in cross-company business.

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On item detail level, a new tab screen is provided to maintain customer account assignment. It is possible to assign separate profit center, and cost elements to the customer instead of using the ones from the vendor side. This works only in combination with the class-based accounting interface that can be set in the billing type and has been available since EhP4.

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To use these new features, you must make settings in Customizing for Agency Business -> Payment -> Payment Types -

Activate cross company

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Set indicator for Own CO Account Assignment Field for Customer

See also Release Note ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New)

9.4.4 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Settle Invoice Requests for Energy Business without SD Processing (New) Use With Contract Settlement for Energy Business, you can run an integrated commodity management scenario to trade power, gas, and similar energy products that do not require dedicated logistics follow-on processing. In addition, you can use a third-party application optimized for front- and mid-office activities to handle contracts and related settlement data, while using Global Trade Management for contract settlement and invoicing. SOA A2A services are used for the communication between the applications within a company. This enables streamlined contract settlement of invoice requests in energy business without the need for dedicated logistics follow-on processing.

Effects on Customizing You make settings for this function in Customizing ifor Logistics - General in the following locations: -

Agency Business -> Basic Settings -> Copy Control

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Agency Business -> Payment -> Payment Types

See also Release Note ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New)

9.4.5 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Enterprise Services Use These services are targeted to enable the exchange of supplier and customer invoices of B2B and A2A processes.

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In the standard delivery, the Agency Business document type "Single Settlement Request" is supported for supplier inbound services as well as an outbound confirmation towards the sender. For customer outbound services, the Agency Business document types "Vendor Billing Documents", "Expense Settlement" and "Customer Settlement" are supported. All document types are types for single invoices. References on item level can be maintained for the following: -

Purchase Orders

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Sales Orders

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Trading Contracts

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Condition Contracts

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Agency Business Documents

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Bonus Agreements

Effects on System Administration The SAP_APPL and EA_RETAIL components have to be activated. In the case of the specific chargeback process, where invoices are sent out as compensation requests towards the supplier, the EA_GLTRADE component also has to be activated.

9.4.6 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Incoterms in Agency Documents (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), business function Trade, Agency Business 5 (ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5), you can incorporate Incoterms in Agency Documents. Incoterms are automatically copied from the trading contract or its follow-on documents to agency documents, which are created as expense documents. A manual entry or change of Incoterms in the agency documents is also supported.

Effects on System Administration To enable support for Incoterms in agency documents, you have activated the Software Component

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ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5 in SAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Switch Framework . Effects on Customizing You have maintained condition records for condition types, for example, in SAP Menu -> Logistics -> Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Master Data -> Conditions. You have activated Incoterms by selecting the Incoterms Active checkbox under Incoterms in Customizing for Logistics # General -> Agency Business -> Billing -> Billing Document Types. See also Release Note ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New)

9.4.7 ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Partner Determination Within Energy Business Use Based on a new Customizing setting, Agency Business applications provide a new feature to maintain partner data on header and on item level of a document. If this new feature is activated for a certain billing type, the partner data can be copied from the vendor and customer master data automatically if defined in Customizing, and you can maintain the partner data manually. The partner data can be copied to follow-on documents.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing in Logistics - General -> Agency Business -> Basic Settings -> Determine Partner Determination. See also Release Note ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New)

9.5 LO-GT

Global Trade

9.5.1 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Agricultural Processes based on TC Application (New) Use SAP provides only a foundation for agri processes that can be used in customer development projects ! For more information see SAP note 1617823. New UI: A new user interface to maintain commodity items and assignments was developed for trading

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contracts for price fixing, trading contracts for load and for trading contracts for load planning. To store the contractual information concerning pricing information a new kind of trading contract was defined as the trading contract for price fixing. This document is able to store pricing information for soft commodities. To drive the load processes, two new kinds of trading contracts were developed. The trading contract for load processing also consumes the pricing information of a trading contract for price fixing. The trading contract for load planning is used to define the contractual data, for example, for a season or as a long term contract and to consume the pricing information of a trading contract for price fixing. The trading contract for load planning is used to make call offs for the load processing, which includes the transfer of the pricing information, too. The outbound messages of the A2A and A2X SOA services for the business object Trading Order provide the information about the exploded bill of material.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Define Trading Contract Type Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Commodity Items and Pricing Aspects -> Define Pricing Aspects Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Commodity Items and Pricing Aspects -> Specify Assignments of Pricing Aspects to Commodity Item Categories Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Commodity Items and Pricing Aspects -> Assign a Commodity Item Category to a TC Item Category Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Commodity Items and Pricing Aspects -> Define Commodity Item Categories

9.5.2 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Multi Level BOM Explosion within TC Application (New) Use For sales only processes, the trading contract application supports multi-level sales BOMs on contract item level. Basically, the trading contract application now provides the same functionality as the sales order with regards to BOM explosion. The user can maintain multi-level BOM on trading contract level to fulfill customer needs.

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The outbound messages of the A2A and A2X SOA services for the business object Trading Order provide the information about the exploded bill of material.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> BOM Explosion -> Prerequisites for BOM Explosion in the Trading Contract

9.5.3 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Create Batches within TC Application (New) Use User interface (UI): On trading contract level, the UI has been enhanced to allow the user to jump to the batch maintenance application to define new batches out of the trading contract application. Within the trading contract application, you can now create batches and maintain their characteristics. On trading contract level, you can create and process batches and their characteristics that are used within the pricing application. The definition of batches on trading contract level prevents the user from making mistakes or to miss maintaining important data at contract entry.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Define Trading Contract Type Global Trade Management -> Pricing -> Standard Pricing: Characteristics -> Activate Process for Procedure

9.5.4 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Creation and Cancellation Processes within TC

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Application (New) Use Supports the automatic generation or cancellation of entire predefined business processes within one step based on trading contracts. One aspect of this feature is automatic generation of documents to reduce human errors. Another aspect is a reduction of manual processes based on predefined process steps. Reduce manual effort to generate or to cancel follow-on documents of a trading contract if the follow-on document processing can be done automatically based on business rules.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Processing Follow-on Documents from Trading Contract -> Process Definition -> Pre-Check Process Definition Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Processing Follow-on Documents from Trading Contract -> Process Definition -> Execution Method Definiton Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Processing Follow-on Documents from Trading Contract -> Process Definition -> Processing Type Definition Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Processing Follow-on Documents from Trading Contract -> Assignment Processing Type to Contract Type.

9.5.5 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Document Flow on Item Level for TC Processes (New) Use New user interface (UI): On item level of a trading contract as well as on item level of the follow-on documents of a trading contract, a new user interface is provided to show details of the actual item based on the JNet application process. Besides document-flow-specific data, the JNet Graphic provides the assignments network of the commodity items. There are the following key capabilities: -

To provide process information to the user and provide assignment information about the commodity items and assigned documents

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9.5.6 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Expense Management for Agri Processes (New) Use Planned expenses on trading contract for price fixing level can be used as planned expenses on trading contract for load level if the trading contract for load is assigned to trading contracts for price fixing. The planned cost is show automatically within expense settlement processing. Therefore, no manual steps are necessary to calculate the correct planned expenses. As a consequence, all planned process costs are shown to the user and therefore all costs can be covered easily. In addition, the profit or the margin of the business process can be influenced and tracked in a transparent way.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Expenses.

9.5.7 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Incoterms within Expense Management (New) Use Based on a new Customizing setting, Agency Business applications provide a new feature to maintain Incoterms on header and on item level of a document. If this new feature is activated for a certain expense management document type the Incoterms are copied automatically from the underlying document, for example, outbound delivery to the expense document. Furthermore, it is possible to maintain Incoterms manually if different Incoterms are foreseen for the actual expense document.

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Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Agency Business -> Billing -> Billing Document Types.

9.5.8 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Trade, Commodity Management 5 (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0, Enterprise Extension Global Trade (EA-GLT 606), the business function Trade, Commodity Management 5 (ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5) is available. You can use this business function to activate new mid- and back-office functionality with a fully integrated, scalable, and comprehensive solution for sourcing, selling, trading, and logistics processing for all commodities when deployed with a front-end tool. The solution gives you full transparency and control over all aspects of the commodities business by managing trading order processing, commodity positions, and commodity risk control. The enhancement in services enables more alternatives for trading contract processing. The new functionality provides a rich, scalable, and future-proof SOA interface to enable customers to model customer-specific business scenarios in a reliable and well-defined manner. The unified SOA interface enables a flexible architecture for establishing an integrated platform with other applications. For more information, see the following release notes: -

ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Pricing and Payment Events Within Trading Contract (New)

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ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Agricultural Processes based on Trading Contract (New)

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ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Create Batches Within Trading Contract Application (New)

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ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Settle Invoice Requests for Energy Business (New)

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ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Application Log for Trading Contract Release Processing (New)

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See also SAP Library for SAP ERP under Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0) -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Trade, Commodity Management 5.

9.5.9 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: PPE Within Trading Contract Processing (New) Use Pricing and Payment Events functionality provides a means to add additional date-related information that can be used in pricing, invoicing, and billing to the trading contract and its successor documents. Dates can be entered as planned or actual dates that refer to a business event in the logistics process. Typical examples for such business events are title transfer, arrival, load, discharge, invoice-related dates, and payment-related dates. SAP delivers a set of pre-defined business events within switched business configuration sets that are automatically activated via this business function. Customers can add their own event definitions in the Customizing for Pricing and Payment Events.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Activate Components Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Define Trading Contract Type Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Pricing and Payment Events -> Define Pricing and Payment Events Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Pricing and Payment Events -> Assign Pricing and Payment Event Groups to Trading Contract Types

9.5.10 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Settle Invoice Requests for Energy Business (New) Use

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With Contract Settlement for Energy Business, you can run an integrated commodity management scenario to trade power, gas, and similar energy products that do not require dedicated logistics follow-on processing. In addition you can utilize a third-party application optimized for front- and mid-office activities to handle contracts and related settlement data, while using Global Trade Management for contract settlement and invoicing. SOA A2A services are used for the communication between the applications within a company. Streamlined contract settlement of invoice request in energy business without the need for dedicated logistics follow-on processing.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Define Trading Contract Type Logistics - General -> Agency Business -> Basic Settings -> Copy Control Logistics - General -> Agency Business -> Payment -> Payment Types.

9.5.11 ISR_GLT_IFW: Flexible Status Management of (Simulated) Invoices (New) Use Dates for future invoices and the possibility of creating an invoice are transformed into a set of statuses displayed in the IFW report. For this, the SAP BRFplus application, which is fully flexible and configurable, is used in the background.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins -> BAdI: Enhancements of Status Concept. Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Status Determination.

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9.5.12 ISR_GLT_IFW: Navigation to Invoice Creation (New) Use The user can navigate from simulated invoices directly to the SAP invoice creation and invoice verification transaction screens. All required and known data is defaulted from the IFW report. Invoice creation and invoice verification screens were separate transactions. They are now accessed easily from one single screen.

9.5.13 ISR_GLT_IFW: Integration into CPE and New Events for Pricing (New) Use Commodity Pricing is often determined by certain events. Pricing and Payment Events (PPE) feeds data into Commodity Pricing Engine (CPE), and CPE gives back dates, status, and amount of future invoices. With PPE and CPE, IFW is fully integrated in a framework of logistical and pricing data. Pricing engine is fully integrated.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Materials Management, in Purchasing -> Commodity Pricing.

9.5.14 ISR_GLT_IFW: Report: Any Selections of Deals and Related Invoices

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(New) Use New user interface (UI): Report shows any simulated invoices and real invoices for a given selection, with the possibility to react to given statuses and with navigation to related transaction (invoices, payments). Report shows any selection of deals and related invoices (both SD and MM). You now have one central application fully integrated in SAP ERP to view all deals that need to be invoiced.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Activate Components Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Purchasing Group SAP Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Define Relevancy Determination Type Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> ABAP Classes for IFW Report Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins -> BAdI: Supply of Additional Fields for IFW Report Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins ->BAdI: Enhancement of IFW UI Selection Screen Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Define Trading Contract Type Global Trade Management -> Position Management -> Portfolio Management -> Access Sequences Global Trade Management -> Position Management -> Portfolio Management -> Maintain Portfolio Type Global Trade Management -> Position Management -> Portfolio Management -> Maintain Portfolio Determination.

9.5.15 ISR_GLT_IFW: Simulation of Invoices (New) Use IFW simulates invoices both on sales and purchase side, based on available pricing and payment data. The user knows the earliest and latest dates for creating invoices.

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Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Purchasing Condition Type for IFW Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Sales Condition Type for IFW Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Billing Document Type for Provisional Invoice Global Trade Management -> Invoice Forecasting -> Enhancements Using Business Add-Ins ->BAdI: Forecasting Enhancements.

9.5.16 LO-GT-TC

Trading Contract

9.5.16.1 ISR_GLT_COMMODITY_5: Application Log for Trading Contract Release Processing (New) Use A new application log on trading contract header level will provide the capability to analyze the cause of a release error. The application log is stored on the database and contains the messages of the release process.

Effects on Customizing You make the Customizing settings for this function in Customizing for Logistics - General, in Logistics - General -> Global Trade Management -> Trading Contract -> Define Trading Contractg Type.

9.5.16.2 ISR_GLT_VENDOR_FUND: Condition Contract-Related Settlement Use As of SAP enhancement pack 6 for ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL_606), business function Trade, Fund

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Settlement (ISR_GLT_VENDOR_FUND), you can perform condition contract-related settlement, based on a revenue table in SAP ERP that can be filled by any data sources, even external ones.

Effects on System Administration To enable support for condition contract-related settlement, you have activated the software component ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5 in SAP Customizing Implementation Guide -> Switch Framework. Effects on Customizing -

You have made basic settings of the settlement document in Customizing for Agency Business.

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Other prerequisites are to fill the revenue table, for example, by updating and aggregating the documents in SAP BW, enhancing the contract type with the required settlement type, and maintaining the relevant condition tables in Customizing.

See also Release Note ISR_APPL_AGENCY_5: Business Function Trade, Agency Business 5 (New)

9.5.16.3 ISR_GLT_IFW: Trade, Invoice Forecasting (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0, Enterprise Extension Global Trade (EA-GLT 606), the business function Trade, Invoice Forecasting (ISR_GLT_IFW) is available. With this business function, you can use IFW (Invoice Forecasting Worklist). This is a new application that you can use to simulate and then track any invoices (both inbound and outbound). It is used by an invoice clerk or accountant working in a commodities trading company. Invoices can be sent out as soon as a provisional price is known. Incoming invoices can be verified as early as possible and you can simulate expected invoices (due date, amount). Now you have one central application to view all deals that need to be invoiced. IFW allows the following -

Real-time handling of simulated and real invoices

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The standard delivery of IFW assumes a GTM trading contract (TC) as a source document. The A2A and A2X SOA services for the business object Trading Order allows a third party to set the IFW relevancy indicator on item level, dependent on Customizing settings. For more information, see the following release notes:

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See also SAP Library for SAP ERP under Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0) -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Trade -> Trade, Invoice Forecasting.

9.6 LO-ARM

Advanced Returns Management

9.6.1 OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Repair as Logistical Follow-Up Activity (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), business function Advanced Returns Management 2 (OPS_ADVRETURNS_2), you can define an in-house repair or an external repair as the logistical follow-up activity for a returned material in a customer returns process. When you confirm the logistical follow-up activity, the system automatically creates the relevant repair order. You can configure the system so that it automatically posts the goods movement from the returns order stock to the repair order stock. For an in-house repair, you can configure the system so that it automatically creates a repair item in the repair order. For an external repair, you can specify that the system automatically creates the necessary subcontract order that triggers shipment to the repair service provider.

Effects on Customizing In Customizing for Logistics - General, under Advanced Returns Management -> General Settings, the following Customizing activities are relevant:

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Choose Settings for Repair as Follow-Up Activity. Carry out the following new Customizing activities: -

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Specify Settings for External Repair as Follow-Up Activity

In Customizing for Logistics - General choose Advanced Returns Management -> General Settings -> Activate and Rename Follow-Up Activities to check and, if necessary, rename the logistical follow-up activities.

Note: You can also find these Customizing activities in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Sales -> Advanced Returns Management and under Follow-Up Documents and Settings for Repair as Follow-Up Activity. See also -

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Release Note OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Business Function Advanced Returns Management 2

9.6.2 OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Non-Valuated Returns Stock for Customer Returns (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), business function Advanced Returns Management 2 (OPS_ADVRETURNS_2), you have the option of initially posting the goods receipt for returned materials to non-valuated stock. The logistical follow-up activities are then based on this non-valuated returns stock. With non-valuated returns stock you can use processes such as store returns and supplier returns to forward the materials without taking on ownership. You can even scrap the materials from the non-valuated returns stock by using the new logistical follow-up activity 0018 Transfer to Scrap for Customer (this standard description can be changed). The returned materials are valuated when you decide that the material is to change ownership from the customer to your company. The system then automatically triggers a goods movement to post the returned material to valuated stock. A change in ownership occurs when you grant the customer a refund or replacement for the returned material (a credit memo, credit memo request, or subsequent delivery free of charge), or when you

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specify a logistical follow-up activity signaling that you intend to take on ownership, such as by transferring the material to unrestricted-use ("free available") stock.

Effects on Customizing The non-valuated returns stock is realized in the system by using the non-valuated special stock E for the returns order. In Customizing you must define a requirement type for the item categories used in the returns orders so that the goods receipt is posted to non-valuated returns stock. The stock type of the non-valuated returns stock is still determined by the movement type defined for the schedule line category. -

In Customizing for Logistics - General choose Advanced Returns Management -> Customer Returns -> Specify Requirement Types for Non-Valuated Returns Stock. Check the default setting and, if necessary, change the requirement types for the goods receipt to non-valuated returns order stock for any relevant item categories. In this Customizing activity you can also find more information about the Customizing prerequisites.

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In Customizing for Logistics - General choose Advanced Returns Management -> General Settings -> Activate and Rename Follow-Up Activities to check and, if necessary, rename the logistical follow-up activities.

Note: You can also find these Customizing activities in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Sales -> Advanced Returns Management. Note: For more information about the new movement types 419 (Transfer Posting of Blocked Sales Order Stock - Blocked Own Stock) and 421 (Transfer Posting of Sales Order Stock in Quality Inspection Stock - Own Quality Inspection Stock), see Customizing for Materials Management under Inventory Management and Physical Inventory -> Movement Types -> Copy, Change Movement Types. See also -

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9.6.3 OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Replacement Materials for Customer Returns (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), business function Advanced

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Returns Management 2 (OPS_ADVRETURNS_2), you can decide to give a customer a replacement material as compensation for a returned material by triggering the automatic creation of the subsequent delivery free of charge. Up to now, it was only possible to give a customer a credit memo as compensation. You can trigger the creation of the subsequent delivery free of charge (SDF) for returned materials in the returns order (transaction VA01), in material inspection in the warehouse (transaction MSR_INSPWH), or in customer refund determination (transaction MSR_CRD). You can trigger the SDF when creating the returns order even if you have not received the returned material yet. If you specify that the customer should be refunded immediately, the system automatically creates the outbound delivery for the SDF and posts the corresponding goods issue. Effects on Existing Data -

Returns Order: On the user interfaces for creating, changing, and displaying returns orders (transactions VA01, VA02, and VA03), the Returns tab has been enhanced with fields for the replacement material, the replacement quantity, and the supplying plant. The availability of materials is also displayed. You can use the new Refund Type field to choose between a credit memo and a replacement material when creating the returns order. For the respective item, you can then use refund control to trigger an SDF or to at least forward the information that the customer has requested a replacement material to the material inspection and to customer refund determination.

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Material Inspection: The user interface for the material inspection in the warehouse (transaction MSR_INSPWH) has been enhanced with the group box Replacement, which contains fields that are relevant for the replacement material. If you set the indicator Release Subsequent Delivery Free of Charge in this group box for a delivery item or a split item, the system generates the SDF when the specified logistical follow-up activity is confirmed.

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Customer Refund Determination: In the customer refund determination transaction (MSR_CRD), both tabs for the items have been enhanced with fields for the replacement material, the replacement quantity, and the supplying plant. The refund type that was entered in the returns order is also displayed. The group box Credit Memo Request has been renamed Subsequent Document Creation. Here you can now select the SDF order type, which you can create in the background for selected returns order items or their split items by using the new function Create SDF. The column Copy to Credit Memo Request has been renamed Copy.

Effects on Customizing In Customizing for Logistics - General, under Advanced Returns Management, the following Customizing settings are relevant: -

Choose General Settings -> Automatic Creation of Follow-Up Documents -> Mapping Document Types and Return Reasons -> Specify Follow-Up Document Types for Customer Returns. This Customizing activity has been enhanced so that you can enter a sales document type for the subsequent delivery free of charge and for the credit memo request. Check the standard settings.

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Choose Customer Returns -> Configure Default Values for Returns Orders. This Customizing activity has been enhanced with the Refund Type field, which you use to choose between a credit memo and a replacement material when you create a return order.

Note: You can also find these Customizing activities in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Sales -> Advanced Returns Management and under Sales -> Advanced Returns Management -> Follow-Up Documents. See also -

SAP Library for SAP ERP on the Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP Central Component -> SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 6 -> SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Sales and Distribution (SD) -> Sales (SD-SLS) -> Complaints -> Advanced Returns Management for Customer Returns

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9.6.4 OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Improvements to Existing Returns Scenarios (Enhanced) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), business function Advanced Returns Management 2 (OPS_ADVRETURNS_2), there are new functions that enhance the existing returns scenarios and make them more user-friendly. In the returns order, you can record customer inspection data. You can also specify a next follow-up activity that is then used as a proposal in the material inspection. You can now create returns orders with reference to archived billing documents as well. In the material inspection, you can release a credit memo request or a subsequent delivery free of charge (SDF) for returned materials, thus speeding up the refunding process for your customer. You can now specify a target plant and a target material for follow-up activity 0015 Transfer to Specified Stock (this default description can be changed). If you specify a supplier return as the logistical follow-up activity, you can retrieve the delivery address from the master data of the customer that is assigned to the vendor. To speed up the creation of returns orders and material inspections, you can now hide any unnecessary fields. For returns orders, you can also define the description of the refund code in Customizing. Effects on Existing Data -

Returns Order: On the user interfaces for creating, changing, and displaying returns orders (transactions VA01, VA02, and VA03), the Returns tab has been enhanced with fields for the next follow-up activity, the customer inspection code, and the customer inspection comment. You can use the new Prelim. Refund Det. indicator to record that you have determined the refund

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for the customer preliminarily. This indicator is also displayed in the Material Inspection in Warehouse transaction. You can enter the reason for rejection for a credit memo request. The batch field is also new (for the batch of the returned material). -

Material Inspection in Warehouse (transaction MSR_INSPWH): The group box Logistical Follow-Up has been enhanced with fields for the target material and the target plant. The item view has been enhanced with the group box Replacement (see release note Replacement Materials for Customer Returns (New)) and with the group box Refunding. Here you make all the entries for creating a credit memo request: Refund Code, Reason for Rejection, and CMR Quantity. The system creates a credit memo request when you select the Release Credit Memo Request indicator. The indicator for refunding after receipt of the credit memo, which used to be in the Logistical Follow-Up group box, is now in the Refunding group box.

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You can hide returns-specific fields both in the overview and in the details of the returns order by choosing Customer Returns -> Define Screen Layout for Returns Order.

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You can rename the descriptions of the fixed values for refund control by choosing Customer Returns -> Activate and Rename Refund Control.

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You can define refund codes for combinations of customer inspection codes and returns reasons by choosing Customer Returns -> Configure Default Values for Returns Refund Codes (Insp. by Customer).

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You can define account assignment categories for supplier returns and specify that default values are not redetermined when entries are changed in the returns order by choosing Customer Returns -> Specify Settings at Client Level. You can also define whether you want to process items in customer refund determination using one or two tab pages (for large returns orders).

Note: You can also find these Customizing activities in Customizing for Sales and Distribution under Sales -> Advanced Returns Management. In Customizing for Logistics - General, under Advanced Returns Management -> Material Inspection, the following Customizing activities are relevant: -

You can hide fields in the material inspection in the warehouse by choosing Basic Settings for Material Inspection -> Define Screen Layout for Material Inspection.

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Define and Configure Catalog for Inspection Codes

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Specify Catalog and Code Group for Inspection by Customer

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Sales -> Advanced Returns Management -> Material Inspection -> Basic Settings. Note: In Customizing for Advanced Returns Processing, the following Customizing activity has been renamed: Assign Supplier Return Reasons to Customer Return Reasons (used to be: Map Customer Returns Reasons to Supplier Returns Reasons). See also -

SAP Library for SAP ERP on the Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP Central Component -> SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 6 -> SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Sales and Distribution (SD) -> Sales (SD-SLS) -> Complaints -> Advanced Returns Management for Customer Returns

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Release Note OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Business Function Advanced Returns Management 2

9.6.5 OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Replacement Materials for Supplier Returns (New) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), business function Advanced Returns Management 2 (OPS_ADVRETURNS_2), you can process replacement material deliveries sent to you by a vendor to replace returned materials in the supplier returns process. In the new transaction Receive Replacement Materials from Vendor (MSR_VRM_GR), you enter the replacement materials that you have received for a returned material. When you save the data in the transaction, the system automatically creates a purchase order for the replacement materials and the corresponding inbound delivery for the replacement material purchase order. The system creates these and all subsequent documents with reference to the respective supplier returns process. When you post the goods receipt for the inbound delivery in the second process step, the system creates a document in invoice verification that serves as both a credit memo with the value zero for returned materials and as an invoice with the value zero for replacement materials. In the third processing step for replacement material deliveries, you use the new transaction Logistical Follow-Up for Vendor Replacement Materials (MSR_VRM_LFU) to specify logistical follow-up activities for the replacement materials. In the Returns Overview for Supplier Returns transaction (MSR_TRC_I), the system displays the documents that were created during processing of replacement material deliveries. If the supplier returns process is a subsequent process of a customer return, these documents are also displayed in the Returns Overview for Customer Returns transaction (MSR_TRC_C). Effects on Existing Data Existing Transactions: -

Returns Order and Material Inspection: In the transactions for creating, changing, and displaying returns orders (VA01, VA02, VA03), as well as in the material inspection in warehouse transaction (MSR_INSPWH), the Returns tab has been enhanced with the indicator Replacement Material from Vendor Requested. The system copies this information to the returns purchase order that it creates as the logistical follow-up

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Purchase Order: On the user interfaces for creating, changing, and displaying purchase orders (transactions ME21N, ME22N, and ME23N), the Returns tab in the document header and in the item details has been enhanced with the indicator Replacement Material Requested. This indicates that you prefer a replacement material for a material that you return to a vendor instead of a credit memo.

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A new transaction for receiving replacement materials from the vendor has been created, called Receive Replacement Materials from Vendor (MSR_VRM_GR).

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A new transaction for specifying the logistical follow-up activity for a replacement material has been created, called Enter Logistical Follow-Up for Replacement Materials (MSR_VRM_LFU).

Effects on Customizing Choose Logistics - General -> Advanced Returns Management -> Supplier Returns -> Specify Settings for Replacement Materials from Vendor and check the standard setting for the order types of follow-up documents and change it if necessary. Note: You can also find this Customizing activity in Customizing for Materials Management under Purchasing -> Purchase Order -> Returns Order -> Advanced Returns Management -> Specify Settings for Replacement Materials from Vendor. See also -

SAP Library for SAP ERP on the Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp -> SAP ERP Central Component -> SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 6 -> SAP ERP Central Component -> Logistics -> Materials Management (MM) -> Purchasing (MM-PUR) -> Purchase Orders (MM-PUR-PO) -> Advanced Returns Management for Supplier Returns

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Release Note OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Business Function Advanced Returns Management 2

9.6.6 OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Business Function for Advanced Returns Management 2 (Enhanced) Use As of SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0 (SAP_APPL 606), you can use the business function Advanced Returns Management 2 (OPS_ADVRETURNS_2). It contains functions for Advanced Returns Management in the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system (SAP ERP), as well as the necessary enhancements for interfaces to the SAP Customer Relationship Management system (SAP CRM) and to the SAP Extended Warehouse Management system (SAP EWM) so that you can integrate Advanced Returns Management with complaints processing and with logistical processing of

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returned materials in the warehouse. The new Advanced Returns Management functions in SAP ERP are as follows: -

Non-Valuated Returns Stock for Customer Returns: You have the option of initially posting the goods receipt for returned materials to non-valuated returns stock. When you grant the customer compensation for the returned material or transfer the material to unrestricted-use ('free available') stock, there is a change in ownership and the material is valuated.

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Replacement Materials for Customer Returns: Up to now, it was only possible to give a customer a credit memo as a refund for a returned material, but now you can also give a customer a replacement material as compensation.

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Replacement Materials for Supplier Returns: In the supplier returns process, you can now receive and logistically process materials sent to you by a vendor for replacing a returned material.

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Repair as Logistical Follow-Up Activity: For damaged or unserviceable materials, you can use new logistical follow-up activities to trigger a repair (in-house repair or external repair).

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Enhancements of Existing Returns Scenarios and Increased User-Friendliness: You can hide unnecessary fields in the returns order, for example. You can also release a credit memo request or a subsequent delivery free of charge for returned materials in material inspection.

By using this business function and the enhancements in the SAP CRM business function Advanced Returns Management (CRM_COMPL_ARM_1) of SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP CRM 7.0, you can use complaints processing in SAP CRM to trigger customer returns in Advanced Returns Management in SAP ERP. When you release a returns request in the complaints document, the system generates a returns order for Advanced Returns Management in SAP ERP. The SAP ERP business function Advanced Returns Management 2 contains the enhancements of the Lean Order Application Programming Interface (API) that has the specific data required for creating the returns order. You can also monitor the entire returns process in the complaints document. So that this is possible, the data is transmitted from Advanced Returns Management to the complaints document in SAP CRM. The integration of complaints processing in SAP CRM enables you to use the benefits of the SAP CRM user interface to more efficiently create returns. By using this business function and the enhancements in the SAP EWM business function Usability and Implementation 1 (SCM_EWM_USAB_IMPL_1) of SAP enhancement package 2 for SAP EWM 7.0, you can use the integration with logistical processing of returned materials in the warehouse in SAP EWM for customer returns and store returns. Once the goods receipt has been posted, you can now map internal logistical processes in SAP EWM, such as the transfer from the goods receipt zone to a work center for quality inspection. Up to now, this was not possible in SAP ERP Warehouse Management. During quality inspection in SAP EWM, you can also transfer the definition of logistical follow-up actions to SAP ERP and in so doing, call the material inspection in warehouse transaction of Advanced Returns Management directly from SAP EWM. For more information, see the following release notes: -

OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Non-Valuated Returns Stock for Customer Returns (New)

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OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Replacement Materials for Customer Returns (New)

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OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Replacement Materials for Supplier Returns (New)

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OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Repair as Logistical Follow-Up Activity (New)

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OPS_ADVRETURNS_2: Improvements to Existing Returns Scenarios (Enhanced)

See also -

SAP Library for SAP ERP on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com SAP ERP Central Component ->SAP ERP Enhancement Packages -> ERP Central Component Enhancement Package 6 -> Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0) -> Enterprise Business Functions -> Logistics -> Logistics - General -> Advanced Returns Management 2

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SAP Library for SAP CRM on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/crm -> SAP CRM 7.0 Enhancement Package 2 -> Application Help -> Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 2 for SAP CRM 7.0) -> Business Functions for SAP Customer Relationship Management -> Advanced Returns Management

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SAP Library for SAP SCM on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/scm -> SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) -> SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) -> Business Functions (SAP Enhancement Package 2 for SAP EWM 7.0) -> Usability and Implementation 1

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