Q&A in Class (2025-11-12) S46800

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Question: What are the new functionalities related to Cross-Application SD-MM processes?

Answer: There are no documented full list of functionalities found but the following are known functinalites as at S/4HANA 2023 (probably the following in not a conclusive list). 

1. Advanced Intercompany Sales for 2-or-more Subsidiaries (External Customer) with integrated + automated intercompany sales order, purchase order, goods movement across the different subsidiaries. 
2. The Advanced Intercompany Sales process in SAP S/4HANA is an enhanced solution that includes and directly supports Advanced Intercompany Stock Transfer (STO) as part of the same integrated offering. These processes are built on the same framework to automate intercompany transactions between affiliated companies.
3. SAP S/4HANA "Value Chain Management (VCM)" (available since 1511) is an integrated solution that provides end-to-end visibility and control over supply chain processes, from procurement to delivery. The visibility is only offered via a Fiori VCM Cockpit Fiori App. 
4. Collaboration via a business network for cross-application MM (Materials Management) and SD (Sales and Distribution) involves using a platform like SAP Business Network to connect buyers and suppliers, allowing for real-time, integrated data flow between the two modules. This process improves inventory management, streamlines order fulfillment, and ensures greater accuracy by providing visibility into supply chain processes like material availability, production status, and fulfillment status across multiple parties.
5. The Advanced Subcontracting functionality in S/4HANA including simplified planning with subcontracting MRP areas, real-time integration with planning tools like SAP IBP, and robust master data management. The process is more streamlined and efficient than in previous versions in ECC, allowing for separate planning of each subcontractor without needing a specific material master for every component.
6. S/4HANA now also supports (PM-MM-SD integration) for Advanced Subcontracting for Refurbishment of Equipment-Material-Serial through several features, including the use of refurbishment orders for external repair, the Subcontracting Monitor for process control, and a dedicated Subcontracting Cockpit Fiori app for managing purchasing documents. This allows companies to send parts to external service providers for repair and then track the process and return the refurbished items to their own stock.
7. SAP S/4HANA Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC) is the next-generation solution for managing highly customizable products within SAP S/4HANA, integrating with SD, MM, and PP to handle complex sales, planning, and production scenarios. It uses enhanced modeling tools with a modern Fiori-based interface and leverages the HANA in-memory database for improved performance, offering more sophisticated rule-based configuration compared to the older LO-VC. AVC streamlines processes from engineering to sales by simplifying the management of product variants through features like advanced simulation and embedded. 
8. While EWM integration to SD and MM is not new as it was already available for ECC. However, integration of TM-EWM-SD-MM is only available for S/4HANA system. Basic and Advanced Transportation Management (TM) integration with SD, MM and EWM will be replacing the classing LE-TRA (Transportation) which will obsolete in 2027 (or 2030). Both SD Outbound Delivery and MM Inbound Delivery with SAP TM generates the Freight Unit (then Freight Order). The integration between SAP Transportation Management (TM) and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) links transportation and warehouse planning. A key aspect is the replication of SAP TM's Freight Order into an EWM Transportation Unit (TU), which streamlines activities like loading and staging within the warehouse at the TU level instead of individual deliveries. After warehouse tasks are completed in EWM, updates are sent back to TM to update the corresponding Freight Order and its associated Freight Units.
9. The SAP Plants Abroad is a feature in certain versions of SAP S/4HANA, but not in all, such as the Public Cloud edition. In the on-premises and Private Cloud editions, it is used for cross-border tax reporting and management, including VAT and Intrastat. For Public Cloud and other cloud-based systems, a similar functionality called Foreign Plant or RITA is used instead.
10. Advanced Returns Management (ARM) in SAP S/4HANA is an embedded solution designed to streamline, automate, and centralize all return processes (customer, supplier, and stock transfer returns) within a single, integrated framework. It offers enhanced visibility, improved financial control, and dynamic follow-up actions compared to traditional SAP returns processing. ARM provides a Unified and Automated Process in a single, integrated platform for managing customer returns, supplier returns, and inter- or intra-company stock transfer returns, automating the generation of all necessary follow-up documents like deliveries, goods movements, purchase orders, and credit memos.

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Question: Condition Record WMST or MWAS for Output Tax determination? 

Answer: Pending

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