SAP Best Practices
Baseline Package
V1.605 for Russia
What’s New
Short Overview of What’s New
What‘s new
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SAP ERP Release related enhancements
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Tool and activation related enhancements
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Based on SAP ERP Enhancement Package 5
Based on business function FIN_LOC_CI_7
Usage of new Personal Object Worklists (POWLs)
Enhanced SAP Solution Builder Tool
Scenario related and content changes
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Coverage of new content in the area of
 Procurement
 Manufacturing
 Sales
 Service
 Financials
SAP Best Practices is Based on the
SAP Enhancement Package 5
Installation of New Functionality Separated From Activation via Switch Framework
Preamble
Optional
SAP enhancement packages are shipped as a delta shipment to SAP ERP 6.0
Selective Installation
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Enhancement
Packages
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Each SAP Enhancement Package contains
new versions of existing software components
You only update software components, which
are related to the functionality you want to use.
After installation:
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Selective update - Example
No UI or process change until a business function is activated
No implications on the underlying NetWeaver platform, however SAP Enhancement
Packages require defined ERP support package stack
Selective Activation
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Support
Packages
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New functionality must be explicitly
switched on to become active in the system.
If activated:
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Mandatory
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Changes are predictable, only well described changes in the activated areas.
Testing is simplified with templates, provided for every business function
SAP Best Practices Baseline Package:
New Personal Object Worklists (POWLs)
The personal object worklists (POWLs) are a tool to visualize specific
business objects.
Starting from the POWLs, a user can launch transactions based on a
selected business object which opens up in a new session in the client.
The POWLs overview lists outlines the new POWLs used by the SAP
Best Practices Baseline package and describes in which business
scenarios they are used.
Tool and Activation Related Enhancements
Changes in Activation Procedure in the SAP
Best Practices Solution Builder Tool
 Upload of installation data is mandatory
 Activation only possible if installation data
upload is complete
Short Overview of What’s New
What‘s new
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SAP ERP Release related enhancements
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
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Tool and activation related enhancements
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Based on SAP ERP Enhancement Package 5
Based on business function FIN_LOC_CI_7
Usage of new Personal Object Worklists (POWLs)
Enhanced SAP Solution Builder Tool
Scenario related and content changes
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Coverage of new content in the area of
 Procurement
 Manufacturing
 Sales
 Service
 Financials
PROCUREMENT - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Outsourced Manufacturing Enablement
Outsourced Manufacturing enables you to make your subcontracting processes
more transparent and more efficient. An increasing number of companies in all
areas of industry shift individual production steps, or the manufacture of a
product to subcontractors (service providers). This SAP solution supports all of
the essential aspects of your subcontracting process. This makes it easier for
you to monitor your production process, and to react to unforeseen events.
Template Functions for Purchasing Documents
You are now able to save and load data entered in purchase requisitions and
purchase orders as templates.
Faster Order Processing
 User-Friendly Order Handling
 Personalized purchase documents
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 128, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 136,
138, 139, 141, 210
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PROCUREMENT - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Import Custom Declaration
Russia's companies that sell imported goods have to specify the number of
customs declaration, number of lines item in customs declaration and the
country of origin in the printout invoice form
Import Custom Declaration
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 130
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MANUFACTURING - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Process Order List
New Personal Object Worklists (POWLs) are in scope in the area of process
manufacturing (process order manufacturing) that improve usability and user
navigation in the following areas:
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Process order list for the role of shop floor specialist and production planner
Process order list for confirmation for the role of shop floor specialist and production
planner
Process order confirmation status for the role of shop floor specialist and production
planner
PI sheet list for the role of shop floor specialist
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 146
SALES - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Personal Object Worklists
New configurable Personal Object Worklists (POWLs) are available that
improve usability and user navigation.
You can use these functions to easily create personal work lists on the basis of
feeder classes. They are also instrumental in adding valuable process guidance
for the business scenario.
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Quotations
Sales Order
Return Orders
Outbound Deliveries
Invoices
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 107, 109, 110, 112,
113, 114, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 201, 203, 205, 222
SALES - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
MM Contract accounting
According to business requirements it is necessary to reflect contract numbers
in accounting documents. This provides the possibility of grouping or filtering
data based on contract numbers in various reports.
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 109
SERVICE - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Web-Dynpro Application for Time Recording
Simplified and faster time recording and approval for the Cross-Application
Time Sheet (CA-TS):
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Simplified user interface from simplified interaction patterns
Able to highlight individual functionalities from time
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 211
Web-Dynpro based travel expense sheet
Employees (users) can enter their travel expenses with an easy-to-use Web
Dynpro ABAP-based “guided” application.
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 191
Multiple trips per day
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Create one expense report for multiple trips
Add trip breaks to be excluded from per diem calculations
Create an expense report for repeat trips (such as a training course)
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 191
SERVICE - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Commercial Project Inception
The Commercial Project Inception application allows you to simplify the creation
of commercial engagements by::
Providing a consolidated view of customer contracts and project controlling.
 Enabling straight-forward set up of controlling structures for improved financial contract
management
 Synchronizing the creation of contracts and projects, including a subsequent linking of
contracts with projects (when you create a sales document, you can create a project
using standard WBS elements).
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 196
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Lean Staffing
The Lean Staffing application introduces new tools that can be used to manage
assignments of employees to both client-facing and internal engagements, and
enables you to:
Easily identify the right professionals for your engagements.
 Assign selected employees to engagements and apply rules.
 Monitor employee assignments.
 Simplify and validate time recordings for employees (CATS).
 Obtain reliable reports and forecasts about employee utilization.
 Use integrated functions for service-specific billing and financials.
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 195, 196
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SERVICE - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Employee Forecasts
Visibility of the utilization and availability of individual employees is a key asset
for professional service providers. You get the following benefits:
allows individuals to plan their own time, while documenting their availability / nonavailability in parallel.
 improves the assessment of your employee commitments, raises visibility of employee
utilization and increases the reliability of the business forecast.
 the flexible reporting options offered by this application are based on preferences that
you can define in Customizing.
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 195, 196
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NWBC Business Roles for Consulting Agency Managers
Two streamlined roles (SAP_NBPR_CNSLT_CLNTMGR_S,
SAP_NBPR_CNSLT_PROJMGR_S) have been developed to support the
activities involved in the planning, execution, and settlement of consulting and
other professional service engagements. Users can access the new Web
Dynpro applications, POWLs and reports provided by the business function
Commercial Project Inception and Lean Staffing through these roles.
This feature is used in scenarios with the following ID: 195, 196
SERVICE - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Personal Object Worklists
New configurable Personal Object Worklists (POWLs) are available that
improve usability and user navigation.
You can use these functions to easily create personal work lists on the basis of
feeder classes. They are also instrumental in adding valuable process guidance
for the entire professional services quotation-to-cash business scenario. The
Commercial Project Inception & Lean Staffing business function includes new
POWLs for:
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Sales documents
Internal orders
Projects
Customer service orders
Staff assignments
Employees
FINANCIALS - Improved Scenarios:
Overview New Features
Period End Closing Financial Accounting
Programs and reports used for period closing
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Offsetting account determination programs and reports
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Customer/vendor automatic clearing programs
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VAT accounting program and reports
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Customer/vendor reports
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 159
Asset Acquisition through Direct Capitalization: scenario improvement
Asset Acquisition now not only works integrated with Materials Management but
also enables the integration of the acquisition process with investment orders as
part of Investment Controlling.
Tracking of investment budgets for acquisitions without Asset under Construction phase
This feature is used in scenario with the following ID: 163
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