SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Supply Chain
SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud confirms 19 of the 34 supply chain capabilities we track, with a further 10 partially covered. Its deepest coverage is in Transportation & Logistics; it is thinnest on Industry-Specific Supply Chain.
Supply Chain is a core strength for SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud — a primary capability included in standard deployments. The product is best suited to large, complex enterprises needing deep customisation and controlled upgrades.
- 19of 34
- Capabilities confirmed
- 361
- Documented features
- Transportation & Logistics
- Strongest area
- Industry-Specific Supply Chain
- Thinnest area
How SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud scores against the 34 supply chain capabilities we track across every ERP in our catalogue.
- Transportation & Logistics6 of 8
- Supply Chain Planning5 of 8
- Trade & Compliance4 of 8
- Industry-Specific Supply Chain4 of 10
“Not documented” means our research has not confirmed the capability either way — it is not a finding that SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud lacks it. Coverage is scored against one shared capability list, so it is comparable between products.
The supply chain scope SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud ships, grouped as the product itself organises it.
Inventory20
Covers core inventory management, including goods movements, analytics, physical counts, returnable packaging, and empties.
- Goods MovementRecords every stock change, including goods issues, receipts, transfers, and reservations, generating a system document for each one at the storage location level, in line with standard inventory accounting practice.
- Posting goods issuesPosts goods issues such as material withdrawals, shipments to customers, scrapping, and returns to suppliers, reducing warehouse stock.
- Posting goods receiptsPosts goods receipts from suppliers or production, as well as opening stock balances at system go-live, increasing warehouse stock.
- Transfer posting and stock transferTransfers stock between storage locations or plants and changes stock type or category as needed.
- ReservationsRequests the warehouse to hold materials for later withdrawal against cost centers, orders, or assets, feeding MRP so shortages are procured in time.
- Goods MovementRecords every stock change, including goods issues, receipts, transfers, and reservations, generating a system document for each one at the storage location level, in line with standard inventory accounting practice.
- Posting goods issuesPosts goods issues such as material withdrawals, shipments to customers, scrapping, and returns to suppliers, reducing warehouse stock.
- Posting goods receiptsPosts goods receipts from suppliers or production, as well as opening stock balances at system go-live, increasing warehouse stock.
- Transfer posting and stock transferTransfers stock between storage locations or plants and changes stock type or category as needed.
- ReservationsRequests the warehouse to hold materials for later withdrawal against cost centers, orders, or assets, feeding MRP so shortages are procured in time.
- Inventory Analytics and ControlCovers day-to-day inventory management tasks performed by staff who oversee company stock levels across plants and individual storage locations.
- Physical InventorySupports periodic recording of actual stock quantities, including special stocks, to reconcile physical counts with system records.
- Physical inventory / inventory count and adjustmentRuns the periodic physical count cycle from count sheet generation and posting blocks through count entry, recounts, and posting of stock differences.
- Returnable PackagingCovers the exchange and lifecycle management of returnable packaging, including logistics tracking and recycling administration.
- Returnable Packaging LogisticsTracks stock levels of pallets, crates, and other reusable containers moving back and forth with customers and suppliers, using statements and postings to reconcile each side's balance.
- Recycling AdministrationManages fee calculations and regulatory reporting for packaging recycling obligations, supporting collaboration with recycling partners on collection and disposal.
- Empties ManagementManages the procurement, deposits, and movement tracking of returnable packaging, known as empties, between suppliers, the company, and customers.
- Tracking functions for emptiesTracks empties alongside full-product shipments in procurement and sales documents to control their flow outside the company.
- Bills of material for emptiesUses a sales bill of materials to automatically assign the correct empties, such as bottles or crates, to a finished product.
- Value-based grouping of emptiesGroups bottles and similar empties that carry an identical deposit charge so they can be listed together in sales.
- Stock-specific empties managementManages each customer's empties stock and deposits on either a value or quantity basis.
- Management of empties stock accountsPosts delivered empties to the customer's stock account and tracks empties in circulation as non-valuated quantity stock.
- Empties in ProductionManages new or free empties consumed during production, such as bottle filling, which become tied to the finished product.
- Warehouse Management for EmptiesManages bought, free, and self-produced empties in the warehouse on both a quantity and value basis.
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Build my requirements →Integration2
Connectivity foundation for linking the system with other software, centered on communication management for systems, users, and services.
- Integration with SAP Global Trade ServicesPulls compliance status information from a connected SAP Global Trade Services system into SAP S/4HANA.
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Build my requirements →Advanced Transportation Management18
Runs the full freight lifecycle end to end, from optimized planning through carrier tendering, subcontracting, and settlement, spanning scheduling agreements, deliveries, stock transfers, and returns, in line with cross-border trade and hazmat rules.
- Master data and transportation networkSets up business partners, products, locations, and route data — including transportation lanes and default routes — as the foundation for transportation processes.
- Agreement managementManages contracts between business partners that define how transportation business is conducted, feeding rate and scale data into charge calculation.
- Strategic freight managementNegotiates carrier rates for specific trade lanes through rate quotation requests, response evaluation, and contract awarding.
- Charge managementCalculates transportation charges between locations from underlying master data — agreements, calculation sheets, and rate tables.
- Forwarding order management Freight unit buildingCreates and confirms forwarding orders or quotations with route and charge details, then automatically splits or merges demand into freight units from orders, deliveries, or other business documents.
- Master data and transportation networkSets up business partners, products, locations, and route data — including transportation lanes and default routes — as the foundation for transportation processes.
- Agreement managementManages contracts between business partners that define how transportation business is conducted, feeding rate and scale data into charge calculation.
- Strategic freight managementNegotiates carrier rates for specific trade lanes through rate quotation requests, response evaluation, and contract awarding.
- Charge managementCalculates transportation charges between locations from underlying master data — agreements, calculation sheets, and rate tables.
- Forwarding order management Freight unit buildingCreates and confirms forwarding orders or quotations with route and charge details, then automatically splits or merges demand into freight units from orders, deliveries, or other business documents.
- Logistics integrationCreates freight units from purchasing, sales, and stock transport documents plus JIT calls and deliveries, and keeps the transportation plan aligned as those source documents change.
- Freight order managementCreates and edits freight documents — such as freight orders, consignment orders, and bookings — with source, destination, timing, and resource details, then selects carriers or runs tendering.
- TenderingPuts a freight request out to several carriers at once, or sends a road order straight to one named carrier, awarding it automatically if that carrier doesn't respond in time.
- PlanningBuilds freight orders from freight units by assigning capacity and applying constraints such as delivery dates, visualized in a Gantt chart, map, or 3D load view.
- Forwarding settlementPasses forwarding settlement documents to Sales and Distribution so customer transportation services can be invoiced.
- Freight settlementVerifies carrier or supplier freight invoices against freight documents and distributes freight costs across delivery items for posting to expenses or material valuation.
- Carrier collaborationGives carriers system access to respond to freight procurement requests, manage freight orders, report execution events, and submit freight invoices.
- Advanced Shipping and ReceivingCoordinates inbound and outbound truck, rail, air, and ocean processes across Transportation, Warehouse, and Inventory Management on a harmonized data model, including compliance checks via SAP Global Trade Services.
- IntegrationIntegrates transportation planning and execution with documents from another SAP ERP system and with Extended Warehouse Management transportation units, supporting multi-warehouse pickup and drop scenarios.
- Dangerous goodsApplies product safety and stewardship checks to ensure dangerous goods are transported in line with legal regulations.
- Greenhouse gas emissions Normalized and additional normalized quantitiesWorks out CO2 output for road orders from configured equipment parameters using a distance-and-weight method, and expresses transportation capacity in normalized units such as europallets or loading meters.
- AnalyticsRolls up transportation data into real-time overview pages spanning volumes, execution, tendering, carrier share, and allocations.
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Build my requirements →Oil & Gas66
Oil and gas industry capabilities spanning field logistics between base and remote locations, production volume capture, mass asset processing, asset retirement obligations, finance, and production and revenue accounting.
- Bulk Supply Chain OperationsProvides a single platform to run hydrocarbon bulk-movement operations end to end: day-to-day scheduling, nominations, tracking, projected stock levels, transfers of custody, and managing services, with integration to external trading, production, and provider-side systems plus background automation of routine tasks. Helps cut inventory working capital, transportation and storage costs, and improve fleet utilization.
- ExchangesSets up and manages exchange arrangements linking oil and gas producers, tracking product exchanged at different locations along with the related receipts, issues, fees, and settlements.
- Quantity SchedulesControls and monitors the quantities deliverable or receivable per period within contracts and their subsequent call-offs.
- Fee handlingApplies handling, location, differential, and wharfage fees to settle value differences between exchanged materials, posted internally or externally per the agreement settings.
- Sub/Base product relationshipsTracks a single base product for exchange balance accounting even when several sub products are physically exchanged.
- Bulk Supply Chain OperationsProvides a single platform to run hydrocarbon bulk-movement operations end to end: day-to-day scheduling, nominations, tracking, projected stock levels, transfers of custody, and managing services, with integration to external trading, production, and provider-side systems plus background automation of routine tasks. Helps cut inventory working capital, transportation and storage costs, and improve fleet utilization.
- ExchangesSets up and manages exchange arrangements linking oil and gas producers, tracking product exchanged at different locations along with the related receipts, issues, fees, and settlements.
- Quantity SchedulesControls and monitors the quantities deliverable or receivable per period within contracts and their subsequent call-offs.
- Fee handlingApplies handling, location, differential, and wharfage fees to settle value differences between exchanged materials, posted internally or externally per the agreement settings.
- Sub/Base product relationshipsTracks a single base product for exchange balance accounting even when several sub products are physically exchanged.
- Logical Inventory AdjustmentSettles quantity imbalances on an exchange agreement through a logical adjustment, without physical movements and optionally with a negotiated payment.
- Purchase Assignment (Load Balancing)Applies an already-agreed purchase contract or order to a specific delivery so that a customer's order gets fulfilled.
- Netting In movement-basedCollects billing documents into one netting document so partners settle in a single step rather than per goods movement.
- Exchange StatementProduces a statement that keeps the exchange partner informed of the agreement's current status.
- Exchange ReportingOffers reports for monitoring exchange status, including customer, vendor, and exchange balances, quantity schedules, material movements, entitlements, and transactions.
- Exchange AgreementStructures the arrangement between two exchange partners as a header record linked to both sales and purchase contracts.
- Split InvoicingSplits billing into several invoices with different payment terms, for example invoicing fees, taxes, and material value separately.
- Pricing-based Exchange Fees with Commodity ManagementSets up exchange fees as standard pricing conditions, with optional Commodity Management integration and Commodity Pricing Engine support for stock-market-linked fees.
- Trader's and Scheduler's WorkbenchGives schedulers stock projection and nomination-based planning for bulk shipments, combining live inventory levels, nomination data, projections, and rack issues across terminals in one screen so movements can be scheduled around available supply, demand, and transport capacity.
- Inventory Planning Workbench (IPW)Lets schedulers adjust the rack issue forecast date range and enter manual estimates to plan replenishment decisions.
- Nomination SchedulingSchedules and agrees bulk movements with stakeholders, visualizes them on a map with change alerts, and suggests feasible supply sources with costs via the Scheduling Assistant.
- Ticketing Location balancingRecords movement notices received from partners such as carriers and balances demand against supply quantities for a given period and location.
- Three-way peggingPlans and schedules bulk shipments by pegging supply and demand information three ways.
- Integration with SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)Exchanges planning data with the SAP Integrated Business Planning solution to forecast demand and plan crude procurement.
- Stock Projection Worksheet (SPW)Calculates and simulates inventory forecasts for a selected date, broken out across material, storage location, transport mode, and valuation category, with what-if scenarios based on book or physical inventory.
- Integration with SAP Transportation Management (TM)Integrates TSW with SAP Transportation Management so shipment costs are calculated, distributed, and settled in embedded deployments, with TSW as the leading application.
- Upstream Operations ManagementHelps oil and gas companies run exploration and production work cost-efficiently to maximize profitability.
- Field LogisticsManages material movement between a supply base and remote locations for maintenance or project demand, covering forward supply, returns, and follow-on steps like vendor returns, repair, recertification, and scrapping, in both dual-plant and single-plant setups.
- Field Logistics (FL) PlantsDesignates the plants relevant for field logistics supply and return scenarios in execution and planning.
- Default Supply PlantSets the supplying plant that serves each remote demand plant in supply scenarios.
- Supply Process DeterminationDerives the supply process per remote location from the demand plant and the MRP types of demand and supply plants.
- Supplier Owned Item logisticsManages third-party and rental items as they move out to remote locations and return to base.
- Manage the Supplier Items with External SystemsShares supplier item information with outside systems via technical interfaces.
- Process Receipt for Unified Receiving of all Logistics ItemsProvides one unified receiving flow covering supplier items alongside stock and non-stock ones.
- Manage Container MasterMaintains container master data, certification and rental details, and FL package master records.
- Loading in ContainerLoads items into containers, assigns them to voyages, and triggers logistics toward base and remote locations.
- Supply Processing at Remote LocationHandles receipt and processing at the remote site of the stock items, non-stock items, and supplier items dispatched from base.
- Returns InitiationIdentifies items for return, starts the returns process, and handles loading and dispatch from the remote location.
- Returns Processing at Base LocationAccepts returned stock items, non-stock items, and supplier-owned items when they arrive back at base and triggers follow-on handling such as vendor returns or repair, with document links and attachments.
- Manage Field Logistics VoyageCreates and edits voyages, maintains stages, dispatches, marks arrivals, and prints the voyage summary.
- Receipts and Returns OverviewSummarizes receipt volumes, including delayed or failed receipts, and return activity across all logistics item types.
- Rig to Rig Transfer for Rentals and Third- Party ItemsExecutes logistics transfers of rentals and third-party items directly between remote plants when supply chain needs arise.
- Manage Single Plant ScenarioSupports single-plant operations where one plant acts as both the demanding and the supplying location.
- Logistics TrackingTracks logistics items across supply and return flows against predefined milestone events, surfacing journey risks with links through to associated business documents.
- KittingDisplays a kit — a grouped set of base-sourced items tied to one maintenance or network order — refreshing the view whenever items change.
- Manage KitsShows items kitted together against maintenance or network work orders and supports staging, dropping, or final issue to the order.
- Returns OverviewAggregates return operations across all item types and plants, with dashboard insights on delayed rentals, return status, and completed and in-process returns.
- Framework for Handling Restricted ItemsProvides a configurable framework for defining custom validations when handling restricted items.
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Build my requirements →Defense and Security12
Functionality for defense and security organizations covering military planning, supply chain, asset management, and explosives handling.
- Military Planning and OperationsSupports force planning processes, from capability-based planning through force generation and deployment.
- Capability Based PlanningPlans military capabilities by building and deploying forces, covering force generation and force deployment.
- Military Supply ChainCovers defense-specific supply chain processes: equipment management, replenishment, and replenishment planning.
- Defense Equipment ManagementManages defense equipment through inventory, movement, maintenance, repair, and overhaul processes.
- Defense Inventory and Movement ManagementManages storage, warehousing, and transportation for defense supply replenishment.
- Military Planning and OperationsSupports force planning processes, from capability-based planning through force generation and deployment.
- Capability Based PlanningPlans military capabilities by building and deploying forces, covering force generation and force deployment.
- Military Supply ChainCovers defense-specific supply chain processes: equipment management, replenishment, and replenishment planning.
- Defense Equipment ManagementManages defense equipment through inventory, movement, maintenance, repair, and overhaul processes.
- Defense Inventory and Movement ManagementManages storage, warehousing, and transportation for defense supply replenishment.
- part numberIdentifies and tracks defense materials by part number.
- Defense ReplenishmentPlans and executes replenishment of defense consumables and equipment.
- Defense Replenishment and PlanningSchedules and carries out resupply of consumables and equipment across defense units.
- Defense Replenishment PlanningPlans relocation of forces and their supply requirements for operations and exercises.
- Defense Relocation Planning and ExecutionPlans and executes troop relocations for operations and exercises.
- tionsAssigns a storage location inside the MRP zone tied to a chosen force element structure, and keeps the operation's relocation plan updated as things change.
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Build my requirements →Efficient Logistics and Order Fulfillment24
Combines shipping, warehouse management, and direct store delivery capabilities to move goods efficiently from order through fulfillment.
- Basic ShippingPlans, executes, and monitors inbound and outbound transportation from the planning stage through goods issue and receipt, helping keep shipments on schedule and freight costs — a key element of product pricing — under control.
- Transportation Planning and Creation of Transportation DocumentsPrepares transports before dispatch, from engaging forwarding agents to setting routes, with document types covering individual and collective processing.
- Transportation Planning ListLists transport documents with open planning activities matching chosen criteria, serving as a worklist for arranging transport means or scheduling loading.
- Transportation ExecutionCompletes dispatch formalities such as weighing, loading, and goods issue posting, recording check-in details like driver, truck weight, and arrival time.
- Direct Store Delivery (Backend)Delivers goods straight to end customers on planned tours that bypass distribution centers, with mobile or paper-based support for drivers.
- Basic ShippingPlans, executes, and monitors inbound and outbound transportation from the planning stage through goods issue and receipt, helping keep shipments on schedule and freight costs — a key element of product pricing — under control.
- Transportation Planning and Creation of Transportation DocumentsPrepares transports before dispatch, from engaging forwarding agents to setting routes, with document types covering individual and collective processing.
- Transportation Planning ListLists transport documents with open planning activities matching chosen criteria, serving as a worklist for arranging transport means or scheduling loading.
- Transportation ExecutionCompletes dispatch formalities such as weighing, loading, and goods issue posting, recording check-in details like driver, truck weight, and arrival time.
- Direct Store Delivery (Backend)Delivers goods straight to end customers on planned tours that bypass distribution centers, with mobile or paper-based support for drivers.
- Transportation Cost ProcessingCalculates and settles transport costs in a separate document that references the relevant parts of the transportation document.
- Tendering for Service AgentsTenders transports to forwarding agents over the internet, letting planners track offers, tendering status, statistics, and carrier service quality, even for non-SAP agents.
- MonitoringProvides worklists of transportation documents for planning and executing transport activities.
- Warehouse ManagementProvides real-time transparency and flexible handling of material movements so warehouse operations stay optimized.
- Inventory ManagementManages material quantities across stock categories and down to bin level, with transfer orders confirming picking and putaway activity.
- Inbound ProcessingReceives products from multiple sources, creating and confirming putaway transfer orders and applying strategies to choose the right storage bin.
- Outbound Processing Mobile ExecutionPicks and dispatches products using transfer orders, removal strategies for bin selection, and radio frequency transactions on mobile devices.
- Internal Warehouse MovementsMoves products between areas inside the warehouse, such as replenishing picking bins, through planned or ad-hoc transfer orders.
- Physical InventoryPlans and confirms warehouse counts such as cycle counting or annual counts, with tolerance rules and posting of counted differences.
- ReportingReports on key attributes of warehouse stock and operations.
- Warehouse Control Unit InterfaceLinks the warehouse management system with external warehouse control units.
- Wave Management (Multiple Processing)Groups a batch of outbound deliveries or transfer requirements and turns them all into transfer orders together, rather than handling each one on its own.
- Direct Store Delivery (Backend)Supports consumer products companies distributing goods directly to end customers, providing the backend foundation for a mobile driver solution across tour master data, visit planning, transportation, output, and route accounting.
- Master DataMaintains long-lived direct store delivery data that recurring processes reuse in a consistent format.
- Visit ControlPlans recurring customer visits via strategic visit plans and operational visit lists, setting sequence, frequency, drivers, and vehicles, with manual adjustments feeding dynamic transportation planning.
- Transportation PlanningOrganizes tours so due deliveries are bundled into shipments, including through dynamic transportation planning.
- Output ControlGroups tour data together automatically for output processing.
- Route AccountingSettles delivery and route sales after each tour, with handheld or handwritten tour data reviewed, corrected, and completed in a settlement cockpit.
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Build my requirements →Just-In-Time (JIT) Processing14
Covers next-generation just-in-time replenishment, both supplying materials to internal production and supplying customers when acting as a JIT supplier.
- Next Generation Just-In-Time (JIT) Supply to CustomerSupports suppliers running JIT processes from their side of the relationship: sales scheduling agreements carry the commercial and planning terms, and customers send JIT calls to request goods deliveries driven by their production and requirements planning.
- Master data for JIT processingMaintains dedicated master data for handling customer JIT calls in line with business requirements.
- Managing sales scheduling agreements for JIT processingMaintains sales scheduling agreements covering sales, delivery, and billing terms, with customer delivery schedules serving as forecasts for production and procurement planning.
- Managing customer JIT callsRecords incoming JIT calls as summarized or sequenced, handles updates, cancellations, and reorders, and groups requested components into component groups and packing slots via business rules.
- Managing production for customer JIT callsReleases JIT-driven demand to production and records the confirmation afterward when manufacturing runs off customer JIT calls.
- Next Generation Just-In-Time (JIT) Supply to CustomerSupports suppliers running JIT processes from their side of the relationship: sales scheduling agreements carry the commercial and planning terms, and customers send JIT calls to request goods deliveries driven by their production and requirements planning.
- Master data for JIT processingMaintains dedicated master data for handling customer JIT calls in line with business requirements.
- Managing sales scheduling agreements for JIT processingMaintains sales scheduling agreements covering sales, delivery, and billing terms, with customer delivery schedules serving as forecasts for production and procurement planning.
- Managing customer JIT callsRecords incoming JIT calls as summarized or sequenced, handles updates, cancellations, and reorders, and groups requested components into component groups and packing slots via business rules.
- Managing production for customer JIT callsReleases JIT-driven demand to production and records the confirmation afterward when manufacturing runs off customer JIT calls.
- Process outbound deliveries for customer JIT callsGenerates outbound deliveries tied to customer JIT calls and carries them from picking through goods issue, referencing the calls when notifying the customer of shipment.
- Analysis and monitoringFollows JIT call progress via status updates, compares customer demand against received calls, and checks component stock availability to flag potential supply shortfalls.
- Managing delivery confirmations to customer JIT callsReceives customer delivery confirmations for delivered JIT calls and releases them onward to billing or self-billing.
- Scheduling custom actionsSchedules custom actions on customer JIT calls ahead of time.
- Running sequence number checksValidates sequence numbers of sequenced JIT calls, preventing gaps or violations in the sequential deliveries customers expect.
- End-To-End (E2E) Integration of JIS Calls with Logistics Execution, Handling Units, and Transportation ManagementConnects JIT Supply to Customer with Logistics Execution, Handling Units, and Transportation Management so those units and their outbound deliveries feed delivery-based transportation planning.
- Updates to JIT Calls Based on Master Data ChangesRefreshes existing customer JIT calls via JIT actions whenever master records or sales scheduling agreements change, or when those agreements are replaced with new ones.
- Maintenance of Verification ProfileConfigures the verification profile so scanning of packing groups starts from a defined level in the component group hierarchy.
- Alternative ActionsOffers fallback actions during production or packing scans when delays or stoppages occur.
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Build my requirements →Delivery and Transportation20
Covers outbound logistics execution: delivery management for efficient, largely automated shipping and Transportation Management for planning, executing, and settling freight.
- Delivery ManagementManages inbound and outbound deliveries end to end, from putaway and goods receipt through picking, packing, and goods issue.
- Inbound delivery processingRecords planning data and tracks status throughout the inbound delivery process, triggering putaway and supporting all goods receipt activities.
- PackingSelects incoming goods for packing and assigns them to handling units.
- PutawayPlaces received goods into storage bins within the warehouse.
- Goods receiptConfirms receipt of goods from a supplier and updates stock accordingly.
- Delivery ManagementManages inbound and outbound deliveries end to end, from putaway and goods receipt through picking, packing, and goods issue.
- Inbound delivery processingRecords planning data and tracks status throughout the inbound delivery process, triggering putaway and supporting all goods receipt activities.
- PackingSelects incoming goods for packing and assigns them to handling units.
- PutawayPlaces received goods into storage bins within the warehouse.
- Goods receiptConfirms receipt of goods from a supplier and updates stock accordingly.
- The following table explains the key features available forIntroduces the set of features available for managing outbound deliveries.
- Outbound delivery processingRecords shipping data and tracks status throughout outbound delivery processing, triggering picking and delivery scheduling, with status tracking linked back to the originating sales order.
- PickingMoves goods from storage to a staging area in preparation for shipment.
- PackingSelects outgoing goods for packing and assigns them to handling units.
- Goods issuePosts the goods issue that moves shipped goods to the customer and reduces warehouse stock.
- Transportation ManagementManages the full transportation chain, including planning, tendering, carrier booking, and freight settlement, and compliance with hazardous goods requirements.
- Master data and transportation network Agreement managementMaintains transportation master data, such as locations, lanes, routes, and freight agreements, that feeds into charge calculation.
- Charge managementCalculates transportation charges between locations based on rate tables, calculation sheets, and freight agreements.
- Logistics integrationConverts inbound and outbound deliveries into freight units and keeps them synchronized with changes to the originating documents.
- Freight order managementCreates and manages freight orders and bookings containing routing, timing, and resource details, supporting carrier selection, tendering, and charge calculation.
- Basic tenderingSends freight requests for quotation to carriers, or tenders an order directly to a specific carrier for confirmation or rejection.
- Basic planningAssigns freight units from deliveries to carrier capacity in the transportation cockpit, automatically scheduling activities and determining carriers based on configured rules.
- Freight settlementGenerates freight settlement documents from freight orders or bookings and verifies carrier invoices against them.
- Advanced Shipping and ReceivingCoordinates end-to-end shipping and receiving across warehouse and transportation systems, from truck arrival through final goods receipt or issue, with support for rail, air, and ocean freight and trade compliance checks.
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Build my requirements →Extended Warehouse Management21
Provides flexible tools for managing and optimizing warehouse material movements and processes.
- Warehouse Zones for Advanced Interleaving Package BuilderGroups storage bins into zones to optimize pick and putaway sequencing, and proposes packaging structures through the package builder.
- Inventory Management OptimizationUses slotting to pick the right storage bin for an item's characteristics, deriving a storage concept automatically, with machine-learning suggestions for products that are new to the warehouse.
- Inbound Process OptimizationGroups inbound deliveries arriving on the same transport into a transportation unit or vehicle so their warehouse activities can be processed together.
- Outbound Process OptimizationCombines or splits outbound requests into waves using configurable templates, automatic release rules, and simulation to spot missing products or workload imbalances ahead of time.
- Goods Distribution with Distribution EquipmentMoves components loaded into handling units on distribution equipment to their production supply areas, guiding staff through the unload.
- Warehouse Zones for Advanced Interleaving Package BuilderGroups storage bins into zones to optimize pick and putaway sequencing, and proposes packaging structures through the package builder.
- Inventory Management OptimizationUses slotting to pick the right storage bin for an item's characteristics, deriving a storage concept automatically, with machine-learning suggestions for products that are new to the warehouse.
- Inbound Process OptimizationGroups inbound deliveries arriving on the same transport into a transportation unit or vehicle so their warehouse activities can be processed together.
- Outbound Process OptimizationCombines or splits outbound requests into waves using configurable templates, automatic release rules, and simulation to spot missing products or workload imbalances ahead of time.
- Goods Distribution with Distribution EquipmentMoves components loaded into handling units on distribution equipment to their production supply areas, guiding staff through the unload.
- Material Flow ControlRuns and monitors automated warehouse equipment such as conveyors and storage-retrieval systems, receiving status telegrams and handling exceptions like unidentified handling units.
- Just-In-Time (JIT) Supply to Production and Supply to CustomerTimes component and shipment delivery to the exact moment they're needed by hooking into production planning, including stock transfer and direct putaway at the production line.
- Yard ManagementTracks and moves vehicles and transportation units between yard bins, parking spaces, and doors.
- Labor ManagementPlans, measures, and simulates warehouse labor against engineered standards, compares planned versus actual performance by individual, team, or shift, and forecasts workload using historical and machine-learning data.
- Value Added ServicesPerforms and documents value-added services such as assembly, packing, labeling, and kitting during inbound and outbound processing.
- Kitting with VAS ProcessAssembles kits to order or to stock at value-added-service work centers, and can reverse a stocked kit back into its separate parts.
- Cross-DockingRoutes products or handling units straight from receiving to shipping, skipping putaway entirely, based on inbound and outbound delivery data that determines whether an item qualifies.
- Warehouse BillingCalculates and settles warehouse service charges against agreements in a connected or embedded SAP Transportation Management system.
- Cartonization PlanningProposes shipping handling units by combining item quantities, volumes, and weights taken from the outbound delivery with product master data, creating packaging templates and minimizing pallet counts.
- Dock Appointment SchedulingSchedules vehicle loading and unloading appointments, balances warehouse workload across the day, and lets carriers manage their own appointments directly.
- Shipping and ReceivingManages inbound and outbound transportation units through a shipping cockpit that tracks delivery status and triggers related actions.
- Transit WarehousingHolds cargo temporarily while it passes through on its way to another stop in a Transportation Management-planned route, rather than putting it away as stock.
- Integration with Transportation ManagementLinks Extended Warehouse Management and Transportation Management through EWM transportation units to coordinate planning and execution across both systems.
- Work in ProcessTakes in, stores, stages, and releases work-in-process stock on request from a manufacturing execution system.
- Decentralized EWMRuns warehouse management as its own standalone system, connected to a separate enterprise system such as SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
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Build my requirements →Energy & Natural Resources7
Industry capabilities for energy and natural resources companies, including oil and gas transportation and freight functionality.
- Oil & GasOil and gas industry capabilities spanning field logistics between base and remote locations, production volume capture, mass asset processing, asset retirement obligations, finance, and production and revenue accounting.
- TD - Shipment Cost ProcessingDetermines shipment costs for bulk transportation, transfers them to accounting, and settles them with the service provider, with visibility into expected costs at the order stage.
- Pricing procedure determinationPicks the pricing procedure for costing a shipment based on the shipping type, cost item, service agent, and transportation planning point involved.
- Determining the Calculation BaseEstablishes which data a condition type draws on when shipment costs are calculated.
- Determination of Geographical Influencing FactorsOffers options for factoring geographic considerations into transportation cost determination.
- Oil & GasOil and gas industry capabilities spanning field logistics between base and remote locations, production volume capture, mass asset processing, asset retirement obligations, finance, and production and revenue accounting.
- TD - Shipment Cost ProcessingDetermines shipment costs for bulk transportation, transfers them to accounting, and settles them with the service provider, with visibility into expected costs at the order stage.
- Pricing procedure determinationPicks the pricing procedure for costing a shipment based on the shipping type, cost item, service agent, and transportation planning point involved.
- Determining the Calculation BaseEstablishes which data a condition type draws on when shipment costs are calculated.
- Determination of Geographical Influencing FactorsOffers options for factoring geographic considerations into transportation cost determination.
- TSW - Freight costsTracks freight agreements in the Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench — time charters, voyage charters, and contracts of affreightment — applying their rates and terms to work out laytime, demurrage, and despatch, and flagging any scheduled voyage that breaks the agreed terms.
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Build my requirements →Consumer Products12
Covers capabilities for consumer products companies, including last-mile distribution, revenue growth management claims, and promotion planning integration.
- Last Mile Distribution for Direct DistributionCoordinates every phase of direct distribution for consumer goods manufacturers and suppliers—route preparation, execution, and settlement—covering delivery, van sales, and presales activities alongside route stock tracking.
- Route assembly based on freight orders Paper-based route executionBuilds delivery routes from freight orders and supports both paper-based and mobile route execution for sellers and van sellers.
- Support of mobile-based route execution (mobile scenario)Pushes route data to mobile devices so drivers and van salespeople can log what was delivered, collected, and sold for use later in settlement.
- Route stock managementTracks stock loaded onto and sold from delivery vehicles, including quality-flagged products and the goods movements they trigger.
- Visit list schedule managementSchedules recurring visit lists that drive delivery and sales routes.
- Last Mile Distribution for Direct DistributionCoordinates every phase of direct distribution for consumer goods manufacturers and suppliers—route preparation, execution, and settlement—covering delivery, van sales, and presales activities alongside route stock tracking.
- Route assembly based on freight orders Paper-based route executionBuilds delivery routes from freight orders and supports both paper-based and mobile route execution for sellers and van sellers.
- Support of mobile-based route execution (mobile scenario)Pushes route data to mobile devices so drivers and van salespeople can log what was delivered, collected, and sold for use later in settlement.
- Route stock managementTracks stock loaded onto and sold from delivery vehicles, including quality-flagged products and the goods movements they trigger.
- Visit list schedule managementSchedules recurring visit lists that drive delivery and sales routes.
- Visit list managementManages the stops and activities planned for each sales or merchandising visit.
- Reload request managementRequests extra product be loaded onto a vehicle mid-route so a van sales run can be completed.
- Capturing of information during route execution (mobile scenario)Records details such as deposits during or at the end of a route, including goods transferred between vehicles.
- Route monitoringTracks a route from its originating freight order through execution to final settlement, including mobile-scenario routes.
- Route settlementSettles a completed route, covering check-in and check-out, bank deposits, and pricing sourced from an external service.
- Settlement monitoringFlags settlement phases needing action, links to completed documents, and highlights gaps in check-in quantities versus what was expected.
- Process extensibilityExtends route execution and settlement processes to fit specific business requirements, including custom data on resulting sales and billing documents.
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Build my requirements →Production Planning3
Plans supply to meet demand, spanning material requirements planning, capacity-aware production scheduling, Demand-Driven Replenishment with strategic stock buffers, and predictive material and resource planning simulations.
- Sales and Operations PlanningSets sales, production, and supply chain targets from historical, current, and forecast data, with rough-cut capacity planning to size the resources needed — a tool built mainly for long-range and mid-range planning horizons.
- Standard SOPPlans at any aggregation level, from broad hierarchies down to individual products, leveling capacity across work centers, materials, tools, and cost in a ready-to-use spreadsheet-style planning table.
- Flexible PlanningLets you plan at any organizational level with a custom screen layout, scaling from one unit to the whole enterprise, using what-if simulation and bulk data processing.
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Build my requirements →Order and Contract Management5
Spans the core selling process from master data and pricing through quotations, contracts, order management, billing, rebates, returns, and sales analytics, plus integrations with buyer systems, business networks, and trade compliance tools.
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Build my requirements →Warehousing26
Warehousing spans embedded Warehouse Management for running a company's own warehouse operations and a basic integration scenario for connecting an external SAP EWM system.
- Warehouse ManagementCovers warehouse execution, ranging from full-featured basic warehouse management to lighter-weight stock room management.
- Basic Warehouse ManagementProvides real-time, flexible management of warehouse material movements, covering structure, inventory, inbound and outbound processing, and integration with quality, production, and transportation.
- Warehouse StructureStructures the physical warehouse into storage, bulk, and picking areas under a single warehouse number, tracking stock down to bin level.
- Inventory ManagementTracks product quantities at the individual storage bin level across stock categories and special stocks, with ABC analysis to inform putaway strategy.
- Handling UnitsManages packed units of products and packaging with unique IDs, nesting, file attachments, and links to inbound and outbound deliveries.
- Warehouse ManagementCovers warehouse execution, ranging from full-featured basic warehouse management to lighter-weight stock room management.
- Basic Warehouse ManagementProvides real-time, flexible management of warehouse material movements, covering structure, inventory, inbound and outbound processing, and integration with quality, production, and transportation.
- Warehouse StructureStructures the physical warehouse into storage, bulk, and picking areas under a single warehouse number, tracking stock down to bin level.
- Inventory ManagementTracks product quantities at the individual storage bin level across stock categories and special stocks, with ABC analysis to inform putaway strategy.
- Handling UnitsManages packed units of products and packaging with unique IDs, nesting, file attachments, and links to inbound and outbound deliveries.
- Inbound ProcessingCreates and schedules multi-step putaway tasks, using automated strategies to determine the best storage bin, and processes inbound deliveries planned by transportation management.
- Outbound ProcessingPicks and confirms goods issues using automated removal strategies for the optimal bin, supporting mobile RF execution and deliveries planned by transportation management.
- Internal Warehouse MovementsPlans and executes internal stock movements, such as bin replenishment, including ad-hoc moves and stock consolidation.
- Connecting to External Warehouse Control SystemsExchanges warehouse task data with external, non-SAP warehouse control systems.
- Physical InventoryPlans, conducts, and reconciles physical stock counts, whether annual, ad hoc, or cycle-based, including low-stock and zero-stock checks.
- Warehouse Management MonitorGives real-time visibility into warehouse operations with alert monitoring and exception-handling tools for emerging problems.
- AnalyticsProvides analytics on outbound workload, storage bin utilization, and warehouse task progress through an overview page of key KPIs.
- Resource ManagementManages the users and equipment that perform warehouse work to maximize efficiency and enable close monitoring.
- Quality ManagementIntegrates with the quality management module to check whether delivered products meet defined standards during inbound receiving.
- Kitting Without VAS ProcessRuns kit-to-order assembly processes, recalculating component quantity ratios automatically when the kit structure changes.
- Production IntegrationIntegrates warehouse supply to and receipt from production, supporting delivery-based staging methods including kanban and real-time synchronization with manufacturing execution.
- Integration with Transportation ManagementIntegrates warehouse shipping and receiving activities with transportation management's freight order data.
- Stock Room ManagementProvides simplified warehouse execution suited to small or low-complexity operations, useful as part of a phased transition to full warehouse management.
- Inventory ManagementManages material quantities by stock category, with or without bin-level tracking, and relies on transfer orders to record picking and putaway activity.
- Inbound ProcessingCreates and confirms putaway transfer orders for received materials, using putaway strategies to determine the storage bin.
- Outbound ProcessingCreates and confirms transfer orders to pick material quantities destined for outbound deliveries or production, using removal strategies to determine the source bin.
- Mobile ExecutionRuns warehouse tasks from handheld scanners using RF transactions.
- Internal Warehouse MovementsCreates and confirms transfer orders for internal stock moves such as bin replenishment, including ad-hoc transfers.
- Physical InventoryPlans and confirms warehouse counts such as cycle counting or annual counts, with tolerance rules and posting of counted differences.
- ReportingReports on key warehouse operating metrics and stock attributes.
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Build my requirements →Extended Service Parts Planning13
Delivers service-parts-specific planning and full supply chain visibility, starting the moment demand appears and continuing through to product delivery.
- Capturing and Managing DemandBuilds a demand history for location products from sales order and stock transfer data, plus external retailer data, as the basis for forecasting.
- Inventory PlanningDetermines optimal stock and safety stock levels for location products, weighing stocking versus destocking decisions to balance holding and ordering costs against service levels.
- ForecastingPicks the best-fit model, such as constant, trend, seasonal, or sporadic, for each location product, applies stability rules to curb abrupt swings, and forecasts demand across a product's lifecycle.
- Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)Plans replenishment across a hierarchy of locations, rounding and combining demand up to the entry location, and generates the resulting scheduling agreement releases and requisitions.
- DeploymentDistributes goods within a location hierarchy in push or pull mode, based on the demand figures worked out during distribution requirements planning.
- Capturing and Managing DemandBuilds a demand history for location products from sales order and stock transfer data, plus external retailer data, as the basis for forecasting.
- Inventory PlanningDetermines optimal stock and safety stock levels for location products, weighing stocking versus destocking decisions to balance holding and ordering costs against service levels.
- ForecastingPicks the best-fit model, such as constant, trend, seasonal, or sporadic, for each location product, applies stability rules to curb abrupt swings, and forecasts demand across a product's lifecycle.
- Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP)Plans replenishment across a hierarchy of locations, rounding and combining demand up to the entry location, and generates the resulting scheduling agreement releases and requisitions.
- DeploymentDistributes goods within a location hierarchy in push or pull mode, based on the demand figures worked out during distribution requirements planning.
- Inventory BalancingBalances excess and shortage stock across locations grouped into inventory balancing areas, either on a schedule or when triggered.
- Surplus and Obsolescence PlanningIdentifies surplus stock, where warehouse and in-transit inventory exceeds expected demand, and obsolete stock for discontinued parts whose retention period has lapsed.
- AnalyticsAnalyzes extended service parts planning data in SAP Analytics Cloud.
- Lead TimeLooks at past shipment history to estimate how long a route between two locations will take, then updates that lane's master data with the new duration, plus statistical measures of how much lead times have historically varied.
- SimulationTests planning parameters, such as target service levels and holding costs, in an isolated simulation version without affecting live data.
- OEM-Managed InventoryLets an OEM plan stock for selected dealers and trigger replenishment transfers on their behalf instead of requiring dealers to place orders.
- Side-by-side DeploymentRuns extended service parts planning in a dedicated SAP S/4HANA system connected to another ERP system through Core Interface, exchanging master data and transactional data between them.
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Build my requirements →Production Planning7
Plans supply to meet demand, spanning material requirements planning, capacity-aware production scheduling, Demand-Driven Replenishment with strategic stock buffers, and predictive material and resource planning simulations.
- Demand-Driven ReplenishmentPlans supply chains around actual customer demand instead of classic MRP logic, placing stock buffers at strategic decoupling points and adjusting buffer limits over time to create a dependable material flow.
- Analyze and classify productsClassifies products against defined criteria to find candidate decoupling points, with scheduled runs automating the analysis.
- Select products relevant to Demand- Driven ReplenishmentMarks which products fall under Demand-Driven Replenishment based on their classification.
- Generate buffer level proposalsProduces stock buffer proposals for DD-relevant products, on demand or through regularly scheduled runs.
- Manage buffer levelsMaintains buffer levels — and with them the reorder point, safety stock, and maximum stock — from the generated proposals.
- Demand-Driven ReplenishmentPlans supply chains around actual customer demand instead of classic MRP logic, placing stock buffers at strategic decoupling points and adjusting buffer limits over time to create a dependable material flow.
- Analyze and classify productsClassifies products against defined criteria to find candidate decoupling points, with scheduled runs automating the analysis.
- Select products relevant to Demand- Driven ReplenishmentMarks which products fall under Demand-Driven Replenishment based on their classification.
- Generate buffer level proposalsProduces stock buffer proposals for DD-relevant products, on demand or through regularly scheduled runs.
- Manage buffer levelsMaintains buffer levels — and with them the reorder point, safety stock, and maximum stock — from the generated proposals.
- Monitor replenishment planningShows how buffers are progressing in planning, ranked by planning priority.
- Monitor replenishment executionTracks how buffers are progressing in execution, based on their on-hand stock position.
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Build my requirements →Product Compliance4
Keeps products compliant with chemical, dangerous goods, and hazard communication regulations, covering marketability assessments, dangerous goods classification, and safety data sheet and label management.
- Dangerous Goods ManagementMaintains the data needed to classify and assess products against dangerous goods rules, and carries that classification into value chain steps like delivery and sales, where it feeds checks and printed documents.
- Management of compliance requirements for dangerous goodsMaintains regulation-based compliance requirements holding the dangerous goods regulatory data used in assessments.
- Management of dangerous goods assessment processesAssesses and classifies both packaged and unpackaged products under multiple dangerous goods regulations.
- Integration of dangerous goods data in other business processesApplies dangerous goods checks in sales, delivery, purchasing, and transportation, blocking documents when a transport mode is not permitted for a country or region.
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Build my requirements →Service Parts Management3
Keeps service parts available and moving, combining automated warehouse operations with parts monitoring and reservation for upcoming service work.
- Service Parts FulfillmentKeeps service parts monitored and ready for withdrawal for a specific purpose, simplifying and accelerating goods movement processes.
- Monitor Service PartsShows where service parts are located and in what quantities.
- Reserve Service PartsSets aside parts for future service deliveries and feeds the reservation into material requirements planning so out-of-stock items are procured in time.
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Build my requirements →Retail and Fashion4
Groups the capabilities built for retail and fashion businesses, spanning foundational retail data, merchandise management, and fashion-specific processes.
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Build my requirements →Order Promising3
Order promising confirms when and in what quantity customer demand can be fulfilled, using standard available-to-promise checks and advanced ATP methods for constrained supply situations.
- Available to PromiseConfirms the date and quantity a sales order can be fulfilled based on current supply, helping sales and fulfillment teams manage constrained material availability.
- Availability CheckChecks current supply against a configurable rule to promise a date and quantity for a sales order line at creation, change, or rescheduling.
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Build my requirements →Advanced Order Promising12
Covers advanced available-to-promise capabilities for confirming order fulfillment dates and quantities.
- Advanced Available-to-PromiseAdvanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) extends standard ATP with substitution, product allocation, release for delivery, and supply protection for constrained supply. Integrated scheduling plans dates and times for logistical activities and writes the results back into business documents.
- Product Availability CheckWorks out the date and quantity that can be confirmed for a requirement by weighing the applicable checking rule against present supply and competing demand of different types.
- Product AllocationReserves material quantities per time period and characteristic combination for orders and scheduling agreements, with monitoring tools to rebalance the allocation situation.
- Backorder ProcessingRe-prioritizes sales and stock transport documents through automated bulk availability runs so scarce supply follows a defined strategy, with options to rerun checks or manually adjust individual confirmations.
- Supply AssignmentMatches supply — stock, purchase orders, production orders — to open demand through automated rules, working alongside backorder processing at distribution centers.
- Advanced Available-to-PromiseAdvanced Available-to-Promise (aATP) extends standard ATP with substitution, product allocation, release for delivery, and supply protection for constrained supply. Integrated scheduling plans dates and times for logistical activities and writes the results back into business documents.
- Product Availability CheckWorks out the date and quantity that can be confirmed for a requirement by weighing the applicable checking rule against present supply and competing demand of different types.
- Product AllocationReserves material quantities per time period and characteristic combination for orders and scheduling agreements, with monitoring tools to rebalance the allocation situation.
- Backorder ProcessingRe-prioritizes sales and stock transport documents through automated bulk availability runs so scarce supply follows a defined strategy, with options to rerun checks or manually adjust individual confirmations.
- Supply AssignmentMatches supply — stock, purchase orders, production orders — to open demand through automated rules, working alongside backorder processing at distribution centers.
- Release for DeliveryManually reorders which past-due sales and stock transfer documents take priority against available supply, then kicks off the downstream logistics steps.
- Alternative-Based ConfirmationWhen the requested source cannot confirm a sales order requirement, swaps in a substitute — a different product, storage location, or delivering plant — with third-party fulfillment among the options.
- Supply ProtectionSets aside planned quantities inside protection groups so lower-priority demand can't consume them during an availability check.
- Supply Creation-Based ConfirmationKicks off supply creation, such as a planned order or requisition, whenever on-hand stock falls short of a sales order need, then confirms once that new supply exists.
- Activity Attributes for Business Process SchedulingCalculates how long logistics steps take and which working hours apply for sales and stock transfer documents, feeding those figures into business process scheduling.
- For information about the key features for the solution capability Process Scheduling [page 201].Points to the Business Process Scheduling capability for details on scheduling dates and times across logistics activities.
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Build my requirements →SAP Waste & Recycling34
Industry functionality for waste and recycling companies, covering disposal logistics and service objects, billing of waste services, and disposal facility operations including weighbridge processing.
- Waste Disposal ManagementManages waste disposal operations end to end, from service objects and route planning through order entry, scheduling, execution, and logistical completion.
- Logistics and Operational ServiceRuns the operational side of waste collection: managing containers and cleaning objects, planning routes, entering and scheduling orders, and completing them for billing and cost calculation.
- Route ManagementGroups containers and cleaning objects into routes by region and service area, supporting static routes for regular collection and dynamic routes for container and bulk waste service, with planners maintaining route data and resources.
- Route key attributesAssigns up to three service areas plus confirmation categories to each route, optionally differentiated by waste fraction and region.
- Service frequencyDetermines the time-sliced interval at which a route services its containers or cleaning objects.
- Waste Disposal ManagementManages waste disposal operations end to end, from service objects and route planning through order entry, scheduling, execution, and logistical completion.
- Logistics and Operational ServiceRuns the operational side of waste collection: managing containers and cleaning objects, planning routes, entering and scheduling orders, and completing them for billing and cost calculation.
- Route ManagementGroups containers and cleaning objects into routes by region and service area, supporting static routes for regular collection and dynamic routes for container and bulk waste service, with planners maintaining route data and resources.
- Route key attributesAssigns up to three service areas plus confirmation categories to each route, optionally differentiated by waste fraction and region.
- Service frequencyDetermines the time-sliced interval at which a route services its containers or cleaning objects.
- Target value assignmentAssigns planned targets to routes, such as distance, duration, number of containers, or weight.
- Resource assignmentAllocates vehicles, work centers, shifts, and timeframes that define when and by whom a route is serviced.
- Waste disposal calendarCentrally controls how service dates landing on non-working days get rescheduled.
- Capacity planningDefines daily volume and weight capacity per route, particularly for bulky waste collection, optionally tied to political regional structures.
- Order Scheduling and ExecutionPlans daily order execution by assigning routes and resources to waste disposal orders, producing driver output, and handling subcontracted dispatch. An order must be planned before it can be executed.
- Shift PlanningAssigns vehicles and driver or co-driver work centers to waste disposal orders, with additional driver information maintained as order text.
- Route AllocationFills in a missing route on a waste disposal order that had none set when it was created.
- Order OutputSelects waste disposal orders by criteria and outputs them on paper or as electronic files, with configurable forms such as route lists or single orders.
- SubcontractingConfigures system behavior when orders are dispatched to subcontracted vehicles or subcontracted disposal facilities.
- Logistics CompletionFinalizes executed waste disposal orders and items, capturing the data needed for customer invoicing and internal cost calculation, with integrations into sales, inventory management, and controlling.
- Weighing data recordCreates weighing records at completion, capturing weights and logistics data, typically for waste delivered to external rather than internal disposal facilities.
- Waste disposal order item completionCompletes individual order items, storing execution data for billing and executing container movements when transport orders close.
- Waste disposal order completionCloses the waste disposal order with resource details — vehicle, staff time, duration, and distance — used to calculate the internal cost of resources.
- SubcontractingHandles subcontracted transport and external facility deliveries, generating the required purchasing or sales documents once weighing notes and orders are confirmed.
- Integration of confirmation with sales and distributionCreates debit memo requests at item completion as the billing basis, using the contract assigned to the service object beforehand.
- Integration of confirmation with inventory managementPosts goods receipts in the background from logistics completion, using weighing tickets that record the waste material, the receiving plant, and quantities.
- Integration of confirmation with controllingPosts CO data after order completion, with cost calculation available at order level from route data or at order item level.
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Build my requirements →Production Operations4
Runs the shop floor day to day: production control and execution, repetitive manufacturing, kanban, outsourced manufacturing via subcontracting and external processing, and Just-In-Time supply to customers.
- JIT Outbound ProcessingReplenishes direct manufacturing materials in exact quantities at exact times, sourced from another internal location or an external supplier, with scheduling agreements supporting procurement and JIT calls driving fulfillment.
- Summarized JIT call processingProcesses JIT calls requesting a given material, quantity, time, and plant location, fulfilled by internal stock transfer or external procurement with full status monitoring.
- Supply-to-production planningPlans, triggers, and monitors replenishment through summarized JIT calls, calculating requirements per control cycle.
- Forwarded sequenced JIT call processingForwards component groups from inbound sequenced JIT calls to an external supplier for assembly and delivery, with delivery confirmations feeding invoicing.
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Build my requirements →Business Process Scheduling8
Covers scheduling of multi-step logistics business processes and their component activities.
- Business Process SchedulingBusiness Process Scheduling works out when logistical activities across business processes should happen, writes the computed dates and times back into the related documents, and sharpens resource utilization through precise schedules.
- Define scheduling processesConfigures custom business processes and their logistical activities, setting attribute sources such as work calendars, expected durations, and applicable time zones.
- Select time granularitySets whether a scheduling process calculates timing in days or in seconds.
- Activate and display application log Delegate scheduling of activities to a custom logicLogs scheduling activity at a configurable detail level and can delegate start and end date calculations to custom logic.
- Consider working times when scheduling with time granularity in daysFactors working hours into day-granularity scheduling for a selected activity, while other activities use only the factory calendar.
- Business Process SchedulingBusiness Process Scheduling works out when logistical activities across business processes should happen, writes the computed dates and times back into the related documents, and sharpens resource utilization through precise schedules.
- Define scheduling processesConfigures custom business processes and their logistical activities, setting attribute sources such as work calendars, expected durations, and applicable time zones.
- Select time granularitySets whether a scheduling process calculates timing in days or in seconds.
- Activate and display application log Delegate scheduling of activities to a custom logicLogs scheduling activity at a configurable detail level and can delegate start and end date calculations to custom logic.
- Consider working times when scheduling with time granularity in daysFactors working hours into day-granularity scheduling for a selected activity, while other activities use only the factory calendar.
- Review scheduling resultsReviews scheduling results and their underlying schema and activities for sales orders, quotations, and simulated stock transport orders.
- For information about the key features for the solution capability Advanced Available-to-Promise [page 533].Points to the advanced business process scheduling capability for extended scheduling features.
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Build my requirements →Governance, Risk, and Compliance for Finance19
Addresses finance-related governance, risk, and compliance, centered on international trade: classification, trade compliance checks, Intrastat declarations, and integrations with SAP Global Trade Services and SAP Watch List Screening.
- International TradeManages cross-border trade obligations — commodity classification, compliance screening of documents, Intrastat reporting, and connections to SAP Global Trade Services and SAP Watch List Screening.
- International Trade ClassificationTags products with control classes, end-use categories, control groupings, commodity codes, and (for Italy only) Intrastat service codes.
- International Trade ComplianceManages licenses and applies trade compliance checks — legal control, embargo, and SAP Watch List Screening — across sales, purchasing, and delivery documents.
- Manage LicensesAdministers licenses so bans and restrictions on specific products or product groups are respected.
- Manage Documents with Trade ComplianceShows legal control, embargo, and SAP Watch List Screening status on documents, along with assigned licenses and present classifications.
- International TradeManages cross-border trade obligations — commodity classification, compliance screening of documents, Intrastat reporting, and connections to SAP Global Trade Services and SAP Watch List Screening.
- International Trade ClassificationTags products with control classes, end-use categories, control groupings, commodity codes, and (for Italy only) Intrastat service codes.
- International Trade ComplianceManages licenses and applies trade compliance checks — legal control, embargo, and SAP Watch List Screening — across sales, purchasing, and delivery documents.
- Manage LicensesAdministers licenses so bans and restrictions on specific products or product groups are respected.
- Manage Documents with Trade ComplianceShows legal control, embargo, and SAP Watch List Screening status on documents, along with assigned licenses and present classifications.
- Analyze and Resolve Blocked Documents – Trade ComplianceVisualizes blocked documents on an analytical list page and resolves blocks caused by missing classification or licenses.
- Manage Rules for Legal ControlDefines ordered legal control rules covering allowlisting, blocklisting, or license terms, tailored to company or legal requirements.
- Display License Assignments - Trade ComplianceLists the documents assigned to trade licenses and shows outstanding depreciation values along with quantities.
- Managing Countries/Regions under EmbargoMaintains the list of countries and regions subject to an embargo.
- Schedule Recheck Documents - Trade ComplianceRechecks blocked trade compliance documents in bulk on a schedule and releases them where appropriate.
- IntrastatProduces Intrastat declarations for goods moving between EU member states, including service declarations where Italy requires them.
- Manage providers of informationRecords the provider-of-information details a company must register before filing Intrastat declarations.
- Manage Intrastat declarationsCompiles the monthly statistical data required for intra-EU Intrastat declarations.
- Select dispatches and customer returns for Intrastat declarationsPulls dispatches and customer returns from billing documents to build Intrastat declaration data.
- Select receipts and returns to supplier for Intrastat declarationsSelects receipts and supplier returns based on intercompany billing documents and purchase orders to build Intrastat declaration data.
- Integration with SAP Global Trade ServicesConnects SAP S/4HANA with SAP Global Trade Services to add further processes for the international supply chain.
- Integration with SAP Watch List ScreeningLinks SAP S/4HANA to SAP Watch List Screening, a separately licensed solution, for screening business partners and postprocessing flagged documents.
- Schedule Postprocessing with Watch List ScreeningSchedules postprocessing runs for documents relevant to Watch List Screening.
- Schedule Business Partner Screening - Watch List ScreeningSchedules transfers of supplier and customer records into SAP Watch List Screening.
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Build my requirements →The SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Evaluation Kit
An independent assessment of SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud — strengths, gaps and real pricing — plus a requirements template you can score its supply chain against alongside every other system on your shortlist.
SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Evaluation Kit
2026 Edition · PDF guide + XLSX template
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- Buyer's guide (PDF): SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud independently assessed — where it is strong, where it is not, and what it actually costs
- Requirements template (XLSX): weight your requirements and score vendors side by side
- Built to work with the 34 supply chain capabilities scored on this page
- The questions to put to the vendor and to implementation partners
SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Evaluation Kit
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Supply Chain coverage across the systems most often shortlisted alongside it, scored against the same capability list.
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| Transportation & Logistics | 6+2/8 | 6+2/8 | 0+1/8 | 4+2/8 | 3+2/8 | 1+3/8 | 2+2/8 | 4+2/8 |
| Supply Chain Planning | 5+3/8 | 7+1/8 | 0+1/8 | 5+2/8 | 7/8 | 8/8 | 1+2/8 | 5+1/8 |
| Trade & Compliance | 4+3/8 | — | — | — | 1+3/8 | 0+2/8 | 3+1/8 | 2+2/8 |
| Industry-Specific Supply Chain | 4+2/10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Each cell reads confirmed+partial/scored. Grey reflects capabilities our research has not confirmed either way — it is not a finding that a product lacks them.
Supply Chain — strength by vendor
| Vendor | Strength | Best for | Starting price | Implementation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ★★★ strong | Large, complex enterprises needing deep customisation and controlled upgrades | Custom | 6–18 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Fast-growing mid-market companies wanting unified cloud ERP | $99/user/mo | 4–9 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Large enterprises moving from on-premise Oracle to cloud | Custom | 9–18 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Mid-to-large companies in the Microsoft ecosystem | $50/user/mo | 6–14 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Discrete and mixed-mode manufacturers | $100/user/mo | 5–10 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Midsize process manufacturers and distributors | $100/user/mo | 4–9 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Large enterprises wanting industry-specific cloud ERP | Custom | 9–18 months | |
![]() | ★★★ strong | Process manufacturers (food, chemicals, pharma) needing batch/formula control | Custom | 8–15 months |
Supply Chain: SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud or SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud?
Large, complex enterprises needing deep customisation and controlled upgrades
From custom quote · 6–18 months
Mid-market and standardised enterprises wanting fast time-to-value
From $180/user/mo · 3–6 months
See SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud supply chain →Evaluating supply chain on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
What to put in front of the vendor before you commit.
- 1Demand forecasting accuracy and methods
- 2Multi-site planning capabilities
- 3Supplier collaboration and portal features
- 4Integration with logistics and 3PL providers
- 5Real-time supply chain visibility
SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud starts at a custom quote with a typical total cost of $500K–$5M+ and a 6–18 months implementation.
Full SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud pricing breakdown →SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud implementation partners
Firms with proven SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud delivery experience — start here rather than an open RFP.

delaware
PlatinumLondon, United Kingdom
SAP Platinum Partner and Platinum Reseller. 2024 SAP Pinnacle Award winner for SAP BTP customer value. SAP's leading Digital Supply Chain partner in EMEA. Present in 19 countries.
Products: SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, SAP S/4HANA On-Premise
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Birchman
PlatinumBracknell, United Kingdom
Birchman is a UK founded business transformation and IT consultancy specialising in SAP and ERP solutions. We're a Global SAP Platinum Partner and the primary UK member of United VARs, the world's largest alliance of SAP solution providers, giving us access to local expertise and delivery capability in 80+ countries. We help organisations plan, migrate to and thrive on SAP Cloud ERP (S/4HANA), whether that's moving off legacy ECC6, running a phased cloud migration or optimising an existing SAP landscape. Our services cover the full transformation lifecycle: strategy and target operating model design, ERP implementation, data analytics, cloud infrastructure, application development, and IT governance. We back this with industry specific accelerator packages for Mining, CPG, and Professional Services, drawing on 20+ years of sector experience. Over that time, we've built a reputation not just for delivering transformation projects but for steadying them. Brought in when a project needs a safe pair of hands to see it through to a successful outcome. It's why so many customers trust us with their most critical digital transformation and SAP work. We measure our success by our customers', helping them get the most out of their SAP investment, not just at go-live but for years afterwards. Our Application Management Services and ongoing consultancy keep that relationship going, with continuous improvement built in as standard. We're big enough to lead complex, global transformation projects and boutique enough to still care about every client we work with.
Products: SAP Cloud ERP (S/4HANA) Public & Private, Business Technology Platform, Implementation
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TEKROI PRIVATE LIMITED
PlatinumHyderabad, India
TEKROI Private Limited is a Hyderabad-based SAP Business One partner operating under SAP PartnerEdge (Sell & Service). Founded in 2020 by Venkata Siva Reddy Polu and Anitha Vennapusa, the firm rests on a founding team whose first SAP Business One go-lives date back to 2005 — more than 20 years of practice and over 350 implementations delivered across roughly 30 countries, spanning India, Nepal, East and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the UK and Europe, and the Americas. A team of 60+ consultants, developers and support engineers works from the company's Innovation Hub in Bowenpally, Hyderabad, with a second office in Kathmandu, Nepal. Services cover new SAP Business One implementations on both SQL Server and HANA, SQL-to-HANA migration, cloud subscriptions, post go-live support and AMC, analytics, and IoT integration. Delivery is organised into 32 industry-specific solutions — 25 of them manufacturing verticals — including pharmaceutical API and formulation, chemicals and blending, food and confectionery, cement, steel and natural stone, cables and LED, automotive and two-wheeler CKD assembly, aerospace and defence components, medical devices, pre-engineered buildings, construction and EPC projects, trading and distribution, retail, healthcare services, agri warehousing and logistics, and technology services. TEKROI also develops TEKAI, an AI layer that connects assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Perplexity to live SAP Business One data. SAP featured TEKAI in its global AI Partner Innovations playbook as one of only four Generative AI solutions for SAP Business One worldwide, and the only one from an Asia-based partner. The company name captures its approach: TEK for technology, ROI for return on investment.
Products: SAP Business One, SAP Business One AI MCP Connector, SAP Business One on HANA
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LeverX
PlatinumMiami, United States
LeverX is an SAP Gold Partner with SAP as its core area of expertise. Since 2003, we have grown alongside SAP through every major technology shift, from ERP modernization and in-memory computing to Cloud ERP, data-driven architectures, and enterprise AI. Today, our team of 2,200+ professionals has delivered more than 1,500 SAP projects worldwide. We support the full SAP lifecycle, from advisory and implementation to product engineering, managed services, and continuous innovation, across SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Business AI Platform, and other SAP solutions. We contribute to the SAP ecosystem through proprietary accelerators, including SAP IPS, SAP IPD Formulation, BMAX, and LeverX Data Management Platform. AI is embedded throughout our delivery, combining SAP Business AI, Joule, and leading enterprise AI platforms under a governed framework.
Products: SAP Cloud ERP, SAP Cloud ERP Private, SAP Business AI Platform
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Does S/4HANA Private Cloud support international trade compliance?
Yes. Private Cloud manages licenses, embargo checks, and legal-control screening across sales, purchasing, and delivery documents, plus Intrastat declarations for EU goods movements and integration with SAP Global Trade Services for deeper compliance processes.
Can S/4HANA Private Cloud run demand-driven replenishment instead of classic MRP?
Yes. Private Cloud supports demand-driven replenishment, planning supply around actual customer demand rather than classic MRP logic, placing stock buffers at strategic decoupling points that adjust over time.
Does S/4HANA Private Cloud manage hazardous or dangerous goods shipments?
Yes. Dangerous Goods Management classifies products against regulatory rules and carries that classification into delivery and sales documents, triggering the checks and printed documentation dangerous-goods shipments require.
Can S/4HANA Private Cloud run sales and operations planning?
Yes. Private Cloud's S&OP sets sales, production, and supply chain targets from historical, current, and forecast data, with rough-cut capacity planning built for mid- to long-range planning horizons.
Does S/4HANA Private Cloud support industry-specific logistics like defense or oil & gas supply chains?
Yes. Because Private Cloud runs single-tenant with full customization rights, it can activate deep industry logistics extensions — defense replenishment and equipment management, oil & gas field logistics and bulk movement, and similar sector-specific processes — that a standardized Public Cloud tenant doesn't expose.
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