mySAP SRM Overview

Processes, Architecture, Technology

Pawan Kumar Somani

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Session Summary -Agenda
 Introduction

 What is mySAP SRM?

 mySAP SRM Intg Tech

 mySAP SRM Business

Processes
 mySAP SRM System
Landscape

 Wrap up

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 Key Features and Scope of mySAP SRM
  mySAP SRM is SAP’s solution for
Supplier Relationship Management
  mySAP SRM covers a wide range of functionality

  From simple self-service procurement of MRO* goods

  To strategic sourcing and supplier enablement

  Plus complementary services like content management

  mySAP SRM is build upon a set of

business application components and leverages
SAP NetWeaver as integration and application platform
* Maintenance, Repair and Operating Supplies
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 mySAP SRM at a Glance
Strategic Sourcing Operational Procurement
Sourcing analytics Self-service procurement
Supplier evaluation Plan-driven procurement
Auctions Services procurement
Contract management

Supplier Enablement Content

Supplier portal Content consolidation
Supplier connectivity Catalog content management

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 mySAP SRM – Technical Aspects and
Benefits
  One solution covering a wide range of customer requirements
related to procurement, strategic purchasing, and supplier
relationship management
  Flexible deployment options

  Optimal scaling along multiple directions

  Functionality (simple e-procurement to strategic sourcing)
  Volume (small to large number of suppliers,
products, ..)
  Product categories (MRO, services, direct goods)

  Leverage of existing SAP services through tight integration

with existing SAP backend systems
  Openness towards non-SAP systems based on open Internet
standards
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  Flexible supplier enablement

 What is mySAP SRM? (Part 1.1)
  Standard Procurement
  eProcurement of MRO items (Self-Service Procurement)
  eProcurement of services (Service
Catalog engineProcurement)
can be replaced by any

Internet
OCI-compliant catalog
Shopping Cart
and Order
management
Backend SRM

Supplier
Bugs
Eye
SAP
SAP EBP
R/3
R/3
R/3

Tight integration with SAP Integration with

ERP system(s) supported; supplier via Email,
integration with non-SAP Fax, XML messages
system(s) via appropriate
adapter
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 What is mySAP SRM? (Part 1.2)
  Professional Procurement
  eProcurement of direct material (Plan-Driven Procurement)
Tight integration with SAP
ERP system(s) supported;
integration with non-SAP

Internet
system(s) via appropriate
Demand
adapter
aggregation,
Order
Backend management SRM

Supplier
SAP SAP
R/3
R/3 EBP
R/3

SAP
R/3
PS
R/3 Integration with
Demand generated in SAP
Planning System; integration supplier via Email,
with non-SAP planning Fax, XML messages
system(s) via appropriate
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 What is mySAP SRM? (Part 2)
  Sourcing Process
  From Spend Analysis to Contract Management
Supplier
Sourcing and Global Spend (Strategic
evaluation,
Sourcing)
Analysis
auctions,

Internet
Reuse of SAP BW Contract
in backend management
possible

Backend SRM
SAP Live auction

Supplier
BW SAP cockpit
LAC directly
SAP SAP SAP connected
R/3
R/3 BW EBP with SAP
R/3 SAP
EBP**
CI*

SAP
R/3
PS
R/3 Integration with
Master data harmonization supplier via Email,
Fax, XML messages

* On
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 What is mySAP SRM? (Part 3)
  Integration of all suppliers in procurement process
  Hosted order processing system for suppliers (Supplier
Enablement)
  SRM supports two flavors

Internet
  SUS with EBP Central Hub for Supplier Self-Services
mainly interesting for suppliers without
  SUS with MM functionality in R/3
appropriate CRM or sales system
Backend SRM

Supplier
SAP SAP SAP
R/3
R/3 EBP SUS
R/3

Integration with
supplier via browser
and Internet

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 What is mySAP SRM? (Part 4)
  Management of structured content
  Catalog data and structure management (Content Management)

Internet
Catalog Engine

SRM

Supplier
Bugs
Eye
SAP
EBP

Supplier provides /
sends catalog
content as a file

* On project
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 mySAP SRM Service Components
  Complementary services used by SRM business applications
SAP Internet SAP Internet Pricing &
Transaction Configurator * – used for
Server – Web complex pricing calculations
UI of EBP by SAP EBP and SAP SUS

SAP SAP SRM

ITS IPC
SAP
UME
SAP SAP
EBP SUS

SAP User Management

Engine – SRM user
* Optional component management required by
Java-based components and
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 mySAP SRM Business Application
Components

SAP SAP Bugs SRM

ITS IPC Eye

SAP SAP
LAC UME
SAP SAP SAP
BW EBP SUS
SAP
CI*

* On
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mySAP SRM Platform Components
  mySAP SRM is powered by SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver is the

integration and
application platform to
unify and align people,
information and
business processes
across technologies
and organizations.

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 SAP Netweaver Services used with mySAP
SRM
  SAP NetWeaver is SAP’s integration and application platform for
all mySAP solutions
  mySAP SRM leverages
People Integration
Multi-Channel Access
  SAP Enterprise Portal as SRM
User Interface
Portal Collaboration
Composite Application Framework

Information Integration
  SAP Business Information

Life Cycle Management

Business Knowledge Warehouse for SRM analytics
Intelligence Management
Master Data Management   SAP Master Data Management
Process Integration for SRM master data
Integration Business Process harmonization*
Broker Management

Application Platform
  SAP Exchange Infrastructure as
… …
J2EE ABAP
general SRM connectivity
solution
DBDBand
andOS
OS Abstraction
Abstraction
.NET WebSphere
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* On project basis only

general platform for all SRM

business application components
 mySAP SRM Architecture

SAP EP ** SRM Content

Internet
Backend SAP SAP Bugs SRM
ITS IPC Eye

Supplier
SAP SAP
SAP
LAC
BW UME
SAP SAP WPS SAP
SAP BW EBP SUS
R/3 SAP
R/3
R/3 CI *

SAP SAP WebAS

R/3
PS
R/3

SAP XI SRM Content

** Optional
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 mySAP Exchange Infrastructure
  SAP XI is used for
  Integration with supplier systems
  Integration of SRM application components

Internet
  Partly for backend system integration
Backend SRM

Supplier
SAP
BW
SAP SAP SAP
SAP BW EBP SUS
R/3 SAP
R/3
R/3 CI *

SAP
R/3
PS
R/3

SAP XI

* On
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 OCI (Open Catalog Interface)
  OCI is used for catalog integration from SAP EBP
  Via OCI a user can select products from a catalog and transfer
the entire shopping cart back to SAP EBP
OCI SRM
Bugs
Eye
SAP
EBP

  Via OCI SAP EBP can also be integrated with

  a hosted catalog on a marketplace
  a supplier catalog running at supplier side

  OCI is an HTTP based interface and works cross firewalls

  OCI is part of Interface Software Certification at SAP

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  See http://www.sap.com/icc
OPI (Open Partner Interface)
  OPI is used for searching new suppliers and uploading of new
suppliers in SAP EBP
  Via OPI a user can search for new business partners in an
external supplier directory and transfer new entries to SAP EBP
O
SRM External
SAP P Supplier
EBP I Directory

Business
Partner

  OPI is an HTTP based interface and works cross firewalls

  OPI will be part of Interface Software Certification at SAP

  First certified partner product “Hoppenstedt Firmeninfo”
  For more information see http://www.sap.com/icc
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 RFC (Remote Function Call)

  RFC is used
  for synchronous communication between SAP EBP and SAP R/3
backend systems
  direct integration of SAP BW with the mySAP SRM application
components SAP EBP and SAP SUS
Backend RFC
SRM
SAP RFC
BW

SAP
SAP SAP
R/3
R/3
R/3 EBP SUS
RFC

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 Session Summary
 Introduction
 What is mySAP SRM?
 mySAP SRM Integration
Technologies
 mySAP SRM Business
Processes
 mySAP SRM System
Landscape
 mySAP SRM Availability

 Summary
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 Process Scenarios

-  Standalone

-  Only in EBP

-  Classic

-  EBP and Backend R/3 or non-R/3

-  Extended Classic

-  EBP and Backend R/3 or non-R/3

-  - Dual Coupling

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 Plan Driven Procurement

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 mySAP SRM Screens : Employee

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 mySAP SRM Screens : Attributes

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 mySAP SRM Screens : Strategic buyer

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 mySAP SRM Screens :
Administration

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 mySAP SRM Screens : Reporting

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mySAP SRM Screens: User Management

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 Session Summary
 Introduction
 What is mySAP SRM?
 mySAP SRM Integration
Technologies
 mySAP SRM Business
Processes
 mySAP SRM System
Landscape
 mySAP SRM Availability

 Summary
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 Flexible Deployment Options with mySAP SRM

For a fast Return on Investment

 Modular architecture
  Incremental functional
extension
e.g., procurement, sourcing,
supplier enablement,
  Centralized or decentralized
organization setup
e.g., organizational rollout to
more business units
  Stepwise category extension
e.g., indirect, services, direct
  Flexible deployment options require flexible mySAP SRM system
landscape
  Support for small to large mySAP installations
  Support for centralized to decentralized system landscape
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mySAP SRM Supplier Enablement on One
Box
  Minimal system landscape for test, demo, training systems etc.

Windows 2000 Server

 
  Features used
  Running SAP
SAP EBP SAP WebAS
EBP and SAP
SAP SUS (ABAP) SUS in two
MS SQL Server clients of one
BugsEye
SAP WebAS*
SAP UME SAP WebAS
SAP IPC (J2EE)   Sharing one data
SAP SUS base by multiple
SAP XI SAP WebAS SAP DB
SAP applications
  Running
SAP ITS
multiple Java
applications on
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J2EE engine
mySAP SRM Supplier Enablement System
Landscape
  mySAP SRM on two servers with options for further scaling
  Benefits for
Windows 2000 Server
 
customer
SAP EBP SAP WebAS MS SQL Server   Separation of
SAP SUS SAP WebAS ABAP- and Java-
SAP IPC SAP WebAS
based
applications
SAP XI SAP WebAS SAP DB   All ABAP-based
SAP ITS applications run
on separate SAP
WebAS
Windows 2000 Server
  Further scaling
 

based on further
BugsEye
SAP WebAS
MS SQL Server separation of
SAP UME
(J2EE) applications
SAP SUSWPS
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base instances
still small
 Session Wrap Up
 Introduction
 What is mySAP SRM?
 mySAP SRM Integration
Technologies
 mySAP SRM Business
Processes
 mySAP SRM System
Landscape

 Wrap up

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 Wrap Up
  mySAP Supplier Relationship
Management is a comprehensive
solution covering the full cycle
from procurement execution,
operational and strategic sourcing
to supplier enablement
  Leveraging SAP NetWeaver
brings new levels of flexibility to
SRM customers
  Multiple deployment options
allow for customer-conform
mySAP SRM installations

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 Wrap up contd..
SRM Solution Payback Time
•  AMR Research: 43 % of companies paid
back their investments
•  in less than 12 months and 75% in
under 24 months.
Less than 6 months
14 %

More than 24 months

25 %

6 - 12 months
29 %

12 - 24 months
32 %
Source: AMR Research

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 References

•  SAP Help portal (help.sap.com)

•  SAP Market Place (service.sap.com)

•  AMR Research (www.amrresearch.com)

Source: AMR Research

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 Session Takeaways

•  SRM Architecture , Integration

technologies, Landscape

•  SRM Business Processes

•  SRM Deployment Options

Source: AMR Research

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   Questions ??

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 Q&A

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   Thank You

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