Introducing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Sourcing and Procurement
Identifying the Organizational Structure in Procurement
Maintaining Master Data for Sourcing and Procurement
Using Flexible Workflows for Sourcing and Procurement
Using Situation Handling in Sourcing and Procurement
Outlining Requisitioning
Performing Consumable Purchasing
Outlining Procurement of Direct Materials
Exploring Direct Procurement with Inbound Delivery
Exploring Complementary Procurement Functions
Using Automated Invoice Settlement
Performing Procurement of Services
Using Purchase Contracts
Using Scheduling Agreements in Procurement
Exploring Request for Price
Using Subcontracting
Exploring Supplier Consignment
Using Procurement Analytics
Exploring Compliance in Procurement Processes
Using Sourcing and Procurement APIs

Introducing Situation Handling

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to outline situation handling capabilities

Introducing Situation Handling

Introduction

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Using Situation Handling, you would benefit from a framework that automatically detects important issues and brings them to your attention. Thus, you are then able to react immediately to various business situations, such as upcoming deadlines, ending contracts, or other changing circumstances to outstanding deliveries and confirmations. This video demonstrates the possibilities of Situation Handling using the example of the situation Low Number of Received Quotations. Situation Handling notifies you on time so that you can react and call your suppliers for example.

The following picture and list show the Situation Handling Concept in a nutshell:

The user is notified using the Notifications on the launchpad
  • Trigger

    End-users are proactively informed about situations that require their attention.

  • Related Information

    All relevant context information is derived and displayed in a consumable way, providing direct insights to action.

  • Proposed Action

    Proactive proposal of potential actions to solve the critical situation.