Describing SAP Ariba 2408 Release Features

• Applicable Products
  • SAP Business Network for Supply Chain
• User Type
  • Buyer
  • Supplier
• Enablement Model
  • Customer configured

This feature provides enhancements to subcontracting processes to track and validate the lifecycle of finished products and contained components. Suppliers are able to provide customer batch for batch managed components while creating component consumption in Advanced shipping notifications (ASN) or reporting component consumption in scenarios related to subcontracting processes.

The following user interface changes are introduced:

• Supplier provides customer batch for batch managed components while creating component consumption in Advanced shipping notifications (ASN) or reporting component consumption in the following scenarios:
  • Subcontracting Purchase Order (PO) created in SAP ERP
  • Components in the subcontracting PO
  • Material master of one of the component where the batch Management required flag is set.
  • Subcontracting component level
• The following transaction rule is introduced to enable the validation of the batches:
  • Require supplier to provide customer batch number for batch managed components
• The component consumption quantity always suggests full quantity even for partially shipped finished goods. If partial shipment has been done or some consumption has already been reported, the Copy Remaining Quantities button provides the remainder quantity for component consumption proposal.

The supplier does not have the ability to update the Customer batch number as part of the excel file that is uploaded to the Manage Serial numbers page while creating an Advanced shipping notification (ASN) or reporting consumption via the user interface.

• Applicable Products
  • SAP Business Network
• User Type
  • Buyer
• Enablement Model
  • Automatically on

This feature adds a new functionality that enables buyer administrators to manage default transaction rules and supplier group transaction rules that are configured in the SAP Business Network buyer account. You can download or upload the transaction rules in a spreadsheet format. This feature is useful when you want to export the transaction rules from one environment to another or to store the transaction rules for future reference.

For example, when you test the transaction rules setup in a test environment and want the same set of transaction rules in the production environment, then you can first download these rules in the test environment, which can then be uploaded in the production environment. When you download the default transaction rules, all the default transaction rules are imported in a spreadsheet format. To import the supplier group rules, you need to select the individual supplier groups configured in your environment.

You can also translate the transaction rules while downloading to the desired language. All languages within the SBN product capabilities are supported.

When you download the default transaction rules or supplier group transaction rules, they are available under the Downloads tab of the Manage Transaction Rules Details page. Similarly, the uploaded files are available under the Uploads tab.

The supplier groups for which you want to download or upload the rules must already exist in your account.

• You cannot upload a file with a duplicate rule in it.
• You cannot upload a file that has a country specific rule that is not allowed for the organization's country. If you do, upload fails.
• You cannot update the default address using business rule. Default addresses should be updated manually.
• You cannot upload a file that has any other extension other than XLS.

• The Default Transaction Rules screen includes the Manage Transaction Rules button, which you can use the view the Manage Transaction Rules Details screen with the Downloads tab selected by default.
• A new screen Manage Transaction Rules Details helps you manage the business transaction rules or supplier group transaction rules. You can use this screen to download or upload the default or supplier group transaction rules and search for rules that have been downloaded or uploaded.

• Applicable Products
  • SAP Business Network for Supply Chain
• User Type
  • Buyer
  • Supplier
• Enablement Model
  • Contact SAP

In the existing SAP Business Network solution, the procurement collaboration process and logistics collaboration process are managed independently in separate network areas that results in a fragmented fulfilment experience (Source to stock) for the buyer.

This feature combines inbound logistic collaboration and procurement collaboration to deliver an integrated process capability that offers better supply chain visibility and execution planning to the buyer.

Through the seamless fusion of procurement and logistics collaboration, using the Ship Notice document as the key connector, the buyer can monitor and manage the blended networks collaboration in a single unified flow.

• The buyer and supplier must share a CSC relationship type.
• The buyer is also onboarded on SAP Business Network for Logistics (BN4L). Contact SAP Support, provide your SAP Business Network for Supply Chain ANID and your SAP Business Network for Logistics LBN ID, to establish the relationship between both networks.
• Enable BN4L integration for Ship Notices must be enabled for the buyer account. Contact SAP Support to get this entitlement enabled.
• The buyer must set a partner function called ShippingNetwork, with the value BN4L, on their system. This indicator is then included in the Purchase Order document.
• The buyer must also provide, as part of the Purchase Order document, the Logistics Service Provider (LSP) identifier, by setting an additional partner function called ForwardingAgent. This value is flipped to the Ship Notice document generated from the Order, after which, it is transmitted to BN4L. Doing this enables the corresponding LSP to be assigned to the Transport Request.

• This new functionality applies to online Ship Notices and Ship Notices created through the Excel mass upload template only. B2B Ship Notices are not covered.
• Only one shipment plan per Ship Notice is supported.

• Applicable Products
  • SAP Business Network
• User Type
  • Buyer
  • Supplier
• Enablement Model
  • Automatically on

This feature introduces a new field within the subcontracting PO to capture the supplier's batch ID and transfer it to SAP Business Network.

The matched supplier batch ID appears in your Orders. You can search your Purchase Order and check the Order Details to view the matched supplier batch IDs at Line Item level.