Explaining Business Scenarios for Supply Chain Planner

Users can leverage this application to efficiently manage the entire lifecycle of purchase orders, encompassing creation, search, modification, and review processes. By using this application, users can ensure organized, accurate, and timely handling of procurement tasks.

Firstly, the application allows users to create new purchase orders. This functionality enables users to initiate procurement requests for goods and services required for their operations or specific projects. By inputting all necessary details such as supplier information, item descriptions, quantities, and prices, users can generate comprehensive and accurate purchase orders. This structured approach ensures that all procurement activities are properly documented and trackable from the outset.

In addition to creating purchase orders, users can search for existing purchase orders using various criteria. The application provides robust search capabilities, allowing users to sort, filter, and group purchase orders based on different attributes, such as study or protocol ID. This feature enables users to quickly locate specific purchase orders, facilitating easier management and access to pertinent information. Sorting and grouping options further enhance the ability to organize purchase orders in a way that best suits their workflow and reporting needs.

The application also provides the capability to withdraw purchase order approval. This functionality is crucial for maintaining control over the procurement process, as it allows users to retract previously granted approvals when necessary. Reasons for withdrawing approval might include changes in project requirements, errors in the purchase order details, or new budget constraints. By enabling the withdrawal of approvals, the application ensures that only valid and accurate purchase orders progress through the procurement cycle, thereby preventing potential issues and overspending.

Furthermore, users can view additional details related to each purchase order. This feature offers comprehensive insights into the specifics of purchase orders, including detailed item descriptions, delivery schedules, payment terms, and the history of approvals and modifications. By having access to this in-depth information, users can make informed decisions, verify the accuracy of order details, and track the status of procurement activities effectively. This visibility into detailed purchase order information supports better coordination and communication with suppliers and internal stakeholders.

In summary, this application provides users with a powerful set of tools to manage purchase orders effectively. Users can create new purchase orders, search and organize existing orders by various criteria, withdraw approvals when required, and access detailed information about each order. These functionalities collectively enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and control of the procurement process, supporting well-organized and transparent management of purchase orders.

Users can leverage this application to effectively manage and track medication kits within clinical trials, ensuring up-to-date information and easy access to relevant data. This application provides a range of functionalities designed to enhance the visibility and control of medication kit logistics.

Firstly, the application allows users to check the status and details of a medication kit, including its current location. This functionality provides users with real-time insights into the condition and whereabouts of each medication kit. By accessing this information, users can determine the current status, whether the kit is in transit, stored at a depot, dispensed to a trial site, or currently in use. The application also provides detailed information about the medication kit, such as its contents, expiration dates, and any relevant handling instructions. This comprehensive view ensures that users have all the necessary information to manage and track medication kits effectively throughout the clinical trial process.

Furthermore, users can navigate to the medication kit factsheet. This feature allows users to access a dedicated and structured document that compiles all pertinent data about a specific medication kit. The factsheet includes detailed information such as the kit's identification number, batch numbers, expiration dates, contents, and handling history. By navigating to the medication kit factsheet, users can quickly and easily review all critical details, facilitating informed decision-making and prompt action when necessary. The factsheet serves as a centralized source of information, helping users ensure that the medication kits are managed in compliance with trial protocols and regulatory requirements.

In summary, this application equips users with essential tools to manage and track medication kits efficiently within clinical trials. Users can check the real-time status and detailed information of medication kits, including their current location, and navigate to comprehensive factsheets for in-depth data review. These functionalities collectively enhance the accuracy, transparency, and efficiency of managing medication kits, ensuring that all materials are properly tracked and maintained throughout the clinical trial process.

You can find detailed information about implementing the app in the SAP Fiori apps reference library.  For latest delivery please see: SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library - Display Medication Kits

Users can leverage this application to effectively manage stock transfer orders (STOs) within their supply chain operations, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and optimizing batch assignments. The application offers a comprehensive set of functionalities designed to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of managing STO line items.

Firstly, the application allows users to find STO line items with no batch assignment. This functionality enables users to quickly identify any line items within their stock transfer orders that have not yet been assigned a batch. By highlighting these unassigned items, users can prioritize their efforts to ensure that all necessary batch assignments are made promptly. This helps in maintaining the integrity and traceability of the supply chain.

Additionally, the application provides the capability to automatically assign batches to STO line items in alignment with regulatory rules. This feature leverages predefined criteria and regulatory guidelines to systematically assign appropriate batches to each line item. Automatic batch assignment ensures consistency and compliance with regulatory standards, reducing the risk of errors and enhancing the overall efficiency of the batch assignment process.

For instances where automatic assignment may not be feasible or requires further adjustments, the application also allows users to manually assign batches to STO line items. This functionality provides the flexibility needed to address specific requirements or exceptions that might not be covered by automatic rules. Users can manually select and assign batches that align with regulatory rules and organizational standards, ensuring precise control over the batch assignment process.

Moreover, users have the ability to manually unassign batches from STO line items. This functionality is crucial for handling situations where a previously assigned batch needs to be reassigned or corrected. By allowing manual unassignment, users can maintain the accuracy and appropriateness of batch assignments, ensuring that any necessary changes can be implemented efficiently and in compliance with regulatory requirements.

In summary, this application equips users with robust tools to manage batch assignments for stock transfer orders effectively. Users can identify STO line items without batch assignments, automatically assign batches according to regulatory rules, manually assign batches when needed, and manually unassign batches to address exceptions or corrections. These functionalities collectively enhance the accuracy, compliance, and efficiency of managing batch assignments within the supply chain, ensuring that all materials are properly tracked and aligned with regulatory standards.

You can find detailed information about implementing the app in the SAP Fiori apps reference library. For latest delivery please see: SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library - Assign Batches to Purchase Order Items

Users can leverage this application to efficiently manage and track purchase order items, ensuring thorough oversight and improved decision-making within the procurement process. This application offers a comprehensive array of functionalities designed to enhance the visibility and control of purchase order management.

Firstly, users can view purchase order items based on filter criteria. This functionality enables users to apply various filters to the list of purchase order items, such as by purchase order number, supplier, material, delivery date, or status. By utilizing these filters, users can quickly locate and focus on specific purchase order items that meet their criteria, facilitating more efficient and targeted management of procurement tasks.

Additionally, the application allows users to click on a purchase order item to view its item-level information. This feature provides users with detailed insights into each specific purchase order item, including particulars such as item description, quantity, price, delivery schedule, and any associated notes or instructions. Accessing this item-level information ensures that users have a complete understanding of the purchase order details, enabling them to verify accuracy and make informed decisions.

Moreover, users can view details of the predicted delivery date in a popup, which displays a chart of the supplier's delivery reliability for the selected material and plant over the past 180 days. This functionality provides users with valuable predictive insights into the anticipated delivery date based on historical supplier performance. By visualizing the supplier's delivery reliability, users can assess potential risks or delays and take proactive measures to mitigate any issues, ensuring timely delivery of materials.

The application also enables users to navigate to contextual information related to a material. This feature allows users to access comprehensive data and relevant insights about the material in question, such as specifications, usage history, stock levels, and any quality or compliance considerations. Navigating to material-related information helps users gain a deeper understanding of the materials they are procuring, supporting better inventory management and procurement planning.

Similarly, users can navigate to view contextual information related to a supplier. This functionality provides users with detailed information about the supplier, including their contact details, performance metrics, compliance records, and historical interactions. By accessing supplier-related information, users can evaluate supplier performance, manage relationships more effectively, and ensure that procurement decisions are aligned with organizational standards and objectives.

In summary, this application provides users with essential tools to manage and track purchase order items efficiently. Users can filter and view purchase order items, access detailed item-level information, view predicted delivery dates with supplier reliability charts, and navigate to contextual information related to materials and suppliers. These functionalities collectively enhance the accuracy, transparency, and efficiency of purchase order management, ensuring that procurement activities are well-coordinated and effectively executed.

Users can utilize this application to create detailed and localized material descriptions for purchase order printouts, ensuring clarity and compliance across different regions and languages. Additionally, this application offers functionalities to customize unit conversions in the printouts, enhancing the accuracy and usability of the printed documents.

Firstly, the application allows users to create a material description for a purchase order printout for a specific country or region and language combination. This functionality enables users to define and input localized descriptions of materials, which can be used in the print form to replace the standard material short text. By creating tailored material descriptions, users ensure that descriptions are clear, relevant, and easily understood by recipients in different countries or regions. This customization is critical for international operations, as it accommodates linguistic and regional variations, ensuring effective communication and compliance with local requirements.

Furthermore, users can select a unit conversion logic for the unit used in the printout. This feature allows users to specify how units of measurement should be converted and displayed in the purchase order printouts. For example, if the standard unit is in kilograms but the recipient country commonly uses pounds, the application can convert and display the quantity in pounds on the printout. By customizing unit conversion logic, users ensure that the printed documents align with the measurement preferences and standards of the target region, facilitating better understanding and accuracy in the procurement process.

In summary, this application provides users with essential tools to create localized material descriptions and manage unit conversions for purchase order printouts. Users can define specific material descriptions for various country/region and language combinations, ensuring clarity and relevance in international contexts. Additionally, users can customize unit conversions to reflect regional measurement standards, enhancing the accuracy and usability of the printed documents. These functionalities collectively support effective communication, compliance, and accuracy in the procurement process across diverse regions and languages.

The conversion is done in the printout for the Import Advice form. It translates the standard base unit of measure into a different unit of the same unit of measure family. You maintain the unit of measure family parameter /CTCO/ALTERNATIVE_UOM in transaction STVARV.

Get an overview of the creation and changes of the material description and unit conversion setting in the Change History.

You can find detailed information about implementing the app in the SAP Fiori apps reference library. For latest delivery, please see: SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library - Manage Material Descriptions