Automotive Consulting Solution

Overview 2022
Mario Rebitzer
Agenda

Definition
▪ What is a consulting solution?
Customer Benefits
▪ What are the benefits?
Portfolio
▪ What solutions exist?
Sources of Information
▪ Where can I find detailed information?

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Definition
Definition

Consulting solutions
can be characterized by

▪ (Advance) implementations of an existing function from an SAP Core or

Automotive release

or

▪ Development project solutions of SAP Automotive Consulting that cannot be

found in any SAP Core or Automotive release

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Customer Benefits
Solution/Time/Costs

▪ Requirements known, concept and solution exist

▪ Proven solution already being used in production by several customers (best practice)
▪ Benefit from the industry know-how of SAP Consulting and SAP Development
Solution
▪ Further/new development based on standard SAP functions
▪ Functions potentially included in the next SAP release for system upgrades
▪ Solutions available with diverse releases, upgrade and downgrade capability
▪ Comprehensive documentation package included in delivery
▪ Solution and documentation available in German and English
▪ Portfolio overview: www.sap.com/acs
Time
▪ Rapid implementation possible
▪ More efficient and shorter project runtimes
▪ Time savings lead to cost reductions, also internally for
customers

Costs
▪ Exact cost estimates possible (fixed-price implementation)
▪ No ongoing costs (such as maintenance fees)
▪ Up-front investments of SAP Consulting reduces cost risks
▪ Cost sharing model reduces the costs for customer implementations considerably

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Services

The fixed price for ACS includes …

Services ▪ Technical implementation – 100% remote preferred
▪ Technical documentation/user documentation/Customizing documentation
▪ Functional briefing/handover to IT and key users
▪ 6-month free-of-charge error corrections after installation in development system
(support directly through SAP ACS team, for example, via remote login to the
customer system)

Optional ACS services (subject to a fee)

▪ Consulting workshops, for example, to familiarize users with the functions in detail,
system demos, discussion of technical prerequisites, project planning (resources
and deadlines), FIT/GAP analysis, possible effort estimation for enhancements, and
so on
▪ Advanced user training
▪ Optional and flexible support model after 6 months. Resource-based billing on
demand for example by a call of consultant days from contingent.
▪ Go-live support for example with on-call duty (24 hours)
▪ ACS upgrade support during SAP release upgrades or after importing S/4HANA
Feature Pack (FP)
▪ If new ACS versions (functional enhancements) come to the market existing ACS
customers enjoy customer protection/investment protection (special upgrade prices
to the latest SAP ACS version)

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Added Value

Added Value Benefit from more than 20 years of SAP ACS experience
… from over 3000 SAP ACS installations worldwide
… for more than 600 customers
… in over 40 countries
… in diverse industries (Aerospace & Defense, Automotive,
Consumer Products, High Tech, Oil & Gas, Retail,
Telecommunication, …)

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Some customers (I)

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Some customers (II)

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Portfolio
ACS Portfolio Overview

Sales & Service

Material &
Quality Production
Management Management

Automotive
Consulting
Solution

Warranty Handling Unit

Management Management

Just in Time/
Just in Sequence

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Overview – Sales & Distribution (I)

▪ Tolerance checks for scheduling agreement releases in the sales process

▪ Forecast/JIT delivery schedule analysis
▪ Third-party order processing with scheduling agreements
▪ Third-party order processing: completeness check and master data creation
▪ Multilevel third-party order processing with scheduling agreements/single orders
▪ Multilevel third-party order processing: completeness check and automated document
creation
▪ ESP processing (classic) – special stock partner level (EDI monitor for inbound ESP goods
receipt/withdrawal/stock messages incl. options to map stock in transit)
▪ Process with ESP/ Customer Consignment – plant level (EDI monitor for inbound ESP
goods receipt/withdrawal/stock messages)
▪ Completeness check for ESP movements
▪ VMI processing with EDI integration
▪ Mass change of delivery schedules
▪ “SBWAP” reporting – self-billing procedure
▪ Delivery service level

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Example: Third-Party Order Processing with Scheduling
Agreements

OEM Third-Party Supplier Third-Party Vendor

Prelim. Plan. Delivery Schedule/ SD-Sched. Agreement Delivery Schedule/ SD-Sched.

MM-Sched. JIT Delivery Sched. Requirements Planning JIT Delivery Sched. Agreement
Agreement MM-Sched. Agreement
Requirements
Planning
Monitor Third-
Party Order Production

Goods Issues Delivery

Outbound Delivery

Inbound Delivery
Goods

Goods Receipt
Receipt

Assembly

ASN
Outb. Delivery / GID

Invoice Invoice
Invoice
Verification
ERS Invoice
Invoice
Invoice
Verification
ERS

ASN (OEM)

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Overview – Sales & Distribution (II)

▪ Start-up/discontinuation control for sales scheduling agreement processes

▪ Retroactive price agreements – retroactive billing
▪ Fiscal year change – Sales and Distribution
▪ Sales Operation Planning for Scheduling Agreements
▪ Loading space calculation
▪ Monitor for incoming payment advice
▪ Shipping monitor
▪ Monitor for outbound shipping notification statuses
▪ Release creation for SD scheduling agreements
▪ Exit control framework
▪ Customer-specific processes: EDI ASN (outbound)
▪ Customer-specific processes: sales and shipping (focus on American market)
▪ OEM delivery Porsche – SWET & Packaging
▪ Automated creation of SD scheduling agreements via IDoc or Microsoft Excel
▪ Sales-Tax-Complaint Confirmation of Arrival
▪ Self-Billing Monitor

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Overview – Sales & Distribution (III)

▪ VDA forms (delivery note, invoice, material tag,….)

▪ VDA 4939 forms
▪ VDA 4939 forms – SSC (OEM specific – VW, Audi, and so on)
▪ VDA forms – 2D-barcode material tags
▪ GALIA/ODETTE delivery note forms (Renault and Peugeot, for example)
▪ GALIA/ODETTE material tag (INVERS) forms (Renault and Peugeot, for example)
▪ OEM forms, specifically for General Motors (GM) – global transport label
▪ OEM forms, specifically for Ford – global transport label
▪ VDA 4994 forms - Global Transport Label
▪ More than 200 different OEM/supplier-specific material tags for the American market

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 Overview – Just in Time / Just in Sequence

▪ Start-up/discontinuation Control for JIT Calls

▪ JIS Self-Billing Procedure
▪ BMW SPAB TACHO Delivery Monitor
▪ JIS Grouping
▪ JIS Part Group Determination
▪ Interface SAP ERP JIS – MES
▪ JIS Simplicity Warehouse Function
▪ JIS Stock Transfer Delivery and ASN IDoc
▪ JIT/JIS Consistency Check
▪ JIS/JIT Exit Control Framework
▪ Integrated sequence production with SAP Manufacturing Suite
▪ JIS-ASN VDA4987
▪ Optimized Ordering using Summarized JIT-Calls

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Overview – Material Management & Production

▪ Vendor Consignment
▪ EDI monitor for incoming order confirmations
▪ EDI monitor for incoming shipping advice
▪ EDI monitor for incoming invoices (logistics invoice verification)
▪ Goods Receipt and QM Complaints
▪ Pickup date / ASNs EXW Materials Management
▪ Pickup sheet process in Material Management
▪ Vendor evaluation (quantity/date, quality, soft facts,...)
▪ Mass change of delivery schedules in Material Management
▪ Monitor for vendor Kanban with Summarized JIT-calls
▪ Lean manufacturing – Planning & Control (LMPC)
▪ Enhanced Capacity Utilization Reporting in ERP
▪ Every Part Every Interval (EPEI) – ERP integrated EPEI-Calculation

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Example: Vendor Evaluation

ABC Classification

Logistics Quality …

Date Quantity Soft

PPM Quality Score
Reliability Reliability Facts

VMI VMI Complaint Complaint

(Min/Max) (Zero Stock) Extensions
(Rate) (Ratio)

Audit Certificates

Action Controlling

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Overview – Handling Unit Management

▪ Returnable package rent accounting in Sales and Distribution

▪ Returnable package rent accounting in Material Management
▪ Demand-driven packaging material planning
▪ CHEP EDI Container Data
▪ Packaging Data Sheet
▪ Automatic layer fill-up during the packaging process based on packing instruction

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Overview – Warranty Management

▪ Warranty Fast Start for claims and complaints management

▪ Warranty Management – Fast Start for Automotive Suppliers
▪ Claim copier
▪ Claim values
▪ Authorization process
▪ Supplier recovery
▪ Warranty Workbench
▪ Long Text
▪ Recall management
▪ Standalone-Uploadtool for automatic Notification Creation
▪ Intercompany Process

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Overview – Quality Management (I)

▪ IQOS notification framework (Quality-, Complaint-, and 8D Cockpit)

▪ IQOS integrated Customer complaint handling & 8D process via VDA Microsoft Excel
▪ IQOS Integrated internal complaint handling & 8D process via VDA Microsoft Excel
▪ IQOS supplier complaint handling with bidirectional 8D data exchange via XML & VDA
Microsoft Excel template
▪ IQOS supplier complaint handling with bidirectional 8D data exchange via XML & SAP
Interactive Form by Adobe
▪ IQOS QDX portal integration
▪ IQOS Check in DMS documents into quality notifications (documents for reporting)
▪ IQOS SD integration to quality-notification item (credit memos & SD orders)
▪ IQOS KPI Business Objects Dashboards
▪ IQOS Quality Tracking Tool
▪ IQOS Enhancements for Control Plan
▪ IQOS Mail Alerting

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Overview – Quality Management (II)

▪ QM Audit Management – Auditmanagement IATF 16 949 with Adobe Interactive Forms

▪ QM Audit Management – Auditmanagement VDA 6.3 with Adobe Interactive Forms
▪ SAP Translation Service integrated in SAP notifications
▪ Vendor Evaluation (quantity/date, quality, soft facts,...)

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Example: IQOS Complaint Handling 8D & Dashboard

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Sources of Information
Source of Information

▪ Internet
Overview-, Detail- and Customer presentations
http://www.sap.com/acs

▪ Email - distribution list ▪ OSS-System

Signing up through [email protected] Notes (Search term: Automotive Consulting Solutions)

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Thank you!
Mario Rebitzer
Platinum Consultant
Industry Division Automotive

SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG

Hasso-Plattner-Ring 7
69190 Walldorf, Germany
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T +49-6227-78-21042
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