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MM Fiori Apps

Part one: PROCUREMENT

I will start with Procurement Overview Page, I consider this app a must in every business
process. Customized in the proper way, based on the organization objectives and needs, puts
together in one screen the must important transactions. Helps the business owner to have
control over all the procurement transactions.

1. Procurement Overview Page, App ID F1990

Transactional, Analytical (SAP Fiori elements: Overview

Application Type
Page)
Form Factor Desktop, Phone, Tablet

In Procurement Overview Page you will be able to view all urgent contracts, purchase
requisitions, or spend information according to the specified filter criteria. The SAP shows you,
at a glance, the most important information and tasks relevant for your business. The cards are
arranged like dashboard showing you the most important information ranked according to
relevance.

The overview page is not fixed, you can customize it by rearranging the cards and by hiding or
showing them based on your business needs (you can drag and drop cards to rearrange them)

This table describes the various cards that appear on Procurement Overview:

Card Name Description

· Shows you expiring and nearly consumed contracts.

Monitor
Purchase · Priority is sorted by time remaining, target value, and consumption.
Contracts
· Selecting the header brings you to the Manage Contract app, while
selecting an item brings you to the Contract object page in the same app.
Monitor
Purchase
Requisition · Using the view switch, you can choose to view all open purchase
Items requisition items. You can also view unsourced purchase requisition items:
ones that don't yet have a source of supply, even though the delivery date
is close.
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· Priority is sorted by item value and time to delivery date.

· Selecting the header brings you to the Manage Purchase

Requisition app, while selecting an item brings you to that item in the same
app (filtered by the selected item).

· Using the view switch, you can view overdue items and items in
approval.
Monitor
Purchase Order
· Priority is sorted by overdue days and item value.
Items
· Selecting the header brings you the Monitor Purchase Order
Items app, while selecting an item brings you to that item in the relevant
app.

· Shows you requests for quotations (RFQs) sorted by submission

deadline.
Monitor RFQs
· Priority is sorted by time remaining, target value, and consumption.

· Selecting the header brings you to the Manage RFQs app, while
selecting an item brings you to the RFQ object page in the same app.
Purchasing
Spend
· Shows you the overall purchasing spend, calculated using the
aggregated purchase order values.

· You can switch the view between supplier, material group, and
purchasing spend trend.

· Selecting the header brings you to the Purchasing Spend KPI, while
selecting the material group brings you to the same app, filtered by the
material group.

· Purchasing Spend Trend shows you the trend of the overall

purchasing spend over the last four quarters.

· Shows Planned Spend of Schedule Line, Purchase Order Net Amount,

and Expected Spend of Purchase Requisition for the upcoming quarters.

· Selecting the header brings you to the Purchase Order Value KPI.
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· You can also click one of the quarterly data points to get more
information.

· The graph reflects what's in the global filter.

· Shows you the total invoice spend where that spend isn't associated
with a purchase order.

· You can switch the view between supplier and material group.
Non-Managed
Spend
· The bar chart shows the spend amount as a percentage of the
invoiced spend by material group (or supplier). The number shows the
value of the non-managed spend.

· Selecting the header or the chart brings you to the Purchasing

Spend KPI.

· Shows you the total invoice spend where that spend isn't associated
with a contract.

· You can switch the view between supplier and material group.
Off-Contract
Spend
· The bar chart shows the spend amount as a percentage of the
invoiced spend by material group (or supplier). The number shows the
value of the non-managed spend.

· Selecting the header or the chart brings you to the Purchasing

Spend KPI.
Supplier
Performance Supplier Performance Monitoring
Monitoring
· Shows you a bubble chart of purchasing spend against the supplier
performance.

· Selecting the header or the chart brings you to the Supplier

Evaluation KPI, grouped by supplier.

· You can also see the Supplier Feedback Score.

· The size of the bubbles doesn't depend on supplier's spend.

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Supplier Evaluation Trend

· Shows you the trend of the supplier performance aggregated for all
suppliers.

· Selecting the header or the chart brings you to the Supplier

Evaluation KPI, grouped by supplier.

· The graph reflects what's in the global filter.

· Shows you the proportion of purchase requisition items which are

processed automatically (no touch rate). Also shows the high touch rate,
the percentage of all purchase requisition items or purchase orders that
Purchase require manual intervention during processing, and the low touch rate,
Requisition which is for those items that only require approval.
Touch Rate
· Selecting the header or the chart brings you to Purchase Requisition
Touch Rate KPI, where you can sort the data as you like.

· The Donut chart is divided based on touch rate. You can select the
divisions to see more information.

· Shows you the different items types for purchase requisitions, such as
catalog items, free-text items, and so on.
Purchase
Requisition Item
· Selecting the header or the chart brings you to Purchase Requisition
Types
Item Types KPI, where you view more details.

· The Donut chart is divided based on item type. You can select the
divisions to see more information.

· Shows you the activities that are currently open in a card stack.

Open Activities · When you click the right side of the card, you see the open activities
in an object stream.

· Clicking the main body of the card brings you to the Manage
Activities app.
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Procurement Overview Page

The second App is Display Purchase Requisitions, the procurement flow starts with a Purchase
Requisition. In order to monitor these requirements one of the best options is this App.

2. Purchase Requisition, App ID ME5A

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Application Type Transactional, Fact sheet (SAP Fiori elements)

Form Factor Desktop, Tablet, Phone

This app displays contextual information about the purchase

requisition. You can use this app to display an overview of the purchase requisition data, such
as: supplier, ordered items, material.

The report offers the possibility to export it in a spreadsheet file and to customize it (show/hide
fields).
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Further, I will put the accent on Overdue Purchase Order app which app can be used to analyze
the delivery dates of purchase order items sent to the supplier.

3. Overdue Purchase Order Items, App ID F0343

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet
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The Overdue Purchase Order Items app, calculate the number of purchase order items with
delivery dates in the past and those yet to be delivered.

You can perform the following tasks:

 Apply filter to display views.

 Display every view as chart and in tabular format.

 Send the app link as email or export as an excel.

You can display the charts by filtering them based on Material Group, Plant, Purchasing Group,
Supplier, Document.
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If you want to display the trends in various procurement activities that have been undertaken
one option you want to consider is Purchasing Group Activities.

4. Purchasing Group Activities, App ID F1660

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet
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This app displays trends in various procurement activities that have

been undertaken such as purchase orders, contracts, requisitions, goods receipts, and
scheduling agreements against a particular purchasing group and category for a given time
frame. Only those business documents that are completed and items not released are
considered. Deleted items are not considered. The app also helps to calculate the number of
goods receipts for a particular purchase order and item, as well as the total invoice amount and
purchase order net amount.

Using this app, you can perform the following:

 Apply filters to display views.

 Display views as chart or in tabular format.

 Send the app link as email or export as .csv file.

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Another Purchasing App that could help the business owner to form a clear image with graphics
about the spendings is Purchasing Spend app.

5. Purchasing Spend, App ID MM_PUR_FPM_ANA_IPCC1 (MM_PUR_FPM_ANA_IPCC1)

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet
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Purchasing Spend app helps you to compare the spend for a given
set of comparison filters to the total spend. Filter include supplier, material group, purchasing
group, supplier country and purchasing organization. This app can be used to compare the
purchasing spend between the total spend of a data set with a sub-set of that data set by using
the comparison filters.

Using this app, you can perform the following tasks:

 Compare the spend of given set of suppliers to total spend.

 Visualize the comparison in percentage with respect to the net spend for a given set of
filters.

 Analyze data in form of chart and in tabular format for better insight.

 Send the app details as link or export as an excel.

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A very useful app that will help you to keep an eye on the inconsistency of the price paid vs
price set for materials is Material Price Variance.

6. Material Price Variance, App ID F3294

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Application Type Analytical (SAP Fiori elements)

Form Factor Desktop, Phone, Tablet

Material Price Variance app helps you to display the deviation of

the actual price paid for materials from what has been set as standard data. You can monitor
the material price variance over a certain period of time and evaluate the price deviations of
different documents. This helps you to determine the reason for the price variance and improve
the efficiency of your supply chain management.

With this app, you can do the following:

 Display the material price variance for different purchasing documents in relation to a
range of measures

 Drill down to display the material price variance for different purchasing documents for
a range of dimensions

 Analyze the material price variance for different purchasing documents for a given set of
filters
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 Analyze data in chart and tabular format

 Save your personalized settings as a variant

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A very useful app when you want to know the sum of your purchasing spendings is Spend
Variance app.

7. Spend Variance, App ID F1377

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet
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Spend Variance app helps you to determine the sum of the purchase order value, goods receipt
value, and invoice value by supplier or material. The app then calculates the relation between
the purchase orders, good receipts, and invoice value for a given filter.
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The purchase orders, known as the document used to request items or services from a vendor
at an agreed upon price, can be kept under observation with the Monitor Purchase Order app.
The app offers many filters to display the graphic chart or the report and can be personalized
with the filters available.

8. Monitor Purchase Order Items, App ID F2358

Application Type Analytical (SAP Fiori elements)

Form Factor Desktop
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Monitor Purchase Order app helps you to display purchase order

items and monitor their status, using filter criteria such as purchase order, material group,
material, supplier, plant, and delivery forecast. You can also choose a purchase order item to
view its item level information.

You can use this app to:

 View purchase order items based on filter criteria

 Click on a purchase order item to view its item level information

 Predict the delivery date of purchase orders using the Predict Delivery Date

 View details of the predicted delivery date in a popup showing a chart of the supplier's
delivery reliability for the selected material and plant over the past 180 days

 Navigate to view contextual information related to a material

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 Navigate to view contextual information related to a supplier

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If your business uses purchase info record for maintaing the prices or for special procurement
or for other business process scope, one report you want to consider is Purchasing Info Record
App.

9. Purchasing Info Record, App ID F0351

Application Type Fact sheet (SAP Fiori elements)

Form Factor Desktop, Phone, Tablet
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Purchase Info Record is an object page app that displays contextual

information about the purchasing info record business object. You can use this app to display
an overview of the purchasing info record data, such as: supplier, material
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II. Part two: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

Further, in part two, I will present the apps that you can consider to analyse the information
about suppliers and invoices in procurement.

The first app is Aging Analysis, this app will help the organization to control the pessimistic
trends in total payable amount.

1. Aging Analysis, App ID F1733

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet
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Aging Analysis app helps you to display the aging information

across your organization so that you can identify negative trends in the total payable amount,
the net due amount, and the overdue amount. Display the payable amount, including the
overdue amount and the not due amount, by aging, company code, G/L account, currency,
supplier group and supplier. Filter the payable amount by company code, document status,
supplier, supplier account group, and so on. Specify the key date for data analysis.
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The second app that I will talk about is Invoice Processing Analysis, this app offers a
comprehensive view of the accounts payable invoices.

2. Invoice Processing Analysis (S/4HANA), F1745

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet
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With this app you can view the total amount of posted invoices
and the total number of posted line items. View the total amount of invoices and the total
number of line items posted in a certain month, for a certain supplier, by a certain user or
posted in each processing status.

The possible statuses are as follows:

 Free for Payment (open line items with no payment block)

 Cleared (cleared line items)

 Blocked (open line items with payment block)

 Parked (parked line items)

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3. Overdue Payables (S/4HANA), App ID F1746

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet

Overdue Payables app helps you to check the overdue payable

amount for suppliers by supplier company code, supplier group, supplier and reason for
payment block. As well, can monitor the status of the overdue payments for critical suppliers.
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Helps the business by finding about the potential risks and notify the responsible persons to
take action, display the overdue payable amount and the payable amount that is not yet
overdue. Distinguish between critically overdue amount and uncritically overdue amount.
Analyze the payable amount by different views, including company code, supplier group, reason
for payment block, and supplier.
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The last four apps that I will bring up in this list are about the supplier evaluation. These apps
connected in conjuction are building a full understanding for an organization that wants to dig
in detail the supplier data.

Let's see below these apps:

4. Supplier, App ID F1861

Application Type Fact sheet (SAP Fiori elements)

Form Factor Desktop, Phone, Tablet
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Display Supplier List app helps you to display the contextual

information about the supplier business object.

You can use this app for the following purposes:

 Display an overview of the supplier data, such as:

 Company data

 Communication data

 Materials offered by the supplier

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5. Operational Supplier Evaluation, App ID F1662

Application Type Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet

Operational Supplier Evaluation app determines the score of a

supplier in an organization based on the weighted average of the quantity variance, price
variance, and time variance. The score is calculated over the previous year to date. The overall
score is calculated from the variance available from the different criteria, and then the
weighting is applied.

Using this app, you can perform the following tasks:

 Analyze data in the form of chart and in tabular format.

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 Share the analysis results via an email or export as an excel.

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6. Supplier Evaluation by Quantity, App ID F1661

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet

With the Supplier Evaluation by Quantity app, you can determine the quantity variance, which
is based on the variance between the ordered quantity and the delivered quantity of items.
Both the excess and the lower delivered quantities are considered as variances. The score is
determined over the previous year to date.
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You can perform the following tasks:

 Apply filter to display views.

 Display views as chart and in tabular format.

 Send the app link as email or export as an excel

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7. Supplier Evaluation by Price, App ID F1663

Analytical (SAP Fiori: SAP Smart Business generic drill down

Application Type
app)
Form Factor Desktop, Tablet

Supplier Evaluation by Price app helps you to determine the score

of a given supplier in an organization based on the variance in the price of ordered items and
delivered items. The score is calculated over the previous year to date and is based on the
difference in the purchase order amount and invoice amount.

You can perform the following tasks:

 Apply filter to display views.

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 Display every view as chart and in tabular format.

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Challenges

The SAP Fiori encounter some challenges:

 Startup Performangce

 Attachment handling

 Native device capabilities integration

 Working without data connexion (Offline)

 Advanced security

 Lifecycle Management/Support/Administration