{"id":14018,"date":"2021-01-11T11:49:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T09:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/?p=14018"},"modified":"2021-01-14T09:21:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T07:21:22","slug":"sap-business-bydesign-20-11-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2021\/01\/11\/sap-business-bydesign-20-11-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Busi\u00adness ByDe\u00adsign 20.11\u2009\u2014\u2009What\u2019s new?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_\u200bpb_\u200bsection fb_built=\u201c1\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.22\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d background_size=\u201cinitial\u201d background_position=\u201ctop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201crepeat\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c4_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.6.6\u201d quote_font=\u201d||on||||||\u201d quote_text_align=\u201ccenter\u201d quote_font_size=\u201c18px\u201d header_text_align=\u201cjustify\u201d text_orientation=\u201cjustified\u201d]<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAP\u2019s cloud-based ERP sys\u00adtem <a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/palvelut\/pk-yritysten-toiminnanohjaus\/\">SAP Busi\u00adness ByDe\u00adsign<\/a> is updat\u00aded four times a&nbsp;year. The Novem\u00adber ver\u00adsion update on 20 Novem\u00adber brought reforms in a&nbsp;wide range of areas. Updates were for the cus\u00adtomer search func\u00adtion, tick\u00adet man\u00adage\u00adment, and the trans\u00adla\u00adtion tool. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, updates were made to the areas of cus\u00adtomer rela\u00adtion\u00adship man\u00adage\u00adment, finance, human resources, dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion chan\u00adnels, sup\u00adpli\u00ader rela\u00adtions and project management.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading, as we will go through the key reforms next.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Improve\u00adments in basic functions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can now set a&nbsp;more spe\u00adcif\u00adic restric\u00adtion on client pro\u00adfile per\u00admis\u00adsions to lim\u00adit client vis\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty in the end-user search results view. The syn\u00adchro\u00adniza\u00adtion issue with the SAP tick\u00adet\u00ading sys\u00adtem has also been fixed and the com\u00adment can\u00adnot be saved to the tick\u00adet with\u00adout chang\u00ading the sta\u00adtus of the tick\u00adet. This way, you will always receive a&nbsp;noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion when the tick\u00adet is updat\u00aded. In addi\u00adtion, with the new ver\u00adsion of the lan\u00adguage trans\u00adla\u00adtion tool, there is a&nbsp;Replace Text tab, where you can select the source texts that you want to replace with the tar\u00adget text desired by the customer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New addi\u00adtions in cus\u00adtomer rela\u00adtion\u00adship management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new ver\u00adsion update brought many com\u00adplete\u00adly new func\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adties to cus\u00adtomer rela\u00adtion\u00adship man\u00adage\u00adment (CRM). New doc\u00adu\u00adments and trans\u00adac\u00adtions cre\u00adat\u00aded for CRM now con\u00adfirm that blocked mate\u00adri\u00adals and ser\u00advices can no longer be added man\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly. If you try to add a&nbsp;blocked prod\u00aduct, the doc\u00adu\u00adment will not be saved. If the prod\u00aduct has been used with a&nbsp;pre\u00advi\u00adous doc\u00adu\u00adment and the block\u00ading has only tak\u00aden place since then, the doc\u00adu\u00adment will be processed successfully.<\/p>\n<p>It is now pos\u00adsi\u00adble to remove mate\u00adri\u00adals and ser\u00advice items from the sys\u00adtem and the ID num\u00adber of the delet\u00aded prod\u00aduct can also be reused. Dele\u00adtion is pos\u00adsi\u00adble when the prod\u00aduct has not yet been activated.<\/p>\n<p>In Over-the counter sales, the finan\u00adcial account\u00ading of doc\u00adu\u00adments will no longer be pos\u00adsi\u00adble if the account\u00ading is blocked for a&nbsp;cer\u00adtain cre\u00adation date in any process, for exam\u00adple in cus\u00adtomer invoic\u00ading or cost report\u00ading. This is to pre\u00advent doc\u00adu\u00adments from being incon\u00adsis\u00adtent when they are sent to account\u00ading. Account\u00ading for the desired date can be enabled in the process con\u00adtrol settings.<\/p>\n<p>In addi\u00adtion to admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors, busi\u00adness users now have access to view and resched\u00adule auto\u00admat\u00aded tasks relat\u00aded to con\u00adtract doc\u00adu\u00adments that have gone into error log. You can now find the Auto\u00admat\u00aded Error Tasks option in the Con\u00adtracts client drop-down menu. Once the cause of the error has been checked in the appli\u00adca\u00adtion log and fixed, the task can be resched\u00aduled. It is also pos\u00adsi\u00adble to resched\u00adule mul\u00adti\u00adple tasks at the same&nbsp;time.<\/p>\n<p>The pre\u00advi\u00adous update 20.08 pro\u00advid\u00aded a&nbsp;new func\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty where a&nbsp;man\u00adu\u00adal ref\u00ader\u00adence to sales doc\u00adu\u00adments, such as a&nbsp;lead or sales oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty, could be added to the sales offer. Now the man\u00adu\u00adal ref\u00ader\u00adence can be added to the sales order and the ref\u00ader\u00adence can also be deleted.<\/p>\n<p>With cus\u00adtomer invoic\u00ading reports, it is pos\u00adsi\u00adble to view the net val\u00adue both with\u00adout addi\u00adtion\u00adal charges and with them. Addi\u00adtion\u00adal charges can be, for exam\u00adple, freight, oth\u00ader sur\u00adcharges or tax\u00ades. This val\u00adue can also be used in cus\u00adtom reports as well as data sources. Also, SAP Man\u00adag\u00ader Approvals now includes approval process\u00ades for cus\u00adtomer invoic\u00ades as well as cred\u00adit&nbsp;memos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More flu\u00adent finan\u00adcial management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The source of the account state\u00adment can now be seen in the overview of the Liq\u00aduid\u00adi\u00adty Man\u00adage\u00adment work\u00adsta\u00adtion as well as on the account state\u00adment itself. Addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly, two new Web Ser\u00advices are avail\u00adable. Man\u00adage\u00adBankState\u00admentIn man\u00adages cus\u00adtomer bank\u00ading trans\u00adac\u00adtions using account state\u00adments and Query\u00adBankState\u00admentIn allows you to query and read account state\u00adments in the system.<\/p>\n<p>Lease Con\u00adtract man\u00adage\u00adment of the cost object; for exam\u00adple, the Cost Cen\u00adter, or the expi\u00adra\u00adtion date of the project to be per\u00adformed by the con\u00adtract is deter\u00admined by the valid\u00adi\u00adty of the cost object. For exam\u00adple, if the end date of the project task is set to 31\/12\/2021 and the task is used in the con\u00adtract as an expense object, then the expi\u00adra\u00adtion date of the expense object is the same, both for the project task and the con\u00adtract itself.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12409 alignnone size-large\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-2-1024x576.png\" alt width=\"596\" height=\"335\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>More detailed human resource management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Copy\u00ading employ\u00adee work\u00ading time data with the Mas\u00adter Data Repli\u00adca\u00adtion inter\u00adface can now be more pre\u00adcise\u00adly con\u00adtrolled. When the Work\u00ading Time Inte\u00adgra\u00adtion fea\u00adture is select\u00aded, employ\u00adee time pro\u00adfiles are copied from the exter\u00adnal sys\u00adtem into SAP. Edit\u00ading them in the time pro\u00adfile is then locked, i.e. only the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor can edit the work\u00ading hours via the Mas\u00adter Data Repli\u00adca\u00adtion work\u00adsta\u00adtion. If the fea\u00adture is not on, all the infor\u00adma\u00adtion in the work\u00ading time pro\u00adfile can be edit\u00aded normally.<\/p>\n<p>With the pur\u00adchase order, you can see the remain\u00ading work\u00ading time in the work time post\u00ading views, such as the work time pro\u00adfile, the work time post\u00ading cal\u00aden\u00addar, the work time report, and the employ\u00adee self-ser\u00advice view. The remain\u00ading time is dis\u00adplayed if unlim\u00adit\u00aded overde\u00adliv\u00adery is not select\u00aded in the pur\u00adchase order settings.<\/p>\n<p>It is pos\u00adsi\u00adble to add four addi\u00adtion\u00adal fields to the hourly report, which are Country\/\u200bRegion, State, and two option\u00adal fields that can be used as desired. It was pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly not pos\u00adsi\u00adble to cre\u00adate addi\u00adtion\u00adal fields for the hourly report with the cus\u00adtomiza\u00adtion func\u00adtion, so SAP has now cre\u00adat\u00aded two cus\u00adtomiz\u00adable fields in the struc\u00adture, which allows you to enter option\u00adal data. Because these are addi\u00adtion\u00adal fields cre\u00adat\u00aded by SAP, they are auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly dis\u00adplayed in oth\u00ader work\u00ading time views and can be used as data sources in reports.<\/p>\n<p>When an employ\u00adee makes a&nbsp;time record\u00ading on a&nbsp;project, a&nbsp;cost entry is made at the same time based on the labour resource assigned to the employee\u2019s cost cen\u00adtre. In the past, if there was a&nbsp;back\u00addat\u00aded change in labour resource on a&nbsp;cost cen\u00adtre or an employee\u2019s allo\u00adca\u00adtion and a&nbsp;change was made to work\u00ading hours that were still relat\u00aded to old data, this caused prob\u00adlems in the sys\u00adtem. Con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly, retroac\u00adtive changes are no longer reviewed in the time val\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion process. Now they should be acti\u00advat\u00aded sep\u00ada\u00adrate\u00adly from the gen\u00ader\u00adal tasks of the Time Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion work\u00adsta\u00adtion, where you can acti\u00advate a&nbsp;run on the employee\u2019s work\u00ading time. You must select the back\u00addat\u00aded changes to be includ\u00aded from the set\u00adtings if you also want to include back\u00addat\u00aded time changes to labour resource.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More flex\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty in sup\u00adply chain management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is now pos\u00adsi\u00adble to spec\u00adi\u00adfy and update a&nbsp;doc\u00adu\u00adment-spe\u00adcif\u00adic deliv\u00adery address for stock trans\u00adfer orders that have not yet been released. Pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly, when cre\u00adat\u00ading a&nbsp;stock trans\u00adfer order, you could only select a&nbsp;ship\u00adping address from pre\u00adde\u00adfined ship\u00adping address\u00ades attached to deliv\u00adery locations.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The dates of the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion order can now be changed, even if the exe\u00adcu\u00adtion of the task has already start\u00aded. Chang\u00ading the Last End Date and Ear\u00adly Start Date fields resched\u00adules tasks accord\u00ading to the changes made&nbsp;again.<\/p>\n<p>When cre\u00adat\u00ading a&nbsp;cus\u00adtomer return noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion, an exter\u00adnal doc\u00adu\u00adment set\u00adting can be select\u00aded in the future for those items that do not have an exist\u00ading ref\u00ader\u00adence in the sys\u00adtem. When the set\u00adting is select\u00aded, the infor\u00adma\u00adtion is auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly trans\u00adferred from the return noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion to the cus\u00adtomer return doc\u00adu\u00adment. This process starts in the area of Inbound logis\u00adtics and it is also essen\u00adtial on the CRM&nbsp;side.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12407 alignnone size-large\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/download-1024x576.png\" alt width=\"579\" height=\"326\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project man\u00adage\u00adment bill\u00adables at task&nbsp;level<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If the project has an item tied to time and expense, the source doc\u00adu\u00adment of which is a&nbsp;pur\u00adchase or cred\u00adit memo, receipt, stock removal or return, then bill\u00adable flag is defined at the task lev\u00adel. Pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly, bill\u00adable flag was only defined at the project head\u00ader lev\u00adel. The amount and val\u00adue of the item to be billed is entered into Billing Amount and Billing Expens\u00ades fields. Cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading\u00adly, for the non-bill\u00adable item, the Off Post\u00ading Amount and Off Post\u00ading Expens\u00ades fields are&nbsp;used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clar\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions for sup\u00adpli\u00ader rela\u00adtion\u00adship billing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If no val\u00adues\u200bhave been main\u00adtained for the cus\u00adtom Z&nbsp;pay\u00adment term and it is used with the invoice, the date spec\u00adi\u00adfied for the invoice becomes the due date. In addi\u00adtion, it is no longer manda\u00adto\u00adry to spec\u00adi\u00adfy the account allo\u00adca\u00adtion type when a&nbsp;new pre\u00adpay\u00adment request is cre\u00adat\u00aded through the Sup\u00adpli\u00ader Invoic\u00ading workstation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Source: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sap.com\/2020\/11\/02\/sap-business-bydesign-whats-new-20.11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAP<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Over 4,000 com\u00adpa\u00adnies from 27 dif\u00adfer\u00adent indus\u00adtries have opt\u00aded for Busi\u00adness ByDe\u00adsign solu\u00adtion. ISLET Group has pack\u00adaged the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of a&nbsp;com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive ERP sys\u00adtem for two indus\u00adtries:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2019\/06\/28\/smart-production-services\/\"><strong>ISLET SMART PRO\u00adDUC\u00adTION<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00ading com\u00adpa\u00adnies and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2019\/06\/28\/smart-professional-services\/\"><strong>ISLET SMART PRO\u00adFES\u00adSION\u00adAL SER\u00adVICES<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;for project busi\u00adness and spe\u00adcial\u00adist orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions. We\u2019d love to dis\u00adcuss more about how Busi\u00adness ByDe\u00adsign might fit in with your business!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Get in&nbsp;touch:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/2018\/10\/18\/jukka-penttinen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juk\u00adka Pent\u00adti\u00adnen<\/a><br>Chief Busi\u00adness Offi\u00adcer, Islet\u00adter<br>+358 40 355 1973<br><strong><a href=\"mailto:jukka.penttinen@isletgroup.fi\">jukka.\u200bpenttinen@\u200bisletgroup.\u200bfi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The author of the blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2019\/01\/17\/karoliina-luhanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Karoli\u00adina Luhanka<\/strong><\/a>, is ISLET\u2019s SAP Con\u00adsul\u00adtant who man\u00adages both large lines and small details in projects. She has diverse expe\u00adri\u00adence from dif\u00adfer\u00adent indus\u00adtries, so she blends like a&nbsp;duck in water into dif\u00adfer\u00adent environments.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>#SAP #Busi\u00adness\u00adBy\u00adDe\u00adsign #Islet\u00adGroup<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP\u2019s cloud-based ERP sys\u00adtem SAP Busi\u00adness ByDe\u00adsign is updat\u00aded four times a&nbsp;year. The Novem\u00adber ver\u00adsion update on 20 Novem\u00adber brought reforms in a&nbsp;wide range of areas. Updates were for the cus\u00adtomer search func\u00adtion, tick\u00adet man\u00adage\u00adment, and the trans\u00adla\u00adtion tool. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, updates were made to the areas of cus\u00adtomer rela\u00adtion\u00adship man\u00adage\u00adment, finance, human resources,&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":14010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14018"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14026,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14018\/revisions\/14026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}