In this blog post, you can find the latest collection of new capabilities and features in
Central Procurement for
SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2302.
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here for a recap of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2208 release highlights.
New and Enhanced Features in Central Procurement
Schedule Export of Centrally Managed Purchase Orders
With this new app, as a configuration expert, you can schedule jobs to export centrally managed purchase orders from the SAP S/4HANA Cloud system which acts as the hub system. This exported data is used to trigger the training of the intelligent scenario
MM_PUR_HUB_MATGRP_RC in the
Intelligent Scenario Management app, which is part of the process to enable material group recommendations in the
Process Purchase Requisitions Centrally app.
Schedule Import of Product Group Recommendations
With this new app, as a configuration expert, you can import the inference (data) to enable material group recommendations for centrally managed purchase requisitions. This data is imported from the intelligent scenario
MM_PUR_HUB_MATGRP_RC, provided there is a training that is deployed and active.
New Business Add-Ins for Central Purchasing
The following business add-ins have been created:
- Define Conditions to Restart Workflow for Central Approval
- Define Conditions to Restart the Flexible Workflow for Centrally Managed Purchase Requisitions
- Retrieval of Output Form Details for Print Preview in Replicated Purchase Orders
You can access this BAdI and the BAdI documentation in the
Custom Logic app.
Enhancements in Process Purchase Requisitions Centrally
You can now perform the following:
- Assign or unassign processors for the selected centrally managed purchase requisition items. The assigned processor is responsible for working on the respective items
- Assign or change material groups based on recommendations, using a machine-learning service
Enhancements in Manage Purchase Orders Centrally
You can perform the following:
- Preview the output of centrally managed purchase orders (in PDF)
- View and manage limit items
- Add outputs manually in the Output Management facet
Enhancements in Manage Workflows for Centrally Managed Purchase Orders
You can now send back centrally managed purchase orders for rework, using the step type
Release of Reworkable Centrally Managed Purchase Order, in the
Manage Workflows for Centrally Managed Purchase Orders app. For items subject to this workflow, approvers have an additional option Request Rework in the
My Inbox app. Approvers can choose this option and request the central purchaser to make changes.
Enhancements in Manage Workflows for Central Supplier Confirmations
You can now define the review steps in the workflow. In the review steps, you can determine the reviewers or people responsible for monitoring the progress of the workflow. When a workflow is started, all the reviewers are notified. The reviewers can then track the progress of the workflow. However, a reviewer cannot approve or reject workflow steps.
Enhancements in Manage Central Purchase Contracts
You can now perform the following:
- View the consumption percentage of the central purchase contract on the list page
- Compare modified values of central purchase contract fields to previous values using the button Change Log
- Select the Connected System ID at the item level to indicate what connected system the specified material belongs
- Copy header distribution lines in a central purchase contract
- Copy items of central purchase contracts
- Create central purchase contracts with item hierarchies from a reference document
Additionally, the value of the Evaluated Receipt Settlement is now replicated in the purchase outline agreement in the connected system.
Enhancements in a Business Add-Ins for Central Purchase Contracts
With the release of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2302, new fields have been added to the following business add-ins (BAdIs):
- Change of Field Controls for Central Purchase Contracts
- Change of Central Purchase Contract Before Saving
- Change of Central Purchase Contract Item Before Saving
Additionally, for central purchase contracts with item hierarchies, the following BAdIs are not triggered for item sets. Their implementation is only triggered for functional items (materials or services):
- Check of Central Purchase Contract Before Saving
- Formation of Purchase Outline Agreements from Central Purchase Contracts
- Change of Field Controls for Central Purchase Contracts
- Change of Central Purchase Contract Item Before Saving
- Change of Purchase OAs Created from Central Purchase Contracts Before Distribution
- Restart of Flexible Workflow for Central Purchase Contracts
- Mapping of Item Extension Details to Distributed Purchase Outline Agreements
You can access this BAdI and the BAdI documentation in the
Custom Logic app.
Enhancements in Mass Changes to Central Purchase Contracts
You can now perform the following:
- View and edit central purchase hierarchy contracts from the two new tabs Central Purchase Contracts Hierarchy Headers and Central Purchase Contracts Hierarchy Items. Central purchase contracts hierarchy headers and items can be edited by both modes, that is, online and offline
- Add and update, price conditions and item commodities for multiple central purchase contracts and central purchase contracts hierarchy using Microsoft Excel
- Add custom fields for central purchase contracts and central purchase contracts hierarchy
- Simulate changes to the central purchase contracts and central purchase contracts hierarchy
- View the color-coded column headers in the Microsoft Excel file downloaded in the app. These colors correspond to the read-only and mandatory configurations for the individual fields that are defined in the configuration step Define Settings for Excel-Based Data Exchange. The below matrix indicates the colors used in the column headers of the downloaded excel file:
Color |
Read-Only Section |
Mandatory Selection |
Grey |
Not Selected |
Selected |
Grey |
Selected |
Selected |
Yellow |
Selected |
Not Selected |
Transparent or White |
Not Selected |
Not Selected |
Enhancements in Monitor Mass Changes for Central Purchase Contracts
You can monitor simulation jobs that are created and scheduled using the
Mass Changes to Central Purchase Contracts app. You can also view or monitor the changed values of multiple fields in the simulation logs.
Central Purchase Requisition Processing
This scope item has been retired as of SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2302, and cannot be requested for activation.
Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN)
The guided buying capability for central procurement with SAP Ariba Buying now enables you to approve and deny guided buying requests using the
Document Approval API in guided buying.
This is a brief overview of the new features available in Central Procurement for SAP S/4HANA Cloud 2302. Hope you found this blog post insightful.
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Share your feedback and thoughts in the comments section and in case of further questions, please post them on the Central Procurement community page using the link below:
Central Procurement Community Page – Ask a question
For more information on SAP S/4HANA for Central Procurement, check out the below link:
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