SAP Best Practices for Mining V1.606 for Australia Whats New.

SAP Best Practices for Mining V1.606 for AustraliaWhat’s New

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Overview What’s New

Solution Enhancements

Tool and Activation related Enhancements


Based on SAP ERP Enhancement Pack 6


History of Mining Best Practices

• Best Practices for Mining have been the Go-To Market vehicle ever since we launched the SAP for Mining solution to the market in 2000 (based on IS-Mine 4.6B)

• We leveraged the Best Practices concept to show our industry expertise and to show how to use the standard ERP and IS-Mine (IS-Oil) add-on solutions to implement these processes

• Our last available version of Mining Best Practices V1.600, released in 2007, was build on ERP ECC 6.0 and SCM 5.0

• Release of version 1.606 build on ECC 6.0 EhP6 in 2012



Area of Contract to Cash Usage of Commodity Pricing Engine Usage of new Differential Invoicing

Area of Maintenance Usage of Netweaver Business Client (NWBC) as User Interface Usage of new functionality delivered for NWBC Maintenance Roles New Linear Asset Management Scenario

Area of Environment, Health and Safety Usage of Environmental, Health and Safety Management 2.0 New scenario for Operational Risk Management – Incident Management

Solution Architecture Simplified Solution Architecture with Focus on ERP and NWBC


Scenario Overview Mining Best Practice AU V1.606

Scenario ID

Scenario Name Area

396 Coal Mining

Production397 Coal Blending

398 Copper Mining

399 Copper Concentrate & Cathode Production

395 Cost PlanningCosting

D50 Cost Actuals

D51 Rail Bulk Transportation Internal Distribution

D52 Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation FOBCommodity Sales,

Bulk Transportation,

QM

D53 Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transportation DES incl. Freight

D54 Contract to Invoice Concentrate, Bulk Transportation, QM

D55 Contract to Invoice Cathode

D56 Corrective Maintenance

Enterprise Asset Management

D57 Preventive Maintenance

D58 Rotable Management

D61 Linear Asset Management

D59 Operational Risk ManagementEnvironment, Health & Safety Management

Enhanced

Enhanced

Enhanced

Enhanced

Enhanced

Enhanced

Enhanced

New

New


Leverage pre-integrated, cross-functional best practices to reduce TCO and time to value

SAP Best Practices for Mining offers documentation and pre-configuration for typical Mining processes

Covered by SAP Best Practices for Mining V1.606

Covered by SAP Best Practices Baseline Version

FREE OF CHARGE

Scenario Name Area

Rail Bulk Transportation Internal Distribution

Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transport FOB

Commodity Sales

Bulk Transportation,

QM

Contract to Invoice Coal, Bulk Transport DES Freight

Contract to Invoice Concentrate, Bulk Transport, QM

Contract to Invoice Cathode

Coal Mining

ProductionCoal Blending

Copper Mining

Copper Concentrate & Cathode Production

Cost PlanningCosting

Cost Actuals

Corrective Maintenance


Preventive Maintenance

Rotable Management

Linear Asset Management

Operational Risk ManagementEnvironment, Health & Safety

Capital Project Management

Mining Processing Transportation Sales & Marketing

Enterprise Management and Support

Business Planning & Compliance

Supply Chain Management

Contract-to-Cash

Operations Management

Operational Compliance


Supply Management


SAP Best Practices is Based on the SAP Enhancement Package 6

PreambleSAP enhancement packages are shipped as a delta shipment to SAP ERP 6.0

Selective InstallationEach SAP Enhancement Package contains new versions of existing software components

You only update software components, which are related to the functionality you want to use.

After installation:

No UI or process change until a business function is activated

No implications on the underlying NetWeaver platform, however SAP Enhancement Packages require defined ERP support package stack

Selective ActivationNew functionality must be explicitly switched on to become active in the system.

If activated:

Changes are predictable, only well described changes in the activated areas.

Testing is simplified with templates, provided for every business functionMandatory

Optional

EnhancementPackages

Selective update - Example

Support Packages

Installation of New Functionality Separated From Activation via Switch Framework


Use of SAP Best Practices for Mining

Demo system during Sales/Pre-sales Phase

Requirement: A solution that can be easily installed with changeable master data A solution with scenarios close to customer requirements for global go-to market A solution with clear business documents.

Basis for Partner Solution Development & Partner Solution Implementation

Requirement: A solution divided into Building Blocks. A solution with a clear installation structure. A solution which is adaptable.


Use of SAP Best Practices for Mining

Deployment Backbone for Customer Projects

Requirement: A solution that can be easily installed with changeable master data. A solution the can be “divided“ into different segments. A solution with typical Mining Business scenarios close to customer requirements. A solution with clear guidance on how to best implement Mining business

processes in the latest releases of SAP for Mining. A solution with clear user documents.

Knowledge Database for Partners

Requirement: A solution that covers different parts of the industry requirement. A solution with clear configuration documents. A solution that can be installed easily.


Requirement Analysis

Installation Quick installation Clear structure Clear pre-requisites User friendly

Documentation Clear BPP’s Detailed Configuration Guides New Overview Presentations

Flexibility Easily change master data Easily change the Organization structure Selected installation

Business Whole value chain Bulk & Metal Support typical global business processes

Architecture Technical infrastructure Solution Architecture

SAP Best Practicesfor Mining


SAP Best Practices for Mining – Business

Support typical global business processes

Logistics & Supply Chain processes designed globally

FI / CO set up with group currency & local currency

Many new solution areas, like Operational Risk Management, Commodity Sales, Linear Asset Management, NWBC User Interface

Bulk & Metal

Example for Bulk: Coal

Example for Metal: Copper

Whole Value Chain Covered

Mine to Customer

Business

Whole value chain Bulk & Metal Support typical global business processes

SAP Best Practices for

Mining


SAP Best Practices for Mining – Architecture

Technical Infrastructure

SAP Netweaver

SAP ERP

SAP EHSM

Solution Architecture

Tight integration of delivered scenarios - but ability to run scenarios independently

Improved Solution Architecture - Examples:

Focus on ERP

Usage of new core functionality for commodity sales

Utilization of NWBC and Roles for improved user experience

Architecture

Technical infrastructure Solution Architecture


Mining


SAP Best Practices for Mining – Installation

Quick Installation

All the master data and customizing are packed into ECATT.

Best Practices Installation Tools are used.

One Click to fulfil the whole installation.Clear Structure

All the scenarios are defined as projects in the BBI.

Pre-requisites will automatically be called during the project running for a certain scenario.

The sequence of the installation steps are defined clearly, and performed automatically.

Clear Pre-requisites

Building Block concept indicates clearly prerequisites to install and run selected scenarios

Flexibility in applying only part of Best Practice Solution

General master data is grouped into one building block (materials, work centers, customers).

User Friendly

The Best Practices Installation Assistant supports easy installation.

Users do not need to care about technical tools, like BC Set and ECATT any more.

Installation

Quick installation Clear structure Clear pre-requisites User friendly


Mining


SAP Best Practices for Mining – Documentation

Clear Business Process Documents (BPD)

Detailed step-by-step process instructions in Business Process Documentations including information about business background, benefits and master data overview).

Organization structure is changeable.

Detailed Configuration Guides

Configuration is described in detail.

New / Updated Scenario Overview Presentations

SAP for Mining Overview / Business Overview.

Process Overview.

Technical Overview

Documentation

Clear BPP’s Detailed Configuration Guide Overview Presentations


Mining


SAP Best Practices for Mining – Flexibility

Flexibility

Easily change the master data Easy change organization structure Selected installation

Easily Change the Master Data

All the material names are linked to a central data container.

The material master can be changed by the personalization assistant before installation.

All the related settings for material will be updated automatically.

Easily Change the Organization Structure

Several types of organization structure are linked to the central data container.

The organization structure can be changed by the personalization assistant before installation.

All the related settings will be updated automatically.

Selected Installation

All the scenarios are defined as projects in the installation assistant.

Each scenario can be installed with the minimum pre-requisites.


Mining

Tool and Activation related Enhancements


Enterprise Structure Adaptation based on Business Objects

Graphical Adaptation of Enterprise Structure

Business Objects based on Standard Business Objects of ERP for Enterprise Structure

Business Objects are mapped to Installation Data


Enterprise Structure Adaptation based on Business Objects

Personalization of Installation Data based on Standard Business Object User Interface

Changes are applied to all relevant places in Installation Data automatically

In Expert Mode structural Changes of Org. Structure possible (limited to org. structure itself currently)

This personalization is only for data mapped to organization structure

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