SAP Best Practices for Power Plant Construction Industries V1.604 (CN)

What’s New

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What‘s new

SAP ERP Release related enhancements Based on SAP ERP Enhancement Package 4 Usage of updated NWBC:

New design Higher performance 4-layered user navigation

Usage of new POWER lists New SAP Best Practices roles

Tool and activitation related enhancements Reduced activation time Extended personalization ability (cross company enterprise structure)

Scenario related and content changes Enhanced and new industry scenarios

Short Overview of What’s New

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SAP Best Practices is based on the SAP Enhancement Package 4

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

Selective Installation Each 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 Activation New 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 function

Mandatory

Optional

EnhancementPackages

Selective update - Example

Support Packages

Installation of New Functionality Separated From Activation via Switch Framework

Usage of Updated NWBC

New design Higher performance

4-layered user navigation NW 7.01 SPS06 will include the updated

NWBC in standard for ERP EhP4

See the SAP Note 1029940 for

requirements and limitations

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Overview of SAP Best Practices for Power Plant Construction Industries Scenarios

505: Portfolio and Project Management

506: Project Approval and Initiation Management

673: Power Plant Construction Project Initiation with IM

674: Project Structure with Integration of Third Party Budgeting Service

696: Project Scheduling with Open PS

697: Project Material and Service Planning

698: Project Purchase Planning and Bidding

699: Project Document Management

700: Project Material Issue

758: Workplace for Transfer Equipment & Asset

864: Period End Closing for Projects and Capitalization

865:Cost Transfer and Allocation

895:PPC: Activate Document Splitting for Utilities

128: Quotation for Procurement

130: Procurement without QM

209: External Procurement of Services

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New Scenarios

SAP Best Practices for Power Plant Construction V1.604 provides the following new industry-specific scenarios:

505: Portfolio and Project Management

506: Project Approval and Initiation Management

673: Power Plant Construction Project Initiation with IM

674: Project Structure with Integration of Third Party Budgeting Service

696: Project Scheduling with Open PS

697: Project Material and Service Planning

698: Project Purchase Planning and Bidding

699: Project Document Management

700: Project Material Issue

758: Workplace for Transfer Equipment & Asset

864: Period End Closing for Projects and Capitalization

865:Cost Transfer and Allocation

895:PPC: Activate Document Splitting for Utilities

Portfolio and Project Management

Purpose SAP Resource & Portfolio Management has become the important part of

organizational structure and strategic component. Through the project management group to more clearly see the overall progress of company projects, monitor the vacuum to project management, and project overlap and conflict between the issues; the same time facilitate the project portfolio, program and project leadership level between the three interaction, the overall control to straighten out the project and the company's investment operations, to improve the implementation and maintenance of corporate governance.

Benefits Reflect and to assist to achieve the strategic objectives of company level Unified management platform, but also conducive to resource allocation and

portfolio optimization Built-in design and implementation of measurement methods to evaluate and

improve the return on investment Project portfolio management reports to help organize the program and project

Purpose and Benefits:

Project Approval and Initiation Management

Purpose Portfolio item is the source of portfolio management. SAP Resource & Portfolio

Management can document the project approval and initiation management, and assists to analyze commercial success possibility, technical success possibility, risk, and comparison of actual and planned financial capital and human capacity. Meanwhile, by documenting the key decision point and integration with cPRO to manage the life cycle of a portfolio item.

Benefits Improve productivity by effectively monitoring, analyzing and managing major

enterprise projects Reduce project failure rates by identifying and addressing at-risk projects earlier Conduct whole life cycle management for portfolio item by integration with

cPRO

Purpose and Benefits:

Project Initialization with IM

Purpose During preconstruction, various cost and expense occur for infrastructure projects

however in the meantime investment measure (for order/project) has not generated. It is preferred to use internal order to collect these cost and expense. If part of the cost or expense cannot be capitalized, it would be settle as department expense.

Project initialization starts at the beginning period of the whole project. The new project will be planned and budgeted according to investment measure. Infrastructure project will be set up and approved to assure that the whole project can be successfully implemented.

Benefits Preconstruction cost and expense are collected by internal order and internal

order will be further settled to investment measure or cost center. All the investment measures (order/project) can be centrally managed by

investment program. Appropriation request and investment measures can be assigned to certain

investment program position and further integrated to overall investment plan and budget.

Purpose and Benefits:

Project Structure with Integration of Third Party Budgeting Service

Purpose This scenario deals with building the power plant construction project. WBS is

structured according to the standard project template. Cooperate with design partner, download the WBS structure for design partner to create project WBS budget, and upload the planning cost and WBS budget into the system.

Benefits Using the template in real world of power enterprises construction as project

WBS standard template. Cost planning and Budgeting workbench facilitate integration with third party

budget software. Accelerating implement for power plant construction.

Purpose and Benefits:

Project Scheduling with OpenPS

Purpose Open PS for Microsoft Project (OpenPS4MSP) is an add-on program that

enables you to exchange data between the SAP ERP Project System (PS) and Microsoft Project.

Benefits Design the project structure in laptop’s Microsoft Project anytime and anywhere. Easy download and upload the project structure between SAP ERP Project

System (PS) and Microsoft Project .

Purpose and Benefits

Project Material and Service Planning

Purpose This scenario deals with materials and service planning in the design period of

power plant construction project. Project manager maintains material list file (Excel format) provided by design unit. System upload and import the verifyed material list into project structures. Realize the system management of project material list. The services also are attached into system by manually maintained in project sturcture. Purchase requisitions are created automaticly.

Benefits Verifying material list which is needed to be uploaded. System automatically decides if the collect level and asset level WBS elements

are added according to asset quantity in material list file. System automatically creates AUC for asset material. System automatically creates activities for related WBS elements. System automatically creates components for related activities.

Purpose and Benefits:

Project Purchasing Planning and Bidding

Purpose Bidding for purchase is the source during setting up a project. This scenario

describes the Purchaser base on the real business requirements to Classify, gather and contract purchase requisitions generated during project setting up. System will compartmentalize purchase requisitions in certain duration in the form of purchase planning.Planners perform bidding activities outside of the system base on different classifications of purchasing requirements, and backfill bidding results into related purchase requisitions. Material planning Manager approve bidding results on workbench.

Benefits Classified the different purchase strategy. Summarized and package the different purchase requirement. Material planning Manager approve bidding results on workbench.

Purpose and Benefits

Project Document Management

Purpose This scenario will help us upload the related document to appropriation request

and WBS element. Describe the using of SAP Easy Documents Management to regulate the

edition of documents and recording the revise.

Benefits Recording the edition of uploading documents in appropriation request

according to the ECM Make use of SAP Easy Document Management to upload the documents to

WBS element.

Purpose and Benefits

Issue Project Material

Purpose This Issue Project Material workbench is used to help the project manager and warehouse

clerk to issue project material centrally during the course of project construction. The workbench solves the issue that large volumn of goods movement can not been posted correctly in time in Power Plant Construction project, accelerates project construction progress, simplifies operation steps and enhances management efficiency.

Benefits Solve the issue that large volumn of goods movement can not been posted correctly in time. Simplify operation steps and enhance management efficiency.

Purpose and Benefits

Workplace for Transfer Equipment & Asset

Purpose Workplace for Transfer Equipment & Asset is used to help equipment

management team and asset management team to set up equipment and asset ledger after project final acceptance.This workbench solve the issue that large volumn of equipment and asset can not been created correctly in time after Power Plant Construction project finish;push equipment check and mantainence,accelerate project capitalization progress, set up equipment and asset full-life management database.

Benefits Make equipment installation status more clear. Establish transparent relationship between asset and equipment. Standardize equipment and asset ledger progress On the workbench, you can either directly confirmation equipment and asset

data, or by use of download/upload function, complete the data on pre-configured Excel template

One workbench which integrated auxiliary equipment and asset creation ,which simplify operation steps and enhance management efficiency.

Purpose and Benefits

Period End Closing for Project and Capitalization

Purpose This scenario is used for period-end closing and investment measure settlement

to asset in power plant infrastructure project.

Benefits Real-time and traceable project cost collection Ease the process of project period end closing by implementing auxiliary cost

transfer and distribution Improve period end closing efficiency by implementing auxiliary equipment

transfer and automatic asset creation

Purpose and Benefits:

Cost Transfer and Allocation

Purpose This scenario deals with actual cost of power plant infrastructure project

distribution. The cost of Unit Eng. is collected first to collective layer(WBS Element) which are distributed to corresponding object accroding to the distribution rule.

Benefits Design of project cost flow reflect true state that happened in China Power

Enterprises construction process. Easily calculate total cost, flexible distribution method facilitate cost distribution. Meantime the system generate distribution document in order to track process ,

the result is transparent. Through one workbench, you can transfer, distribute several kind of cost and

review distribution . It improve Project cost management efficiency accordingly.

Purpose and Benefits:

PPC: Activate Document Splitting for Utilities

Purpose The Activate Document Splitting is provided with the new General Ledger

Accounting Documents are enhanced with additional account assignment objects, or

additional postings are done which split the original postings into lines referring to the account assignment objects

Account assignment objects can be defined according to selected dimensions. In SAP Best Practices the dimensions are profit centers and segments

Benefits The postings are done in real time (online). It is possible to draw up complete financial statements for the selected

dimensions at any time (segment reporting).

Purpose and Benefits

SAP Best Practices for Power Plant ConstructionIndustries :Used Power Lists

Name of Role Single role POWER List description Appl- ID Type* Used in scenario new with EhP4

Accounts Payable Accountant

SAP_NBPR_AP_CLERK-S

Invoice MM-INVOICE   163 X

Vendor Line Items (Homepage)

KYKOP-FIN-FI-VENDORITEMS

  158  

Accounts Receivable Accountant SAP_NBPR_AR_CLERK-S Customer Line Items

KYKOP-FIN-FI-CUSTOMERITEMS   157  

Accounts Receivable Manager

SAP_NBPR_AR_CLERK-M

Customers HomepageKYKOP-OPS-FI-CUSTOMERS

  108, 157, 155.18  

Credit Overview HomepageKYKOP-CRC-LIST-CUSTOMERS

  155.18  

Asset Accountant SAP_NBPR_ASSET-S

Assets Homepage KYKOP-FIN-FI-ASSETLIST   162  

Internal Orders Homepage KYKOP-FIN-CO-INTORDER   155.12  

 Purchaser SAP_NBPR_PURCHASER-S

Purchasing DocumentsOPS-BUYER-POWL-PURDOC-13

 128, 130, 133, 134, 163, 155.72

X

Create and Process Purchase Requisition

MMPUR_UI_PR_APP s 133 X

 Enterprise Controller SAP_NBPR_CONTROLLER-M Internal Orders Homepage KYKOP-FIN-CO-INTORDER   155.12  

Finance Manager SAP_NBPR_FINACC-MList of Recurring Documents (Homepage)

KYKOP-FIN-FI-RECU_ENTRY_DOC

 156

 

General Ledger Accountant SAP_NBPR_FINACC-S

G/L Account List (Homepage)

KYKOP-FIN-FI-GL_ACC_LIST   156  

Display G/L Account Items KYK-FIN-FI-GLITEMS   156  

SAP Best Practices for Power Plant ConstructionIndustries :Used Power Lists

Name of Role Single rolePOWER List description Appl- ID Type* Used in scenario new with EhP4

Purchasing ManagerSAP_NBPR_PURCHASER-M

Release Purchase Order (Homepage)

KYKOP-P2P-REL-PO  107, 114, 115, 129, 130, 133, 138, 163,

 

Service Employee SAP_NBPR_SERVEMPLOYEE-S

Service Entry Sheet MM-SERVICES   129 X

Warehouse ClerkSAP_NBPR_WAREHOUSECLERK-S

Goods Receipt MM-MAT-DOC  107, 115, 127, 129, 130, 133, 134, 139, 150,

X

Order Fulfillment Worklist

O2C-SALESREP-FULFILL

 

109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 134, 141, 201, 203

X

* s = simplified transaction, blank = POWER List

New SAP Best Practices Roles

• User roles delivered with SAP Best Practices provide specific user menus for demo or reference

purposes. These are only required if you are using the updated SAP

NetWeaver Business Client interface, and are intended for demo or

evaluation use.

• The new SAP Best Practices roles are ceated according to the naming

convention SAP_NBPR_*

• The roles are delivered via the the technical SAP Best Practices Add-On together with all other technical SAP

Best Practices technical objects.

Role name Technical role nameAdministrator (HCM) SAP_NBPR_ADMIN_HCM-MAccounts Payable Manager SAP_NBPR_AP_CLERK-MAccounts Payable Accountant SAP_NBPR_AP_CLERK-SAccounts Receivable Manager SAP_NBPR_AR_CLERK-MAccounts Receivable Accountant SAP_NBPR_AR_CLERK-S

Accounts Recievable Account - FI Only SAP_NBPR_AR_FI_ONLY-SAsset Accountant SAP_NBPR_ASSET-SBank Accountant SAP_NBPR_BANKACC-SBenefits Administrator (HCM) SAP_NBPR_BENADMIN_HCM-MBilling Administrator SAP_NBPR_BILLING-SCompliance Manager SAP_NBPR_COMPLIANCE-SEnterprise Controller SAP_NBPR_CONTROLLER-MCustoms Agent SAP_NBPR_CUSTOMSAGENT-SEH&S Clerk SAP_NBPR_EH&S_CLERK-SEmployee (Professional User) SAP_NBPR_EMPLOYEE-SEngineering Specialist SAP_NBPR_ENGINEER-SFinance Manager SAP_NBPR_FINACC-MGeneral Ledger Accountant SAP_NBPR_FINACC-SFMLA Processor (HCM) SAP_NBPR_FMLAPROCESSOR_HCM-SInvestment Manager SAP_NBPR_INVESTMAN-MIT Administrator (Professional User) SAP_NBPR_IT_ADMIN-SMaintenance Employee SAP_NBPR_MAINTENANCE-SManager (HCM) SAP_NBPR_MANAGER_HCM-MProduct Cost Controller SAP_NBPR_PRDCOST_CONTRLR-SProduction Supervisor SAP_NBPR_PRODPLANNER-MProduction Planner SAP_NBPR_PRODPLANNER-SProject Manager SAP_NBPR_PROJECTMANAGER-MPurchasing Administrator SAP_NBPR_PURCHASER-KPurchasing Manager SAP_NBPR_PURCHASER-MPurchaser SAP_NBPR_PURCHASER-SPayroll Administrator (HCM) SAP_NBPR_PYADMIN_HCM-MQuality Specialist SAP_NBPR_QUALMGR-SResource Planner SAP_NBPR_RESOURCEPLNR_SERV-SSales Manager SAP_NBPR_SALESPERSON-MSales Administrator SAP_NBPR_SALESPERSON-SService Agent SAP_NBPR_SERVAGENT-SService Employee SAP_NBPR_SERVEMPLOYEE-SShop Floor Specialist SAP_NBPR_SHOPFLOOR-SStrategic Planner SAP_NBPR_STRATPLANNER-STime Administrator (HCM) SAP_NBPR_TMADMIN_HCM-MTime Processor (HCM) SAP_NBPR_TMPROCESSOR_HCM-STravel Accountant SAP_NBPR_TRAVEL-STreasurer SAP_NBPR_TREASURER-SWarehouse Clerk SAP_NBPR_WAREHOUSECLERK-SWarehouse Manager SAP_NBPR_WAREHOUSEMANAGER-MCustoms Agent (China) SAP_NBPR_CN_CUSTOMSAGENT-S

Accounts Receivable Accountant (China) SAP_NBPR_CN_AR_CLERK-SGeneral Ledger Accountant (China) SAP_NBPR_CN_FINACC-S

New Enablement Kit for SAP NetWeaver Business Client

New Enablement Kit for SAP NetWeaver Business Client – V1.30: The versioning is conform with the standard SAP

Best Practices versioning: V1.30 refers to the fact that this is the first version of the Enablement Kit for SAP NWBC

3.0.

The enablement kit consists of:

Instructions for using POWER Lists, Reports and Roles

Development instructions for POWER Lists

Overview of existing POWER Lists and Reports

Guided Procedure for a quick and rapid prototyping (see Guided Tour in the menu)

Tool and Activitation Related Enhancements Reduced activation time

Extended personalization ability (cross company enterprise structure) in the

Solution Builder

SAP Best Practices Solution Builder: Enhanced Graphical Scoping

Enhanced Graphical Scoping Design as known from the Solution Configurator for SAP Business All-in-One Enhanced application area editor

The scenarios of a solution are sized

dynamically and ordered into a solution map-like

view The application areas are

defined in the application area editor.