SAP Sourcing OnDemand Wave 8 Solution Guide
TABLE OF CONTENT
DEFINITION OF PACKAGES ... 3
DEFINITION OF EDITIONS ... 4
DEFINITION OF USERS ... 5
DEFINITION OF ONDEMAND SERVICES ... 7
HOSTING & SUPPORT ... 17
UPGRADES ... 18
DEFINITION OF PACKAGES
Based on the functional package selected (Standard or Premium), the customer will receive either the Standard On Boarding service or the Premium On Boarding service (respectively) which is included as part of the solution:
Standard Package - provides basic features and functions to support the Strategic Sourcing, Contract
Lifecycle Management, and Supplier Management processes.
Premium Package – consists of all of the features and functions as the Standard package, and provides
DEFINITION OF EDITIONS
Public Edition - solution is delivered in a secured, multi-tenant model. The public edition represents the
standard on-demand tenant model followed by nearly all on-demand solutions in the industry.
Private Edition – solution is delivered in a secured, single tenant model, and provides customers with more
DEFINITION OF USERS
Key User – a key user is a single point of contact with SAP. A key user is responsible for collecting business requirements and mapping processes/functionality into the sourcing solution. Responsibilities also include testing and validating the solution, managing users and authorizations, performing data management tasks and ensuring training and support for end-users.
Strategic Sourcing OnDemand - subscription pricing is based on the number of sourcing Event Owner
users.
Sourcing Event Owner – user requires a license in Strategic Sourcing OnDemand. They have full access to the features listed in the functional package (Standard or Premium). Full access means that the user can create and edit in each of the functional areas. For example, a Strategic Sourcing Event Owner can:
Create, edit and cancel RFx’s
Create, edit and cancel auctions
Create, edit and manage projects (Premium)
Create, edit and execute Strategic Sourcing reports
Create, edit and cancel Xpress events (Premium) Strategic Sourcing Event Owners are charged monthly.
Casual Users and External Users are not charged for utilizing Strategic Sourcing OnDemand. Casual Users have limited access to features and functions of the system. They are not allowed to create Strategic Sourcing or Xpress Events, modify reports and create suppliers. Casual Users can:
Access reporting
Perform collaborative scoring
Perform approvals
Create, edit and manage projects (Premium)
Create and enter support requests or complete other forms
Modify, but not create, Strategic Sourcing events (for example, internal users can add questions, upload attachments and enter line item specifications)
External Users are the suppliers who access the system. They can respond to Strategic Sourcing events, self-register, or update their company master data.
Contract Lifecycle Management OnDemand - subscription pricing is based on the number of Contract
Owner users.
Contract Owner – user requires a subscription in SAP Contract Lifecycle Management OnDemand. They have full access to the features listed in the functional package (Standard or Premium). Full access means that the user can create and edit in each of the functional areas. For example, a Contract Owner can:
Create, edit and cancel Master Agreements
Create, edit and cancel Sub-Agreements
Create, edit and cancel contract Documents
Create, edit and cancel clauses, sections, and contract document templates Contract Owners are charged monthly.
Casual users can:
Access reporting
Perform review of contract documents
Perform approvals
Create, edit and cancel clauses, sections, and contract document templates
Modify, but not create, master agreements, sub-agreements, or contract documents.
Create, edit and manage projects (Premium)
Electronically sign contract documents
External Users are the suppliers, customers or other third parties who access the system. They can participate in contract negotiation, self-register, or update their company master data.
Supplier Management OnDemand - subscription pricing is based on the number of Supplier Owners users.
Supplier Owner – has a full access to the features listed in the functional package (premium). Full access means that the user can create and edit in each of the functional areas. For example, a Supplier Owner can:
Create, edit and deactivate suppliers
Maintain supplier activities and access activities reports
Create supplier scorecard definitions and metrics and execute scorecard reports
Create, edit and manage projects Supplier Owners are charged monthly.
Casual User/External User - Casual users have limited access to the features in the Premium functional package. Such users are not allowed to create new suppliers. Casual users are not charged. Casual users can:
Run reports on supplier performance
Display all supplier profile information
Create, edit and manage projects
DEFINITION OF ONDEMAND SERVICES
Strategic Sourcing OnDemand - SAP Strategic Sourcing OnDemand solution enables buyers to better
manage the sourcing process. The solution provides a rapid time to value through the ease of configuration, flexible interface and the simplicity of adoption.
Strategic Sourcing OnDemand
Features Public Standard Public Premium Private Premium Features RFX (RFI, RFP, RFQ) X X X Auctions X X X Project Management X X Xpress X X CPO Central X X Sourcing Analytics X X X
Global Text Search X X X
Formula Based Pricing X X X
Supplier Self-Registration X X X
Supplier Profile X X X
Optimization X X
Office 2007 Support X X X
Supplier Approval Workflow X X
Sourcing Activity Dashboard X X X
Customization/Configuration Capabilities
Branding – customizable logo X X X
Themes – customizable visual elements –
color schemes, fonts X* X
Page Customizations X X X
Multi-Language Capabilities (UI)
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Polish Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Hungarian
Workflow substitute X X
Configurable Analytics X* X* X
Configurable Workbench X* X
Create/Change fields and field values X X X
Scripting X* X
Xcelsius Dashboard Configuration X* X* X**
On-Boarding Services
Project Management –including scope
validation/solution mapping, blueprinting X X X
Master Data Import X X X
Baseline Configuration –set up,
organizational data X X X
Document Types & Setup
3 RFX Types, 8 Auction Types X
X Includes 2 project types
X Includes 2 project types User Management - Loading of users and
security profiles X X X
Integration Scenarios (additional fee)
For Sourcing Processes (ERP) X X
Workflows
1 standard workflow X X
Solution Overview Training X X X
RFX Training X X X
Auction Training X X X
Supplier Management Training X X
Projects Training X X
Solution Administration Training X X X
Upgrade Date Flexibility X
* Requires additional services from SAP Service Delivery, and potentially additional fees, if a customer would like to utilize these capabilities beyond what is already included in the packaged on-boarding
Contract Lifecycle Management OnDemand - SAP Contract Lifecycle Management OnDemand solution is
a subscription offering that enables customers to rapidly optimize corporate contract management practices. It accelerates the ability to realize the full value of contracts – resulting in higher profits and lower legal and financial risk.
Contract Lifecycle Management OnDemand
Features Public Standard Public Premium Private Premium Features Contract Repository X X X Contract Authoring X X X Contract Workbench X X X Contract Importer X X X
Global Text Search X X X
Contract Performance Dashboards (Xcelsius) X X
Contract Analytics X X X
Supplier Self-Registration X X X
Supplier Profile X X X
Office 2007 Support X X X
Project Management X X
Supplier Approval Workflow X X
Electronic Signatures for contract document – additional contract with our Partner Echo Sign is required
X X
Customization/Configuration Capabilities
Branding – customizable logo X X X
Themes – customizable visual elements –
color schemes, fonts X* X
Page Customizations X X X
Multi-Language Capabilities (UI)
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Polish Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Hungarian
Workflow substitutes X X
Configurable Analytics X* X* X
Configurable Workbench X* X
Create/Change fields and field values X X X
Scripting X* X
Xcelsius Dashboard Configuration X* X* X**
On-Boarding Services
Project Management –including scope
validation/solution mapping, blueprinting X X X
Master Data Import X X X
Master Agreement Import – up to 5000,
includes all corresponding contract documents X X
Baseline Configuration
set up, organizational data X X X
Document Types & Setup
3 Master Agreement types, 3 Contract Document Types X X Includes 2 Project types X Includes 2 Project types User Management
Loading of users and security profiles X X X
Integration Scenarios - additional fee for ERP integration
Contract Processes
X X
Workflows
1 standard workflow X X
Solution Overview Training X X X
Contract Management Training X X X
Projects Training X X
Solution Administration Training X X X
Upgrade Date Flexibility X
* Requires additional services from SAP Service Delivery, and potentially additional fees, if a customer would like to utilize these capabilities beyond what is already included in the packaged on-boarding
Supplier Management OnDemand – SAP Supplier Management OnDemand solution is a subscription
offering that helps customers optimize supplier management, including on boarding, information
management, evaluation and performance management. With full supplier visibility, customers can make decisions that boost profitability and enable superior supplier management.
Without Supplier Management only basic supplier create, edit and deactivate suppliers is available in Strategic Sourcing OnDemand and Contract Lifecycle Management OnDemand.
Supplier Management OnDemand
Features Public Premium Private Premium Features RFIs X X Supplier Development
Supplier maintained profiles, Alerts, Analytics X X Supplier Performance Scorecarding, Analytics X X Supplier Self-Registration X X Project Management X X
Global Text Search X X
Scorecard Performance Dashboard
(Xcelsius) X X
Office 2007 Support X X
Supplier Approval Workflow X X
Customization/Configuration Capabilities
Branding – customizable logo X X
Themes – customizable visual elements –
color schemes, fonts X* X
Page Customizations X X
Multi-Language Capabilities (UI)
English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Polish Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Hungarian
Configurable Workflow X* X
Configurable Analytics X* X
Configurable Workbench X* X
Create/Change fields and field values X X
Scripting X* X
Xcelsius Dashboard Configuration X* X**
On-Boarding Services
Project Management –including scope
validation/solution mapping, blueprinting X X
Master Data Import X X
Baseline Configuration
set up, organizational data X X
Document Types & Setup Supplier Survey, RFI, Supplier Development
X Includes 2 Project types
X Includes 2 Project types
Supplier Risk Profiles - set-up of Supplier Risk Profile functionality, allowing for central management of supplier risk and sustainability attributes.
X*
Scorecards - Set-up of customer specific configurable supplier metrics and scorecards for supplier KPI tracking.
X* X*
User Interface/Configuration – 3 workbench pages (supplier management, supplier selection, projects)
X X
User Management
Loading of users and security profiles X X
Integration Scenarios : additional fee for ERP integration
Supplier Management Process
X X
Workflows
1 custom workflow X X
Solution Overview Training X X
Supplier Management Training X X
* Requires additional services from SAP Service Delivery, and potentially additional fees, if a customer would like to utilize these capabilities beyond what is already included in the packaged on-boarding
** SAP Xcelsius designer tool is required to adjust Dashboards .
Supported Integration Scenarios:
The Premium Package for Strategic Sourcing OnDemand, Contract Management OnDemand and for Supplier Management OnDemand includes, for an additional fee, configuration capabilities and services for predefined and standardized integration scenarios to SAP ERP.
Note that SAP Service Delivery experts will work with the customer’s ERP and PI experts to coordinate this integration, but will not perform the changes directly in the ERP and PI systems.
Integration is not offered for Standard Package subscriptions.
For the SAP Sourcing On-Demand (Wave 8) ERP standardized integration scenarios the following are the mandatory components (and require separate licensing, not included in the subscription fee):
System Release
SAP ECC 6.0*
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NW PI) 7.0 or 7.1
* For SAP ECC 6.0, the standard integration components are delivered with enhancement package 5. For earlier enhancement packages, the standard integration components are delivered with support packages, as shown in the following table, or via SAP Note 1364669.
Release Support Package
SAP ECC 6.0 16 and up
SAP ECC 6.0 enhancement package 2 6 and up SAP ECC 6.0 enhancement package 3 5 and up SAP ECC 6.0 enhancement package 4 4 and up SAP ECC 6.0 enhancement package 5 All SPs
Strategic Sourcing Integration Scenario - Integration of SAP ERP with Strategic Sourcing OnDemand
Contract Lifecycle Management Integration Scenario - Integration of SAP ERP with Contract Lifecycle
Management (CLM) OnDemand system allows for replication of Sourcing CLM Agreements (Master Agreements or Sub-Agreements) to ERP and creation of an Outline Agreement. This service will provide master data synchronization between ERP and Sourcing OnDemand system for the following master data:
Supplier Management Integration Scenario - Integration of SAP ERP with Supplier Management
OnDemand system. This service will provide master data synchronization between ERP and Supplier Management OnDemand system for the following master data:
Supplier
Purchasing Organization
Company Code
HOSTING & SUPPORT
SAP provides 24 x 7 monitoring of hardware, software, operating system and database. We ensure the monthly application availability of the SAP Sourcing OD solution at 99.5%. Our datacenter is SAS-70 Type II certified and additionally our operations are ISO 27001 certified. Please contact your SAP representative for further details regarding hosting and security.
UPGRADES
SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR AN ADDITIONAL CHARGE
Non-Productive Sandbox Environment – typically utilized for training/testing purposes
Event Support – assistance with developing, managing and analyzing a sourcing event (i.e. Auctions, RFXs) Buyer/Supplier Support – assistance with buyer and supplier how-to questions/issues
Off-Boarding – a copy of Customer’s data can be provided at the end of an on-demand agreement Migration Services – for Customers looking to move from an on-demand deployment to an on-premise deployment.
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