SAP SNC is a central supply chain platform common for customers and suppliers real-time collaboration. This document shows the overview of Supply Network Collaboration(SNC) and who wants to understand the benefit of SAP SNC for customer collaboration.

1. SAP SNC – Customer
Collaboration
SAP SNC – Overview
Vasanth S, Associate consultant, SAP ERP Practice
www.jktech.com
vasanthsapindia vasanthsri
www.vasap.in

2. SAP SNC
SAP SNC is a central supply chain platform for real-time collaboration with
internal and external business partners
SAP SNC – Supplier Collaboration
SAP SNC – Outsourced Manufacturing
SAP SNC – Quality Collaboration
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration
• Customer Pain points
• Collaboration Challenges
• SAP SNC Value Proposition
• SAP SNC Solution Growth
• SAP SNC Customer References
SAP SNC – OVERVIEW

3. Enterprise-Wide Strategic Platform
SAP SNC is Enterprise-Wide Strategic Platform for All Supply Chain
Collaboration Needs

4. Collaborative Business Process enablement

5. Customer Pain Points
 Reduced business visibility
 Increased supply risks
 Delayed response
 Pressure to ensure customer satisfaction
 Need to consolidate heterogeneous IT landscapes
 Pressure to synchronize data, people and processes internally
and with external business partners

6. Collaboration Challenges
Can I synchronize my business with all involved partners?
Can my business partners and my employees work effectively with the
solution?
Does the solution help me get a quick ROI?
Can I increase the speed of my business and order cycles?
Can I add new Business Partners easily over time?

7. Collaboration – Highlights
Enable of multimode communication (B2B, WEB UI, Up and Download)

8. Collaboration – Highlights
Tracking, Quick view, Alerts and Micro Blog

9. Collaboration – Highlights
Sales Forecast Collaboration (Demand Collaboration)

10. Collaboration – Highlights
File transfer Capabilities (up/download) & User admin

11. SAP SNC Value Proposition
• Improvements in accuracy and velocity of your Supply Chain.
• Enables higher customer service levels.
• Reduces cost by eliminating need for manual data re-entry allowing for
improved data accuracy and consolidation of data through one system.
• Reduces operational costs by allowing for faster order to cash cycle and
enabling exception based interaction.
• Supplements structured collaboration with unstructured information
• Allows for reduction in administrative costs

12. SAP SNC Releases
EHP2 for SAP SNC 7.0, SP 11
BI Content Add-On 7.47 SP 06
release and many more available
at https://websmp109.sap-
ag.de/~sapidb/0110003587000000
83422014E
2014

13. Rapidly Expanding Customer Base

14. Benefits Gained by Customers

15. SAP SNC – Supplier Collaboration

16. SAP SNC – Supplier Collaboration

17. SAP SNC – Outsourced Manufacturing

18. SAP SNC – Quality Collaboration

19. - Offers a way for Customers to connect and exchange data for customer replenishment
business processes especially for responsive replenishment.
SAP SNC supports responsive replenishment in two ways
• Responsivereplenishment with purchase order number assignment
• Responsive replenishment without purchase order number assignment
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

20. SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration
Business Challenge

21. Collaboration with SAP SNC
Supplier Company Customer
Web UI / EP Web UI / EP
Customer benefits
•Stock reduction
•Improved level of service quality
•Reduction in the number of urgent orders

22. Customer Collaboration Models
1. Order-based
2. Standard VMI
3. Consigned VMI
SNC supports range of Customer Collaboration Models
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is about replenishment planning
1 Non-Consigned – ownership transfer at time of shipment to/receipt by customer
2 Consigned - ownership transfer at time of usage by customer
Vendor driven replenishment – by min/max or other model

23. Finished Goods Level
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

24. Demand Forecast Collaboration
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

25. Demand Forecast Collaboration Process
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

26. WEB-UI Example – Demand Forecast Collaboration
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

27. Responsive Replenishment
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

28. Responsive Replenishment Process
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

29. WEB UI Example – Responsive Replenishment
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

30. Min / Max Replenishment
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

31. Min/Max Replenishment Process
SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration

32. SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration
Business inputs like Active
customers, Customer
classification, Norm days,
Location, Branch, Base Pack,
Period etc..
BeX Report
BW for Sales
SAP APO DP –
Demand estimates
for future dates
RFC connection has to be made for sales and estimate
Performance level are high
Norms/
Safety
Stock
calculation
• By installing BI Content Add-On 7.47 SP 06, we can perform all BI
operation in SNC system itself.
Process Chain
Logic
For an example :

33. SAP SNC – Customer Collaboration
WEB UI Example – Min/Max Replenishment

34. Ref : 2011 SAP AG Release by Kirsten Loegering and SAP Private forums

35. Thank you!!