SRM User Interface Add-On 1.0

SRM User Interface Add-On 1.0
Overview
Michael Jud
March 2013
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Procurement Excellence
Complete and flexible solution for organizations in all industries
Expert User
User Interface
and Access
Channels
Casual User
Familiar
Applications
NetWeaver
Business
Client
Forms
Mobile
Web Browser
End-to-End
Business Process
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SAP SRM User Interface Add-On
Overview
User Story
Employees need to buy products and services for the company.
Often these purchase are catalog driven so users can quickly find
the items they need and comply with the company's supplier
agreements.
The purchases can be routine or infrequent, but in either case,
users now expect the same user-friendly interfaces that they
experience in their personal online purchasing.
User Benefits
Casual users can buy products and services that they need with
little or no training.
Improve compliance with company purchasing rules and
contracts
Reduces the number of steps to get information, such as order
tracking
Ability to process multiple items efficiently
Facts & Figures
• Key UI characteristics:
Familiar consumer-like interface, HTML5 –
dynamic and customizable UI layer, Search
• Customer Engagement:
40+ customers across multiple industries
• Ramp-Up
April 2013
Reduce errors and re-processing
Key Capabilities & Challenges
• Familiar, web-shopping, user interface
• Cross-catalog search (internal and external catalogs)
• Customizable
• Apply changes to process multiple cart items
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Shopping Carts for the Casual User
SRM 7.0 Webdynpro
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User Interface Add-On
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Web-like interface – dynamic screens
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Web-like search – search and field help
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Comprehensive catalog content
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Process multiple line items efficiently
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User guidance
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Customizable
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Functional enhancement packs – new features quickly
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SRM User Interface
Add-On 1.0
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Shopping Cart - Search
Search
Enterprise search - search
across all fields in the catalog
item. The search attributes are
customizable using enterprise
search tool.
Fuzzy search can be enabled.
User Settings – change the
user default settings such as
cost assignment, product
category, and delivery
information for an order.
Multi-language searches languages other than the user’s
logon language
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Shopping Cart – Search Options
Browse by Category
Browse company-defined
categories.
Browse Catalogs
Catalogs are grouped by
category and displayed with
image and description
Links that display configured
punch out catalogs in a new
window
Punch-out items can be added
to mini shopping tray
Favorites
Make an item a favorite from
search results or product
details.
Templates
Add items from pre-defined
templates
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Search Results
Search Results
Filtering based on price,
category, catalog, supplier, and
manufacturer
User can select multiple filter
criteria. Filter numbering
reports the number of items in
the search results
Product overview information
for a quick product description.
Ratings - Ratings from internal
company users.
Sort by relevance and price
Add item to favorites
Pricing and availability
information from catalog
Search results can be
configured using a BADI
Highlight preferred sources of
supply
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Product Details
Product Details
Flip through search results to
view detailed product
information.
New OCI 5 format supports
expanded data attributes to
provide detailed product
information and multiple
images
Check user ratings and reviews
from fellow employees
Sustainability Information
Flag as favorite
Price and availability
information from the catalog
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Shopping Cart Mini Tray
Mini Tray
Quick glance overview of items
in the cart
Keeps a running total of the
order in the user’s currency
Buy on behalf - Users can buy
on behalf of other users by
using a search and select
Order cart - User can order
from here if the cart information
is correct
Auto save
Save multiple carts
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Checkout
Review Cart
Overview of general data for
the order, including delivery
address, account assignment,
and total value
Quick entry for shopping cart
name and notes to approver
Order or continue shopping to
add more items to the cart
Indicators on the line items to
show if the item has notes or
attachments
Save the shopping cart
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Checkout – Item Details and Apply Changes
More Details
Select an item on the left and
change the item details on the
right
Search fields for items like
product category, unit of
measure, and currency. The
system will suggest search
results as the user types
Customer fields
Apply Changes
Lets users make changes to
one item and apply that change
to other selected items in the
cart
Apply delivery information,
shipping address, and account
assignment changes to other
items in the cart.
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Order
Quickly link to follow-on activities after ordering – print, show order, or done (back to shopping to create
a new cart)
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Can’t Find What You are Looking For?
Can’t Find
If no search results are found,
the system will display a link to
describe requirements
Carryover search term to form
Users can describe
requirements, including the
preferred suppliers and
attachments.
Type-ahead search to identify
the right unit of measure,
currency, and preferred
supplier
Multiple free text items can be
added to the mini tray with
catalog items
Customer fields
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Order Tracking – My Carts
My Carts
Shopping cart items are
grouped with the shopping
carts
Links to related documents –
users can view the related
documents from the links
Link to quickly create
confirmations (goods receipt
and service entry), including
one-click express confirmation
Advanced search for common
parameters like shopping cart
name/number, item description,
status, time frame, category,
and purchase order number
Create shopping carts from
previously ordered items.
Edit shopping carts in approval
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Architecture
Overview
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Procurement
Architecture
View
UI Strategy
Key Message
Convergence of Architecture Styles for Mobile Apps and Consumer Grade Web-Apps (lightweight)
SSP UX add-on , Gateway and SAPUI5 to be deployed on same WEB AS ABAP Server for lowest TCO
Consumer Grade Apps
Mobile Apps
Mobile
Consumer Grade Web-Apps
Native Mobile Apps
Browser
(iOS, Android, Blackberry, …)
(IE, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari)
Shopping
Cart Approval
…
(OData)
SUP
Supplier Fact
Sheet
Self Service Procurement UX Skin
(OData)
(add-on to stable core release)
Gateway 2.0
SAP UI5
(enables OData)
(HTML5 Library)
SRM 7.0
(stable core release)
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Architecture Overview- Components
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SRM NXP Add-on - the business
logic and UI related logic
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SAP UI5 Add-on – Javascript libraries
to build the interactive pages.
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Gateway – NetWeaver component that
connects business users to SAP systems. It
provides access to route requests from the
SRM UI Add-on to the SRM system.
Installed on the same physical machine as SRM.
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Component View
SAP Business Suite
SAP NetWeaver Hub
SRM
SRM Server
Gateway Core
SRM NXP Add-On
IW_FND
GW_CORE
IWBEP Add-On
MDM TECH
UI Add-On for NW
NW AS ABAP
MDM Server
MDM Server
NW AS JAVA
NW AS
TREX
NW AS ABAP
TREX
Content Server
Content Server
NW AS
NW AS
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Conclusion
Thank you
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