When you create a product, you can specify the product category. Until now, you had the choice between Mixture and Substance. Now, you also have the option Article. There are many dangerous substances (from lead to cadmium, nickel, or phthalates) which are found in common consumer products (like toys, jewelry, or yoga mats) and when those products are found to be non-compliant with current regulations, those products must be pulled from the market at significant costs. ... View more

Chemical industry is a cost and profitability challenged industry. Current macroeconomic uncertainties, geopolitical risks, commodization, increasing competition, Sustainability and regulatory compliance requirements are impacting the industry in its pursuit towards profitable and sustainable operations. In this complex and ever-evolving operating environment chemical enterprises face multifaceted challenges to digitize and automate its (industry specific) complex business processes. These challenges and requirements can include following: Cover Industry specific requirements (like in Manufacturing, Quality Management, Regulatory compliance) Implement Standardized Business Processes (modelled on Industry Best Practices) Manage Interfaces / connectivity to multiple systems and solutions to minimize Integration Costs Support Organization growth and expansion into new markets, regions Assimilate acquired entities and prepare for divestures Achieve Operational Processes visibility and analysis Digitize operations with limited resources and at lower TCO Manage and mitigate (implementation) Projects risk and cost overrun Utilize Intelligent Technologies like AI in Business Processes To overcome these challenges and requirements, Chemical enterprises need to build Future Proof organizations which will be capable to cover today’s business needs and build for tomorrow to prepare them to take advantage of improved market conditions (in future). GROW with SAP offering lays down path to build a Future-proof Chemical Enterprise. It is a complete offering of solutions, best practices, adoption acceleration services, community and learning to help customers adopt Cloud ERP (S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition) with speed, predictability, and continuous innovation. S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition is a ready to run Cloud ERP which delivers latest Industry Best Practices (via scope items). It through its coverage of Industry specific capabilities (like Product Compliance, Process Manufacturing etc.) helps to improve operational efficiency and provide necessary flexibility needed to be successful in highly demanding Industry. I welcome you to check out Expert Talk (Leveraging S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition for the Intelligent, Sustainable Chemical Industry), where I along with my fellow colleagues Stefanie Nix, Peer Laslo, and Brandon Kima discuss about how SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition equips chemical enterprises to tackle industry complexities and execute efficient, intelligent, and sustainable operations. I look forward to your comments and discussions on positioning S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition in Chemical Industry as the “Cloud ERP”. ... View more

Dear Community,  During tests, when creating a Purchase Order for a material containing a controlled/regulated substance - a drug percursor with "not compliant" marketability status (see image 1 below) - from an approved supplier, in the Product Compliance tab of the PO ( SAP GUI ) the field "Product Marketability Status" displays the message "OK - Not Relevant" (see image 2, below). This is created a deal of confusion with the customer's users. I'm asking for some clarification: is this because it's a purchase process and not a production and/or sales process? Thank you in advance! Image 1: Image 2: ... View more

Hello dear community. I have a challenge that needs to be solved: Some substances may have volume or mass regulatory limits regarding its business transactions, i.e., my customer is licensed to sell only 1000 kg per year of a certain regulated substance. This is a type of regulatory limit for this substance, albeit company-specific (other companies may have different amount values to which they have to comply). Is it possible, in SAP S/4HANA for Product Compliance, to set up a stop sales "trigger", regarding this type of regulatory limit? Or does it have to be set up from other SAP functionality? Many thanks in advance. ... View more

Hello friends, I need some help.   In  SAP S/4HANA for product compliance  (On Prem, release 2023), both in Unpackaged Product - Basic Compliance Data and Manage Basic Compliance Data - Raw Materials app, I'm unable to delete a packaged product from the Compliance Views for Related Packaged Products tab.  1. I open (one of) the app and select the related packaged product to be deleted. 2. The waring message appears:  3. When I press the Delete button, the system returns the folowing message: "Runtime Error: 'MESSAGE_TYPE_X'. The OData request processing has been abnormally terminated. If you use SAP S/4HANA Cloud, please create an incident. Otherwise, if "Runtime Error" is not initial, launch ADT feed "Runtime Errors" or transaction ST22 / SM21 (system log analysis) for details and analysis." Thanks in advance!  ... View more

Extensions to SAP S/4HANA for Product Compliance available on SAP Store. Utilize cloud solutions to further automate, add analytical and AI capabilities. ... View more

What determines the health of the chemical industry in 2024? ... View more