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The objective of this blog is to explain the rental process in Upstream Oil and Gas industry using SAP Field Logistics and how the rental process has evolved from SAP Remote Logistics Management to SAP Field Logistics. This blog is only relevant if the business function: FIELD_LOGISTICS_OP is active in S4 Hana system.
In this blog, I will be focusing on
- Differences in rental Process in SAP RLM vs SAP Field Logistics
- How to order rental or third-party material in SAP Field Logistics
- API for Manage Logistics Supplier Item App
- Forward Scenario for rental Item
- Returns Scenario for rental Items
- Tracking of Rental Items
Differences in rental Process in SAP RLM vs SAP Field Logistics
It’s very common in Upstream Oil and Gas industry that customers often rent equipment for their offshore operations. SAP RLM also supported the rental process, though over time SAP's processes have evolved as well.
- In RLM, MM-SRV was fully supported to manage the rental items, however in SAP Field Logistics – Lean services is fully supported and has an out of box integration with Maintenance Order.
- Material master data can be created for rental materials in RLM, which can then be used for Maintenance Orders when ordering rental items.In SAP Field Logistics, however, these rental/third party items are supplier-owned materials, and SAP master data is not required.
- In RLM, rental materials were added directly in the Maintenance Order, however in SAP Field Logistics – it’s a responsibility of the service provider/receiving specialist to add these items in the Purchasing document only.
- The purchasing document now includes a new item category based on the type of item added in the purchase order.
- Rental item: R --> Rental Text Item
- 3rd party Supplier Item: V--> Supplier Owned
- Concept of “mobilisation” and “demobilisation” in SAP RLM for rental items is no longer applicable in Field Logistics. However in SAP Field Logistics – standard config (Supplier Item Milestone events) can be leveraged to track the start and end date of rental items.
- In SAP Field Logistics – it also possible to transfer the rental items from one offshore location to another offshore location using – Initiate Transfer App. This functionality was not available in SAP RLM.
How to order rental/3rd party material in SAP Field Logistics
- Service provider or the receiving specialist can add the supplier items using Manage Logistics Supplier Item App.
- User can select the purchasing document and then specify the necessary details as shown in the below screenshot.
API for Manage Logistics Supplier Item App
- Besides manually entering the supplier items, user can also use the standard API provided by Field Logistics.
- “API_SUPPLIERITEM” for Manage Logistics Supplier Items, allow suppliers and sub-contractors to create/read/update the supplier item information directly in the buyer system.
- More details about this API can be found in the below link
Forward Scenario for rental items
- Below steps contains the high-level processes involved in Forward scenario for rental items -
S No | High Level Steps | Fiori Application |
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1. | Creation of Maintenance Order. Use Lean services to trigger SERV Supply Process | Create/Change Maintenance Order |
2. | Convert Purchase requisition generated in step 1 into a Purchase Order | Process Purchase Requisition or Create Purchase Order Advance |
3 | Add Rental /Supplier Items in the Purchase Order | Manage Logistics Supplier Item (FL Specific App) |
4. | Receipt of goods against a Purchase Order, and subsequently cross-dock delivery is generated by the system. | Process Receipt (FL Specific App) |
5. | Then pack the deliveries into a container and assign it to a voyage.
All the 3 Apps are Field Logistics specific App.
| Pack Container App(FL Specific App) Manage Container Master Data App(FL Specific App) Manage Field Logistics Voyage(FL Specific App) |
6. | Receive the container at offshore Platform using Process cross Plant receipt App | Process Cross-Plant Receipts (FL Specific App) |
Returns Scenario for rental Item
S No | High Level Step | Fiori Application |
1. | Initiate returns of rental items at offshore Platform using the recommended action “Return to Vendor”. System generates a Stock Transport Order and Outbound delivery. | Initiate returns by Products |
2. | Then pack the deliveries into a container and assign it to a voyage.
All the 3 Apps are Field Logistics specific App.
1. Pack Container App will be used to pack the outbound delivery to a specific container and eventually container can be assigned to a voyage. 2. Manage container master data app and Manage field Logistics Voyage are used to create a Container and Voyage respectively – which can be used in Pack container app | Pack Container App Manage Container Master Data App Manage Field Logistics Voyage |
3. | Receive the container at Base Plant using ‘Process cross Plant receipt App’. Upon receipt – system automatically post 122 movement type against the original Purchase Order. | Process Cross-Plant Receipts |
Tracking of Rental Item
- A user can use SAP Field Logistics - "Logistics Tracking" report to track all supply processes, including SERV Supply Process.
- More details regarding the logistics tracking can be found in below scope ID and SAP help guide.
- Field Logistics Analytics – 6VA
- https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_S4HANA_ON-PREMISE/0f4ab800d01c4366b0c9aaff06a64320/b2aeba198dee46f281d...
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