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SAP SCM - Supply Chain Management
SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) is SAP's supply chain product family: demand and supply planning, warehousing and transport, shop floor production, asset maintenance and product development. Members run inside S/4HANA or in the cloud, like SAP IBP; SAP SCM 7.0 mainstream maintenance ends in 2027.
Process
SAP SCM from plan to delivery
The plan is built in SAP IBP, scheduled and confirmed in S/4HANA; the shop floor, warehouse and transport then work the same order in turn.
- 01Demand and supply planIBP · S&OP
Demand, stock and supply
- 02Finite schedulingPP/DS · inside S/4HANA
Sequence on bottlenecks
- 03Order promisingaATP · BOP
Stock to priority demand
- 04Shop floor executionDM · production order
Step-by-step work
- 05Warehouse and shippingEWM · warehouse task
Pick, pack and load
- 06TransportationTM · freight order
Carrier and freight cost
Decision point
Leaving APO: SAP's three targets
Readiness Check for SAP Supply Chain Solutions maps how APO modules are used today; the target is one of three options.
- APO DPDemand planning
- APO SNPSupply network planning
- APO PP/DSProduction scheduling
- APO GATPGlobal ATP
Target architectureBased on usage
- SAP IBPDemand, supply and inventory in the cloud
- Planning inside S/4HANAEmbedded PP/DS and aATP
- A mix of bothA separate target per module
Mainstream maintenance for SAP SCM 7.0 ends in 2027, optional extended maintenance in 2030
Family
SAP's SCM areas and our pages
SAP groups its supply chain products into eight areas. The ten modules we consult on sit in five of them and in the fashion industry solution that SAP lists among its SCM products.
Supply chain planning
- SAP IBPSAP IBP - Integrated Business PlanningDemand, S&OP, supply and inventory planning›
- SAP PP/DSSAP PP/DS - Production Planning and Detailed SchedulingFinite scheduling of bottlenecks, heuristics and optimization›
- SAP aATPSAP aATP - Advanced Available-to-PromiseOrder promising, product allocation, backorder processing and release for delivery›
Supply chain logistics
Manufacturing
Enterprise asset management
Product lifecycle management
Industry solution
Scope
Our work in SAP SCM projects
A roadmap off APO
Readiness Check shows how DP, SNP, PP/DS and GATP are used; each one is mapped to IBP or to S/4HANA.
Supply chain inside S/4HANA
PP/DS, aATP, EWM and TM run inside the S/4HANA system, with no separate SCM server.
Planning with SAP IBP
Demand, S&OP, supply and inventory plans are built in the cloud; results flow down to orders in S/4HANA.
Warehouse and transport
SAP EWM runs warehouse tasks, SAP TM the freight order and carrier; both hang off the same delivery.
Shop floor and safety
SAP Digital Manufacturing runs the production order on the shop floor; SAP EHS records incidents and risks.
Maintenance and product structure
SAP PM covers equipment maintenance; SAP VC and PLM carry the structure of configured products.
Current state
From SAP SCM 7.0 to today: what to know
- SAP counts SCM 7.0 among the Business Suite 7 core applications: mainstream maintenance ends in 2027, and optional extended maintenance runs until the end of 2030.
- For APO, SAP names three targets: SAP IBP, the supply chain planning inside S/4HANA, or a mix of both. The decision can be taken module by module.
- Under RISE, EWM, TM and PP/DS are separate S/4HANA cloud services, each licensed on its own usage metric; EWM and TM also come as services that run on a separate system.
Localization
Transport rules in Türkiye
Cargo reporting to U-ETDS
Carriers with C3, K1, K3, L or N licences enter sender, consignee and consignment note data into U-ETDS before transport. Consignee tax ID and address must be complete.
Committed delivery time
A licensed carrier commits to a reasonable delivery time and must deliver the goods within it. That time belongs in the delivery date promised to the customer.
From the field
SAP SCM migration points to watch
- Readiness Check informs; it does not decide. SAP says the supply chain Readiness Check is purely informative and, unlike the S/4HANA conversion check, produces no list of must-dos. Target architecture and first effort estimates are discussed from its output.
- The free programme needs a support contract. Customers with a valid support agreement can register for the free Customer Evolution Program for SCM, which speeds up the move from APO to SAP IBP or S/4HANA. Decide on it before fixing the project plan.
- Event Management comes for transport only. The SAP TM service under RISE includes SAP Event Management on SAP S/4HANA, limited to transport processes such as tracking freight orders and freight units. Tracking outside TM is not covered by this entitlement.
- The PP/DS optimizer runs on dedicated servers. The PP/DS service under RISE comes with an optimizer for production and non-production, each with 60 GiB of memory on dedicated servers. If optimization is in scope, plan for this capacity.
FAQ
SAP SCM and supply chain questions
What is SAP SCM, and which modules does it cover?
SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) is SAP's supply chain product family. SAP groups it into planning, logistics, manufacturing, asset management, product lifecycle management, SAP Business Network, direct procurement and sustainable supply chain. SAP IBP, SAP PP/DS, SAP aATP, SAP EWM, SAP TM, SAP Digital Manufacturing, SAP EHS, SAP PM and SAP VC all belong to it.
We still run APO. Where should we go?
SAP describes APO as a component of SAP SCM and names three targets: SAP IBP, the embedded planning in S/4HANA, or a mix of both. We first use Readiness Check for SAP Supply Chain Solutions to see how DP, SNP, PP/DS and GATP are used; with a valid support agreement you can also join the free Customer Evolution Program for SCM.
Do we need a separate SCM server with S/4HANA?
No. PP/DS, aATP, EWM and TM can run inside S/4HANA; under RISE, EWM, TM and PP/DS are subscribed as separate cloud services. EWM and TM also come as services on a separate system (extra stack). SAP IBP runs outside S/4HANA, in the cloud, and exchanges data with it.
Why are SAP EHS and SAP PM part of this family?
SAP describes workplace safety and environment, health and safety management under the manufacturing area of SCM, and maintenance planning and execution under enterprise asset management. That makes SAP EHS and SAP PM members of the family; both run inside S/4HANA.
What does SAP Business Network do in the supply chain?
SAP counts Business Network as one of the SCM areas. In planning, forecasts and orders are shared with trading partners so commitments come back faster; in logistics, shipments are tracked in real time with predicted arrival times. These solutions connect to the orders in S/4HANA.
Sources11 sourcesSAP, SAP Help Portal, SAP Support +1
SAP
- Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software Solutions sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Autonomous Supply Chain Planning Software sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Supply Chain Logistics & Execution Software sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- AI-Powered Manufacturing & MES Software sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Enterprise Asset Management & Maintenance Software sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- SAP S/4HANA for fashion and vertical business sap.com (opens in a new tab)
- SAP Cloud ERP Private, RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition and SAP ERP, private cloud edition - Service Description Guide assets.cdn.sap.com (opens in a new tab)
SAP Help Portal
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