Issue

Waste is currently managed offline at site level.  The tools and processes used for different sites and countries vary.  It adversely impacts data management, data integrity and reporting in relation to waste management in Syensqo.

The exception is the Paulinia site in Brazil, where a simplified SAP subcontracting process has been implemented since 2015.  

Recommendation

The recommendation is for Waste Management to be harmonised at group level for SAP related processes as a foundation for additional local requirements.

Site or country specific waste related process to support local requirements will benefit from a harmonised process for improved transparency, data integrity, data management, reporting and compliance.

Background & Context

Syensqo has the responsibility to manage the generation, storage, transportation and disposing of materials deemed to be waste relevant.  SAP offers the following process:

1. Manage waste materials in SAP.
2. Waste codes are required for the creation of waste disposal documents that meet compliance requirements.
3. Manage designated business partners as waste transporters or waste disposers.
4. Manage waste streams, which define the relationship between a waste product, waste generator, storage location, and the points of generation.
5. Manage disposal channels to define how products can be disposed.  They define the relationship between a waste stream and transporters and disposers. 
6. Manage waste generator locations and waste transportation documents including permits.
7. Manage waste reporting.

S/4 HANA 2023 Cloud, Private Edition

Waste Management in EHS for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, you can handle the management of waste generated by an organization. It is designed to help companies comply with environmental regulations and ensure proper handling, disposal, and reporting of waste materials.
The features provide functionalities to track and manage waste throughout its lifecycle, from generation to disposal. It enables organizations to record waste generation data, classify waste types, track waste storage locations, and manage waste transportation and disposal processes.

Types of Waste: Liquid, solid, products/by-products, organic, inorganic, haz/non-haz, domestic, other

Waste disposal entities: disposal permits, disposal companies, industrial cleaning companies, certificates of destruction, disposal manifests, 

Waste transport: transport permits and waste carriers

Waste treatment: landfill, recycling, recovery for energy, incineration

Reporting: site, country, group reporting

SAP Road Map

1. Integration of waste management and purchasing and sales processes (cloud): Integration of waste management processes with other logistics processes like supply chain management and procure to pay

Help environment managers to:

• • Procure waste disposal services
  • Pay invoices in a timely manner
  • Manage on-site waste storage and plan timely shipment of waste

1. Waste management: integration with extended warehouse management (cloud)
   1. Further integration into extended warehouse management, enabling the user to track the inventory of stored waste
   2. Obtain deeper insights into the amounts and locations of stored waste

2. Management of waste cost allocation and payments (cloud): Manage allocation of costs associated with the transportation and disposal of waste

   1. View costs associated with the transportation and disposal of waste
   2. Allocate waste transportation and disposal costs to appropriate cost centers

Assumptions

Constraints

Impacts

Business Rules

Options considered

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Option B: 

Option C: 

Option D: 

Evaluation

	Option A	Option B	Option C	Option D
Criterion 1	Pro Con	Pro Pro	Pro Con	Pro Con
Criterion 2	Pro Con	Con	Pro Pro	Con Con
Criterion 3	Pro	Con	Con	Pro

See also

Change log

Workflow history