Issue

S/4 HANA offers the option to implement 'Classic Version' of 'New Version' for Product Compliance as part of the ERP Rebuild project.  A decision is required, which S/4 HANA version should be implemented considering scope, timelines as well as licensing.  

Recommendation

Based on the evaluation as per 'Details' section, the recommendation is to implement the 'Classic Version' of S/4 HANA Product Compliance.  The recommendation is mainly driven by the fact that the 'New Version' is available for implementation from 2027 with limited scope only.  

The decision needs to consider

Background & Context

S/4 HANA Product Compliance includes the following components:

1. Dangerous Goods Management (incl. Substance Volume Tracking)
2. Product Marketability and Component Compliance (Product Safety)
3. Compliance Document Management (Product Safety)

S/4 HANA EHS includes the following components:

1. Emissions Management
2. Waste Management
3. Incident Management
4. Industrial Hygiene
5. Occupational Health

S/4 HANA for Product Compliance offers two sets of capabilities in Private Cloud.  S/4 SAP EHS and Sustainability do not offer different sets of capabilities in Private Cloud.

1) Existing (classic) capabilities - Classic Version

• All features of the SAP ERP based product safety and product compliance solutions
• SAP GUI and Web Dynpro transactions
• Specification database, workbench approach
• Full scope, no functional enhancements

2) New capabilities - New Version

• New process model, SAP Fiori apps
• New data model, CDS-based
• New integration into product master, sales, delivery, procurement, transportation
• No full scope yet, innovation roadmap

Assumptions

Constraints

Impacts

Licencing

All capabilities of business area "Product Compliance" are available in S/4HANA, but the exact scope may vary compared to the ECC-based products.  Options are:

• You have licensed "SAP S/4HANA" and "SAP S/4HANA for product compliance": you have the choice to either use the so-called "classic functionality" or the "new functionality". For more details please check the attached presentation.
• You have subscribed to "SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition" and "SAP S/4HANA Cloud for product compliance, private edition": you have the choice to either use the so-called "classic functionality" or the "new functionality". For more details please check the attached presentation.
• You have subscribed to "SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition" and "SAP S/4HANA Cloud for product compliance, public edition": you can use the Product Compliance "new functionality".

Business Rules

Options considered

Option A: 

Option B: 

Option C: 

Option D: 

Evaluation

	Weight	Option A	Option B	Option C	Option D
Compliance and Regulatory		Pro Con	Pro Pro	Pro Con	Pro Con
Business Impact		Pro Con	Con	Pro Pro	Con Con
Risk		Pro Con
Complexity		Pro Con Pro	Pro Con	Pro Con	Pro Con
Integration		Pro Con
Longetivity		Pro Con

See also

SAP OSS Note Product Compliance: Strategy and Roadmap Overview:  3015382_E_20240627 (sap.com)

SAP presentation as per SAP workshop at Walldorf June 2024:  

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