Keywords

Question 1

SAP Activate Methodology roadmap

Answer 1

Defines the task and deliverables necessary to complete each phase of an implementation project for different SAP products.

Question 2

Clean Core Quality Gate

Answer 2

Conducted at the end of each implementation phase are designed to support partners in evaluating the current state of the project through the lens of “Clean Core”, ensuring adherence to best practices and quality standards.

Question 3

Name of SAP Activate Roadmap in Cloud ALM

Answer 3

Rise with SAP Methodology - clean core success plan

Question 4

RISE with SAP Adoption Framework

Answer 4

Introduced during presales conversations to help the customer understand what their future journey could look like before making a purchase decision.

Question 5

Embedded Launch Onboarding Expert

Answer 5

Assigned to educate the customer project team on the Clean Core strategy, the RISE with SAP Methodology and the importance of using SAP Cloud ALM for both managing the implementation project tasks during the implementation, and monitoring the health of all connected systems after go-live.

Question 6

SAP Activate Methodology Phases of deployment

Answer 6

Discover
Prepare
Explore
Realize
Deploy
Run

Question 7

Clean Core Q-Gates

Answer 7

Checkpoints that occur at the end of each implementation phase and are further reinforced through a proactive meeting with an SAP contact (Onboarding Expert).

Question 8

Clean Core Reports

Answer 8

Generated from SAP Cloud ALM and cover key deliverables to assess adherence to each Clean Core dimension. The partner/customer project managers complete the report at each Clean Core Q-Gate.

Question 9

Clean Core Runbook

Answer 9

Measures actual performance through an audit trail compared against Clean Core success plan KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

Question 10

Clean Core success plan KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

Answer 10

1. Inventory of enhancements (Documented list)
2. Governance model
3. Prioritization Method (for implementing recommendations)
4. “Keep clean” monitoring

Question 11

Finance-led Administrative ERP

Answer 11

These core tasks are covered in a set of business processes from the Finance, Sales, and Sourcing and Procurement LoBs - Procure to pay, Order to cash, Record to report.

Question 12

Sourcing and Procurement LoB (Administrative ERP)

Answer 12

Business identifies what they need from suppliers, purchases the items (for example, laptops for new hire employees), pays the supplier, and receives the goods.

Question 13

Sales LoB

Answer 13

Receive orders from our customers, confirm the orders, and deliver goods to customers. Payments received post in the Finance LoB to accounts receivable and our revenue adjusts accordingly.
In Sales LoB, if there’s a customer return, we handle the return by inspecting the returned good, and hopefully can put it back in stock to sell to a future customer. Additional business processes needed in Sales LOB for product’s warranty.

Question 14

Record to report

Answer 14

In Finance LoB, perform period end-closing at the end of each month, i.e. the accounts are set back to a zero balance. Additional financial accounting tasks are completed to record transactions, reconcile bank statements, manage tax payments, and ensure accuracy of all financial statements.

Question 15

Operational ERP

Answer 15

Core processes are Idea to market, Procure to Pay, Plan to fulfill, Order to cash

Question 16

Idea to market

Answer 16

When developing a new product, a business starts with processes in the R&D Engineering LoB to forecast the demand for a potential product, and design the product itself. This creates the materials list needed to begin production, which is handed over to the Manufacturing LoB. We run material requirements planning to identify what we have or can make in-house, and what we have to order (procure) from third-party suppliers.

Question 17

Sourcing and Procurement LoB (Operational ERP)

Answer 17

We source materials from third-party suppliers, order and pay for the materials, and receive them into our warehouse.

Question 18

Plan to fulfill

Answer 18

Manufacturing LoB - scheduling and running the production process. We need to pick the materials from our warehouse necessary to make different parts of the final product (sub-assemblies), then run the final assembly to put all the pieces together into the finished good.
Asset Management LoB - some expensive machinery to assemble our product used, and those machines need to be maintained - maintaining our assets is covered by processes in the Asset Management LoB.
The finished goods should go through a quality check, then be stored in our warehouse.
Supply Chain LoB - The logistics of moving materials between our warehouses, locations, and plants is covered with warehouse management processes.

Question 19

Order to cash

Answer 19

Sales LoB - We receive sales orders, whether we’re selling direct to the consumer, through a third-party platform or both.
Supply Chain LoB - Get the final product delivered to the customer by planning the transport of the outbound delivery from our warehouse to the final destination. The transportation of goods between warehouses or orchestrating deliveries to customers is called transportation management. We receive payment from the customer and handle any follow-up sales-related tasks, such as the customer returning the purchased good, completing a quality inspection, and ideally returning the good to stock in our warehouse so we can sell the product to a future customer. If the product is defective, we need to identify the cause, follow-up actions to handle the defect and then salvage as much as we can from the product before disposing of the remaining components in a responsible way.
Service LoB - To respond to claims and deliver the service guaranteed in the warranty.

Question 20

6 Industry sectors

Answer 20

1. Energy and Natural Resources: Building Materials, Chemicals, Mill Products, Mining, Utilities, and Oil, Gas, and Energy
2. Financial Services: Banking and Insurance
3. Consumer Industries: Agribusiness, Consumer Products, Fashion, Life Sciences, Retail, and Wholesale Distribution
4. Discrete Industries: Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, High Tech, and Industrial Manufacturing
5. Service Industries: Cargo Transportation and Logistics, Commercial Real Estate, Engineering, Construction, and Operations, Media, Passenger Travel and Leisure, Professional Services, Sports and Entertainment, and Telecommunications.
6. Public Services: Defense and Security, Healthcare, Higher Education and Research, and Public Sector.