SAP ERP

 

Operations: Sales and Customer Service -- Aftermarket Sales and Service



SAP ERP enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and third-party service providers to run service as a strategic line of business. It gives you the ability to manage all important operational and financial facets of your service organization.

Further Information

Please visit the SAP Service Marketplace to get further information on Aftermarket Sales and Service within SAP ERP.

 



The following business goals and objectives can be achieved through the implementation of these processes:

Increasing Revenue


Improving Customer Service


Improving Service Delivery


Reducing Operating Costs & Increasing Efficiency


Aftermarket Sales and Service
Service SalesSAP Component or Feature Available Close new service business by proactively monitoring equipment warranties, maintenance agreements, and service-level agreements (SLAs). You can manage incoming service inquiries and provide service quotations.

 

 

Configuration Variants

Service Order Quotation in ERP
Service Contract Processing in ERP
Service Order Processing in ERP
Service Contract and Quotation Analysis in ERP
Service Order and Quotation Analysis in ERP
 
Service Contract ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available

Create and manage service contracts with related billing plans, price agreements and conditions. Service contracts can be referenced in subsequent service processes. Service plans enable contractual preventive maintenance strategies based on time and/or performance. 

 

 

Configuration Variants

Service Contract Processing in ERP
Service Contract and Quotation Analysis in ERP
Rebate Agreement Processing in ERP
Service Plan Processing in ERP
 
Customer Service and SupportSAP Component or Feature Available

Manage incoming service and support requests and identify customers with their respective installed base. Based on this information relevant warranties and service contracts are identified. Tasks to resolve the service issues can be planned with the necessary labor and service parts resources. 

Returns Processing: Determines, tracks, and credits returns of products within a service, including the features warranty check, return reason recognitions, and quantity checks.

Billing: Billing documents such as invoices, credit, or debit memos, can be created based on services rendered and/or resources consumed.

 

 

Configuration Variants

Service Notification Processing in ERP
Service Order Quotation in ERP
Service Order Processing in ERP
Service Notification Escalation in ERP
Billing in ERP
Invoice Correction Processing in ERP
Credit Memo Processing in ERP
Returns Processing in ERP
Entering Services in ERP
Complaints Processing in ERP
 
Installed Base ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available

Provide precise customer location and installed-equipment information to call center, field service, depot repair, and sales staff. 

Phase-in and phase-out: You can maintain master data required to perform effective maintenance on a piece of equipment. This includes the Equipment Master Record, Maintenance Plan, Measuring Point, Task List, Bill of Materials (BOMs). Transfer assets from their current assignment, either to be reused by another department or company, or to be disposed of completely.

Asset Scrapping: Once an equipment has been phased out of service it can be scrapped. This includes removing it from the financial asset register, complying with regulations regarding the environment, salvaging any re-usable parts, removing from site.

 

 

Configuration Variants

Installed Base Processing in ERP
Phase-In Equipment
Phase-Out Equipment
Asset Scrapping
 
Warranty & Claims ManagementSAP Component or Feature Available

Warranty Claim Processing fulfills the needs both of manufacturers, importers or vendors of complex products and their suppliers. Warranty Claim Processing offers a solution that can deal with a large number of warranty claims and, as far as possible, automatically. Only those claims that produce negative results in the automatic checks are included in manual processing.

  

Product & Warranty Registration: You can create warranties and assign technical objects to those warranties. 

 

 

Configuration Variants

Warranty Claim Processing in ERP
Product and Warranty Registration in ERP
 
Field ServiceSAP Component or Feature Available

Deliver the service to your customer base in the most efficient manner. Field service organizations need to have access to up-to-date information about service history and equipment configuration, manage service parts availability across the service network, track travel time, parts use, and other service-call data, and take advantage of emerging technologies such as intelligent devices.

 

 

Configuration Variants

Service Confirmation Processing in ERP
Service Employee Resource Planning in ERP
Service Notification Processing in ERP
Service Order Processing for Planned Services in ERP
Service Order Processing in ERP
Maintenance Plan Processing in ERP
Service Notification Escalation in ERP
Free-of-Charge Delivery Processing in ERP
Billing in ERP
Invoice Correction Processing in ERP
Credit Memo Processing in ERP
 
Depot RepairSAP Component or Feature Available

Repair customer-owned equipment and service parts sent to repair depots. Manage the necessary labor and service parts resources.

 

 

Configuration Variants

Returns Processing in ERP
In-House Repair Processing in ERP
 
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