S4hana GTS Online Training

Key Capabilities:

• Sanctioned Party List (SPL) Screening
  Supports screening across sales, finance, HR, procurement, and distribution. If a transaction fails a check, it is blocked for instant review. Work lists allow for efficient processing of blocked documents, and user-friendly workflows escalate questionable entries.
• Export Management
  Ensures compliant and efficient export management by connecting with core logistics processes. Supports product classification, SPL screening, export license control, embargo screening, and connections to government customs systems through certified interfaces.
• Import Management
  Integrates with procurement and inbound logistics processes. Supports product classification, SPL screening, and customs management. Facilitates importer security filing (ISF) and integrates with the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) for Customs and Border Protection.
• Real-Time Compliance Checks
  Enables real-time compliance checks, ensuring that products move as quickly as possible while staying compliant with regulations. It integrates with order and shipment processes supported by SAP Business Suite.
• Special Customs Procedures
  Supports customs requirements like foreign trade zones, bonded warehousing, settlement for inward processing, and processing under customs control, among others.
• Accelerated Application Data Analysis
  Utilizes SAP HANA for data modeling, lifecycle management, and security, providing powerful in-memory computing technology for global trade services.

Components of SAP GTS:

• SAP Customs Management
  Manages all customs processes, connects with authorities, and includes features like duty simulation and product classification using international classifications such as HS, NC, and Taric.
• SAP GTS Compliance Management
  Tracks tasks related to import/export, ensuring compliance with trade and legal regulations. Monitors sanctions and verifies business documents.
• SAP Electronic Compliance Reporting
  Enables submission of statistical reports (Intrastat declarations) for trade between EU member states, ensuring faster processing of imports/exports and increased productivity.
• SAP Risk Management
  Reduces financial risks in trade activities, including preference processing, letter of credit processing, and restitution management.

Advantages of SAP GTS:

• Automation & Streamlining: Automates and streamlines import/export processes.
• Cost Reduction: Reduces IT maintenance and operational costs.
• Risk Mitigation: Mitigates business and financial risks.
• Compliance: Ensures proper compliance with trade regulations.
• Supply Chain Management: Enhances communication across stakeholders and prevents shipment delays.
• Customs Clearance: Helps in the efficient customs clearance process and compliance with regulations.
• Auditing: Enables auditing by attaching export/import permits to GTS declarations.

SAP S/4HANA and SAP GTS:

SAP S/4HANA changes the approach to foreign trade processing, making the SD-FT application from the ERP system obsolete. For companies considering IT solutions for customs and foreign trade, SAP GTS offers a more integrated and comprehensive solution compared to older systems.

Conclusion:

SAP Global Trade Services (GTS) automates global trade transactions, manages large numbers of partners and documents, and ensures compliance with ever-changing international regulations. It supports global trade activities with tools designed to facilitate communication with government agencies and customs authorities, helping companies avoid costly delays and financial risks while responding to international business opportunities quickly.

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Course Content

Overview of SAP GTS:

• Introduction to SAP GTS
• SAP GTS Modules & Submodules
• Compliance Management
• Customs Management
• Risk Management
• Global Trade Challenges
• SAP GTS Business Benefits
• SAP GTS Solution Overview

Setting Up Communication in R/3 Server:

• GTS Basic Mapping Settings
• System Architecture Overview
• ATLAS System

GTS General Settings & Configuration:

• Organization Structure
• Partner Structure
• Document Structure
• Legal Regulation

Compliance Management:

• Sanction Party List Screening
• Embargo Check
• License Determination Process Flow
• Configuration of License Determination
• License Determination Strategy

Customs Management:

• Product Classification
• Numbering Schemes
• Tariff/Commodity Code Maintenance
• Classifying Products
• Customs Processing
• Pot Processing Framework
• Overview of Customs Processing Service
• Overview of Message Determination
• Overview of Transit Procedure Service

Risk Management:

• Overview of Preference Processing
• Rules of Origin
• Preference Processing in GTS
• Preference Processing
• Overview of Restitution Processing
• Business Process in Restitution Processing