SAP Business ByDesign Modules & Capabilities

Cash Flow Management237

Covers the full cash cycle — payables, receivables, payment processing, liquidity, tax, and travel expenses — with automation and analytics to keep working capital under control.

Cash Flow Statement · Determination of Payment Method / Reservation · Creating User-Defined Payment File Formats · Netting of Payables and Receivables · Point-of-Sale Transaction Processing

Financial and Management Accounting290

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Organizational and General Master Data · Company · Business Residence · Business Partners · Cost Center

Sales39

Gives sales teams a single view of deals, quotes, orders, and invoices, tying in product availability and pricing so reps can forecast accurately and spot cross-sell and up-sell openings. Fact sheets pull data from marketing, sales, and finance for a rounded picture of each customer.

Tax Determination · Tax Determination Details · Master Data for Tax Determination · Elements of Tax Determination · Tax Exemption Certificate Processing

Information Lifecycle Management for Data Privacy18

Manages how long business data is retained and provides tools to disclose, block, or delete personal data on request.

Data Protection and Privacy in SAP Business ByDesign · Configuration: Retention Periods for Business Documents · Lifecycle Items · Business Partners · Delete Business Partner Data

Purchasing47

Manages the day-to-day purchasing cycle, including purchase requests, purchase orders, order acknowledgments, and goods and services receipts. Self-service procurement lets employees raise and track their own shopping carts while buyers focus on higher-value sourcing work.

Landed Costs · Landed Costs in Detail · Prerequisites · Plan Landed Costs in Purchase Orders · Post Goods Receipt and Inventory Valuation

Service9

Equips service teams with a full view of each customer so they can honor commitments and deliver consistent support across every contact channel. It spans service entitlements, the service desk, service orders, and field service and repair.

Central Bank Reporting7

Reports a company's foreign trade transactions to national central banks for balance-of-payments statistics, with rules that vary by country, such as Austria, Germany, and Denmark. Thresholds and reportable transaction types differ depending on where the company operates.

Perform Central Bank Reporting · Perform Central Bank Reporting - Germany · Related Information · Configuration: Determination of International Organizations for Central Bank Reporting – Austria · Configuration: Central Bank Reporting Exclusion

Product Data9

Covers the master data for materials, services, kits, product categories, and entitlements a company sells or buys.

Tax Determination · Tax Determination Details · Master Data for Tax Determination · Elements of Tax Determination · Tax Exemption Certificate Processing

Intrastat8

Submits periodic Intrastat declarations reporting the movement of goods between EU member states to national statistical authorities. Country-specific declaration support covers Germany, Great Britain, Austria, France, and Italy, with Italy limited to a Microsoft Excel® export.

Intrastat Item Worklist · Intrastat Declaration Processing · Commodity Classifications · Commodity Catalogs · Intrastat Arrangements

Integration with Peppol13

Connects the system to the Peppol network to exchange electronic invoices and other documents with trading partners.

Integration with Peppol Exchange · Supported Business Scenarios · Initial Setup · Integrating with SAP Business ByDesign · Configurations in Peppol Service Dashboard

Invoice Requests5

Gives an overview of pending requests to bill customers for time, expenses, or fixed-price project work, with the ability to edit, cancel, or delete them. Requests can originate from a project or from a related sales order before being turned into a customer invoice.

Create a Project Invoice Request for a Customer Project · Editing a Project Invoice Request · Selecting Time and Expenses in a Project Invoice Request · Pricing in Customer Relationship Management

Other capabilities20

Active Budget Control Adoption in Supplier Relationship Management for the Public Sector Edition · Integrating with SAP Sustainability Footprint Management Solution

Financial and Management Accounting10

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Resource Management12

Finds and staffs available employees or service agents onto projects and service orders, based on skills, capacity, and existing commitments.

Resource Search · Search for a Suitable Resource · Resource Search View (Based on Commitment Quantity Specified Under Project Team and Staffing) · Working with the Availability Calendar · Resource Search View (Based on Planned Work Specified at the Task Level of a Project)

Projects9

Provides a central place to create, edit, and monitor projects, including status, risk, responsible owner, and recorded time and expenses. A project editor covers plan, staffing, products and purchasing, and sales tracking in one workspace.

Projects Worklist · Creating Projects · Maintaining Projects - Project Plan · Maintaining Projects - Gantt Chart · Maintaining Projects - Team and Staffing

Resources6

Helps resource managers find employees and service agents available to staff a project over the coming weeks and view their scheduled commitments. An availability calendar shows current bookings so managers can balance workload across resources.

Resource Search · Working with the Availability Calendar · Maintenance of Suppliers and Service Agents · Address Management · Business Partner Duplicate Check

Invoice Requests5

Gives an overview of pending requests to bill customers for time, expenses, or fixed-price project work, with the ability to edit, cancel, or delete them. Requests can originate from a project or from a related sales order before being turned into a customer invoice.

Create a Project Invoice Request for a Customer Project · Editing a Project Invoice Request · Selecting Time and Expenses in a Project Invoice Request · Pricing in Customer Relationship Management

Project Team3

Gives project team members a workspace for the tasks, time, and expenses tied to the projects they are assigned to.

Project Work · Project Work

Other capabilities30

Document Center · Project Templates · System Setup Guide for Project Transparency Apps

Product Development8

Manages the technical definition of products before they reach production, covering specifications, configurable models, properties, design versions, and mass processing of design changes.

Product Specifications · Product Models · Product Properties · Product Designs · Product Designs

Supply Chain Setup Management17

Provides the master data foundation for modeling a company's supply chain, covering site and warehouse layouts, production and planning data, warehousing and logistics setup, and quality planning. Aimed at distribution and manufacturing businesses that need consistent supply chain master data.

Planning and Production Master Data · Production Models · Synchronization of Notes and Attachments between Product Models and Product Specifications · Production Bills of Material · Production Bills of Operation

Sales9

Gives sales teams a single view of deals, quotes, orders, and invoices, tying in product availability and pricing so reps can forecast accurately and spot cross-sell and up-sell openings. Fact sheets pull data from marketing, sales, and finance for a rounded picture of each customer.

Product and Service Portfolio · Pricing in Customer Relationship Management · Working with Pricing in Sales and Service Documents · Tax Determination · Products

Sourcing27

Plans and executes long-term purchasing strategy through requests for quotation and contract management, aimed at cost savings and better supplier service levels. Automates sourcing activities and lets buyers track supplier performance against agreed commitments.

Product Portfolio · Catalogs · Custom Catalogs · Internal Catalog Processing · Integrating External Catalogs from SAP Partners

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics49

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Inventory Postings · Logistics Source and Destination Services · Labels · Inventory Receipt and Issue Validations of Serial Numbers · Inventory Notifications

Product Data16

Covers the master data for materials, services, kits, product categories, and entitlements a company sells or buys.

Pricing in Customer Relationship Management · Working with Serial Numbers · Kits Process Flow · Materials · Assigning Statuses to a Material

Other capabilities12

Product Development8

Manages the technical definition of products before they reach production, covering specifications, configurable models, properties, design versions, and mass processing of design changes.

Product Specifications · Product Models · Product Properties · Product Designs · Product Designs

Supply Chain Setup Management56

Provides the master data foundation for modeling a company's supply chain, covering site and warehouse layouts, production and planning data, warehousing and logistics setup, and quality planning. Aimed at distribution and manufacturing businesses that need consistent supply chain master data.

Supply Chain Design Master Data · Locations and Location Layouts · Simple Location Layout Creation · Complex Location Layout Creation · Ship-From Determination and Shipment Scheduling for Customer Demand

Supply Chain Planning and Control67

Manages demand and supply planning, exception-driven procurement and production planning, resource load, and delivery date confirmation across the supply chain. Blends automated forecasting with hands-on adjustments so both internal and external supply stay flexible.

Demand Planning · Forecasting · Supply Planning · Availability Checks · Capacity Planning

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics171

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Customer Consignment · Customer Consignment in Detail · Consignment Fill-up Process · Consignment Issue and Invoicing Process · Consignment Return Process

Intrastat8

Submits periodic Intrastat declarations reporting the movement of goods between EU member states to national statistical authorities. Country-specific declaration support covers Germany, Great Britain, Austria, France, and Italy, with Italy limited to a Microsoft Excel® export.

Intrastat Item Worklist · Intrastat Declaration Processing · Commodity Classifications · Commodity Catalogs · Intrastat Arrangements

Other capabilities15

Sales Planning · Sales Planning · Blocking Usage for Business Partners in Supply Chain Management · Service Agents · Maintenance of Suppliers and Service Agents

Marketing19

Covers presales activities such as campaign planning, lead qualification, and opportunity handoff, alongside a shared repository of market, customer, and competitor intelligence. Marketing teams use it to shape strategy and hand well-qualified leads to sales.

Target Groups and Campaign Management · Lead Processing · Opportunity Processing · Activity Management · Marketing-to-Opportunity Business Scenario

Sales135

Gives sales teams a single view of deals, quotes, orders, and invoices, tying in product availability and pricing so reps can forecast accurately and spot cross-sell and up-sell openings. Fact sheets pull data from marketing, sales, and finance for a rounded picture of each customer.

Processing Over-the-Counter Sales · Create an Over-the-Counter Sale · Over-the-Counter Sales — Printing Documents · Tax Deferral for Customer Invoicing · Tax Determination

Financial and Management Accounting6

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Service51

Equips service teams with a full view of each customer so they can honor commitments and deliver consistent support across every contact channel. It spans service entitlements, the service desk, service orders, and field service and repair.

Services · Service Quote Processing · Export Business Data Using Microsoft Excel® · Service Entitlements · Service Request Processing

Supply Chain Planning and Control12

Manages demand and supply planning, exception-driven procurement and production planning, resource load, and delivery date confirmation across the supply chain. Blends automated forecasting with hands-on adjustments so both internal and external supply stay flexible.

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics9

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Third-Party Order Fulfillment · Third-Party Order Processing · Third-Party Order Processing — Customer Return · Availability Checking in Third-Party Order Processing Scenarios · Delivery Schedules with Multiple Schedule Lines (in Inbound Logistics)

Business Partner Data16

Covers the master data for accounts, contacts, suppliers, service agents, and employees a company deals with.

Address Management · Business Partner Duplicate Check · Business Partners · Business Partners · Additional Identifiers for Business Partners

Other capabilities18

Entitlements · Entitlements · Blocking Usage for Business Partners in Supply Chain Management

Managing My Area4

Gives managers a personal workspace for reviewing pending approval requests and keeping track of their own department's people and activities.

Approvals · Types Of Approvals · My Department

Cash Flow Management11

Covers the full cash cycle — payables, receivables, payment processing, liquidity, tax, and travel expenses — with automation and analytics to keep working capital under control.

Travel and Expenses · Travel Advances · Review and Approval of Expense Reports · Rule of 183 - Austria · Rule of 5/5/15 - Austria

Organizational Management22

Lets administrators build and maintain the org structure that models a company's departments and divisions, define job roles, and set rules for distributing work items to the right org units or employees.

Org Structures · Organizational Management · Guide: Setting Up Your Org Structure · Functions · Definitions

Personnel Administration27

Manages an employee's full life cycle — hiring, transfers, and termination — along with personnel records, routine HR tasks, and tax authority data.

Employee Life Cycle · Work · Complete Payroll Data - Austria · Complete Payroll Data-Australia · Complete Payroll Data – Canada

Time Administration46

Manages employee working time — time types, accounts, recording, and approvals — through configurable time models and periodic closure runs.

Time Types · Time Accounts · Custom Adjustments for Time Accounts · Working Time Accounts · Time Account Rules

Compensation13

Sets up and manages employee pay — earnings, deductions, and the components and structures that define them — alongside routine compensation tasks.

Compensation Basics · Work · Complete Compensation Data - Hire · Regular Tasks · Employees

Organizational Management22

Creates and maintains the organizational structure that represents a company's departments and divisions in the system, giving every business area a consistent view of the organization. Set up initially during business configuration, it can also be edited later by an authorized administrator.

Org Structures · Organizational Management · Guide: Setting Up Your Org Structure · Functions · Definitions

Resource Management12

Finds and staffs available employees or service agents onto projects and service orders, based on skills, capacity, and existing commitments.

Resource Search · Search for a Suitable Resource · Resource Search View (Based on Commitment Quantity Specified Under Project Team and Staffing) · Working with the Availability Calendar · Resource Search View (Based on Planned Work Specified at the Task Level of a Project)

Other capabilities14

Posting of Payroll Results Using Microsoft Excel® Upload

Supply Chain Setup Management31

Provides the master data foundation for modeling a company's supply chain, covering site and warehouse layouts, production and planning data, warehousing and logistics setup, and quality planning. Aimed at distribution and manufacturing businesses that need consistent supply chain master data.

Supply Chain Design Master Data · Locations and Location Layouts · Simple Location Layout Creation · Complex Location Layout Creation · Ship-From Determination and Shipment Scheduling for Customer Demand

Financial and Management Accounting42

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Inventory Valuation · Actual Costing · Actual Cost Rollup · Actual Cost Allocation Runs · Production Variance Analysis

Sales4

Gives sales teams a single view of deals, quotes, orders, and invoices, tying in product availability and pricing so reps can forecast accurately and spot cross-sell and up-sell openings. Fact sheets pull data from marketing, sales, and finance for a rounded picture of each customer.

Customer Consignment · Customer Consignment in Detail · Consignment Fill-up Process · Consignment Issue and Invoicing Process

Supply Chain Planning and Control40

Manages demand and supply planning, exception-driven procurement and production planning, resource load, and delivery date confirmation across the supply chain. Blends automated forecasting with hands-on adjustments so both internal and external supply stay flexible.

Demand Planning · Forecasting · Supply Planning · Availability Checks · Capacity Planning

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics123

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Customer Consignment · Customer Consignment in Detail · Consignment Fill-up Process · Consignment Issue and Invoicing Process · Consignment Return Process

Product Data5

Covers the master data for materials, services, kits, product categories, and entitlements a company sells or buys.

Materials · Assigning Statuses to a Material · Changing Identified Stock Types · Availability Checks · Batch Specific Quantity Conversion

Other capabilities7

Cash Flow Management4

Covers the full cash cycle — payables, receivables, payment processing, liquidity, tax, and travel expenses — with automation and analytics to keep working capital under control.

Sourcing66

Plans and executes long-term purchasing strategy through requests for quotation and contract management, aimed at cost savings and better supplier service levels. Automates sourcing activities and lets buyers track supplier performance against agreed commitments.

Supplier Relationship Management · Automation of Supplier Relationship Management · Pricing in Supplier Relationship Management · Strategic Purchasing · Product Portfolio

Financial and Management Accounting10

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Purchasing88

Manages the day-to-day purchasing cycle, including purchase requests, purchase orders, order acknowledgments, and goods and services receipts. Self-service procurement lets employees raise and track their own shopping carts while buyers focus on higher-value sourcing work.

Supplier Relationship Management · Operational Purchasing · Asset Procurement in Purchasing · Automation of Supplier Relationship Management · Value-Added Tax Refunds to Domestic Entrepreneurs Abroad

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics24

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Inbound Logistics · Inbound Delivery Processing · Supplier Delivery Processing · Customer Return Processing (in Inbound Logistics) · Third-Party Order Processing — Customer Return

Business Partner Data14

Covers the master data for accounts, contacts, suppliers, service agents, and employees a company deals with.

Address Management · Business Partner Duplicate Check · Business Partners · Business Partners · Additional Identifiers for Business Partners

Other capabilities13

Blocking Usage for Business Partners in Supply Chain Management · Active Budget Control Adoption in Supplier Relationship Management for the Public Sector Edition

Supply Chain Setup Management31

Provides the master data foundation for modeling a company's supply chain, covering site and warehouse layouts, production and planning data, warehousing and logistics setup, and quality planning. Aimed at distribution and manufacturing businesses that need consistent supply chain master data.

Supply Chain Design Master Data · Locations and Location Layouts · Simple Location Layout Creation · Complex Location Layout Creation · Ship-From Determination and Shipment Scheduling for Customer Demand

Financial and Management Accounting42

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Inventory Valuation · Actual Costing · Actual Cost Rollup · Actual Cost Allocation Runs · Production Variance Analysis

Sales4

Gives sales teams a single view of deals, quotes, orders, and invoices, tying in product availability and pricing so reps can forecast accurately and spot cross-sell and up-sell openings. Fact sheets pull data from marketing, sales, and finance for a rounded picture of each customer.

Customer Consignment · Customer Consignment in Detail · Consignment Fill-up Process · Consignment Issue and Invoicing Process

Supply Chain Planning and Control40

Manages demand and supply planning, exception-driven procurement and production planning, resource load, and delivery date confirmation across the supply chain. Blends automated forecasting with hands-on adjustments so both internal and external supply stay flexible.

Demand Planning · Forecasting · Supply Planning · Availability Checks · Capacity Planning

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics123

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Customer Consignment · Customer Consignment in Detail · Consignment Fill-up Process · Consignment Issue and Invoicing Process · Consignment Return Process

Product Data5

Covers the master data for materials, services, kits, product categories, and entitlements a company sells or buys.

Materials · Assigning Statuses to a Material · Changing Identified Stock Types · Availability Checks · Batch Specific Quantity Conversion

Other capabilities7

Managing My Area4

Gives managers a personal workspace for reviewing pending approval requests and keeping track of their own department's people and activities.

Approvals · Types Of Approvals · My Department

Organizational Management58

Lets administrators build and maintain the org structure that models a company's departments and divisions, define job roles, and set rules for distributing work items to the right org units or employees.

Org Structures · Organizational Management · Guide: Setting Up Your Org Structure · Functions · Definitions

Financial and Management Accounting20

Ties purchasing, manufacturing, and sales activity into one general ledger and its subledgers, giving finance teams a consistent set of data to report on and make decisions from.

Other capabilities6

Supply Chain Setup Management11

Provides the master data foundation for modeling a company's supply chain, covering site and warehouse layouts, production and planning data, warehousing and logistics setup, and quality planning. Aimed at distribution and manufacturing businesses that need consistent supply chain master data.

Quality Planning · Inspection Process · Sample Management · Integration of Quality Assurance and Production · Integration of Quality Assurance and Logistics

Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Logistics7

Configures and executes day-to-day warehouse and manufacturing operations, including physical inventory, stock transfers, supplier deliveries, customer and supplier returns, and quality checks embedded in production. Aimed at companies running manufacturing or warehousing operations that need inbound, outbound, and internal logistics automated end to end.

Quality Control · Inspection Process · Integration of Quality Assurance and Production · Integration of Quality Assurance and Logistics · Sample Management

Quality Assurance (Unplanned Inspections)1

Handles ad hoc quality inspections triggered outside of routine, scheduled inspection plans.

Service42

Equips service teams with a full view of each customer so they can honor commitments and deliver consistent support across every contact channel. It spans service entitlements, the service desk, service orders, and field service and repair.

Services · Service Quote Processing · Export Business Data Using Microsoft Excel® · Service Entitlements · Service Request Processing

Other capabilities4

Entitlements · Entitlements

Fixed Asset Management1

Tracks the acquisition, depreciation, and retirement of fixed assets throughout their lifecycle.