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Here&#8217;s the edited summary (~35 min) of the live demonstration of the gaps and their solutions, with chapters, plus the typical questions you may have too.<\/p>\n<p><b>Webinar<\/b> &middot; AUSAPE Life Science WG &times; Innova<b>Live demo<\/b> on SAP ECC \/ S\/4HANA<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/schedule-demo\/\">Book your personalized demo&rarr;<\/a><\/header>\n<section id=\"video\"><iframe id=\"ytframe\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XmMXyyNGsvo?rel=0\" title=\"AUSAPE Webinar - The batch journey\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Webinar recap &middot; ~35 min &middot; 8 steps &middot; Life Science WG questions<\/p>\n<p>Note: the original session was delivered in Spanish. For this English version the audio has been re-voiced and some presentation slides replaced for the translation; the live SAP demo footage is unchanged.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<h2>What is the Intelligent Sourcing presented in the AUSAPE webinar about?<\/h2>\n<p>Innova and AUSAPE&#8217;s Life Science working group followed an excipient batch through 8 steps of the source-to-pay process in SAP: from master data creation to supplier invoice posting. Each stop showed a gap in standard SAP and how the Innova S2P suite closes it, with native integration into SAP ECC and S\/4HANA and deployable in 4-8 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Summary<\/p>\n<h2>What the session delivered<\/h2>\n<h3>End-to-end traceability<\/h3>\n<p>A single thread, the raw-material batch, connects master data, planning, sourcing, receiving and invoicing. All naturally integrated into SAP.<\/p>\n<h3>Real gaps, not theoretical<\/h3>\n<p>Each stop comes from requirements found in pharma, food and beverage and other perishables-driven projects: expiry, FEFO, GxP, GS1.<\/p>\n<h3>Modular: start where your company needs it<\/h3>\n<p>The suite is integral but modular: deploy the app your company needs and the rest can wait. Fiori and BTP are optional, not prerequisites.<\/p>\n<p><b>+12 years<\/b> improving SAP<b>+150 companies<\/b>SAP <b>PartnerEdge<\/b> &middot; certified App<b>4-8 weeks<\/b> to deploy<b>ECC &amp; S\/4HANA<\/b> &middot; no per-user cost<\/section>\n<section id=\"camino\">Interactive diagram<\/p>\n<h2>The 8 steps of the batch journey<\/h2>\n<p>Click each stop to see the gap in standard SAP, how we solve it, and jump straight to that chapter of the video.<\/p>\n<p>B10235881<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"p-title\"><\/h3>\n<p><a id=\"p-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"#\"><\/a>The gap in SAP<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-gap\">\n<p>How it&#8217;s closed<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-fix\">\n<p><button id=\"p-clip\" onclick=\"playChapter()\">&#9654; Watch this step in the video<\/button><a id=\"p-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"#\">Learn about the app &rarr;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/schedule-demo\/\">Book a demo<\/a>The wow moment<\/p>\n<p id=\"p-wow\">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"faq\">Webinar questions<\/p>\n<h2>What the Life Science WG asked, answered<\/h2>\n<p>Real questions from the discussion, with the summarized answer and a link to the relevant solution.<\/p>\n<details open>\n<summary>Do the apps follow SAP best practices or are they custom developments?<\/summary>\n<p>They follow SAP practices: every interaction with standard documents (POs, business partners, materials) uses standard BAPIs and APIs. Functionality SAP does not cover natively uses tables in Innova\u2019s SAP partner namespace, and everything lands in standard documents and transactions, no risk to finance or costing consistency. One app is already certified for S\/4HANA Private Cloud. They are <b>configurable products<\/b>, not custom builds. See <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sitrack\/\">SiTRACK<\/a> and the rest of the suite.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How is the solution validated in Life Science GxP environments?<\/summary>\n<p>Regulatory testing usually extends the standard 4-8 week timeline somewhat depending on each company\u2019s policies, and the experience has been positive. Innova includes an annual warranty, support and updates service, including patches for vulnerabilities found in SAP libraries, that sustains compliance over time. Relevant for receiving with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sima\/\">SiMA<\/a> and data governance with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sidm-m\/\">SiDM<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What if the supplier\u2019s QR or label doesn\u2019t carry the right information?<\/summary>\n<p>In Life Science most suppliers use the GS1 standard, with application identifiers for manufacturing date, expiry and supplier batch: with a small configuration, each identifier fills its field automatically. If a supplier doesn\u2019t follow GS1 it gets harder; the recommendation is to require the standard. Plus, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sima\/\">SiMA<\/a>\u2019s internal relabeling gives you full control for physical inventory and transfers.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What if the supplier batch number is longer than SAP\u2019s standard field?<\/summary>\n<p>Two proven solutions: use the classification system (an external-batch characteristic storing the full string without touching the standard field), or the suite\u2019s cross-cutting <b>extension points<\/b>, exits that hand control to a customer program to map, truncate or convert the code per the agreed rule (e.g. with 3PLs). Applies to receiving with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sima\/\">SiMA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How do you onboard a supplier that won the tender but doesn\u2019t exist in SAP?<\/summary>\n<p>The suite includes supplier onboarding: our <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sidm-v\/\">SiDM Suppliers<\/a> app gives the winning supplier portal access to upload data and documents, which can then follow an approval flow to create the supplier (or BP in S\/4HANA).<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Is it compatible with SAP\u2019s Clean Core and RISE\/GROW strategy?<\/summary>\n<p>The apps respect SAP\u2019s native flows: their operations always land in standard documents and transactions, which eases adoption of SAP\u2019s new approach of using standard APIs to integrate with the ERP. We are currently running an assessment of the apps to start migrating to standard APIs only and extract the non-standard business logic to SAP BTP and other environments.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>What role does AI play in the suite?<\/summary>\n<p>Two uses shown in the session: in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sidm-m\/\">SiDM<\/a>, a service that analyzes the customer\u2019s real data with machine-learning tools such as Databricks to build the field and view rules that make material creation simple and robust; and in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/innovapps.net\/en\/sipro\/\">SiPRO<\/a>, AI-powered invoice capture that extracts number, dates and amounts from the XML or PDF and matches them against the PO and goods receipt.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/section>\n<section>Next stop<\/p>\n<h2>Your batch has a journey too. 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