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SAP Credit Management
@Merck
SAP S/4 Hana – Integration of FSCM with Credit Agency
Salvatore LoBosco (Head of Merck SAP NEO ERP Applications)
Rupesh Godbole (SAP Finance Senior Managing Consultant)
Merck KGaA

Merck - Who we are?
As a vibrant science and technology company, we believe in science as a force for good. We make a
positive difference in millions of people’s lives every day.
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Business Requirement
‣ Global process solution to enable automated rule-based risk
control until certain threshold
‣ Dynamic automated limit and score calculation based on
predefined standardized criteria and calculation rules
‣ Credit agency report retrieval via direct connection and data
processing in the system
‣ Systemic approval workflow and documentation of decisions
‣ Reporting/alerts to manage credit review and monitoring
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SAP System Landscape @Merck
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SAP FSCM Credit
Management
LEAN
(S/4 HANA 1909 )
QUATTRO
(SAP ERP 6.0)
SAP Backend
SAP Cloud
Connector
SAP NETWORK
SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
Neo Environment
Dun & Bradstreet
(Credit Agency)
NEXT
(S/4 HANA 1909 )
SAP User
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Process Overview
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Credit Management Calculation @Merck
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SAP Business Partner(BP)
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SAP S/4 HANA Cloud for Credit Integration Connector
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Credit Rating is imported into SAP
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Recalculation of Credit Score of BP based on Credit Rating
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Experience during project - Issues reporting
‣ Implementation of IT Solution based on Business Interpretation Logic of External Credit Rating from
Dun & Bradstreet BISNODE Credit Rating Agency
‣ Setup of SAP S/4 HANA Cloud for Credit Integration with Merck’s 3 SAP Back-end systems
‣ Establishing seamless connectivity by correctly setting up Destination and Cloud Connectors for
integration between SAP Backend systems, Merck Account at SAP BTP Neo Cockpit and D&B BISNODE
Credit Agency Portal Service
‣ Assignment of correct roles using “Authorizations” under “Security” section in Merck Account at SAP
BTP Neo Cockpit.
‣ Configuration of Credit Agency Integration at SAP S/4 HANA C4C Portal for:
• Access to Users with S-ID’s
• Maintain Mapping of Credit Rating
• Connection to Multiple systems
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Voice of customer
‣ For Merck a major step towards for Business- as well as Systemstandardization
and harmonization of processes
Merck Slogan: One Company, One way of working
‣ FSCM & Credit agency connection was a complex topic due to not much
experience with this “new” technology and within MERCK
‣ Once FSCM solution integrated within MERCK ERP Systems a high level of
automation for big bunch of Business Partner Data
‣ One Source of data for BP as well as agency reports
‣ Daily run enables Credit Limit and Score Calculation of BP
based on this an improved process of Risk Monitoring and Business
Demand
‣ FSCM in SAP Standard is giving better Reporting options
Severina Ratz & Stefani Saeidi-Nia
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Q & A
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