SAP S/4HANA EDI integration - SAP S/4HANA EDI integration by Vantree
Vantree's EDI integration with SAP S/4HANA ERP
Did you know that 96% of users feel bogged down with redundant tasks related to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)? And that those same users spend, on average, eight hours per week performing manual data entry tasks and correcting EDI-related mistakes?
Effective EDI and API automation is critical, especially for small and mid-sized businesses. Not only does it speed up and streamline your business processes by as much as 70%, it also eliminates redundant tasks and enables your users to maximize efficiency.
Choose seamless integration with SAP S/4HANA with Vantree
Seamless EDI automation for large businesses and SMBs with SAP S/4HANA ERP
SAP S/4HANA ERP provides a highly adaptable business management solution for digitally resilient small and mid-sized businesses. With the Vantree EDI solution for SAP S/4HANA, you can efficiently, reliably, and automatically import and export documents to and from your trading partners with EDI. And you can do it using the same SAP S/4HANA ERP interface that you work with daily, giving you the ultimate visibility and control. With an end-to-end view of their data, your users will dramatically reduce their time on trivial and redundant tasks, improving operational efficiency and reducing costs.
How our SAP S/4HANA integration works
Our Vantree Connectivity Suite (VCS) sits between you and your trading partners. It automates the integration, translation, and delivery services of EDI and non-EDI documents to and from your SAP S/4HANA ERP.
Below are three sections within the SAP S/4HANA interface, showing how Vantree works behind the scenes to ensure your teams can efficiently perform their day-to-day processing tasks.
Enterprise service builder/enterprise services repository (ESR)
The first section in SAP PI, the Enterprise Service Repository, is used to design and create objects in the integration scenario. You can develop Interface Objects, Mapping Objects, and different integration processes.
The ESR allows Vantree’s implementation team to perform the mapping between Vantree and SAP S/4HANA. Additionally, The ESR allows Vantree’s staff to test the mapping, see the results, and adjust mappings accordingly.
Integration builder
The second section, called the Integration Builder, contains an Integration Repository for design purposes and an Integration Directory for configuration purposes. Vantree uses the Integration Builder to define and manage the objects in the Integration Directory. The Integration Builder helps Vantree’s team complete the following tasks:
- Configure Objects
- Define Work Areas for Grouping Objects
- Open Objects (Object Editor)
- Edit Objects
SAP netweaver
The SAP NetWeaver forms the technical foundation for many SAP application landscapes, including SAP S/4HANA. Vantree’s team uses the application server and platform for application integration and development.
SAP S/4 HANA Features and Functionalities
- The configuration of PI/PO
- The communication dashboard to view inbound and outbound transactions into SAP S/4HANA
- How data is controlled via channels
- Time logs for errors
- Detailed messages for user intervention
- Drill down to view messages for in-depth troubleshooting
- How the user can view raw EDI data
- Reporting functionalities with various timeframes
Vantree EDI integration with SAP S/4HANA ERP
Deep integration that's tailored to your unique needs
Your business is unique, and so are your requirements. That’s why we fully customize your solution for deep integration based on your business, trading partners, data structure, and document needs.
- Optimize your workflows with increased efficiency.
- Strengthen your relationships with external business partners thanks to cleaner data, fewer errors, and faster reaction times.
- Invest in your future by anticipating growth, freeing up resources, and future-proofing your business
Enjoy superior flexibility and ease of use
- Any environment. Any trading partner. Any document.
- Our integrated, automated, and intuitive solution simplifies importing, analyzing, and processing incoming documents.
- You have complete visibility into your data and any errors or omissions in that data and complete control over error correction and processing.
Popular EDI documents
| EDI 810 | Invoice |
| EDI 812 | Credit/Debit Adjustment |
| EDI 820 | Payment Order/ Remittance Advice |
| EDI 824 | Application Advice |
| EDI 830 | Planning Schedule with Release Capability |
| EDI 846 | Inventory Inquiry / Advice |
| EDI 850 | Purchase Order |
| EDI 855 | Purchase Order Acknowledgement |
| EDI 856 | Advance Shipment Notice |
| EDI 864 | Text Message |
| EDI 940 | Warehouse Shipping Order |
Our Trading Partners
Why Vantree?
- Prevention systems in place
- 24/7 monitoring and automated alerting emails
- Honest and transparent communication
- Culture of mutual aid focused on you
- Average response time of fewer than 4 hours
- Dedicated EDI Support Team for you
Learn more about Vantree's API-based SAP S/4HANA integration
What is the SAP S/4HANA ERP suite?
SAP S/4HANA is a software suite for managing enterprise resource planning (ERP) operations, which allows organizations to perform their day-to-day activities in real-time. SAP S/4HANA is a software solution to help large companies manage their operations through different locations or corporate entities, from sales to finance and customer service.
S/4HANA is the cornerstone – or digital core – of SAP’s strategy for helping its clients through digital transformation, a broad term that encompasses many things. It means that SAP wants to help its clients become more flexible, agile, and resilient by modifying their current business processes and models or creating new ones.
What are the core S/4HANA features?
S/4HANA was developed to make ERP more contemporary, faster, and easier to utilize using a streamlined data structure, lean framework, and an upgraded user interface built on the tile-structured SAP Fiori UI. It incorporates several cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine-learned technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytical abilities. The SAP S/4HANA relational database system and the integration of these technologies permit S/4HANA to help resolve complicated issues in real time and examine more details at once than previous SAP ERP solutions.
What is Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)?
EDI is the automated electronic data transfer between companies using a standard electronic format. Electronic exchanges of documents with established message standards offer significant communication advantages, including reduced costs, greater efficiency, fewer errors, and reinforced trading partner relationships.
There are many electronic business transactions, but the two most common are purchase orders and invoices. EDI guarantees that essential documents are sent and received in a readable format, preventing business partners from wasting valuable resources in manual data entry.
What are essential EDI documents?
Documents sent and received from business partners and customers must be processed efficiently to maintain a strong commerce network and customer relationships. Here are some examples of EDI documents automated with Vantree’s Business Central EDI integration:
- Invoices – 810 Invoices;
- Sales Orders – 850 Purchase Orders;
- Ship File – 856 Ship Notice/Manifest;
- Debit/Credit Memo – 812 Debit/Credit Adjustment;
- Cash Receipt – 820 Payment Advice;
- Purchase Order Acknowledgment – 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment;