Vendor Invoice Management For SAP Solutions (VIM) Roadmap

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Vendor Invoice Management (Foundation) Last updated: Dec 12, 2022

OpenText™ Vendor Invoice Management for SAP® Solutions (VIM) provides customers with comprehensive business solutions that automate inbound document-
centric processes in SAP ERP and S/4HANA. The combination of VIM and Capture solutions along with a robust inbound, processing and UI framework
adds to SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA all capabilities and features required for efficient processing of incoming business documents. VIM ships a powerful
foundation platform as basis for pre-configured and customer-specific solutions to support processing and automation of incoming documents. The foundation
component comprises of Inbound, Processing Framework, UI/Fiori Framework and Analytics.

Q2 CY2023 [23.2]
Delivered Recently Future planned
in progress
Foundation 7.6/20.4 SPS4 Foundation 7.6/20.4 SPS5 Foundation 7.6/20.4 SPS6
Automation Automation Architectural
• New confíguration setting for validation • Enhanced configuration settings for vendor • Support SAP S/4HANA 2023
based on vendor profile profiles to hide line items in validation and
determine if capture training is needed.
Automation
Analytics • Enhanced configuration settings for vendor
• Perform analysis of extraction results in Analytics profiles to control and optimize machine
SAP Fiori apps for solutions beyond invoice • Extended analytics of extraction results in learning feedback and line-item extraction
• Provide CDS-View for SAP Fiori Embedded SAP Fiori apps for solutions beyond invoice
Analytics for solutions beyond invoice • Process Analytics to identify bottlenecks in
Analytics
the sales order solution • Provide insight into automation and
Architectural processing performance through process
• Reduce complexity for mobile use of Fiori Usability analytics using SAP Signavio
Apps: View documents without network • Optimize end user productivity through
connection to the archive repository improved search, filtering and sorting for
Integration
• Support SAP S/4HANA 2022 Fiori workplace apps • Extend VIM with external workflows (e.g.
• Support international rollouts through auto SAP BTP workflow) through public APIs.
Usability translation of documents by cloud services • Simplify integration with Office 365 for
• Simplify troubleshooting through standard incoming mails with document attachments
• Flexible bulk mode for working in the Fiori
and extended request traces in IES • Provide a central inbox experience to
App for capture validation
administration business users through SAP Task Center

Disclaimer: Release dates and feature lists are subject to change due to changing business and market needs Valid until: June 30, 2023
Vendor Invoice Management (Beyond Invoice) Last updated: Dec 12, 2022

OpenText™ Vendor Invoice Management for SAP® Solutions (VIM) provides customers with comprehensive business solutions that automate inbound document-
centric processes in SAP ERP and S/4HANA. The combination of VIM and Capture solutions along with a robust inbound, processing and UI framework
adds to SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA all capabilities and features required for efficient processing of incoming business documents. VIM automates both order-to-
cash (O2C) and procure-to-pay (P2P) processes. In addition to managing incoming invoices VIM provides pre-configured solutions for automation of incoming
sales orders, order confirmations, quotations, delivery notes and remittance advices.

Q4 CY2023 [23.4]
Delivered Recently Future planned
in progress
Solutions 7.6/20.4 SPS2 Solutions 7.6/20.4 SPS3 Future updates/releases
Automation (Sales Orders) Automation (Sales Orders) Automation (Sales Orders)
• Support for multiple updates of incoming • Support automated creation of incoming • Integration with SAP Conversational AI to
sales orders sales orders with same day delivery enable sales order creation via chatbot
• Use of the SAP Factory Calendar to • Support automated sales order creation for • Machine Learning to determine unit of
validate the delivery date for the sales order “one-time customer” (e.g. inserting a ship-to measure from line-item information
solution address without a dedicated SAP master • Intelligent value proposal for SAP material
record) numbers from line-item information
Analytics • Map and process incoming orders in XML
• Perform analysis of extraction results in
format (e.g. PEPPOL/UBL)
Analytics
SAP Fiori apps for solutions beyond invoice • Process Analytics/ Mining using SAP
• Apply cumulated price check for all line
• Provide CDS-View for SAP Fiori Embedded Signavio for solutions beyond invoices
items in one step
Analytics for solutions beyond invoice
(S/4HANA only) Analytics Integration
• Extended analytics of extraction results in • Extend VIM with external workflows (e.g.
SAP Fiori apps for solutions beyond invoice SAP BTP workflow) through public APIs.
• Process Analytics to identify bottlenecks in • Simplify integration with Office 365 for
the sales order solution incoming mails with document attachments
• Provide a central inbox experience to
business users through SAP Task Center

Disclaimer: Release dates and feature lists are subject to change due to changing business and market needs Valid until: June 30, 2023
Vendor Invoice Management (Invoice Focus) Last updated: Dec 14, 2022

OpenText™ Vendor Invoice Management for SAP® Solutions is an industry leading invoice management and processing solution. An integral part of SAP, Vendor
Invoice Management for SAP® Solutions includes pre-configured rules, roles, and actions to fully automate invoice receipt and posting. VIM leverages the
capabilities of OpenText™ Intelligent Capture for SAP Solutions (IC4SAP) and Core Capture for SAP Solutions (CC4SAP). VIM profits from out of the box
approach to accelerate operations, boost productivity and savings, promote compliance and prevent fraud. Please note that some features are only available from
VIM 20.4. under SAP S/4HANA.

Q2 CY2023 [23.2]
Delivered Recently Future planned
in-progress
Invoice Solution 7.6/20.4 SPS4 Invoice Solution 7.6/20.4 SPS5 Invoice Solution 7.6/20.4 SPS6
Usability Usability Architectural
• New user experience for the Fiori App • Optimize end user productivity through • Support SAP S/4HANA 2023
“Confirm Quantity and Price” improved search, filtering and sorting for
Fiori workplace apps and new process-
Usability
Automation related features e.g. approval recall • Provide the next level of work experience to
• Performance improvements for coding & AP clerks through a new Fiori cockpit based
• Provide new API for invoice status
approval of invoices with many items on the analytics to action paradigm
information for consumption in SAP BTP:
• Achieve higher level of automation through • Provide flexibility to use custom approval
Customer can then develop their own apps
enhanced line-item matching UIs through public APIs
for supplier self service
• Simplify adoption of non-standard XML
formats through new mapping tool Automation Automation
• Support SAP S/4HANA 2022 • Higher automation through improved • Support for Universal Parallel Accounting in
matching PO logic based on vendor profiles SAP S/4HANA
Analytics plus updates to the VIM matching screen • Support more cost objects and further
• New scheduling utility for the central reports improvements for Non-PO smart coding
• New features in the XML mapping tools
• SAP BW content for the “Invoice Life Cycle” • Additional features in PO matching logic
• Standard mapping for electronic invoices
and matching screen
Compliance (XML) in Vietnam
• New features in the XML mapping tools, all
• Process XML invoices in Switzerland • Process down payments with additional
withholding tax in VIM DP screen. standard formats are converted
Process Portuguese invoices with QR code

Disclaimer: Release dates and feature lists are subject to change due to changing business and market needs Valid until: June 30, 2023

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