Service Contract Management

This scope item covers the management of service contracts in SAP S/4HANA Service. Service contracts are outline agreements that define services offered for a particular period and represent long-term service agreements with customers. Service contracts are billed on periodical billing plan. Via price adaptations for service contract different prices within the contract periods are possible.

Customer-specific price agreements can be defined and handled within service contracts. Service contract determination is enabled for service orders which correspond with the service contract in predefined criteria – in this case, contract and price details from determined service contract are considered.

Customers can define service level agreements and maintain service/response profiles in service contracts.

It is possible to renew an expiring service contract automatically for a predefined period at a predefined date. Another option is to manually renew service contracts and items. As part of the change process, it is also possible to change the sold-to party of a service contract and a new service contract is automatically created.

Key Process Steps Covered

  • Create Service Contract and Add Service Contract Items
  • Maintain Product List and Create Price Agreements for Service Product
  • Adapt Service Contract Prices
  • Release Service Contract and Service Contract Items
  • Schedule Billing Document Request Creation
  • Manage Billing Document Requests
  • Create Invoice
  • Following Service Contract Change Processes are possible:
  • (Optional) Change Sold-to-Party in Service Contract
  • (Optional) Manually Renew Entire Service Contract
  • (Optional) Manually Renew Service Contract Item
  • (Optional) Auto Renewal of Service Contract Item
  • (Optional) Cancel Service Contract or Service Contract item

Benefits

  • Flexible and powerful service contracts that reflect your customers' needs
  • Enable flexible pricing with price adaptation or manual prices
  • Use full integration into SAP S/4 billing