Centralised EHS system and users and organisations in multiple SAP systems

[Former Member]

Wanted to have your experience/ advice or experience in setting up a centralised EHS system talking to multiple SAP systems and other ERP systems

If the client have sister companies and locations in multiple SAP systems , can we go for a centralised EHS system talking to multiple SAP systems

Is there a concept of application ID in EHS system : If so how EHS system can identify the < to EHS system records to tag the system > , <EHS system Records bound to have different configs for each ERP systems> and < from EHS system records to multiple SAP systems >

Can you list client experiences or roadblocks for this type of design

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Essential data in the EHS central system are the material master and the debtor master. Both are necessary for processing shipment orders coming from the logistic system in order to ship MSDS. The material master in the EH&S system is also necessary for the filling of dangerous goods master and the hazardous material master. In the environment I'm currently working for, the distribution of material and debtor master are organized in a central master data system.

That means there are n logistic systems, 1 EH&S system and 1 Master data system with quite a few ALE processes and traffic to monitor.

[Former Member]

Hello Jay, As per my knowledge goes the situation would be like this..

EHS point of view the implementation will definitely depends upon the Environmental procedures and policies of the company. I am assuming that both the companies are having same policies, or want to extend one of thier policies to another company,

Specification Managemnet will definitely depends upon the Materials and hence need to be interactive, so Product Safety and Haz Substance Management and Dangerous Goods Managemnet will be affecting by this, hence you need to design in way that it should be interactive.

Other modules like Occupational Health, Industrial Hygiene & Safety, Waste Management can be implemented without integrating them, they can be extended to number of companies by defining work areas.

Hope this will help.

Please write back to me in case of further clarifications

Regards,

Keshav

[christoph_bergemann]

Hello

the answer to your question is: may be you can use a central EHS system. The reason is: EHS is correlated with MM. A SAP system in which EHS is used without MM makes "not realy" sense. So it is a matter of definition "what is a central EHS system".

EHS it selfs uses SAP standard techniques. That is "ALE" distribution to other SAP systems. The distribution of EHS data top NON SAP systems is possible to via XI (which is the common solution). If you use as the scenario SAP to SAP you must make your that standard EHS customizing is the same on both sides.

Furthermore SAP EHS is a "great" module with several submodules. So regarding each of the potential scenerios you need to check the necessary prerequisites. It ois very common to have EHS PS, DG, HSM in one system and to distribute data via ALE to a different system so that the EHS data can be used "decentral" in the several SAP logistic processes.

In most cases you need to distribute per ALE at least DG master and hazardous substance master.

As a starting point take a look here: http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/en/c1/eda0f591ec12408b25e7a1b369ca45/frameset.htm

BASIC Data and Tools => Tools => Distribution of specifications, phrases and reports per ALE.

Hope this helps.

With best regards

C.B.