2 SAP GTS Basics: Setup, Authorizations, and Navigation

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2.1 Connecting SAP ERP to SAP GTS using the Plug-In

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2.1.1 System Architecture

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2.1.2 System Connection Configuration

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2.1.3 Connecting SAP GTS to Customs Authorities

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2.2 Connecting using Different Interfacing Techniques (SAP TM)

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2.2.1 Integration with SAP TM from a Technical Perspective

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2.2.2 Compliance Screening

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2.2.3 Export Declaration

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2.3 Navigating SAP GTS

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2.3.1 Compliance Management

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2.3.2 Customs Management

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2.3.3 Risk Management

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2.3.4 Additional Menus

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2.4 Using Authorizations

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2.5 Summary

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3 Baseline Settings

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3.1 Organizational Structure in SAP GTS

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3.1.1 Foreign Trade Organization

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3.1.2 Legal Unit

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3.1.3 Administrative Unit

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3.1.4 Customs ID

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3.1.5 Customizing

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3.1.6 Best Practices

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3.2 Plug-in Settings in SAP ERP

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3.3 General Settings in SAP GTS

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3.3.1 Legal Regulation

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3.3.2 Document Types and Mapping

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3.3.3 Partner Roles Mapping

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3.3.4 Number Ranges

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3.4 SAP Case Management

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3.5 Summary

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4 Master Data

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4.1 Business Processes

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4.1.1 Source System

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4.1.2 Initial Transfer from the Feeder System to SAP GTS

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4.2 Business Partner Master Data

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4.2.1 Customer Maintenance

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4.2.2 Vendor Maintenance

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4.2.3 Customs Offices Maintenance

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4.3 Product Master Data

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4.3.1 Tariff and Commodity Codes

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4.3.2 ICCNs and ECCNs

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4.3.3 Products

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4.3.4 Product Classifications

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4.4 Bill of Product Master Data

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4.4.1 BOPs Manually Maintained in SAP GTS

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4.4.2 BOPs Transferred from SAP ERP 6.0 to SAP GTS

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4.5 Licenses and Authorizations Master Data

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4.6 Additional Master Data

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4.7 Customizing

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4.8 Technical Objects

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4.9 Summary

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5 Classification

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5.1 Business and System Processes

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5.1.1 Uploading Classification Codes

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5.1.2 Classifying for Compliance Management

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5.1.3 Classifying for Customs Management

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5.1.4 Reclassifying Products

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5.2 Customizing

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5.2.1 Setting up Numbering Schemes

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5.2.2 Setting Up Classification Help

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5.3 Summary

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6 Compliance Management

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6.1 Customs Documents

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6.2 Sanctioned Party List Screening

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6.2.1 Business Process

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6.2.2 System Process

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6.2.3 Customizing

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6.2.4 Master Data

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6.2.5 SPL Mobile Solution

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6.3 Embargo

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6.3.1 Business Process

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6.3.2 System Process

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6.3.3 Customizing

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6.3.4 Master Data

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6.4 Legal Control

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6.4.1 Import Licensing

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6.4.2 Export Licensing

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6.4.3 US Re-Export

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6.4.4 Customizing

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6.4.5 Master Data

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6.5 Summary

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7 Customs Management

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7.1 Customs Documents

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7.1.1 Operative Cockpit in Customs Management

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7.1.2 Monitoring

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7.1.3 Customs Declaration

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7.1.4 Communication with Customs Authorities

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7.2 Import and Export Processes

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7.2.1 Import Processes

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7.2.2 Export Processes

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7.2.3 Customizing

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7.2.4 Master Data

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7.3 Special Customs Procedures

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7.3.1 Bonded Warehouse

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7.3.2 Inward Processing Relief

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7.3.3 Outward Processing Relief

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7.3.4 Processing under Customs Control

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7.3.5 Customizing

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7.3.6 Master Data

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7.4 Excise Duty Monitoring

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7.4.1 Business Process

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7.4.2 System Process

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7.4.3 Customizing

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7.4.4 Master Data

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7.5 US Reconciliation Process

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7.5.1 Business and System Processes

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7.5.2 Customizing

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7.6 Electronic Communication

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7.6.1 Standard IDoc

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7.6.2 Electronic Communication Transactions

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7.7 Countries Supported by SAP GTS 10.1

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7.8 Summary

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8 Risk Management

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8.1 Trade Preference Management

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8.1.1 Business Process

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8.1.2 System Process

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8.1.3 Customizing

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8.1.4 Master Data

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8.2 Restitution Management

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8.2.1 Business Process

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8.2.2 System Process

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8.2.3 Customizing

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8.2.4 Master Data

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8.3 Letter of Credit Processing

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8.3.1 Business Process

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8.3.2 System Process

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8.3.3 Customizing

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8.3.4 Master Data

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8.4 Summary

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9 SAP GTS and SAP BW Reporting

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9.1 SAP GTS Reporting

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9.1.1 Compliance Management Reporting

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9.1.2 Customs Management Reporting

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9.1.3 Risk Management Reporting

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9.2 SAP BW Reporting

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9.2.1 SAP GTS Extractors

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9.2.2 Advantages and Usage

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9.3 Summary

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10 Technical Objects in SAP GTS

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10.1 Technical Objects in the SAP ERP 6.0 Plug-In

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10.1.1 Master Data

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10.1.2 Transactional Data

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10.2 Technical Objects in SAP GTS

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10.2.1 Compliance Management

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10.2.2 Customs Management

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10.2.3 Risk Management

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10.2.4 Other Technical Objects

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10.3 Summary

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11 The Future Direction of SAP GTS

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11.1 Planned Innovations for SAP GTS

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11.1.1 The Next Release

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11.1.2 Upcoming Releases

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11.2 The Future Direction of SAP GTS

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Appendices

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A Standard Reporting

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A.1 Compliance Management

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A.2 Customs Management

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A.3 Risk Management

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B Standard Extractors

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B.1 Customs Documents

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B.2 Legal Control

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B.3 Bonded Warehouse and Supplementary Customs Declaration

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C The Authors

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Contributor

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