Implementations of SAP in Brazil

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Over the past two weeks, I am seeing more and more planned implementations of SAP

in Brazil. Many companies are either looking to consolidate legacy systems onto a
centralized SAP system, or they are looking to transition Procure To Pay processes
into a Shared Service environment. Regardless, I wanted to provide the key
considerations for SAP Brazil implementations. Many of these are often overlooked
during the discussion of bringing Brazil into the SAP or Shared Service process.

There are 3 primary evaluations you have to consider:

Localizations - this is actually the most underestimated part of the project, and
this is critical to the success of the next two topics. Your organization needs to
ensure you have local Brazil/SAP experts. This project is much more than installing
a few J tables. Ensure you have solid and current tax advice from your tax advisor
and you have individuals that have implemented SAP in Brazil before.
I have seen companies underestimate the implementation by as much as 6 months of
work.

Reporting - understand how you will be managing the SPED reporting for your
company. Many organizations, especially as the Brazil government pushes more
standardization with the SPED reports, are looking to have this installed in their
SAP system.

Operational Nota Fiscal -- now that you have your system configured to produce the
correct fiscal data and you have the ability to formulate the weekly, monthly, and
quarterly reports; it is time to review your day to day NFe solutions. Ensure you
review the following, as they are all unique and have different issues:

Nota Fiscal Entrada


Stock Transfer
Digital Goods
Drop Ship
Outbound NFe Goods & Contingency Printing
Outbound NFe for Services - 120 different city issues
MDF-e if you are shipping with internal resources
Inbound NFe for Goods - AP validations
Inbound NFe for Services - AP validations
CTe - Transportation Invoices - Inbound Validations
Eventos - Recipient Acknowledgement
IMPORTANT Note: because of the inbound validation requirements or Shared Service
center consolidations, I am seeing AP only projects. Ensure you reach out to the AR
team as well, there will be synergies with the project teams although they often
run separately.
Companies can be very successful in implementing SAP in Brazil, but you need to
understand the unique nature of the Brazil compliance processes as well as how they
affect your SAP templates. If you research these 3 key functional requirements,
you will be well on your way to a successful and on time go live.

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