What is the Logistics Information Library (LIL)?

You use the Logistics Information Library (LIL) to record, classify, and retrieve key figures.

The term "key figure" is understood very broadly in the context of the Logistics Information Library; for example, information such as stock level is seen as a key figure.

Where the LIL Fits into the Logistics Information System (LIS)

The Logistics Information Library is a component in the Logistics Information System (LIS). to which the following information systems belong :

LIL allows you to access key figures that are stored in LIS using simple search strategies. You can also catalog and structure key figures from several different areas or applications in the LIL.

Functions and Benefits of the LIL

The LIL is a tool that makes the access of key figures transparent, fast, and easy.

More than 900 key figures are cataloged and classified in the standard LIS, which comprises all the logistics information systems.

The LIL allows you to access, on the one hand, the information systems available in the SAP R/3 logistics modules and, on the other, key figures that are not integrated into any of the information systems, such as key figures which are special to your company and therefore defined internally.

You need no detailed knowledge of the system to be able to search for information in the Logistics Information Library. This makes the LIL an effective tool for the cross-application retrieval and cataloging of information for even the occasional user.

You can narrow the scope of your search to a particular key figure, without needing to know the exact name of the program, report, transaction code, or menu path. In this way, information becomes a general resource that any authorized person can use to optimize his or her work processes.

The LIL does not generate key figures. Rather, it ensures that information which is already potentially available is actually made available .

You can use the LIL to integrate programs, reports, transactions, information systems, and tables from different areas of logistics, such as Purchasing, Sales, and Shop Floor Control.

Information is made transparent by the conversion of reports, programs, and transactions into key figures and by their common storage.

Users are offered several key figure retrieval options, which means they can influence the way information is accessed and made available (see figure below).

The main benefits of the LIL are the following: