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Implementing Order to Cash Process in SAP

By : Chandrakant Agarwal
Book Image

Implementing Order to Cash Process in SAP

By: Chandrakant Agarwal

Overview of this book

Using different SAP systems in an integrated way to gain maximum benefits while running your business is made possible by this book, which covers how to effectively implement SAP Order to Cash Process with SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM), SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO), SAP Transportation Management System (TMS), SAP Logistics Execution System (LES), and SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC). You’ll understand the integration of different systems and how to optimize the complete Order to Cash Process with mySAP Business Suite. With the help of this book, you'll learn to implement mySAP Business Suite and understand the shortcomings in your existing SAP ECC environment. As you advance through the chapters, you'll get to grips with master data attributes in different SAP environments and then shift focus to the Order to Cash cycle, including order management in SAP CRM, order fulfillment in SAP APO, transportation planning in SAP TMS, logistics execution in SAP LES, and billing in SAP ECC. By the end of this SAP book, you'll have gained a thorough understanding of how different SAP systems work together with the Order to Cash process.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Product master data in SAP APO

Products are used within the system to represent the materials or services that are sold by any organization. Attributes within the product master data in SAP APO can be global or location-specific. Data at the global level is applicable for all locations, whereas data specific to a location applies to that location only. The material master in SAP ECC is replicated to SAP APO, and various fields within the SAP ECC material master are mapped to the corresponding product master data in SAP APO.

The following figure shows different views of the product master data in SAP APO:

Figure 3.6 – Product master views

Let's discuss the various product functions shown in the previous diagram:

  • Administration: Within Administration, you can assign a planner to the location product. This is at the location level. A planner here could be a material planner, who works on resolving any material availability issues for a specific...