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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)

Transportation management

Transportation management covers the transportation planning phase and the activities related to the carrier picking up the load and shipping the product from the warehouse to the customer's location. Transportation requirements and planning is the key step in the order to cash process as it entails the order being shipped to the customer on time. To be successful in the supply chain, it is essential to understand logistics activities and overcome any hurdles or delays.

Here are the key steps that will be covered in this and the following chapter that will help you understand the transportation requirements, planning, and execution phases in SAP TMS:

  1. Integrating a sales order from SAP ECC into SAP TMS
  2. Transportation requirements and transportation planning
  3. Freight order processing
  4. Carrier tendering process
  5. Delivery/shipment proposal to SAP ECC

SAP TMS also helps you place the relevant constraints, such as cost or resource...