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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)

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Order to Cash Cycle

The Order to Cash (O2C) cycle in SAP supports businesses involved in handling and receiving orders from customers, including planning and shipping items to customers and processing payments. In essence, the O2C process is the process of receiving and managing customer sales orders. In this chapter, we'll provide an overview of processing the O2C cycle in SAP and its integration with the SAP business suite, which includes SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM), SAP Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP APO), SAP Transportation Management System (SAP TMS), and SAP Logistics Execution System (SAP LES). In addition, we'll learn about how a business can integrate these systems when they're implementing the Order to Cash cycle with SAP. In this chapter, you will learn the benefits of running your Order to Cash cycle with CRM, APO, TMS, and LES. Later in this chapter, you'll find further information about the Order...