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Implementing Order to Cash Process in SAP

By : Chandrakant Agarwal
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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)

Understanding order to cash with CRM, APO, TMS, and LES

The Order to Cash business process is important to any company when it comes to satisfying their customer needs. Order to Cash impacts the complete supply chain of the business if it's not run efficiently. Another impacted area is the cash flow; any delay in receiving payment from the customer can impact the cash flow of any business. Therefore, considering these factors, it is imperative to effectively and efficiently run this process by eliminating inefficiencies across the entire business.

Within SAP, you can implement the Order to Cash process within the Sales and Distribution (SD) module if your business doesn't require advanced features from SAP CRM, SAP APO, and SAP TMS. Running the Order to Cash cycle with these SAP business suites helps you leverage advanced features in each system. To implement these systems with the Order to Cash cycle, you should have a good understanding of how to integrate these systems...