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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)

Post goods issue

After the transfer order has been confirmed and completed, HUs have been assigned, and transportation documents have been printed, the material is now ready for shipment. The material that is moved to the staging area is packed and loaded onto a truck or trailer. The activity profile on the shipment document can drive the PGI based on the shipment start status. Once the warehouse personnel triggers the update of the shipment start status, the PGI is also initiated, assuming that the shipment status is set to the PGI in the activity profile. With this, the outbound delivery document is ready to be closed and the movement of the material out of the warehouse is completed in the system by posting the goods issue.

The movement type is 601 for a goods issue for delivery. If, for any reason, the delivery cannot be posted, an error log will be displayed to identify the problems that are preventing the goods issue for the line items on the document. Posting the goods issue...