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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)

Introduction to master data in SAP APO

Master data in SAP APO is a key element similar to master data in SAP ECC. To perform ATP checks in SAP APO, it is important that master data such as customer, product, and plant information is accurately set up. In most cases, ECC is the client of record and the master data is replicated from ECC to APO. In this section, we will explore these data elements in SAP APO and the mechanisms for replicating customer, plant, product, and resources from SAP ECC to SAP APO.

Figure 3.1 represents an overview of each of the master data elements applicable within APO and the relevance of each of these data elements to different SAP APO functionalities:

Figure 3.1 – Master data relevance for each SAP APO function

Figure 3.1 – Master data relevance for each SAP APO function

Figure 3.2 presents the ECC master data corresponding to APO master data:

Figure 3.2 – ECC master data corresponding to SAP APO master data

As we have gone through the list of...