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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 4: Master Data in SAP TMS

Master data in SAP TMS is the most important data if we wish to execute effective and successful transportation planning in SAP TMS. It forms the basis of efficiently planning the transportation and tender carrier to fulfill and ship products on time. Having incorrect master data set up will lead to incorrect transportation planning, which will result in missed deliveries and will impact the customer's shipments. Therefore, it is very important to understand the data aspect and the settings required in the SAP TMS system to run the Order to Cash cycle successfully. Having said that, you should have a good understanding of these data elements and how they work in SAP TMS. In this chapter, we will focus on the master data's setup and configuration in SAP TMS.

Note that the master data related to charge management will be covered in Chapter 10, Transportation Planning and Freight Order Management in SAP TMS.

The following topics will...