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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)

Storage sections

Storage type is divided into different areas known as storage sections. Storage sections group storage bins with similar products. You need to define a storage section for a storage type. You can have one storage section for one storage type.

To define the storage sections you can use the configuration path SPRO | Logistics Execution | Warehouse Management | Master Data | Define Storage Sections.

As shown in the following screenshot, a new storage section can be assigned to both the warehouse number and the storage type:

Figure 5.5 – Defining storage sections

Typically, one storage section is assigned to one storage type, but you can also have multiple storage sections for a storage type. It all comes down to your business requirements as to how many storage sections need to be created for your storage type. Storage sections are important for bin determination during the stock removal process.

Next we look at configuring storage...