The concept of check design and payment process configuration is fundamental to the day-to-day operation of SAP ERP Financials, particularly within large organizations that have a large number of internal and external payees. "Cutting checks," while a straightforward and mundane process, is nonetheless one of the most important functions carried out by the Finance department, demanding a very low rate of error and significantly high levels of "uptime" and customer satisfaction. Because "cutting checks" now includes a variety of electronic payments in addition to the standard paper checks, careful and proper consideration of the check/payment design and configuration process, as well as optimization of existing processes, is a concern most Finance departments cannot overlook as part of maintaining a suite of SAP ERP Financials best practices.
The book will provide Finance professionals with the data-gathering strategies, configuration steps, best practices, technical guidance, and case studies for smoothly implementing or optimizing the check delivery and payment processes. Specific sections of the book focus on configuration steps for payment configuration in SAP, designing check and electronic payment strategies centred around a comprehensive data-gathering strategy (internal and external stakeholders), and technical considerations for both printed checks and electronic payments.
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Höhe: 22.9 cm
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978-1-59229-273-8 (9781592292738)
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Donald F. Eyres is an Accenture Capabilities Specialist specializing in AR and AP, with over eight years of experience with SAP. He has gathered check data, designed checks, and carried out SAP check payment program configuration for several Accenture clients. He has presented on SAP AR and AP topics at several conferences.
... Foreword ... 13
... Introduction ... 15
1 ... Data Gathering ... 19
... 1.1 ... Organize Your Efforts ... 19
... 1.2 ... Meet with Stakeholders ... 20
... 1.3 ... Project Parameters ... 27
... 1.4 ... Local Requirements ... 28
... 1.5 ... Case Study ... 28
... 1.6 ... Summary ... 30
2 ... Product Selection ... 31
... 2.1 ... Equipment -- General Considerations ... 31
... 2.2 ... Printer Characteristics ... 33
... 2.3 ... Stock and Envelopes ... 39
... 2.4 ... Case Study ... 43
... 2.5 ... Summary ... 45
3 ... Payment System Options ... 47
... 3.1 ... Check Printing Options ... 47
... 3.2 ... Summary ... 52
4 ... Check and Payment Advice Design ... 53
... 4.1 ... The Check Form ... 53
... 4.2 ... Check Form Examples ... 64
... 4.3 ... Summary ... 82
5 ... Security ... 83
... 5.1 ... Payment Processing ... 83
... 5.2 ... Check Theft ... 85
... 5.3 ... Fraud ... 87
... 5.4 ... Positive Pay ... 95
... 5.5 ... Summary ... 98
6 ... Payment Configuration in SAP ... 99
... 6.1 ... Bank Master Data and House Banks ... 101
... 6.2 ... Clearing and Automatic Posting Configuration ... 108
... 6.3 ... Automatic Postings ... 121
... 6.4 ... Tolerances ... 124
... 6.5 ... Cross-Company Posting ... 135
... 6.6 ... Grouping Payments ... 137
... 6.7 ... Payment Sorting ... 142
... 6.8 ... Alternate Address Configuration ... 146
... 6.9 ... Searches, Sorts, and Line Layouts ... 151
... 6.10 ... Reason Codes ... 171
... 6.11 ... Summary ... 179
7 ... Payment Program Configuration in SAP ... 181
... 7.1 ... Payment Media ... 182
... 7.2 ... Automatic Outgoing Payments ... 187
... 7.3 ... Check Number Ranges ... 213
... 7.4 ... Payment Program Variants ... 218
... 7.5 ... Summary ... 225
8 ... Testing ... 227
... 8.1 ... Equipment Testing ... 227
... 8.2 ... Payment Program Configuration Testing ... 230
... 8.3 ... Bank Check Testing ... 266
... 8.4 ... Summary ... 267
9 ... Payment Program Processing ... 269
... 9.1 ... F110 -- Automatic Payment Processing ... 269
... 9.2 ... Parameters ... 270
... 9.3 ... Proposal ... 280
... 9.4 ... Peruse ... 282
... 9.5 ... Post ... 292
... 9.6 ... Print ... 294
... 9.7 ... Transaction F110S -- Report for the Automatic Scheduling of the Payment Program ... 296
... 9.8 ... Troubleshooting ... 302
... 9.9 ... Summary ... 302
10 ... Manual Payment Processing ... 303
... 10.1 ... Configuration for Manual Payments ... 304
... 10.2 ... Transaction F-53 -- Post Outgoing Payment ... 305
... 10.3 ... Post and Print Forms ... 321
... 10.4 ... Create Check Information ... 326
... 10.5 ... Summary ... 328
... The Author ... 329
... Index ... 331
