Maximizing SAP ERP Financials Accounts Receivable
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2010
Book
Hardback
505 pages
978-1-59229-303-2 (ISBN)
Description
Executives and end-users alike are part of a large user community looking for guidance and experience with the "established" SAP sub-components like Accounts Receivable. With the heightened focus on operating within the strictures of US GAAP and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and producing definable ROI from the implementation of ERP Financials, it's also more important than ever for organizations to leverage their AR implementations with other components and functionalities.
This book provides implementation teams, executives, functional and technical teams, and end-users with a roadmap for the maximum utilization of the Accounts Receivable component. The book will teach the intended audience how to maximize the use and potential of the Accounts Receivable component and increase the ROI of the implementation. It will also help readers develop knowledge and strategies for enhancing the use of the AR component and integrating it with other SAP services and components.
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Author
Manish Patel is a senior SAP professional with close to 20 years of experience in the IT industry. After graduating from Bombay University, Manish worked at an Indian software company on various financials projects in Asia Pacific. During his tenure at this company, he gained experience as a finance lead responsible for implementing the company's indigenously developed ERP system.
After forming his solid foundation at this company in the various areas of software development and project management, he started his career as an SAP consultant. Over last 15 years, he has worked on variety of SAP projects in number of different industries. He has also conducted several successful SAP trainings at various training locations of SAP America. This breadth of assignments honed his abilities to successfully perform different roles in an SAP project ranging from system configuration to project management.
He is also the author of a best selling book SAP Account Determination published by SAP Press, targeted at the technical and consulting SAP community. The book explores vital design elements that carry out automatic determination of GL accounts from business transactions in various SAP components.
Manish enjoys working through the challenges and complexities that are inherent in implementation of such an enterprise wide system. He understands that experiences and aftereffects of such implementations can range from justifiably thrilling to maddeningly frustrating. Hence, he thrives in contributing to ease transition of SAP users into the new, integrated world of SAP. This book is an attempt to ease such transition
Manish enjoys living in the sunny California, USA. He can be reached on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/kreativemanish
Content
... Preface ... 19
1 ... Customer Master Data ... 25
... 1.1 ... Organization of Customer Master Data ... 25
... 1.2 ... General Data View ... 29
... 1.3 ... Company Code Data View ... 41
... 1.4 ... Sales Data View ... 52
... 1.5 ... Transactions ... 61
... 1.6 ... Configuration Activities ... 65
... 1.7 ... Technical Reference ... 69
... 1.8 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 72
... 1.9 ... Summary ... 74
2 ... Accounts Receivable Transactions ... 75
... 2.1 ... Basic Concepts ... 75
... 2.2 ... AR Transactions -- General Interface ... 83
... 2.3 ... AR Transactions -- Enjoy Interface ... 87
... 2.4 ... Other AR Transactions ... 92
... 2.5 ... Document-Processing Aids ... 99
... 2.6 ... Technical Reference ... 107
... 2.7 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 110
... 2.8 ... Summary ... 113
3 ... Customer Billing ... 115
... 3.1 ... Master Data and Pricing Procedures ... 116
... 3.2 ... Billing Types ... 124
... 3.3 ... Other Configuration ... 133
... 3.4 ... Billing Transactions ... 141
... 3.5 ... Technical Reference ... 154
... 3.6 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 156
... 3.7 ... Summary ... 160
4 ... Additional Billing Functionality ... 161
... 4.1 ... Down Payments ... 161
... 4.2 ... Billing Plans ... 166
... 4.3 ... Resource-Related Billing ... 177
... 4.4 ... Retroactive Billing ... 186
... 4.5 ... Other Scenarios ... 190
... 4.6 ... Technical Reference ... 200
... 4.7 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 203
... 4.8 ... Summary ... 205
5 ... Incoming Payments ... 207
... 5.1 ... Entering Basic Information ... 208
... 5.2 ... Selecting Open Items ... 210
... 5.3 ... Processing Open items ... 214
... 5.4 ... Payment Differences ... 220
... 5.5 ... Using Reason Codes ... 224
... 5.6 ... Simulate and Post ... 227
... 5.7 ... Additional Transactions ... 229
... 5.8 ... Technical Reference ... 234
... 5.9 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 237
... 5.10 ... Summary ... 238
6 ... Dunning ... 239
... 6.1 ... Dunning Parameters ... 239
... 6.2 ... Dunning Procedure ... 244
... 6.3 ... Dunning Run ... 253
... 6.4 ... Transactions ... 258
... 6.5 ... Technical Reference ... 264
... 6.6 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 267
... 6.7 ... Summary ... 269
7 ... Credit Management ... 271
... 7.1 ... Credit Management Setup ... 271
... 7.2 ... Simple Credit Check ... 283
... 7.3 ... Advanced Credit Management ... 284
... 7.4 ... Processing Credit Blocks ... 288
... 7.5 ... Transactions ... 293
... 7.6 ... Technical Reference ... 299
... 7.7 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 301
... 7.8 ... Summary ... 303
8 ... Tax Processing ... 305
... 8.1 ... Concepts and Configuration ... 306
... 8.2 ... Tax Calculations ... 313
... 8.3 ... Tax Reporting ... 318
... 8.4 ... External Tax Software ... 321
... 8.5 ... Other Functionalities ... 324
... 8.6 ... Technical Reference ... 327
... 8.7 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 330
... 8.8 ... Summary ... 334
9 ... Revenue Recognition ... 335
... 9.1 ... Standard Revenue Recognition ... 336
... 9.2 ... Revenue Recognition Parameters ... 339
... 9.3 ... Time-Related Revenue Recognition ... 343
... 9.4 ... Service-Related Revenue Recognition ... 346
... 9.5 ... Transactions ... 349
... 9.6 ... Technical Reference ... 361
... 9.7 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 364
... 9.8 ... Summary ... 367
10 ... Periodic Processing ... 369
... 10.1 ... Month-End Processing ... 369
... 10.2 ... Interest Calculation ... 387
... 10.3 ... Correspondence ... 395
... 10.4 ... Year-End Processing ... 401
... 10.5 ... Technical Reference ... 407
... 10.6 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 411
... 10.7 ... Summary ... 413
11 ... Accounts Receivable Reporting ... 415
... 11.1 ... Line Item Display ... 415
... 11.2 ... Standard Reports ... 422
... 11.3 ... Drill-Down Reports ... 431
... 11.4 ... AR Evaluations ... 434
... 11.5 ... SAP Queries ... 437
... 11.6 ... Technical Reference ... 442
... 11.7 ... Enhancements and Modifications ... 445
... 11.8 ... Summary ... 446
12 ... Financial Supply Chain Management Overview ... 447
... 12.1 ... Credit Management ... 448
... 12.2 ... Dispute Management ... 454
... 12.3 ... Collections Management ... 459
... 12.4 ... Conclusion ... 464
... Appendices ... 467
... A ... Technical Overview ... 469
... B ... SAP Authorizations ... 487
... C ... The Author ... 499
... Index ... 501