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A Roadmap to Success for Your CRM Projects

Before setting out on an implementation of SAP CRM, consider crucial tips, tricks, and lessons learned in this excerpt from George Fratian’s SAP PRESS book Planning Your SAP CRM Implementation. Key Concept A business case is a document that’s typically written for a senior level audience, and it has to include the reasoning behind an...…

Capture the Value of Stock in Transit Using a New Business Function in Enhancement Package 5

The classic sales process is a three-step procedure: create a sales order, create a delivery with reference to the sales order, and invoice for the delivered goods. Handling the potential time gap between the goods issue and the invoice has long been an issue for organizations trying to keep their financial accounts and Profitability Analysis...…

Adjust Your SAP System to Keep Up with Changes in VAT

The European Union’s efforts to prevent tax fraud have led to a change in its value added tax (VAT) — the reverse charge VAT. Key Concept Value Added Tax (VAT) is a common tax system in the EU. Tax authorities are revamping the system to combat fraud. The original principles used for local VAT are...…

Use Functional Areas to Enhance Your Cost-of-Sales Reporting

Learn the definition of cost-of-sales reporting and how it is distinguished from period-based reporting. Follow the steps to define and derive functional areas to facilitate cost-of-sales reporting. Discover the benefits of cost-of-sales reporting by functional area and how it contrasts with other methods of cost-of-sales reporting that are more commonly used in the SAP system...…

Use SAP’s Enhanced BKPF Table for VAT Liability-Based Reporting

Learn how to prepare reports based on value-added tax (VAT) liability dates to comply with European legal requirements. Key Concept In the standard SAP system the value-added tax (VAT) reporting is based on the posting date. By using the document date as a selection criterion, you can report on a document date. However, for some...…

• SAP Netweaver

SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation for SAP NetWeaver or Microsoft: How They Differ

Compare the SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for Microsoft and the SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver environments, and examine the strategies associated with this technology. Review the concept of the platform as the main issue behind a company’s reason for implementing one of these versions because of data integration issues,...…

CRM Middleware Demystified

CRM Middleware contains important functionality to help SAP CRM share data with other systems. Learn about the components involved with CRM Middleware and then see how it helps to transfer data between SAP CRM and R/3 or SAP ERP Central Component. Key Concept CRM Middleware provides software to enable the transfer of data to and...…

Use Payment Order Functionality to Clear Invoices Being Paid

When using automatic payments to pay outstanding invoices, you normally clear the invoices being paid. Thus, the invoices are no longer visible as open items on the vendor open item list. In some countries the paid invoices should remain open. Learn how the SAP system’s payment order functionality handles this kind of payment. Key Concept...…

Automatically Create Dispute Cases for Customer Payments Received Through the Lockbox

Learn the requisite configuration, master data setup, and transactions to enhance automation of creating a dispute case for lockbox data processed for incoming payments from customers. Key Concept Reason codes are keys that explain the difference between invoice amount and payment amount. The dispute case is the central object in SAP Collections and Dispute Management....…

Make Your Bad Debt Reporting Accurate and IFRS Compliant

When a financial statement (e.g., balance sheet) is being prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the outstanding receivables should be fair valued. This means that the reported amount should reflect the expected amount to be received. Learn about a functionality SAP developed that allows you to make a fair value adjustment in your...…