Preface

SAP has extended the functionalities in SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM), SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO), and SAP Transportation Management System (TMS) beyond those available within SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC). With this book, you'll not only cover the Order to Cash process with SAP ECC, but also with SAP CRM, SAP APO, SAP TMS, and SAP Logistics Execution System (LES), exploring their key functionalities and configuration.

Using different SAP systems in an integrated manner to gain maximum benefits in the running of your business is made possible by this book. The book covers how to effectively implement Order to Cash processes with SAP CRM, SAP APO, SAP TMS, SAP LES, and SAP ECC.

With this book, readers will follow a step-by-step implementation of the various techniques involved in the integration touchpoints of different systems to optimize the complete Order to Cash process with mySAP Business Suite. This will help you to implement mySAP Business Suite and understand the shortcomings in your existing SAP ECC environment. The book starts with an introduction to the UI technologies in SAP systems followed by the chapters on master data covering different SAP environments. From there, this book will take you 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 will have a thorough understanding of how different SAP systems work together with the Order to Cash process in SAP.