Summary

In this chapter, we have gone through LE, freight settlement, the carrier invoicing process, and the configuration required to set up these processes. We learned about key topics such as the shipment integration between SAP TMS and the SAP ERP system, picking with and without warehouse management, packing with HUs, post goods issues, master data around transportation charge management, freight settlement, and carrier invoices. These are very crucial processes that play an important role in executing the order to cash cycle. If these processes are not run effectively, it will cause delays to the shipment, resulting, in turn, in the loss of customers and business.

We are at the tail end of the order to cash process; our next and last step in the whole order to cash process is customer billing. Customer billing is a critical process where payments are received from the customer. Let's review the billing process and the configuration required to support processes in the...