Caterpillar Replaces Previous Voice Solution and Achieves 32% Increase in Productivity

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  1. Moving Average Price: Learn How It Functions in Project Stock and Figure Out How to Explain the Unexplainable

    Reading time: 81 mins

    A lot can go wrong if you don’t understand moving average price. Sort out the complexities that arise when material movements, invoices, reversals, and purchase order history interact with moving average price. Understand both the cause and the cure for the frustration and confusion. Key Concept Materials that are entered into an SAP system as…...…
  2. Develop Interactive Voice Applications with Ease Using Visual Composer

    Reading time: 19 mins

    Learn how to build a storyboard for a voice application and configure it for deployment on the SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1 platform using the Voice Kit add-on. Key Concept Voice applications are software applications that can be executed by voice input via phone or computer. They also provide output to the user in voice…...…
  3. Exploit ERS Functionalities to Streamline Your Three-Way Match Processes

    Reading time: 22 mins

    Learn about the processes involved in evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) in Purchasing and get details about the main customizing settings to be done in the system. Key Concept Evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) is a procedure for settling goods receipts automatically. When you use ERS, you agree with the vendor that the latter will not submit…...…
  4. Automate Payments to Multiple Vendor Bank Accounts

    Reading time: 16 mins

    Configure your R/3 or mySAP ERP Central Component (ECC) system so that you can select a vendor’s bank from multiple bank accounts for automated payments. See three methods for creating a vendor invoice — manually with or without a purchase order, and automatically using Electronic Data Interchange — and how to use transaction F110 to…...…
  5. Post Invoices Automatically with ERS

    Reading time: 31 mins

    The evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) lets your R/3 system post vendor invoices automatically without internal paper flow or manual verification steps. The author says that his company recently implemented ERS at a large public service organization. The task of posting approximately 100 daily invoices, which formerly required two full-time employees, now is completed in one…...…
  6. Use a Three-Way Invoice Control Assessment to Reduce the Risk of Fraud and Money Loss

    Reading time: 14 mins

    Learn how to measure and assess whether three-way match invoice control has been effectively implemented — in terms of security, segregation of duties (SoD), and processes — to reduce the risk of fraud and monetary losses over the procure-to-pay (P2P) process. Key Concept The three-way match invoice control in an SAP system is designed to…...…
  7. How the GR-Based Invoice Verification Setting Affects Credit Memo Processing

    Reading time: 9 mins

    The choice of whether to activate the GR-based invoice verification setting may seem inconsequential. However, this setting can have unforeseen repercussions, including inaccurate reconciliation figures. The author shows you what the GR-based invoice verification setting does and how it affects your bookkeeping. He also provides tips to help you avoid related processing errors. Key Concept…...…
  8. Streamline Cross-Company Postings Using SAP Parallel Valuation and Transfer Pricing in an LIV Process

    Reading time: 37 mins

    Learn how to implement SAP transfer pricing and parallel valuation in goods receipt and an accounts payable Logistics Invoice Verification (LIV) process. Key Concept Parallel valuation in an SAP system helps an organization with multiple legal entities or company codes to prepare for consolidation. Multinational companies can use transfer prices in their cross-company transactions through…...…
  9. Which A/R Underpayment Option Should You Use: Partial Payment or Residual Item?

    Reading time: 11 mins

    When a customer makes a payment for an invoice that is a great deal less than the full invoice value, the A/R user has several choices of how to process the underpayment. Both users and consultants are often confused about the difference between two of those options – partial payment and residual item – because…...…
  10. Secure Your Revenue Stream: Ensure That SD Billing Document Invoices Are Posted in FI

    Reading time: 20 mins

    It is possible to have an SD billing document without a corresponding FI invoice. This type of error can result in significant under-reporting of revenue. Take these steps to ensure all SD invoices are reflected accurately in FI-AR. Key Concept Two R/3 modules, SD and FI, cover the order-to-cash process. Invoicing represents the interface between…...…