Function documentationBilling for Third-Party Order Processing

 

Customer billing in SAP CRM is fully integrated into the transaction flow for third-party order processing (TPOP), and is triggered by transfer of data from SAP ERP to SAP CRM.

Features

Order-Related Billing for TPOP

With order-related billing of a third-party item, the vendor invoice in SAP ERP updates the billing due list. The following options are possible:

  • Order-related billing according to order quantity

  • Order-related billing according to delivery quantity

    This option is only possible when the vendor sends an advanced shipping notification (ASN) using SAP SCM. In this case, the billing due list is updated when the ASN data is transferred to the sales order.

Delivery-Related Billing for TPOP

To use this function, you must activate the business function Sales and Service (CRM_SLS_SRV_1).

To use this function, you must activate the SAP ERP business function Service Parts Management: Innovations in ERP (SPE_CI_1), available as of SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0.

With delivery-related billing for TPOP, the inbound delivery updates the billing due list (with delivery-related billing for sell-from-stock transactions, the outbound delivery updates the billing due list). The inbound delivery provides the following data from the purchase order:

  • Gross and net weights, enabling SAP CRM billing to calculate freight costs based on the weights listed in the advance shipping notification

  • Purchase order price, which can be used in controlling as the cost of merchandise sold

Partial inbound deliveries can also be billed.

Note Note

Global trade data is not copied from the inbound delivery to the billing due list.

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To set up delivery-related billing for TPOP you need to do the following:

  • Activate the billing feature Intercompany and Delivery-Related TPOP in Customizing for Customer Relationship Management, under Start of the navigation path Billing Next navigation step Configure Application End of the navigation path.

  • Complete the configuration for delivery-related billing for TPOP, as described in the SAP Solution Manager content for SAP Service and Asset Management, business scenario Service Part Sales, under Intercompany Third-Party Order Processing.

Sequence of Invoice Creation for Third-Party Orders

You can control the sequence in which customer invoices and vendor invoices are created. For more information, see Integration to Invoice Verification in SAP ERP Materials Management.

Intercompany Third-Party Order Processing

Intercompany (cross-company code) third-party processing occurs in the following case:

  • Goods are procured by an organization that is in a different company code to the selling organization.

  • The procurement organization has a contract with an external vendor for procurement of goods and delivery to the customer.

Intercompany billing takes place between the selling organization and the procurement organization. For more information, see Intercompany Billing for Intercompany TPOP.

Example

  1. A customer places an order for goods with a company (company USA).

  2. The selling company has a procurement relationship with an external vendor, and issues a purchase order to the external vendor.

  3. The external vendor delivers the goods to the customer.

  4. The external vendor sends a vendor invoice to the selling company (company USA).

  5. The US company invoices the customer.