Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR)

Purpose

You can use Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) to collect overdue receivables using internal collection departments. Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) offers a completely integrated, seamless processing of collection activities. The master data and open items are portrayed in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable . The functions that you need for collecting the receivables are integrated in the collection case of the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR). Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable and Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) run either in the same system or in different systems that have to be coupled using Application Link Enabling (BC-MID-ALE) (ALE).

Prerequisites

You have maintained the activities in the Implementation Guide for Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable under Integration → Financial Supply Chain Management → Debt Recovery Management . With these settings you integrate the open receivables in the collection case of the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR).

In the system in which the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) is installed, you have made the settings in the Implementation Guide for Collection Case Processing

Process Flow

You can create collection cases in two ways – with or without the dunning program.

Creating Collection Cases Using the Dunning Program

To create collection cases using the dunning program, start the dunning activity run . For the creation of collection cases using the dunning program, SAP delivers the following dunning activities that are each assigned to one of the following function modules:

FKK_0350_COLL_CASE_NEW If this function module is assigned to the dunning activity, for each dunning notice the dunning activity run creates a new collection case in the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR). The function module does not create the collection cases itself; it runs through checks and saves the data in a table that the system needs for creating a collection case. To actually create the collection cases, you have to call the transaction FPDM01 Create Collection Cases after Dunning Run (step 2).

FKK_0350_COLL_CASE_ADD_OR_NEW This function module checks whether collection cases already to which the dunning items can be added exist for the business partner and if so, adds them to the cases. If there is no suitable collection case, the dunning activity run calls the function module FKK_0350_COLL_CASE_NEW; this collects the data for the creation of a new collection case. In this case also the collection case is not actually created until you call transaction FPDM01 Create Collection Cases after Dunning Run (step 2).

To create new collection cases in the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) call transaction FPDM01 Create Collection Cases after Dunning Run in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

At event 9053, when you create a collection case you can add or change attribute values such as the priority of a collection case dependent on the dunning level.

To update the relevant data in the collection case when you reverse a dunning notice, define the function module FKK_0395_COLL_CASE_REVERSE for event 0395.If the collection case has not been created yet, the module ensures that the entry is deleted in the dunning activity table. Otherwise the item is removed from the collection case provided the collection cases is not locked against changes in the item list.

Creating Collection Cases without the Dunning Progarm

Call transaction FP03EC Submit Items for Internal Collection .

Enter the criteria that you want to use to select the items to be submitted.

Choose Continue

The program selects all open items that correspond to the selection criteria and issues them in a list.

To submit an item, select it and then choose the pushbutton Submit.

You can then decide, per dialog, whether you want to create a new collection case or – if a collection case already exists for the business partner – add the items to an existing collection case.

To recall an item, selet the item and choose Recall.

Provided the collection case was not locked against changes in the component Debt Recovery Management , the program recalls the submission of the item for internal collection. The next time you call transaction FP03EC Submit Items for Internal Collection , the item appears in the list as an item to be submitted.

When you recall an item from internal collection, all subitems of a line item are recalled.

Result

IN both cases the system either creates new collection cases in the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) or adds the items submitted to internal collection to existing collection cases.

If an item has been cleared in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable , for example, by pazment, reversal, or write-off, the collection case is updated in the component Debt Recovery Management (FIN-FSCM-DR) and this item is no longer displayed.