SAP Leasing 

Purpose

SAP Leasing offers a comprehensive solution for leasing companies and supports their typical business processes from the lessor's perspective. The solution meets international requirements as it supports a wide range of currencies and lets the user perform parallel valuation according to different international accounting principles.

The use of financing products in SAP Leasing (CRM product type: Financing) makes it easier to create new opportunities for financing in leasing. By integrating services (CRM product type: Service), the lessor can offer full service leasing business and automate complex interaction processes with lessees and external third parties, such as dealers and service providers.

Integration

To be able to use the full range of functions of financing and contract processing to manage your leasing business, and to benefit from the integration with your accounting system, you need the following:

●      SAP CRM 2007

●      SAP Enhancement Package 3 for SAP ERP 6.0. See SAP Note 786590.

 

You use SAP Solution Manager to configure the solution. For more information about configuration, see SAP Solution Manager under Solutions/Applications → SAP for Banking → Scenarios → Lease Operations (SAP Leasing Management) and the SAP Implementation Guide (IMG).

 

Features

The following functions are available in Leasing:

Product Landscape

You can use the flexible product configuration in SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) to map the different aspects of your individual product range in the system. For more information, see Products

Quotation and Contract Management

Using these functions, you can manage the entire contract management process from quotation to end-of-lease.

For more information, see Leasing Document.

Pricing and Financial Mathematics

The pricing process and the financial mathematics settings provide a set of rules for mapping complex financing models.

For more information, see Financial Mathematics Settings and Pricing in Leasing.

Flexible Contract Change

To enable you to react quickly to changing conditions and customer requirements, a wide range of change processes are available for existing lease contracts.

For more information, see Change Processes.

Vendor Integration

By integrating different systems, you can process purchase orders, and enter and check vendor invoices.

For more information, see Creation of a Purchase Order and Entering and Checking of Vendor Invoices.

Processing of Third-Party Business Relationships

In addition to the lessor and lessee, you can integrate other business partners, such as the manufacturer or dealer, into the leasing process.

For more information, see Third-Party Business Relationships.

Management of Late Payments

The management of late payments helps you to process open items for your leasing customers in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable (FI-CA).

For more information, see Management of Late Payments.

Integration of Services

To ensure round-the-clock customer service, you can also integrate services into your lease contracts alongside the actual leased object. To enable the processing of service invoices, the agency business software in SAP ERP is seamlessly integrated into the process.

For more information, see Service Contract Product and Billing in Agency Business.

Asset Handling and Accounting

Contract management for SAP Leasing is integrated with all accounting processes, including asset handling. This enables complete asset handling within SAP Financials, including all international requirements with regard to accounting, cost calculation, and depreciation.

For more information, see Lease Accounting (FI-LA).

Controlling for Leasing Deals

To ensure the transparency of your business efficiency, you can perform controlling analyses of your business. For more information, see Controlling in Leasing.