Business Package for Payer Direct 60.2 

Management Summary

With this business package you can present information about vendor accounts in the Internet, and offer your vendors the following options:

·        Your vendor can check to see which of his bills has arrived in the system at your end. In the detail view, the vendor can see when you paid the bill, and the amount of any deductions made or discounts given.

·        Your vendor can see if you still have any credits with him.

·        Your vendor can gain an overview of what payments you have made to him, and can display which bills such payments relate to.

If you want to offer your vendor these functions, you have to use the Business Package for Payer Direct together with Accounts Payable Accounting (FI-AP) as of at least SAP 4.6C and the plug-in release 2004.1.

Advantages for Your Company

This business package is intended for companies wishing to provide their vendors with additional information about the status of payments. It is a self-service scenario within Financial Supply Chain Management, and has the following advantages:

·        Eliminates the need for the vendor to write, telephone or fax with any questions or clarification regarding bills, payments and credits.

·        You own processing time and that of the vendor is reduced.

Technical Data

Availability	·        SAP NetWeaver 04 SPS09 ·        SAP 4.6C or later ·        Plug-in release PI 2004.1 or later
Recommended Browser	·        As for Enterprise Portal 6.0
Languages	·        CS Czech ·        DE German ·        EN English ·        ES Spanish ·        FN Finnish ·        FR French ·        IT Italian ·        JA Japanese ·        NL Dutch ·        SV Swedish
Data Origin	·        As under Availability above

Prerequisites

Your vendors do not need to install any SAP software to be able to use Payer Direct. All functions can be carried out using a standard Web browser.

Components for Payer Direct

SAP 4.6C or later	Plug-in 2004.1_46C	SAP NetWeaver 04 SPS09
R/3 Enterprise	Plug-in 2004.1_470	SAP NetWeaver 04 SPS09
mySAP ERP	Plug-in 2004.1_500 or later as a component of mySAP ERP	SAP NetWeaver 04 SPS09

SAP Note 730830 also contains additional details.