Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1)

Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1)

For customers who act as a seller for buyers from Ariba Network, this scope item enables the supplier integration to Ariba Network to simplify and automate exchanging sales documents and their follow-on messages.

The following documents and functions are supported in the sales process:

- Create, change, or cancel sales order (inbound message)

- Send purchase order confirmation (outbound message)

- Send advance shipping notification (ASN, outbound delivery message)

- Send supplier invoice (outbound message)

Key Process Steps Covered

  • Create, update, or cancel sales order from purchase order
  • Display sales order (optional)
  • Release or cancel sales order manually if customer-expected price check fails
  • Send order (cancellation) confirmation
  • Create delivery
  • Execute picking
  • Post goods issue
  • Send advance shipping notice
  • Create billing document
  • Send invoice

Benefits

  • Experience greater automation in exchanging sales documents with buyers from SAP Ariba Network
  • Reduce time and manual efforts in corresponding with buyers
  • Increase productivity, performance, and work satisfaction of sales professionals and accounts receivable accountants
  • Save costs for paper, postage, mailing, records management
  • Enable greater scalability with process efficiency gains

Software Products

  • SAP S/4HANA Cloud
  • Ariba Network
  • SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

Where is Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network(4A1) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

  • As a core function of Order and Contract Management within Sales Scope Item Group

Process flow of Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1)

Find below the process flow of the scope item Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network as it is defined for release s4h-2021.


Download Process Flow of Best Practice scenario Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1) - S/4HANA OP
Ref: Sales of SAP S4H-2021
Best Practices related to S/4HANA*1) Yearly Updates are released per September of each year
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