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What is Order to Cash?
See how a customer request becomes revenue, from sales order to payment.
Read guide → 02What is document flow?
Understand how SAP connects business documents across one process.
Read guide → 03What is master data?
Find a clear explanation of the reusable data behind SAP transactions.
Open glossary →10 FIXED BUSINESS PROCESSES
How does your business work?
Order to Cash
Sales, delivery, billing, and incoming payment.
PURCHASINGProcure to Pay
Buying goods and services, then paying suppliers.
FINANCERecord to Report
Recording business activity through financial close.
PEOPLEHire to Retire
Workforce planning, recruiting, employment, development, and pay.
P2M · MANUFACTURINGPlan to Produce
Demand, MRP, production execution, and finished output.
MTS · MANUFACTURINGMake to Stock
Forecast-driven production and replenishment into general stock.
MTO · MANUFACTURINGMake to Order
Sales-order-driven production for a specific customer requirement.
FP&A · FINANCEFinancial Planning & Analysis
Budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and decision support.
B2A · CAPITAL PROJECTSBuild to Asset
Investment approval, construction, cost control, capitalization, and handover.
S2C · SERVICEService to Cash
Service request, fulfilment, confirmation, billing, and payment.
MORE TOPICS & SAP CAPABILITIES
Go deeper than the process map
Enterprise Asset Management
Technical assets, maintenance demand, planning, execution, history, and reliability.
CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONSPlants Abroad
Operate plants across countries while aligning company structure, supply, compliance, finance, and local execution.
PS · PROJECT DELIVERYProject System
WBS, networks, scheduling, procurement, financial control, and flexible integration patterns.
SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGESAP foundations
Navigation, enterprise structure, master data, and more.
CROSS-COMPANY SCENARIOIntercompany Sales
Sell through one company while another company delivers and invoices internally.
A2R · ASSETSAcquire to Retire
Asset need, acquisition, use, depreciation, and retirement.
EWM · WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENTExtended Warehouse Management
Warehouse planning, inbound and outbound execution, storage, picking, and packing.
TM · TRANSPORTATIONTransportation Management
Transportation planning, freight execution, charge management, and settlement.
CO · MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTINGControlling
Cost centers, internal orders, product costing, profitability, and management reporting.
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