Automotive Consulting Solution

Warranty Management Self-Billing

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1. Benefit for the Customer

2. Description of the Function
3. The Function in the System
4. Technical Information

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Customer Benefit

Solution
Proven solutions/services of SAP Automotive Consulting
Solutions already running productive at several customers
Solutions and documentation are available in German and English

Cost

Exact calculation of implementation cost. Implementation for fixed price

6 months of free follow up care operations for bug corrections starting at
the date of installation within the development landscape. Afterwards
chargeable consulting support starts
No additional ongoing costs (i.e. maintenance cost)

Time
Prompt implementation possible
Defined timeframe for implementation

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1. Benefit for the Customer

2. Description of the Function
3. The Function in the System
4. Technical Information

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Self-Billing
More functionality

In certain countries it is not permitted to send credits to the claimants. Instead, the claimant
needs to send invoices. To ease the process of creating invoices, it is permitted that the
manufacturer can create the invoices on behalf of the claimant. This process is called SelfBilling

From a user perspective, there is no difference whether a standard posting, or Self-Billing is

done. Before posting the claim, however, the partner number is switched to the customers
vendor. Within the claim, the vendor does not have any function, it is just used for the financial
posting

More integration

The Consulting Solution Warranty Management Self-Billing is seamlessly integrated into any
existing warranty process

Warranty clerks do not have to worry about the posting type. Self-Billing happens completely
automatically

More flexibility

Self-Billing can be turned on for certain customers only

The customer has to provide a number range which can be used for creating the invoices. This
number range must be used without gaps

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1. Benefit for the Customer

2. Description of the Function
3. The Function in the System
4. Technical Information

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Self-Billing Application
Posting looks as usual
Warranty clerks use that same action for posting (no matter if a dealer needs
standard posting or Self-Billing)

The integration of the posting action into the action matrix is part of the
consulting solution

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Self-Billing Application
Configuration table decides if Self-Billing is used
The system determines the posting type via a master data table
Determination can be set up by claim type, qualifier, claim category, country and
partner

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Self-Billing Application
Define Number range for invoices of partner
When using Self-Billing for a customer, an invoice is automatically created for
each posting on the OC version
Invoice numbers are assigned from the ERS Invoice Number Range assigned to
the vendor

In some countries it is necessary to have separate number ranges for posting

and reversal. If you only need one combined number range for posting and
reversal, you can use the same number range

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Self-Billing Application
After posting, all information is available in claim
After releasing the posting in a claim version, it will have the status Posted
The claim version is also shown as posted in the navigation tree
Accounting and CO documents are available in document flow

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Self-Billing Application
Reversing a Self-Billing claim
Reversing a Warranty Claim using Self-Billing (i.e. the posting type SB is used)
is the same as reversal of other claims
The actual accounting document of the posting is reversed, thus all taxes and
discounts / surcharges are handled correctly
If the original posting period is closed no real reversal possible a contra
posting is issued, again with correct tax reversal handling

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Self-Billing Application
Late Number Assignment
In some countries (e.g. Mexico), automatic number generation is not possible.
Instead the business has number stickers which are attached to the credit
printouts after the actual printout
It needs to be recorded, which sticker went onto which piece of paper.
A transaction is used to add these numbers to the claim versions

With this Transaction you can insert the Self-Billing Number into the claim

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Self-Billing Customizing
Determination of Posting Type

Several postings types (e.g.

SB for Self-Billing) can be
defined for seamless
integration into the process.

Flexible determination of
posting type according to
claim type, country of partner
and partner

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Self-Billing Customizing
Assign number ranges to company code for SB

Create a number group, you

want to use e.g. for a specific
country where you use
Self-Billing.

Assign the new number group to the

respective company code.

Specify the number range for the

created number group.

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Self-Billing Customizing
Easy access menu and customizing

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Agenda

1. Benefit for the Customer

2. Description of the Function
3. The Function in the System
4. Technical Information

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Technical Information

Available for SAP ERP ECC 6.0

Activation of automotive industrialized solution in SAP ERP System not
necessary
Technical installation is possible remotely

Modification-free

Delivery in Z-namespace

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Source of Information
Internet
Overview-, Detail- and Customer presentations

http://www.sap.com/acs

Email - distribution list

Signing up through mario.rebitzer@sap.com
OSS-System
Notes (Search term: Automotive Consulting Solutions)
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Thank you!
Christian Wittmann
Consulting Automotive

SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG

Hasso-Plattner-Ring 7
69190 Walldorf, Germany
M +49/160/889 6223
E christian.wittmann@sap.com

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