SAP Accounts Receivable

April 29, 2009 by mySAP
Filed under: Financial Accounting Module

All postings in FI-AR (Accounts Receivable Sub Module) in SAP system are also recorded simultaneously in FI-GL (General Ledger Accounting Sub Module).

The components of FI-AR are closely integrated with components of SD (Sale and Distribution Module) and MM (Material Management Module) which, when properly configured, support an automated SAP Sales Cycle.

The FI-AR sub-module in SAP contains the following features:

A component to control customer credit exposure (Credit Management)
A reporting function to monitor customer activity
Incoming Payment processing (electronic or manual payment)
A component to monitor past due customer invoices (Dunning)

At the conclusion of this post, FI-AR consists of:

Real-time integration with the General Ledger
Integration with Sales and Distribution (SD) and Materials Management (MM) as a part of the Sales Cycle
Integration with Treasury
Credit Management
Incoming Payment Processing
Automatic Dunning Function