To achieve better results at the close of
the sales order process, start at the beginning

Automating the first steps that your inbound sales orders take in SAP has the potential to significantly impact the order-to-cash cycle by cutting lead times to customers and the cost of processing orders by up to 50%.

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We often hear a consistent story from our customers: the process of moving incoming sales orders to the order confirmation stage in SAP is time-consuming and error-prone. Too many people are handling incoming orders, and there is no clear standard process. These issues routinely lead to troubles like high order processing costs, slow cash flow, and customer dissatisfaction.

As a certified SAP add-on, ReadSoft’s automated solution for handling incoming customer orders resides and works seamlessly inside SAP. When a customer order arrives, ReadSoft’s recognition technology automatically handles the gathering and recording of relevant information. It then provides checks against existing data in SAP and a built-in workflow for discrepancy handling, enabling a swift, accurate, and documented trail to the creation of order confirmation. 

Key features and benefits

  • Automatic collection and identification of relevant order data such as SAP sales organization, distribution channel, sales group, and SAP material number
  • Sales Order Processing -  for SAP - Check BoxesAutomatic checking of item quantity and price availability
    before an order is created
  • Integration of customer-specific determinations and checks
  • Increased process control and full transparency
  • Earlier identification of errors and exceptions
  • Safe and automatic creation of orders by extensive consistency checks
  • Shorter processing times  
  • Lower costs in the order receipt process
  • Increased customer satisfaction due to optimized order process    

It’s more than automating your process. 
It’s improving the process through automation.

Optimizing the front-end order receipt process is integral to improving the entire order-to-cash cycle.

Automating customer orders reduces costs and improves customer service

If your goals include trying to streamline sales order processing to achieve cost efficiency and improved service, setbacks such as faulty data validation and slow exception handling pose significant challenges. Automating customer order processing with ReadSoft removes these obstacles and allows you to manage operations with greater visibility, flexibility, and control.

Here’s how it works

SAP Sales Order Processing Flow

SAP Sales Order Processing - Order Matching and Validation

Order matching and validation

  • A sales order arrives in any form (fax, paper, or electronic) and layout. No predefined order document templates are needed.
  • ReadSoft technology automatically captures the image and relevant order information such as customer number, material, quantity, unit of measure, and due date.
  • Captured data is automatically matched and validated against information in SAP such as stock availability and pricing and then transferred to the order management application.
SAP Sales Order Processing - Exception Handling

Exception handling

  • Built-in approval workflow for exceptions resolves discrepancies between the sales order information and data in SAP.
  • Captured data in question is either confirmed or corrected by authorized individuals
    in the workflow.
SAP Sales Order Processing - Order Confirmation Creation

Order confirmation creation

  • Orders with no exceptions can be processed from start to finish in ten minutes,
    with little or no worker involvement.
  • Orders with exceptions are sent into a workflow for clarification or approval. When approved, a Sales Order can be automatically created in the SAP system, triggering further processing such as order confirmation, production, and shipping procedures.

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Sales order processing - 7 compelling reasons to automate sales order processing for SAP

7 compelling reasons to automate sales order processing for SAP

Many companies have unnecessarily large amounts of cash tied up in their accounts receivable operations. How do they convert these assets to cash and avoid future bad debts while improving customer relations? The place to start is streamlining and automating order-to-cash processes.

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Automate Your Sales Order Process

Optimizing the front-end order process is integral in improving the entire order-to-cash process. As a certified SAP add-on, ReadSoft’s sales order solution resides and works seamlessly inside SAP, allowing you to manage operations with greater visibility, flexibility, and control inside SAP.

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