Convergent Billing

The Convergent Billing scope item for SD billing allows billable items sent from multiple channels (internal and external) to converge into a single customer invoice.

The billable items sent from this variety of channels are instantly transformed into an external billing document request object.

This scope item includes the creation of a billing document in the SAP S/4HANA system:

Using billing data received from an external system

Using billing data received from an external system and data from a Sell from Stock process

Using billing data received from an external system and data from project-based services

Combining data received from an external system, data from a Sell from Stock process, and project-based services process

With external data via Excel upload

Key Process Steps Covered

  • Create billing documents using external billing items
  • Create billing documents using data from Professional Services and external billing data
  • Create billing documents using data from Sell from Stock and external billing data
  • Create billing documents using data from Sell from Stock, Professional Services, and external billing data

Benefits

  • Reduce administrative effort of managing billing document requests from multiple streams
  • Create clear consolidated billing documents to be sent to customers
  • Provide one legal billing document for all services, subscriptions, projects, products, and expenses (including external data)