3 reasons why you should map e-invoices within SAP

Regardless of the industry, e-invoicing has found its way into all our lives. Whether ZUGFeRD, XRechnung or an invoice in simple PDF format, the postal dispatch of invoices is becoming less and less common. For this reason, many companies have digitized their inboxes. Most companies use a wide variety of upstream systems to record and process invoices. In today's blog article we are looking at 3 reasons why you should map e-invoices directly in SAP.

Reason #1 - Usability 

The more user-friendly a system is, the easier it is to integrate departments. Large companies have often been working with SAP as their ERP system for several years, if not decades. The individual employees in the respective departments are mostly at home here. A mapping of the e-invoice within SAP not only prevents unnecessary media breaks, but also enables simple customizing.

Reason #2 - Consideration of SAP rules

Another reason to map e-invoices within SAP is the existing set of rules. If invoices are mapped within SAP, this is considered throughout. In this way, the account determination and the master data comparison as well as a background posting rate can be easily implemented. A direct comparison with the transaction data is particularly useful here when individual process steps can be automated.

Reason #3 - Save costs

Every (pre-)system not only costs nerves. Installation, service, maintenance and the like generate lasting costs. If e-invoices are mapped within SAP, extensions can be programmed and maintained flexibly with simple ABAP know-how. SAP provides the necessary open-source framework to implement change requests quickly.

We would be happy to explain to you how a complete mapping of e-invoices can look like within SAP and convince you with a PoC.