Hi Experts,
We are looking for best practices & standard approach in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud to handle a real-time business scenario involving Parent-Child mapping for both Customers and Vendors, where centralized payment receipt & liability management is required.
Business Requirement:
Customers:
Parent BP: 1234
Child BPs: 4567, 7890, 2345
Invoices are raised from Child BPs based on POs received from the customer (GST-wise creation done for each location).
Requirement:
→ Payments are collected centrally in Parent BP (1234) via Bank API e-Collection.
→ Payment received in Parent BP should get reconciled & cleared against invoices lying in Child BPs.
→ Credit Management is to be maintained at Parent BP level.
Vendors:
Parent BP: 9876
Child BPs: 6543, 3210, 5678
Procurements & invoices are processed at the Child BP level.
Requirement:
→ Payments to vendors are processed centrally from Parent BP (9876).
→ Liability for all Child BP invoices should be paid from Parent BP account.
→ Vendor evaluation & liability monitoring at Parent BP level.
Clarifications Required:
- Relationship Mapping:
What is the recommended Relationship Category to be used in BP Master Data for both Customers & Vendors in Public Cloud?
(e.g., BUR001 - Has Subsidiary, BUR017 - Is Invoiced By, BUR018 - Is Paid By, or any other specific for Vendor?)
- Centralized Payment Processing:
For Customer Receipts via Bank API e-Collection — how to configure payments received in Parent BP to automatically clear Child BP invoices?
For Vendor Payments — how to process payment from Parent BP and clear Child BP liabilities?
- Credit & Liability Management:
For Customer Credit Management, is assigning Credit Segment only at Parent BP sufficient for controlling exposure of all Child BPs?
For Vendor Liability Monitoring, is there any standard feature to track consolidated liability at Parent BP level?
- Master Data Setup:
Is Alternative Payee or Alternative Payer mapping applicable and supported in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud for these scenarios?
(For both Customer Receipts and Vendor Payments)
- Standard Apps / Best Practices:
Are there any standard apps or best practice guides available for managing this Parent-Child BP structure for centralized payment and reconciliation?
Would appreciate your guidance, configuration steps, or SAP Help documentation references for handling this scenario in SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud.
Thanks in advance!
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