Issue

Decision is required as the when to deploy the SAP In-House-Bank.

Recommendation

Background & Context

The existing IHB within ECC resides in PI1, within the legal entities SSA and ????.   Interfaces are current in place to link PF1 and WP1 to the IHB in PI1. 

All entities are mandated to participate in the IHB process, except where it's not legally possible.  For example, China, x ,x ,x , is not part of the IHB due to legal restrictions.

A high level of complexity exists with IHB largely due to the internal factoring process. Internal factoring brings benefits in the way of cash concentration and tax savings.

Internal factoring is not a common process and not supported by standard SAP, hence the current solution is supported by nemerous complex custom developements.  To "to-be" design will aim to streamline and simplify, hwever it is epected that some level of custom delopments will still be required. 

Cash movements related to payments and receipts is a higher risk area of any ERP implementation. The internal factoring complexity increases the risk.

Assumptions

Constraints

Impacts

Business Rules

Participation in the IHB will continue to mandatory unless not legally supported.

Options considered

Early deployment of IHB was considered, however  due to its impact on extending the overall ERP project imeline, and also requiring early 

Option A: 

Option B: 

Option C: 

Option D: 

Evaluation

	Option A	Option B	Option C	Option D
Criterion 1	Pro Con	Pro Pro	Pro Con	Pro Con
Criterion 2	Pro Con	Con	Pro Pro	Con Con
Criterion 3	Pro	Con	Con	Pro

See also

Change log

Workflow history