SAP BRIM

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SAP BRIM, previously known as SAP Hybris Billing, is a comprehensive solution for high-volume consumption businesses.

SAP BRIM enables various flexible consumption models. It is a modular solution designed to optimize the business lifecycle processes of design, sales, delivery, and billing, as depicted in the figure below, which illustrates the lifecycle of the SAP BRIM solution based on its business benefits.

the next phase, solution sales, kicks in. In this phase, companies define how they will sell their products with the assistance of the contract management and/or quote management functionalities offered by SAP BRIM.

The third phase is solution delivery. In this phase, companies define the charging methodology for their portfolios. In other words, this is when the companies decide how and how much their customers will be charged based on the business models they pursue. For example, if a company follows an event-based model, it will define the business/transaction events that trigger charges for customers. If a company chooses a consumption-based model, it will calculate the tiers of consumption in which customers will be charged.

The final phase is solution billing. In this phase, SAP BRIM lets companies manage their billing and invoicing mechanisms for consumers based on what has been finalized in previous phases. Furthermore, SAP BRIM aids in the management of revenue recognition and management with various tools for revenue analysis.

SAP BRIM Components

The solution comprises four core components:

  • SAP BRIM, subscription order management
  • SAP Convergent Charging
  • SAP Convergent Invoicing
  • Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable

Together these components help in the management of business model design; perform order management; track usage metering and transaction pricing, billing, and invoice processing; manage receivables and payables, royalties, and commissions; and provide support for financial customer care.

SAP BRIM also offers peripheral solutions such as SAP Convergent Mediation by DigitalRoute, SAP Flexible Solution Billing, SAP Revenue Accounting and Reporting, and SAP Entitlement Management, which are implemented as needed per business requirements and complement the core SAP BRIM solution. Here is a breakdown of the SAP BRIM components:

SAP BRIM solution components reside both as areas within SAP S/4HANA and as standalone modules that integrate with SAP S/4HANA.

The figure below illustrates how each core component of SAP BRIM resides within the end-to-end solution landscape. SAP BRIM, subscription order management and SAP Convergent Charging reside in different instances because they are standalone applications. This is denoted by (1) for SAP BRIM, subscription order management and (2) for SAP Convergent Charging. On the other hand, SAP Convergent Invoicing and FI-CA are part of the SAP S/4HANA solution and come out of the box with SAP S/4HANA. This is denoted in the diagram with (3), used for SAP S/4HANA, FI-CA, and SAP Convergent Invoicing.

SAP BRIM, Subscription Order Management

SAP BRIM, subscription order management is an integral part of the end-to-end SAP BRIM solution. It is a business process developed in SAP for the purposes of addressing generation of fees for periodic usage of rights and the consumption of fees for the actual amount of measurable usage. It is built as an additional function relying on the SAP CRM backbone. As of SAP S/4HANA 1909, it has been folded into SAP S/4HANA.

SAP BRIM, subscription order management is the starting point for SAP BRIM as it manages contract lifecycles and product catalogs, including bundles of services and physical goods. Once these activities are done, SAP BRIM, subscription order management, creates orders that are then fulfilled by the core SAP ERP system. The order information is then passed to the next component, SAP Convergent Charging, for charging/rating defining and processing.

Once these activities are done, SAP BRIM, subscription order management creates orders that are then fulfilled by the core SAP ERP system. The order information is then passed to the next component, SAP Convergent Charging, for charging/rating defining and processing.

Equipped with the following specialized features, SAP BRIM, subscription order management allows a company to effectively manage its customers by creating flexible ways to meet its customers’ needs:

  • Product catalog and offer management
  • Order capture
  • Order distribution
  • Contract management
  • Customer care

SAP Convergent Charging

SAP Convergent Charging is designed to deliver pricing flexibility when charging customers. In SAP Convergent Charging, a charge is a price generated from a rating and charging event that is charged to the customer (or subscriber). In other words, SAP Convergent Charging is a calculation engine tool used to determine the type of charges, such as recurring, one-time, and usage-based charges.

The figure below illustrates how SAP Convergent Charging fits into the SAP BRIM solution. There are two main components in SAP Convergent Charging: charging and rating. Charging is how SAP Convergent Charging determines which exact customer account will be charged against for a specific customer. On the other hand, rating focuses on the calculation mechanism that derives the total amount to be charged in the billing document.

SAP Convergent Invoicing

SAP Convergent Invoicing’s role in SAP BRIM is to consume the billable items once they are passed down from SAP Convergent Charging. Once these items reach SAP Convergent Invoicing, the application will handle the process of uploading consumption detail records, storage of billable items, aggregation of billable items, invoice creation, and invoicing the customer.

SAP Convergent Invoicing stores and manages rated consumption data records from the SAP Convergent Charging system (as shown below). The rated consumption data records are also known as billable items and undergo a billing and invoicing process as part of posting of receivables in contract accounting.

Unlike SAP BRIM, subscription order management and SAP Convergent Charging, which come as separate applications, SAP Convergent Invoicing is not a separate application and is a part of Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, which is included as part of the core SAP S/4HANA portfolio. This means that SAP Convergent Invoicing is natively integrated with all SAP S/4HANA areas out of the box, especially SAP S/4HANA Cloud for contract accounting and invoicing.

Contract Accounting

Contract accounting is the last component of SAP BRIM. It is the financial backend that provides subledger accounting postings tailored to accommodate the requirements of industry sectors in which companies must interact with multiple customers (in this case, subscribers) and a large number of transactions.

As the financial backend of a robust solution in a dynamic business model, contract accounting also offers a wide range of functionalities. As shown in the next figure, contract accounting offers taxation, tax calculations, and country-specific processes, such as accounting principles, payment processing, collection management, partner settlement, and so on. Because of these requirements, contract accounting is highly automated after its initial setup and requires little intervention.

SAP Convergent Mediation by DigitalRoute

SAP Convergent Mediation is an SAP partner product developed by DigitalRoute. Its role is to enable a standardized approach to data mediation. This means this solution first gathers data from multiple sources, then the data is then filtered and converted into a format that can be consumed by other SAP BRIM components.

The advantage of SAP Convergent Mediation is that even though it is developed by another party, it is pre-integrated into SAP BRIM and can be deployed quickly. The benefits that come with this solution include the reduction of multiple integration points required to manage data, reduction in infrastructure costs, and increased efficiency in data processing, which leads to higher scalability.

SOM ( Subscription Order Management )

  • Master Data & Order Management in SAP CRM
  • Subscription order management within SAP Hybris Billing – sap brim online training
  • Hybris Billing, subscription order management within SAP Hybris Billing
  • Master Data: Business Partner & Business Agreement
  • Provider Order, Provider Contracts & Order Distribution
  • High level Product Setup & Configuration – sap brim online training
  • Integration into SAP Hybris Billing Charging
  • Integration into Convergent Invoicing

CONVERGENT CHARGING

  • Introducing SAP Convergent Charging
  • Core Tool – sap s4hana brim training
  • Describing the SAP Convergent Charging Core Tool
  • Service Provider Master Data – sap brim training
  • Describing Rating Logic Concepts
  • Describing Charging Logic Concepts
  • Describing Allowances
  • Customer Master Data – sap brim online training
  • Describing Customer Master Data
  • Advanced Exercises
  • Completing the Advanced Exercises
  • Architecture and Integration
  • Describing the SAP Convergent Charging Architecture
  • Web Services and Java APIs
  • Describing Web Services and Java APIs
  • Charging Inputs and Outputs
  • Describing Charging Inputs – sap brim online training
  • Describing Charging Outputs
  • Cross Industry Examples

Describing Cross Industry Examples
Optional Topics (See Notes below regarding selection of topics in class).
o Describing the Refill Concepts – sap brim training
o Describing Batch Acquisition and Rating Toolset (BART)
o Describing the Import Export Connector (IEC)
o Describing Session Based Charging
o Using Convergent Charging as an Online Charging System (OCS)
o Installing SAP Convergent Charging
o Describing Performance Tuning
o Describing System Monitoring
Links and Resources – sap brim online training
o Listing the Links and Resources for SAP Convergent Charging

CONVERGENT INVOICING

  • Introduction to Billing for High Volume Industries
  • o Introduction to Billing for High Volume Industries
  • o Architecture of SAP Convergent Invoicing
  • Master Data/FI-CA Basics
  • o Business Partner Concept for Convergent Invoicing
  • o Contract Accounts for Convergent Invoicing – sap brim online training
  • o Posting Open Items in FI-CA and FI-GL Integration
  • Billable Items Management
  • o Billable Item Management Overview
  • o Performing Billable Item Management
  • o Creating and Monitoring Billable Items – sap brim training
  • Billing Process
  • o Concepts of Billing in Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable
  • o Billing Process Execution
  • Invoicing Process – sap brim online training
  • o Invoicing Overview and Execution
  • o Invoicing Process Configuration
  • o Invoicing Reversal and Billing Reversal
  • Invoice Functions – sap brim training
  • o Invoicing Functions
  • Account Display