Starting point

After exhausting pre-legal collection procedures, the only option left for creditors to collect their open items before proceeding to debt enforcement is procuring a court order for payment. In the past, companies had to rely on manual processes or non-SAP software for managing their legal dunning procedure or they outsourced the whole process to third parties (collection agencies or law firms).

The legal dunning procedure is the highest dunning level in the SAP system and the last stage taken care of by a company’s dunning department. As a next step, the open items are passed on to the legal department or external lawyers for further pursuit.

The focus of modern dunning management is on managing all the stages of the dunning process, including the legal dunning procedure, within SAP. This helps companies to streamline their processes and to cut the cost of collecting their open items.

Challenge

Clerks handling collection cases are faced with an increased workload due to the lack of integration into SAP and the considerable manual effort involved in managing the legal dunning procedure:

• Administrative tasks have to be performed manually (issuing applications and all other steps)
• File management with non-SAP software
• Follow-up processes have to be called up manually (e.g. credit management)
• Status of legal dunning procedure cannot be tracked in SAP
• No reports for legal dunning procedure in SAP
• Dependency on third-party providers
• etc.

Solution

SOPLEX LD – the SAP software for the legal dunning procedure by SOPLEX

This SAP solution allows you to organize and manage the legal dunning procedure in your SAP system:

• Application for issuing a court order for payment
• Application for issuing a writ of execution
• The complete process is managed within SAP
• Integration into the customer master record and customer line item display
• Integration of the SAP e-mail functions
• Integration of e-mail functions
• Interfaces to other systems, such as SAP BW, dispute management …, can be implemented

Features

SOPLEX LD – legal dunning with SAP

• File management
• Partner management (e.g. courts, lawyers, bailiffs ...)
• Manual creation of files
• Automatic creation of files from FI-AR
• Application for issuing a court order plus the application form
• Application for issuing a writ of execution
• Workflow for automated processes
• Account management (OIs, incidental costs, incoming payments ...)
• Control of deadlines, events, and resubmissions
• Automatic task control
• User worklists
• Automatic interest calculation (e.g. for payment plans)
• Status monitoring
• Automatic alert system
• LD information system – reports by the click of a button

Business impact

SOPLEX LD is the SAP solution for managing all stages of the legal dunning procedure in your SAP system.

• Full process transparency in SAP
• Reduced number of disputed claims
• Streamlining administrative processes
• Reduced effort for routine processes
• Comprehensive reporting tools
• Cutting the cost of cash collecting
• Faster cash collection

Technology

SOPLEX LD is add-in software for SAP

• Own namespace
• Programming language ABAP/4
• No modification of the SAP system
• Implementation via SAP transports
• Multilingual versions
• No additional hardware required
• No third-party software required
• SAP authorization concept
• Easy to implement