BRIM
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SAP Billing & Revenue Innovation Management (SAP BRIM) solution is an
integrated cross-industrial product meant for automation of the "Consume-toCash" process.
SAP BRIM solution is available as a line of industry specific products for the
following sectors:
o
Telecommunications (telecom providers, service providers, virtual
communications providers)
Postal and logistics organisations (postal items and parcels management)
Public sector (toll highways, tax collection management, general public
services)
Fuel and energy sector (filling and charging station networks)
High technologies (Internet application stores, digital content
monetisation, online services, M2M interactions, media services)
Transport (electronic tickets, passenger and freight traffic, public
transport)
Financial institutions (retail and corporate banking business, clearing,
insurance)
And others.
SAP BRIM is also among the top 3 global leaders in Integrated Revenue and
Customer Management (IRCM) solutions for telecom providers (see 19.11.12
Gartner report).
SAP BRIM is a modular solution, which consists of various components
encompassing specific functionalities of the solution:
Fig. 1 SAP Billing & Revenue Innovation Management components
SAP BRIM solution modules cover the following functional areas of an enterprise's
operation:
SAP Convergent Charging:
o
Development of billing plans for the services offered by the company
(dynamic pricing)
Product catalog management
Management of subscriptions for various services
Current customer balance management (deposits to and withdrawals from
the client's accounts)
Online billing and tracking of the services rendered
Management of the revenue distribution between various contractors
SAP Convergent Invoicing:
o
Storage and processing of information regarding recorded service usage
events (billable items)
Aggregation and grouping of billable items in accordance with business
logic
Consolidation of various account flows
Deferred earnings management
Billing cycle management
Automatic payment clearing
Invoice generation
Tax management
Invoice hard copy preparation
SAP Customer Financial Management:
o
Accounting and taxation management of operations using a specialised
general ledger (integration with the general ledger of SAP ERP)
Customer self-service
Service fee management
Credit risk management
Collection of accounts receivable
Processing of contractor financial requests
Contractor financial disagreement management
Customer service centre work automation
Integration of SAP BRIM with other SAP systems
SAP CRM:
Close integration with SAP CRM allows full coverage of the customer service
process from the first request until the actual delivery of the service and
payment for the services delivered.
The task of managing the mutual financial exchanges with customers and
contractors is solved thanks to the close integration with SAP CRM.
SAP ERP:
Thanks to the standard integration with the specialised general ledger of the SAP
Convergent Invoicing module (based on the contract account management
solution FI-CA), the accounting of all bookkeeping operations in the SAP ERP
general ledger is performed in accordance with the RAS and IFRS.
The solution is also integrated with several other SAP ERP modules SD and CO.
