SAP CPQ
SAP CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) is SAP's cloud solution for configuring products and services, pricing deals, and generating customer quotes. It is where bundles, discounts, and contract terms are first defined before a deal becomes an order.
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Explanation
Sales teams use SAP CPQ to assemble configurable offerings, apply price lists and discounts, route non-standard terms through approval workflows, and produce quote documents. Once a quote is accepted, it is transferred to the back end, depending on the integration scenario, for example as a sales order in SAP S/4HANA (SAP SD) or as a subscription for recurring offerings. SAP RAR receives the deal from these downstream documents rather than from the quote itself: their revenue accounting items create the revenue contract.
Why It Matters
Under ASC 606 and IFRS 15, decisions made in the quote – bundle structure, discounts, multi-year ramps, customer options – drive performance obligations, the transaction price, and the allocation based on standalone selling prices. If CPQ data is not structured so the downstream order carries clean item, price, and term information, RAR inherits the problem. Designing CPQ with revenue accounting in mind reduces manual adjustments later in the close.
Related Terms
SAP SD · Subscription Order Management · SAP RAR · Standalone Selling Price · Contract Modification
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