Automate sales order creation from Excel

Accelerate sales order processing

Streamline more of your lead-to-cash process with automation.

See how you can use process data to identify inefficiencies in the “Lead to Cash” process and to generate process transformation recommendations. And how you can use these recommendations to leverage pre-built automation content to automate the creation of sales orders from Excel files in SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC.

Speed-up cycle times and improve the first-time-right rate in your sales order process by automating order entry from sales orders received in structured data formats such as Excel spreadsheets.

Use process data to identify inefficiencies in your lead-to-cash process
Extract sales order request information from Excel files using robotic process automation
Create sales order documents automatically in SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, or third-party systems.

Key benefits of automating sales order creation

Faster delivery

Process order requests in an instant.

Reduced error rates

Minimize submission errors, enabling higher operational efficiency.

Less manual work

Free employees from manual, menial tasks to focus on higher-value activities.

Improved customer satisfaction

Keep more customers happier with timely processing and delivery.

Value-driven results

~70

reduction in the cost of order creation for various needs

100

of sales order creation process digitalized

minutes

to create a quote from a blueprint, down from days or weeks

See how customers are succeeding with SAP

Automating order entry

DataXstream enhanced its SAP-certified order management solution with SAP Business AI Platform to automate and simplify sales-order creation. Built on a foundation of intelligent automation, the solution helps customers accelerate order processing, improve responsiveness, and drive operational efficiency — turning AI capabilities directly into business outcomes.

Read the customer story

I think SAP is uniquely positioned to help customers leverage AI because all the data that is needed to make decisions is found in SAP S/4HANA. And with that data comes tremendous power to drive the business because AI allows you to unlock the power of that data more than any other tool that that I’ve seen in my entire career.

Timothy Yates
CEO, DataXstream LLC

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