SAP- Sales & Distribution (SD) Notes

Module Functions:
(SD) Sales and Distribution: the module where order taking, pricing, invoicing, route selection and other customer billing activities take place

I. Organizational Elements (structures) for SD Customer Order Mgmt
1. Company Code
2. Plant:
A manufacturing facility, distribution center or office that stores inventory or renders services.
3. Sales Organization:
Area responsible for distribution of goods and services, negotiating conditions or a sale. The level of reporting for sales figures and analysis
4. Distribution Channel:
The channel to the customer i.e. retail, wholesale and direct sales
5. Division:
Used for customer specific agreements i.e. partial deliveries, pricing agreements, special payment terms
6. Shipping Point:
The shipping location. Each delivery is specific to a single point
7. Warehouse Number:
Physical location within a plant that has inventory.

II. Main Documents (transactions)
1. Presale - quotation or inquiry document
2. Sales Order Document
3. Inventory Sourcing Document
4. Delivery Document
5. Invoice Document
6. Remittance advice

III. Master Data
1. Material Master:
Contains and defines all data to manage materials, sued as a source of purchasing information and valuation of inventory.
2. Customer Master:
All customer related data for processing orders, deliveries, invoices & customer pmts. The customer master is broken into general data, company code data and sales and distribution data
3. Condition (pricing records) - Predefined prices, discounts, surcharges, freight rates and taxes

By Rajagopalan M

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