Sales and Distribution (SD) : SAP University Alliances Authors Bret Wagner Stefan Weidner

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SAP University Alliances

Version 2.1
Authors Bret Wagner
Sales and Distribution (SD)
Stefan Weidner

Product
SAP ERP 6.0 EhP4
Global Bike Inc.

Level
Beginner

Focus
Cross-functional integration
Sales and Distribution

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SAP ERP Functionality

 Sales Support
 Sales
 Shipping and Transportation
 Billing
 Credit Management
 …

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SAP ERP Sales Order Process

Pre-sales Sales Order


Activities Entry

Check
Availability

Pick
Materials
Receipt of
Customer Payment
Pack
Invoice Materials
Customer
Post Goods
Issue

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SAP ERP Sales Order creation

 SD Organizational Structure
 SD Master Data
 SD Processes
- Order-to-Cash Process

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SAP ERP Shipping & Transportation

 The shipping process begins when you create the delivery


document for the sales order. This document controls, supports,
and monitors numerous sub-processes for shipping processing:
- Picking
- Packing
- Post Goods Issue
 Integrated with the Material Management (MM) and Finance (FI)
modules

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SAP ERP Shipping

Sales Order 1 Sales Order 4 Sales Order 5

Sales Order 2 Delivery 8…13 Delivery 8…16

Sales Order 3 Delivery 8…14

Delivery 8…12 Delivery 8…15

Order Partial Complete


Combination Delivery Delivery

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SAP ERP Delivery Creation

 Checks order and materials to determine if a delivery is possible —


delivery block (hold), completeness
 Confirms availability
 Confirms export/foreign trade requirements
 Determines total weight & volume

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SAP ERP Delivery Creation

 Generates packing proposal


 Calculates weight and volume
 Checks scheduling
 Considers partial deliveries
 Updates route assignment
 Assigns picking location
 Updates sales order
 Determines batches
 Quality check (if needed)
 Updates sales order

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SAP ERP Delivery Document

 The Delivery Document initiates the delivery process and is the


control mechanism for this process
- Picking
- Packing
- Loading
- Posting Goods Issue
 Changes to delivery are allowable - products, quantities

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SAP ERP Picking

 Quantities based on delivery note


 Assigned date when picking should begin
 Automated storage location assignment
 Supports serial/lot number tracking and batch management
 Integrated with Warehouse Management (WM)

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SAP ERP Loading and Packing

 Identifies which packaging is to be used for specified products


(customer preference and UCC-128 considerations)
 Identifies and updates accounts associated with returnable
packaging
 Tracks the packed product by container
 Insures weight/volume restrictions are enforced
 All packed items are assigned to the required means of
transportation

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SAP ERP Goods issue

 Event that indicates the legal change in ownership of the products


 Reduces inventory and enters Cost of Goods Sold
 Automatically updates the General Ledger (G/L) accounts
 Ends the shipping process and updates the status of the shipping
documents

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SAP ERP Billing

 The billing document is created by coping data from the sales order and/or delivery document.
 The billing process is used to generate the customer invoice.
 It will update the customer’s credit status.

 The billing document will automatically create a debit posting to your customer sub-ledger
account and credit your revenue account.
 It is at this point that the sales process is passed over to Financial Accounting to await payment.

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SAP ERP Billing Methods

Delivery 8…20 Invoice 9…45


Delivery based Order 6
Invoicing Delivery 8…21 Invoice 9…46

Delivery 8…33
Collective Order 9
Delivery 8…34 Invoice 9…68
Invoicing
Order 14 Delivery 8…56

Invoice 9…91
Split
Order 32 Delivery 8…86
Invoicing
Invoice 9…92

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SAP ERP Payment

 Payment is the final step in the sales order process, this step is
managed by the Financial Accounting department.
 Final payment includes:
- Posting payments against invoices.
- Reconciling differences between payment and invoice.
 Payment will create a posting clearing the liability in the A/R
account and increases your bank account.

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SAP ERP Document Flow & Sales Order Process Debugging

 The document flow and order status feature allows you to find the status of an order
at any point in time. The SAP updates the order status every time a change is made
to any document created in the customer order management cycle (Order-to-Cash).
 Document Flow gives Order Process Status
 List of Sales Orders (VA05) is the tool to find Order (need user id and/or partner)

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