Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Business User Guide

... Preface ... 15

... What This Book Covers ... 15

1 ... Introduction ... 17

1.1 ... Sales and Distribution at a Glance ... 18

1.2 ... Sales and Distribution Process ... 18

1.3 ... SAP ERP Sales and Distribution ... 22

1.4 ... SAP ERP Sales and Distribution Organizational Structures ... 36

1.5 ... Summary ... 44

2 ... Master Data ... 45

2.1 ... Importance of Master Data ... 45

2.2 ... Business Partners ... 46

2.3 ... Products ... 58

2.4 ... Pricing and Conditions ... 72

2.5 ... Output Conditions ... 82

2.6 ... Agreements ... 89

2.7 ... Other Useful Master Data ... 94

2.8 ... Summary ... 105

3 ... Sales ... 107

3.1 ... Sales Document Components ... 107

3.2 ... Inquiry and Quotation ... 116

3.3 ... Sales Order ... 124

3.4 ... Scheduling Agreements ... 139

3.5 ... Contracts ... 142

3.6 ... Backorders ... 144

3.7 ... SAP Credit Management ... 152

3.8 ... Foreign Trade ... 159

3.9 ... Global Trade ... 167

3.10 ... Returns ... 175

3.11 ... Special Processes in Sales ... 180

3.12 ... Sales Output Processing ... 219

3.13 ... Summary ... 223

4 ... Shipping and Transportation ... 225

4.1 ... Shipping and Transportation Overview ... 226

4.2 ... Outbound Delivery ... 227

4.3 ... Picking ... 236

4.4 ... Packing ... 250

4.5 ... Shipment ... 253

4.6 ... Shipment Cost Document ... 260

4.7 ... Goods Issue ... 266

4.8 ... Proof of Delivery ... 269

4.9 ... Customer Returns ... 271

4.10 ... Shipping and Transportation Output Processing ... 276

4.11 ... Summary ... 282

5 ... Billing ... 283

5.1 ... Billing Types ... 283

5.2 ... Billing Relevance ... 287

5.3 ... Billing Processing ... 290

5.4 ... Invoice List ... 296

5.5 ... Rebates Processing ... 301

5.6 ... Other Billing Processes ... 307

5.7 ... Integration with SAP ERP Financial Accounting ... 320

5.8 ... SAP Convergent Invoicing ...

Matt Chudy is an independent SAP Logistics consulting lead. He has more than 13 years of experience in Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, and other logistics applications, spanning project administration, design, gap analysis, testing, implementation, and support and training. Luis Castedo is an independent systems and business consultant with more than 20 years of experience. For the past 15 years, he has been focused on SAP implementations, spanning Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, and Transportation Management. 20-year SAP veteran Ricardo Lopez is a PMP project manager with an SD certification from SAP America. As a senior manager with a solid background coordinating and managing major OTC projects and devising plans and schedules, Ricardo has two decades of consulting experience directing implementations of SAP applications such as Sales and Distribution, SAP FSCM/Biller Direct, Credit and Dispute Management, and SAP Fiori. He has participated in more than 20 full go-live cycles, and 20 template roll-outs around the globe. Ricardo currently lives in the New York City area, where he is the IT director at Wiley & Son.