Sales and Distribution

This end user training manual provides instructions for key sales and distribution processes in SAP. The manual covers creating customer master records, pre-sales order processing for export, local commercial, and local institutional sales, sales reversal/diversion procedures, and accessing reports.

The key transactions covered in the manual are:

• Creating Customer Master Records – instructions for setting up new customer master data in SAP using BP transaction code.
• Pre-Sales Order Processing – detailed steps for export sales (quotation, contract, sales order, delivery, billing), local commercial sales (contract, delivery, shipment, billing), and local institutional sales (contract, delivery, shipment, billing)
• Sales Reversal/Diversion Procedure – steps to cancel invoice, reverse goods movement, and close sales order in case of refusal to receive goods
• Reports – accessing standard SAP reports for sales and distribution

The manual provides end users with detailed, step-by-step guidance on executing essential SAP SD transactions and processes. It covers the order-to-cash cycle for different sales scenarios. The instructions allow users to efficiently create customer masters, process sales orders, deliveries, shipments, and billing documents in the SAP system.

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This document discusses the simplification of vendor master data in SAP S/4HANA through the use of business partners. (Simplification list in SAP is a document that describes the changes and adaptations that are required for the transition from SAP ERP to SAP S/4HANA). It outlines how supplier master data is structured in S/4HANA using business partner roles to represent general, accounting, and purchasing data views.

This document covers following topics:

• Supplier Master Data in S/4HANA – Discusses how supplier data is structured using business partner roles in S/4HANA
• Vendor Account Groups – Covers how vendors are categorized into groups in S/4HANA
• Supplier Number Range – Outlines configuration of number ranges for suppliers in S/4HANA
• Creating Supplier Master Data – Explains how suppliers are created using transaction BP in S/4HANA
• Maintaining the Supplier Record – Discusses maintenance of suppliers in S/4HANA using BP transaction
• Un-simplifying the Supplier Record – Explains creating a custom BP role to store purchasing and accounting data together
• One-Time Vendor – Covers use of one-time vendors in S/4HANA
• Vendor Subrange – Notes that vendor subranges are still available in S/4HANA
• Tables – Lists the key vendor tables still present in S/4HANA
• Migration – Details considerations for migrating vendor data from SAP Business Suite to S/4HANA

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This document discusses the confectionary pricing conundrum faced during SAP S/4HANA implementation project and the customized solution developed to enable differentiated pricing at the sub-item level while accumulating totals at the main item level. This was achieved through modifications to item categories, the pricing procedure, and enhancement coding.

The document has following section covered:

• The Challenge: Outlines the client’s complex confectionary pricing requirements for bouquets containing sub-items.
• The Standard Solution and its Limitations: Explains the standard SAP approaches and why they do not address the client’s needs.
• The Approach: Introduces the high-level solution involving KUMU condition types and accumulating net values.
• The Solution: Details the specific changes made to item categories, the pricing procedure, and planned enhancements.
• The Logic: Walks through an example to demonstrate how the customized solution meets the pricing requirements.

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