Effective SAP SD
Get the Most Out of Your SAP SD Implementation
1st Edition
Published on 28. December 2006
Book
Hardback
365 pages
978-1-59229-101-4 (ISBN)
Description
SAP SD, the leading sales and distribution solution, is a complex product that is often not fully understood. This book helps you optimize your SD implementation as it clarifies SD functionality through explanations and practical examples. Understand how SD works from a functional and a technical perspective. Discover how SD integrates and interacts with other key SAP modules and how it relates to BAdIs, BAPIs, and IDocs. An in-depth, practical resource, this book is your one-stop resource for SAP SD.
Highlights include:
Master Data Applications
Key Techniques
Supply Chain Extension of SD
Financial and Controlling Interface
Reporting and Analytics
Special Order Processing
Data transfer, Notification, Interchange and Interface
E-Sales and Distribution
Enhancements, Upgrades, and Extension
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Person
Author
D. Rajen Iyer has more than 16 years' experience in supply chain management applications and implementations. He has worked in the software consulting, apparel, aerospace, high-tech, manufacturing, and trading industries. Rajen has more than 10 years' experience with SAP, including work on Global Trade Services, Sales and Distribution, Pricing, and Materials Management
A certified Project Management Professional, Rajen is currently leading an SAP practice with KRYAA, which focuses on GTS, Solution Extensions, and xApps. He can be reached at Rajen.Iyer@kryaa.com.
Content
1. Introduction and Overview ... 15
1.1 Sales and Distribution in the SAP World ... 17
1.2 Key Influence of the Organizational Structure . 22
1.3 Key Processes in Sales and Distribution ...36
1.4 What is New in mySAP ERP? ... 45
1.5 Summary ... 54
1.6 The Information Contained in This Book ... 54
1.7 How to Read This Book ... 57
2. Sales and Distribution Master Data and Configuration: Applications and Processing ... 59
2.1 Master Data in Sales and Distribution ... 60
2.2 Sales and Distribution Processes: Data Determination and Processing ... 73
2.3 Controlling Sales Document with Sales Document Type ... 77
2.3.1 Configuring Sales Document Types ... 79
2.4 Summary ... 89
3. Key Techniques in Sales and Distribution ... 91
3.1 Pricing Fundamentals ... 92
3.2 Making Partner Determination Work for Your Business ... 113
3.3 Working with Text Items ... 119
3.4 Copy Control and Requirements ... 121
3.5 Summary ... 125
4. Influence of SD on Materials Management.127
4.1 Availability ... 128
4.2 Cross-Company Sales ... 138
4.3 Inter-Company and Cross-Company Stock Transfer ... 144
4.4 Third-Party Processing ... 150
4.5 Subcontracting ... 155
4.6 Agreements ... 161
4.7 Summary ... 163
5 Supply Chain Extension of Sales and Distribution.165
5.1 Transportation with Logistics Execution and Shipment Execution ... 166
5.2 Warehouse Management Basics and Business Process Outsourcing ... 178
5.3 Decentralized Warehouse Management ... 186
5.4 Summary ... 190
6. Financials and Controlling: Key Influence and Interface.193
6.1 Integration of Billing in SD Processes ... 194
6.2 Account Determination ... 205
6.3 Financials Supply Chain Management ... 209
6.4 Interface with Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) ... 217
6.5 Summary ... 220
7. Influence of SM and QM in SD Processes . 223
7.1 Service Management ... 224
7.2 Processing Service Orders ... 232
7.3 Complaints and Returns ... 238
7.4 Quality Processes in SD ... 244
7.5 Workflow ... 250
7.6 Summary ... 254
8 Reports, Analysis, User Interface and Development Tools, for SD ... 257
8.1 Quick Views, Query, Lists, and Reports ... 258
8.2 Sales Information System ... 265
8.3 SAP BW and Reporting Requirements ... 271
8.4 User Productivity ... 278
8.5 Modifications and Enhancements-Concepts and Application ... 287
8.6 Summary ... 297
9 Data Transfer, Outputs, Communication, and Interfaces with Other SAP Systems ... 299
9.1 Data Transfer ... 300
9.2 Output Control ... 306
9.3 Communication ... 309
9.4 Interfaces with Other Systems ... 314
9.5 Access Shared Data ... 319
9.6 Interfacing with the GTS System ... 329
9.7 Sales Process with mySAP CRM ... 337
9.8 Summary ... 344
9.9 Book Conclusion ... 345
Appendix ... 347
... A. Glossary ... 349
... B. About the Author ... 355
... C. Acknowledgments ... 355
Index ... 357
1.1 Sales and Distribution in the SAP World ... 17
1.2 Key Influence of the Organizational Structure . 22
1.3 Key Processes in Sales and Distribution ...36
1.4 What is New in mySAP ERP? ... 45
1.5 Summary ... 54
1.6 The Information Contained in This Book ... 54
1.7 How to Read This Book ... 57
2. Sales and Distribution Master Data and Configuration: Applications and Processing ... 59
2.1 Master Data in Sales and Distribution ... 60
2.2 Sales and Distribution Processes: Data Determination and Processing ... 73
2.3 Controlling Sales Document with Sales Document Type ... 77
2.3.1 Configuring Sales Document Types ... 79
2.4 Summary ... 89
3. Key Techniques in Sales and Distribution ... 91
3.1 Pricing Fundamentals ... 92
3.2 Making Partner Determination Work for Your Business ... 113
3.3 Working with Text Items ... 119
3.4 Copy Control and Requirements ... 121
3.5 Summary ... 125
4. Influence of SD on Materials Management.127
4.1 Availability ... 128
4.2 Cross-Company Sales ... 138
4.3 Inter-Company and Cross-Company Stock Transfer ... 144
4.4 Third-Party Processing ... 150
4.5 Subcontracting ... 155
4.6 Agreements ... 161
4.7 Summary ... 163
5 Supply Chain Extension of Sales and Distribution.165
5.1 Transportation with Logistics Execution and Shipment Execution ... 166
5.2 Warehouse Management Basics and Business Process Outsourcing ... 178
5.3 Decentralized Warehouse Management ... 186
5.4 Summary ... 190
6. Financials and Controlling: Key Influence and Interface.193
6.1 Integration of Billing in SD Processes ... 194
6.2 Account Determination ... 205
6.3 Financials Supply Chain Management ... 209
6.4 Interface with Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) ... 217
6.5 Summary ... 220
7. Influence of SM and QM in SD Processes . 223
7.1 Service Management ... 224
7.2 Processing Service Orders ... 232
7.3 Complaints and Returns ... 238
7.4 Quality Processes in SD ... 244
7.5 Workflow ... 250
7.6 Summary ... 254
8 Reports, Analysis, User Interface and Development Tools, for SD ... 257
8.1 Quick Views, Query, Lists, and Reports ... 258
8.2 Sales Information System ... 265
8.3 SAP BW and Reporting Requirements ... 271
8.4 User Productivity ... 278
8.5 Modifications and Enhancements-Concepts and Application ... 287
8.6 Summary ... 297
9 Data Transfer, Outputs, Communication, and Interfaces with Other SAP Systems ... 299
9.1 Data Transfer ... 300
9.2 Output Control ... 306
9.3 Communication ... 309
9.4 Interfaces with Other Systems ... 314
9.5 Access Shared Data ... 319
9.6 Interfacing with the GTS System ... 329
9.7 Sales Process with mySAP CRM ... 337
9.8 Summary ... 344
9.9 Book Conclusion ... 345
Appendix ... 347
... A. Glossary ... 349
... B. About the Author ... 355
... C. Acknowledgments ... 355
Index ... 357