SAP SD PROJECT

Name: Prabhu G
Title : SAP SD
Company name: Uma Hypermarket

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 Uma Hyper Market

Section 1: Organisation Structure

The Sales Organization is an organization unit within logistics that structures the
company according to its sales requirements.
Definitions
Company Code:
Company is the organizational unit for which individual financial statements can be
drawn according to the relevant commercial law. A company can consist one or
more company codes. A Company has local currencies in which its transactions are
recorded. All company codes within a company must use the same
transaction Chart of accounts and the same Fiscal Year.
Steps to be followed to define a Company
Step 1: Enter T.code: SPRO

Step 2: Click SAP Reference IMG

Step 3: Select SAP Customizing Implementation Guide

➔ Enterprise Structure
➔ Definition
➔ Financial Accounting
➔ Execute the Define Company

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Step 3: Click New Entries

Step 4: Please fill the Company details

Step 5: Click Save option or CTRL + S

Step 6: Prompt Pop will come and click on create request icon

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Assign Company code
Step 1: Click on Edit Copy, Delete Check Company code

Step 2: Click Edit Company Code Data and then click New Entries

Step 3: Fill the Company code details

Step 4: Click on Address Icon and update the address details and save the details.

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Now Assign Company code to Head office
Step 1: Click Enterprise structure
> Assignment
> Financial Accounting
> Assign Company code to Company

Step 2: Click Position and search Company code

Step 3: Assign the Company code to Company name

Define Sales Org

Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Sales & Distribution
➢ Define, Copy, Delete, Check Sales Organization

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Step 2: Click on Define Sales Organization and click New Entries

Step 3: Enter the address details and save it

Define Distribution Channel

Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Sales & Distribution
➢ Define, copy, delete, check distribution channel

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Step 2: Click Define Distribution Channel and click New Entries

Step 3 Enter the Distribution Channel Key

Division
Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Logistics General
➢ Define, copy, delete, check division

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Step 2: Click on Define Division

Step 3: Click New Entries and then Enter Division name

Step 4: Enter the Division and then Save it

Define Sales Office

Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Sales & Distribution
➢ Maintain Sales Office

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Step 2: Click New Entries and update the sales office name and then update the
address details

Step 3 : Save it

Define Sales Group

Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Sales & Distribution
➢ Maintain Sales Group

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Step 2: Enter the Sales Group Details

Define Plant
Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Logistics General
➢ Define, Copy, Delete, Check Plant

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Step 2: Click on Define Plant

Step 3: Update the Address details

Step 4 : Save it
Define Storage Location
Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Material Management
➢ Maintain Storage Location

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Step 2: Search by using Plant code and then click New Entries

Step 3: Click Address of Storage and update the Details and save it.

Define Shipping Point

Step 1: Click SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Definition
➢ Logistics Execution
➢ Define, Copy, Delete, Check Shipping Point

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Step 2: Click on Define shipping Point and click New Entries

Step 3: Update Shipping Details andSave it

Assign Sales ORG to Company code

Step 1: Select SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Enterprise Structure
➢ Assignment
➢ Sales and Distribution
➢ Assign Sales Org to Company code

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Step 2: Click Position and search using Company code and update the details

Assign Sales Org to Distribution Channel

Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Enterprise structure > Assignment > Sales and distribution
> Assign distribution Channel to sales organization
Step 2: Click New Entries and update the details and save it

Assign Division to Sales Org

Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Enterprise structure > Assignment > Sales and distribution
> Assign division to Sales Org

Step 2: Click New Entries and update the details then save it.

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Assign Sales Office to Sales Area,
Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Enterprise structure > Assignment > Sales and distribution
> Assign sales office to sales area

Step 2: Click New Entries and update the details then save it

Assign Sales Group to Sales Office

Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Enterprise structure > Assignment > Sales and distribution
> Assign sales group to sale Office

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Step 2: Update the Sales office to Sales Group and save it

Assign Sales Origination and Distribution Channel to Plant

Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Enterprise structure > Assignment > Sales and distribution
> Assign sales Organization and distribution channel to plant.

Step 2: Update the Sales ORG. Distribution channel to plant and save it.

Assign Shipping Point to Plant

Step 1: SPRO >> IMG >> Enterprise Structure >> Assignment >> Logistic Execution
>> Assign Shipping Point to Plant

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Step 2: Select the Plant and click search option

Step 3: Search the plant

Step 4: Click assign option and assign the Shipping point to plant.

Assign Plant to Company Code

Step 1: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide (IMG) > Enterprise Structure >
Assignment > Logistics – General >Assign Plant to Company Code

Step 2: Update the Company code and Plant then save it.

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 Master Data
Customer Master
Step 1 : Select SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Financial Accounting
➢ Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
➢ Customer Accounts
➢ Master Data
➢ Preparation for Creating Customer Master Data
➢ Define Accounts groups with screen layout(Customers)

Step 2: Update Account group, Description and click Company code data

Step 3:Click Account Management Group

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Step 3: Select Reconciliation Account as Mandatory and save it.

Create Number Ranges for Customer Account

Step 1: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Financial Accounting
➢ Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
➢ Customer Accounts
➢ Master Data
➢ Preparations for Creating Customer Master Data
➢ Create Number Ranges for Customer Customer Accounts.

Step 2: Click on Edit Intervals

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Step 3: Update the number ranges and save it.

Assign Number ranges into Customer Account

Step 1: SAP Customizing Implementation Guide
➢ Financial Accounting
➢ Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
➢ Customer Accounts
➢ Master Data
➢ Preparations for Creating Customer Master Data
➢ Assign Number ranges into Customer Account

Step 2: Select Position and Find the Plant and then update the number ranges and
save it.

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Partner Determination Procedure
Step 1: SPRO > SAP Reference IMG > Sales and Distribution > Basic Functions >
Partner Determination > Setup Partner Determination

Step 2: Click on Ste up Partner Determination for Customer Master

Step 3: Click New Entries and select Partner Functions

Step 4: Select Account group and update partner functions

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Step 5: Select Account Group – Function Assignment

Step 6: In Next Screen we need to assign Partner function to Partner Determination

Procedure and save it.

Define Sales Document Types with Controls

The Sales Order is an important and essential element in SD-related activities. In the
business scenario, all the Deliveries and billing can be done with reference to a sales
document only. SAP system provides different types of sales document
1. Credit Memo Request
2. Debit Memo request
3. Standard Order
4. Returns etc.
Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Sales and Distribution > Sales > Sales Documents > Sales
Document Header > Define Sales Document Type

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Step 2: Click New Entries and update the mandatory fields then save it.

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 Define Item Category
Item category groups helps to combine the related item categories as a group. When
you are creating item category group, you must specify alphanumeric key with
starting word of Y, Z and 9. For e.g. ZSEM. If you use any other word, the SAP
system wont allow you to save the data.

Step 1 : SPRO > IMG > Sales and Distribution > Sales > Sales Documents > Sales
Document Item > Define Item Category group

Step 2: Click New Entries and update the Description with Item Category then saved
it.

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Define Billing Types
Step 1: SPRO > IMG > Sales and Distribution > Billing > Billing Documents > Define
Billing Types.

Step 2: Click on Define Billing Type

Step 3: Click on New Entries and update the details then saved it.

SAP SD Pricing
Introduction on pricing
During the sales documents processing, the SAP system automatically calculates
the net values of documents by considering the condition values of different pricing
elements. The prices are calculated based on conditions techniques. A condition
technique is the process of determining the condition records into sales documents.
The pricing procedure in SAP as follows

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 ▪ Condition technique consists of condition records and condition records are
stored in condition tables.
▪ Condition tables will be placed in access sequences.
▪ Access sequences are assigned to condition type.
▪ Condition types will be placed in pricing procedure.

Maintain Condition Tables

Step 1: SPRO -> Implementation Guide for R/3 Customizing (IMG) -> Sales and
Distribution (SD) -> Basic functions -> Pricing > Pricing control -> Define condition
tables.

Step 2: Create Condition Table

Step 3: Field catalog: – Field catalog consists the list of allowed fields for creation of
condition table in SAP. Choose the required key fields to create the condition table.
Double click on the filed which is under filed catalog field and it will appear in
selected field.

Step 4: After Selecting the field click on Generate (Shift+F4) and click Yes.

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Define Access Sequence,
Step 1: SPRO > SAP Reference IMG > Sales and Distribution > Basic Functions >
Pricing > Pricing Control > Define Access Sequences > Maintain Access
Sequences.

Step 2: Click on Maintain Access Sequences

Step 3: Click on New Entries and enter Access Sequences and update description.

Step 4: Double click on access, select new entries and enter table no. Access
number and enter

Step 5: Click on Field and maintain mandatory fields and saved it.

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 Define Condition Type:
Step 1: SAP IMG Path: – SPRO > SAP Reference IMG > Sales and Distribution >
Basic Functions > Pricing > Pricing Control > Define Condition Types

Click on Maintain Fields,

Step 3: You can define a new condition type by copying existing condition types or
you can create new entries by selecting new entries

Step 4: Define Condition type as per Business requirement. Rename the condition
type

Control data 1: – Under condition data 1, enter the following data

• Condition class: (e.g. A- Discount or surcharge, B- Prices, E- Expense
reimbursement, D- Taxes, etc.)
• Condition type: (e.g. A- Percentage, B- Fixed amount, C- quantity, G-
Formula, etc)
• Condition category: (e.g. tax, basic price, freight, cost, etc)
• Rounding rule: (example. commercial, round down, round up)
• Structure condition: (e.g. condition to be duplicated, cumulation
condition)
• Plus/minus: (e.g. positive, negative, or both)

Group condition: In the group, condition section enters the following data.

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 • Group condition: (Group cond indicates the system calculates the basis
for the value of more than one item in a document)
• RoundDiffComp: (The system controls the rounding difference
comparison)
• Group condition routine: (Specify the routine to the group condition
type)

Changes which can be made Section:

Update Master Data Section:

Update Scales Sections:

Update Control Data Sections and saved it.

Define Pricing Procedure Determination.

During sales documents processing, the SAP system automatically determines a
corresponding pricing procedure. Pricing procedure determination is based on
combination of sales area, document pricing procedure and customer pricing
procedure.
Step 1: Click on Define and Pricing Procedure

Step 2: Click on Define Pricing Procedure Determination

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Step 3: On new entries pricing procedure determination screen, update the following
details.

▪ SOrg : – Enter the sales organization key.

▪ DChl : – Update the distribution channel key.
▪ DV : – Update the division key
▪ DoPr : – Update the document procedure key.
▪ CuPP : – Update the customer procedure key.
▪ PriPr. : – Update the pricing procedure key
▪ CTyp: – Upate the condition type key.

Credit Management
Credit Management is a process in which Company sells a product / service to
customers on credit basis. The company collects payments from customer at a later
time , after sale of product. The amount of credit fixed by a company for a customer
is called credit limit.

Types of Credit Management in SAP SD

1. Simple credit check: Simple Credit Check = Value of all Open Items + Value of
the Current Sales Order. Note: Open Items are invoices for which company has not
received payment.

2. Automatic Credit check – Automatic credit check allows you to evaluate a

transaction based on the credit rating of the customer, and ensures appropriate
further processing of the transaction document. The credit limit check starts either
automatically when you save a document or by selecting Check Credit. Automatic
credit checks are of 2 types-

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 1. Static Credit Check (Check for credit limit against total value of open sales
order + open delivery not invoiced + billing value of open billing document not
passed at accounting).
2. Dynamic Credit Check (Check for credit limit against open sales order not yet
delivered + open delivery not invoiced + billing value of open billing document
not passed at accounting + passed but not paid bill amount).

Step 1: Set Credit Check

1. Enter T-code OVA8 in command field.

2. Click On New Entries button.

Step 2:

1. Enter Credit Control.

2. Check credit Check option.
3. Enter Credit limit validity period.
4. Check Static option .
5. Check open orders and deliveries.
6. Then Saved it.

Consignment Stock
Consignment Process is where product are stored at the customer location but the
owner of this product is still company. Customer stores the consignment stock at
their own a warehouse. Customer can consume product from warehouse at any time
and customer billed for product for actually quantity consumes. In Consignment

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Stock Processing, there are four main transactions in the SAP System, all of which
support separate management of stock:

• Consignment Fill-Up (Stock Fill up at warehouse).

• Consignment Issue (Stock issue from warehouse).
• Consignment Return (Stock return from customer).
• Consignment Pickup (Stock return to manufacture).

Step 1: Create Consignment Fill Up

1. Enter T-code VA01 in the command field.

2. Enter Order type CF(consignment fill up).
3. Enter sales area in organizational data.

Step 2:

1. Enter PO number.
2. Enter PO Date.
3. Enter Order Quantity.
4. Save it

Consignment Issue
The customer can access product at any time to sell or their use from their
warehouse and company will issue invoices for only accessed product, and this

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invoices known as the consignment issue (CI). Sales order type for consignment
issue is – KE.

In consignment Issue Order, Delivery and Invoices take place.

Step 1:

1. Enter T-code VA01 in command field.

2. Enter order type CI (Consignment issue).
3. Enter Sales area data in Organizational data block.

Step 2:

1. Enter Sold-To party / Ship-to Party / PO number.

2. Enter PO Date.
3. Enter Material and ordered quantity.
4. Save it

Consignment Return
If customer return product due to damage ,poor quality, expiry, then this process is
called consignment return (CONR). Consignment return happens after consignment
issue. i.e customer can return Consignment product, the product are issued to
customer by Consignment issue process. Sales order type for consignment issue is
– KA.
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In consignment Return Order, Delivery, Invoices and Credit for return take place.

Step 1:

1. Enter T-code VA01 in command field.

2. Enter order type CONR(Consignment Returns).
3. Enter Sales area data in Organizational Data block.

Step 2:

1. Enter Sold-to Party / Ship-to party.

2. Enter Order reason.
3. Enter Material and ordered quantity.
4. Save it.

Consignment Pickup
When a customer request to the company ,to take back the product, the company
will pack this product from customer sites, this process is known as Consignment
Pickup (CP). In consignment pickup process , product are not issued to customer
and only stored at customer warehouse as consignment stock. Sales order type for
consignment issue is – KR.

In consignment Pickup Order,Return Delivery takes place.

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Step 1:

1. Enter T-code VA01 in command field.

2. Enter Order type CP(Consignment pickup).
3. Enter Sales Area data in Organizational Data block.

Step 2:

1. Enter Sold-to Party / Ship-to party.

2. Enter Order reason.
3. Enter Material and ordered quantity.
4. Save it

Material Determination

SAP material determination allows a company to control its products or finished

materials. You can substitute one product for another one and control the
substitution using validity dates in condition records.

To illustrate SAP material determination, let’s assume a company sells a product in

different packaging during certain periods of time. For example, they may use
promotional holiday packaging during the month of December. With material
determination properly set up at the time of order entry, the user enters the normal
material number and the system substitutes it with the promotional product ordered
by the customer. Depending on the type of SAP material determination configured,
the system may:

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 • Propose manual product selection from a list
• Automatically substitute the product

Step 1: Sales and Distribution – Basic Functions – Material Determination – Assign

Procedures To Sales Document Types

Step 2: Assign Standard Material Determination and save it.

Next, define substitution reasons using the customizing path below in transaction
code SPRO:

Sales and Distribution – Basic Functions – Material Determination – Define

Substitution Reasons

There are standard predefined substitution reasons already available which can be
used, edited or deleted.

To create new substitution reasons, press the New Entries button . Enter the
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 1. Substitution reason code, starting with Z to indicate that it is a custom
code
2. Description
3. Tick the Entry tickbox if you want the system to print the name or number
of the original material on order confirmation output
4. Tick the Warning tickbox if you want the system to display a warning
message before substituting a material
5. Enter A in the Strategy field to show a selection screen of substitute
products when the sales document is entered; Leave the Strategy field
blank to allow the system to automatically select the substitution
6. Enter A in the Outcome field to record the substitution product as a sub-
item against the original entry; Leave the Outcome field blank to allow
SAP material determination to replace the original entry

Logistics > Sales and Distribution > Master Data > Products > Material
Menu path
Determination > Create

Transaction
VB11 – Create
code

Create Material Determination in Material

Enter material determination type A001 as shown below:

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Press Enter to create the material determination master record. Enter the following
information:

1. Valid from as the beginning date of the substitution time period

2. Valid to as the end date of the substitution time period
3. Proposed reason created previously (Z000 in our example)
4. MatEntered field as the material that the user will enter and which will be
replaced
5. Material field as the material that will substitute the entered material

Create Material Determination Sales Order

To create a sales order, execute transaction code VA01. Enter all the details for the
sales order, taking care to use one of the sales order types to which you assigned
the material determination procedure in the configuration step. The material
determination is triggered by the material number and the requested delivery date as
set up in the master record. In our example, we use 50065670 as our material
number with a requested delivery date of 29.12.2016 as shown below:

Once all data is entered, hit Enter to trigger the material determination. Since our
material’s substitution reason has substitution strategy A, the system displays a
dialog box to allow the user to select the alternative material from the list. Highlight
the desired substitute material and hit Enter to replace it:

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The entered material is now substituted through SAP material determination, as
shown below:

Output Determination
Output determination is the process to determine the “media” such as printouts,
telexes, faxes, e-mails, or EDI that are sent from one business to any of its business
partners.

The output can be sent to the business partners (Customer / Vendor) in the format
which is defined in documents such as invoices, order confirmations, delivery notes,
or shipping notifications. Output determination can be maintained in two ways-

1. Customer master – Output determination can be maintained in customer

master. Output proposal triggered by the customer master does not have the
benefit of using an access sequence (A search criteria, which is using to get
valid data for a condition type).
2. Condition technique – Output determination can be triggered by condition
technique.

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Output determination using condition technique can be maintained for three
purposes-

• Output determination for sales activities (Sales call, Sales Letter, Phone calls
etc.).
• Output determination for sales documents (Invoice, etc.).
• Output determination for billing documents(Billing, etc.).

Step 1:

1. Enter T-code V/30 in the command field.

2. Select output types node.
3. Click on new entries’ button.

Step 2:

1. Enter output type , description and select general data tab.

2. Enter Access sequence.
3. Check Access to conditions.
4. Unchecked multiple issuing.

Step 3:

1. Enter Transmission medium(medium of output).

2. Enter Partner function.

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Step 4:

Check timing 4 in time tab and saved it.

Make to Order Process

Companies involved in the production of goods mainly follow one of the following two
production strategies:

• Make to Stock – The product is mass produced and fast moving in nature,
such as consumer products, pharmaceuticals, household items, etc.
• Make to Order – The product is not manufactured in advance, but
produced once the customer order is received, as with high-end cars,
motorcycles, textile products etc.

Now we shall demonstrate the steps in the SAP make to order process. We will walk
through the following steps in the below sections:

1. Update Material Master

2. Create Quotation
3. Create Sales Order
4. Check Production Order
5. Execute Delivery
6. Generate Billing

Update Material Master

To initiate the SAP make to order process, first create a material master for finished
goods or update an existing one with the appropriate item category group. We will
demonstrate the simpler approach. Execute transaction code MM02 to change an
existing material master.

In the initial screen, enter the material number you want to update and hit Enter.
Then, select the Sales: Sales Org. Data 2 view, as shown below:

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Press Enter and enter the organizational level data in the pop-up screen.

Hit Enter again to update the material master. Update the item category group
to 0001 – Make-to-Order as shown below:

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Create Quotation

In the scenario described earlier where a customer requires a completely customized

order for embroidered towels, the customer submits their requirements to the
company, then the company must generate a quotation. In the SAP make to order
process, create a quotation using transaction code VA21. In the initial screen, enter
a quotation type and hit Enter to enter the quote information.

Enter the following information:

1. Code of the customer that requested the product

2. Validity dates for the quotation
3. Finished goods material number from the last step
4. Order quantity

To update the pricing for the custom order, highlight the relevant line item and press
the item conditions button

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Click the Conditions tab to see the price for the item. Update as necessary to
correspond with the required customizations.

Create Sales Order

Once the customer places the order based on the quotation, create the sales order
with reference to the quotation created in the last step. Execute transaction
code VA01 and enter the relevant sales order type in the initial screen.

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Hit the Create with Reference button to continue. In the
pop-up window, click the Quotation tab and enter the quotation number created in

the last step. Hit the Copy button to copy quotation information to the
sales order.

Sales order components are copied from the quotation. Take note of the item
category. This field is populated as a result of the sales document type and item
category group combination. This particular combination is configured to produce the
item category TAK – Make-to-order Prod. as shown below:

To check the pricing or make updates for customer changes, highlight the relevant
line item and press the item conditions button . Click the Conditions tab to see
the price for the item as copied from the quotation.

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Costing for the SAP make to order process is done on the sales order. Scroll down
to condition type EK02 – Calculated costs to see the costing and ensure that there
is sufficient profit margin.

Check Production Order

Enter the sales order in change mode to see the production order which was
automatically generated. Use transaction code VA02 and enter the number of the
sales order created in the last step in the initial screen. Hit Enter to see sales order

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information in change mode. Select the line item and press the Display item
details button from the toolbar at the bottom.

In the item details, select the Schedule lines tab. Press

the Procurement button to see the production order details.

In the Assembly/Process section of the procurement details, the production order

number is displayed. In our case, the production order number is 60006109 as

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shown below. To see further details of the production order, press

the Header button .

The production order shows the start and end dates of production of the finished
product. You can also see the sales order number, item number and schedule line
reference along with the customer details as displayed below:

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Execute Delivery

Now let’s suppose that the SAP make to order production process has been
completed and goods are sent to the finished goods storage location awaiting
dispatch to the customer. Check the stock overview via transaction code MMBE and
enter the finished goods material number to see the stock for the specific make to
order product. (In the below stock overview, the quantity is presented in European
format, with a comma representing a decimal point. Thus, the below image shows a
quantity of 1 in unrestricted use.)

Let’s create a delivery and see what happens to the stock level. Use transaction
code VL01N to enter a delivery. In the initial screen, enter the shipping point and
sales order number as shown below:

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Hit Enter to proceed to delivery document creation. The deliver document is
displayed with delivery information pre-populated from the sales order.

Press the Post Goods Issue button to save the movement. The
delivery document will be updated with a confirmation message as shown below:

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Let’s check the stock overview once more to see if the sales order stock is
consumed. Execute transaction code MMBE and enter the finished goods material
number. The stock is reduced by the quantity entered in the delivery document. In
our case, the stock is now non-existent, as shown below:

Generate Billing

Finally, generate the billing for the make to order product. Execute transaction
code VF01 to create the billing document. In the initial screen, enter the sales order

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number and press Enter to proceed to the billing document.

Hit Save to post the billing document, print the output, and post the accounting
document. The billing document is saved with a confirmation

message:

Let’s have a look at the sales document flow via transaction code VA23. Here you
can trace the flow of documents through the entire SAP make to order process,
beginning with the quotation and completing with the accounting document.

Variant Configuration

SAP Variant configuration is intended for the manufacturing of complex products with
many variants. During the order processing, you change the existing product
designs. It’s all about responding quickly to customer requirements.

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Variant configuration helps the customer and the salesperson to obtain the correct
price for the configured product. It also ensures that the product is manufacturable
and does not contain impossible combinations.

Features of Variant Configuration

With Variant Configuration, you don’t need to create a separate material for each
variant. You use one configurable material that covers all possible variants. One
super bill of material (BOM) and a super routing contain all the components and
operations that you need to produce all variants.

Processing mode

An interesting new feature in S/4HANA is that it offers you an alternative way to

process your configuration: Advanced Variant Configuration. This ‘engine’ gives new
possibilities in high-level configuration.

You choose between two processing modes: the well-known Logistics General-
Variant Configuration (LO-VC) or the new Advanced Variant Configuration (AVC).

The decision is made via a new data object ‘processing mode’ that you specify in the
configuration profile, dependencies, constraint nets and constraints. The processing
mode of the constraint will be inherited from the constraint net

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Multiple Characteristics can be restricted

In the LO-VC set-up, you had to flag all the characteristics you wanted to use in
constraints as ‘restrictable’. For multiple value characteristics, however, this is
impossible. The only way to create restrictions on multiple value characteristics is by
using preconditions.

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Characteristic Groups

In order to keep a clear overview off all characteristics of a configurable material in

the configurator, you can group them on several tab pages in LO-VC. The
prerequisite is that you specify an interface design name in the configuration profile.

In AVC, a new master data object, ‘Characteristics Groups’, is available to achieve

this. This makes it easier to design a user interface.

In a new Fiori application, you can create new groups or assign existing groups. You
determine how to group the characteristics, and how you want to sort them within the
group.

A characteristic group can be reused in multiple configuration profiles (materials).

You can sort the assigned characteristics and change the order in which the user
gets to see them.

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