SAP S/4HANA SD End User Training Manual

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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Difference Between MTS and MTO in SAP: Process Overview and Configurations

This document provides an overview of the differences between make-to-stock (MTS) and make-to-order (MTO) production strategies. It outlines the purposes, processes, and configuration considerations for each approach. The key tradeoffs between maintaining stock inventory versus producing on demand are discussed.

Key sections of the document are:

  • Introduction explaining MTS and MTO at a high level
  • Details on MTS including uses, process flow, and SAP configuration
  • Details on MTO including uses, process flow, and SAP configuration
  • Comparison of challenges between MTS and MTO
  • Step-by-step overview of executing MTS and MTO in SAP using transaction codes
  • Summary of key transactions for MTS and MTO

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Simplification of Vendor Master Data in SAP S/4HANA

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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Sub Item Level Pricing Settings in SAP SD

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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Users Guide to SAP S4HANA SD-FI Integration and Account Determination Process

This document (107 pages PDF) provides an overview of SAP SD FI integration and account determination in SAP S/4HANA. It covers the order to cash (O2C) process from sales order to delivery to billing.

Key list of processes covered in the document are:

  • Preparation for SD-FI Integration: Explains the pre-requisites before SD-FI integration like sales order and outbound delivery creation.
  • SD-FI Integration Starts from Outbound Delivery Post Goods Issue (PGI): Explains how accounting entries are triggered during goods issue to outbound delivery.
  • Number Range in Outbound Delivery PGI: Covers configuration of number range for accounting document type at goods issue.
  • Account Determination in SD: Explains account determination in SD also called revenue account determination. Covers account keys, account assignment groups, access sequences etc..
  • Create Billing: Explains accounting at the time of billing document creation and how values are posted to determined GL accounts.
  • Accounting Entries at Billing: Displays sample accounting entries posted at billing along with GL accounts.

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SAP Business Partner: Key Concepts, Configuration and End User Guide

Business Partner (BP) is a key concept in SAP S/4HANA that simplifies the master data management for customers and suppliers. BP allows you to create a single entity that represents both a customer and a supplier, and to assign multiple roles and relationships to it. BP also enables you to store general data that is shared by all roles, and specific data that is relevant for each role. BP offers many advantages over the classical transactions for customer and supplier master data, such as:

  • Data harmonization and consolidation
  • Data reuse and integrity
  • Multiple addresses and account groups
  • Time dependency and history

In this document, following topics are covered:

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SD (OTC) Configuration Guide in SAP S/4HANA

Prepared by a leading consulting company, in this presentation document you will find instructions for basic configuration tasks performed in SD Order-to-Cash (OTC or O2C) of S/4HANA platform. Each configuration step is equipped with an intro description and step-by-step configuration activities with screenshots for the following topics;

  • Set up Partner Determination for various Partner Objects like Customer Master, Delivery, Shipment etc)
  • Revenue Account Determination
  • Scheduling Activities for Delivery & Transportation
  • Output Determination through SAP Condition Technique (Including Output Management with BRF+ Configuration)
  • Text Determination
  • Configuring Incompletion Procedure
  • Configuring Dynamic Product proposal
  • Material Determination
    • Defining Condition Tables, Access Sequence, Condition Type and Maintaining Determination Procedure
    • Assigning Determination Procedure to sales document types
    • Defining Substitution Reasons and Strategies
  • Listing & Exclusion using Condition Technique
  • Free Goods Determination Procedure
  • Configuration Steps to Bonus Buy Determination
  • Cross Selling Determination Procedure

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