SAP SD is specially designed to facilitate the following business processes in an enterprise:
AP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system consists of a number of modules. Each of the modules covers a certain business area of a company that uses SAP. These modules include Finance Accounting, Controlling, Production Planning, Materials Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, etc.
SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) is one of the worth noting modules of SAP ERP. It encloses all the information regarding customers and services. In an organization, it deals with shipping, selling and transportation of goods and services.
SAP SD is specially designed to facilitate the following business processes in an enterprise:
Customer Master and Material Master data
Sales Orders
Deliveries
Pricing
Billing
Credit Management
SAP ERP Sales and Distribution is a component of the logistics module and it assists the customers in issues related to the quotations, sales order and billing. It is in collaboration with the MM and PP modules. It enables organizations to update their sales price, and observe open orders and other forecast.
Below are some of the key areas covered by the above modules:
Pre-sales actions, comprising of Inquiry and Quotation creation.
Sales Order processing, viz. Sales Order (SO) creation.
Shipping, including Outbound Delivery document creation.
Billing, which takes into count both Billing document and invoice creation.
The characteristics of SD include:
Implements business processes used in selling, and billing of goods and services.
Integrates data flow to the remaining modules of SAP.
Multilingual/Multicurrency: Several languages can be used. Conversion between currencies is automatic and connecting to SAP’s real-time currency rate database in Germany enables operational use.
Adaptable functionality. R/3 customizes the product through the IMG function.
Pricing Flexibility. In SD, you can create complex pricing schemes that are dependent on customers, goods sold, special promotions, etc. Rebate processing options are also very sophisticated and comprehensive.
Simple Order Entry. The user enters basic order details all on one window. From this window, there is simple access to all the levels of the order, namely header, item, and schedule line information.
Comprehensive Reporting. The Sales Information System (SIS) allows data to be stored, consolidated, and reported upon by the user in a variety of formats.
Effective Batch Processing of Orders, shipments, and other sales documents based on order types, customer, or material.
