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Solution 11: Accounting Transactions
Within a Period in Accounts Receivable
Task 1: Make and check changes to documents
Becker from Berlin (Customer##) claimsthat the5000 EURinvoice for order
800000##,whichitreceivedrecentlyfromtheIDESsalesorganization,contains
incorrectpaymentterms. Insteadoftheusual3percentcashdiscountforpayments
within14days,thetermsstatedarepaymentdueuponreceipt. Afterspeakingto
thesalesorganization,youdeterminethatthewrongtermswereenteredandthe
customer shouldreceivethenormal cash discount.
1. IDEShasconfigureditssystemsothattheordernumberisalwaysdisplayed
intheAssignmentfieldofthecustomerdocument. Selecttheinvoiceusing
this field and change the payment terms to ZB01. This is an invoice for
5000 EUR.
Makeanoteofthenumberofthechangeddocument.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Account>Display/changelineitemsortransactionFBL5N.
Field Name Value
Customeraccount Customer##
Company Code 1000
b) Choose Execute .
c) Using selectlayout,chooselayout1SAP-DDNET
d) Search for the open item using 800000## (order number) under
Reference,andselectitbytickingthe ontheleft.
e) SwitchtochangemodebychoosingtheChangedocumenticon .
f) Change the payment terms to ZB01.
g) Writedownthenumberofthedocumentyouarechanging.
h) Choose Save .
i) ChooseEnterpastthewarningaboutchangingtheterms.
j) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenu by typing /Ninthecommand
field.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Customeraccount | Customer## |
| Company Code | 1000 |
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Task 2: Track changes
Checkwhetherthesystemcreatedachangedocumentfor thechangesyou just
made.
1. Displayyourchangesbylinkingtothemfromthedisplayofyourdocument.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Document>DisplaychangesortransactionFB04.
b) Thedocument number ofthechanged document shouldappear asa
default value. If it does not, enter :
Field Name Value
Company Code 1000
Document Number <the document you
previously noted>
Fiscal Year <current year>
c) Choose Enter .
d) The result of changing thetermsof payment isdisplayed. You can
drilldowntotheadditionaldetailofanylineitembydoubleclicking
that item.
e) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccess menuwith/N.
Task 3: Create an AR invoice using the Enjoy screen
(optional)
IDEShasjustsoldsomegoodstoyournewcustomer,NEW##. Createaninvoice
for 500 EUR using the Enjoy screen in AR.
1. Createthe500EURinvoiceforNEW##. Useaccount800200astheoffset
account. Usetaxcode0O(outputtaxtraining0%). Simulateandaddtext
to the document before posting it.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
DocumentEntry>InvoiceortransactionFB70.
Field Name Value
Customer NEW##
Invoice/postingdate <today's date>
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Company Code | 1000 |
| Document Number | <the document you previously noted> |
| Fiscal Year | <current year> |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Customer | NEW## |
| Invoice/postingdate | <today's date> |
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Field Name Value
Amount 500
Tax code 0O output tax 0%
Calculate tax Select this
b) Fillin thefollowing datain the G/L table.
Field Name Value
G/L account 800200
D/C Credit
Amount indoc. curr. 500
Tax code 0O
Business Area BA##
Profit Centre PC##
Hint:
If you cannot see all the relevant fields, before you start
enteringlineitemsselect TreeOn.
Select screen variantZ_AC050_0100.
Select Tree Off.
c) ChooseSimulate . Drilldownonthecustomerlineitembydouble
clickingtoaddtextofyourchoicetothedocument. ChooseBack .
d) Choose Post .
e) Record the document number.
f) Exit the transaction with .
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Amount | 500 |
| Tax code | 0O output tax 0% |
| Calculate tax | Select this |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| G/L account | 800200 |
| D/C | Credit |
| Amount indoc. curr. | 500 |
| Tax code | 0O |
| Business Area | BA## |
| Profit Centre | PC## |
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Task 4: Create an AR invoice using the complex
posting screen (optional)
AlthoughmostinvoicesarecreatedthroughtheSalesOrderManagementprocess,
invoicescanbecreatedinaccounting. Theseinvoicesarenot relatedtoasales
order. TheycanbecreatedusingeithertheEnjoyorComplexscreensinAR.In
thisexercise,youwillcreateanewinvoiceusingtheComplexscreen.
1. Create a 700 EUR invoice using today's date for your new customer,
NEW##. Use the Complex screen and credit account 800200, revenue.
Use tax code 0O (output tax training 0%). Display theoverview of your
transaction before posting it.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
DocumentEntry>Invoice-GeneralortransactionF-22.
Field Name Value
Document/postingdate <today's date>
Document type DR
Company code 1000
Currency EUR
Posting key 01
Account NEW##
b) Choose Enter .
c) Enterthefollowingdatainthesecondscreen.
Field Name Value
Amount 700
Calculate Tax Select
Tax code 0O
Posting key 50
Account 800200
d) Choose Enter .
e) Enterthefollowing datainthethirdscreen.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Document/postingdate | <today's date> |
| Document type | DR |
| Company code | 1000 |
| Currency | EUR |
| Posting key | 01 |
| Account | NEW## |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Amount | 700 |
| Calculate Tax | Select |
| Tax code | 0O |
| Posting key | 50 |
| Account | 800200 |
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Field Name Value
Amount 700
Tax code 0O
f) Choose more.
Enter
Field Name Value
Business Area BA##
Profit Center PC##
Select continue .
g) ChoosetheDocumentOverview toreviewyourtransactionbefore
posting. Choose Post .
h) Record your document number.
Task 5: Post manual incoming payment with difference
Customers receives a check and payment information saying that Becker ##
(Customer##)isonlypaying80percentofa5,000EURinvoiceamount,sincethe
orderwasincomplete. Therefore,thecheckwasmadeoutforonly4,000EUR.
1. Post the incoming payment.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Amount | 700 |
| Tax code | 0O |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Business Area | BA## |
| Profit Center | PC## |
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Postthe4,000EURchecktoIncomingpaymentaccount113108. Usetoday's
dateforthedocumentandpostingdatesandcreatearesidualitemforthe
paymentdifference. Recordthedocumentnumber.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
DocumentEntry>IncomingpaymentsortransactionF-28.
Field Name Value
Documentandpostingdates <today's date>
Document Type DZ
Company code 1000
Currency EUR
Bank data
Field Name Value
Account 113108
Amount 4000
Open item selection
Field Name Value
Account Customer##
b) Choose the Process open itemsbutton.
c) Deselectallbut the5,000EURopenitembydoubleclickingonthe
amountsoftheinvoicesnotselected. The5,000EURinvoiceshould
remainhighlighted(inacolor), whilethedeselectedinvoicesshould
turn black.
Removeanycashdiscountavailablebydeletingthediscountamount
and percentage.
d) Select the Res. items tab. Double click in the empty field labeled
Residualitems,nexttothehighlighteditem. Theresidualitemamount
iscalculatedandenteredinthefieldautomatically.
e) Post by choosing Post .
f) Record the document number.
g) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenuwith .
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Documentandpostingdates | <today's date> |
| Document Type | DZ |
| Company code | 1000 |
| Currency | EUR |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Account | 113108 |
| Amount | 4000 |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Account | Customer## |
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Task 6: Check customer accounts
Checkwhethertheopenitemfor5,000EURwasactuallyclearedandwhethera
residual item was created.
1. DisplayallthelineitemsofCustomer##toseeiftheinvoiceclearedand
ifaresidualitemwascreated for thedifference.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Account>Display/changelineitemsortransactionFBL5N.
Field Name Value
Customeraccount Customer##
Company Code 1000
All items select
b) Choose Execute .
c) searchfortheitemEUR5,000. Youshouldbeabletofinditwiththe
cleareditems(thoseindicatedwithagreenlight .
d) Search for the residual item using the document number you wrote
down. Itshould appear asa newopen item.
e) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenu by typing /Ninthecommand
field.
Task 7: Run automatic dunning (optional)
IDES usesthedunningprogram, toremindcustomersofoverduepaymentson
items. Mostofthedunningparametersaresavedinso-calleddunningprocedures,
whichhavetobeenteredinthecustomermasterrecordsothattheaccountcanbe
dunned. IDES runsthedunningprogrameveryweek.
1. Check master records.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Customeraccount | Customer## |
| Company Code | 1000 |
| All items | select |
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Checkwhetherdunningprocedure0001isenteredinthemasterrecordof
Customer##. Ifnot,makethisentry. Also,inorderforthedunningletterto
beprintedoutinthelanguageofyourcountry,youmustchangethelanguage
tothelanguageofyourcountryatthebottomoftheAddresstab.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Masterrecords>Changeor transactionFD02.
Field Name Value
Customer Customer##
Company code 1000
b) Choose Continue .
c) IntheGeneralDatasection, changethelanguagetothelanguageof
your countryatthebottomoftheAddresstab.
d) Choose Company code data.
e) Select the Correspondence tab.
Field Name Value
Dunn.procedure 0001
f) Choose Save .
g) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenubyclicking .
2. Createadunningrunandmaintaintheparameters.
Today is the day on which the dunning program is to be run. Create a
dunningrunusingtodayastherundateandyourbusinessarea,BA##asthe
identification. Makeyourentriessothatalldocumentsthathavebeenposted
uptotodayforCustomer##incompanycode1000areselected.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Customer | Customer## |
| Company code | 1000 |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Dunn.procedure | 0001 |
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Normally,IDESmakesthedunningrunforallcustomers.
Hint: Fortestpurposes,itisadvisabletoactivatetheadditionallog
sothatanyerrorscanbemoreeasilytraced. Activatetheadditional
log for your dunning run.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Periodicprocessing>DunningortransactionF150.
Field Name Value
Run on <today's date>
Identification BA##
b) Choose Continue .
Thestatusofthenewdunningrunis: Noparametersmaintained.
c) Select the Parameter tab.
Field Name Value
Dunning date <today's date>
Documentspostedupto <today's date>
Company code 1000
Customer Customer##
d) Choose Save .
e) Select the Additional log tab.
Field Name Value
Customer Customer##
f) Choose Save .
g) Return to the Status tab.
3. Create a dunning proposal.
Have the system start generating the dunning proposal by scheduling the
proposal to start immediately. Do not start theprinting of the dunning.
IDES usually schedules the dunning proposal to be processed in the
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Run on | <today's date> |
| Identification | BA## |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Dunning date | <today's date> |
| Documentspostedupto | <today's date> |
| Company code | 1000 |
| Customer | Customer## |
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Customer | Customer## |
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backgroundattimeswhenthesystemislessbusy. Keepupdatingthestatus
untilamessageisdisplayedtotellyouthatthedunningselectionhasbeen
created.
a) Choose Schedule.
Select Start immediately.
Output device: LP01
b) Select Schedule.
KeepupdatingthestatusbychoosingEnteruntilthemessage“Dun
selection is complete” is displayed.
4. Customers clerks print out the dunning selection and check the dunning
proposalbeforetheactualdunningruntakesplace. Thishelpspreventthe
sending of incorrect dunning notices. You can also change the dunning
proposal. Forexample,itemsfromthedunningruncanberemovedorthe
dunning frequency can be reduced.
Check the dunning proposal on the screen and determine whether
Customer## will be dunned.
a) Select Change.
b) ChooseExecute . Youshouldseea10,000EURitemlisted.
Hint: Ifnoitemstobedunnedaredisplayedonthescreen,you
havemadeanerrorsomewhere. Fromtheinitialscreen,lookat
theproposallogtofindtheerror. ChooseExtras→Dunning
run log. Delete the dunning proposal (via Delete dunning
run)andremovetheerror. Thenrestartthedunningproposal.
Repeatthisprocessuntil theitemtobedunned isdisplayed
in the proposal.
c) Returntotheinitialscreenofthedunningprogramwith .
5. Afterthedunningproposalhasbeencheckedandapproved,starttheactual
dunningnoticeprintout. Itcreatesthedunningnoticesandentersthedunning
data(dunninglevelanddunningdate)inthemasterrecordanddocuments.
Start the dunning run by scheduling it to start immediately. Use printer
LP01 as the output device.
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IDES usually schedulesthe dunningrun in the sameway as thedunning
proposal, to be processed in the background at times when the system is
less busy.
a) Return to the Status tab.
b) ChooseDunningPrintout(printericon). SelectStartimmediately.
Output device: LP01
c) Choose Print (Printer Icon).
d) KeepupdatingthestatusbychoosingEnteruntil themessage“Dun
printout is complete” is displayed.
6. Gototheoutputcontrollertoviewtheautomatically-createddunningnotice.
a) From the menu choose System → Services → Output control or
transaction SP01.
Field Name Value
Created by AC050-##
b) Choose Execute .
c) SelectthespoolrequestLISTS1SLP01bycheckingthebox tothe
left of theline. Display the dunning letter by choosing the Display
contents icon .
d) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenuwith .
7. Check the customer account.
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|---|---|
| Created by | AC050-## |
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Check whether the dunning run updated the dunning data in the master
record of Customer##.
a) ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Masterrecords>Displayor transactionFD03.
Field Name Value
Customer Customer##
Company code 1000
b) Choose Continue .
c) ChooseCorrespondenceintheCompanyCodedata. TheLastdunned
andDunninglevelfieldsshouldcontainentries.
d) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenubytyping /Ninthecommand
field.
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|---|---|
| Customer | Customer## |
| Company code | 1000 |
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Lesson Summary
You should now be able to:
• Createandchange customer invoices in FI
• Post a manual incoming payment
• Perform the dunning run
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Lesson: Integration with Sales and Distribution
Lesson Overview
Upuntilnow,wehaveenteredcustomerinvoicesinCustomers. Nowwewillgo
throughthesalesprocessinSalesOrderManagementandseewhereaccounting
documents are automatically created.
Lesson Objectives
After completingthislesson, you will beable to:
• DescribethemostimportantorganizationalunitsinSalesandDistribution
• DescribethebasicsalesprocessinSalesandDistributionandtraceitseffects
in external Accounting
Business Example
Salesorganization 1000receives asalesorder fromCustomer##for two steel
pumps.
At the required delivery date, an outbound delivery is created, the pumps are
pickedfromthewarehouse,agoodissueisposted,andthecustomerisbilled.
Sales Organizations and Distribution Channels
SalesorganizationsareresponsibleforsalesinmySAPERP.ACompanyCode
can be linked to several sales organizations. The IDES company code 1000
(Germany)usesthesalesorganizations1000(Frankfurt) and1020(Berlin),for
example. Thismeansthatanyaccounting-relevanttransactionsineitherofthese
salesorganizationsarepostedincompanycode1000.
Each sales organizationcan use differentdistribution channelsto sell goods.
In principle, a distribution channel can also be used by two different sales
organizations. IDESusesthefollowingdistributionchannels:
• Final customer sales
• Resellers
• Service
• Factory sales
• Store chains
• Industrial customers
• Pharmaceutical customers
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Figure111: IDESSalesOrganizationsandDistributionChannelsinGermany
Thecombinationofasalesorganizationandadistributionchannelisalsoknown
as a distribution chain.
Distribution chains sell goods from the plants. Both of the IDES distribution
chains, 1000-10and 1000-12, sell goodsfrom theIDES plant inHamburgand
postthesalesinIDEScompanycode,1000,whichisalsoassignedtotheplant.
Figure 112: Distribution Chains forIDESPlant Hamburg
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Divisionstypicallyrepresentkeyproductlinesofanorganization.
Figure 113: Divisions
Thedivisionsareassignedtothedistributionchainfromwhichtheycanbesold.
Thecombinationofdistributionchainanddivisionisasalesarea.
Figure 114: Sales Areas
Customer-specificarrangements,regardingpartialdeliveriesortermsofpayment,
forexample,canbemadeforeachsalesarea. Statisticscanbecreatedandseparate
marketing activitiescarriedout withinasalesarea.
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Sales Area Data in the Customer Master Record
A sales area (the combination of sales organization, distribution channel and
division)mustdefinesalesarea-specificsettingsforacustomerbeforeitcanstart
doingbusinesswiththatcustomer. Thesesettingscouldbespecialconditionsand
termsofpaymentsthatthecustomerhasarrangedwiththespecificsalesarea.
Figure 115: SalesAreaDatain theCustomerMasterRecord
This is a third segment to the customer master data in addition to the general
andcompanycodesegments. Itmustbecreatedinorderforthesalesprocessto
be able to use this customer account.
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Creating Customer Master Records for SD
1. go to Logistics > Sales and Distribution> Master Data > Business
Partner>Customer>Create>SalesandDistributionortransaction
VD01
2. Chooseanaccountgroupsuchassold-topartyfromtheAccountgroup
field
3. Enter a customer number in the customer field or leave it empty,
depending on whether external or internal assignment is set for the
account group.
4. Enter a sales area:
• ales Organisation
• Distribution Channel
• Division
Hint:
ByselectingAllsalesareasyoucanfindoutwhichcombination
of sales organization, distribution channel, and division is
possible for the customer.
5. Press Enter or select .
YoureachtheCreateCustomer: General data.
Thecustomermasterscreensaredividedintotabpages. Youcanenter
therequireddatainwhichevercombinationyouwant.
Address
Enter the address data.
Enter anamein the field Search term which will later makeit
possible for you to retrieve the customer master record using
a matchcode.
Control Data
Enter data for account control and control processing. If the
customercomesfromanEUcountry,youmustenterasalestax
number.
Contact Person
Here you can enter data on the contact persons. You can use
thebuttonstoenteradditionaldataforeachcontactperson, for
example, visiting times, etc.
6. Toentersales-specificdata,chooseSalesareadata.
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YoureachtheCreateCustomer: Salesareadata
Youcanenterthefollowingdataonthetabpages
Sales
Enter the data for pricing here.
Shipping
Entertheshippingpriorityandshippingrequirement.
Billing Document
Hereyoucanenterthedeliveryandpaymentrequirements
Partner Functions
Definethepossiblepartnerfunctionsforthiscustomerandthe
business partner, that should be automatically proposed in a
salesdocumentsuchasasalesorder. Thesefunctionscouldbe,
forexample,contactpartners,salesexecutives,differentpayers
and so on.
Note:
Youcandisplay additionalinformation, forexample, onthe
accountgroup, whenprocessingthedata.
7. Save your data by clicking .
Hint:
Ifyouwanttoworkinthecentralview,youcanentercompanycode
specificdatausingtheCompanycodedatabutton.
Hint: Create with Reference
Ifacustomermasterrecordalreadyexistswithsimilardata,youcan
usethisoneandcutdownonthetimetakentoenterdata. Enterthe
numberofthecustomerwhosemasterrecordyouwishtouseasa
referenceintheCustomerfieldintheReferencescreenareaofthe
entryscreen. Ifyouonlyenterthecustomernumberinthereference
section, the system will only copy the general data into the new
customermasterrecord. Ifyoualsoenterdataonthesalesarea,the
salesanddistributiondatawillalsobecopied. Onlydata,whichcan
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beidenticalforbothmasterrecords,iscopied. Forexample,address
andunloadingpointsarenot copied, whilecountry, languageand
accountgroupare. Youcanchangeallcopieddata.
Hint: Createanalreadyavailablecustomermasterrecordfor
a new sales area
Ifyoucreateacustomermasterrecordforacustomer,forwhicha
customer master record already exists in another sales area, then
use thecustomer that hasalready been created asa reference. In
thiscaseyoudonot needtoenter thegeneral datafor thesecond
master record again
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Sales Process
Aneffectiveprocessingofsalesordersinvolvesallsalesactivitiesinachainof
narrowlyintegratedprocesses. MySAPERPFinancialsmakesthiskindofsales
order processing possible. Theindividual stepswithin asales processarethus
mapped by interlinked, electronic documents.
TheSAPsalesprocessbeginswiththesettingupandthemaintenanceofcustomer
relationshipsandendswiththeinvoicingofthedeliveredgoodsortheservices
renderedtothecustomer. Thepostingofincomingpaymentsfromthecustomeris
already part of mySAP ERP Financials.
Figure 116: Overview of the sales process
Thesalesorderprocessingbeginswithpresalesactivities.
Example: Inreactiontoacustomerquery,youcreateandsendaquotation.
Aspartoftheorderprocessing,youcreateasalesdocument.
Duringprocurement,thesystemdeterminesthesupplierofthegoodsusingdata
stored by you.
Aspartoftheshippingprocessing,youorganizeandexecutethedeliveryofthe
goods.
Withtheprocessstep'invoicing',youcreatetheinvoiceandtransferallrequired
data to Accounting.
As part of the payment processing, you check open items and post incoming
payments.
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Figure 117: Sales Process
Thesalesorderformsthebasisofthesalesprocess. Onceacustomerhasplaced
anorder,asalesordermustbecreatedatthestartoftheprocess. Thesalesorderis
generatedatthedistributionchainlevel. Theordereditemscanbefromdifferent
divisions. ThesalesorderisadocumentinSalesOrderManagementanddoesnot
causeanypostingsinfinancialaccounting. Whenthesalesorderhasbeenentered,
thesystemcarriesoutanavailabilitycheckfortherequireddeliverydate.
Onthedayofshipping,anoutbounddeliverydocumentiscreated. Billingforthe
deliverycantakeplaceonlywhenthegoodshavebeentakenfromthewarehouse
stockandpostedasagoodsissue. Thisisanseparatestepinthedeliveryprocess.
Thewarehousemanagementfunctionisusedforpicking. Atransferorderhasto
becreated,whichgeneratesthepickorder. Therequestedgoodsaretakenfrom
the warehouse and prepared for delivery.
Thegoodstobedeliveredarepostedasagoodsissue. Agoodsissuedocument
iscreatedin MaterialsManagement, and anaccountingdocumentiscreatedin
Accounting so that the goods issueis posted tothe correct G/L accounts. The
accountingdocumentdebitscostofgoodssoldandcreditsinventory.
The last stage in the sales process isbilling. A billing document is created in
SalesOrderManagement, and aprinted invoiceissent tothecustomer. At the
sametime,adocumentiscreatedinAccountingsothatthereceivableandrevenue
can be posted to the correct accounts. The accounting document debits the
customer and credits revenue.
Document flow isa tool that allowsyou to view the related documents in the
process.
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Figure 118: Sales Order Entry Screen
TheSalesOrderEntryScreenconsistsofseveralsections:
• header data
• header data, combined with Position data
• item details
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Creating Sales Orders
1. Intheinitialscreen,chooseLogistics>Salesanddistribution>Sales
> Order>CreateortransactioncodeVA01.
2. Entertheordertypeand,ifnecessary,theorganizationaldata.
The values for sales organization, for distribution channel and the
divisionareusuallyproposedfromuser-definedparameters. Entriesfor
thesalesofficeandthesalesgroupareoptional.
Thesalesareas(salesorganization,distributionchannel,division)are
derived from the sold-to or ship-to parties. This meansthat you do
not have to enter the sales area when you create a sales document.
If you do not specify a sales area in the initial screen, the system
usesthesold-toorship-toparties,whichyouenteredintheoverview
screen, to derive the sales area. If there are several sales areas for
thatparticularsold-toorship-toparty,youcanchoosetherightsales
areainthefollowingdialogbox. Thesystemthencopiestheselected
sales area into the entry screen.
3. Choose Enter
4. Enter the following data:
• Sold-to party or ship-to party
Hint:
Ifyouonlyenteraship-toparty,thesystemusesthisto
determine thesold-to party and if necessary, the sales
area. Ifthereareseveralsold-topartiesorsalesareasfor
oneship-toparty, adialogbox appearswhereyou can
choosetheoneyourequire. Anerrormessageappearsin
thestatusbar toinformyouif thesystemisnotableto
determineasold-toparty. Ifyouenterasold-topartythat
isalsoauniqueship-toparty,thesystemautomatically
copiesitassuchandinformsyouinthestatusbar.
• Customer purchase order number
• Material numbers
• Order quantities for the materials
5. Choose Enter.
If,forexample,youdefinedseveralunloadingpointsorseveralship-to
partiesinthecustomermasterrecordofthesold-toparty,thesystem
displays the alternatives in a dialog box. The system can display
alternativesforanyor allofthefollowingdata:
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• Unloading point
• Ship-to party
• Payer
• Bill-to party
6. Select the validdatafromtheseproposals by positioningthecursor
on the line and choosing Choose
Assoonasyouhaveselectedthisdata,thematerialdatathatyouhave
enteredisdisplayed. Ifthesystemcarriesoutanavailabilitycheckand
findsthatthereisinsufficientstockforanorderitemtobedelivered
on the requesteddate, it displaysascreenonwhichyou canchoose
between several delivery proposals.
7. If you want to enter further datafor theheader or items, choose the
correspondingmenuentry. Ifyouwanttochangedatafortheitems,
selecttheitemsbeforeyouchooseamenuentry.
Enter all necessary data.
8. Save your document by clicking .
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Unit5: AccountsReceivable AC050
Creating Outbound Deliveries
1. Choose Logistics > Sales and Distribution > Shipping and
Transportation > Outbound Delivery >Create >Single Document
>WithReferencetoSalesOrderortransactionVL01N.
Theinitialscreenforcreatingoutbounddeliveriesappears.
Note: Youcancreateasingleoutbounddeliveryforexactly
oneorder,ifyouknowtheordernumber. Onlytheorderitems
fromthisorderthataredueforshipmentwill beincludedin
the delivery. You can make changes to the shipping data,
if necessary.
2. Entertheappropriateshippingpointandspecifytheselectiondate
Hint:
Youcanonlydeliverschedulelineswhosematerialavailability
dateortransportationschedulingdateisthesameasorfalls
before the selection date.
3. Thecurrentdateisproposedbythesystemastheselectiondate. Ifyou
onlywanttodeliversomeoftheorderitems,specifytheappropriate
itemnumbersintheFromitemandToitemfields.
4. Select Enter.
Theoutbounddeliveryisputtogetheraccordingtoyourspecifications.
Then,theoutbounddeliveryoverviewscreenappears. Dataiscopied
intotheoutbounddeliveryfromtheordertowhichitrefers. Thesystem
entersthedeliveryquantityinthedeliveryaccordingtoavailability.
On the header screens and item screens, you can enter additional
specifications(forexample,howthegoodsaretobetransported). You
canalsochangethespecificationsfromtheorder.
Anoteisenteredintheerrorlogifinconsistenciesoccurinaschedule
line.
5. SavethedeliverybychoosingDelivery>Saveor .
Note:
Aftercreatingadelivery,youcanbranchdirectlytooneofthe
subsequent functionssuchascreatingatransfer order inthe
Warehouse Management System, printing or allocating the
outbound delivery to a group. To do so, select Subsequent
functionsandoneofthefunctionslisted.
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AC050 Lesson: Integration with Sales and Distribution
Using a Transfer Order as a Pick Order
1. Choose Logistics > Sales and Distribution > Shipping and
Transportation>Picking>CreateTransferOrder>SingleDocument
or transaction LT03.
2. Enterthewarehousenumberandthedeliverynumber.
3. IntheControlBoxselectactivateitem. Intheforeground/background
field select System Guided
IntheAdoptpickquantityfieldyouhaveachoice. Include pick
quantities in delivery allowsyou to update the quantity
picked but the goods issue must be done as an additional step.
Include pick quantities in delivery and update
GI alsoissues the stock when you save.
Selecttheoptionsaccordingtowhatyouwanttodoandhitenteror .
4. The pickquantityfield should nowbefilledwiththesame quantity
as the delivery.
Save the document by clicking on .
Note:
TransferorderscreatedwithLeanWMinsteadofnormalWMhave
the following characteristics:
• Confirmationoftransferordersisnotrequired.
• StockdifferencesarereportedtoIMforprocessing. Handling
differencesis not possible in WM.
• You can transmit Lean WM transfer order data to external
systems.
• Recordingperformancedata,suchasassignmenttoapicker,
return confirmation of actual timesor determining planned
timesispossiblefor this typeof TO.
• Ifatransferorderhasbeencreated,subsequentchangestothe
deliverycanbemadeinthePickQuantity field. Thisisnot
possible in standard WM.
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Goods Issue Posting
1. AccessthedeliveryinchangestatusbyselectingSalesandDistribution
> Shipping and Transportation > Outbound Delivery > Change >
Single Documentor transaction VL02N.
2. Entertheoutbounddeliverynumberandselectpostgoodsissue.
3. Save the delivery by clicking .
Agoodsissuenumberwillappearonthemessageline.
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Creating Billing Documents
1. ChooseSalesandDistribution>Billing>BillingDocument>Create
or transaction VF01.
2. In the document column, enter the numbers of the sales documents
(e.g. deliveries), thatyouwantto bebilled.
3. Ifyouneedtochangedataproposedbythesystem(e.g. youneedto
useanotherbillingdocumenttype),maketheentriesaccordingly.
Note:
if you only want to bill individual items and/or partial
quantities,chooseSelectionlist. Selecttheitemsrequiredor
specifythepartialquantitiesforindividualitems.
Ifyouwanttochangethebillingdocumentscreated, choose
Edit>ExecutetoreachForegroundprocessing.
If errors occur, you can display the notes on these errors in
the log (Edit > Log).
4. ChooseBillingdocument>Saveor toreachBackgroundprocessing
and to create the billing documents.
Inthiscaseyouhavenomoreinfluenceonthebillingdocuments.
Aslongasthesalesanddistributiondocumentswerenotincomplete
ordidnotcontainanyerrors,thenumberofthelastbillingdocuments
created is displayed.
Hint:
Iferrorsoccurduringaccountassignmentandyoucannotget
ridofthese,youmustcancelthebillingdocuments.
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AC050 Lesson: Integration with Sales and Distribution
Exercise 12: Business Process-Integration
with Sales Order Management
Exercise Objectives
After completingthisexercise, youwillbeableto:
• Create a billing document
• Displaythedocumentflowforthisprocessfromthecustomeraccount
Business Example
CustomerinvoicesarenotusuallyposteddirectlyinAccounting,butareposted
toAccountsReceivablefromSalesOrderManagement. Anormalsalesprocess
at IDES consistsof receiving asalesorder, creatinganoutbound delivery, and
billing. Normally,thesestepsoccuroverseveraldays. However,wewillcomplete
all steps as of today to facilitate the exercise.
Task 1: Bill a customer
The customer must now becharged for the delivery. Bill the customer for the
delivery. Thenwritedownthebillingdocumentnumber.
1. Create the billing document.
2. Display the billing document on the screen and from here, go to the
accompanyingaccountingdocument. Whatinformationdoestheaccounting
transaction contain?
Task 2: Check the Customer Account in AR
Checkthatthebillingdocumentcanbeviewedfromthecustomer’slineitems.
1. DisplaythelineitemsofCustomer##asofoneweekfromtoday.
2. Fromthelineitems, drilldownonthedocument withdocument typeRV.
Branch to the original document.
3. Fromtheoriginalbillingdocument,branchtothedisplayofthedocument
flowtoseethedocumentsinthesalesorderprocess. Whatisthestatusof
each document?
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Solution 12: Business Process-Integration
with Sales Order Management
Task 1: Bill a customer
The customer must now be charged for the delivery. Bill the customer for the
delivery. Thenwritedownthebillingdocumentnumber.
1. Create the billing document.
a) Choose Logistics > Sales and Distribution > Billing > Billing
document > Createor transaction VF01.
Clickonthefirstdocumentfieldandselectthematchcodetotheright
of it.
Field Name Value
Sold to Party Customer##
Select Display Billing List.
b) Selectthedocumentbyclickingonthebuttontotheleftoftheitem
c) Choose Save .
d) SelectGoTo>Documents. Writedownthebillingdocumentnumber.
Remain in this screen forthe next step.
2. Display the billing document on the screen and from here, go to the
accompanyingaccountingdocument. Whatinformationdoestheaccounting
transaction contain?
a) FromthemenuchooseEnvironment→DisplayDocument.
The invoice is displayed.
b) Choose Accounting Overview.
c) ChooseAccountingdocumentbydoubleclickingit.
The accounting document is displayed.
Note: The amounts are determined by price determination
in Sales Order Management.
d) ReturntotheSAPEasyAccessmenubytyping /Ninthecommand
field.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Sold to Party | Customer## |
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Task 2: Check the Customer Account in AR
Checkthatthebillingdocumentcanbeviewedfromthecustomer’slineitems.
1. DisplaythelineitemsofCustomer##asofoneweekfromtoday.
a) Check thatthebillingdocumentcan beviewedfromthecustomer’s
line items.
ChooseAccounting>FinancialAccounting>AccountsReceivable>
Account>Display/ChangeLineItemsortransactionFBL5N.
Field Name Value
Customeraccount Customer##
Company Code 1000
Open at key date <current date>
b) Choose Execute .
2. Fromthelineitems, drilldownonthedocument withdocument typeRV.
Branch to the original document.
a) DrilldownontheRVdocumenttypedocumentbydoubleclicking.
b) From the menu choose Environment > Document environment >
Relationship browser.
ClickontheBillingdocumentnumberandselectDisplayDocument .
The billing document is displayed.
3. Fromtheoriginalbillingdocument,branchtothedisplayofthedocument
flowtoseethedocumentsinthesalesorderprocess. Whatisthestatusof
each document?
a) FromthemenuchooseEnvironment>DisplayDocumentFlow.
The key documents in the sales order process are displayed. All
documentsarecompleted,exceptfortheaccountingdocument. This
hasnotyetbeenclearedbecausethecustomerfirsthastopaythebill.
b) Returntothe SAPEasyAccessmenu by typing /Ninthecommand
field.
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| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Customeraccount | Customer## |
| Company Code | 1000 |
| Open at key date | <current date> |
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Lesson Summary
You should now be able to:
• DescribethemostimportantorganizationalunitsinSalesandDistribution
• DescribethebasicsalesprocessinSalesandDistributionandtraceitseffects
in external Accounting
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AC050 Lesson: Credit Management
Lesson: Credit Management
Lesson Overview
Inthislessonwewillstudyhowcreditlimitsaresetupforcustomers. Thecredit
control process is also introduced. Here, a sales order is blocked for delivery,
becausethevalueoftheorderwouldexceedthecreditlimitofthecustomer.
Lesson Objectives
After completingthislesson, youwillbeable to:
• Maintain credit management master data
• Check and release blocked SDdocuments
Business Example
IDESneedstomonitoritscreditexposuretocustomersworldwide. Customers
needtoberatedandcreditlimitssetupforthem. IDEShasputcontrolsinprocess
thatstopasalesorderfrombeingdeliveredwhosevaluewouldput acustomer
over its credit limit.
Credit Control Area
The organizational unit used for credit control is the credit control area. A
credit controlareacanbeassignedtoindividualcompanycodes(decentralized
organization)ortoagroupofcompanycodes(centralizedorganization).
Acreditcontrolareaisgenerallymanagedbyaseparatecreditdepartment,which
isdividedintoseveralcreditrepresentativegroups. Eachgroupconsistsofseveral
credit representatives.
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Figure 119: IDES Credit Control Area
The IDES group usesfour credit control areas:
• Mexico and Japan each have a separate credit department (credit control
area 5000 and 6000).
• TheUSAandCanadahavecentralizedcreditcontrolincreditcontrolarea
3000.
• Credit control isalsocentralizedfor all company codesinEurope(credit
control area 1000).
Credit Management Master Record
The credit department creates a separatecredit management master record.
Thisisanextensionofthecustomermasterrecord. Therelevantdataforthecredit
managementcanbemonitoredandmaintainedviatheseparatecreditmanagement
master record.
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Figure 120: Credit Management Master Record
Thecreditmanagementmasterrecordconsistsofthefollowingelements:
• Generaldata,whichisrelevantforallcreditcontrolareas. Thisincludesthe
customer'saddressandcommunicationdata, andthemaximumtotallimit
thatcanbepermittedforthesumofallgrantedcreditlimits.
• Creditcontrolareadata,whichisrelevantforaspecificcreditcontrolarea
only. Thisincludesthecreditlimitatthecreditcontrolarealevel, andthe
customer'sriskcategoryandcreditrepresentativegroup.
• Anoverview,whichcontainsthemostimportantdatafromallsections.
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