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    Sales and Distribution in SAP ERPSAP enhancement packages for SAP ERP 6.0

    and SAP CRM 7.0

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    1. Sales and Distribution (SD) in SAP ERP1.1. Overview

    1.2. Organizational and master data

    1.3. Sales process and subsequent functions

    2. News in SD and extended sales process

    1.1. News in sales with SAP Enhancement Packages:

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI

    1.2. SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP1.3. Sales with SAP CRM 7.0

    Agenda

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    Overview: sales business process

    mySAP ERP offers a Complete Sales Cycle from Planning and

    Execution to Analysis

    PresalesActi vi ties

    1

    Integrated

    Master Data:

    Customer,

    Material, Prices

    Inquiry andQuotationProcessing

    Sales Order

    Management

    4

    Contracts andAgreements

    3

    Order Fulfillment

    5

    Billing

    6

    Bill Presentmentand Payment

    7

    Analyt ics &Planning

    8

    2

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    PresalesActivi ti es

    Sales: functional scope

    Presales Activities Sales Support: Activities, Mailings

    Inquiry and Quotation Management Pricing (Prices, Discounts, Taxes, etc)

    Product Configuration

    Contracts and Agreements Value, Quantity, Master and Service Contracts

    Schedule Agreements

    Sales Order Management Availability Check and Delivery Scheduling

    Batch and Serial Number Processing

    Cross-Selling and Product Proposals

    Configurable Products, Bill of Materials

    Credit Check, Payment Cards

    Complaints, Returns and Backorder Processing

    Order Fulfillment Pick, Pack, Ship and Order Tracking

    Billing Single and Collective Invoice

    Invoice List, Rebate Agreements

    Credit and Debit Memos

    Pro-forma Invoice

    Inter Company Billing

    Resource-Related Billing

    Billing Plan

    InquiryandQuotation

    Mgmt.

    Contractsand

    Agreements

    SalesOrderMgmt.

    OrderFulfillment

    Billing andPayment

    Analy ticsand

    Planning

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    Sales: document and process flow

    Example: sell-from-stock

    Inquiry/Quotation/Contract

    Inquiry/Quotation/Contract

    Sales

    Shipping

    Billing

    FinancialsAccountsReceivable:Open Item

    AccountsReceivable:Open Item

    Incoming

    Payment

    Incoming

    PaymentAccountingDoc for GL

    AccountingDoc for GL

    Invoice

    Invoice

    Credit Check

    Credit Check

    Delivery

    Delivery WarehousePicking

    WarehousePicking Goods Issue

    Goods Issue

    Sales Order

    Sales Order

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    1. Sales and Distribution (SD) in SAP ERP1.1. Overview

    1.2. Organizational and master data

    1.3. Sales process and subsequent functions

    2. News in SD and extended sales process

    1.1. News in sales with SAP Enhancement Packages:

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI

    1.2. SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP1.3. Sales with SAP CRM 7.0

    Agenda

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    Sales organizational structures - example

    Company Code.

    Company Code3000 IDES US Inc.

    Sales Organization3000 USA Philadelphia

    Division00 Cross-division

    Division01 High

    Tech

    Division00 Cross-division

    Division02 Service

    Division02 Pumps

    Distribution Channel

    12 Sold for resale

    Distribution Channel

    30 Internet Sales

    Sales Organization3020 USA Denver

    Distribution Channel

    10 Final customer sales

    Distribution Channel

    30 Internet Sales

    The Sales Area is the combination of Sales Organization, Distribution Channel

    and Division and relevant for each sales process.

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    Organizational structures in SD

    Salesorganization

    Distributionchannel

    Division

    Salesarea

    1000

    10

    00

    Sales office

    Salesgroup

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    Master data: customer

    CustomerComputer Systems

    133 W Park Ave.

    80201 DENVER

    Market information

    Sales / Year:

    100.000 USD

    Employees:

    1000

    Sales area B

    Sales district:

    South

    Pricelist:

    Wholesale

    Delivery priority:high

    Ship-to-party:

    Plant Munich

    Plant Hamburg

    Sales area A

    Sales district:

    South

    Pricelist:

    WholesaleDelivery priority:

    high

    Incoterms:

    FH Free House

    Taxes:

    .

    General Data

    Contact person

    Mr. Mller

    Sales director

    Mr. Meier

    Engineering

    Partner Functions

    Sold-to-party

    Ship-to-party

    Bill-to-party

    Payer

    Employee Responsible

    .

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    Partner roles

    Forwarding Agent

    Ship-to party

    Payer

    Employeeresponsible

    Invoice recipient

    . . . . .

    Sold-to party

    Contact person

    BusinessBusinesspartnerpartner

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    Sales organization: ...

    Distribution Channel:

    Representative

    Sales text:

    Please also consider...

    Product hierarchy:601 002 001 Hardware

    Division:

    PC

    Material master

    General Data

    Material no.: 11

    Short text: Computer 88-66X

    Unit of measure: Piece

    Material master

    Sales organization: ...

    Delivering Plant

    Sales text:

    Please also consider...

    Product hierarchy:601 002 001 Hardware

    Division:

    PC

    Tax Data

    Item Category Group

    Availability Check

    Plant ...

    Plant ...

    MRP:

    autom. recorder point

    Manufacturing costs:

    600, Euro

    Lagerplatz: B-4CExternal storage area

    Storage bin: A5

    Central warehouse

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    Extremely flexible automated prices and

    conditions

    Prices, Discounts, Surcharges, Rebate Agreements, Free Goods,Promotions, Contracts ...

    ...can be

    differentiated

    depending on

    Scales

    Date

    Material

    Country

    Material GroupBusiness

    Customer

    Customer Group

    Sales Channel

    Currency

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    Definition of condition types

    Key Description Profile data

    Scale base type Calculation rule

    1- %2- %4- %

    Scale base type Calculation rule

    100 KG1000 KG

    10000 KG

    1- $ per 1 KG3- $5- $

    Examples

    PricePricePR00PR00

    Discount %Discount %K007K007

    Discount/weightDiscount/weightK029K029

    Calculat ion rule: percentageScale base type: value scale

    Calculation rule: amount/weightScale base type : weight scale

    100 $1000 $

    10000 $

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    Creation of condition records

    price master data

    1. Period01.03. - 30.04.

    Condition type: KA00 special offer disc.

    Sales organization: 1000

    Distribution channel: 01

    Customer: K1

    Material: M1

    2. Period01.05. - 30.05.

    Level at whichthe conditon

    is defined

    1000 $ 1- %2000 $ 2- %3000 $ 3- %

    Lower limit: 5-%Upper limit: 0%

    1000 $ 2- %2000 $ 3- %3000 $ 4- %

    Lower limit: 5-%Upper limit: 0%

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    Pricing procedure price determination in the

    sales document

    Sales document Sold-to partyPricing procedure

    Sales organization, distr. channel, division

    Cash discount

    Cash disc. Basis

    Output tax

    Net value 2

    FreightHeader disc. %

    Net value

    Discount value

    Discount %

    Discount %

    Spec. offer disc.

    Gross valuePrice

    Description

    3-5

    2

    Ref. level

    x

    Manual

    SKTO13

    12

    MWST11

    10

    HD009HA008

    7

    6

    2RA005

    2RA014

    2KA003

    22PR001

    RequirementCondition typeStep

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    Access sequence search strategy to find the

    right condition record

    PR02PR02

    Discount %Discount %

    Special

    General

    Condition type

    Accesssequence

    PricePrice Access sequence PR02

    Access sequence K007

    1. Customer/material

    2. Price list/currency/material

    3. Material

    1. Customer/material

    2. Price list/currency/material

    3. Material

    K007K007

    Discount for majorcustomerDiscount for majorDiscount for majorcustomercustomerK020K020 Access sequence K020

    PR00PR00

    Condition tables

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    Overview: price determination

    Pricing Procedure

    1. Price PR00

    2. Discount 1 KA00

    3. Discount 2 RA01

    Document

    Item 10 120 pc

    Condit ion type: PR00

    Access sequence: PR02

    Access sequence: PR02

    Condition tables:

    1. Customer/material2. Price list/currency/material3. Material

    No valid record availableValid record available

    Records for cond. type PR00

    PR00 Price 99 $

    KA00 Discount 1- $

    RA01 Discount 2- %

    from 1 pc 100 $from 100 pc 99 $from 200 pc 98 $

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    1. Sales and Distribution (SD) in SAP ERP1.1. Overview

    1.2. Organizational and master data

    1.3. Sales process and subsequent functions

    2. News in SD and extended sales process

    1.1. News in sales with SAP Enhancement Packages:

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI

    1.2. SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP1.3. Sales with SAP CRM 7.0

    Agenda

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    Big Variety

    ofOrder

    Processes

    Support of different sales variants

    Inter Company Orders

    3rd Party Orders

    Make-to-Order

    Scheduling Agreement

    Assemble & Configure-to- Order

    Consignment

    Rush Order

    Service Orders

    Standard Order

    Inquiry/Quotation

    Cash Sales

    Interaction Center Orders

    Returns

    Internet OrdersEDI & BAPI-Enabled Orders

    Free of Charge Orders andSubsequent Deliveries

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    Basic functions in sales documents

    Material requirements planning

    No materials planning

    No inventory management

    Schedule line categoriesSchedule line categories

    Standard item

    Free item

    Text item

    Item categoriesItem categories

    Sales document typesSales document types

    Standard order

    Request for quotation

    Quotation

    Partner Determination Pricing Incompleteness Discount in kind Material determination Transfer of requirements Shipment scheduling Messages Text determination Credit management ...

    Basic functionsBasic functions

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    Sales contract

    Customer contracts are outline customer agreements that display when sales materials orservices are sold within a certain time period.

    Following categories of contracts:

    Master Contract: document in which you can group contracts together as lower levelcontracts. Thus, all the data that refers to other documents remains consistent. The mastercontract contains the general terms which apply for all lower level contracts.

    Quantity Contract: agreement that your customer will order a certain quantity of a productfrom you during a specified period. The contract contains basic quantity and priceinformation, but does not specify delivery dates or quantities.

    Value contract: contractual agreement with a customer that contains the materials and/orservices that they may receive within a time period and up to a target value. A valuecontract can contain certain materials or a group of materials (product hierarchy, assortmentmodule).

    Service contract: agreement that contains the conditions for offering a certain service to thecustomer. You can manage rental and maintenance contracts in the standard version of theSAP System. A service contract contains validity dates, cancellation conditions, priceagreements, and information on possible follow-up actions.

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    ABC, PhiladelphiaABC, DenverABC,

    Material listItem: Value

    10

    Customer:

    Valid:

    Customer list

    ABC AG

    Headquarter

    04/09 - 10/09

    ABC AG

    Headquarter

    04/09 - 10/09

    10.000 USD

    - 10% Discount

    10.000 USD

    - 10% Discount

    Value contracts

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    Item: Value10

    Customer:

    Item: ValuePrint.A

    Customer:Contract

    alreadycompleted

    Contract

    alreadycompleted

    Releases

    Item: ValuePrint. B

    Customer:

    ABC AG

    Headquarter

    ABC AG

    Headquarter

    ABC,

    Denver

    ABC,

    Denver

    10.000 USD10.000 USD

    ABC,

    Philadelphia

    ABC,

    Philadelphia

    Value contract

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    ABC, MunichABC, HamburgABC, Zrich

    Material list

    Customer listCustomer list

    - authorized partners(SP, SH)

    - customer hierarchy

    Material list- Assortment module

    - Product hierarchy

    Value contracts

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    Related documents: sales order - delivery

    Sales orderComplete delivery

    1

    Order combination

    Partial delivery2

    3

    Sales order

    Sales order

    Sales order

    Delivery

    Delivery

    Delivery

    Delivery

    Delivery

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    Types of billing documents

    Types of billingdocuments

    Proformainvoice

    Invoice

    External

    transactions

    Invoice

    list

    Cancellation

    Intercompany

    billing

    Returns

    Credit / debit

    memo

    Cash sale

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    Order- and delivery-related invoices

    InvoiceOrder

    InvoiceOrder

    InvoiceOrder

    Item 10 order-related

    Item 20 delivery-related

    Delivery

    Delivery

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    Ways to create an invoice

    Invoice Split

    Collective Invoice

    Separate invoicefor each delivery

    Sales order DeliveryInvoice

    Invoice

    Scheduling

    agreement

    Delivery

    Delivery

    Invoice

    Invoice

    Invoice

    Delivery

    Delivery

    Delivery

    Sales order

    Sales order

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    1. Sales and Distribution (SD) in SAP ERP

    1.1. Overview

    1.2. Organizational and master data

    1.3. Sales process and subsequent functions

    2. News in SD and extended sales process1.1. News in sales wi th SAP Enhancement Packages:

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI

    1.2. SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP

    1.3. Sales with SAP CRM 7.0

    Agenda

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    New Configurable Sales User-Interface in ERP

    (SAP ERP 6.0, EhP4)

    Sales order processing varies in each company (customer specific requirements,changes in business process etc.)

    High demand on flexible and user-friendly order taking

    New configurable Sales UI in ERP meet these requirements

    Sales UI for is delivered as template and shall be adjusted according tocustomers need

    UI adjustments can be set up easily

    Currently the Sales UI is available via ERP portal role Internal Sales

    Representative

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    Example of configured Sales UI for Mill

    Products Industry

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    Role Internal Sales Representative

    Quick access to

    transactions

    Actual Workload

    Single Point Of Entry

    List of Documents

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    1. Sales and Distribution (SD) in SAP ERP

    1.1. Overview

    1.2. Organizational and master data

    1.3. Sales process and subsequent functions

    2. News in SD and extended sales process1.1. News in sales with SAP Enhancement Packages:

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI

    1.2. SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP

    1.3. Sales with SAP CRM 7.0

    Agenda

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    SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP Overview

    OrderStatus

    Product Catalog,Search

    Product

    Configuration

    Pricing, ProductAvailabi li ty

    ShoppingBasket, OrderManagement

    OnlineInvoicing

    andPayment

    Customer

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    Key features: Web standard

    Sell-side entry solut ion for SAP ERP customers

    Suited for small & medium businesses

    High performance using catalog caching or index server

    Focused on core sales processes

    Uses existing sales data from SAP ERP

    Real-time integration into back end ful filment processes

    Easy upgrade to Web Channel capabili ties of SAP CRM

    Overview

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    1. Sales and Distribution (SD) in SAP ERP

    1.1. Overview

    1.2. Organizational and master data

    1.3. Sales process and subsequent functions

    2. News in SD and extended sales process1.1. News in sales with SAP Enhancement Packages:

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI

    1.2. SAP E-Commerce for SAP ERP

    1.3. Sales with SAP CRM 7.0

    Agenda

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    SERVICEMARKETING

    SALES

    Mobile

    Powered bySAP NetWeaver

    End-to-end,Industry-specific

    Processes

    ANALYTICS

    Web

    Channel

    InteractionCenter

    PartnerChannel

    CUSTOMER

    CRM Without Compromise Comprehensive

    The SAP CRM Solution

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    Sales Order Entry via SAP CRM:

    From Lead to ERP Sales Order with CRM UI

    Leverage existing investments in ERP order management and gain CRM !

    Covers entire lead-to-cash scenario inclusive marketing features

    Available for Online, Interaction Center and Web Channel

    CRM WebClient UI for ERP Sales Transactions is targeting casual users

    Gain flexible UI configuration that is available in standard CRM UIs

    Available with SAP CRM 7.0 and ERP EhP4

    MarketingCampaigns and

    Lead Mgmt.

    OpportunityMgmt.

    ERP Quotein CRM UI

    ERP Orderin CRM UI

    OrderFulfillment

    SAPERP

    SAPCRM

    CRM

    and

    ERP

    Legend:

    Billing andPayment

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    Sales Order Entry via SAP CRM:

    From Lead to ERP Sales Order with CRM UI

    SAP 2008 / Page 42

    ERP Quote

    Recognizing that many SAP customers have substantial investments in their SAP ERP order management

    deployments, SAP CRM is now providing a set of capabilities that enable SAP CRM and ERP customers to

    better leverage these existing investments.

    The primary goal is to extend the CRM user experience in the order management space to the front office

    users responsible for order creation or processing.

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    From Lead to ERP Sales Order with CRM

    WebClient UI

    Presales processesSales operations in

    CRM WebClient

    GenerateCRM lead

    ManageERP quotation

    Qualify/CloseCRM opportunity

    ProcessERP sales order

    Logisticsfulfillment in

    ERP

    Accountsreceivable in

    ERP

    Invoiceprocessing in

    ERP

    Business flow

    1. Create or generate leadswith marketing campaign.

    2. Track, qualify and closeopportunities.

    3. Manage and track ERPquotations.

    4. Process ERP Sales orders.

    5. Fulfill logis tics needs.

    6. Process i nvoices in ERP.

    7. Manage account payables.

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    ERP Order with CRM WebClient UI -

    Screenshot

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    Further information

    SAP ERP SD: Training Material of SCM600

    http://service.sap.com/trainingcontent

    SAP Help Portal: http://help.sap.com/ -> ERP -> SAP ERP Central

    Component -> Logistics -> Sales and Distribution

    Role Internal Sales Rep and Configurable Sales UI in SAP ERP6.0, EhP4:

    SAP ERP - Ramp-Up Knowledge Transfer (RKT)http://service.sap.com/rkt-erp -> SAP ERP 6.0 Core Enhancement

    Packs -> Learning Map Operations, Sales

    SAP Help Portal: http://help.sap.com/ -> SAP ERP Enhancement

    Package 4 -> SAP ERP Cross-Application Functions -> Roles ->

    Business Packages (Portal Content) -> Business Package for

    Internal Sales Representative 1.4

    SAP CRM: SAP CRM - Ramp-Up Knowledge Transfer (RKT)

    http://service.sap.com/rkt-crm

    SAP CRM - Help Portal

    http://help.sap.com/crm

    SAP Public Web

    http://www.sap.com/crm

    http://service.sap.com/trainingcontenthttp://help.sap.com/-http://help.sap.com/-http://service.sap.com/rkt-erp-http://service.sap.com/rkt-erp-http://help.sap.com/-http://help.sap.com/-http://service.sap.com/rkt-crmhttp://help.sap.com/crmhttp://www.sap.com/crmhttp://www.sap.com/crmhttp://help.sap.com/crmhttp://service.sap.com/rkt-crmhttp://help.sap.com/-http://service.sap.com/rkt-erp-http://help.sap.com/-http://service.sap.com/trainingcontent
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