Describe The Components Of SAP SD Module

The components of SAP Sales and Distribution Module are:

Master data

The processing of business transactions in sales and distribution is based on the master data.

  • Organizational Structures
  • Customers and Business Partners
  • Customer Hierarchies
  • Products and Services
  • Agreements
  • Customer Material Information
  • Item Proposal
Basic functions

The most important basic functions are:

Sales (foreign sales and sales support)

Sales allows you to execute different business transactions based on sales documents defined in the system.

  • Working With Sales Documents
  • Customer Inquiry/Quotation
  • Sales Order
  • Scheduling Agreements
  • Customer Contracts
  • Complaints
  • Backorder Processing
Shipping and transportation

Shipping

Shipping is an important part of the logistics chain in which guaranteed customer service and distribution planning support play major roles.

  • Delivery Processing
  • Picking
  • Packing
  • Goods Issue
  • Printing and Communication in Shipping
  • Planning, Monitoring and Analysis in Shipping
Transportation

Effective transportation planning and processing ensure that shipments are dispatched without delay and arrive on schedule.

  • Transportation Planning
  • Shipment Execution
  • Monitoring Shipments
  • Shipment Cost Processing
Billing

Billing represents the final processing stage for a business transaction in Sales and Distribution.

  • Billing Processing
  • Invoice List
  • Rebate Agreements
  • Integration with Accounting
  • Resource-Related Billing
  • Intercompany Business Processing
Sales support

Within the Sales Support environment, all sales personnel in the field and in the office can share valuable information about customers, sales prospects, competitors and their products, and contact people.

  • Basic Data for Sales Support
  • Basic Functions in Sales Support
  • Sales Promotions
  • Sales Activities
  • Customer Potential Analysis
Information systems are the important components of SAP’s SD module

The SAP System offers you a wide range of information and analysis tools for sales and distribution.

  • Reports in SD
  • List of Sales Documents
  • Information on Individual Sales Documents
  • Functional Analyses
  • Sales Information System

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See Also
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