Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Business User Guide

Matt Chudy is an independent SAP Logistics consulting lead. He has more than 13 years of experience in Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, and other logistics applications, spanning project administration, design, gap analysis, testing, implementation, and support and training. Luis Castedo is an independent systems and business consultant with more than 20 years of experience. For the past 15 years, he has been focused on SAP implementations, spanning Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, and Transportation Management. 20-year SAP veteran Ricardo Lopez is a PMP project manager with an SD certification from SAP America. As a senior manager with a solid background coordinating and managing major OTC projects and devising plans and schedules, Ricardo has two decades of consulting experience directing implementations of SAP applications such as Sales and Distribution, SAP FSCM/Biller Direct, Credit and Dispute Management, and SAP Fiori. He has participated in more than 20 full go-live cycles, and 20 template roll-outs around the globe. Ricardo currently lives in the New York City area, where he is the IT director at Wiley & Son.

Preface
What This Book Covers
Introduction
Sales and Distribution at a Glance
Sales and Distribution Process
SAP ERP Sales and Distribution
SAP ERP Sales and Distribution Organizational Structures
Summary
Master Data
Importance of Master Data
Business Partners
Products
Pricing and Conditions
Output Conditions
Agreements
Other Useful Master Data
Summary
Sales
Sales Document Components
Inquiry and Quotation
Sales Order
Scheduling Agreements
Contracts
Backorders
SAP Credit Management
Foreign Trade
Global Trade
Returns
Special Processes in Sales
Sales Output Processing
Summary
Shipping and Transportation
Shipping and Transportation Overview
Outbound Delivery
Picking
Packing
Shipment
Shipment Cost Document
Goods Issue
Proof of Delivery
Customer Returns
Shipping and Transportation Output Processing
Summary
Billing
Billing Types
Billing Relevance
Billing Processing
Invoice List
Rebates Processing
Other Billing Processes
Integration with SAP ERP Financial Accounting
SAP Convergent Invoicing
Billing Output Processing
Summary
Reporting
Master Data
Sales
SAP Credit Management
Logistics
Billing
Sales Information System and Logistics Information System Overview
Summary
Financial Supply Chain Management for SAP ERP Sales and Distribution
Financial Supply Chain Management Overview and Components
SAP Biller Direct
Credit Management
SAP Dispute Management
Summary
Appendices
SAP Navigation
Output Processing in Sales and Distribution
Intermediate Documents
The Authors
Index