Clients (and the interface level)

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Clients (and the interface level)
Application Server (and the application level)
Database Server (and the Database level)
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Business Control Configuration Tables
(IMG) (Business Process Design)
System Configuration Tables (Dont Touch)
R/3 Applications Sales and Distribution,
Manufacturing, H/R, etc.
Master Data Tables Customers, Materials, etc.
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Organizational Structures in SAP Financial View
Client the highest organizational level.
Really a client of SAP. Company Code a legal
entity, own set of financial statements
Business Area for flexible reporting, even
across companies Account Codes every
financial transaction must have one.
Controlling View Controlling area highest
org unit for reports, can cross companies Cost
Center lowest org unit to which costs are
allocated Profit Center level at which profit
and loss statements are desired Cost Element
linked with account codes, but for
controlling Materials Management View Plant
locations where inventories are stored, processed
or valued Storage Location Many to many
relationship to Plant Purchasing Organization
Responsible for purchasing for plants
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Organizational Structures in SAP
(continued) Sales and Distribution View Sales
Organization highest org unit. A legal
selling unit. Must be within a single
company. (1M for company to Sales Org)
Distribution Channel various ways of supporting
customers, such as wholesale, retail,
direct sales, etc. Sales specific material
master data may vary by Dist Channel, such as
price, minimum order quantity, etc. (MM
for Sales Org to Dist. Channel) Division to
indicate product groupings, etc., i.e.
Motorcycles, Industrial Pumps, etc. (MM
for Sales Org to Division) Sales Area a
particular combination of Sales Org, Dist Channel
and Division. Customer specific pricing
can be at this level.
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The Basic Sales and Distribution Process Sales
Order Document Checks material availability,
etc., records order for this customer, records a
sale against inventory, but does not remove from
inventory. (Goods could actually be used to fill
a "best customer" order instead of this order.)
Sales Area specified! Delivery Document In
effect, the instruction to the warehouse to now
fill the order. Framework document within which
the instruction transfer/pick the goods and Post
Goods Issue actions occur Picking Instructions
for what to pull from where in the warehouse.
Plant and Storage Location specified. Post Goods
Issue Record goods as removed from inventory.
Indicates picking was successfully carried out,
and order is now shipped. Billing
Document Creates the Invoice, and associated
accounting entries. What specified?
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The Basic Purchasing Process Purchase Order
Document Used to ask vendor to supply goods or
services. Requires the following -- an
account number to which the expense will be
credited for external reporting purposes. This
must be set up at the enterprise (client)
level. -- the company code. The account
number must be valid for this company of the
enterprise. -- a cost element. This
associates an account code with a controlling
area to which the expense will be credited for
internal controlling purposes. -- a vendor.
In our case, this will be known in advance.
Sometimes it is not. -- description of
what is to be purchased, quantities, etc.
Receipt of Goods Document When we take
possession of the goods, we link that event to
the purchase order document, and also create
accounting entries showing the expense and the
value of goods received. Receipt of the Vendor
Invoice We now have an accounts payable amount,
and reverse the entry for value of goods
received. Payment. We remove the accounts
payable amount and reduce cash.