The competitive environment compelled business and its partners to have coordination and
cooperation in achieving mutual goals.
SD Module is integrated with various modules during transaction process and reporting.
1. When you create Sales order in SD, all the details of the items are copied from Material
master of MM.
2. MRP and availability check related data is also taken from MM although you control this
data in SD also
3. While you create Inbound / Outbound delivery with reference to a Sales order, the
shipping point determination takes place with the help of loading group, plant data,
shipping conditions etc. This also refers to Material master.
4. The material which you are entering in Sales order must be extended to the Sales area of
your sales order/ customer otherwise you cannot transact with this material.
The link between PS – SD:
1. Whenever you create a delivery & post goods issue, goods movement takes place in
the back ground.
E.g. In case of normal goods issue, Movement type 601 takes place.
This movement type is configured in MM. Also, this movement type hits “Cost of Goods Sold”
G/L account in FI. Every such movement of goods hits relevant G/L account.
2. The accounts posting to FI are done with reference to the billing documents (Invoice,
Debit note, Credit note etc) created in SD. Values are posted to relevant Revenue &
Receivable G/L accounts.
3. In case of a tax determination also, there is a direct link between SD and FI. Here Tax
code is the integration point between SD and FI.
1. All Billing transactions happening in the Sales and distribution module will result in
FI postings.
2. All accounting entries with respect to the billing will have one side of the account as
Customer or receivable and the other side to be a revenue account.
4. SAP provides the following six ways of determining the G/L accounts in SD
Business area represents an organizational unit for which you can carry out internal reporting.
A company code may be divided in to multiple business areas. A business area may also be
shared by several company codes. For this reason, business areas must have the same description
in all company codes. Depend on the division in sales area while creating sales order, business
area can be determined.
Chart of Accounts is a list of all G/L accounts used by one or several company codes. For each
G/L account, the chart of accounts contains the account number, account name, and the
information that controls how an account functions and how G/L account is created in company
code.
Account Assignment group for Payer: This allows you to divide customers in to different
groups
E.g: Domestic and Overseas Customers
Account Assignment group for Materials: This allows you to divide materials in to different
groups.
Account Key: Account keys are assigned to the condition types in the pricing procedures; this
allows conditions such as freight conditions to posted to special freight revenue accounts.