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Sales with Scheduling Agreements (231). SAP Best Practices. Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps. Purpose Scheduling agreements are widely used in discrete industries. This scenario focuses on a order-to-invoice cycle.
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Sales with Scheduling Agreements (231) SAP Best Practices
Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps • Purpose • Scheduling agreements are widely used in discrete industries. • This scenario focuses on a order-to-invoice cycle. • It describes an outbound process in a typical series business environment. • Benefits • Streamlined demand flow from customer to supplier • High integration of customer’s and supplier’s supply chain managed by cumulative quantities • Shorter process times • Print out forms support the basic requirements of discrete industries • Key Process Steps • Create basic customer contract called scheduling agreement • Update scheduling agreement with forecast and JIT delivery schedules • Display item due for delivery and create outbound delivery for available parts • Enable traceability via batch or serial number assignment • WMS controlled picking; packaging according to customer‘s packing instruction • Invoice items and transfer to accounting • Receive self-billing information from customer
Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required • Enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • Sales Administration • Warehouse Clerk • Sales Billing
Detailed Process Description • Scheduling Agreements in Sales • This scenario deals with scheduling agreement processing which is very largely used in the discrete industries. A Scheduling agreement is a document in sales area, for a supplier to control a streamlined demand from the customer. This document can not only identify the basic information for delivery, (e.g. material, quantity, price) but can also identify the detail delivery dates. A Scheduling agreement can also be used to synchronize the change of demand between the customer and the supplier. • The process starts with the creation of such a scheduling agreement. • Starting from the delivery due list deliveries and warehouse transfer orders will be created • The goods issue will be posted. • Creation of invoice and posting to FI/CO. • Receive self-billing information from customer
Process Flow Diagram Sales with Scheduling Agreements Event Material available in stock Sales Admini-stration Create Scheduling Agreement Warehouse Clerk Delivery Due List Create Delivery Create Warehouse transfer order Optional: Check Batches Optional: Assign serial numbers Optional: Picking Optional: Packing Post goods issue Sales Billing Receive Self-Billing Information Creation of invoice Additional Processes Purchasing with JIT Delivery Schedules (230) Closing operations SD (203)
Diagram Connection Legend <Function> Hardcopy / Document External to SAP Financial Actuals Business Activity / Event Budget Planning Unit Process Manual Process Process Reference Existing Version / Data Sub-Process Reference Process Decision System Pass/Fail Decision