Sales Order Processing (SAP Library

Sales Order Processing

Most retailers also have a portion of their business that is wholesale. The function described here is primarily intended to support this wholesale side of the business.

Sales to true end customers takes place via the POS system, which is supported in SAP Retail by a different function. For more information on dealing with POS transaction data, see POS Interface - Inbound.

Ordinary sales of merchandise to other retailers

Inquiries and quotations

Back order processing

Third-party drop shipments (also called "triangular deals")

Service contracts

Quantity contracts

Returns of damaged merchandise

Rebates

Employee purchases (can also be done via the POS system)

Free of charge articles

Movement of stock from one store to another, from a distribution center to a store, or from one distribution center to another may also be considered sales, if your system has been configured to treat them as such. This might be the case, for example, in a retail company with overseas subsidiaries.

See also:

POS Interface - Inbound

Pricing: Currency Conversion

Corresponding General Documentation:

SD - Sales and Distribution: Sales