Organization 
Organization
External Organization
IDES has two sales organizations in Germany: 1000 and 1020. The products and services marketed are clearly allocated to one division and reach the customer via different distribution channels.
Sales Organizations
The sales organizations have the following areas of responsibility:
Sales organization 1000 is in charge of selling and distributing pumps, elevators, lighting, motorcycles, vehicles and high tech products.
Sales organization 1020 is responsible for consumer goods, chemical and pharmaceutical products and cosmetics.
Product Divisions
Materials and services sold in IDES are allocated to the following product divisions:
Division |
Description |
01 |
Pumps |
02 |
Motorcycles |
03 |
Paints |
04 |
Lighting |
05 |
Food |
06 |
Elevators |
07 |
High Tech |
08 |
Services |
10 |
Vehicles |
12 |
Solvents |
13 |
Pharmaceuticals |
14 |
Cosmetics(in preparation) |
Distribution Channels
The sales of IDES products takes place via the following distribution channels:
Distribution Channel |
Description |
10 |
End customer sales |
12 |
Sold for resale |
14 |
Service |
20 |
Store chains |
22 |
Industrial customers |
24 |
Pharmaceutical customers |
Sales Areas
Which materials are managed in which organizational unit is determined by the sales area, that is, the combination of a sales organization, a distribution channel and a division. Sales in IDES is carried out on a cross-divisional basis via division 00.
Sales documents in IDES are processed in one of the following sales areas:
Sales organization |
Distribution channel |
Division |
1000 |
10 |
00 |
1000 |
12 |
00 |
1000 |
14 |
00 |
1020 |
20 |
00 |
1020 |
22 |
00 |
1020 |
24 |
00 |
All other divisions are assigned to the different products (product division) and play a key role in the following processes:
·
Business area determination in the sales document·
Data update in the Sales Information System (SIS) and in Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
The following graphic explains the IDES sales areas:
Special assignments ensure that in one given sales area only certain products can be sold.
If a sales order is created in the sales area 1000/10/00 the following products may be sold:
Product |
Division |
Pumps |
01 |
Elevators |
06 |
High Tech |
07 |
Services |
08 |
At the moment, master data in the sales organization 1020 for scenarios concerning the sale of consumer goods and chemical products, is limited to foods and paints. Master data for pharmaceutical products and cosmetics is not available at present.
Internal Organization
IDES has four branches in Germany. The sales headquarters (sales office 1000) are based in Frankfurt. The other branches are in Hamburg (sales office 1010 ), Berlin (sales office 1020) and Stuttgart (sales office 1030). Personnel working at the branches are organized into sales groups. Each sales group contains a number of sales representatives, depending on the size of the branch.
The following graphic explains the internal SD organization in IDES:
Shipping Organization
Shipping Points
Scheduling and processing deliveries to customers or replenishment deliveries to an internal warehouse is carried out in Germany via any of 6 shipping points which are assigned to the plants in Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. Collective picking is carried out at a special shipping point (1999) in Dresden (collective shipping).
The following graphic explains the shipping organization in IDES:
Picking
Picking in IDES is carried out with
Lean WM , i. e. using MM-WM transfer orders. Under Lean-WM we undestand the implementation of a reduced functionality of the Warehouse Management module (MM-WM) in simply structured warehouses without stock management at storage bin level.The following warehouse numbers are relevant in IDES Germany for picking with Lean WM:
Plant |
Storage location |
Warehouse Nr. |
1000 Hamburg |
0001 |
010 Hamburg |
|
0002 |
010 Hamburg | |
1100 Berlin |
0001 |
011 Berlin |
1200 Dresden |
0001 |
012 Dresden |
1300 Frankfurt |
0001 |
013 Frankfurt |
1400 Stuttgart |
0001 |
014 Stuttgart |
Picking in above listed warehouses is not subject to confirmation.
Relationship between Sales and Distribution, Accounting and Materials Management
The sales organizations 1000 (Frankfurt) and 1020 (Berlin) are assigned to the company code 1000 (Germany). Which plants are relevant to sales is defined by the following allocation between sales organization/distribution channel and plant:
Sales Organization |
Distribution Channels |
Plants | ||||
1000 |
1100 |
1200 |
1300 |
1400 | ||
1000 |
10 |
X |
X |
X |
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12 |
X |
X |
X | |||
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14 |
X |
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1020 |
20 |
X |
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22 |
X |
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24 |
X |
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