If you set the Returns vendor indicator in the Purchasing data screen of the vendor master, return items are returned to the vendor using SD deliveries.

The goods recipient is determined in the delivery from the customer master assigned to the vendor (general data, control data). The sales areas used for the creation of the customer master are determined from the site master as follows:

• The possible sites are found from the purchasing organization assigned to the site.

• The possible sales areas are found from the site.

If you set the above indicator in the vendor master, but do not assign a customer master record to the vendor, the system creates a customer master record and assigns it to the vendor.