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To create a standard sales order, proceed as follows:

On the initial screen, choose Logistics Sales and Distribution Sales.

Choose Order Create .

Enter the order type.

Enter data in the organizational data fields as follows, if required:

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The sales area (sales organization, distribution channel, division) can be derived from the sold-to party or ship-to party. For this reason, you do not need to specify the sales area when you create a sales document. If you do not specify a sales area on the initial screen, the system determines it from the sold-to party or ship-to party that you entered in the overview screen. If several sales areas have been defined for the sold-to party or ship-to party, the system displays a popup where you can select the required entry. The system then copies your selected sales area to the entry screen.

Sales Organization, Distribution Channel, and Division: These fields have default values in accordance with the user parameters.

Sales Office and Sales Group: These fields are optional.

Choose Enter.

Enter the following data:

Sold-to party or ship-to party

If you only specify the ship-to party, the system uses the ship-to party to determine the sold-to party and sales area, if it is not already specified. If several sold-to parties and sales areas exist for a ship-to party, the system displays a popup where you can choose a valid alternative of the displayed sold-to parties and sales areas. If the system cannot determine the sold-to party, it displays an error message in the status bar. If you specify a sold-to party, which is also the ship-to party, the system automatically enters the sold-to party as the ship-to party and displays a corresponding message in the status bar.

Customer’s purchase order number

Material: You can simulateGlobal Trade Item Numbers (GTIN) mapping and determine the material number from the GTIN, and from additional information.To do this, execute the transactionEANSIMULATE. Thenusethedetermined material number to continue with the sales order process.

Order quantities for the materials

Choose Enter.

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If you have defined several unloading points or ship-to parties in the customer master record of the sold-to party, the system can propose the following data for selection:

Unloading Point

Ship-to Party

Payer

Bill-to Party

Select the required rows.

The system displays the material data that you entered.

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If the system is unable to perform an availability check, and if the order item cannot be fully delivered, it displays a separate screen where you can choose between various delivery proposals. For more information, see Reactions to the Availability Check in Sales Documents .

To enter further data for the header or items, choose the corresponding menu option.

To change data for the items, select the items before you choose a menu option.

Enter all the required data.

Choose Save.

Result

The system generates the sales order in accordance with your inputs. You can now specify a proposal for packing the individual items in the sales order, at the time of delivery. The system then copies the specified proposal to the delivery, during processing, and also allows it to be changed, if required.

To enter packing information in the sales order, choose Edit →Packing Proposal.