Creating a Sales Order 

Use

You now create a sales order in the American subsidiary. When you do this, the system creates a sales document which triggers postings in Profitability Analysis with record type A (Order).

Procedure

  1. Call up the transaction as follows:
    2.

    Menu Path

    Logistics ® Sales and Distribution ® Sales ® Order ® Create

    Transaction Code

    VA01

  2. Enter the following data:
    3.

    Field

    Data

    Order type

    OR

    Sales organization

    3000 (Sales organization, North America)

    Distribution channel

    10

    Division

    00

    You enter the division (00) only to simplify the process. The real assignment to the division occurs only when you enter the ordered product on the next screen. The assignment is made automatically by the system. One advantage of this procedure is that you can include products from different divisions in the same order.

  3. Choose .
  4. Enter the following data:
    5.

    Field

    Data

    Sold-to party

    4130

    PO number

    Any

    Purchase order date

    Today’s date

    Req.deliv.date

    Defaulted

    Material

    P-109

    Order quantity

    2

    Make a note of the requested delivery date. You will need this when you process the delivery.

  5. Choose .

    6. Notice that the Net value field in the upper right-hand corner now contains the net value of all items in the order. You also see a description of the material you have ordered.

    If the goods ordered by the customer are not available on the requested delivery date, the R/3 System branches automatically to the availability check. Here you can choose one of the delivery options, for example, Delivery proposal. The system then returns to the overview screen.

  6. Choose , then note the order number.
  7. Choose until the overview tree appears.

If the Exit Order Processing dialog box appears, choose No.