AFS Additional Data in the Customer Master (SAP Library - SAP Apparel and Footwear (SAP AFS))

AFS Additional Data in the Customer Master

Use

Generally you maintain customers in the SAP system as customer master records. There you enter the data that you need in the application for your business processes. The system transfers this master data in the application.

For your business processes in the standard AFS system you can add AFS-specific data to your customer master records.

There are two enhancements for the customer master record in the standard system:

Tab page AFS Additional Data under General Data in the customer master
Tab page AFS Additional Data under Sales Area Data in the customer master

Features

Tab Page AFS Additional Data under General Data in the Customer Master

Here you can enter your customer’s distribution center and the name of the customer in the (external) system of the distribution center.

This entry here facilitates the processing of multi-store orders.

Tab Page AFS Additional Data under Sales Area Data in the Customer Master

Here you can enter your customer’s AFS-specific data that you need for mapping your business processes in Sales and Distribution:

Additional data which the system should transfer from the customer master to the sales order document, such as a customer-specific conversion indicator or a certain order scheduling strategy.

Specifications for determining value-added services

Specifications for controlling the allocation run

Specification of which distribution rule should be used to distribute the existing material stock in the multi-store order II

Specifications regarding the ordering habits of your business partner as to whether

the customer always allows material substitution in the sales order

the customer allows the same material in several items of the sales order

Specifications regarding the assignment of your customer to certain customer groups