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SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)

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From the course: SAP S/4HANA Essential Training

SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)

The SAP Sales and Distribution module, or SAP SD, handles the selling, the transportation, and the billing of our company's products and services. In the new SAP terminology, these functions are known as part of the sales line of business. Sales and distribution is best visualized when broken into the sales cycle. This is often called the order-to-cash process in SAP. First, our pre-sales actions where inquiries come from customers and sales quotations are created. Next is the actual sales step, where legally binding sales orders or more complex sales arrangements like contracts and scheduling agreements are created. Third is distribution. This is where delivery documents are created and goods are picked from the warehouse, packed appropriately, and then shipped to the customer. Last is billing and returns, where invoices are created, and if necessary, return orders are created. Let's look at the order-to-cash process in the…

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