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introduCtion to sAles And distribution
SAP ERP oers several business applications. As you can see, the major application
areas in this menu are Accounting, Human Resources, and Logistics:
Accounting If you drill down this menu, you will nd diverse applications listed.
Some of them are for nancial accounting/controlling (FI/CO), nancial supply
chain management, and Project Systems (PS).
Human Resources All the applications related to human resources management
are
grouped here. For example, you will nd applications for personnel management,
time
management, payroll, and travel management.
Logistics All the applications related to logistics functions are contained in this
menu. Materials Management (MM), Production (PP), and Plant Maintenance
(PM) are some of the applications listed here. e focus of this book—Sales and
Distribution—is an application that falls under the Logistics menu. Logistics
Execution (LE) is another application that is relevant here, because it covers the
product delivery processes.
The Customizing Menu
You can congure and customize the SAP system to meet the specic requirements
of your organization. e Sales and Distribution module has been developed with
several business processes and various industries in mind. Some of these processes
may not be relevant to your business. On the other hand, there could be some specic
requirements that you will need to map in SAP through conguration.
During conguration, you can carry out various settings that control the process
setup, such as the following:
Activating or deactivating a certain process for your organization
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Conguring the look and feel of a transaction screen for a user
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Controlling which elds on the screen can be accessed, changed, or displayed
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Setting up a smooth ow of data from one document to another to ensure
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consistency and avoid the duplication of manual eort
You can access the Customizing menu in SAP using the following path: SAP Easy
Access Menu
➢
Tools
➢
Customizing
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IMG
➢
Execute Project (transaction
code SPRO).
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