SD_O2Cbeginner
SD Foundation, Enterprise Structure and Master Data
A foundational orientation to SAP Sales and Distribution (SD): the enterprise structure that models a company's sales organization, the master data objects (customer, material, pricing, output) that drive every sales transaction, and how these building blocks integrate with MM, FI, and downstream O2C processes across ECC and S/4HANA deployments.
Overview
A foundational orientation to SAP Sales and Distribution (SD): the enterprise structure that models a company's sales organization, the master data objects (customer, material, pricing, output) that drive every sales transaction, and how these building blocks integrate with MM, FI, and downstream O2C processes across ECC and S/4HANA deployments.
Lessons in this topic
- SD Foundation Part 2: Integrating SD Master Data with MM and FIHow SD master data connects to logistics and finance: plant and storage location data for availability and deliveries, material valuation for COGS, customer company code data and reconciliation accounts, account assignment groups for revenue determination, tax data, and credit segments.
- SD Foundation Part 1: Enterprise Structure and Master Data — The Big PictureAn overview of what every SD process builds on: sales organization, distribution channel, division, sales area, plant and shipping point assignments, and the master data — business partner (customer), material, pricing conditions and customer-material info — with pointers to the detailed tracks.
Interview questions covered
- During a legacy data migration, customer and material master records begin failing with duplicate key errors after cutover. How would you investigate a number range configuration issue causing this, and what is the integration risk with MM?
- In a global rollout with multiple divisions selling overlapping materials, how does division assignment on the material master interact with credit management and sales area determination?
- A production issue is reported in SD Foundation, Enterprise Structure and Master Data. What would you check first, and how would you troubleshoot it systematically?
- What are the most important design decisions, trade-offs, and best practices in SD Foundation, Enterprise Structure and Master Data?
- Suppose you inherit an existing SD Foundation, Enterprise Structure and Master Data solution. How would you review it before making a change?
- A newly onboarded consultant must explain why orders for a new online channel fail. What would you check?
- Invoices for a new product line fail to post to accounting and goods issue posts to an unexpected account. How do you analyse the master data integration?