Naming conventions for Customer and Vendor Masters

[Former Member]

Folks,

Can anyone help me with a standards document on naming conventions for customer and vendor masters. Ideally, I need it to be cross industry.

Thanks in advance,

Sameer Aroskar

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

You can use SAP standard account groups as well.

You can use either numbers (internally) / alphanumeric (external numer range),

You can follow series of the numbers like , 7*** series for purchase vendors, 8 *** series for employees...9*** series for payment vendors, etc.

let me know if you need more clarification....but provide me the exact requirement in case you need more clarification

bye

VVR

[Former Member]

Hello Sameer,

Assume you and the client have already decided on the types of account groups for customers and vendors.

Coming to naming convention, more than what SAP recommends, I feel it is advisable to have a look at the legacy system convention. No client would like to have a completely new naming convention, unless it is only a marginal change.

After having a look at the legacy system, understand the logic behind it.

Maybe, there is a distinction as to geogrphical/domestic/export/product/group followed by a numerical / alphanumeric.

Keep match codes in mind.

With all the available inputs, suggest the best practice to the client.

If the customers and vendors are few, suggest an external naming convention( This gives a better control to organise.

Hope the message helps.

Suresh

[Former Member]

Dear Ramana,

Thx for the prompt response, let me be a bit more specific - I'm servicing a customer in the construction material industry who is looking at adopting best practices for the naming of customer and vendor masters. So for example, if I have account groups for domestic customers, export customers, one time customers, within each of these, would there be a best practice that can be adopted to uniquely identify a customer. Ditto for the vendors. I am aware that the specifics of the given industry and line of business will need to be considered while framing a naming convention, but was thinking aloud if there was something that can be applied in this case.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Sameer