sales order

[Former Member]

hi to all,

wat is an sales order and wat is an purchase order?pls explain in detail?

thanx and regards,

lokanadhan.k

[RichHeilman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_Order

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchase_order

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RIch Heilman

[Former Member]

A sales order is a customer’s binding request to an enterprise to deliver a specific quantity of products, or to provide a service at a specific time. A sales organization accepts the sales order, and thus becomes responsible for fulfilling the contract.

1. Create sales order (SAP CRM)

This process step can be triggered as follows:

¡ The customer accepts the quotation and places an order.

¡ You create a sales order with reference to a quotation. For more information, see Processing Quotations. The system copies the items from the quotation.

¡ You create a sales order. This is also possible without performing the previous steps.

2. Enter products (SAP CRM)

You enter products requested by customers.

If necessary, you can configure products again for every item of the sales order. You can find more information in the business scenario variant Quotation and Order Management (Configure-to-Order) and under Product Configuration in the Sales Transaction.

3. Check availability, schedule order and create requirements (SAP CRM and SAP APO)

The system triggers an availability check and scheduling in SAP APO for every order item in SAP CRM. The confirmed quantities and dates are confirmed by SAP APO to SAP CRM, and saved in the sales order (see Availability Check in the Sales Order). At the same time, a customer requirement is created in SAP APO.

You can also execute the availability check in SAP R/3. You can find more information under Availability Check with SAP R/3.

4. Maintain and determine conditions (SAP CRM)

The system determines the prices and the value of individual items. If necessary, you can process these. For more information, see Pricing.

5. Perform credit check (SAP CRM and SAP R/3)

SAP R/3 executes a credit check based on the results of pricing in SAP CRM. The result of the credit check is confirmed in SAP CRM, and saved as the credit status at item level. For more information, see Automatic Credit Check.

6. System replicates sales order (SAP CRM)

After the sales order has been saved in SAP CRM, complete and without errors, it is replicated for logistics processing in SAP R/3. Order data is transferred together with confirmed scheduling lines to SAP R/3.

7. System receives sales order (SAP R/3)

After replication to SAP R/3, you can change the sales order in SAP CRM and SAP R/3. You can find more information on this under Data Exchange for Sales Transactions: CRM Enterprise - SAP R/3

8. Send order confirmation to customer (SAP CRM)

You can send the order confirmation either electronically, or in print to the customer. You can find more information under Sales Order Confirmation by E-Mail.

9. Monitor status of order (SAP CRM)

The sales order process typically involves three major steps as follows:

1.Identifying the customer
2.Identifying the items for sale
3.Arranging for payment



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purchase order

is a formal request to a vendor for the supply of a material or service. Purchase order processing includes creation, change, display

Purchasing is a component of the SAP Materials Management (MM) Module. The MM Module automates and integrates the entire range of tasks associated with materials management processes. Purchasing supports the buyer in the acquisition of goods and services, integrating these activities with other components and modules of R/3, such as FI, SD, CO, PP, PS, etc.

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Girish

[Former Member]

Hi

In general meaning

Sales Order is the one which is linked with Selling and the document generated when we sell goods to customers and based on which we delivery the goods to a customer

in SAP VBAK and VBAP tables are related to SO

Purchase order is the one which is linked with Purchasing of something, and it is the document which we give to a vendor asking him to supply certain materials, based on which a vendor delivers materials/goods to us

in SAP EKKO and EKPO are tables linked with PO

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Anji

[former_member235056]

Hi,

sales order is one which u get from sales and distribution dept. for getting the raw materials required to develop finished goods(prior).

Purchase order is one which is generated by purchase dept. based on finalizing quotation from vendors to receive raw materials(later).

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Ameet

[Former Member]

Hi lokanadhan,

here is raw meaning of the sales order and purchase orders for your understanding.

Suppose you are working in company X.

Y is your customer who buys finished goods from you say A.

Now, to manufacture A, u need raw materials B which you purchase from company Z.

In this scenario, when you ask for raw materials B from Z, u create a Purchase order agaisnt company Z.

And when u manufacture product A and sell to customer Y, u create saes order against Y with all the item details.

In short, when you need to buy somethings, u create Purchase order and if u want to sell something which ur customer has asked, u create Sales order.

Company X will create Sales order for Y and Purchase order for Z.

related to SAP, VBAP (header level)and VBAK (item level) are tables related to sales order and EEKO (header level) and EKPO (item level)are tables related to Purchase order.

I hope this gives you understanding of sales order and purchase order, and if u need Technical definition, i think u already have it.

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Sujay

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