Why do we need Sales area

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can any one tell me what are all the possible reasons for this question...

"Why do we need Sales area?"

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Nalini Ramesh

[Former Member]

Thanks, I got the necessary Informations

[Lakshmipathi]

Sales Area is the starting point in SD and without this, you cannot even create a sale order.

thanks

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

No you don't

It is possible to work with a generic distribution channel and division.

You only need one Sales Organization / FI Company Code.

This is a valid configuration for all type of business.

The main benefit is to minimize the volume of master data to maintain.

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Franck

[Former Member]

Hi,

Sales organization: An organizational unit that sells and distributes products, negotiates terms of sale, and is responsible for these transactions.

Distribution channel: Channel through which salable materials or services reach customers. Typical distribution channels include wholesale, retail and direct sales. You can assign a distribution channel to one or more sales organizations.

Division: Product groups can be defined for a wide-ranging spectrum of products. For every division you can make customer-specific agreements on, for example, partial deliveries, pricing and terms of payment. Within a division you can carry out statistical analyses or set up separate marketing.

for your reference

http://www.sap-img.com/sap-sd/sd-questions-on-corporate-structure.htm

thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi

Sales area is a combination of sales org,distribution channel and division.

1 Creating a sales area allows you to exclude certain combinations of the different organizational areas.

2 Each sales document is assigned to a sales area

3 Master data and analyses can be maintained for a sales area.

4 Can be used to refer certain sales transactions

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