COMMON AND COMBINE DISTBUTION CHANNEL

[Former Member]

Hi gays,

What is the difference between Common distbution channel and combine distbution channel.

Regards,

rao.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Rao,

For your information some more details information is given below with Examples.

Common Distribution Channels:

distribution channels which have common master data. The allocation is valid within a sales organization.

Example

You can, for example, create customer master data for distribution channel "01" and define it so that it is valid for distribution channels "02" and "03".

Note

The master data shared by several distribution channels applies to conditions and customer and material master data.

This helps you minimize the cost of creating and maintaining the master data.

You can also update statistics for each distribution channel and division without creating the master data for the different sub-areas of the organization.

Activities

Define the distribution channel from which master data is to be copied into other distribution channels.

Combine Distribution Channels:

Distribution channel for sales doc types

Specifies a distribution channel as a reference for sales document types.

Use

You can specify one distribution channel as the source of sales document types for other distribution channels. You need then only to maintain the data in one place.

Procedure

If all sales document types are allowed for all distribution channels, leave the field blank. Otherwise, enter the distribution channel you want to use as a reference.

Example

Distrib.channel Reference distr.ch.

01 01

02 01

03 01

04 04

In this example, only distribution channels 01 and 04 have sales document types defined. Distribution channels 01, 02, and 03 share the sales document types defined for distribution channel 01. Distribution channel 04 has its own sales document types. When you create a sales order in distribution channel 03, the system checks the sales document type against the types defined for distribution channel 01. You do not maintain sales document types in distribution channels 02 and 03, since they are never used.

Hope this clarifies your doubts and please reward if really helpful,

Thanks and Regards,

Sateesh.Kandula

[reazuddin_md]

HI ,

Common Distribution channel and Combine division are not the same at all.

Both have specific functionality for each.

Common DC: is known as Ref DC,

all the other DC's which has the similar data will be assigned to Ref DC, and this is assigned to Master data viz Customer , Material & Conditions.

eg: DC----

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Ref DC

01----

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01

02----

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01

10----

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01

here 02/10 will share the 01 data , in any business transaction

Combine DC:

eg: we have 10 DC's which forms 10 sales areas with combination of 1 sales org & 1 Div.

while performing business transaction we need to assign this sales area for a specific document to understand the system this sales area is permitted to create specific busi transaction within the sales document.

if u want to create OR - in this 10 sales areas u need to assign it 10 times to OR.

in IMG-SD-Sales_Sales doc's- sales doc header-assign permitted sales area to sales doc type.

instead of assigning 10 times , we maintain Ref SO, Ref DC & Red Div.

and make a Ref Sales area n assign it to OR

now v can able to create OR in all 10 sales area's,

(but this customizing is not for the sharing of Master data*****)

*Hope ur clear,

*Reward Points,

[Former Member]

Hi,

They are probably one & the same. A common distribution channel helps you to avoid duplicate master data - Customer, Material & conditions.

Hope this helps!

S. Siva