common dc, div

[ipsit_mohapatra]

Hi gurus

help me out

Explain about common distribution channels and common divisions and combined distribution channel and combined divisions, what is use?

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ipsit

[Former Member]

common distribution channel,common divisions:

the above mentioned is used in scenarios where the company wants to use a same master data for some speified distribution channels and divisions,instead

of creating another master data for the other dist.channels/divisions.

YOU cant make any changes in the common dist.channel/division customer master.

u can only use it . the changes can only be effected in the main master data created not in the REFERENCE distchannel/divisions.

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sriram.

[Former Member]

You can use define 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.

you define the divisions that common master data should apply to. The definition is valid within each sales organization.

Example

You can determine, for example, that the conditions which are valid in division "01" also apply to divisions "05" and "06"

Note

The common master data across various divisions refer to the conditions and the customer master data.

You thus minimize the effort of entering and managing master data.

In addition, you can extrapolate your own statistics per division without having to create master data in the different organizational subareas.

Action

For the divisions, define from which other division the master data should be copied.

[Former Member]

hI,

Common Distribution Channel and Common Divison are maintained so that if any master data like customer or material maintained with respect to one distribution channel can be used in other DCh. It prevents the multiplication of master records.

Eg: A customer is created for say sales area 1000/20/00 then the same customer can be used in sales area 1000/30/00 if we maintain 20 as common distribution channel. Hence no need for extending the customers...the same for materials also.

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Sree

[Former Member]

If we do not maintain common Distribution Channel & Common Division, in that case, it will give error for creation & / or using customer master.

If Combined Sales Org, Conbined Dist. Channel & Combined Division is not maintained, it will not alloew to assign Sales document to sales area & it will also not allow creation of Sales order.

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Rajesh Banka

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[Former Member]

Common Distribution channels and Division are used to group master records, condition records or both.

Suppose you have 3 DC's retail, wholesale and Internet sales and if the business is selling same material through all 3 DC's then you can have one common DC say Internet sales assigned as common to all the three DC's, so if you create a material for Internet sale, it will be automatically used by all 3 DC's and you do not have to extend it for each DC. Same applies in case of divisions.

Hope I was able to explain you.

Regards

AK

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