what is common dist cannel and coomn division

[Former Member]

brife details about common dist channel and comoon division>

and its purposes?

[rajesh_chavan]

Hi dear,

COMMON DISTRIBITION CHANNEL :

By defining common distribution channels we can have common master data.. This helps you minimize the cost of creating and maintaining the master data.

<b>For example</b>, You can create customer master data for distribution

channel "01" and define it so that it is valid for distribution channels

"02" and "03".

This is applicable to customer, material and condition master.....

COMMON DIVISION:

Again purpose is same but this is applicable to only customer and condition master not to MATERIAL.

Hope this helps....Reward if useful....

cheers,

RC

[Former Member]

hi,

Distribution channel

If you do not need the master data (customer / material and condition master data) to

be differentiated according to distribution channels, you have to set up a representative

distribution channel. The master data for the representative distribution channel

applies to all distribution channels for which you have set up this reference in

Customizing.

By doing this, you can minimize the effort of entering and maintaining master data.

In addition, you can update statistics for distribution channels without having to create

master data for the various distribution channels.

Division

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If you do not need the master data (customer or condition master data) to be

differentiated according to divisions, you have to set up a representative division.

The master data in the representative division applies to all divisions for which you

have set up this reference in Customizing.

By doing this, you can minimize the effort of entering and maintaining master data.

In addition, you can update statistics for divisions without having to create master

data for the various divisions.

Consider you have three Dist Chnls (01, 02 & 03) and 10 customers who can buy thru either of these dist chnls. In order to enter a sales order you will have to extend the customers to all the 3 Dist Chnls, which means for 10 customers you will have 30 records in the tables. In real time scenario the number of customers and dist chnls are huge and they keep increasing. Imagine the amount of data you will have to maintain.

For this purpose SAP came up with the Common Distribution Channel Concept where you would identify the dist chnl for which you can maintain records and in the process reduce the number of records and also use it for the other dist chnls too.

If you create the dist chnl 01 as the common dist chnl and link 02 & 03 to it, you will have to maintain only 10 records and still can use it for all the 3 dist chnls. The same is applicable for the common division.

chandu

[Former Member]

distribution channel

If you do not need the master data (customer / material and condition master data) to

be differentiated according to distribution channels, you have to set up a common

distribution channel. The master data for the common distribution channel

applies to all distribution channels for which you have set up this reference in

Customizing, which will save efforts and time.

Division

If you do not need the master data (customer or condition master data) to be

differentiated according to divisions, you have to set up a common division.

The master data in the coomon division applies to all divisions for which you

have set up this reference in Customizing.

By doing this, you can minimize the effort of entering and maintaining master data.

In addition, you can update statistics for divisions without having to create master

data for the various divisions.

Reward if its helpful

SR

[Former Member]

Hi,

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

Prase