Block the customer

1.1.1      Block the customer

If you want to block the customer for order, delivery and billing we can block for all areas as per our requirement.

Business justification: when you want to temporarily stop business relations with a customer.

Customizing Path

Easy Access-Logistics-Sales & Distribution-Master Data-Business Partner-Customer- Block

Transaction Code :VA05

Central order block for customer- if sales order processing is blocked for the customer in all sales areas

Central delivery block for the customer-if delivery processing is blocked for the customer in all sales areas

Central billing block for customer- if the processing of billing documents is blocked for the customer in all sales areas 

Master Data

Master data is a prerequisite to do any transactions in sales and distributions, master data records are database which is stored for long time. It is the data which is used in so many areas like customer requests, orders, deliveries and payments. We have different types of master data’s like customer master, material master and customer material master info records etc

We have to maintain the data base of all the customers in the SAP system, before processing sales related transaction. Master specify whom the company is carrying out business transactions for each customer we have to specify a number and maintain the corresponding details of the customer for that particular number.

The Customer master record & Material Master contains various views for which we need to maintain the data.During the sales processing below Mater data influence Sales Transaction  

1. Customer Master
2. Material Master
3. Customer Material info Record
4. Condition Mater data

The customer master record & Material Master contains varrious views for which we need to maintain the data

Customer master record: Customer Master Data contain three basis view, like General data, Company code data, sales area

• General data

The general area includes, for example, the customer's name, address, language, and telephone data

• Company Code data

This is data that is specific to an individual company code. Company code data includes, for example, the reconciliation account number, terms of payment, and dunning procedure.

• Sales Area Data

This is data relevant to the sales organizations and distribution channels of your company. Data that is stored in this area includes, for example, data on order processing, shipping, and billing.

Customer-Material Info Records-  Where relevent information about Customer & Material is stored. Practically, it comes under agreement of Info System

Condition Master Data- Which includes all the financial variables like Prices, Discounts/Surcharge, Freight, Taxes of Customer or Material.

Enterprise Structure in SD

CLIENT -A client is a self-contained technical unit. A client can be considered to be a
synonym for group.

Company Code

• A complete Accounting unit can be representing as the smallest organizational unit of external
accounting.

• At Company Code level we create

Balance sheet required by law
Profit and Loss statement.

• Each company code represents an independent accounting unit. Several company codes can use
the same chart of account.


Assignment

1. Company code to company
2. Company code to Credit control area
3. Company code to Controlling area
4. Company code to financial management area

Sales Organization

• A sales organization is uniquely assigned to a company code
• The highest-level of organizational unit in SD is Sales Organization.
•  Responsible for Distributing goods and services, Negociation sales conditions, Product liability
•  Sales organization is also used to take for example a regional, national or international.
•  A sales organization assigned to a company code.

Distribution Channel

• DC is assigned to a sales organization. The assignment is not unique.
• Distribution Channel represents strategies to distribute goods and services to customer.
• DC is assigned to a sales organization. The assignment is not unique.
• Can share Customer, Material and Condition master data by maintaining a reference/common DC.

Division

• A division is assigned to a sales organization. The assignment is not unique.
• A Division is used to group material and services. A material can have only one Division.
• We can make Customer- specific agreements for each Division, for example regarding partial deliveries or pricing within Division. (In CMIR).
•  You can share Customer and Condition master data by maintaining a reference/common Division.
•  A Division is assigned to a sales organization. The assignment is not unique.
•  You can use cross division to enter multiple materials with various divisions in a sales order.
• You can choose division specific sales, it is controlled by customizing for sales document type.