Company: In SAP Group Company/Parent Company/Holding Company etc.

are called
Company. Unique Company ID of a Company witin your corporate group. Group
Company i! "u!t a code wit it#! de!cription
Company Code: $e Company Code i! an organi%ational unit witin financial
accounting. &ac Company Code repre!ent! an independent accounting unit. Profit '
(o!! !tatement!) e*ternal legal report! are ta+en according to company code!.
Sale! ,rgani%ation: $e !ale! organi%ation repre!ent! te !elling unit in te legal !en!e. It
i! re!pon!i-le for e*ample for product lia-ility and oter rigt! of recour!e. cu!tomer
deli/erie!. -u!ine!! partner contact!. and direct mailing campaign!. It al!o elp! you to
off!et -u!ine!! operation! internally.
An organi%ational unit re!pon!i-le for te !ale of certain product! or !er/ice!. $e
re!pon!i-ility of a !ale! organi%ation may include legal lia-ility for product! and
cu!tomer claim!.
Di!tri-ution Cannel: $e way in wic product! or !er/ice! reac te cu!tomer. $ypical
e*ample! of di!tri-ution cannel! are wole!ale) retail) or direct !ale!.
Di/i!ion: Product (ine. A way of grouping material!) product!) or !er/ice!. $e !y!tem
u!e! di/i!ion! to determine te !ale! area! and te -u!ine!! area! for a material) product)
or !er/ice.
Sale! ,ffice: Companie! u!e a !ale! office to contact cu!tomer! and !ell good! or !er/ice!
to con!umer!. A py!ical location 0for e*ample) a -ranc office1 tat a! re!pon!i-ility
for te !ale of certain product! or !er/ice! witin a gi/en geograpical area.
Sale! Group: A py!ical location 0for e*ample) a -ranc office1 tat a! re!pon!i-ility for
te !ale of certain product! or !er/ice! witin a gi/en geograpical area.
Sale! Di!trict: A geograpical !ale! di!trict or !ale! region. 2ou can a!!ign cu!tomer! to a
!ale! di!trict and later u!e te !ale! di!trict to generate !ale! !tati!tic!.
Plant: Sop floor for production or !torage. A plant i! te place of production) or -ranc
of a company) or !imply a collection of !e/eral location! of material !toc+! in clo!e
py!ical pro*imity.
Sipping Point/ 3ecei/ing Point: It i! a point from were good! are di!patced.
In!urance co/erage !tarting point i! con!idered a! te !tart of !ipping point. It i! not part
of company.
Sipping point! are independent organi%ational unit! tat are lin+ed to a plant and
repre!ent te point of departure or receipt of material!.
$e -uyer pay! for all co!t! -eyond tat point 0including unloading1. 3e!pon!i-ility
for te good! i! wit te !eller until te good! pa!! te !ip4! rail.
Storage location: Godown / 5areou!e. Storage (ocation i! a place allotted in!ide a plant
for te purpo!e of maintaining te !toc+. $e !ame con!idered for all module! 0PP) SD) '
661
5areou!e: Preci!e way of 6aintaining 6aterial. 6edicine) watc part!) auto part! are
!tored ere.
Note: Godown i! an unorgani%ed form of 5areou!e) it! of Indian origin. 7or
wareou!e tere are !ome parameter! to -e followed. it mean! teir !ould -e !pecific
eigt of ceiling) !pecific !tandard! of !ecurity and !torage -y !orting product!) and
tere !ould -e enoug !pace for mo/ement of cargo and employee!) e/eryting
!ould -e properly arranged to it! !pecific place) proper gate) truc+ pa!!) deli/ery
report!) etc are followed.

Difference -etween plant and !torage location
A plant i! place were Production/A!!em-ling of material i! done a! per PP8module)
place were Storage/Purca!ing of material done a! per 668module and for Sale! plant
i! place were Sale!/Ser/ice i! pro/ided.
Storage (ocation i! a place allotted in!ide a plant for te purpo!e of maintaining te
!toc+. $e !ame con!idered for all module! 0PP) SD) ' 661.
Sale! Area: Sale! Area i! a com-ination of Sale! ,rgani%ation) Di!tri-ution Cannel '
Di/i!ion. Any com-ination of Sale! ,rgani%ation) Di!tri-ution Cannel ' Di/i!ion i! not
a Sale! Area. Sale! Document! 0Sale! ,rder!) Sale! Inquirie!) Sale! 9uotation! etc.1)
Cu!tomer 6a!ter! etc. are created again!t Sale! area. Hence you mu!t !et up te related
Sale! Area -efore !uc action!. 2ou mu!t a/e at lea!t one Sale! Area to te!t te Sale!
,rder creation.
2ou can !et up Common Di!tri-ution Cannel! ' Common Di/i!ion! for !aring data
among Di!tri-ution Cannel ' Di/i!ion
Di!tri-ution Cain: It i! a com-ination of Sale! ,rgani%ation) Di!tri-ution Cannel '
Plant.
:u!ine!! Area: 7I Unit.