Overview of sales order handling

Sales orders are used to sell and deliver items or services to a sold-to business partner under certain terms and conditions. Sales orders can result from a variety of sources, such as Contracts, Quotations, EDI, and Planning. In Sales, you can create and modify orders.

After approval, a sales order is a legal obligation to deliver items according to the agreed terms and conditions, including specific prices and discounts.

Sales order master data

Before you can carry out the sales order procedure, you must define the sales order parameters in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session and specify the sales order master data.

Sales order procedure

The sales order procedure includes these steps:

  1. The creation and communication of the sales order
  2. The delivery of the sold goods
  3. The invoicing of the sold goods
  4. The transfer of the delivered sales order to the history database

For more information, refer to Sales order procedure.

Sales order additional processes

A number of processes do not always occur in the sales order procedure, but can be applicable in specific situations.

For more information, refer to Sales orders - additional processes.

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