Enterprise Structure

Question 1

How are Sales Org and Company Code assigned?

Answer 1

Sales Org is assigned to Company Code

Question 2

How are Distribution channel and Sales Org assigned?

Answer 2

Sales Org is assigned to Distribution channel

Question 3

How are Division and Sales Org assigned?

Answer 3

Sales Org is assigned to Division

Question 4

Sales Area assignment

Answer 4

This is done automatically just by having the sales org assigned to a distribution channel and division

Question 5

How are Sales Area and Sales Office assigned?

Answer 5

Sales Area is assigned to Sales Office

Question 6

How are Sales Office and Sales Group assigned?

Answer 6

Sales Office is assigned to Sales Group

Question 7

How are Sales Org & Distribution Channel assigned to Plant?

Answer 7

Sales Org and Distribution Channel is assigned to Plant

Question 8

How are Plant & Storage Location assigned to Warehouse?

Answer 8

Plant and Storage Location are assigned to warehouse

Question 9

How are shipping point and plant assigned?

Answer 9

Shipping point is assigned to the plant

Question 10

Storage location

Answer 10

Org unit which is a subdivision for a plant, used for differentiating materials

This exists even if a SAP system doesn’t use WM. In which case it is the lowest level of a plant.

Can not be linked to more than 1 warehouse

Question 11

Warehouse

Answer 11

is an org unit which allows for a storage location to be expanded, that is to say, giving the storage location more layers for a more complex storage system

Can be representative of more than one storage location, even if that storage location belongs to another plant.

Question 12

SAP WMS Warehouse Structure

Answer 12

• Warehouse
  
  • storage type
    
    • storage section
      
      • storage bin
• picking area* (optional)

Question 13

Storage type

Answer 13

A physical or logical subdivision of a warehouse complex which is characterized by its warehouse technique, the space used, its organizational form, or its function

Have control functions
Requires at least one storage section

Question 14

Storage section

Answer 14

Organizational subdivision of a storage type, that groups together storage storage bins with similar features from the perspective of putting away stock

Have no control functions

Question 15

Storage bins

Answer 15

Smallest available unit of space in a warehouse
Storage bins have no address, thus naming should indicate location.
Unique within one storage type

Question 16

Lean WM

Answer 16

Inventory management takes place solely at storage location level. The system does not update the stock data at storage bin level using the quants

Solely for processing goods receipts and goods issues.

Question 17

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

Answer 17

You manage goods movements and stock changes in the warehouse at storage bin level

Question 18

Sales area and credit control area

Answer 18

Sales area is assigned to credit control area

Question 19

Transportation planning point assignment

Answer 19

Company code is assigned to transportation planning point

Question 20

Plant and company code

Answer 20

A plant is assigned to only one company code

Question 21

Controlling area and Company Code

Answer 21

Company code can be assigned to only one controlling area

Question 22

Sales office and sales area relationship

Answer 22

Many-to-many

Question 23

Business areas

Answer 23

assigned to Sales area or Plant and item division
Subdivision of company code for accounting purposes
Created in FI module

Question 24

Division

Answer 24

Material assigned to only one division

Used for statistical analysis and marketing