SAP Organisation structure and the customer and vendor master - an Overview
This section will describe how the master records contribute to the integration and
also how they are impacted by organisation structure decisions.
Unlike many older systems, in SAP the customer and vendor master are a simple single
master file. Since they are shared master records between Financials and Logistics
they have multiple sections which can be created separately depending on the functionality
that you are using.
The Customer Master can consist of the following:
| Module |
Section |
Type of data |
Comment |
| Common |
General data |
Name & Address |
1 only per customer, across companies |
| Financials |
Company Code Sections |
Control Account Link, Correspondence data, dunning, payment terms etc |
1 per company, general data will be shared |
| Credit management |
Credit Control Area sections |
Credit limits, risk category |
1 per credit control area - often only 1 credit control area |
| Sales and Distributions |
Sales Areas Sections |
Sales, Pricing, Shipping, Billing data etc |
sections per sales area - often multiple per company reflecting how the
different Sales Areas may deal differently with the same customer |
As you can see, the decisions that you make on the organisation structure will
determine the structure of the master records.
The Vendor Master can consist of the following:
| Module |
Section |
Type of data |
Comment |
| Common |
General data |
Name & Address |
1 only per vendor, across companies |
| Financials |
Company Code Sections |
Control Account Link, Correspondence data, payment terms etc |
1 per company, general data will be shared |
| Purchasing |
Purchasing Organisation Sections |
Contact persons, terms of delivery etc |
can be multiple per company reflecting how the different Purchasing
Organisations may deal differently with the same vendor |
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