Distribution channel for analysis?

hello,
could you kindly advice me what is the relevance of distribution channel in financial reporting from the Org. structure and reproting perspective.
If there are specific customers which require are grouped together and that distribution channel is used
to group these customers due to various reasons for financial reporting or the another choice or possibility to group customers at the customer level and then perform the reporting or analysis is something not clear which is a better way forward.
Thanks for your valuable inputs.
Andy

Hi
Distribution channel is an Org element in SD to bifurcate sales data based on the channels in which you reach the customer say Wholesale, Retail, Direct, etc
A sales to a customer can happen through any of these channels
Thank You,

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Initially client may say we need less organisational units but at the end they may need so many reports and then its difficult provide them same to client.Its better you can have extra distibution channel for stock transport order in company code level not in plant level, so that you can drill down report( as many as possible).
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Andy

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Good to see the suggestions!
These are the rules I try to follow:
Do not over do it. Simple is better and facilitates change.
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Scenario regarding Sales Organization, distribution channel

Dear Experts,
I am doing
1. Simple Domestic sales from manufacturing plant
2. Depot Sales: In which, Stock transfer between two plants i.e. from Manufacturing Plant to Depot and sales from depot
3. Exports: Sales to other country.
Now, my confusion is, whether i can use a single sales organization and three distribution channel for all these three scenarios or do i have to create three different sales organizations along with three distribution channels and do the processes?
My anather question is, if i want to do depot sales, then it is possible to have one manufacturing plant and two storage locations at different places. i.e. issuing storage locatin and receiving storage location.
Is it possible to sell goods from receiving storage location to end customer?
What will be simple organizational structure i can make to acheive these things?
I would be very helpful if you can give me your expert inputs on the scenario. I am trying to make the simple organization structure with less complications for my client.
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As suggested the best choice will be to go ahead with one sales organization for all these scenario. Since in domestic sale / export sale the only difference will be the Pricing configuration and that can be easily mapped using the either a distribution channel / or a customer pricing procedure.
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2. Export Sale - This distribution channel will help you to pickup export pricing procedure (Also if not then you can have customer pricing procedure to pick the export pricing )
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4. If you are using DEPOT sale with Excisable mean you need to maintain RG23D register. Also you need to generate Excise Invoice, challan . If you use transfer process of storage location to storage locationthen there are concerns as how you will generate challan and Invoice. OR if it is a DEPOT to DEPOT Transfer then also you need supporting document. please do check as whether you need the required output or not.
So Depot need to be maintained a PLANT in SAP with a check box as saying Excisable and relevant for RG23D. and a Normal Sales process will follow. Reporting can be done of PLANT as a primary key.
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Edited by: RBhardwaj on Feb 16, 2012 6:54 PM

Common Distribution Channels and Common Division

Hi experts,
We are encoutering an error and i think its because of common distribution channels and common divisions.
1:IN Development client we can see the common distribution channels and common divisions setup. But no one says he/she has set them up. Is it possible that the enterprise structure settings filter to this?? May be weird doubt but i wanna make sure.
2: If they are setup in Development , there should be a transport request and am unable to see any??
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1. Defining Common Distribution Channels for Master Data
Use
The purpose of this activity is to define distribution channels which have common master data..
Procedure
Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu -> Sales and Distribution -> Master Data -> Define Common Distribution Channels
Transaction Code: VOR1
2. Defining Common Divisions for Master DataUse
The purpose of this activity is to define distribution channels which have common master data..
Procedure
Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:
IMG Menu -> Sales and Distribution -> Master Data -> Define Common Division
Transaction Code: VOR2
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3: If we need the same settings in Test, We will have to set them up in Test client or we can move the transports from DEV to TEST for these settings??
4:And also if these are not setup , do we get an error while creating customers and materials for sales areas?
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Hope the above is helpful to you.
Regards, Rajesh Banka

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