Ensure payment is received before creating sales order

Question

Hi
For some customers we want to ensure that payment is received in advance. i.e., before the sales order is created.
Unless the payment is entered in SAP, system should not allow the users to either create sales order or delivery or billing document.
What should be the best SAP process for this ??
thanks and regards

Answer 1

Dear Sagar,
You can configure Credit Management for this.
FD32 is the T-Code to give limits to Customers. You can give Re.1 limit for the Customers you want advance payment.
This would ensure that useless advance payment is received & posted in FI (Customer Ledger) the systgem will not allow to create Sales Order.
You can configure Simple Credit Management for this:
IMG - Sales and Distribution - Basic Functions - Credit Management/Risk Management - Credit Management - Assign Sales Documents And Delivery Documents - Credit limit check for order types -
Here assign "B" (Run simple redit limit check and error message) to your required Sales Order types.
Now go to T-Code FD32 - Inset Customer Code & Credit Control Area & put tick mark in Status check box. Put required Credit Limit (Re. 1) & save.
This would ensure that no Sales Orders are not created for the Customers you have set the limits unless advance payment is posted in accounts.
Hope this helps...
Give points if useful..
Thanks,
Jignesh Mehta