In demand certification

Which is the most in-demand J2EE certification, in terms of remuneration and popularity?
SCWCD, SCBCD, or SCDJWS
Any statistics?
Also is the jdk different for J2SE, J2EE and J2ME?
Thanks in advance.
pravric

SCEA is the advanced J2EE certificate
what I am asking is about the speciality certificates whose abreviations I mentioned in the original post.
Thanks,
pravric

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    CO: Controlling Area
    Can you further subdivide a plant? If yes into what ?
    A plant can be subdivided into storage locations, allowing stocks of materials to be broken down
    according to predefined criteria (e.g., location and materials planning aspects).
    A plant can be subdivided into locations and operational areas. Subdivision into locations takes
    geographical criteria into account, whereas subdivision into operational areas reflects responsibilities
    for production.
    Can a sales organization sell from a plant belonging to a different company code?
    Yes.
    How many shipping points can you assign to a plant?
    Many.
    How many shipping points can you assign to a sales organization?
    None.
    If you have a warehouse management system active, to what would you assign the warehouse
    number?
    Plant & Storage Location.
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    III MASTER DATA
    Why does the customer master have different views?
    In addition to the sales and distribution data, the accounting data is also important for a payer.
    Therefore one can create a customer master record centrally for the following partner functions:
    For the payer
    For the sold*to party who, in addition to the other partner functions, also takes on the function of the
    payer.
    Which different partner functions can a customer master record serve?
    Customer:
    sold*to party
    ship*to party
    payer
    bill*to party
    One*time customer including all partner functions.
    What is the structure of data in the customer master record?
    Different data is maintained in each of the three areas:
    General data, like address and telephone number, etc., is maintained for every customer. This data is
    only identified by the customer number, not by company code or sales area. Maintaining the data is
    possible from both the accounting view and the sales and distribution view.
    Company code data is only of interest for the accounting department. It includes, for example,
    information on insurance or account management. This data applies to only one company code.
    Sales and distribution data is only of interest for the sales and distribution department. It includes, for
    example, data on pricing or shipping. This data only applies to one sales area, and therefore is
    dependent on the sales structure (sales organization, distribution channel, division).
    Would you have different customer numbers if your customer was serviced by more than
    one company code?
    No.
    Would you have different customer numbers if your customer was serviced by more than
    one sales organization?
    No.
    A material is produced in plant Boston, plant Dallas and in plant Chicago. How many
    different material master number do you need?
    Only one.
    Is it possible to have different data for the same customer for different sales areas?
    Yes.
    Give examples of general data in the customer master record ?
    Address, Control data, Marketing, Payment transactions, Contact person, Unloading points.
    Give examples of general data in the material master record ?
    This level contains the data applicable to all individual group companies, all plants, and all
    warehouses/stores belonging to an enterprise (corporate group). Examples of general data are details
    on a material's design (CAD drawings, for instance) and storage conditions (temperature range,
    whether the material is explosive or perishable, and so on).
    Give examples of company codespecific data in the customer master record?
    This data is only of importance to the accounting department. It includes, for example, data on
    insurance and account management. Company code data only applies to one company code. If you
    edit the customer master record you must specify customer number and company code in order to
    access the screens containing company code data.
    Which plant*specific data do you find in the material master record?
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    SD SAMPLE CERTIFIED QUESTION
    This level contains the data for each branch or plant location within a certain company. The data
    important to Purchasing is stored at this level. Examples of this data are the maximum and minimum
    order quantities of a material and the reorder level. You access the plant data by entering the plant
    key.
    If a customer wishes to receive goods on Tuesdays only, how could you ensure that in the
    SAP R/3 system?
    This can be done by specifying goods receiving hours * Time schedule of ship*to party which specifies
    the days and times that goods can be delivered.
    Do you find any sales prices in the material master record?
    Yes.
    Name at least five different partner functions.
    Examples of partner functions in Sales and Distribution:
    soldto party, shipto party, bill*to party, payer.
    Examples of partner functions (roles) in Materials Management:
    ordering address, supplier of goods, invoicing party, different payee.
    Which are the two partner functions in SD that have to be maintained in FI too ?
    sold*to party, payer.
    Can you assign a material to more than one division?
    No.
    If you want to create language specific sales texts for your material master, would you have
    to create a new material master record?
    No.
    What is a material type and which material types do you know?
    Raw materials, semi*finished products, finished products, trading goods, operating supplies.
    Name the four standard industry sectors in SAP for the material master. For what do you use
    them?
    Branch of industry.
    The industry sector groups together companies according to their activities (for example, plant
    engineering and construction, mechanical engineering, the chemical industry, and the pharmaceutical
    industry).
    Table*driven program support is provided via the industry sector: for example, for the selection of
    data fields on*screen, for the sequence of the screens, and for the allocation of a material to a
    material type.
    For what or why do you use the classification system in sales? Give examples of objects you
    can classify in R/3.
    For e.g., Variant Pricing of configurable products. Objects can be customers, products, condition types.
    Does storage*location specific data in the material master record apply for each plant?
    This level contains the data specific to a storage location. Stock levels are an example of the data
    maintained for each storage location. You access the storage location data by entering the plant and
    storage location codes.
    This data structure facilitates the organization of material*related information within the entire
    enterprise. It prevents redundant storage of material data when the same material is used in more
    than one plant or stored at more than one storage location.
    Example: Suppose the same metal casting is stored at two different locations. The design and
    purchasing data for this material would be identical. However, the data on the stock levels at each
    location would differ.
    Name at least four views of the material master record.
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    SD SAMPLE CERTIFIED QUESTION
    . Accounting : Valuation and costing information. Examples: standard price, past and future
    price, and current valuation.
    . Materials planning and control: Information for material requirements planning (MRP) and
    consumption*based planning/inventory control. Examples: safety stock level, planned delivery
    time, and reorder level for a material.
    . Purchasing: Data provided by Purchasing for a material. Examples: purchasing group
    responsible for a material, over* and underdelivery tolerances, and the order unit.
    . Engineering: Engineering and design data on a material. Examples: CAD drawings, basic
    dimensions, and design specifications.
    . Storage: Information relating to the storage/warehousing of a material. Examples: unit of
    issue, storage conditions, and packaging dimensions.
    . Forecasting: Information for predicting material requirements. Examples: how the material is
    procured, forecasting period, and past consumption/usage.
    . Sales and distribution: Information for sales orders and pricing. Examples: sales price,
    minimum order quantity, and the name of the sales department responsible for a certain
    material.
    What are the possible units of measure for a material?
    A material can be stored, transported and sold in various units of measure. In the SAP R/3 System,
    you can therefore define various units of measure which are maintained in the sales and distribution
    screens. However, you only need to maintain the fields of the units of measure if they deviate from the
    base unit of measure. If no other fields with units of measure are maintained, the system
    automatically takes the base unit of measure as a basis for its calculations. You can enter the following
    units of measure in the sales and distribution screens:
    . Base unit of measure : Stocks of a material are managed in the base unit of measure. All
    quantity movements in other units of measure are converted automatically by the system into
    the base unit of measure.
    . Alternative unit of measure: If a product is managed in the base unit of measure "Piece" but is
    sold in the sales unit "Box", you must define the conversion factor. The alternative unit of
    measure can define, for example, that 1 box of this material contains 12 pieces.
    . Sales unit : The unit of measure in which materials are sold is referred to as a sales unit (for
    example, piece or bottle). The value you define in the material master record is proposed
    during business transactions relevant for sales, such as the sales order. You can replace them
    with other alternative units of measure in the sales order.
    . Delivery Unit : The delivery unit refers to the unit in which materials can be delivered. Only
    exact multiples of the delivery unit can be delivered. For example, with a delivery unit of 30
    bottles, 30, 60 or 90 bottles can be delivered, but not 100 bottles.
    . Quantity Specifications: Two different quantity specifications are used:
    . Minimum order quantity: The minimum order quantity refers to the minimum quantity the
    customer must order. A warning message appears if the minimum order quantity is not
    reached during order entry. The order can be entered in spite of the warning message.
    . Minimum delivery quantity : The minimum delivery quantity refers to the minimum quantity
    you must deliver to the customer. The minimum delivery quantity is automatically checked
    during delivery processing. A warning message appears during delivery processing if you enter
    a delivery quantity lower than the minimum delivery quantity. The delivery can be created in
    spite of this warning message.
    What is a Bill of material?
    A bill of material is a complete, formally structured list of the components that make up a product or
    assembly. The list contains the object number of each component, together with the quantity and unit
    of measure. The components are known as BOM items. A bill of material can only refer to a quantity of
    at least 1 of an object.
    Is the BOM used in the PP module only?
     No. Also used in SD.
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    Explain what a routing is?
    Routing contains the operations required in production, and the production resources/tools, material
    components, and test equipment required to produce the product.
    What is a work center?
    A work center is an organizational unit where a work step is carried out, producing an output. The
    work center defines where and by whom an operation is to be carried out. A cost center is assigned to
    each work center in the work center master record. The work center has a particular available
    capacity. The activities performed at or by the work center are valuated by charge rates, which are
    determined by cost centers and activity types. Work centers can be: Machines, People, Production
    lines, Groups of craftsmen .
    IN Personnel Planning and Development (PD) work centers are the physical locations where tasks are
    carried out. A work center can represent anything as general as a geographic location, for example,
    the New York branch office. Or work centers can be very precisely defined. For example, a work center
    could represent a specific workstation, with specific tools and equipment, on a specific floor, of a
    specific building.
    IN Workflow Management a work center is a particular place which has been set up specifically so that
    employees can perform their duties within the corporate work system using working materials.
    What does the account group of the customer /vendor control?
    A collection of properties of accounts which determine the creation of master records.
    The account group determines the data that is relevant for the master record and a number range
    from which numbers are selected for the master records.
    Each master record must be assigned to an account group.
    Changes to the account group and the accompanying partner functions can only be made from a lower
    level to a higher level. For example, this means that a sold*to party cannot be assigned the function of
    a payer as fields which have already been maintained for this sold*to party would have to be masked.
    However, you can assign the sold*to party function to a payer.
    The account group ensures that for the different partner functions of a customer only the necessary
    screens and fields are displayed for input.
    What are the two possible ways of control for the cost of a material in the material master
    record?
    Standard Price, Moving Average Price.
    What is a valuation class?
    Allocation of a material to a group of G/L accounts.
    Along with other factors, the valuation class determines the G/L accounts to be updated as a result of
    a valuation*relevant transaction (for example, a goods movement).
    Which valuation classes are valid depends on the material type. Several valuation classes
    can be valid for one material type. A valuation class can be valid for several material types.
    A customer master record in SD is also an A/R(accounts receivables)in FI. When you create a customer
    master record you also have to specify the reconciliation account. For what is the reconciliation
    account used?
    Account in G/L accounting, to which automatic entries are posted during a business activity. It is
    generally the case that several subledger accounts post to a common reconciliation account. This
    ensures that the developments in the subledger accounts are accurately reflected in the general ledger
    (i.e. in line with balance sheet conventions). You can set up a reconciliation account for, say, all
    overseas customers.
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    SD SAMPLE CERTIFIED QUESTION
    IV INTRODUCTION TO ORDER MANAGEMENT & SALES
    Briefly describe the types and structure of the sales document and give examples of data
    that you find on the different levels.
    Sales*related business transactions are recorded in the system as sales documents. There are, broadly
    speaking, four different groupings of sales documents:
    Sales queries, such as inquiries and quotations
    Sales orders
    Outline agreements, such as contracts and scheduling agreements
    Customer problems and complaints, such as free of charge deliveries and credit memo requests.
    Header Data
    The general data that is valid for the entire document is recorded in the document header. This data
    includes the:
    number of the sold*to party
    number of the ship*to party and the payer
    document currency and exchange rate
    pricing elements for the entire document
    delivery date and shipping point
    Item Data
    Whereas data in the document header applies to all items in the document, some data applies only to
    specific items. This data is stored at item level and includes the:
    material number
    target quantity for outline agreements
    number of the shipto party and the payer (an alternative shipto party or payer can be defined for a
    particular item)
    plant and storage location specifications
    pricing elements for the individual items
    Schedule Line Data
    An item consists of one or more schedule lines. The schedule line contains all the data that is needed
    for a delivery. For example, a customer orders 20 pieces of a material and you enter this as an item in
    the sales order. However, you can only deliver 10 pieces now and the remaining 10 pieces next month.
    In other words, you need to schedule two deliveries. The data for these deliveries (dates, confirmed
    quantities) are stored in two separate schedule lines. In sales documents where delivery data is not
    relevant *for example: contracts, credit and debit memo requests * the system does not create any
    schedule lines.
    Data recorded in the schedule lines includes the:
    schedule line quantity
    delivery date
    confirmed quantity
    What is the difference between an inquiry and quotation ?
    . Inquiry: Request made to a vendor for a quotation for required materials or services.
    No availability check is done for inquiry.
    . Quotation: Offer from a vendor to a purchasing organization regarding the supply of materials
    or performance of services subject to predefined terms and conditions.
    A quotation consists of a number of items, in which the total quantity and delivery date of an
    offered material or service are specified.
    The total quantity can be subdivided into several partial quantities with different delivery dates in the
    lines of a delivery schedule.
    Do you always have to have a material master record number when you enter an item on a
    sales document (inquiry and quote)? If not what would you have to use to be able to enter
    information at item level?
    No. Customer Material Information or Material Description.
    If a customer doesn't place an order with you after you have sent him a quotation, what happens to
    the quotation document?
    Remains active till the end of validity period.
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    SD SAMPLE CERTIFIED QUESTION
    Can you have alternative items in a sales order?
    Yes.
    If you reference an inquiry when creating a quotation ,would the inquiry be updated?
    Yes.
    Can you copy one inquiry to many quotations ?
    No.
    Can you copy several previous documents into one sales order?
    Yes.
    Do you always have to copy the entire quantities at item level when you reference a
    previous document?
    No.
    Can you make sure that business data in a sales order is only possible to maintain at header
    level?
    Yes.
    From where is the delivering plant transferred into the sales order?
    Customer Master, Material Master.
    Which partner function is relevant for the delivering plant? The soldtoparty ,
    billtoparty, payer, carrier or the ship* to* party?
    Ship*to party.
    Can you manually change the delivering plant in the sales order once it was defaulted from
    the master data?
    Yes.
    For what or why do you use the incompletion log?
    To have a complete document so that it doesnu2019t affect subsequent processes.
    Can you have different incompletion logs for different item categories? Schedule line
    categories?
    Yes.
    If a document is incomplete can you still save the document?
    Yes.
    Which reference status can a document have at item level? Which statuses at header level?
    Item level: Partial, Full.
    Header level: Full.
    What's the advantage of using text as a reference instead of duplicating it?
    Can be modified if needed.
    What three sources provide data for the creation of a sales document?
    Material Master, Customer Master, Previous referenced documents.
    Can you change addresses of partners manually in the sales document?
    Yes.
    Name several input tools that make order entry faster and give a definition of them?
    Customer Material Information, Product Proposal , Referencing Documents.
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    SD SAMPLE CERTIFIED QUESTION
    In which business environment would you use only the single*line entry screen to create
    and save the order?
    Telephone Sales, Simple Business.
    If you do not specify the delivering plant in the sales order, what could the system then not
    do?
    Delivery Scheduling.
    For what would you use the fast change function in sales entry?
    Alternate Plants, Delivery or Billing Blocks
    Name two ways to control that customers can receive only certain materials?
    Material Listing, Exclusion.
    What does the item category control?
    General Data
    . Should pricing be carried out for the item?
    . When should an item be regarded as completed? A quotation item, for example, can only be
    regarded as completed if the entire quantity has been copied into a sales order.
    . Is it an item that refers to a material or is it a text item?
    . Are schedule lines allowed for the item?
    . May general business data, for example, the terms of payment at the item level, deviate from
    those at the header level?
    . Should a system message appear if the item cannot be fully delivered?
    . Which fields are relevant for the incompletion log?
    . Which partner functions are allowed at the item level and which are mandatory?
    . Which output (for example, an order confirmation) is allowed for the business transaction and
    which output determination procedure is used?
    Shipping Data
    . Is an item relevant for delivery?
    . Should the weight and the volume of an item be determined?
    Billing Data
    . Is an item relevant for billing?
    . Should the cost of the item be determined?
    . Is it a statistical item? Pricing is carried out for statistical items. However, they are not added
    to the value of the order, that is, the customer is not charged for them.
    . Should a billing block be set automatically for an item? For example, this may be important for
    items whose prices have to be clarified before billing
    . Is it a returns item?
    . Name the influencing factors for determining the item category in the sales document?
    . Sales Document type, Item Category Group, Higher Level Item, Item Usage.
    . Name the influencing factors for determining the scehdule line category in the sales document?
    . Item Category, MRP Type.
    . What does the sales document type control?
    General Data
    . Can the document be entered only with reference to a preceding document?
    . Should the existing customer
    . material info record be taken into consideration?
    . Should the delivery date be proposed?
    . Must a customer number be entered when creating a document? For example, product
    proposals can be entered without reference to a particular customer.
    . Which order probability is defined?
    . Should the division be taken from the material master record for every item or should an
    alternative division specified in the header take precedence over the item specifications?
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    SD SAMPLE CERTIFIED QUESTION
    . How should the system respond if the division entered in the header deviates from the division
    in the items?
    . Should a credit limit check be made?
    . From which number range should the document number for internal or external number
    assignment come?
    . Which fields are relevant for the incompletion log? The validity period, for example, is
    important for contracts and must therefore be specified in the document.
    . Can an incomplete document be saved or must all data be complete?
    . Which partner functions are allowed and which ones are mandatory?
    Shipping Data
    . Which delivery type should the delivery resulting from the order have?
    . Should delivery scheduling be carried out?
    . Should transportation scheduling be carried out?
    . Should a delivery block be set automatically for a specific reason? For example, a delivery
    block may be appropriate for a freeofcharge delivery.
    . You can define shipping conditions for a sales document type. These are copied into the
    document regardless of what is defined in the customer master record.
    Billing Data
    Which billing type should the invoice resulting from the order or the delivery have?
    Should a billing block be set automatically for a specific reason? For example, a billing block may be
    appropriate if a credit memo request should first be checked before it is used as the basis for a credit
    memo.
    Can the sales document type be determined by the system?
    No.
    In R/3, can you automatically substitute one product for another? How? What would you
    have to create?
    Yes. Product Selection / Material Determination.
    Give a definition of replenishment lead time?
    Total time for the inhouse production or for the external procurement of a product. In inhouse
    production the replenishment lead time is determined to cover all BOM levels.
    What's the difference between checking availability with or without replenishment lead time (RLT)?
    With RLT : Availability check is done only upto end of RLT. If material is not available the date on
    which RLT ends is displayed as Material Availability Date.
    Without RLT : Availability check is unrestricted. Displays Delivery Dates as on which partial deliveries
    can be made with available stock.
    Name at least three item categories?
    Standard Items : AFN, AGN, TAN.
    Free of charge Items: AFNN, AGNN, TANN.
    Non*stock Items : AFX, AGX, TAX.
    Text Items : AFTX, AGTX, TATX.
    Why would you use different item and schedule line categories?
    Item categories are defined to provide additional control functions for the sales documents and thus
    meet the demands resulting from the different business transactions.
    The items in a sales document are divided into one or more schedule lines. These schedule lines differ
    from each other with respect to date and quantity. For some schedule lines, material requirements
    planning is not carried out; for other schedule lines, it is carried out. Also goods receipt, not goods
    issue, is posted for a schedule line defined in a returns document.
    Can you change existing standard item categories?
    Yes.
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    Can you create new sales order types?
    Yes.
    Different dates will be calculated in order entry scheduling . Can you name the lead time
    variables that will be taken into account?
    Transportation lead time, Pick/pack time, Loading time, Transit time .
    If you run out of stock in a specific plant can you check if there are quantities available in other plants?
    Yes.
    When you carry out availability check, which quantities or movements can the system take
    into consideration?
    The following elements can be included in the availability check:
    Stocks : safety stock, stock in transfer, stock in quality inspection, blocked stock.
    Inward and outward movements : purchase orders, purchase requisitions, planned orders, production
    orders, reservations, dependent reservations, dependent requirements, sales requirements, delivery
    requirements.
    Give some examples of sales document types (description, not necessary the short code)
    that already set up in the standard system?
    Indicator used to control the processing of the various sales documents which are defined in the
    system. E.g., OR, SO, BV, KR. Document types allow the system to process different kinds of business
    transactions, such as standard orders and credit memo requests, in different ways.
    Can you maintain texts for a specific customer and store them in the system? If yes, where?
    Yes. Customer Material Information.
    When the system checks availability which scheduling would it use first?
    Backward Scheduling.
    Name the influencing factors for the determination of the availability date?
    The following data is required for determining this date:
    Route from the shipping point to the ship*to party location
    Shipping point from which the goods are issued
    Loading group from the material master record
    Weight group determined from the order using the order quantity.
    Name the three delivery possibilities when there is not enough stock available?
    One Time Delivery, Complete Delivery, Partial Deliveries.
    Can you think of an example why you would have to create a text for a customer and copy it
    to the sales order?
    Customer specific instructions.
    What is the function of item category group?
    The item category group determines how a material is processed in the sales order. It defines, for
    example, that pricing does not take place for a free of charge item, such as a business gift; or that
    inventory management is not carried out for a service. When processing sales and distribution
    documents, the system uses the item category group to determine the item category. The system
    determines the item category based on the item category group of the material and the current
    business transaction, and proposes it in the respective document.
    When creating the material types non*stock material and services, DIEN is proposed in both cases for
    the item category group, because the order processing for both material types is identical: for
    example, pricing is carried out for both, but no availability check.
    On sales order, when the system confirms 20 pieces to be available at a certain date, would
    these 20 pieces still be available for other new sales order coming in later?
    No.
    What is a delivery group and why would you use it?
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    The complete delivery and delivery group functions enable you to combine some or all of the items in a
    sales order so that they are delivered to the customer together. The system determines automatically
    the latest delivery date possible for the delivery group and adjusts the schedule lines accordingly.
    Corresponding requirements for material requirements planning (MRP) are changed or re*determined.
    What is backorder processing?
    The backorder processing functions enable you to list relevant sales documents for specific materials
    and process them from the point of view of availability. You can assign available to promise (ATP)
    stock to outstanding order quantities. In addition, you can withdraw already confirmed quantities and
    reassign them to different items.
    Backorder processing is only available for materials with individual requirements.
    Can you link items in a sales order? If yes, when would you do that?
    Yes. Promotional Items.
    For what would you use BOMu2019S in sales? What two methods of BOM processing do you have
    in sales order entry? How can you control if the system should/should not explode a BOM in
    the sales order.
    A bill of material (BOM) describes the different components that together create a product. A BOM for
    a bicycle, for example, consists of all the parts that make up the bicycle: the frame, the saddle,
    wheels, and so on. When you enter the material number of a bill of materials that is relevant for sales
    order processing, the system displays the material that describes the whole bill of materials as a main
    item. The components are displayed as sub*items.
    Processing by Main Item : ERLA & Processing by Sub*Item : LUMF
    BOM explosion can be prevented by specifying Item Category Group as NORM.
    Credit limit checks is an example of a very close link between which two SAP modules?
    SD & FI.
    What are the two techniques in delivery scheduling?
    Backward Scheduling & Forward Scheduling.
    How does a third party deal work? Do you use a special sales order type for that? How could
    the system know that you want to process a third party deal?
    By specifying item category as TAS using double*line entry in the sales order.
    No special order type is available.
    By the item category group and/or material type in Material Master .
    Name the several steps in consignment processing.
    Consignment fillup, Consignment issue, Consignment pickup, Consignment return.
    Whatu2019s the difference between consignment pick*up and consignment return?
    In consignment pick*up, customer returns consignment stock. When goods issue is posted, the
    relevant quantity is deducted from the customer's special stock and is added back to regular stock at
    the plant where the goods are returned. Total valuated stock remains the same since the returned
    stock was regarded as part of inventory even while it was at the customer's premises.This transaction
    is not relevant for billing.
    In consignment return, customer wishes to claim on consignment goods which have already been
    issued. When goods issue is posted, the relevant quantity is added to the customer's special stock at
    the plant where the goods are returned. Since the ownership of the goods is passed from the customer
    back to the company, the transaction is relevant for billing. In this case, the customer receives a credit
    memo for the returned goods.
    Can you control that an end user cannot copy a quote of customer A to a sales order for
    customer B? If yes, where?
    Yes. By customizing Copying Control for header data.
    Give some example for data that is copied from the customer (soldto, payer, shipto) to the sales
    order as well as for data that is copied from the material?
    General data, payment terms, shipping details, delivery agreements, delivering plant.
    What is returnable packaging processing?
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    Returnable packaging consists of materials that are stored at the customer location but which remain
    the property of the company. The customer is only required to pay for the returnable packaging if he
    does not return it by a specified time.
    Name the two outline agreements in R/3 standard and explain the difference between them.
    Agreements are arrangements between business partners regarding the granting of conditions over a
    specified time period. The agreement contains conditions which apply over a particular time period and
    which are settled together at the same points in time. An agreement can be settled once or
    periodically. The two outline agreements include Contracts and Scheduling Agreements.
    Unlike a contract * which only contains an overall target quantity or value * a scheduling agreement
    also contains specific order quantities and delivery dates.
    How many documents do you create when you release, deliver and invoice the first order
    from a contract?
    Three : Sales order, Delivery note, Invoice.
    What types of output can you have in sales?
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