SAP SD Consultant as future Career

Hi,
With your SAP experience, can you pls let me know your view on the current market for SAP SD Consultant..
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Edited by: Thomas Zloch on Jul 13, 2010 2:33 PM

Shipment costing following requirement must be met
1. you must mark shipment as relevant for shipment costing
2. the shipment must have the required total status as set in the definition of the shipment cost type
3. the shipment must have a transportation status of at least planned
4. shipment must have a service agent
5. customising for the shipment cost pricing must be set
spro-- logistics execution-- transportation- shipment costs-pricing- ( this setting)
6. finally condition records must eb maintained
CALCULATION OF SHIPMENT COSTS
1. By using the transportation planning point, service agent shipment cost item category and shipping type the system determines a pricing procedure for shipmetn cost item
2. the system determines shipment costing calculation basis for the individual condition types in the pricing procedure ( eg costing carried out per container and stuff)
3. then normal condition record is searched in pricing proc .
Hope this gives clarity to your question
Cheers

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I am trying to reply all the bullets in your post one by one.
Some of the agencies (AtoS and some others) I have got in touch with to discuss this certification have suggested doing SAP SD or MM certification, keeping my experience in view. If I do it what is your guess how soon I could find a job with this certification.
for training and certification you can go to any SAP authorized institute , you can find many depends upon which country you are presently staying.
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refer the above one
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We have many folks post that they've graduated from college and would LIKE to get a chance to learn some SAP, but can't seem to get that initial break.
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Please tell us more as there are many, many folks on this forum that would love to be in your shoes.
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as far as finding sponsorship for H1B visa...
Let me sugest a different way to approach this which is actually allowable in this forum.
If you ask... "What is the best way to get H1B sponsorship for US VISA?" Then you might get some useful answers.
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