Third Party Scenario falls under special business processes in SAP sales. This scenario or modification of it is used in most industries. In Third Party processing, company does not delivery items requested by customer, the order is passed on to a third party vendor. The vendor then manufactures the goods, delivers to customer directly and Invoices the organization. The organization then would bill the customer based on the invoice receipt from Vendor.

Here is the flow of Third Party Processing:

1. PO from Customer
2. SO item to Purchase requisition creation
3. PO from Purchase requisition
4. Goods from Vendor to Customer
5. MM Invoice creation
6. Billing document created with reference to Sales Order based on IR qty
7. Invoice to Customer

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This is setup when business requires to display text messages in SD Master data and Sales document. In the document level, text can be displayed both at the header and item level

Like, Reference of previous sales order of the same customer can be given in the header level text of the sales order or  Shipping instructions like delivery of certain items will be done separately due to different shipping requirements like refrigeration.

All such different text types are created and grouped under text objects. Text types from these text objects can be then referenced and copied in the text of subsequent documents.

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Here is a step by step guide which will walk you through all the screens to do a successful upgrade from ECC 5 to ECC 6 on AIX. Download the manual on Upgrade - ECC 5.0 to ECC 6.0 (1679)

Often you require maintaining certain transactions which calls customizing table in the live production system.

For example:

• Maintain exchange rates
• Opening and closing the period
• Maintain overhead rates
• Maintain assessment cycle in cost center accounting and profitability analysis.

These transactions actually require to be maintained every month or every year and as such are needless to be transported from the development system every time. But a live production system is a non modifiable client and is not open for customizing. Then how do you go about maintaining the aforesaid transactions which requires to be maintained directly in the production system?

This article on Customizing directly in production (1335) will provide you with all the steps required to maintain the customizing directly in Production. use this manual at your own risk.

There is a need to create a new asset number due to new capital expenditure or based on the purchase order (PO). The relevant asset class is configured/ defined. When you Create,  Asset class and cost center is identified. Depreciation key and useful life for each depreciation area is well understood and defined in accordance with asset keeping policy.

Transaction code: AS01 or Menu Path : Accounting > Financial Accounting > Fixed Assets > Asset > Create > Asset.

Here are the steps to create an asset master record (main number).

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