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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Size wise tax classification in SAP (IS-AFS)

In the typical apparel and footwear business world it is common to have different tax rates for different size ranges. For example, some countries have reduced tax rate for kid's sizes where as adult sizes are fully taxed. Therefore this functionality has been built in SAP AFS (IS-AFS) to maintain size wise prices as well as size wise tax classifications.

As we all know, the tax rate (Eg: 18%, 10%) in the sales order is determined based on the tax condition master record maintained in transaction VK11. This record is maintained for the combination of customer tax classification and material tax classification. Customer tax classification is maintained in the customer master / sales area data / Billing Documents tab. In the standard SAP environment, you maintain the material tax classification in the material master "Sales: Sales Org. Data 1" tab. But in that field you do not have a provision to maintain tax classifications per each size.

Therefore SAP has provided a solution to maintain tax classifications at size level based on Grid control data. This is available only in SAP AFS (IS-AFS).

If you're looking for tax account determination in SAP, please click here.

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Message output for Purchase Orders

"Messages" are forms of output send to vendors in the purchasing processing. It is based on a MM document in SAP (Such as purchase requisition or purchase order) and also it can be a printed document based on the purchase order or an output sent via EDI. 
SAP is using famous condition technique for message control as well. (Click here to see more details about the condition technique in SAP) This is also same as output type configuration in SD. You can view more info on this regard using this link.
Let's see how you can configure message output settings for purchase orders.


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Monday, August 6, 2012

Factory Calendar Maintenance in SAP

In order to define working days and non-working days of the business, you need to create a calendar in SAP. This functionality is known as “Factory Calendar” in SAP and it will be assigned to respective plant in customizing.

Let’s see how you can create a new “Factory Calendar” in SAP.

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Factory Calendar Maintanance

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Season Processing in SAP (IS-AFS)

In the fashion industry (apparel and footwear); it is very common to have seasonal fashions. For example different fashions can be seen in the market for spring, summer, fall and winter. Therefore branding companies has to make sure right product available in the market for the right time. After the corresponding season, remaining products will be marked down and sell under clearance sales. Therefore it is necessary to order products on time.
In order to cater for this business requirement, SAP IS-AFS (Industry solution - Apparel and Footwear) has developed a functionality called season processing.
Based on the "order creation time period" (Known as "Order window") and the "requested delivery time period" (Known as "Delivery window"), SAP determines the applicable season for the product. This feature is commonly known as order window and delivery window in IS-AFS.
In AFS, it is possible to define seasons under Sales organization, Country, Region, Customer Group and customer level.


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Season Processing in SAP (is-AFS)