
Welcome to the course. Why this course is important. How it will help you. What you'll cover. A little about me.
It's important to map out the business process of effective customer management prior to adding data or making system updates. You need a plan to follow that fits with your business strategy
What are some of the benefits that we should expect
Learn how to access the Customer Master through the menu system and customer master transaction codes
Overview of the Customer Master Data Model including SD11, related tables, and some tricks for seeing even more
Take a look at extracting data from customer master tables to provide data for advanced analysis
This lecture will introduce the topic of the Customer Hierarchy, and includes how it relates to the Customer Master, & why it's important
In this lecture students will get familiar with accessing the Customer Hierarchy and navigating the structure
In this lecture students will become familiar with displaying a Customer Hierarchy as well as many of the details on the structure and nodes.
In this lecture students can build a Customer Hierarchy from scratch using what they've learned, including the technical tips from the previous lecture.
In this lecture students will become familiar with making changes to an existing Customer Hierarchy
In this lecture students will learn about the Customer Hierarchy Node Account Group which can be very helpful for building a structure.
In this lecture students will gain critical insights in to the technical components of the Customer Hierarchy so they can much more easily create, maintain and use a complex Customer Hierarchy.
In this lecture students will get to use the Customer Hierarchy in the order-to-Cash process focusing on Pricing and Rebates. This will show the real power of the Customer Hierarchy and why it's worth maintaining as you scale up.
In this lecture students will review what they've learned about the Customer Hierarchy and how they can map it to their own business scenarios.
Upon completing this course,
students will have a strong understanding of managing customer data using the SAP customer master application.
This includes:
Understanding how an optimized customer master supports an optimized order-to-cash process, as well as related business processes,
Accessing & navigating the many screens and fields in the SAP ECC Customer Master,
Understanding where the data comes from and how it's used in the order-to-cash process,
Displaying, creating, changing field data and easily tracking changes in the customer master,
Business partner setup and usage,
Differences between the General Data, Sales Data & Company Code Data,
Customer Master reporting & analysis,
How to troubleshooting issues such as errors and missing data
Many other related topics
Students will also gain good skills at:
Mapping customer data, which is critical for topics like engaging in a new SAP project or new business unit rollout.
Implementing a customer management business within large and complex organizations.
Recognizing different customers types and how to differentiate the process needed for each.
How to design an optimal customer master for order-to-cash integration that is accurate and can be managed efficiently.
How to understand options for fields related to configuration and how to work with technical personnel to implement changes.
Looking forward to seeing you in the course!