Sales Order Document Types

In standard SAP SD, there are many Sales Order Types having their own functionality to
represent the different business processes. Following broadly are the standard sales order
document types:

 Standard Order
 Contract
 Cash Sales
 Rush Order
 Free of Charge Delivery
 Returns
 Consignment Order
 Credit Memo Request
 Debit Memo Request

If you are working with either of the above mentioned document types, you can see different
screen sequences. For instance, in Inquiry, Quotation and Contract there are validity dates. The
reason for this is that Quotation is a legal document where you confirm your customer that you
commit to offer a product on such price within a stipulated period. The same is in the case of
Contract. You and your customer have agreed on certain terms of long term relationship. Where,
after mutual understanding, you have agreed to supply a specific product to your customer
within the time frame mentioned on the contract.

Returns are sales documents where a customer has returned your goods due to any reason. Be
it a quality issue or damages or wrong product was dispatched, etc. Returns document can be
created both with a reference to the original order or without a reference.

Consignment order is one where you have placed your product at a customer’s premises and the
customer asks to sell or dispatch them when he needs it. There are four different document
types associated with consignment processing having their own functionality.