The "Sales Processing using Third-Party without Shipping Notification" (BDK) process is a standard SAP S/4HANA Cloud scope item. In this scenario, a sales order automatically generates a purchase requisition. This is converted into a purchase order, which may require approval and release (D). The third-party vendor ships the goods directly to the customer and sends an invoice to your company. The receipt and entry of this vendor invoice (B) is the crucial step that confirms the transaction and makes the sales order due for billing. Subsequently, your company creates a billing document (A) to invoice the end customer. This process variant explicitly omits any goods receipt or delivery document creation in your system.

C. Create outbound delivery: This is incorrect because the goods are shipped directly from the third-party vendor to the customer, not from your company's own stock. Therefore, no outbound delivery is created.

E. Create inbound delivery: This is incorrect as the goods are never received at your company's premises. The vendor ships directly to the final customer, so no inbound delivery is processed.

1. SAP Best Practices Explorer: Scope Item "Sales Processing using Third-Party without Shipping Notification (BDK)". The official process flow diagram for this scope item clearly shows the sequence: Create Sales Order -> Convert Purchase Requisitions to Purchase Orders -> Approve Purchase Orders -> Create Supplier Invoice -> Create Billing Document. The diagram explicitly shows no delivery-related steps. (Access via SAP Best Practices Explorer for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition).

2. SAP Help Portal - Third-Party Processing: "In third-party processing without a shipping notification

the sales order is relevant for billing as soon as the invoice from the vendor has been posted in Financial Accounting. The quantity from the vendor invoice is automatically copied to the billing document." This documentation confirms that the vendor invoice (B) precedes and triggers the customer billing document (A). (SAP S/4HANA Cloud -> Sales -> Sales -> Third-Party Processing).