In SAP S/4HANA Sales, the system determines the delivering plant for a sales order item by searching through master data in a specific hierarchical sequence. This sequence prioritizes more specific data over general data. The system first checks the customer-material info record, which is the most specific, as it applies to a unique customer-material combination. If no plant is found there, it checks the business partner master record of the ship-to party (in the Sales Area Data, Shipping tab). If a plant is still not determined, the system finally defaults to the plant maintained in the material master record (in the Sales: General/Plant or Sales Org. 1 view).

A: This sequence is incorrect because it checks the most specific record (customer-material info record) last, which contradicts the standard SAP logic of prioritizing specific agreements.

C: This sequence is the reverse of the correct logic, starting with the most general master data (material master) and ending with the most specific.

D: This sequence is incorrect because the ship-to party master data has a higher priority than the material master data in the standard determination process.

1. SAP S/4HANA Help Portal: Plant Determination. The official documentation explicitly states the sequence for plant determination: "The system determines the plant according to the following priority rule: 1. It first checks to see whether a plant is specified in the customer-material information record... 2. If no plant is specified there

it checks to see whether a plant is specified in the customer master record of the ship-to party... 3. If no plant is specified there

it takes the plant from the material master record." (Accessed for SAP S/4HANA 2023).

2. SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition 2402 Documentation: Master Data in Sales and Distribution. In the section describing the integration of master data

the plant determination logic is outlined

confirming the hierarchy: Customer-Material Info Record > Ship-to Party Master > Material Master.

3. SAP Learning Hub Course S4600: Business Processes in SAP S/4HANA Sales. Unit 5: Master Data in Sales and Distribution

Lesson: Determining a Delivering Plant. This course material details the standard plant determination logic

confirming the sequence as Customer-Material Info Record

followed by the Ship-to Party (Customer Master)

and then the Material Master.