For a plant to be recognized as a valid delivering plant within the Sales and Distribution (SD) module, it must be assigned to a sales line. A sales line, also known as a distribution chain, is the combination of a sales organization and a distribution channel. This assignment in the enterprise structure configuration explicitly permits the plant to deliver goods for sales orders created within that specific sales organization and distribution channel. Without this link, the system cannot process sales from that plant for the given sales area.

A. Warehouse number: Assigning a plant to a warehouse number is a configuration step for Warehouse Management (WM/EWM), not for enabling it as a delivering plant in sales orders.

B. Distribution channel: A plant is not assigned to a distribution channel alone. The assignment is made to the combination of a sales organization and a distribution channel (the distribution chain).

D. Division: A division is used to segment a business by product lines. The plant assignment for delivery purposes is independent of the division and occurs at the distribution chain level.

1. SAP S/4HANA - Product Assistance

Enterprise Structure in Sales: "To be able to process sales from a plant

you must assign the plant to a sales organization and a distribution channel." This combination is defined as a distribution chain. (Source: SAP Help Portal

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Enterprise Structure in Sales).

2. SAP S/4HANA - Implementation Guide (IMG): The specific configuration step is found under the path: Enterprise Structure -> Assignment -> Sales and Distribution -> Assign sales organization - distribution channel - plant. The description for this activity explicitly states its purpose is to define the plants from which materials can be delivered for a specific sales line (distribution chain). (Source: SAP S/4HANA 2023 System IMG).

3. SAP S/4HANA - Product Assistance

Organizational Structures in Sales and Distribution: "A distribution chain is a combination of a sales organization and a distribution channel and represents a channel through which materials or services reach the customer." The assignment of a plant to this structure is a prerequisite for sales processing. (Source: SAP Help Portal

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Organizational Structures in Sales and Distribution).