Internal Order Status Management

Status management is the act of determining and managing what transactions are valid for an order at any given time within its life cycle. The term life cycle was coined by SAP to refer to an order’s fluid existence, moving from one phase to another until it is closed. The complexity of order accounting is no more visible than the complexity involved with the development of status management.

As with most things in SAP, there are two options to choose from when determining a status management type. Each of these solutions, along with any additional configuration, will be covered in detail:

General status management The most flexible of the two statuses, this approach is recommended because of its ability to be ...

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