Customer Master Records

The customer master record is the basis for all sales transactions as well as deliveries and
payments. Customer master records can represent different entities based on the role they
play in the transaction. We’ll be using and discussing the following customer master
records:

• Sold to Party---The partner or customer that places the sales order request.
• Ship to Party--- The partner or customer that receives the delivery of the goods or
services.
• Bill to Party ---The partner or customer that receives the invoice.
• Payer Party ---The partner or customer that is responsible for the payment of the
invoice.

Other important customer master records are created, such as inter-company customers,
which represent the company that is behaving like a customer because they are placing
orders with another company in the same client.
Another important customer master record is a one-time customer, which is a customer
master record that represents a general customer. This may be used for customers that buy
infrequently or who only transact with the business once. Instead of creating individual
customer master records for each of these individuals, you can use the general customer
master record.
To create a customer master record in mySAP ECC, follow this menu path.

Menu Path SAP Easy Access | SAP menu | Logistics | Sales and Distribution | Master
Data | Business Partner | Customer | Create