You normally include multiple sales orders in your outbound deliveries. Which sales order fields would prevent this from happening if their content was different? Note: There are 3 correct answers…

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Options

• AShip-to party
• BDelivery date
• CPlant
• DIncoterms
• EMaterial group

• A
  79% (45)
• C
  7% (4)
• E
  14% (8)

Explanation

In SAP SD, outbound delivery grouping relies on matching header-level criteria across sales orders. If Ship-to party (A) differs, the system cannot send one delivery to multiple addresses. If the Delivery date (B) differs, SAP treats the orders as needing separate shipments on separate dates. If Incoterms (D) differ, the contractual shipping terms vary, making consolidation logistically and legally inappropriate - SAP splits the delivery accordingly.

Plant (C) is a distractor because it operates at the item level and influences shipping point determination, not the header split directly; the shipping point (not the plant itself) is the true split criterion. Material group (E) is a classification field used for reporting and pricing - it has no role in delivery consolidation logic.

Memory tip: Think of the three correct answers as answering "Where, When, and How?" - Ship-to = Where it's going, Delivery date = When it must arrive, Incoterms = How (under what terms) it ships. If any of these differ, you can't merge the orders into one delivery.

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