Which functionality within SAP Sales and Distribution deals with maintaining pricing conditions?

The functionality within SAP Sales and Distribution that focuses on maintaining pricing conditions is the condition technique. This technique is a systematic way to handle various conditions for pricing, including discounts, surcharges, and other pricing elements.

The condition technique works by determining pricing based on a set of predefined conditions. It evaluates various factors such as customer hierarchy, material characteristics, or pricing groups to arrive at the final price. Additionally, it allows for flexibility and adaptability, as new conditions can be added or modified without disrupting the overall structure. This capability is critical for businesses that need to implement complex pricing strategies to meet market demands and improve customer satisfaction.

In contrast, sales order management, delivery processing, and billing management deal with different aspects of the order-to-cash cycle. While they may touch on pricing indirectly—such as calculating totals on invoices or managing order fulfillment—they do not primarily focus on the essential aspects of creating, maintaining, and adjusting the underlying pricing conditions that the condition technique encompasses. Thus, the condition technique is central to pricing management within the SAP Sales and Distribution module.