Reviewing the list of contract lines

The Contracts page shows a list of the contract lines that have been imported from the ERP system.

To review the list of contract lines:

Select Release Management > Contracts.
Review this information:
Line

The line number of the contract line.

Internal Item

The internal item identifier of the contract line that is used by the supplier.

Item Description

The item description of the contract line.

UOM

The unit of measure of the contract line. A standard quantity used to count, divide, or describe an object or objects.

Customer Item

The item identifier of the contract line that is used by the customer.

Customer

The customer who holds the contract.

Customer Name

The name of the customer who holds the contract.

Ship To

The ship to of the contract line. This field indicates the location code that is used with the ship to location to identify where the goods are shipped.
Note: In specific cases, the ship to of a contract line in the ERP system must be changed. In such cases, the new ship to is copied from the contract line when you create a new plan manually.

Ship To Name

View the name of the location that is used with the Ship To location identifier to identify where goods are shipped to.

Contract

The internal contract.

Internal Status

The status of the contract in Release Management. If active contract lines are assigned to the contract, then the status of the contract is Active. The status New indicates that at least one new contract line is assigned to the contract that is not yet assigned to a plan. Deleted or canceled contracts have the external status Closed.

External Status
The external status of the contract from the ERP system. These are the external statuses:
- Active: The contract includes active contract lines that are supplied.
- Closed: The contract lines of the contract are terminated and are not supplied.
Accounting Entity

A corporation or a subset of a corporation that is independent in regard to one or more operational functions or accounting functions. An accounting entity produces a P&L and balance sheet from a complete, balanced set of transactions, and is often a legal entity. An accounting entity is defined within a tenant and can contain locations.

Effective from Date

Defines the start date of the valid period for the contract line.

Effective to Date

Defines the end date of the valid period for the contract line.

LSP Processing
This field shows whether the customer is supplied directly. In case of LSP processing, the shipments to the customer are sent by an internal or external logistics service provider (LSP). If an internal or external LSP is involved, then the processing is called consignment processing. Consignment processing means that the property of the goods remains yours until the internal or external LSP has shipped the goods to your customer. These options are available:
- No LSP: Shipments are sent directly to the customer. No LSP is involved. Release Management processes Shipment BODs from the ERP system. To check the shipments, click View Shipments in the detail views of the Plans, Planning Schedules, or Shipment Schedules pages.
- INTERNAL: An internal LSP sends shipments to the customer. The warehouse of the internal LSP is often located near or on the customer's company grounds. Consequently, the customer considers the stock on hand in the warehouse for planning schedules and shipment schedules. The requirement is reduced when the shipment of goods to the customer starts. The cumulative quantity is increased when the shipment starts. Release Management processes InventoryConsumption BODs from the ERP system. To check the inventory consumption, click View Shipments in the detail views of the Plans, Planning Schedules, or Shipment Schedules pages.
- EXTERNAL: An external LSP sends the shipments to the customer. External LSPs manage the stock. The requirement is reduced after the goods are shipped to the customer. The cumulative quantity is increased after the shipment. Release Management processes InventoryConsumption BODs from the ERP system. To check the inventory consumption, click View Shipments in the detail views of the Plans, Planning Schedules, or Shipment Schedules pages.
Customer Order Number

This field shows the customer's identity number that is assigned to a specific order.

Deviating Empty Customer Order Number Action
The customer order number deviates from the value that is received in the current schedule. If the field that is published in the contract is empty, then these action codes can be used:
- Block: The current schedule is stored on the Unprocessed Plans page. The processing of the current schedule is stopped.
- Continue with Schedule or Continue with Contract: The processing of the current schedule continues. The customer order number of the contract is used.
Deviating Customer Order Number Action
The customer order number deviates from the value that is received in the current schedule. If the field that is published in the contract is filled, then these action codes can be used:
- Block: The current schedule is stored on the Unprocessed Plans page. The processing of the current schedule is stopped.
- Continue with Schedule: The processing of the current schedule continues. The customer order number of the current schedule is used.
- Continue with Contract: The processing of the current schedule continues. The customer order number of the contract is used.
MOQ

This field shows the Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) that is defined for the contract line of an item in the ERP system, for example LN.

Sales Office

This field shows the responsible sales representative office that is assigned to the contract line.

Direct Delivery

This check box indicates whether a contract line is a direct delivery. This indicator is enabled when it is transmitted from the inbound Sync.Contract BOD.

Internal Sales Representative

This field indicates the name of the internal sales representative.