Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain sold-to business partners.

You can start this session from:

  • The Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000) overview session, by double-clicking a record, or by entering a new sold-to business partner.
  • The Business Partners (tccom4500m000) overview session, by clicking Sold-to Business Partner on the appropriate menu.
  • The Business Partner (tccom4100s000) session, by clicking the Sold-to button.
  • Stand-alone.
Tabs

The lines on the tabs refer to these sessions:

 

Sold-to Business Partner
General
General
Address

The sold-to business partner's address.

Address Line 1

The first part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 1 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session.

Address Line 2

The second part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 2 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session.

Address Line 3

The third part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 3 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session.

Address Line 4

The fourth part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 4 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session.

Address Line 5

The fifth part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 5 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session.

Address Line 6

The sixth part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 6 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session.

Business Phone

The phone number at the business address.

Note

If a full business phone number is specified, based on the field values in the Phone Number Data group box of the Countries (tcmcs0110s000) session, the full number is automatically split in the Business Phone Number Details (Sold-to BP) (tccom4110s200) session. Click the Details button to start this session.

Primary Contact

The business partner's primary contact.

Note

If this field is filled, the sold-to business partner is also linked to the contact in the Business Partner Roles by Contact (tccom4546m000) session.

Full Name

The contact's full name.

Text
Text

Use this field to enter a text related to the sold-to business partner.

Status
Business Partner Status

business partner status

If there are outstanding sales orders or open invoices for the business partner, you cannot change the status from Active to Prospect.

Allowed values

Business Partner Status

From

The date and time when this status takes effect.

If you leave this field empty, the status takes effect immediately.

To

The expiry date and time of the business partner's status.

If you leave this field empty, the status continues.

User
Created by

The user who defined the sold-to business partner.

Creation Date

The date the business partner data, business partner role data, or business partner address data was created.

Last Modified by

The user who last modified the business partner data, business partner role data, or business partner address data.

Last Modification Date

The date the business partner data, business partner role data, or business partner address data was last modified.

Detailed
Details
Language

The language used for documents addressed to the sold-to business partner. If no document is available in this language, the document in the company language is used.

Business Partner Signal

If you select a signal here, the signal message is displayed when you enter the business-partner code in an LN session.

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Business Partner Type
Business Partner for Statistics Update

The business partner for whom LN updates the statistics in Order Management with transactions from the current business partner.

For example, you can enter the parent business partner. If this field is empty, LN updates the statistics for the current business partner.

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Calendar

The business partner 's calendar.

Response Time

The response time you have agreed with the business partner.

Service uses the data in the Response Time field and the Priority field to calculate the urgency of a business partner's call.

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Priority

The priority for Service that is assigned to the business partner.

Service uses the data in the Response Time field and the Priority field to calculate the urgency of a business partner's call.

Note

Specify the priority for Sales Control and Warehousing on the Shipping tab.

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Fax Number

The business partner's fax number at the business address.

Note

If a full fax number is specified, based on the field values in the Phone Number Data group box of the Countries (tcmcs0110s000) session, the full number is automatically split in the Fax Number Details (Sold-to BP) (tccom4110s300) session. Click the Details button to start this session.

Business Information
Area

The area in which the sold-to business partner is established.

Sales Territory

The sales territory to which the sold-to business partner is linked.

Line of Business

The sold-to business partner's line of business, which is used as a sorting criterion for the sales statistics.

Number of Employees

The number of employees that are working for the business partner.

Annual Revenue

The sold-to business partner's annual revenue.

Annual Revenue Currency

The currency in which the annual revenue is expressed.

Industry Code

The unit in which the imported product is measured by the customs officials.

Ownership

A definition of the ownership, such as private, public, or investment company.

Rating

The rating assigned to the sold-to business partner.

Pricing
Pricing
Rate Determiner

The way in which the exchange rate is determined that LN uses to convert the transaction currency into the local and reporting currencies.

Sales Price List

The price list that is used to link price agreements and/or discount agreements to the business partner.

Price List for Direct Delivery

The price list used in case of direct deliveries to the business partner. If an order line refers to a direct delivery, LN consults these agreements.

Order Discount

The business partner's default order discount percentage applied to sales orders.

Upper Margin

The percentage that the actual sales price is allowed to exceed the cost price.

The upper and lower margins enable you to monitor sales by using gross margins.

Specifying upper and lower margins only has an effect if you select at least one of the following parameters in the Margin Control Parameters (tdsls0120m000) session:

  • Signal
  • Log
  • Block
Lower Margin

The percentage that the actual sales price is allowed to be lower than the cost price.

The upper and lower margins enable you to monitor sales using gross margins.

Specifying upper and lower margins only has an effect if you select at least one of the following parameters in the Margin Control Parameters (tdsls0120m000) session:

  • Signal
  • Log
  • Block
BP for Prices/Discounts

The business partner for prices and discounts. You base prices and discounts for sales orders by the sold-to business partner on the terms and conditions that you agree with the business partner that you select here.

If you leave this field empty, you use the prices and discounts that you have agreed with the sold-to business partner specified on the sales order.

Note

This business partner must have the same parent business-partner as the sold-to business partner defined in this session.

Calculate Additional Costs

If this check box is selected, additional costs can be calculated for the sold-to business partner.

Calculate Additional Costs For

Specify whether additional costs are calculated during the sales order procedure or the shipment procedure for the sold-to business partner.

Note

You can select Shipments only if the Calculate Additional Costs for Shipments check box is selected in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session.

Method of Additional Cost Calculation

Specify the level based on which the additional costs are calculated for the sold-to business partner.

Promotions
Eligible for Promotion

If this check box is selected, The business partner is eligible for a promotion.

You can define promotions in the Promotion (tdpcg0140m000) session.

LN applies promotion automatically if the Apply Automatic Promotions check box is selected.

Apply Automatic Promotions

If this check box is selected, and the Eligible for Promotion check box is selected, promotions are applied automatically to the sold-to business partner in the Sales Order Promotion Data Link (tdsls4536m000) session.

Selling
Sales Office

The sales office responsible for sales to the sold-to business partner.

Note

If the business partner places an order in a different sales office, LN issues a warning.

Internal Sales Representative

The employee of your company responsible for contact with the sold-to business partner.

External Sales Representative

Your company employee who calls on the sold-to business partner, mainly by visits.

Sales Order Type

The default sales order type for the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session.

If you leave this field empty, LN takes the default order type from the User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session.

Our Supplier Number

The identification or code that the business partner uses for your organization.

List Group

The list group used to find the list item components when you sell a list item to this business partner.

Allow Alternative List Groups

If this check box is selected, during sales order line entry for the sold-to business partner, you can select list items from the list group that is linked to the business partner, as well as from other list groups.

Channel

The channel assigned to the business partner. This determines the quantity of goods that is available to promise for the business partner.

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EDI Order Change Response

The type of electronic data interchange (EDI) message sent to the business partner when you change the order.

Select Not Applicable for business partners that you have not set up for EDI in the Business Partner EDI Data by Network (ecedi0528m000) session.

Acknowledge by Exception

If you select this check box, only new and changed sales order lines to which you assign a sales acknowledgement code are printed on the sales order acknowledgement.

In this way, you can control which changes to the sales order lines must be printed on the sales order acknowledgement. This accommodates sold-to business partners with printing sales order acknowledgement in special cases only. For example, if you change the delivery date, item, and/or price.

If you clear this check box, sales order acknowledgements are printed for all order lines, regardless of the acknowledgement codes.

Use Confirmation

If this check box is selected, sold quantities must be confirmed by the supplier. Therefore, the Order Confirmation Date must be filled before a sales order can be approved or a sales schedule can be released to Warehousing.

Note

This field is only visible if the Use Confirmation (Sales) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Self-Billing

If this check box is selected, self-billing applies to the business partner.

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Shipping
Shipping Constraint

The default shipping constraint for the sold-to business partner. When you enter sales order lines, you can use this value or enter a different shipping constraint.

Allowed values

Possible Values

Customer Priority

The priority for shipments to the sold-to business partner. This priority is used in Sales Control and in Warehousing.

A low number represents a high priority. A high number represents a low priority.

Delivery Terms

The delivery terms agreed with the business partner.

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Point of Title Passage

The default point of title passage used for the business partner.

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Return Delivery Terms

The delivery terms agreed with the business partner concerning the delivery of goods in case of a return order.

Ship-to Business Partner

The default ship-to business partner to which goods supplied to the sold-to business partner must be delivered.

Schedule Quantity Qualifier

The types of quantities that are communicated to the supplier.

Automaticallly Process Sales Schedule Releases

If this check box is selected, sales releases are automatically converted to sales schedules for this sold-to business partner.

If this check box is cleared, sales releases must be converted to sales schedules in the Process Sales Releases (tdsls3208m000) session. You can update sales releases before they are converted to sales schedules.

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Allow Shipment of Multiple Alternative Items

If this check box is selected, the sold-to business partner accepts the ordered item as well as alternative items in one shipment.

For example, if insufficient quantity of the ordered item is available, the shipment can contain the available quantity of the ordered item and additional quantities of alternative items that are required to reach the ordered quantity.

Invoicing
Invoice-to Business Partner

The invoice-to business partner, to whom you send invoices for the sales orders received from this sold-to business partner.

Note

One of the following must be true:

  • The sold-to business partner and the invoice-to business partner have the same parent business partner.
  • The sold-to business partner is the invoice-to business partner's parent.
Invoice Business Partner for Freight

If this check box is selected, you charge the business partner for the freight costs of the sold goods.