| Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000)When you double-click a record, or click the New button, the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session is started. Note This session can be displayed in different views. When you
change the view, LN changes the session's title bar, column sequence, and the number of view
fields. If you click Sort by on the View menu, you can choose to
sort the sold-to business partners by: - Business Partner
- Search Key, Business Partner
- Address, Business Partner
- Internal Sales Representative, Business Partner
- External Sales Representative, Business Partner
Sold-to Business Partner Usually a customer's purchase department, the business partner
who orders goods or services from your organization, that owns the
configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project. The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include
the following: - Default price and discount agreements
- Sales order defaults
- Delivery terms
- The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner
Status Indicates the actions that can be carried out for the business
partner. The status can be: Active, Inactive, or Prospect. For example, you cannot enter a sales order for a business
partner with status Prospect, or ship goods
to a business partner with status Inactive. If there are outstanding sales orders or
open invoices for the business partner, you cannot change the status from Active to Prospect. City The city in which the sold-to business partner is established. Country The country in which the sold-to business partner is
established. Phone Number The sold-to business partner's telephone number. 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. Search Key The search key to find the business partner. LN automatically fills this field with the first 16
positions of the business partner's name. The letters are converted into
capitals. Creation Date The date and time at which the business partner was
defined. Address Code The sold-to business partner's address. Parent Business Partner The business partner that links the various business-partners
with different roles in a distributed business partner organization. If you define branches of one company as different business
partners, the business partners must all have the same parent business partner. ZIP Code/Postal Code The sold-to business partner's ZIP code. State/Province The state or province where the sold-to business partner
resides. House Number The sold-to business partner's house number. Fax The sold-to business partner's fax number. Website The sold-to business partner's website. Start Date The date and time when this status takes effect. If you leave this field empty, the status
takes effect immediately. End Date The expiry date and time of the business partner's status. If you leave this field empty, the status
continues. Language The language used for documents addressed to the business partner.
If no document is available in this language, the document in the company
language is used. 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. 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. Business Partner Type A way to group business partners with similar characteristics,
for example, members of the EU, or subject to specific customs
rules. Note A business-partner type is not the same as a business-partner
role or financial business-partner group. 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. Calendar The business partner 's calendar. Contact The business partner's default contact. 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. 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 of the Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000) session. 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. 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: 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: Business Partner 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. Method of Additional Cost Calculation Specify the level based on which the additional costs are calculated for the sold-to business partner. Eligible for Promotion If this check box is selected, The business partner is
eligible for a promotion. You can define promotions in the Promotions (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. 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. 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 Sales 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Invoice-to Business Partner The invoice-to business partner, to which you send invoices connected with 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. 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 The currency in which the annual revenue is
expressed. Industry Code The codes that classify business partners by type of business
based on a code list, as determined by the government authorities. These codes
can be used to segment customers for territory management and campaigns.
Examples of industry coding systems are: SIC (Standard Industrial
Classification) and NAICS (North American Industry Classification
System). Ownership A definition of the ownership, such as private, public, or
investment company. Rating The rating assigned to the sold-to business partner. | |