Terms and Conditions Lines (tctrm1120m000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain terms and conditions lines for a combination of terms and conditions agreement and terms and conditions search level.

To start the Terms and Conditions Line (tctrm1620m000) session, double-click a record.

Note

This session can be displayed in different views. If you click Sort by on the View menu, you can change the terms and conditions lines' view. Therefore, LN changes the session's title bar and column sequence.

 

Terms and Conditions ID

An agreement between business partners about the sale, purchase, or transfer of goods, in which you can define detailed terms and conditions about orders, schedules, planning, logistics, invoicing, and demand pegging, and define the search mechanism to retrieve the correct terms and conditions.

The agreement includes the following:

  • A header with the type of agreement and the business partner(s).
  • Search levels with a search priority and a selection of search attributes (fields) and linked terms and conditions groups.
  • One or more lines with the values for the search levels’ search attributes.
  • Terms and conditions groups with detailed terms and conditions about orders, schedules, planning, logistics, invoicing, and demand pegging for the lines.
Search Level

A priority level for searching and selecting a terms and conditions line. Search levels include a selection of search attributes (fields) and linked terms and conditions groups.

Position

The number used to identify the position of the terms and conditions line on the terms and conditions agreement or the terms and conditions template.

Item

In LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on.

An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants.

You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The following are examples of nonphysical items:

  • Cost items (for example, electricity)
  • Service items
  • Subcontracting services
  • List items (menus/options)
Note

If the Planning check box is selected in the Terms and Conditions Search Level (tctrm1610m000) session, only items for which the order system is set to Planned or FAS and for which ordering data is defined in the Items - Ordering (tcibd2500m000) session, can be entered in this field.

Item Group

Group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults.

Product Type

User-definable item grouping data that is used as a sorting and selecting criterion. The product type is intended for classifying items with similar characteristics for production purposes.

Product Line

A group of products made by the same producer, that are similar but differ in details such as, size, shape, color, and so on. User-definable item grouping data, mainly used as an item selection criterion for reporting.

Product Class

User-definable item grouping data that is used to distinguish between different groups of items in a product line. The product class is mainly used as a selection criterion for reporting.

Warehouse Company

The warehouse's company.

Warehouse

A place for storing goods. For each warehouse, you can enter address data and data relating to its type.

Warehouse Set

A group of warehouses with similar characteristics. A warehouse can belong to one particular warehouse set.

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
Ship-to Business Partner

The business partner to which you ship the ordered goods. This usually represents a customer's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse from which you send the goods, the carrier who carries out the transport, and the related sold-to business partner.

Invoice-to Business Partner

The business partner to which you send invoices. This usually represents a customer's accounts payable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about the customer's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-by business partner.

Buy-from Business Partner

The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.

Ship-from Business Partner

The business partner that ships the ordered goods to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse at which you want to receive the goods and if you want to inspect the goods, the carrier that takes care of the transport, and the related buy-from business partner.

Invoice-from Business Partner

The business partner that sends invoices to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about your organization's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-to business partner.

Department

The department's company.

Department

A company's organizational unit that carries out a specific set of tasks, for example, a sales office or a purchase office. Departments are assigned number groups for the orders they issue. The department's enterprise unit determines the financial company to which the financial transactions that the department generates are posted.

 

Generate Default Terms and Conditions

If the terms and conditions agreement is generated from a terms and conditions template, use this command to copy the template's terms and conditions groups after the terms and conditions lines are manually defined.

Note

In terms and conditions agreements it is mandatory to specify the terms and conditions lines. However, in terms and conditions templates, the lines can be left empty, while the terms and conditions groups are filled.