Buy-from Business Partner (tccom4120s000)

Use this session to view, enter, and maintain buy-from business partners

You can start this session from:

  • The Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) overview session, by double-clicking a record, or by entering a new buy-from business partner.
  • The Business Partners (tccom4500m000) overview session, by clicking Buy-from Business Partner on the appropriate menu.
  • The Business Partner (tccom4100s000) session, by clicking the Buy-from button.
  • Stand-alone.
Tabs

The lines on the tabs refer to these sessions:

 

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.
Address
The buy-from 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 (Buy-from BP) (tccom4120s200) session. Click the Details button to start this session.

Primary Contact
The business partner's primary contact.
Note

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

Primary Contact
The contact's full name.
Text
Use this field to enter a text related to the buy-from business partner.
Business Partner Status
The status assigned to the business partner, which determines the actions that can be carried out for the business partner.

For example, you cannot specify 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.

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.

Created by
The user who defined the buy-from 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.
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 buy-from business partner is established.
Line of Business
The buy-from business partner's line of business, which is used as a sorting criterion for statistics.
Small Business
If this check box is selected, the buy-from business partner is a small business.

If small business data is linked to the buy-from business partner in the Small Business - Details (tccom1155m005) session, this check box is by default selected. Click Small Business to view the small business data.

Disadvantaged Business
If this check box is selected, the buy-from business partner is a disadvantaged business.

If disadvantaged business data is linked to the buy-from business partner in the Disadvantaged Business - Details (tccom1155m010) session, this check box is by default selected. Click Disadvantaged Business to view the disadvantaged business data.

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
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.

Vendor Rating
If you want to apply vendor rating to the business partner, select this check box.
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.
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 (Buy-from BP) (tccom4120s300) session. Click the Details button to start this session.

Rate Determiner
The way in which LN determines the exchange rate that is used in purchase orders.
Use Purchase Rates for Receipts
If this check box is selected, LN uses purchase rate data for the debit side of the purchase order/receipt transaction.
Purchase Price List
The price list used to link price and/or discount agreements to the business partner.

These agreements can be overruled by other price agreements that you reach with a buy-from business partner.

Order Discount
The default order discount percentage that you apply to the business partner's purchase orders.
Business Partner for Prices/Discounts
Prices and discounts for purchase orders to the buy-from business partner must be based on the terms and conditions agreed with the business partner selected in this field.

If you leave this field empty, LN applies the prices and discounts that you agreed with the buy-from business partner specified on the purchase order.

Note

This business partner must have the same parent business-partner as the buy-from business partner defined in this session.

Retro-Billing Applicable
If this check box is selected, the retrobilling functionality is available for the buy-from business partner.
Purchase Office
The purchase office that LN uses by default for purchases from the buy-from business partner.

If you define a purchase office as the enterprise unit's default purchase office in the Departments (tcemm1124m000) session, LN uses the enterprise unit's default purchase office for automatically generated purchase orders.

Buyer
The employee of your company responsible for contact with the buy-from business partner.
Purchase Order Type
The default purchase order type for purchase orders.

If you leave this field empty, LN takes the default order type from the Purchase User Profiles (tdpur0143m000) session.

Our Customer 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 buy a list item from this business partner.
Print Purchase Order by Exception
If this check box is selected, only new and changed purchase order lines to which you assign a purchase acknowledgement code are printed on the purchase order.

In this way, you can control which changes to the purchase order lines are printed on the next purchase order. This accommodates buy-from business partners who wish to receive a printed purchase order in special cases only. For example, when you have changed the delivery date, item, or price.

If this check box is cleared, purchase orders are printed for all order lines, regardless of the acknowledgement codes.

Generate Release per Vehicle
If this check box is selected, LN sends EDI messages for the releases of shipments sorted by end item instead of sorted by the supplied item. In the automotive industry, the vehicle is an end item.

This check box is only relevant for sequence shipping schedules.

This check box is the default setting for the business partner of the Generate Release per Vehicle check box in the Purchase Releases (tdpur3120m000) session. You can change the setting on the purchase release header.

Environmental Compliance Declared
Worldwide, various regulations exist to limit the use of hazardous chemical substances in electronic equipment preventing environmental pollution.

Companies, in most cases producers of electronic equipment, are legally required to:

  • Set up and control compliancy rules.
  • Verify whether purchased, engineered, manufactured, and serviced material is compliant.
  • Verify whether their work processes are compliant.

If this check box is selected, the business partner works in compliance with the regulations preventing environmental pollution.

Item Cross Reference
The default alternative way of communicating with the business partner about items.
Note

You can only set this field to MPN if the Manufacturer Part Numbers check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Allowed values

Item Cross Reference

Use Confirmation
If this check box is selected, ordered quantities must be confirmed by the customer. Therefore, the Confirmation Accepted check box must be selected before a purchase order or schedule can be released to Warehousing.
Note

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

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-from Business Partner
The default ship-from business partner that issues the goods that you buy from the buy-from business partner.
Schedule Quantity Qualifier
The types of quantities that are communicated to the supplier.
Invoice-from Business Partner
The invoice-from business partner from whom you receive invoices connected with the purchase orders that you send to this buy-from business partner.
Note

One of the following must be true:

  • The buy-from business partner and the invoice-from business partner have the same parent business partner.
  • The buy-from business partner is the invoice-from 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 goods that you purchased.
Self-Billing
If this check box is selected, self-billing is used by default for purchase orders that you issue to this buy-from business partner.

Related topics

Invoice After
If self-billing is applicable, specify when self billed invoices can be generated.
  • Inspection
    Self bills can be generated after the goods are inspected and approved.
  • Receipt
    Self bills can be generated after the goods are received or consumed.

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Self-Billing Date type
If the Self-Billing check box is selected, specify on which date the self-billing payments are based. Either the receipt date or the shipping date can be used as the invoice date on self-billed invoices.

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