adjustment order
A warehouse order created specifically to adjust inventory where a variance has occurred. An adjustment order adjusts inventory and creates financial transactions.
advance shipment notice
A notification that a shipment has been sent. Advanced shipment notices are sent and received by means of EDI. You can receive advance shipment notices from your supplier informing you that goods are to arrive at your warehouse, and/or you can send advance shipment notices to your customers that the goods they ordered are about to be delivered.
ASN
shipment notice
contract
An agreement with the business partner that defines the terms and conditions like deliverables, billing plan, payment terms and so on. A contract can be linked to one or more projects.
contract quote
A quote to a business partner for the provision of a service contract.
corrective action plan (CAP)
The plan that details the actions performed to prevent recurrence of non-conformance or failure. The plan is based on the non-conformance material report (NCMR).
cross validation rule
A user-defined rule that allows you to indicate which combinations of GL accounts and dimension values are valid. A cross validation rule requires at least one rule element. Cross validation rules are applied to all transactions registered in the General Ledger. In case of multiple financial companies, validation rules can be either company-specific or applicable across all companies.
cycle count order
An order generated by LN to count the inventory by stock point at a particular frequency and to subsequently register the counted quantities. A cycle count order consists of an order number and a sequence number indicating the number of counts performed on this order. As a result of the count action, you can adjust the inventory.
DAS 2
Déclaration annuelle des salaries (Annual declaration of the wages/fees). A report of all payments made to third parties during a fiscal year, which must be submitted annually to the French government.
electronic bank statements (EBS)
- A system for automatic processing of electronic bank statements received from the bank on disk, tape, over the Internet, or by modem.
- The electronic bank statement files.
engineering item
An item in the process of development.
You can define multiple revisions of an engineering item. Typically, the most recent revisions are still in a design or test phase, another revision may have been taken into production, and older revisions are obsolete.
A normal item can only become revision-controlled when it is copied from the Engineering Data Management module.
E-item
freight order cluster
A freight order cluster is a group of freight order lines with matching properties, such as shipping offices, planning groups, overlapping time windows, transport means groups, and so on, that is subcontracted to a carrier. The carrier will plan and carry out the transportation of the goods listed on the freight order lines according to the subcontracting order.
general data
General archiving data includes master data from all LN application packages, such as Sales, Warehousing, Manufacturing, and Common.
handling unit
A uniquely identifiable physical unit that consists of packaging and contents. A handling unit can contain items. A handling unit has a structure of packaging materials used to pack items, or is a part of such a structure.
A handling unit includes the following attributes:
- Identification code
- Packaging item (optional)
- Quantity of packaging items (optional)
If you link an item to a handling unit, the item is packed by means of the handling unit. The packaging item refers to the type of container or other packing material of which the handling unit consists. For example, by defining a packaging item such as Wooden Crate for a handling unit, you specify that the handling unit is a wooden crate.
integration mapping scheme
A scheme that defines the ledger accounts and dimensions to which the integration transactions are posted.
intercompany trade order
A commission to buy, sell, or transport goods, or render services between organizational units that belong to the same organization.
For example, a sales office and a warehouse belong to the same organization. The sales office instructs the warehouse to deliver goods to an external customer to fulfill a sales order. The warehouse incurs costs for the goods delivered and the sales office is indebted to the warehouse.
An intercompany trade order consists of a header and transaction lines. The header data include the organizational units involved and the applicable transfer pricing rules. The transaction lines display the amounts of the individual items and the dates and times. Depending on the transfer pricing rules, some pricing details are maintainable.
inventory transaction
Any change in the inventory records.
invoice
A document stating a list of prices of delivered goods and services that must be paid under certain conditions.
invoicing batch
Selects the order types and orders to be invoiced. If you process an invoicing batch, LN selects the invoicing data and generates the invoices for the order types and orders selected through the invoicing batch.
issue
The transaction type that is used to withdraw goods from inventory.
lot
A number of items produced and stored together that are identified by a (lot) code. Lots identify goods.
maintenance sales order
Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control the maintenance on customer-owned components, products and the logistic handling of spare parts.
moving average
The average value of the present inventory, which is used in order to calculate the administrative price when you issue inventory. The inventory value is based on historical purchase prices.
non-conformance report (NCR)
The report that identifies non-conformance of material during QM/warehousing inspection or during the movement of the materials and/or when the material is in stock.
packaging item
The containers or supports that are used to hold and move goods within manufacturing, distribution processes, and, specifically, within the warehouse. For example: boxes, pallets.
product variant
A unique configuration of a configurable item. The variant results from the configuration process and includes information such as feature options, components, and operations.
Example
Configurable item: electric drill
Options:
- 3 power sources (batteries, 12 V or 220 V)
- 2 colors (blue, gray).
A total of 6 product variants can be produced with these options.
project
An endeavor with a specific objective to be met within the prescribed time and financial limitation, and that has been assigned for definition or execution.
reconciliation
To match related financial data from different sources to detect differences. Usually, reconciliation results in a report that you can use to view the matched data, the totals, and the detected differences.
For example:
- To compare the cash balance as reported by the bank with the cash balance of the company's books.
- To compare the logistic transactions with the related postings in Financials.
service contract
A sales agreement between a service organization and a customer for a specific period, that states the configurations (installation groups or serialized items) to be maintained, the coverage terms, and the agreed price.
service order
Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control all repair and maintenance on configurations as present on customer locations or as present with the company.
service-order quote
A service-order quote is a statement of price, terms of sale, and description of services and materials, that can be sent to a prospective business partner. The business partner data, payment terms and delivery terms are listed in the header. The data about the activities and materials are entered on the quote lines.
standard cost
The sum of the following item costs as calculated by the standard cost calculation code:
- Material costs
- Operational costs
- Surcharges
Prices that are calculated against other price simulation codes are simulated prices. The standard cost is used for simulation purposes and in transactions when no actual price is available.
Standard cost is also an inventory valuation method for accounting purposes.
standard item
A purchased item, material, subassembly, or finished product that is normally available.
All items that are not built according to customer specification for a specific project are defined as standard items. Opposite term is customized item.
stock point
The smallest inventory level that can be registered in LN.
The stock point is defined by the following data:
- Warehouse
- Location: only if you have locations
- Item
- Inventory date: important if you work with LIFO or FIFO
- Lot: only if the item is low volume lot controlled
subcontract agreement
The agreement between the service organization and the subcontractor.
tax exemption
Being exempt from tax. Transactions with specific business partners, involving specific goods, and/or with their origin or destination in certain countries or areas, can be exempt from tax. Sales invoices for transactions that are exempt from tax must have zero tax amounts.
Some enterprises are exempt from sales tax within the jurisdiction of certain tax authorities. Invoices for sales to a customer with a valid tax exemption must have zero tax amounts. If you are exempt from sales tax, your suppliers must not include the tax amount on their invoices.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is a science of classification based on a predetermined system. The taxonomy classification considers the importance of separating elements of a group into subgroups that are mutually exclusive and unambiguous. In LN, to add additional reporting structure (taxonomies), you can define different taxonomies such as IFRS, GAAP, or a company specific taxonomy.
VAT book
A legal report of all value added tax (VAT) transactions of a company, in date sequence. The transactions can be grouped by tax articles, which typically group transactions that have the same tax percentage.
warehousing order
An order for handling goods in the warehouse.
A warehouse order can be of the following inventory-transaction types:
- Receipt
- Issue
- Transfer
- WIP Transfer
Each order has an origin and contains all the information required for warehouse handling. Depending on the item (lot or non-lot) and warehouse (with or without locations), lots and/or locations can be assigned. The order follows a predefined warehousing procedure.
warehouse order
work order
Orders that are used to plan, carry out, and control all maintenance on items in a maintenance shop or in a repair shop. A work order consists of at least one work order header, and can have a number of activities that must be carried out on a repairable service item.
Z4 report
A report that is required by the Bundesbank, the German central bank. A Z4 report lists inbound and outbound foreign payments.