Material pricing – setup

In the Implemented Software Components (tccom0500m000) session, in the Purchase and Sales group box of the Concepts (Logistics) tab, select the Material Pricing check box.

In the Material Exchanges (tcmpr0101m000) session, specify the material exchange you use.

In the Material Price Parameters (tcmpr0100m000) session, specify if material pricing is applicable for Procurement and/or Sales, and specify the related parameters, such as number group and series for material price agreements, default material exchange, search dates, and surcharge factors.

Specify a default Material Price Agreement Series and Material Price Agreement Series for your purchase user profile in the Procurement User Profiles (tdpur0143m000) session, and for your sales user profile, in the Sales User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session.

In the Material (tcmpr0610m000) session, specify the material.

For the material, you can:

• Link the material to items and specify item material content

  In the Item Material Content (tcmpr0120m000) session, you can manually specify the material content for an item. You can also use the Generate Item Material Content (tcmpr0220m000) session.

  The Generate Item Material Content (tcmpr0220m000) session is used to determine, for items with a linked BOM or for kit items, the material content of each BOM level or component. The content is added to the material content of the (main) item. Click the Generation Results option to review a summary of the results in the Generation Results (tcmpr0121m000) session. Next, you can double-click a record ( Generation Result Id), to start the Item Material Content Generation Results (tcmpr0621m000) session, where you can view the detailed results, such as the generated material content for all relevant items and the generation errors.

• Link the material and items to a price list or business partner(s)

  In the Procurement Business Partner Item Material Information (tcmpr0104m000) and Sales Business Partner Item Material Information (tcmpr0104m100) sessions, specify the date-effective item material information for the price list or business partner.

  To modify the percentage of the material content quantity that is actually billable, change the default value of one to another value in the Billable Quantity Factor field.

• Specify exceptions for the material by price list or business partner

  In the Procurement Material Exceptions (tcmpr0103m000) and Sales Material Exceptions (tcmpr0103m100) sessions, you can specify exceptions for the material by price list or business partner. Material exceptions are date effective.

  To specify an exception for a document type by price list or business partner, use the Procurement Document Type Exceptions (tcmpr0102m000) and Sales Document Type Exceptions (tcmpr0102m100) sessions.

• Specify base prices for the material by item, and price list or business partner

  In the Material Base Prices (tcmpr0140m000) session, specify the base price for the material by item, and price list or business partner. Material base prices are date effective.

• Specify actual prices for the material

  In the Material Actual Prices (tcmpr0145m000) session, specify the date-effective actual prices for the material and material exchange.

In the Material Price Agreement for Procurement (tcmpr0630m000) and Material Price Agreement for Sales (tcmpr0630m100) sessions, specify the material price agreements for a price list or business partner, and item or item group.

On a material price agreement, the material or price is not specified. The agreement includes the dates and preconditions used to retrieve materials and calculate material prices.