Scenarios for shipping material accounts and accounting schemes
Multiple business partners can be linked to the same shipping material account (SMA).
These scenarios are in place:
Scenario 1: All packaging items linked to one SMA
In this scenario, the business partners are specified, but the items are not specified in the shipping material accounting scheme.
| Business Partner | Item | Effective Date | SMA |
|---|---|---|---|
| VW1 | SMA_VW_GLOBAL | ||
| VW2 | SMA_VW_GLOBAL |
Scenario 2: Packaging items linked to one SMA, specific items excluded from accounting
In this scenario, all packaging items are linked to one shipping material account (SMA), except for some items that are excluded from accounting.
For this scenario, specify these entries in the shipping material accounting scheme:
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The business partner and the shipping material account, but leave out the packaging item.
Consequently, all packaging items related to the business partner are linked to the shipping material account.
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The business partner and the packaging item, but leave out the shipping material account.
Consequently, the packaging item related to the business partner is excluded from accounting.
| Business Partner | Item | Effective Date | SMA |
|---|---|---|---|
| VW1 | SMA_VW_GLOBAL | ||
| VW1 | Foil | ||
| VW2 | SMA_VW_GLOBAL | ||
| VW2 | Foil |
Scenario 3: Linking a specified subset of the packaging items to an SMA
In this scenario, specific items are linked to the SMA. This is done by defining a set of entries in the shipping material accounting scheme in which both the business partner and item are specified, with one entry for every item.
| Business Partner | Item | Effective Date | SMA |
|---|---|---|---|
| VW1 | KLT345 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW1 | KLT521 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW1 | KLT978 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW2 | KLT345 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW2 | KLT521 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW2 | KLT978 | SMA_VW_SPEC |
Scenario 4: Most packaging items linked to one account, some linked to other account
In this scenario, the majority of the packaging items are linked to one shipping material account (SMA), and a small subset of the packaging items are linked to a different account.
This is done by setting up two accounts. In the shipping material accounting scheme one entry is created in which the business partner is specified but the item is not specified. Other entries are created in which both the item and the business partner are specified.
| Business Partner | Item | Effective Date | SMA |
|---|---|---|---|
| VW1 | SMA_VW_GLOBAL | ||
| VW1 | KLT345 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW1 | KLT521 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW1 | KLT978 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW2 | SMA_VW_GLOBAL | ||
| VW2 | KLT345 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW2 | KLT521 | SMA_VW_SPEC | |
| VW2 | KLT978 | SMA_VW_SPEC |
Scenario 5: Searching the SMA for a site
In this scenario, the business partner is specified, but the item is not specified in the shipping material accounting scheme.
You can achieve this scenario by defining an entry in the accounting scheme in which you specify the business partner and the site.
| Business Partner | Site | Item | Effective Date | Shipping Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP1 | AMS | mm-dd-yyyy | SMA_AMS |
You can achieve this scenario by defining an entry in the accounting scheme in which:
- You specify the business partner.
- You do not specify the site.
| Business Partner | Site | Item | Effective Date | Shipping Material |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BP1 | Item1 | mm-dd-yyyy | SMA_ITEM1 |