Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)

Field Information

Sold-to Business Partner

sold-to business partner

General

General

Address

The sold-to 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 (Sold-to BP) (tccom4110s200) session. Click the Details button to start this session.

Primary Contact

The business partner's primary contact.

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

Full Name

The contact's full name.

Text

Text

Use this field to enter a text related to the sold-to business partner.

Status

Business Partner Status

business partner status

If there are outstanding sales orders or open invoices for the business partner, you cannot change the status from Active to Prospect.

Allowed values

Active

If the business partner (role) status is Active, you can use the business partner for business transactions. You must define the period for which the business partner is Active. If the period is expired, the actual status of the business partner becomes Inactive, and you cannot use the business partner anymore.

Inactive

If the business partner (role) status is Inactive, you cannot use the business partner for business transactions.

You cannot enter an effective date and an expiry date for the Inactive status.

Prospect

You can use the Prospect business partner (role) if you enter general business partner data but you do not enter details for a specific role. If no details for a specific role are defined, you cannot enter, for example, sales orders or purchase contracts because the sold-to role or buy-from role is not specified.

You must define the period for which the business partner is Prospect. If the period is expired, the actual status of the business partner becomes Inactive, and you cannot use the business partner anymore.

Not Specified

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.

User

Created by

The user who defined the sold-to business partner.

Creation Date

The date the business partner data was created.

Last Modified by

The user who last modified the business partner data.

Last Modification Date

The date the business partner data was last modified.

Detailed

Details

Language

The language used for documents addressed to the sold-to business partner. If no document is available in this language, the document in the company language is used.

Business Partner Signal

signal

Business Partner Type

business partner type

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.

Calendar

The business partner 's calendar.

Response Type

The response time you have agreed with the business partner.

Service uses the data in the Response Type field and the Priority field to calculate the urgency of a business partner's call.

Priority

The priority for Service that is assigned to the business partner.

Service uses the data in the Response Type field and the Priority field to calculate the urgency of a business partner's call.

Note: Specify the priority for Sales Control and Warehousing on the Shipping tab.

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 (Sold-to BP) (tccom4110s300) session. Click the Details button to start this session.

Business Information

Area

The area in which the sold-to business partner is established.

Sales Territory

The sales territory to which the sold-to business partner is linked.

Line of Business

The sold-to business partner's line of business, which is used as a sorting criterion for the sales statistics.

Number of Employees

The number of employees that are working for the business partner.

Annual Revenue

The sold-to business partner's annual revenue.

Annual Revenue Currency

The currency in which the annual revenue is expressed.

Industry Code

industry code

Ownership

A definition of the ownership, such as private, public, or investment company.

Rating

The rating assigned to the sold-to business partner.

Pricing

Pricing

Rate Determiner

The way in which the exchange rate is determined that LN uses to convert the transaction currency into the local and reporting currencies.

Sales Price List

The price list that is used to link price agreements and/or discount agreements to the business partner.

Price List for Direct Delivery

The price list used in case of direct deliveries to the business partner. If an order line refers to a direct delivery, LN consults these agreements.

Order Discount

The business partner's default order discount percentage applied to sales orders.

Upper Margin

The percentage that the actual sales price is allowed to exceed the standard cost.

The upper and lower margins enable you to monitor sales by using gross margins.

Specifying upper and lower margins only has an effect if you select at least one of the following parameters in the Margin Control Parameters (tdsls0120m000) session:

• Signal
• Log
• Block

Lower Margin

The percentage that the actual sales price is allowed to be lower than the standard cost.

The upper and lower margins enable you to monitor sales using gross margins.

Specifying upper and lower margins only has an effect if you select at least one of the following parameters in the Margin Control Parameters (tdsls0120m000) session:

• Signal
• Log
• Block

BP for Prices/Discounts

The business partner for prices and discounts. You base prices and discounts for sales orders by the sold-to business partner on the terms and conditions that you agree with the business partner that you select here.

If you leave this field empty, you use the prices and discounts that you have agreed with the sold-to business partner specified on the sales order.

Note: This business partner must have the same parent business-partner as the sold-to business partner defined in this session.

Calculate

If this check box is selected, additional costs can be calculated for the sold-to business partner.

Calculate For

Specify whether additional costs are calculated during the sales order procedure or the shipment procedure for the sold-to business partner.

Note: You can select Shipments only if the Calculate Additional Costs for Shipments check box is selected in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session.

Allowed values

Orders

Additional costs are calculated for a sales order. After sales order approval, additional costs are placed on an order as extra cost (items) after the last item recorded.

Shipments

Additional costs are calculated for a sales shipment. After confirmation of a shipment, a sales shipment cost order is generated containing all additional costs for a shipment.

Calculation Method

Specify the level based on which the additional costs are calculated for the sold-to business partner.

Allowed values

Header Based

Additional costs are calculated based on the value of the shipment header.

Not Applicable

The additional cost for shipments is not applicable.

Line Based

Additional costs are calculated based on the value of the shipment line.

Promotions

Eligible

If this check box is selected, The business partner is eligible for a promotion.

You can define promotions in the Promotions (tdpcg0140m000) session.

LN applies promotion automatically if the Apply Automatic check box is selected.

Apply Automatic

If this check box is selected, and the Eligible check box is selected, promotions are applied automatically to the sold-to business partner in the Sales Order Promotion Data Link (tdsls4536m000) session.

Selling

Logistic Company

The logistic company of the sales office.

Note: If the business partner is used in another logistic company than the one specified in this field, the sales office is considered to be blank for the business partner. Consequently, the sales office is skipped when searching for a sales office for the business partner.

Sales Office

The sales office responsible for sales to the sold-to business partner.

Note: If the business partner is used in another logistic company than specified in the Logistic Company field, the sales office is considered to be blank for the business partner. Consequently, the sales office is skipped when searching for a sales office for the business partner.

Internal Sales Representative

The employee of your company responsible for contact with the sold-to business partner.

External Sales Representative

The employee of your company responsible for calling on the sold-to business partner, mainly by visits.

Sales Order Type

The default sales order type for the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session.

If you leave this field empty, LN takes the default order type from the Sales User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session.

Our Supplier 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 sell a list item to this business partner.

Allow Alternative List Groups

If this check box is selected, during sales order line entry for the sold-to business partner, you can select list items from the list group that is linked to the business partner, as well as from other list groups.

Channel

The channel assigned to the business partner. This determines the quantity of goods that is available to promise for the business partner.

EDI Order Change Response

The type of electronic data interchange (EDI) message sent to the business partner when you change the order.

Select Not Applicable for business partners that you have not set up for EDI in the Business Partner EDI Data by Network (ecedi0528m000) session.

Acknowledge by Exception

If you select this check box, only new and changed sales order lines to which you assign a sales acknowledgement code are printed on the sales order acknowledgement.

In this way, you can control which changes to the sales order lines must be printed on the sales order acknowledgement. This accommodates sold-to business partners with printing sales order acknowledgement in special cases only. For example, if you change the delivery date, item, and/or price.

If you clear this check box, sales order acknowledgements are printed for all order lines, regardless of the acknowledgement codes.

Use Confirmation

If this check box is selected, sold quantities must be confirmed by the supplier. Therefore, the Order Confirmation Date must be filled before a sales order can be approved or a sales schedule can be released to Warehousing .

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

Self-Billing

If this check box is selected, self-billing applies to the business partner.

Shipping

Shipping Constraint

The default shipping constraint for the sold-to business partner. When you enter sales order lines, you can use this value or enter a different shipping constraint.

Allowed values

None

There is no shipping constraint. LN handles the orders based on the available inventory. Sufficient inventory results in a complete shipment. Insufficient inventory results in a back order.

Ship Order Complete

The total order must be shipped in a single shipment. As a result, LN does not allow partial deliveries. Lack of inventory results in the postponement of shipment of the order.

Ship Set Complete

All the order lines with the following common delivery criteria must be shipped in a single shipment:

• Delivery date.
• Carrier.
• Warehouse.
• Ship-to business partner.
• Ship-to address.

LN assigns the same set number to these order lines. Other order lines can be shipped separately.

Ship Line Complete

Each order line must be delivered as a whole. LN assigns a unique set number to each order line. Lack of inventory results in the postponement of shipment of the order line.

Ship Line & Cancel

The available inventory is shipped. If sufficient inventory exists, this results in a complete shipment. Lack of inventory does not result in a back order but in cancellation of the order for the remaining quantity. LN enters a predefined cancel reason to the order line. This cancel reason is defined in the Pre-Defined Cancellation Reason for Ship/Cancels field of the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session.

Ship Kit Complete

A main item must be delivered as a whole. LN assigns a unique set number to the component lines that constitute a main item and that must be shipped in one set. Lack of inventory results in back order for the main item, which must also be delivered as a whole.

Not Applicable

No shipping constraint is defined at this level.

Customer Priority

The priority for shipments to the sold-to business partner. This priority is used in Sales Control and in Warehousing .

A low number represents a high priority. A high number represents a low priority.

Delivery Terms

The delivery terms agreed with the business partner.

Default value

Delivery terms are retrieved from these sessions, in order of priority:

1. Ship-to Business Partner by Site (tccom2111m000)
2. Ship-to Business Partner (tccom4111s000)
3. Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)

Point of Title Passage

The default point of title passage used for the business partner.

Default value

A point of title passage is retrieved from these sessions, in order of priority:

1. Ship-to Business Partner by Site (tccom2111m000)
2. Ship-to Business Partner (tccom4111s000)
3. Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)

Return Delivery Terms

The delivery terms agreed with the business partner concerning the delivery of goods in case of a return order.

Default value

Return delivery terms are retrieved from these sessions, in order of priority:

1. Ship-to Business Partner by Site (tccom2111m000)
2. Ship-to Business Partner (tccom4111s000)
3. Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)

Ship-to Business Partner

The default ship-to business partner to which goods supplied to the sold-to business partner must be delivered.

Schedule Quantity Qualifier

The types of quantities that are communicated to the supplier.

Automatically Process Sales Schedule Releases

If this check box is selected, sales releases are automatically converted to sales schedules for this business partner.

If this check box is cleared, sales releases must be converted to sales schedules in the Process Sales Releases (tdsls3208m000) session. You can update sales releases before they are converted to sales schedules.

Default value

The value of this check box is retrieved from these sessions, in order of priority:

1. Ship-to Business Partner by Site (tccom2111m000)
2. Ship-to Business Partner (tccom4111s000)
3. Sold-to Business Partner (tccom4110s000)

Allow Shipment of Multiple Alternative Items

If this check box is selected, the sold-to business partner accepts the ordered item as well as alternative items in one shipment.

For example, if insufficient quantity of the ordered item is available, the shipment can contain the available quantity of the ordered item and additional quantities of alternative items that are required to reach the ordered quantity.

Shipment Handling Unit Mask

The mask that LN uses to generate handling unit ID numbers for shipments shipped to the current sold-to business partner.

SSCC Standard

If this check box is selected, the shipment handling unit mask must be validated against the serial-shipping container code (SSCC).

Invoicing

Invoice-to Business Partner

The invoice-to business partner, to whom you send invoices for the sales orders received from this sold-to business partner.

Note: 

One of the following must be true:

• The sold-to business partner and the invoice-to business partner have the same parent business partner.
• The sold-to business partner is the invoice-to 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 sold goods.