blocking definition
Indicates the stage at which the order process must be blocked or a signaling message must be displayed, with the associated reason.
change request
A change document that includes a proposal for the adjustment of an actual document. The change request is copied from and linked to the actual document. Changes are applied to the actual document after the change request is approved and processed.
contract price revision
A date-controlled agreement for price and discount elements on the contract line. Price revisions enable you to have several prices over time. An active revision is valid from its effective date up to the effective date of the next revision, or the expiry date of the contract line.
hold reason
A reason for blocking an order or order line.
An order can be held for more than one reason at any point in the order procedure. For example, a sales order can be blocked due to credit checking (the order balance exceeds the customers credit limit) and due to margin control (the gross margin of the order is exceeded).
landed costs
The total of all costs that are associated with the procurement of an item until delivery and receipt in a warehouse. Landed costs typically include freight costs, insurance costs, customs duties, and handling costs.
In LN, landed costs can be part of multiple landed costs sets.
price book
An entity in which you can store price information that is valid for a given period of time.
A price book includes the following elements:
- A price book header, which contains the code, type, and use of the price book.
- One or more price book lines, which contain the items.
A quantity or value break discount schedule can be linked to a price book.
price stage
A categorization of the price based on the phase of the price negotiation process. Using price stages, companies can negotiate the price while continuing the order process with restrictions. The order processing restrictions that apply to the price stage are specified in the linked blocking definition.
Example
| Price Stage | Type | Blocking Definition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS1 | Price stage estimated | Purchase | 004 | Block on release |
| PS2 | Price stage provisional | Purchase | 005 | Block on receipt |
| PS3 | Price stage final | Purchase | - | - |
| PS5 | Price stage estimated | Sales | 010 | Signal on order entry |
purchase order lines
The lines on purchase orders that record detailed information about, for example:
- The ordered items
- The price agreements
- The delivery dates
- Shipping
- Invoicing
You can have one or more lines on a purchase order.
quotation lines
The lines used to record the items offered, as well as the associated price agreements and quantities. A sales quotation includes one or more quotation lines.
response line
A response to a request for quotation line, which includes a bidder's bid for the RFQ line. A bid offers goods or services for a certain price and terms of sale and can be considered as an offer to sell.
sales order lines
A sales order contains items that are delivered to a customer, according to certain terms and conditions. The lines of a sale order are used to record the items ordered, as well as the associated price agreements and delivery dates.