Supplier Rebate on Purchase Limitations

Beyond general purchasing and financial limitations, there are limitations that are directly related to and built in to the Supplier Rebate functionality.

General Limitations

  • To generate a claim for Supplier Rebate on Purchase, only ‘Supplier Rebate Agr Claim Schedule. Open’ (PPS484) may be used. Using ‘Suppl Inv Proposal. Generate for Claim’ (PPS123) independently is not available.

  • The listed price sources are not supported for rebate computation and accrual:

    • Freight agreement
    • Discount agreement
    • Loan agreement
    • Exchange agreement
    • X-hire agreement
    • Consignment agreement
  • The listed field groups are not supported in the selection matrix of the agreement:

    • Kit items
    • Feature
    • Feature Group
  • There is currently no functional support for consolidated reports for accruing or non-accruing purchase transactions.

  • Supplier Rebate agreements on purchasing utilizing a configuration for percentage growth year on year is not supported.

  • Migration of data from legacy systems is not supported.

Limitations in rebate calculation and accruals management

  • If a period is open but claimed (Status 70) in ‘Sup Rebate Agr Trans per Period. Display’ (PPS483), and an invoice is matched for an eligible purchase order, there is no possibility to add the preliminary rebate transaction to the generated claim invoice.

  • If a period is closed (Status 90) within the agreement as indicated in (PPS483) and an invoice is matched for an eligible purchase order, the accrual is allocated to the next open period.

  • Agreement Model Lines which are dependent on a base line within the same model cannot generate rebate independently. These agreements are directly driven by and dependent on the generating and paying value of the base model line.

  • There is currently no functional support for a dispute, resolve, or chargeback process.

  • An automated method for reversing, recalculating, and regenerating claims, based on changes in agreement structure and terms, is not supported.

  • Any recalculation of claimed records is not supported.

  • External charges on the purchase orders are not included in the rebate computation and accrual.

  • Rebate computation for purchase order (PO) returns is not available.

  • If the Generating unit of the agreement is set to 3 – Quantity where the purchase order unit of measure does not match the agreement unit of measure, you must set a unit conversion record in ‘Item. Connect Alternate U/M’ (MMS015). If there is no unit conversion configured, the purchase transaction is excluded for rebate computation.

  • If the Generating unit is set as 1 – Net purchase price, discounts are included but charges are excluded in the rebate computation.

  • If the Generating unit is set as 2 – Gross purchase price, both discounts and charges are excluded in the rebate computation.

  • Visibility of expected or pending accruals is not available. The accrual amount is calculated as the purchase order is invoice matched and Option 10 – Update from Invoice has been executed.

  • You must complete the goods receipt and the invoice matching process prior to the rebate computation for purchase orders.

Financial Limitations

  • The claiming division set to the agreement will be the only division eligible for accumulating rebate accruals and therefore the only division that may deduct the accrued amount from future supplier invoices where applicable.

  • Agreement maintenance in a central division is not supported.

  • Using multiple divisions in which the claim will be raised or allocated to is not supported.

  • Only invoice batch type 50 – Supplier claim is supported.

  • Using Credit Notes as a settlement method is not supported.

  • No accounting entries are made when preliminary supplier rebate transactions are created.