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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Sales contracts</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>sales contracts</Level1>
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		<Keyword><Level1>contracts</Level1>
			<Level2>sales</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Sales contracts are used to record agreements that mainly relate to prices and <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#Discount.td" role="glossary">discounts</Link>. These agreements are recorded for both <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000001" role="glossary">items</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PriceGroup.td" role="glossary">price groups</Link>. Apart from specifying an <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#EffectPeriod.td" role="glossary">effective period</Link>, you can also indicate whether the minimum quantity to be sold is binding. You can maintain sales contracts in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls3100s000" role="session">Sales Contracts (tdsls3100s000)</GUIRef> session and sales contract lines in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls3101s000" role="session">Sales Contract Lines (tdsls3101s000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You can create the following contract types:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#NormalContra.td" role="glossary">Normal contracts</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SpeciaContra.td" role="glossary">Special contracts</Link>. A special contract can also be a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#377" role="glossary">promotional contract</Link>.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph>Special contracts are mainly used to record agreements that relate to specific projects. For each sold-to business partner, you can close multiple special contracts in one period. In a specific period you cannot define more than one normal contract per item or price group for a sold-to business-partner.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph><Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesOrder.td" role="glossary" Update="No">Sales orders</Link> and <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#SalesSchedu.td" role="glossary" Update="No">sales schedules</Link> can be linked to contracts with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#active" role="enum">Active</GUIRef> status. Sales schedules can only be linked to normal contracts and not to special contracts. A sales contract can be linked to a sales schedule during sales schedule line entry, or during a sales schedule line's approval process. If no price is entered on a sales schedule line with the status <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/sls.stat#created" role="enum">Created</GUIRef>, either manually, or by EDI, SSA ERP automatically searches for a sales contract to be linked to the sales schedule line when you try to approve the sales schedule line.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Sales schedules can be be generated from delivery contracts. A delivery contract is a list of time-phased deliveries based on a sales contract. To specify the time-phased deliveries, you need a sales schedule and sales schedule lines that are converted to sales orders. A delivery contract is a sales schedule solution to generate sales orders in time. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000363" role="manual">Delivery contracts</Link>
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		<Paragraph>A sales contract can be linked to a sales order during sales order entry. For sales orders, SSA ERP first searches for the price/discounts on <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/icap#active" role="enum">Active</GUIRef> special contracts and then on normal contracts. If more special contracts are valid for the sold-to business partner/item(group)/date, a selection screen pops up that enables you to decide which contract must be used. SSA ERP links this sales contract to the sales order and uses the sales contract prices and discounts for the sales order.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls3405m000" role="session">Print Sales Contract Acknowledgements (tdsls3405m000)</GUIRef> session, you can print contract acknowledgments to send to the sold-to business partner. You can copy one sales contract to another in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls3801m000" role="session">Copy Sales Contracts (tdsls3801m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Cumulative amounts and quantities are kept on contracts in order to control the total called and the invoiced quantities/amounts during the contract period.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>At the end of a contract's effective period you can check whether the agreed quantities are met using the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls3420m000" role="session">Evaluate Sales Contracts (tdsls3420m000)</GUIRef> session. You can also monitor, by extrapolating, the contract's progress during the effective period. A report is printed that contains the deviations. An evaluation for the complete contract can be performed by not printing the separate contract lines. Small deviations are tolerated and are not printed. Contract history can also be printed.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You control the contract. When a contract value or quantity is reached, you can determine whether to roll over the contract or close it. The same applies with respect to the cancellation of contracts.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>At the time a contract expires, you can send a letter to inform the sold-to business partner about the closing of the contract.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000363" role="manual">Delivery contracts</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000053" role="manual">Sales schedules</Link>
		</RelTopic>
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