| Subcontract Agreement (tssbm1100m000) |  |
| Use this session to list and maintain subcontract agreements for your subcontractors. Subcontract agreements can be either manually defined or generated from a service contract. Subcontract agreement information is usually stored as a header and one or more lines. The header is a statement that lists the subcontractor details, contract details, and the customer details. The line includes the items that must be covered and service level requirements. On the Specific menu, you can start the Subcontract Agreement Lines (tssbm1110m000) session. Use this session to view or maintain existing agreement lines and to create new ones. Related topics Service contracts To use an overview session To maintain records in an overview session
Fields | Description
Subcontract Agreement | The agreement between the service organization and the subcontractor.
Search Argument | An alternative form of a description used for convenience during searching. A search key is usually an abbreviation, an acronym, or a mnemonic alternative to a full description.
Subcontract Agreement Text | If this check box is selected, additional text regarding the subcontract agreement has been created. Related topics Text (additional) To work with text
Status | The header status can be one of the following: Free. The order is entered manually or is generated. Printed. The subcontractor is informed about the requirement of service, and the service organization waits for acknowledgement. Active. The status between the dates specified as effective/expiry dates. The date/time on which the status is made active is recorded in the Activation Time field. The status will be changed to Active when the subcontractor agrees to subcontract service for the items listed in the subcontract agreement. After the status is made Active, you cannot make any changes in the subcontract agreement. Canceled. If the subcontract agreement stands canceled, the Cancel Date field shows the date on which the subcontract agreement is canceled. The Cancel Reason field contains the reason for cancelation. Expired. The subcontract agreement period is over, and the termination is normal.
Effective Date | Depending on its context, an effective date can be the first day on which a contract quotation is valid, the first day on which a service contract is active, or the first day on which you can use a template for quotations or contracts. The effective date often includes the effective time. Note If the subcontract agreement is generated from a contract, the effective date is defaulted from the contract header duration.
Expiry Date | Depending on its context, an expiry date can be: The last day on which a contract quotation is valid. The default expiry date for a quotation is the quotation date + effectivity period of quotations [days], as set in the Service Order Parameters (tssoc0100m000) session; The last day on which a service contract is active. After this date it becomes expired; The last day on which you can use a template for quotations or contracts. Note that the expiry date often includes the expiry time. Note If the subcontract agreement is generated from a contract, the expiry date is defaulted from the contract header duration.
Cancel Date | The date on which the subcontract agreement is canceled. If the subcontract agreement is canceled, the cancel date and cancel reason must be entered.
Service Order Text | If this check box is selected, additional text regarding the cancelation of the subcontract agreement has been created. Related topics Text (additional) To work with text
Cancel Reason | The reason why the subcontract agreement is canceled.
Buy-from Business Partner | The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, terms of delivery, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.
'Buy-from' Address | The buy-from business partner's address.
'Buy-from' Contact | The person employed by your business partner's organization, with whom you discuss business transactions. For example, you address questions, quotations, and follow-up calls, direct mail, and promotional gifts to the contact. The contact's data include the name, telephone number, e-mail address, and other details.
Buy-from Contact | The contact's surname.
Reference A | The reference by which the sold-to business partner identifies the purchase order. This reference is printed on the service contract or quotation. Note Information regarding the blanket agreement can be entered here.
Second Invoice Reference | The reference by which the subcontractor identifies the subcontract agreement.
Service Contract | The service contract on which the subcontract agreement is created/generated. If the contract has items or serialized items for which subcontract agreement information is maintained, the subcontract agreement can be generated for these items through generation of subcontracts.
Activation Time | The date and time at which the subcontract agreement is made active.
Buy-from Address | The business partner's city.
Sold-to BP | Usually a customer's purchase department; the business partner who orders goods or services from your organization, that owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project. Details of the agreement with the sold-to business partner can include: Default price and discount agreements. Sales order defaults. Terms of delivery. The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner.
Sold-to BP | The business partner's name.
Service Office | A department clearly identified within the company business model to manage the sales relations of the business partner. The service office is used to identify the locations that are responsible for the service activities within the organization.
Cluster | A set of serialized items that have the same location and are owned by the same business partner. Grouping serialized items into a cluster enables you to maintain them collectively. Note If a cluster is specified, only serialized items belonging to this cluster can be maintained in subcontract agreement lines.
Site Address | The location address of the cluster or serialized item.
Resp. Employee | The service employee responsible/contact person for the subcontract agreement.
Ship-from BP | The business partner that ships the ordered goods to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse at which you want to receive the goods and if you want to inspect the goods, the carrier that takes care of the transport, and the related buy-from business partner.
Ship-from Address | The ship-from business partner's address.
Ship-from Contact | The ship-from business partner's contact.
Business Partner | The business partner to which you pay invoices. This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, the supplier's bank relation, the number of days within which you must pay the invoices, and if the business partner uses a factoring company.
Business Partner | The pay-to business partner's name.
Address Code | The pay-to business partner's address.
Contact Person | The pay-to business partner's contact.
Payment Method | Specifies when payments will be made. Note This field is used for information purposes only.
Currency | All amounts in the subcontract agreement lines are referred by this currency.