| # Price Simulator (tdpcg0200m300) Use this session to initiate the simulation of prices and discounts for a specific item and business partner. When you click Calculate: Prices and discounts are retrieved from Pricing Control based on the data entered in this session. The Price Calculator (tdpcg0200m100) session starts in which you can view or update the simulated prices and discounts. Note If required, you can also include freight costs and available-to-promise in the simulation process. The sales, purchase, and freight attributes that you enter in this session, determine which price book or freight rate book is found. Related topics Overview of Pricing Control Matrix structure An outline of the pricing information retrieval processes Type of Order The type of order (sales or purchase) for which prices and discounts are simulated. Business Partner The buy-from business partner or sold-to business partner. Note Retrieve the business partner information from the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000) session or the Buy-from Business Partners (tccom4520m000) session. Item In ERP LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one (kit), or exist in multiple product variants (generic item). You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. Examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) Note Retrieve the item information from the Items - Sales (tdisa0501m000) session or the Items - Purchase (tdipu0101m000) session. Effectivity Unit A reference number on a sales order line or a sales quotation line that is used to model deviations for a unit effective item. Note You can select another effectivity unit if the price simulation is initiated from the sales order line and the Use Upgrade Prices check box is selected in the Unit Effectivity Parameters (tcuef0100s000) session. Currency A generally accepted medium of exchange (such as: coins, treasury notes, and banknotes). ERP LN distinguishes two currency types: Home currency, used internally by companies for example, to calculate costs, to record budgets, and to register tax amounts Transaction currency, used in transactions with business partners, such as orders and invoices Quantity The ordered quantity for the item. Unit The unit in which the quantity is expressed. Note Zoom to the Units (tcmcs0101m000) session to retrieve the quantity unit. Price Date The date and time based on which the price information is simulated. Warehouse The warehouse from which (sales) or to which (purchase) you want the item to be delivered. Show Item/Business Partner Signals If this check box is selected, signals are displayed, if applicable. Related topics To use signals Include Freight Costs If this check box is selected, you can simulate the freight costs that must be invoiced. Note You can only select this check box if the Type of Order is General (Sales). Related topics Integration Freight Invoicing and Sales Invoicing Invoice Freight Costs Based On Select how you want to calculate the freight invoice amount. Freight Costs The freight invoice amount is based on a carrier rate book in Pricing Control. These costs are also known as estimated freight costs. Client Rates The freight invoice amount is based on a client rate book in Pricing Control. This rate book stores freight service rates for a specific business parter. Related topics Integration Freight Invoicing and Sales Invoicing Include ATP If this check box is selected, an available-to-promise check is included in the simulation process. Note You can only select this check box if the following are applicable: The Item is a plan item. The Type of Order is General (Sales). ATP Select the type of available-to-promise check you want to execute. Fixed Date ERP LN checks how much can be delivered on the entered Price Date. If this quantity is less than the simulated quantity, the ATP Quantity will be lower than the Simulated Quantity in the Price Calculator (tdpcg0200m100) session. Fixed Quantity ERP LN checks when the entered Quantity can be delivered. If this date falls after the simulated price date, the ATP Price Date will be later than the Simulated Price Date in the Price Calculator (tdpcg0200m100) session. Related topics Application of CTP checks Ship-to BP The business partner to which you ship the ordered goods. This usually represents a customer's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse from which you send the goods, the carrier who carries out the transport, and the related sold-to business partner. Invoice-to BP The business partner to which you send invoices. This usually represents a customer's accounts payable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about the customer's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-by business partner. Pricing BP The parent business partner used to classify a group of suppliers or vendors with the same prices or pricing agreements. Order Origin The source of the information on which an order is based, such as ERP LN sessions, or user defined sources such as phone, mail, and so on. Order Type A code used to determine the character or function of an order and, consequently, of the message. Examples: Normal order versus return order Invoice versus credit note The classification that determines which sessions (in which sequence) are part of the order procedure. You can also assign one of the following categories to the order type: cost order, collect order, return order, and subcontracting order. Order type codes are required in the ERP EDI messages that relate to a single order. EDI messages that relate to single orders include messages that process: Orders (ANSI X12 850, UN/EDIFACT ORDERS). Order changes (ANSI X12 860, UN/EDIFACT ORDCHG). Order acknowledgments (ANSI X12 855 and 865, UN/EDIFACT ORDRSP). Invoices (ANSI X12 810, UN/EDIFACT INVOIC). Sales Office A department clearly identified within the company business model to manage the sales relations of the business partner. The sales office is used to identify the locations that are responsible for the sales activities within the organization. Price List List of default prices and discounts for customers and suppliers. You can link price lists to items and item groups, and to sold-to and buy-from business partners. Payment Method The way in which the payment (purchase invoice) or the direct debit (sales invoice) takes place. The payment method defines details such as, the maximum amount, the type of due date, if foreign currencies are allowed, and which details must be printed on the report. These details are default values that you can change on the order or invoice as necessary. Terms of Delivery The agreements with the business partner, concerning the way the goods are delivered. Relevant information is printed on various order documents. Product Type User-definable item grouping data that is used as a sorting and selecting criterion. The product type is intended for classifying items with similar characteristics for production purposes. Product Line A group of products made by the same producer, that are similar but differ in details such as, size, shape, color, and so on. User-definable item grouping data, mainly used as an item selection criterion for reporting. Product Class User-definable item grouping data that is used to distinguish between different groups of items in a product line. The product class is mainly used as a selection criterion for reporting. Manufacturer A supplier of finished goods. User-definable item grouping data used for sorting and selecting. Price Group A group of items to which the same pricing characteristics apply. Item Group Group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults. Sold-to Type Used to classify a group of customers. Price Origin Select the sales price's origin. Area These regions are used to group business partners, customers, suppliers and employees on a geographical basis. BP Channel A sales or distribution channel used to assign goods to customer groups. You can link channels to sold-to business partners and to items. Channels can be used in connection with available-to-promise (ATP). You can assign a certain ATP volume to a channel. This volume limits the ATP for that channel to a maximum. 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. Invoice-from Business Partner The business partner that sends invoices to your organization. This usually represents a supplier's accounts receivable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about your organization's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-to business partner. Order Origin The source of the information on which an order is based, such as ERP LN sessions, or user defined sources such as phone, mail, and so on. Freight Class A classification of an item in terms of: Product density (pounds per square foot) Stowage (size, weight, and shape) Handling Liability (the item's value) Freight classification is a criteria that is used to determine an item's transportation price. In ERP LN, a freight class can also serve as a criterion that determines the planning group of order lines. Freight classes are mainly used in the U.S. Rate Basis Number A code in ERP LN representing a combination of a freight class, transport means group, transport type, and/or planning group. In Freight Management, rate basis numbers are used to determine the carrier rates for the following entities: Shipments Loads Sales order lines Sales quotation lines A rate basis number is allocated to a shipment, load, order line, or quotation line if the freight class, transport means group, transport type and/or planning group of the shipment or load match those defined for the rate basis number. In the Pricing Control module, freight rate books are linked to rate basis numbers. A rate basis number allocated to a shipment, load, and so on, will in turn point to a freight rate book from where freight rates can be picked up. Shipping Office A department that is responsible for the organization of transportation for one or more warehouses. When goods are moved from or to a warehouse, the responsible shipping office plans the transportation of these goods or subcontracts the transportation of the goods. In direct delivery scenarios, the shipping office provides planning or transport subcontracting services for external suppliers or customers. In Freight Management, a shipping office plays a key role in load building and freight order clustering. Freight orders are grouped by shipping office. The groups of freight orders by shipping office are used by the load building engine to build shipments and loads, or by the freight order clustering engine to build freight order clusters. Terms of Payment Agreements about the way in which invoices are paid. The terms of payment include: The period within which invoices must be paid. The discount granted if an invoice is paid within a given period The terms of payment allow you to calculate: The date on which the payment is due The date on which the discount periods expire The discount amount |