| # Pricing Pricing
| # Pricing Use Pricing to store and retrieve pricing information. In Pricing, you can specify pricing matrices, price books, discount schedules, promotions, and freight rate books. Related topics Matrix structure An outline of the pricing information retrieval processes To set up a price matrix Setting up a price book To set up a supplier price book Price retrieval Setting up a discount matrix Setting up a discount schedule Multiple discount levels Determining/eligible Discount retrieval To set up a promotion matrix Promotion scenarios in ERP Promotion retrieval To set up a freight rate matrix Freight rate book codes To define freight rate books Freight rate retrieval |
Pricing matrices To retrieve the correct pricing information for calculating the price, discount, or transportation costs of an order, load, or shipment, you can specify pricing matrices. A matrix is a structure in which pricing information is grouped according to particular criteria. Price books You can use price books to store base prices, discounts and other information about items. Supplier price book You can use a supplier price book to quickly retrieve and maintain prices for a buy-from business partner, ship-from business partner, and item combination. Discount schedules You can use discount schedules to calculate discounts for an item. The discounts defined in a discount schedule are expressed as a percentage or an amount and are subject to a minimum or maximum quantity or value. Promotions You can use promotions to apply an additional discount, value off, or premium to a sales order based on predefined order levels of selected items. Two types of promotions exist: order level and line level. Freight rate books You can use freight rate books to store freight rates. A freight rate is used to calculate transportation costs for items listed on loads, shipments, and orders. A freight rate includes, for example, an amount per distance or zone, a weight, service level, or carrier. Retrieving pricing information Retrieval and calculation of prices, discounts, and promotions takes place in one run when an order or contract is saved. Freight costs are calculated when load building is carried out, or when the user launches the freight cost calculation process from sales orders, purchase orders, freight orders or shipments. A general searching logic is applicable when retrieving pricing information. Additional pricing processes A number of processes can be used optionally in Pricing depending on specific situations. These are the following processes: Copying price books Copying quotations to a supplier price book Deleting pricing information Displaying pricing information for a specific line Equating balance of receipts with inventory level Globally updating prices and discounts Importing prices from item data to a price book Rebuilding the generic key Recalculating prices and discounts Simulating prices Viewing and maintaining line discounts |