| # Contract Material Terms - History (tsctm8532m300) Use this session to maintain the history of the selected material cost term that is associated with the coverage term that is selected from the service contract. Note If you must change the terms, for example, after a certain amount of material has been used, a new coverage term must be created. Service Contract The service contract followed by the description of the same. Contract Change Following are the types of contract changes: Renewal: The option allows you to extend the contract period beyond its current validity duration. Incidental Changes: The option allows you to implement changes to an existing contract. Changes such as addition/deletion of one or more configuration lines, changes to price and discounts, and so on are categorized as incidental changes. Indexation: The option allows you to change the contract price based on the changes in the value of consumer price index. Renewal with Indexation: The option allows you to perform indexation and renewal at the same time. Contract Change The description of the contract change. Configuration Line Number The line number identifying the configuration for which the total amounts apply. Line Type The classification of the line. The line type can either be Normal, Total or Calculation. A total line is a sum total of calculation lines. A Calculation line is a partial configuration and contributes to the overall configuration of the type Total line. Coverage Type The coverage type. Coverage Term The coverage-term number. Prices If this check box is selected, the sales prices are setup in the service contract for the configuration line. Note This field is not applicable if configuration lines is not contact or quotation. This field is visible only if the Use Prices in Service Contracts parameter is set to 'Yes' in Contract Management Parameters (tsctm0100m000) session. Coverage If this check box is selected, the Coverage and Cost Terms can be defined for the configuration line. Note This field is not applicable if configuration lines is not contact or quotation. This field is visible only if the Use Prices in Service Contracts parameter is set to 'Yes' in Contract Management Parameters (tsctm0100m000) session. Installation Group A set of serialized items that have the same location and are owned by the same business partner. Grouping serialized items into an Installation group enables you to maintain them collectively. Installation Group The description of the installation group. Item A standard maintenance item. Serial Number A number that, together with the item code or manufacturer part number, uniquely identifies a component, an item, a machine, or an installation. This serial number is usually shown together with the manufacturer part number and other identification data on an identification plate that is attached to the item. Item Description The description of the item. Material Term Number The number used to identify the cost term of the coverage term. The default step size is 10. Service Item Group Groups of service items with common characteristics that are used in Service. Service item groups can be used to define the material terms for a group of items. The material terms are used in service-contract templates, service-contract quotations, service contracts, service-order quotations, and warranties. Cost Component A cost component is a user-defined category for the classification of costs. Cost components have the following functions: To break down an item's cost price, sales price, or valuation price. To create a comparison between the estimated production order costs and the actual production order costs. To calculate production variances. To view the distribution of your costs over the various cost components in the Cost Accounting module. Cost components can be of the following cost types: Material Costs Operation Costs Surcharge on Material Costs Surcharge on Operation Costs WIP Transfer Costs General Costs Note If you use Assembly Control (ASC), you cannot use cost components of the General Costs type. Related topics Cost components in Service Cost Price Your company's reference currency, which is defined in the Companies (tcemm1170m000) session. Related topics To use currencies Cost Price The cost price of the term expressed in the home currency. Cost Amount The sum of the cost amounts of all coverage terms that are associated with the indicated service type or term type. Note The amount is expressed in the home currency. Sales Amount The sum of the sales amounts of all coverage terms that are associated with the indicated service type or term type. Sales Price The sales price of the term. Note The price is expressed in the currency of the header. Text Text (additional) Covered Quantity The quantity of an item covered by the contract. Allocated The quantity of material used for service activities which has not been financially approved in Service Order Control. Spent The current total of the quantity of material used due to service activities that has been financially approved in Service Order Control. Spent Costs The sum of costs due to service activities that have been financially approved in Service Order Control, expressed in the home currency. Example Service orders Traveling costs Allocated Costs The sum of costs due to service activities that have not been financially approved in Service Order Control, expressed in the home currency. Example Service orders Traveling costs Allocated Sales The sum of the sales amounts due to service activities that have not been financially approved in Service Order Control, expressed in the home currency. Example Service orders Traveling costs Spent Sales The sum of sales amounts due to service activities that have been financially approved in Service Order Control, expressed in the currency chosen in the contract header. Example Service orders Helpdesk calls |