| # Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4110s000) Use this session to view, enter, and maintain sold-to business partners. You can start this session from: The Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000) overview session, by double-clicking a record, or by entering a new sold-to business partner. The Business Partners (tccom4500m000) overview session, by clicking Sold-to Business Partner on the appropriate menu. The Business Partners (tccom4100s000) session, by clicking the Sold-to button. Stand-alone. Lines Activities The lines on the Activities tab refer to the Activities (tccom6100m000) session. On this tab, you can view, enter, and maintain activities by sold-to business partner. Notes The lines on the Notes tab refer to the Notes (tcstl1550m000) session. On this tab, you can view, enter, and maintain the notes that are linked to the sold-to business partner. If you double-click a line or enter a new note on this tab, the Note (tcstl1650m000) session is started. Contacts The lines on the Contacts tab refer to the Contacts by Business Partner Role (tccom4545m000) session. On this tab, you can view, enter, maintain, and delete contacts by sold-to business partner and define whether or not the contact is the primary contact for a sold-to business partner. If you double-click a line on this tab, the Contact (tccom1640m000) session is started. Additional Attributes The lines on the Additional Attributes tab refer to the Attributes by Business Partner (tdsmi1101m000) session. On this tab, you can add attributes to a sold-to business partner. Related topics Business partners Integration between LN and Twitter 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. The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include the following: Default price and discount agreements Sales order defaults Delivery terms The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner General General Address Code The sold-to business partner's address. Address Line 1 The first part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 1 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session. Address Line 2 The second part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 2 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session. Address Line 3 The third part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 3 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session. Address Line 4 The fourth part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 4 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session. Address Line 5 The fifth part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 5 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session. Address Line 6 The sixth part of the address, as defaulted from the Address Line 6 field in the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session. Business Phone The phone number at the business address. Note If a full business phone number is specified, based on the field values in the Phone Number Data group box of the Countries (tcmcs0110s000) session, the full number is automatically split in the Business Phone Number Details (Sold-to BP) (tccom4110s200) session. Click the Details button to start this session. Primary Contact The business partner's primary contact. Note If this field is filled, the sold-to business partner is also linked to the contact in the Business Partners by Contact (tccom4546m000) session. Related topics Business partner contacts Integration between LN and Twitter Full Name The contact's full name. Text Text Use this field to enter a text related to the sold-to business partner. Status Business Partner Status Indicates the actions that can be carried out for the business partner. The status can be: Active, Inactive, or Prospect. For example, you cannot enter a sales order for a business partner with status Prospect, or ship goods to a business partner with status Inactive. If there are outstanding sales orders or open invoices for the business partner, you cannot change the status from Active to Prospect. Allowed values Business Partner Status Related topics Business partner status From The date and time when this status takes effect. If you leave this field empty, the status takes effect immediately. Related topics Business partner status To The expiry date and time of the business partner's status. If you leave this field empty, the status continues. Related topics Business partner status User Created by The user who defined the sold-to business partner. Creation Date The date the business partner data, business partner role data, or business partner address data was created. Last Modified by The user who last modified the business partner data, business partner role data, or business partner address data. Last Modification Date The date the business partner data, business partner role data, or business partner address data was last modified. Detailed Details Language The language used for documents addressed to the sold-to business partner. If no document is available in this language, the document in the company language is used. Related topics To print external documents in other languages Signal If you select a signal here, the signal message is displayed when you enter the business-partner code in an LN session. Related topics Using signals BP Type A way to group business partners with similar characteristics, for example, members of the EU, or subject to specific customs rules. Note A business-partner type is not the same as a business-partner role or financial business-partner group. BP for Statistics Update The business partner for whom LN updates the statistics in Order Management with transactions from the current business partner. For example, you can enter the parent business partner. If this field is empty, LN updates the statistics for the current business partner. Related topics Statistics Calendar The business partner 's calendar. Response Time The response time you have agreed with the business partner. Service uses the data in the Response Time field and the Priority field to calculate the urgency of a business partner's call. Related topics Priorities Priority The priority for Service that is assigned to the business partner. Service uses the data in the Response Time field and the Priority field to calculate the urgency of a business partner's call. Note Specify the priority for Sales Control and Warehousing on the Shipping tab. Related topics Priorities Fax The business partner's fax number at the business address. Note If a full fax number is specified, based on the field values in the Phone Number Data group box of the Countries (tcmcs0110s000) session, the full number is automatically split in the Fax Number Details (Sold-to BP) (tccom4110s300) session. Click the Details button to start this session. Business Information Area The area in which the sold-to business partner is established. Sales Territory The sales territory to which the sold-to business partner is linked. Line of Business The sold-to business partner's line of business, which is used as a sorting criterion for the sales statistics. Number of Employees The number of employees that are working for the business partner. Annual Revenue The sold-to business partner's annual revenue. Annual Revenue The currency in which the annual revenue is expressed. Industry Code The codes that classify business partners by type of business based on a code list, as determined by the government authorities. These codes can be used to segment customers for territory management and campaigns. Examples of industry coding systems are: SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) and NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). Ownership A definition of the ownership, such as private, public, or investment company. Rating The rating assigned to the sold-to business partner. Pricing Pricing Rate Determiner The way in which the exchange rate is determined that LN uses to convert the transaction currency into the local and reporting currencies. Related topics Currency Rate Determiner Sales Price List The price list that is used to link price agreements and/or discount agreements to the business partner. Price List for Direct Delivery The price list used in case of direct deliveries to the business partner. If an order line refers to a direct delivery, LN consults these agreements. Order Discount The business partner's default order discount percentage applied to sales orders. Upper Margin The percentage that the actual sales price is allowed to exceed the cost price. The upper and lower margins enable you to monitor sales by using gross margins. Specifying upper and lower margins only has an effect if you select at least one of the following parameters in the Margin Control Parameters (tdsls0120m000) session: Signal Log Block Lower Margin The percentage that the actual sales price is allowed to be lower than the cost price. The upper and lower margins enable you to monitor sales using gross margins. Specifying upper and lower margins only has an effect if you select at least one of the following parameters in the Margin Control Parameters (tdsls0120m000) session: Signal Log Block B.P. for Prices/Discounts The business partner for prices and discounts. You base prices and discounts for sales orders by the sold-to business partner on the terms and conditions that you agree with the business partner that you select here. If you leave this field empty, you use the prices and discounts that you have agreed with the sold-to business partner specified on the sales order. Note This business partner must have the same parent business-partner as the sold-to business partner defined in this session. Calculate Additional Costs If this check box is selected, additional costs can be calculated for the sold-to business partner. Related topics Additional costs - overview Calculate Additional Costs For Specify whether additional costs are calculated during the sales order procedure or the shipment procedure for the sold-to business partner. Note You can select Shipments only if the Calculate Additional Costs for Shipments check box is selected in the Inventory Handling Parameters (whinh0100m000) session. Allowed values Calculate Additional Costs For Related topics Additional costs - overview Method of Additional Cost Calculation Specify the level based on which the additional costs are calculated for the sold-to business partner. Allowed values Method of Additional Cost Calculation Related topics Additional costs - overview Promotions Eligible for Promotion If this check box is selected, The business partner is eligible for a promotion. You can define promotions in the Promotion (tdpcg0140m000) session. LN applies promotion automatically if the Apply Automatic Promotions check box is selected. Apply Automatic Promotions If this check box is selected, and the Eligible for Promotion check box is selected, promotions are applied automatically to the sold-to business partner in the Sales Order Promotion Data Link (tdsls4536m000) session. Selling Sales Office The sales office responsible for sales to the sold-to business partner. Note If the business partner places an order in a different sales office, LN issues a warning. Internal Sales Rep The employee of your company responsible for contact with the sold-to business partner. External Sales Rep Your company employee who calls on the sold-to business partner, mainly by visits. Sales Order Type The default sales order type for the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session. If you leave this field empty, LN takes the default order type from the User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session. Our Supplier Number The identification or code that the business partner uses for your organization. List Group The list group used to find the list item components when you sell a list item to this business partner. Related topics Selling items from list groups Allow Alternative List Groups If this check box is selected, during sales order line entry for the sold-to business partner, you can select list items from the list group that is linked to the business partner, as well as from other list groups. Related topics Selling items from list groups Channel The channel assigned to the business partner. This determines the quantity of goods that is available to promise for the business partner. Related topics Channel ATP EDI Chg. Resp. The type of electronic data interchange (EDI) message sent to the business partner when you change the order. Select Not Applicable for business partners that you have not set up for EDI in the Business Partner EDI Data by Network (ecedi0528m000) session. Acknowledge by Exception If you select this check box, only new and changed sales order lines to which you assign a sales acknowledgement code are printed on the sales order acknowledgement. In this way, you can control which changes to the sales order lines must be printed on the sales order acknowledgement. This accommodates sold-to business partners with printing sales order acknowledgement in special cases only. For example, if you change the delivery date, item, and/or price. If you clear this check box, sales order acknowledgements are printed for all order lines, regardless of the acknowledgement codes. Use Confirmation If this check box is selected, sold quantities must be confirmed by the supplier. Therefore, the Order Confirmation Date must be filled before a sales order can be approved or a sales schedule can be released to Warehousing. Note This field is only visible if the Use Confirmation (Sales) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session. Self-Billing If this check box is selected, self-billing applies to the business partner. Related topics Self billing Shipping Shipping Constraint The default shipping constraint for the sold-to business partner. When you enter sales order lines, you can use this value or enter a different shipping constraint. Allowed values Possible Values Customer Priority The priority for shipments to the sold-to business partner. This priority is used in Sales Control and in Warehousing. A low number represents a high priority. A high number represents a low priority. Delivery Terms The delivery terms agreed with the business partner. Related topics Delivery terms Point of Title Passage The default point of title passage used for the business partner. Related topics Delivery terms Return Delivery Terms The delivery terms agreed with the business partner concerning the delivery of goods in case of a return order. Ship-to B.P. The default ship-to business partner to which goods supplied to the sold-to business partner must be delivered. Schedule Qty The types of quantities that are communicated to the supplier. Automatically Process Sales Schedule Releases If this check box is selected, sales releases are automatically converted to sales schedules for this sold-to business partner. If this check box is cleared, sales releases must be converted to sales schedules in the Process Sales Releases (tdsls3208m000) session. You can update sales releases before they are converted to sales schedules. Related topics Sales releases Allow Shipment of Multiple Alternative Items If this check box is selected, the sold-to business partner accepts the ordered item as well as alternative items in one shipment. For example, if insufficient quantity of the ordered item is available, the shipment can contain the available quantity of the ordered item and additional quantities of alternative items that are required to reach the ordered quantity. Invoicing Invoice-to BP The invoice-to business partner, to whom you send invoices for the sales orders received from this sold-to business partner. Note One of the following must be true: The sold-to business partner and the invoice-to business partner have the same parent business partner. The sold-to business partner is the invoice-to business partner's parent. Invoice BP for Freight If this check box is selected, you charge the business partner for the freight costs of the sold goods. |