In a Blanket Purchase Agreement, there are six fast tabs: General, Lines, Extended Text, Invoicing, Shipping and Foreign Trade.
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General
When a customer is selected for the new agreement, the system automatically populates fields according to the setup on the customer's card. This information can be entered and changed in the agreement as desired.
Field | Definition |
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No. | The system automatically issues a number based on the number series setup. |
Sell-to Customer No. | A customer is entered or selected from a list. The system then fills out various default values with information from the customer card |
First Shipment Date | The date of the first delivery from the agreement. In the General tab there is also information about the first delivery week and number of Agreed Deliveries. This information is used for ´Planning for Scheduled Deliveries´ (see action on ribbon). |
Deliveries | An indicator that shows the number of delivery agreements created from the selected blanket sales agreement. The user can click on the indicator to open a list of the linked delivery agreements. |
Status | The default status of the agreements is ´Open´. To begin deliveries from the agreement the action ´Release´ must be selected from the ribbon at the top of the page - the status changes to ´Released´. When a sales document has been posted then the status automatically changes to ´Closed´. |
Lines
Information about the product that is to be sold is entered here.
Field | Definition |
No. | The product number is entered here or selected from a drop-down list (F4). |
Allow Item No. Variation in Delivery | If this field is checked, then the user is authorized to change product numbers in the delivery agreement (see later in document). |
Cust. Ordered Quantity | The recorded originally ordered quantity for the agreement. Can be compared to delivered quantity. |
Quantity | Quantity to be delivered according to the agreement. |
Unit of Measure Code | Unit of measure with respect to the value in field ´Quantity´. |
Cust. Ordered No. of TIs | The recorded originally ordered number of trade items for the agreement. Can be compared to delivered number of trade items. |
No. of Trade Items | Number of trade items to be delivered. |
TI Unit of Measure Code | Unit of measure with respect to the value in field “No. of Trade Item”. |
Extended Text
For more information on Extended Text, click here.
Invoicing
Information about invoicing terms for the customer is entered in this tab.
Field | Definition |
Posting Document Type | The value in the field designates what kind of document is created by the system, when the action “Create Posting Document” is selected from the ribbon of a delivery agreement (which is created from a
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Realloc. Reserv. to Linked Blanket Agr. After Posting | Transfer Order: This option will re-allocate reservation from corresponding delivery agreements line to its related blanket sales agreements line after posting. |
Shipping
Information about the shipping of products is recorded in this tab; from which location the product is shipped from, UN/LOCODE connected with the shipment, delivery terms etc. (The Logistics-section in the fast tab is further described in the Logistics Module).
Foreign Trade
If the agreement is for exporting goods to another country, then information about the agreement currency is entered in this tab. This is also where the Transport Method, is selected; Sea, Rail, Air, etc. (The Logistics-section in the fast tab is further described in the Logistics Module).