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Conceptual information and a description of how to maintain conditions in info records can be found in Conditions and Price Determination.

Conditions Per Order Unit

You can enter separate conditions for each order unit in the info record. During the source determination process, the system will then suggest the order unit for which prices have been maintained.

Example

If an info record contains prices for the order units "crate" and "pallet", for example, you can only order from this vendor in these units.

If no conditions have been maintained for the order unit, you can order in the units maintained in the info record or in the material master record.
You determine whether conditions per order unit are used via the field Variable Oun in the general data of the info record.

Points System for Conditions

You can arrange for sums due on the basis of agreed conditions to be determined using a points system.
This enables you to weight the materials supplied by a vendor independently of their price.

Example

Vendor Smith charges a price of $100 per pc. for material "Steel 1", and $500 per pc. for material "Steel 2". This vendor grants a volume-based incentive rebate (retrospective cumulative discount) of 3% on the total volume of purchases at the end of the year if at least 100,000 points-worth of materials were ordered from him in the course of the twelve months. You are awarded 10 points for each piece of material "Steel 1" and 20 points for each piece of "Steel 2" ordered over this period.
In placing your purchase orders, you can take into consideration how many pieces of "Steel 1" and how many of "Steel 2" you need to order to reach the 100,000 points mark by the end of the year and thus satisfy the criterion for the award of the rebate.

Info Record Price Versus PO Price

The net price in the info record and the net price in the purchase order are two different prices.

The net price of an item in the info record is based on the conditions stipulated in the info record. If you change the conditions, the net price in the info record is recalculated and the pricing date adjusted accordingly.

In contrast, the price in the purchase order may reflect the deduction of a quantity discount according to a price/quantity scale.

As a rule, the conditions from the info record are adopted in the PO. However, if a price/quantity scale has been defined, the price for the relevant order quantity is taken.

Condition Groups

The use of condition groups allows you to regulate the price determination process on a variable basis. For example, you can assign info records showing the same price changes to a certain condition group by giving them the same alphanumeric character string.

Example

You order a material whose price is based upon a market price index. If the index increases by five percentage points, the prices of all vendors increase accordingly by the same percentage. Now assign all info records relating to this material to the same condition group. If the price index changes, you need only enter the change in the condition group. The current price index is then applied in the case of purchase orders based on any of the info records belonging to this condition group.

Variant Conditions

You can maintain variant conditions for configurable materials. Using variant conditions, you can define discounts and surcharges for different material finishes for instance.

Example

The vendor charges an extra $20 for bicycle frames with a silver metallic finish. This surcharge can be added to the price by means of a variant condition.

See also:

Maintaining Variant Conditions in the Info Record

Structure link Variant Conditions in Purchasing

 

 

 

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