Use

This function examines the vendor declaration indicators for all of the components in a material. Based on this examination of the components, the system assigns one vendor declaration indicator for the entire material.

This function is a prerequisite for preference determination because the calculation to determine the preference code uses the aggregated indicator. (In contrast, the Aggregation of Vendor Declarations by Trading Goods function assigns a preference code without performing a preference calculation.)

This function enables you to select all info records for a material. The most important factor when taking an info record into account is the last purchasing activity for the vendor. The system compares the date of the last purchasing activity with the current date. If the purchasing date is further back than the tolerance specified (purchasing tolerance days), then the info record is not taken into account during aggregation.

The system checks the entered ordering tolerance during compression run RMLEVE00 against the date of the last purchase order in the info record. The system processes the info record if the last purchase order date lies within the tolerance range. The system performs this check only for plant-specific info records since the date of the last purchase order can only be explicitly determined here. The system does not process info records on the purchasing organization level if the date of the last purchase order lies outside the tolerance range for purchase orders entered. Furthermore, if you select a valid plant info record for which no LFEI records exist, the system creates dummy records for the compression of each customs area from T604G with negative VD indicator for further processing.

For each material/plant and preference zone, the vendor declaration indicators are read from structure LFEI and they are aggregated according to the following rules in the material master:

For an explanation of these values, see "Integration" below.

The system always copies the most negative value for each material/plant/preference zone.

If no valid info records are selected for an info record, then the external procurement material receives setting D (checked, not OK) and the mixed material receives A (not checked) during determination.

You have the following selection options for aggregating the vendor declaration in the material master:

Integration

Data Structures

The vendor declaration indicator for a vendor material is stored for each preference zone in the LFEI database table. This structure is linked to the purchasing info record.

Aggregating all vendor declaration indicators is done at plant level for every preference zone. The aggregated vendor declaration indicator is stored in the MAPE database table. This database is linked to the material master. The structure is as follows:

Preference zone

This is the preference zone for export/import.

Preference

This is the preference indicator in export/import.

This indicator is set if the goods are relevant for preference.

Preference date

This is the date of preference determination.

Vendor declaration

This is the aggregation indicator for the vendor declaration for each preference zone. Possible settings include the following:

Aggregation Indicator Settings

Vendor declaration date

The expiration date of the vendor declaration for the relevant preference zone. The most recent date of all the vendor declarations is set here.

This can be controlled in the material master in the purchasing screen or in the sales and distribution screen.

Activities

You can execute this function from the Preference Processing Cockpit .