Displaying Terms Offered/Terms Taken Evaluations (SAP Library - FI Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable)

Displaying Terms Offered/Terms Taken Evaluations

Use

You wish to display the evaluations for cash discount history (terms offered/terms taken).

The display options are explained using the "country" grouping criterion at "group" level.

Features

Initial Screen for Terms Offered/Terms Taken

On the initial screen for the terms offered/terms taken evaluation, the system displays the following values per country or country key:

Terms offered

The values in the Terms offered column result from the terms of payment you grant your customer.

Terms taken

The values in the Terms taken column result from the actual cash discount history of the customer (i.e. has he paid with or without cash discount and how late did he pay).

Difference between the days agreed upon and the actual days

Displaying Further Evaluations

From the initial screen, you can access the following evaluations:

You can break down the country into the groups net, cash discount 2 and cash discount 1 depending on the actual cash discount history and the terms of payment agreed upon. In addition, the system displays the difference between the days agreed upon and the actual days. To do so, proceed as follows:

Place the cursor on a country.

Select Edit ® Payment methods.

You see a dialog box in which the relevant information for each country is displayed.

You can scroll back and forth in the country list on the initial screen via Next feature or Previous feature.

The total number of days under the Offered and Taken columns is calculated from the monthly amounts and the total of the interest calculation numerator divided by 100.

You can display the initial screen values (terms offered, terms taken, difference) for a customer of specific country again. To do so, proceed as follows:

Place the cursor on a country.

Choose Edit ® Top n customers .

From this drilldown list, you have two additional evaluation options:

You can display a line item analysis for each customer. To do so, proceed as follows:

Place the cursor on a customer.

Select Edit ® Line item analysis.

For each customer, you can display the group breakdown into net and cash discount 2 and 1 depending on the actual cash discount and the terms of payment offered.

To do so, proceed as follows:

Place the cursor on a customer.

Choose Edit ® Payment methods.

The system displays a dialog box with the appropriate values for each customer.

You can scroll back and forth in the customer list via Next customer or Previous customer.