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 Cash Discount Utilization

 

The analytical app displays the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Cash Discount Utilization. You can monitor in real time the cash discount utilization in your responsible area. You can find out which company code or location needs to make better use of cash discounts. You can also find out about the reasons for cash discount loss so that it can be avoided in the future.

Key Features

  • Display the utilization rate of cash discounts in a past period that you have defined.

    The utilization rate is calculated by dividing the taken cash discounts with the sum of taken cash discounts and lost cash discounts. The tile displays the weighted average of the utilization rate for all your business entities.

  • Compare the current utilization rate versus the target utilization rate.

  • Check whether, according to the app configuration, the current utilization rate is critically low, deserves attention, or is acceptable.

  • Analyze cash discount utilization by different business dimensions, including company, country, supplier group, payment terms, and cause of cash discount loss.

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    Just because the utilization rate of cash discounts for a company is high does not mean that only a small amount of cash discounts are lost. Always take into consideration the total offered cash discounts for a company.

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  • Display the utilization rate of cash discounts when you analyze cash discount utilization by company, country, supplier group, or payment terms.

    Note Note

    You can configure this app to display the utilization amount instead of the utilization rate of cash discounts.

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  • Distinguish between discounts expired and discounts missed and display their corresponding amounts when you analyze cash discount utilization by cause of cash discount loss. You can also distinguish between other causes of cash discount loss that you have defined in SAP GUI. The following list explains the difference between discounts expired and discounts missed:

    • Discounts expired

      The invoice is paid after the cash discounts have expired.

    • Discounts missed

      Although the invoice is paid before the cash discounts have expired, you still lose all or part of the cash discounts. This can be caused by, for example, the fact that the cash discounts are not used at all or in full, or that manual payment is used where cash discounts have been ignored in the payment process.

  • Distinguish between taken cash discounts and lost cash discounts. The following list explains the difference between taken cash discounts and lost cash discounts:

    • Taken cash discounts

      Taken cash discounts refer to the cash discounts that you have utilized.

    • Lost cash discounts

      Lost cash discounts are the sum of claimable lost cash discounts and unclaimable lost cash discounts. The following list explains the difference between claimable lost cash discounts and unclaimable lost cash discounts:

      • Claimable lost cash discounts

        Claimable lost cash discounts refer to the cash discounts that are lost by payment block in the system. You might get the cash discounts back depending on the reason why the payment is blocked. The payment block can be caused by payment disputes with the supplier, which results in the company taking the initiative to block the payment for an invoice. By checking the reason for the payment block, you can find out about the related business reason that has led to the cash discount loss.

      • Unclaimable lost cash discounts

        Unclaimable lost cash discounts refer to the cash discounts that are lost by internal reasons. The cash discounts are lost for good and you cannot get them back. They include discounts expired and discounts missed.

    Note Note

    By default, taken cash discounts, claimable lost cash discounts, and unclaimable lost cash discounts are not displayed. You can configure this app to display them.

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  • If your company uses SAP Jam, you can post comments there. You can also send emails from this app.

System Landscape Requirements

The app consists of front-end components and back-end components. The back-end components and the front-end components are delivered in separate products and have to be installed in a system landscape that is enabled for SAP Fiori.

SAP Smart Business Product

SAP Smart Business for SAP S/4HANA Finance

Contains Virtual Data Model (VDM)

SAP HANA Live for SAP S/4HANA Finance

SAP Business Suite Product

SAP S/4HANA Finance

For more information about the system landscape requirements, see SAP Help Portal at Start of the navigation path http://help.sap.com/sfin300Information published on SAP site Next navigation step Installation and Upgrade Information End of the navigation path.

Note Note

This app runs on desktops and tablets.

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