Claims 
Claims are budget requests that consume money from one or more funds. You work with different claim types depending on the CRM business scenario that you work with, namely:
Market development funds (MDF) business scenario
Reimbursement claims
Direct payments (MDF)
Trade promotion management (TPM) business scenario
Invoice claims
Deduction claims
Direct payments (TPM)
You have made these settings in Customizing:
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You can define the basic settings for the claim objects (transaction types). These settings include whether the claim type is relevant for the trade promotion management or market development funds business scenario. These settings also include status types for claims and approval settings. |
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You can define the priorities for claim objects, and assign them to the claim objects. |
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You can define the reasons why a claim amount or reimbursement rate was changed. You can then assign these reasons to the claim objects. |
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You can assign one or more expense types to claim transaction types. |
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You can configure how approvals are handled in the system. |
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There are standard workflow settings for SAP Business Workflow that you can implement, and specific settings for claims management. |
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You can configure the settings for the validation sheet. |
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You can define the fund determination settings and assign availability control (AVC) profiles. |
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For more information, see Dispute Management.