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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)

Prerequisites

You have made these settings in Customizing:

Explanation

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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.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Define Basic Settings for Transaction Types  

You can define the priorities for claim objects, and assign them to the claim objects.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Define Priorities for Claims  

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Assign Priorities to Transaction Types  

You can define the reasons why a claim amount or reimbursement rate was changed. You can then assign these reasons to the claim objects.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Define Reasons for Changes to Amounts or Reimbursement Rates  

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Assign Reasons for Change to Transaction Types  

You can assign one or more expense types to claim transaction types.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Assign Permitted Expense Types to Transaction Types  

You can configure how approvals are handled in the system.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Approvals  

There are standard workflow settings for SAP Business Workflow that you can implement, and specific settings for claims management.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Workflow  

You can configure the settings for the validation sheet.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Validation Sheet  

You can define the fund determination settings and assign availability control (AVC) profiles.

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Funds Determination  

  Customer Relationship Management   Claims Management   Funds Availability Control  

Customizing Activities for Dispute Management and Claim Submissions

For more information, see Dispute Management.