Partner Sales Order

The partner sales order can be reached through the main menu:

Sales-A/R - Automotive - Demands - Partner Sales Order

Partner Sales Order = Blanket Order

The data structure looks like the following:

The partner sales order is an agreement, which is reached between customer and supplier. In this agreement all parameters (e.g. item, technical property, prices,…) are stipulated, except for two: time of delivery and quantity. These two are transmitted through forecast delivery, JIT delivery or JIS delivery at a later time. These are depicted as calls (accessing) for a partner sales order.

The most important traits of a partner sales orders are:

• The customer’s item numer also referred to as foreign item code number (FIN)
• The customer’s factory where the goods are shipped to (FAC)
• The customer’s unloading point (UNL)
• The order number (ORN)

A partner sales order is created in the IAG-ATM. With the partner sales order’s creation, a number (partner sales order number) is assigned automatically. This is the internal partner sales order number. One customer and one item are matched to the partner sales order (internal data). The internal data is then linked with the external data (FIN, FAC, UNL, ORN). The customer can work with yet another key value, the update index. The update index can be transmitted on partner sales order level or just on call level.

The following information is contained in the partner sales order:

• Scheduling agreement
• Packaging (definition)
• Update (management)
• Surcharges
• Texts

The changes in demands are analysed and recorded in a partner sales order, too. As changes occur in time periods, the forecast delivery schedule is differentiated into the following periods:

• Shipping period (as of current date + 10 work days)
• Production period (as of current date + 15 work days)
• Purchase period (as of current date + 20 work days)

In every period, two factors are considered:

• Changes in the entire analysis period
• Changes at a certain point in time

The packaging definition is also recorded in the partner sales order, as well as the alternate packaging.

If a customer transmitts his demands via EDI or through another medium, these are then assigned to the releases of a partner sales order.

The myriad of data is grouped in the partner sales order as follows:

• Head data

• Tabs

1. Demands
2. CQ
3. Packaging
4. General
5. ERP
6. Update
7. Production
8. Shipping
9. Texts
10. Surcharges
11. Cost acct.
12. Communication
13. DB
14. Annotations

• Features

1. Find
2. Add
3. Update
4. Cancel
5. Load data
6. Lock
7. Unlock

• Context menu

1. History alignment [Historienabgleich]
2. Demands history
3. Inventory exits
4. Copy packing mean definitions

Head data

Customer (@IAG_RAT0.U_Cardcode):
Contains the customer ID out of the business partner master data in B1.

Name (@IAG_RAT0.U_Cardname):
Contains the customer’s name out of the business partner master data in B1.

Item (@IAG_RAT0.U_Itemcode):
Contains the item ID out of the item master data in B1.

Item name (@IAG_RAT0.U_Itemname):
Contains the item name out of the item master data in B1.

Foreign item code (@IAG_RAT0.U_Fsn):
Is the item code that the customer uses for the item (usually not the same as “ours”). Is normally transmitted through EDI.

Update index (@IAG_RAT0.U_Aix):
Contains the customer’s update index. Can be transmitted via EDI.

*Can still be used, even if the customer didn’t transmit it via EDI.

Customer factory (@IAG_RAT0.U_Wrk):
The customer’s factory. Is usually trnasmitted via EDI.

Unoading point (@IAG_RAT0.U_Abl):
The unloading point at the customer’s. Usually transmitted via EDI.

Order No. (@IAG_RAT0.U_Abs):
Is the order number that the customer assigns to this blankes agreement (partner sales order). Usually transmitted via EDI.

Series (@IAG_RAT0.Series):
Prefix of the serial number.

No. (@IAG_RAT0.DocNum):
The partner sales order number. This number is assigned when creating the partner sales order. It is a distinct number.

Status (@IAG_RAT0.U_Ratsts):
Shows the current status of the partner sales order. The following characteristics are possible:

Packaging variant (@IAG_RAT0.U_Pmdvar):
Is the default variant which is used to create ATM goods issues.

Order type (@IAG_RAT0.U_Ratart):
Partner sales orders can be of different types. The following characteristics are possible:

Contact person (@IAG_RAT0.U_Cntctcod):
Is the contact person at the customer’s. Is defined in the customer’s tab “contact person”.

Project (@IAG_RAT0.U_Project):
The partner sales order can be assigned to a project. The projects are defined through Administration – Setup – Financials – Projects.

Bill active (@IAG_RAT0.U_Rngakt):
This button lets the feature “Documents” in the ATM goods issue create an invoice automatically. The following characteristics are possible:

Overdraft active (@IAG_RAT0.U_Dspakt):
This button decides if the demands for the MRP wizard are determined. The following characteristics are possible:

Consultant int. (@IAG_RAT0.U_Sachbr):
The employee who is responsible for this partner sales order. Is chosen out of the employee master data.