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1. Vendor Master
Configuration
SAP MM
Training Document

2. SAP MM Training Document - Vendor Master Configuration
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF SYMBOLS -3-
TYPOGRAPHY -3-
TRANSACTIONS USED -3-
OVERVIEW -4-
REQUIREMENTS -5-
CONFIGURATION -5-
MASTER DATA -5-
ROLES -5-
GLOSSARY -6-
COURSE MATERIALS -7-
1. VENDOR MASTER CONFIGURATION -7-
1.1. DEFINE TERMS OF PAYMENT -7-
1.2. CHECK INCOTERMS - 10 -
1.3. DEFINE TEXT TYPES FOR CENTRAL TEXTS - 12 -
1.4. DEFINE TEXT TYPES FOR PURCHASING ORGANIZATION TEXTS - 13 -
1.5. VENDOR HIERARCHY - 15 -
1.5.1. DEFINE VENDOR HIERARCHY CATEGORIES - 15 -
1.5.2. DEFINE PARTNER DETERMINATION FOR HIERARCHY CATEGORIES - 17 -
1.5.2.1. DEFINITION OF PARTNER ROLES - 19 -
1.5.2.2. LANGUAGE-DEPENDENT KEY REASSIGNMENT FOR PARTNER ROLES - 20 -
1.5.2.3. PERMISSIBLE PARTNER ROLES PER ACCOUNT GROUP - 21 -
1.5.3. ASSIGN ACCOUNT GROUPS - 22 -
1.5.4. ASSIGN PURCHASING ORGANIZATION - 24 -
1.5.5. ASSIGN HIERARCHY CATEGORY PER ORDER DOCUMENT TYPE - 26 -
1.6. DEFAULT VALUES FOR ACCOUNT GROUP FOR CUSTOMER
CREATION - 27 -
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Configuration
TABLE OF SYMBOLS
Icon Meaning
Path to find transaction in SAP Menu/SAP Customizing
Note
Example input data
Prerequisites, configuration, master data or roles needed before working on a
configuration
transaction
TYPOGRAPHY
Icon Meaning
Example text Words or characters that appear on screen. It includes screen names, field texts,
button names, menu names and options.
names
Ex am pl e te x t Words or phrases that the user will type when required.
req
TRANSACTIONS USED
Transaction Name
OME2 Define terms of payment
OMGA Define text types for central texts
OMGB Define text types for purchasing organization texts
S_ALR_87002130 Default values for account group for customer creation
S_ALR_87002143 Assign account groups
S_ALR_87002149 Assign purchasing organization
S_ALR_87002155 Assign hierarchy category per order document type
S_ALR_87002280 Define partner determination for hierarchy categories
S_ALR_87002361 Define vendor hierarchy catego
categories
S_ALR_87002452 Check incoterms
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OVERVIEW
Vendors supply a company with materials and services. The companies need to
maintain vendors' data in order to correctly define prices, payment terms and contact
information. This document refers to vendor master configuration that will help
determine data that will be used during vendor master data creation.
At the end of this procedure, users will be able assign different cash discounts that will
be applied to vendors, create vendor groups that can be used to categorize them
according to different specifications, and create vendor hierarchies for complex vendors
in order to take into account price determination.
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5. SAP MM Training Document - Vendor Master Configuration
REQUIREMENTS
CONFIGURATION
Program name Location
Define document types SPRO > Materials management > Purchasing > Purchase order > Define
document types
Maintain purchasing SPRO > Enterprise structure > Definition > Materials management > Maintain
organization purchasing organization
Set up payment SPRO > Financial accounting > Accounts receivable and accounts payable >
methods per country for Business transactions > Outgoing payments > Automatic outgoing payments >
payment transactions Payment method/Bank selection for payment program > Set up payment
methods per country for payment transactions
MASTER DATA
Data Type Use in
0001 Purchasing organization Assign purchasing organization
C Payment method Define terms of payment
CNAT Customer account group Default values for account group for
customer creation
LI Type of partner function Definition of partner roles
NB Purchasing order document type Assign hierarchy category per order
document type
ROLES
Business Role Technical Name Function
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GLOSSARY
Baseline date for payment The date from which the terms of payment apply (cash
discounts or invoice due dates).
Customer account group Groups in which customers are classified and determine
things such as number intervals for the account number of the customer and obligatory
specifications in the master record.
Incoterms Commonly-used trading terms that comply with the standards established by
the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Payment method Determines how payments are to be made.
Purchasing organization Organizational unit that procures materials and services,
negotiates conditions of purchase with vendors, and is responsible for such
transactions.
Terms of payment Specifications, such as cash discounts and discount-qualifying
periods, that are assigned to a vendor master record and will apply to purchase
documents.
Vendor account group Groups in which vendors are classified and determine things
such as number intervals for the account number of the vendor and obligatory
specifications in the master record.
Vendor hierarchy Used to simulate the structure of a vendor organization.
Vendor master record Data record containing all the information necessary for any
contact with a certain vendor for conducting business transactions.
Vendor node A node consisting of a combination of vendor and purchasing
organization with a validity period.
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Configuration
COURSE MATERIALS
1. VENDOR MASTER CONFIGURATION
1.1. DEFINE TERMS OF PAYMENT
Terms of payment allow the users to define any discount percentages or period allowed
for payment characteristics that will be assigned to vendors. To manage terms of
payments, go to the following transaction:
e
SPRO > Materials management > Purchasing > Vendor
Menu Path
master > Define terms of payment
Transaction OME2
Fig. 1 - Menu path for transaction OME2.
Configuration Set up payment methods per country for payment transactions
country
Master data C
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An Overview screen with a list of existing terms will appear as in Fig. 2. The list shows
the code for the term of payment, the day limit, and the explanation text for the code.
Fig. 2 - Define terms of payment Overview screen.
To create a term for payment, click on New entries , and a new screen will
appear as in Fig. 3.
Fig. 3 - New entries screen for terms of payment.
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