VENDOR

[Former Member]

hi

My company wants to use SAP consignment programs, but understand that the AP payment must go to the same vendor number as the order from/issue vendor. In the past, we order from vendor number 123, but we pay vendor number 456 (as per the vendor's request). Is there a way to use partner functionality with the two vendor numbers to accommodate both

urgent

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Partner Roles in Purchasing

The Business Partner [Ext.] “vendor” can assume different roles in its dealings with another

enterprise. Accordingly, in a procurement transaction, the vendor is first the ordering address,

then the supplier of goods, then the invoicing party, and finally the payee. For this reason,

several partner roles (partner functions) can be assigned to the vendor.

One or more of these roles can also be assumed by other vendors. This data is used in the

associated downstream logistics and accounting functions.

You can determine which of the partner roles are optional and which are mandatory via the

Customizing functions. If no other roles have been maintained, the data of the Vendor role

applies.

In the vendor master record, the role Different payee is only displayed if you have

maintained a different payee on the Payment transactions screen.

Integration

In the Logistics Information System (LIS) and in the Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW),

you can only run analyses for vendors. You cannot run analyses for any of the other partner roles

supplied in the standard system.

Prerequisites

When working with partner roles, you must maintain the following settings:

Vendor master record

Separate vendor master records must exist for all the partners of a vendor that are to be

entered in that vendor’s master record.

Customizing

You specify the partner roles to be used in the vendor master record via schemas that

you define and assign to account groups in Customizing for Purchasing.

Specify which partner roles you wish to use – and which of them are mandatory roles –

in Customizing for Purchasing under Partner Determination Partner Roles Partner

Settings in Vendor Master Record Define Partner Schemas. (At this point, select the

Mandatory indicator where appropriate.)

Assign the partner schema to the relevant account group. Under Partner Determination

Partner Settings in Vendor Master Record Assign Partner Schemas to Account

Groups, you can assign different partner schemas to account groups for the purchasing

organization, plant, and vendor sub-range levels if necessary.

If you want the system to also search for partner roles at purchasing organization

level, and not only at the more specific levels (i.e. plant/vendor or VSR/vendor), you

must set the Higher level indicator in Customizing for Purchasing under Partner

Determination Partner Settings in Purchasing Documents Define Partner

Schemas Partner Roles in Schema.

There you can also specify whether the partner roles are to be determined at the

beginning or at the end of the document entry process (End indicator).

If the plant is defined as default value, the system attempts to determine plantspecific

partners in the case of partners determined at the start of the process.

Features

The following partner roles are used in MM:

Vendor (LF)

Ordering address (BA)

Goods supplier (WL)

Invoicing party (RS)

These partner roles influence downstream logistics and accounting functions:

Partner role Effect

Ordering address (BA) If you define another partner for the partner role BA, a standard PO or

release order will not be sent to the address of the vendor (role LF) but

to the ordering address of the partner.

Goods supplier (WL) In the case of Intrastat [Ext.]:

If you define a partner from another member state of the EU for partner

role WL, standard POs or release orders will be taken into account

when Intrastat declarations are created.

In the case of a Return Delivery [Ext.]:

If you define another partner for the partner role WL, the address of the

goods supplier will be determined for return deliveries in Inventory

Management.

Invoicing party (RS) If you define another partner for the partner role RS, the invoicing

party’s account will be charged instead of the vendor’s.

If you assign several ordering addresses or invoicing parties to a vendor in the latter’s master

record, the system will ask you to decide on a certain ordering address or invoicing party when

you create a purchase order.

Price determination

If you wish to use partner roles for price determination purposes, SAP provides the

enhancement LMEKO001 (customer exit EXIT_SAPLMEKO_001).

Go thourgh it, You can define different partner roles to vendors.

Regards

Ravi

[Former Member]

u can use partenr fumction easily to pay the invoicing party as your reqt

ordering party as per ur reqt

guru