Vendor Master Data Management

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I am not too familiar with Vendor Master Data and need some guidance for certain areas. I understand Master Data is split into 3 categories - General, Co Code & Pur Org. My questions are:

1) Can I have multiple info per vendor in the Control data area or standard SAP only allows certain fields to have multiple?

2) Can I have multiple payment terms assigned per vendor (ZA01, ZA02) since payment terms is at company code level so that I can match the terms of payment (ZA01) at Purchasing org level to the company code level.

Appreciate your advice..

Rick

Edited by: rickjason on Jun 3, 2010 12:46 PM

Edited by: rickjason on Jun 3, 2010 12:49 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

1. what kind of multiple info you want to add in control area?

2. you can enter only one payment terms

[Former Member]

Good day. Anybody here knows how to categories Vendor in Vendor Master SAP Database. My boss want me to divide the current Vendors in that databse into 3 categories; Sisters company, Local Vendor and Oversea/Abroad Vendor. Please help me on this matter

[Former Member]

Hi,

At purchasing oraganization level, you can categorize the vendors in to three different categories such as Domestic Vendor, Intercompany vendor, Import vendor in "Schema Group Vendor" field of the purchasing view. You can set appropriate adjustments in the configuration setting of the schema group as per your requirement. I hope that this would clarify your query.

Regards,

NAK

[Former Member]

1. What kind of multiple information you want to maintain in control data?

2. Multiple payment terms are not allowed at company code level.

[Former Member]

Hi,

As you were aware there are three sets of views in Vendor Mater.

1. General Data, 2. Company Code Data, 3. Purchase Organisation Data.

1. General Data has information like Address, Bank details, Contact information etc., which is related to a vendor. Hence can maintain only one value in a field for a vendor.

2. Company Code Data has fields of accounting importance like Accounting Info, Payment Transaction and Correspondance. These fields can have one value for a vendor and a company code combination. There is a Payment Term in this set of data which is defaulted when a vendor payment is done directly using FB60.

3. Purchase Organisation Data has fields which can have value for a vendor and a purchasing organisation. Here again you have a payment terms which gets defaulted in the purchase order.

Payment terms to be used in purchase order can have one value for a vendor at each purchasing organisation level. Hope this clarifies.

[Former Member]

You are right that vendor master data is divided into three categories, General data for general information such as address and details about the vendor. Company code data has the financial integration. Purchasing data has purchasing information.

1. On your question related to payment term, you can assign only one payment term per vendor in the company code. This payment term will default on the purchase order. But you can change the payment term as per need at the purchase order or purchase requisition.

In summary, you cannot have multiple payment terms for one company code.

Best regards,

[Former Member]

Please clarify on multiple info for vendor.

Regarding payment terms

In The vendor master data we can maintain payament terms in two views.

One at accounting data and another at purchasing data of vendor master.

Payment term in Accounting data can be different from Purchasing data.

The payment term in purchasing view will be copied to purchase order and subsequently to MIRO created wrt to PO.

For the invoices posted with FI transactions ( FB60) the payment term in accounting data will get defaulted.

Regards

Mohan