ITEM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
Account doc type | Typology of accounting documents (receipt-invoice, vendor document, vendor credit memo…). |
Accounting Document Number | Accounting number generated automatically by SAP (RCS, PF1 or RHO). |
Allocation Number | Supplier own invoice number. |
Baseline Date | Date from which the terms of payment apply |
Calendar day/year | Allows to select a period between one day/month/Year to another one. |
Calendar month/year | Allows to select a period between one month/year to another one. |
Calendar quarter/year | Allows to select a period between one quarter/year to another one. |
Calendar year | Allows to compare a year to year results. |
Capex Flag | Flag which allows to select only CAPEX spend, or only OPEX. |
Certification date | Related to minority indicator, this field displays the date of vendor's certification. |
Clearing Date | Date when the payment to the creditor is issued |
Clearing Doc number | FI AP document created when the payment is issued to the creditor. |
Company code | A company code is a legal entity. Characteristic coming from the purchasing documents of each legacy. |
Company Consolidation Method | This dimension allows to know how the Joint Venture is consolidated. |
Company Purchasing Scope | Allows to show the spend by : companies included in Solvay purchasing perimeter ("INC") , |
Cost center | A Cost Center is aimed to identify the costs incurred by an organization and is linked to a profit center. |
Country of the company | Attribute of the company. Allow to make an analysis by the country of the company. |
Country of the creditor | Attribute of the creditor . Allows to make an analysis by the country of the creditor. |
Country of the vendor | Attribute of the vendor . Allows to make an analysis by the country of the vendor. |
Creditor | The invoicing supplier code. The Creditor code can be different from the Vendor |
Creditor Account Group | Creditor classification. |
Creditor Class/Vendor class | Calculated at creditor group level. For each domain: GE/ IT/ LO/ PK/ TG+TS/ RM/ EN Class A : Top spend supplier groups until their cumulated spend represents 50% of total spend Class B : Next top spend supplier groups until their cumulated spend represents 30% more of total spend Class C : Tail end suppliers; their cumulated spend represents the remaining 20% of total spend Class D : Temporary class for non-validated suppliers created for paying invoices and will be deleted afterwards Class G : Internal supplier, Solvay entities Class X : For suppliers under segment PXCD (Fees paid to associations or to institutions) and PXAG (Sales agents whose primary compensation is a commission on the sale of a product). Out of Purchasing Scope |
Creditor Domain | Preponderant domain allocated to the supplier based on the preponderant spend |
Creditor material code | Material code from the supplier. This material code can be different from Solvay one. |
Creditor Payment terms (Co) | Payment terms from Creditor SAP masterdata.Creditor Payment Terms (Co) are always linked to a Company. |
Creditor PRS | The invoicing supplier code. PRS makes a link between supplier codes from different source systems by giving one single code for the same supplier |
Creditor segment | Preponderant segment allocated to the supplier based on the preponderant spend |
Creditor VIP | Ptp creditor classification. |
Days (Measure) | Payment terms calculated in Days |
Document currency | Currency coming from the Invoice in Spend Analysis query and from the Purchase Order in the PO Follow Up query. |
Domain | DOMAIN from the Spend Assignment Rule. Goods and services are split in 8 purchasing domains : Energy, General Expenses, |
Event Type | In PO Follow Up query, allows to choose if you want to make your analysis from the PO, the Receipt or the Invoice Document. |
FP vendor | SAP Partner function (VN): the vendor partner who sell the goods. |
FP Goods Supplier | SAP Partner function (GS) : the partner who sends us the goods. |
FP Invoice Presented by | SAP Partner function (IP) : the partner who sends us the Invoice. |
FP Ordering address | SAP Partner function (OA) : the partner where we send the PO. |
Function | The function is an attribute from the cost center. |
G/L Account | The G/L account master records control the posting of accounting transactions to G/L accounts and the processing of the posting data. |
Global Business unit | Dimension based on the profit center of the material for RCS and on a specific table for PF1. |
Group (PUR) code | Group of affiliates (creditors/vendors) that belong to the same company (parent organization) |
Incoterms | Incoterms code from the Purchase Order |
Incoterms 2 | Incoterms description from the Purchase Order |
Invoice Actual Net Due Date | Calculated Net Due Date reflects all the changes made in the Baseline Date and/or in CICC |
Invoice Net Due Date | Due Date calculated based on baseline date |
Invoice Original Net Due Date | Due Date calculated based on document date |
Invoice payment terms | Payment terms mentioned in the Invoicing document |
Material | Material codes from Purchasing Orders |
Material group | A material group is assigned directly to a material or a service in a Purchasing Order. |
Material group domain from the PO | A domain is allocated to each material group. This is the domain from the material group from the Purchase Order |
Material group segment from the PO | A segment is allocated to each material group. This is the segment from the material group from the Purchase Order |
Material type | Used in Rhodia Legacy to identify some materials (ex : ZMAT for raw materials).This is not an harmonized data |
Measures | It means Indicators in Analysis |
Minority Indicator | A field in the vendor master record that determines the minority group to which the vendor belongs |
Payment block | Information related to the blockage of invoices done at accounting level |
Payment Method | Payment method with which an invoice has to be paid (cheque, bank transfers…) |
Plant | A plant is usually a factory. The plant is mentioned at Purchasing Order level |
PO Number | Purchase Order number generated automatically by SAP (RCS, PF1 or RHO) |
PO Payment terms | Payment terms mentioned in the Purchase orders. |
PO Origin of needs | Allows to know the origin of the purchase order (open PO, contract, SRM7…).It is a specific table within SPRINT.
99 - Unspecified Origin or Indeterminable origin : the Purchase Order origin is unknown |
Product | is regrouping several articles which have the same molecule but under different grades or concentrations or packaging. Product is the chemical name or the commercial name without the detail of the packaging |
Profit center | Profit center is an organizational unit in accounting that reflects a management-oriented structure of the organization for the purpose of internal control. |
Purchasing Inforecord (PIR) | Contains information on material and vendor supplying this material. |
Purchase request | Purchase request from SRM7 or former BIP. |
Purchasing Group | The Purchasing Group is not aligned in SPRINT. |
Purchasing Organization | A Purchasing Organization is an organizational unit in SAP which is responsible for purchasing and carries out procurement activities on behalf of the company. It is possible to assign one or more companies to a single Purchasing Organization. Similarly, a plant and or a company can have several purchasing organizations assigned to it as well. |
Realigned Material group | Common material group, coming from PRS system. |
SAP Contract | SAP Contracts coming from RCS and PF1.There is no link with contracts coming from Ariba. |
SAP Contract Payment terms | Payment terms from SAP Contract. |
SAP Contract SWAP | SAP Contracts used for buy & sale process. Only used in some GBUs. |
Segment | SEGMENT from the Spend Assignment Rule. The segment is a way to classify our purchases. Each supplier has one preponderant segment based on its highest spend. |
Site | A site is a geographical location of one or several plants. A specific table in SPRINT makes the link between the plants |
Source system | 3 ERP feeds SPRINT queries: WP1, PF1 and RHO, they are also called Source System. |
Target currency | The variable allows to convert all the invoices in one selected currency (BFC exchange rate). |
Unit of Measure Conversion | To convert several order units in one aggregate base unit. |
Value chain (PUR) | Segmentation based on the main feedstock used in the production for raw material or intermediate materials or finished |
Vendor | Vendor from the purchase order |
Vendor PRS | Vendor from the purchase order based on the common PRS code PRS makes a link between supplier codes from different source systems by giving one single code for the same supplier |
Vendor Domain | Preponderant domain allocated to the vendor based on the preponderant spend. |
Vendor Segment | Preponderant segment allocated to the vendor and based on the preponderant spend. |
Vendor Payment Terms (LFM2) | Payment terms linked to a plant. Then a same supplier can have different payment terms according to Solvay different plants. |
Vendor Payment terms (PUR) | Payment terms from Vendor SAP master data. Vendor Payment terms (PUR) are always linked to a Purchasing Organization. |
WBP | This is SPRINT server to choose to get the queries. |
WBS Elements | WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) element is related to project. |
Zone (PUR) | Purchasing Zone (Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific). |
Zone (FC) | Financial Zone. |
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