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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.
The Spend query is based on the posting date of the accounting document in each legacy.

Calendar month/year

Allows to select a period between one month/year to another one.
The Spend query is based on the posting date of the accounting document in each legacy.

Calendar quarter/year

Allows to select a period between one quarter/year to another one.
The Spend query is based on the posting date of the accounting document in each legacy.

Calendar year

Allows to compare a year to year results.
The Spend query is based on the posting date of the accounting document in each legacy.

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") ,
excluded from Solvay purchasing perimeter ("EXC") or deleted ("DEL")

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.
Then a same supplier can have different payment terms according to Solvay different  companies.

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,
IT & Telecommunication, Logistics, Packaging, Raw materials, Technical Goods, Technical services.

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 Groups  are part of the Global Purchasing Segmentation project and  have been harmonized

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
The minority indicator is only relevant in the United States

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.

  • 1 - Catalog PO via SRM7 : Purchase order from SRM7 catalogue
  • 2 - Adhoc PO via SRM7/EPW : Shopping cart Purchase Order
  • 3 - PO with Purchasing request : Purchase Order created thanks to a purchasing request
  • 4 - PO (Manual) without Purchasing request : Standard PO directly created in SAP
  • 5 - PO of production subcontracting : Subcontracting purchase order
  • 6 - Transport PO (via freight) : transport purchase order
  • 7 - Service Task PO (PM) : Maintenance service purchase Order
  • 8 - Maintenance plan PO : Framework order (with material group field empty)
  • 9 - Recurring services PO : Recurring Service Purchase Order (ZFO type)
  • 12 - PO from MRP with 1 OP : automatic Purchase order created thanks to a MRP calculation
  • 13 - PO from MRP with Purchasing request : Purchase order having a purchasing request and created thanks to a MRP calculation
  • 14 - RCS PO from APO with Purchasing Request : Purchase Order from SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimizer) 
  • 15 - PO from Sales Document : Purchase order created thanks to a sales order
  • 16 - RCS PO from PIR or Contract : Purchase order created thanks to a call on contract or Purchase Inforecord
  • 17 - Consignment : Purchase Orders with consigned items ("K")

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.
A segment is always linked to a specific domain. Ex: the segment "Pallet" is linked to the domain "Packaging".
SPRINT is based on the Global Purchasing Segmentation.

Site

A site is a geographical location of one or several plants. A specific table in SPRINT makes the link between the plants
and the sites.

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
 product (crude oil, gas, mineral, bio-based, coal). The segmentation by value chain reflects the today main origin of raw materials;
It is a snapshot picture which could evolve in the future because of new technologies, market prices, trends.

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.
This is the domain from the vendor mentioned at PO level

Vendor Segment

Preponderant segment allocated to the vendor and based on the preponderant spend.
This is the segment from the vendor mentioned at PO level

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.
Then, a same supplier can have different payment terms according to Solvay different Purchasing Organizations.

WBP

This is SPRINT server to choose to get the queries.

WBS Elements

WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) element is related to project.
The WBS structure describes the work you need to carry out to complete the project.
This code is mainly used by CAPEX people to track and analyze CAPEX Spend.

Zone (PUR)

Purchasing Zone (Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific). 

Zone (FC)

Financial Zone. 

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