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1. Enter the Title of the operation / page
2. Add the following Labels:
Scope of applicability: ww, country_accounting
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Unit and Domain according to the List of labels to be used in the Finance Service Line space
- E.g. 1: WW Operation in Financial Accounting under domain "Central Finance Processes & Compliance":
- Labels to be used: ww, financial_accounting, central_fin_proc_compliance
- Labels to be used: ww, financial_accounting, central_fin_proc_compliance
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(for country operations, the Domain is always country_accounting)
- Labels to be used: country_accounting, france, financial_accounting
- E.g. 1: WW Operation in Financial Accounting under domain "Central Finance Processes & Compliance":
3. Fill in all fields as described above
4. Name the title of each section using OPD methodology naming convention - Infinitive verb without the “to”, mainly action verb...something) -" I do something..."
5. Once the description of the operation is completed, ensure it is approved and published by launching the SBS-Finance approval workflow
Responsibility area:
1. Objective and Scope
1.1. Objective of this Operation
The purpose of this document is to provide instructions for the following activities:
- calculation of monthly commissions payment
- processing of the monthly payment to the distributor Marubeni Aerospace Corporation
- calculation of the monthly estimate accrual that is booked in Co. 7180 GL accounts
1.2. Scope
This process is applicable for GBU Composite Materials companies where Marubeni Aerospace Corporation is representing Cytec Engineered Materials products capable of being sold and exported to Japan. These companies are Co. 7180, Co. 7771 and Co. 7776.
2. Definitions
3. Tasks description
Monthly sales are closed for Co. 7180, Co. 7771, Co.7772 and Co. 7776 -> pull monthly sales data from WP1 -> prepare the monthly commissions calculation -> calculation approved by CAM and AP Regional Sales Director (Aerospace Sales APAC) -> calculation files shared with distributor -> payment request submitted in WP1 -> payment request approved by Global Controller (CM Finance) -> payment executed by AP Team
3.1. Calculation of monthly commissions
3.1.1. Generate report in SAP
Open WP1 and run Run SQ00 (Environment - Work area: STANDART AREA (client-specific))
Report, query INVOICE_COMM → Execute WITH VARIANT
Variant: MARUBENI
Variant includes following information:
Sales organization: GB401 / GV41 / US32 / US34 / US37 / CN29 / CN37 / CN41 / DE13
Billing date: Previous period
Layout /MARUBENI includes following information:
Filter for customer name (MARUBENI)
Filter for Billing type: applicable billing types - F2 / ZL2 / L2 / G2 / ZRE
Download generated report: List → Export → Spreadsheet → Excel
3.2. Create calculation file
3.2.1. Calculation file for the new month
All files related to the Marubeni commissions are stored in this folder. Make a copy of these 2 files for every new month. These files are used for the monthly calculation:
Create new file for the month rename the MM.YYYY Marubeni calculations file accordingly and open it in this folder.
Copy data in the tab Raw data SQ00. Make sure to not copy over the formulas in columns A and I and double check if the formulas are working properly.
Copy-paste columns A-I in the tab Calculation.
As per the instruction in tab Corr details exclude all the items that are not applicable for the calculation of commissions. New section “Excluded” needs to be created and all non-applicable items need to be moved there:
Update formulas in columns K - O and make sure those are working properly. See the applicable % rates in the tab Marubeni PL Commissions. Hide columns J and K in the tab Calculation.
Open the file MM.YYYY MarubeniComm Summary and create a new tab for the appropriate month and copy-paste the final data to this tab from the file MM.YYYY Marubeni calculations. Make sure that the formula in column L works properly.
Prestations and Packaging - same rate as for initial good (Aero Adhesivs = 0.65)
Once you have the final figures, open the template of wire letter.
Update the fields highlighted in yellow accordingly:
Save this letter in PDF format.
Once these files are ready, share them accordingly:
- Send the wire letter and the file MM.YYYY MarubeniComm Summary to the distributor. Contacts: Ando-M@asp.marubeni.co.jp Sasaki Akira-ASP <SASAKI-A@asp.marubeni.co.jp>
- Send all 3 files to AP Regional Sales Director (Aerospace Sales APAC) Nick Matheou <nick.matheou@solvay.com>
- Send all 3 files for the review and approval to CAM Letitia Lemay at <letitia.lemay@cdm.solvay.com> and Diann Shiver <diann.shiver@solvay.com>
3.3. Processing of the monthly payment
3.3.1. ZWFA02E
Once approvals from AP Regional Sales Director and CAM have been received, the monthly payment needs to be submitted. Open Tcode ZWFA02E in WP1 and fill out all the necessary fields as per the print screen below:
Vendor: 9901020580
G/L: 40100330
Profit Center: 7180-I1253
Add the attachment - 3 files combined into one PDF document (2 Approval Marubeni commissions emails + Commission Wire Letters). To combine the files you need to have on your computer program Adobe Acrobat XI Standard. Mark the files -> right click -> Combine files in Acrobat
Once payment is submitted, contact Roberto Matos and ask him to approve the payment.
!!! When saving attachment - avoid dots in filename - this will cause inappropriate attachment format in the payment tool (save file with name MMYYYY.pfd)
To check the payment status, open vendor invoice tracking tool:
http://wp4sapr3.ibm.be.solvay.com:8105/sap/bc/webdynpro/sap/zwfa_wd_incoming_inv#
3.4. Calculation of the monthly estimate accrual
On WD-5 prepare the calculation of monthly estimate commissions accrual. Open this file, update figures and formulas accordingly, review the actual BS balance (see G/L 40100330) and consult CAM Diann Shiver in order to agree on the necessary accrual. It needs to be booked by the end of WD-1. Here is the posting file’s template.
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