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Business Term Status
The Business Term is currently validated by the Data Governance Committee.
Business Term Definition
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A Sales area is a combination of sales org, distribution channel and division which need to be created for each customer (used in the orders and sales)Area is an organizational unit that defines the structure for sales processing and order management. It consists of three elements: Sales Organization, Distribution Channel, and Division. These elements together determine how sales data is maintained, processed, and reported. The Sales Area is critical for defining customer relationships, pricing strategies, and sales reporting, ensuring that all sales-related activities are aligned with the Solvay Business Structure. |
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Data Sources, Type and Classification
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Data Protection and Update Frequency
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No special access except for updates - only Data Stewards are permitted |
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On demand with required permission |
Data Quality Issues and Rules
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Related Business Terms
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| Customer | ||
| A customer is a business partner of Solvay with whom a business relationship exists, involving the exchange of goods and/or services. | ||
| Customer Corporate Group | A Corporate Group is a parent account specifically created for grouping under one umbrella various accounts according to a commercial decision | |
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| Distribution Channel | The distribution channel represents the channel through which salable materials or services reach customers. (Can be called Market for financial) - only relevant to WP1 | |
| Distributor flag Y/N (Ship-to) | If the customer (Ship-to) is a Distributor. | |
| Distributor flag Y/N (Sold-to) | If the customer (Sold-to) is a Distributor. | |
| GBR: Application (Ship-to) | Application is a grouping of End-Use. | |
| GBR: Corporate End-use | It is a subcategory of Application and describes mainly objects manufactured by our direct customers (e.g. Camera: modules) or the main functionality of the product (e.g. moisturizing agent for shampoo). End-uses are defined at the level of the GBU. Maintained in GBR. | |
| GBR: Market (Sold-To) | Market is a grouping of Segments. | |
| GBR: GBU segment | Segment is a grouping of Application. | |
| Payer | Payer is the customer responsible for making the payment. | |
| Payment Term | Payment terms are specifications of amounts owed, how, when, and where payments are due on sales transactions between our customers and Solvay. | |
| PRS Customer | After creation, all customers (ship-to, bill-to, sold-to, payer) are registered in PRS (PF1 client 050). | |
| Sales Employee (Sold-to) | Sales representative following the sold to customer. | |
| Ship-to KA (GBR) | The Ship-to Key account is by default the Corporate Ship-to Group. However it can be changed for a specific product when the end-user account is different (ex Distributor or Warehouse). | |
| Ship-to Party | Ship-to party is the customer to which the physical goods are shipped or delivered. The location where the goods are to be delivered. | |
| Customer: Distributor Flag | This flag identifies that the customer sold-to is a distributor. | |
| Customer: Ship-to Key Account | The Ship-to Key account is by default the Corporate Ship-to Group. However it can be changed for a specific product when the end-user account is different (ex Distributor or Warehouse). | More info |
| Customer: Ship-to Party | The "ship-to party" refers to the customer subsidiary that receives the goods or services ordered. It's the physical location where the delivery is made. | |
| Customer: Sold-to Party | Sites restated (P) are used in procurement queries and are the sites attached to the plants if related to non transport purchase orders, or the preponderant sites of the companies if related to a transport order or not related to a purchase order. | |
| End-use | End-use is the lowest level of Market Segmentation and is maintained in a GBR table. | |
| Market, Segment, Application | Market is the highest (the 1st) level of Market Segmentation, it is a grouping of Segments (the 2nd level) and Applications (the 3rd level). | |
| Payer | The "payer" is the customer legal entity that owns its financial records and is responsible for its financial obligations. | |
| Sales Manager | The sales manager (sales representative in SAP) is the person responsible for selling Solvay products or services | Sold-to Party | Sold to party is the customer who places the order
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