Tasks to be completed when creating an operating procedure (from creation to publication)
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The scope of this procedure is to explain how to handle and process Solvay Group Company requests, named Intragroup requests, received to be processed at Client Level.
The support is provided by APDM team and by Edmundo Fernandes (RtR team).
When handling Intragroup requests, it is necessary to gather and analyze inputs which exists data in the system, concerning the Solvay Group customers and vendors. This data can be collected from the existing information already inserted in SAP, using transaction ZPRC, in order to complete and confirm the information given by the requesters.
These can submit requests to update Vendors or Customers, using the HQ mailbox (brussels.codifhq@solvay.com) or through the Freshdesk ticket service. In any case, the information given has to be accurate and in compliance with the rules mentioned in this procedure.
Via transaction ZPRC it is possible to check the existing inputs for all the Solvay Group companies.
Once inside the transaction, it is possible to select the necessary data according to the given inputs (e.g. country, corporate group number, trading partner, company name, among others):

You can analyse all the establishments linked to the company needed by selecting the line and clicking in DISPLAY:

Then click in "All establishments" or "Valid establishments":

Note: For Intragroups, the Search Term corresponds to the ‘Abbreviat.’ of the plant.
To enter an establishment, double click on it. It is possible to detect in this area, the information concerning which of them is defined as the prime Establishment: marked as ‘PRI’ and is the establishment which corresponds to the Payer (Z**1) or (Z**4)+(Z**8). We can have two Z**1 but the main payer should have the main Credit, if the credit is not the same for the two payers than we need to split and create one Z**1 and other Z**4 (any doubts please ask for help APDM team).
Finally, it is also possible to determine which one has the feature of ‘Administrator’ (‘ADM’).
Some plants are not available in this transaction. In this situations you can see them in the table T001W.
Any relevant input(s) for this company can be collected in this area (if communicated):

By clicking in the field Address you will be able to see the companies address, complete search term and contacts:

Table T001 - will provide the company codes information (local view)
Table T001W - will provide the plant codes information (local view)
All the information received of the company must be checked in the transaction ZPRC.

Then, a check of the data base must be performed to avoid duplications. It is used the transaction SE16_LFA1:

If a new Company is created, you have to create at least a vendor and a customer (payer) corresponding to the head office (depending on the company structure) - type of account group Z**1.
If a new Establishment is created for an existing company, a vendor and a customer have to be created with the address of the new establishment - type of account group Z**8.
If a new Ship-To (Z**2) is created the vendor creation is not needed.
Duplicate payers are authorised when customers are linked to different plants.
To create you will use the transactions XK01 (for the vendor) and XD01 (for the customer):
| VENDOR | CUSTOMER | Information |
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Ex.: Establishment of the Company 5726 - Plant MRMA | ||
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| Name and Address are mandatory. |
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| Vendor and Customer must be linked here; |
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| If requested link to the PF1_020 system. |
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| If requested link to the WP1_400 system. Regarding the customer master data:
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| Customer Classification: G |
NOTE 1: For European Vendors, the VAT number is mandatory (even if the vendor has to be used in an American Company).
NOTE 2: Please note that trading partner can never be changed, even if the company is sold to another Group.
If a Company is deleted, you have to mark for deletion all the vendors and customers already created ;
If a company changes of location, the new address must be entered in all the vendors and customers concerned;