Luckily, we have a preset limit of “error” in rounding before it actually becomes an error. And I use the SAC – liberally. We’re a … low cost … retailer and work with our vendors to get the best possible deal around … including allowances for defective (rather than return for credit!) and holiday/seasonal allowances (usually for year-round advertising) and other (including Free Goods – when applicable).
But see, Travis, you show right in your comment about how you can “do the calculations in the map” and that there’s no need for any “amazing” abilities in the end system … But is a relatively simple calculation really all that amazing…? Craig E. Dunham EDI Coordinator EYE Analyst From: Travis Truax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:31 AM To: Dunham Craig E. Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Revision to the PO Map (850). >>To all of you on the "vendor/supplier/manufacturer" side of the coin - are >>your systems so ... stupid ... that they can't do a simple calculation such >>as this? I've whined about how "stupid" our ERP system is for years! Of course we could do the calculations in the map - there's no need for any amazing functionality in your business systems. However, in practice most of our customers require the SAC info returned (in it's exact original form) in the invoice. That can be more tricky, unless you're doing some kind of clunky turn-around document where you just copy what they sent and send it back out. (that comes with a lot of other negatives - so that shouldn't even count!) The SAC let's you use rates, percentages, quantity of free product, effective quantity for the discount...as well as stuff that may not be in the standards but your partner wants anyway...... Working with one type of discount would be easier than handling all possibilities. If your system's calculations round with different precision than your partner's, you might a penny off and have to work on that as well. All in all, yeah- it's not that hard, but in my opinion it can be a headache, too. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
