Craig,
If I was a customer, I would like your way of figuring. Perhaps your company would be in better shape if you calculated it this way: C * (1.0 - A) * Q = Net Cost. That way, you get the 90% instead of the 10%. Total quantity ordered is irrelevant (in terms of calculating allowance) unless every line item has the same cost and allowance. Fuggitaboutit. Calculate the gross and allowance for each line, then sum them up. Your accountant is out of his league. You are right (of course), that your invoice needs to carry the line item cost, the line item discount expressed as a percent as well as the dollar amount, and the net. Your total invoice should state the total gross, total allowance, and total net. Of course, it is the paying customer who has the final say, not your bean counter. Art Douglas Lead <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ediproartdouglas> Consultant Blackwater Network (877) 464-8915 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dunham Craig E. Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:58 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [EDI-L] Revision to the PO Map (850). OK, I'm seeking advice from the group... My accounting department (ok, one guy) is saying that our vendor community can't seem to get the concept of figuring out allowances for invoices. Here's an example - Cost - $10.00 Allowance - 10% Quantity - 1000 Just using that simple concept - it's basic math - not far and above the 6th grade... You'd set it up like this: (C*A)*Q=Net Cost Right? I mean, am I over simplifying this...? 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? But, I digress - as usual. Instead of putting the onus of the math on the vendor side, this genius in accounting wants us to transmit a total dollar value of the invoice (with allowances applied) and a total number of units being ordered. His thought process is that the vendor (i.e. you) would be able to balance the incoming dollar amount of the PO against your sales order and also against the invoice(s) generated by the sales order. So, I know that I can use the AMT segment for the total dollar value of the PO. That's kind of a given. But I can't seem to find a segment to use to populate the total quantity being ordered. I was thinking of using the "hash total" in the CTT segment, but that's having the translation process add up those numbers. Our programmers have captured the total value and quantity during the PO creation/printing process and populate some data fields that I can then map from - a fixed number, calculated by the program - and populate the 850 map to be sent. So, the question is - where do I put the data...? Your suggestions? Where do you see the data (if you receive a PO) or where do you put it (when you send a PO)....? Craig E. Dunham EDI Coordinator EYE Analyst [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [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/
