SAP Prices Pricing And Conditions

Use

In the standard R/3 System, the basis of pricing during sales order processing is the gross price of a material. The following kinds of price are predefined:

• Material price
• Price list type
• Customer-specific price

Selecting from Competing Pricing Records

During automatic pricing, the system looks for a gross price. Since you can store different kinds of pricing information in the system, pricing records can compete with each other in certain circumstances. For example, in addition to a basic material price, you may have a special material price for a particular customer.

In the standard R/3 System, the system selects the most specific record - the customer-specific price. If no customer-specific price exists, the system looks for a valid price list type. If no valid price list type exists, the system takes the basic material price. This search strategy is determined during system configuration in Customizing for Sales and Distribution. For further information, see Access Sequences.

Material Prices

When you create a material price, you specify:

• A price or a pricing scale for a specific material
• A combination of sales organization and distribution channel for which the material price is valid.

In Customizing for Sales and Distribution, you can specify that pricing information assigned to a particular combination of sales organization and distribution channel can be shared by other combinations. For more information, see the online Implementation Guide.

Price List Types

Depending on your company’s pricing policies, you can define your own price list types to suit the needs of your business. For example, you can define price list types by customer groups (wholesale, retail, and so on) and by currency (price lists for each foreign country you deal with). Condition records are created for each price list type. You do this using the same organizational data as for material prices (sales organization, distribution channel). You can then assign price list types to each customer in the their master record.

Customer-Specific Prices

If you give special prices to different customers, you can create customer-specific pricing records. In addition to the same organizational data you enter for material prices (sales organization, distribution channel), you assign the pricing record to a specific combination of customer and material.