RECORD AND PROCESS THE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS WITH VENDORS WE CAN DESIGN BALANCE CONFIRMATRIONS,ACCOUNT STATEMENTS AND OTHER FORM OF REPORTS TO SUITE THE REUIREMENTS VENDOR MASTER DATA FOR EVERY ACCOUNT WE SHOULD CREATE MASTER RECORD WHICH CONTROLS HOW THE BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS ARE PROCESSED. SPECIFICATIONS MADE IN THE MASTER RECORD ARE USED AS DEFAULT VALUES VENDOR MASTER RECORDS IT CONTAINS THE DATA IN 3 SEGMENTS GENERAL DATA IT INCLUDES NAME,ADDRESS,LANGUAGE TELEPHONE NO,COMMUNICATION DATA WHICH CAN BE USED BY ALL THE COMPANY CODES. IT IS STORED AT CLIENT LEVEL Xyz inc. (vendor) A company code b company code c company code COMPANY CODE DATA IT INCLUDES RECONCIALATION ACCOUNT NO AND PAYMENT TERMS AND PAYMENT METHODS ETC. THIS SPECIFIC TO EVERY COMPANY CODE THIS DATA IS STORED AT COMPANY CODE LEVEL Xyz inc. (vendor) A company code b company code c company code Credit Period 10 days 20 days 30 days PURCHASE DATA USED BY THE PURCHASE DEPARTMENT OF THE OF THE COMPANY. IT INCLUDES THE ORDER CURRENCY,TERMS OF DELIVERY. VENDOR ACCOUNT GROUP BASED ON THE SIMILARITIES REGARDING THE MASTER DATA MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS VENDORS ARE GROUPED TOGETHER
THESE ARE CALLED VENDOR ACCOUNT GROUPS
VENDOR ACCOUNT GROUPS CONTROLS A NUMBER RANGE FOR ASSIGNING ACCOUNT NUMBER WHCH FIELDS ARE SUPPRESSED,REQUIRED AND OPTIONAL FIELD STATUS FIELD STATUS IS DEFINED AT ACCOUNT GROUP LEVEL. I.E WHICH FIELD IS REQUIRED AND OPTIONAL. FILED STATUS DEFINED FOR ACCOUNT GROUP APPLIES TO ALL THE VENDOR MASTER RECORDS CREATED UNDER THAT GROUP