Settling Liability

This section describes how to set the liability.

Before you begin: For Surplus line, Liability is created when the surplus line is promoted to Issued status and it represents the approved quantity purchase commitment. As Assortment Order lines are released and materials are purchased, that liability is consumed (i.e., decremented).For non-surplus demand line, liability is initiated by the Assortment demand decreases. In cases when a quantity was committed to, but the released assortment ordering lines do not meet the commitment, the system allows users to "settle liability" or write off the liability with a specific reason assigned.

  1. From the global toolbar, click > Bulk Material Management, the Bulk Material Management Overview page opens.

  2. Click Name of the BMC and the BMC Properties page opens.

  3. From the page toolbar, click Categories > Material Commit and the Material Commit page opens.

  4. Select a demand line or surplus line and click Actions > Settle Liability, the Settle Liability page opens.

    Note: Only demand lines or surplus lines with a liability quantity and status of Review, Resubmit Required, Demand Cancel, or Cancel Review can be "settled".

  5. Select the demand line or surplus line and click Add Settled Details, a Settled Details line is added under the selected demand line or surplus line.

  6. Click Mode, to edit the following parameters:

    Settled Qty - Enter a number to indicate the quantity to be settled.

    Settled Reason - Select a settled reason for the selected line from the drop-down list. Three reasons are available for selection, namely Company written off, Supplier waived and Used up by other Assortment.

  7. Click Apply.