Re: Override Terms code in COM

No, standard AM applications.  It just seems to me that they forgot that
important piece and do not want to fess up...:)

Eric


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Fox" <kdfox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'" <mapics-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: RE: Override Terms code in COM


> Hi Eric
>
> IFM involved?
>
> Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric A. Wolf [mailto:eric_a_wolf@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:53 PM
> To: mapics
> Subject: Override Terms code in COM
>
> To all,
> Here is the scenario my customer has:  When they offer a promotion, they
> sometimes (as a part of the promo) give a 30 day extension to the
customer's
> terms.  Here is the problem - when you override the terms from 30 days to
60
> days, COM handles it like this:
>     1)    Changes the Terms code in the Open Order files
>     2)    When it gets shipped/invoiced, the printed Invoice states the
new
> terms description, the MBF9REP record has the new Net Due Days BUT
>     3)    The printed invoice only uses the Customer Master terms days to
> calculate the Net Due Date which gets passed to AR.
>     4)    Now the Credit person sees from AR reports and Inquiries that
the
> invoice is past due when it really is not.
>
> MAPICS states "that is the way it has always been" and that I should
either
> use the Closings Before Current flag or key in the Invoice Date on the
> Order.
>
> Does anyone else run into this "design flaw"?  Why give us the ability of
> overriding the Terms and not bother to use them except for printing the
> description.
>
> TIA...
> Eric
>
>
>
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