SAP ABAP Data Element BSING (Indicator: Single or Sole Source (Vendor))
Hierarchy
☛ BBPCRM (Software Component) BBPCRM
   ⤷ CRM (Application Component) Customer Relationship Management
     ⤷ CRM_APPLICATION (Package) All CRM Components Without Special Structure Packages
       ⤷ MEL (Package) Vendor Evaluation
Basic Data
Data Element BSING
Short Description Indicator: Single or Sole Source (Vendor)  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type XFELD    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 1    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 1    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Sing./Sole 
Medium 15 Single/Sole 
Long 20 Single/Sole Source 
Heading 8 Sg./Sole 
Documentation

Definition

Determines how the price of a single or sole source of a material influences the scores for the subcriteria "Price level" and "Price history". It is only taken into account if the vendor is the only source for this material and no market price has been maintained for the material.

Use

There are two situations in which a vendor is the only source of a material:

  • Single sourcing:

    This describes a situation in which your company has decided to procure exclusively from a certain source (e.g. for quality reasons), despite the fact that other sources exist.

In this case, you want the vendor to be awarded a good score for what has been an especially good performance, so you set the indicator.

If no other info records exist for the material, the vendor's effective price is assumed to be the market price and is applied in calculating the score for the price level and price history. There is thus a variance of zero percent and the vendor is awarded the score that has been maintained for such a variance in Customizing for Purchasing.

  • Sole sourcing:

    In this situation, there are no other sources capable of supplying the relevant material.

The sole source situation is disadvantageous to you.

In order that the system does not calculate a score for the price level and price history, you do not set the indicator.

Procedure

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19980218 
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