Where can I maintain, enter and use buying products in Scope?

Buying products are part of the master data catalog in Scope. They are maintained based on the role of the respective service provider.

Buying products in the context of the shipment/booking are products of the “airline” or the “liner agent”. In the context of the transport order, these are products of the “carrier”. Depending on the product, the service provider's performance can be priced or statistically evaluated.

Where is the buying product maintained?

The product is located in the role Airline (Master Data > Partner … open Partner … Roles)

You can specify whether a product is mandatory when the airline is selected in a shipment/booking. In addition to a description, the validity of the products can be restricted to the country organization.

In the role Liner Agent

In the role Road Carrier

Where is the buying product recorded?

The buying product for “Airline” and “Liner agent” can be entered in the relevant shipment types in air and sea freight. This is done in the bookings and shipments on the “General” tab in the segment of the main leg.

Example air freight export:


In quotations, the main leg and the buying product are entered in the options:


For the road carrier, the buying product is entered directly in the transport order:

Where is the purchasing product used?

1. The buying product can be used in the tariffs (Master Data > Finance > Tariffs) for buying tariffs to correctly reset and post the corresponding service.
   
2. The buying product can be used for various statistics on shipments and transport orders.
3. In the zip code scheme (Master Data > Finance > ZIP Zone Schemes), schemes for the respective buying product can be maintained for the “road carrier”.