You can use a chain to link two vehicles that are otherwise handled independently but are not considered as individual transactions with respect to purchase and sales. In practice, this occurs, for example, when a customer sells a used vehicle to a dealer as a part of payment for a new vehicle. The vehicles are linked by one internal order group.

Prerequisites

If you want to use the report for analyzing the gross profit (transaction /DBE/VM_GPA), the sale process must be complete.

Features

• Create vehicle chain
  The chain is generally created between the new and used vehicle, but it could be between two used vehicles or two new vehicles (action QCHN Create Vehicle Chain).You can execute this action for the new vehicle and create the chain to the used vehicle, or you can execute the action on the used vehicle and create the chain to new vehicle. In both cases, there is only one internal order group for both vehicles.

  A chain can be open, in which case only one vehicle in the chain has been sold, or closed, in which case both vehicles in the chain have been sold.

  Note

  There can be no more than two vehicles in the chain.

  Note

  The system does not store the internal order group of the vehicle in the vehicle data.
• Report for gross profit analysis
  Provided the sales process is complete, the report displays the following data:
  • Purchase price including tax (from the associated MM-incoming invoice or credit memo)
  • Tax at the time of purchase (from the associated MM-incoming invoice or credit memo)
  • Additional costs (from the associated CO internal order - only the relevant cost elements)
  • Stock value (purchase price plus additional costs minus tax at the time of purchase, stock value from the MM document)
  • Sales price including value-added tax (from the associated SD sales document)
  • Tax (7,6% or marginal tax from the SD sales document)
  • Revenue (sales price minus tax minus items that do not affect the revenue).
  • These items can be determined by using the condition type.
  • Net income (revenue minus stock value and possibly minus additional costs)
  • Gross profit (net income divided by revenue, percentage value)

Activities

Create vehicle chain
In change mode of the vehicle master, choose Actions, then Create Vehicle Chain.
If a chain already exists to this vehicle, the system displays a dialog box in which you can chose whether to delete the existing chain or not.
In the Int. Veh. No. field, enter the internal number of the vehicle to which you want to create the chain.
Save your entries.
Report for gross profit analysis
If you wish to run the report for analyzing gross profit, enter transaction /DBE/VM_GPA (Gross Profit Analysis) and the required data on the selection screen. You can choose whether you want to display data for vehicles in an open or a closed chain.