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Calculate prorated supplier discounts
Introduction
It is possible to prorate discount series if you select the Prorate discounts check box in the Supplier discounts (AP205000) window. For prorated discount series, the discount amount (or the quantity of items) is calculated so that your company does not need to split a purchase order to get a greater discount amount or a larger quantity of items. The Prorate discounts option is applicable to discount series with discountable quantities as well as with discountable amounts.
Example
This example concerns a prorated group-level discount defined for quantity tiers. The series defines the discount with the following tiers:
- 10 units: 1 unit of the item
- 20 units: 2 units of the item
- 40 units: 3 units of the item
To determine the discount for a discountable quantity larger than one break point but less than the next break point, the system treats the discountable quantity as a combination of break point quantities, using the largest possible break point quantities. It then calculates the discount according to the breakpoints used.
With prorated discounts, a purchase order for 50 units would yield 4 units of the item, computed as 3 (for 40 units) plus 1 (for 10 units). For an order of 70 units, the discount is calculated as 6 units of the item: 3 as the discount for 40 units, plus 2 as the discount for 20 units, plus 1 as the discount for 10 units.
