Product Information
TPOP Return Scenarios
TPOP Scenario
Typically Company A sells product to Customer B. However,Company A do not supply the product to the customer B directly. Instead Company A order it from a supplier C and instruct this supplier C to send it to the customer’s B address. The supplier C then invoices company A accordingly. Based on the shipment information from Supplier C, Company A, in turn, invoices the customer B.
In Business ByDesign following TPOP Return Scenarios are supported.
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- Post to Own Stock
- Repair at Own Service Center
- Return to Supplier
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Now Let us understand one by one
Post to Own Stock
This Follow-up activity works alike Customer Return Scenario, Although TPOP Supplier would have dispatched the goods to Customer, when we perform returns with Post to Own Stock stock shall be returned to Company and not TPOP Supplier.
If the customer does not accept the goods received in a third-party ordering process as they are damaged or do not meet quality standards,either they can return the goods to selling company and the system posts the returned goods to your own stock or to your externally-owned stock accordingly.
- Repair at Own Service Center
This Follow-up activity works alike Service Repair Scenario, Good will be sent to Company after repair it will be dispatched again to Customer.
Return to Supplier
This Follow-up activity Return to Supplier , Goods will be returned to Company then again it will be returned to TPOP Supplier
While in externally-owned stock, the owner of the goods is still the customer although, physically, they are stored on your premises.
The returned goods stored in your externally-owned stock are to be sent back to your supplier.
When receiving the returned goods in inbound logistics, the warehouse manager triggers a follow-up activity
If the customer does not accept the goods received in a third-party ordering process as they are damaged or do not meet quality standards.
Regards,
Sandeep
Nice blog sandeep
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Helpful Blog Sandeep.
Very well documented Sandeep!
Simple explanation of a complex process. Well done Sandeep!
Hello Sandeep,
Good to hear TPOP scenarios are of interest!
TPOP return scenarios work great when the return flow follows exactly the same path as the original sales flow.
However, when physical goods need to follow a slightly different flow (direct return when it was drophipped, dropshipped when it wasn't, returning to a different site, etc...), then SAP Business ByDesign does not handle it at all unfortunately.
And unfortunately, some scenarios don't even have a workaround, which is very limiting in terms of business impact.
We really hope these limitations could be overcome.
Thanks a lot,
FX