Implementation Considerations
If you wish to use the automatic dunning procedure, you have to make settings in the following places before using the system and while it is operational:
· In Customizing for Financial Accounting (IMG)
· In the master data for your customers or vendors
· When you post documents
See also Settings for Dunning: Overview
Once you have decided in which countries you wish to use the automatic dunning procedure, adjust your settings to meet the country-specific business requirements. In the USA, for example, debtors are not usually dunned. In Customizing, you can make company code-specific settings so that the fields for dunning are hidden for the company code USA.
You use the following attributes to control the dunning program, and you can configure them according to the needs of your company:
· Dunning procedure
The dunning procedure controls how dunning is carried out by the system. You can define as many dunning procedures as you like.
· Dunning level
The dunning levels are calculated based on the number of days open items are in arrears. You can also have the system calculate the dunning levels based on the dunning amount or a percentage paid (sales-related dunning level determination).
You can determine more than one dunning level per dunning procedure.
· Dunning areas
A dunning area is an organizational unit within a company code used for the dunning process.
A dunning area can be a division or a sales organization. You assign a dunning area to an open item when you are posting. You can dun items separately by dunning area.