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SBS ARCB Billing Price Adjustment

Use this page to process a price adjustment or discount for a billing schedule or for one or more billing schedule lines that belong to a single billing schedule.

This page has a filter applied to it that specifies the billing schedule number and the line number.

Processes

To apply a price adjustment or a discount to a billing schedule line, follow these steps: 

  1. On the SBS ARCB Billing Schedule Card page, select one or more lines in the Schedule Lines area.

    2. The item number is automatically updated with the item of the line.

  2. Select Price Adjustment > Price Adjustment, which opens the SBS ARCB Billing Price Adjustment page.
  3. Specify the Price Index Calculation.
  4. In the lines do the following: 
    1. If the price change is a discount, select Discount.
    2. Specify the Start Date, Frequency, Percentage or Amount, select the Price Index Schedule, and specify the End Date.
  5. In the Actions tab, select Adjust the Price.
  6. When you are asked to confirm the action, select Yes.

Fields

This page contains the following fields: 

Field Description
Item No.

Displays the item number.

Billing Type Standard/Usage
Pricing Method Standard/Flat/Tier/Flat Tier. Flat Tier examples are detailed below.
Price Index Calculation

Select to determine the method used for the Price Index price adjustment calculation:

  • Prior Price Index: Uses the previous Price Index value for the price adjustment calculation.
  • Base Price Index :  Uses the base Price Index value for the price adjustment calculation.
Lines
Discount

Select whether the change in the amount is a price adjustment or a discount:

  • On: The change is to apply a discount to the billing schedule or billing schedule line.
  • Off: The change is to apply a price adjustment to a billing schedule or a schedule line.
Start Date

Select the start date for the price adjustment or discount.

Frequency

Select the frequency of the price adjustment or discount: None, Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannually, Annually., or One Time (Discount only).
Percentage

Specify the percentage for the price adjustment or discount.

Amount

Specify the price adjustment or discount amount.
Price Index Schedule

Select the Price Index schedule that is used for the calculations.

End Date

Select the end date for the price adjustment or discount.

Buttons

This page contains the following buttons: 

Button Description
Actions tab
Adjust the Price Applies the price adjustment or discount to the items in the billing schedule line.

 

Flat Tier Example 1

Create a new billing schedule and enter the item in the Line. For example, 1896 has a quantity of 80, and the Unit Price will is calculated as 30. Select the Pricing Method as flat tier as shown below.

Flat Tier Example 1

 

No changes are made to the ARCB tier pricing page.

Flat Tier Example 1

 

Use the Price Adjustment option to change the price.

Flat Tier Example 1

 

From here, users escalate the Unit price 10 % for every quarter and then adjust the price. Now the impact of the price adjustment will be seen in the Billing Details for Flat tier pricing method

Flat Tier Example 1

 

 

Tier Example 2: User-Created Line Standard Billing Option, Tier Pricing Method

Flat Tier Example 2

 

After the price adjusted by 10%, the quarterly billing details will appear as follows:

Flat Tier Example 2

 

 

Tier Example 3: User-Created Line with Usage, Tier Pricing Method

Flat Tier Example 3

 

Line adjusted with 10% for quarterly.

Flat Tier Example 3

 

 

Flat Tier Example 4: User-Created Line with Usage Billing Type, Flat Tier Pricing Method

Flat Tier Example 4

 

After the price adjusted by 30.

Flat Tier Example 4

 

The user now has the following flat tier prices:

Flat Tier Example 4

 

Here are the Billing Details before the adjustment:

Flat Tier Example 4

 

Here are the Billing Details after the adjustment:

Flat Tier Example 4