Introduction

These helpfiles describe in short the Parts handling in the Autoline for a Dealer in Luxembourg and the Parts handling in the Autoline IMS module for the Importer in Luxembourg.

Dealer

Below the IMS parts handling Ordering process from a Dealers point of view is explained in a diagram.


• 1. The DMS (dealer) sends a stock order via the Submit Stock Order program in the Purchase Control module directly to ELC Cologne.
• 2. The ELC generates a Confirmation Order Data file and transmits that to the IMS (Importer). The importer will send the Confirmation Order file to the dealer. That file is in EKOS format and does not contain Invoice Data. The Confirmation Order file is imported in the Order Confirmation program of the dealer.
• 3. Invoices and credit notes are sent to the dealer on paper. The Pricefile for the dealer is generated on the Importer system and delivered to the dealer. The dealer can import the Pricefile by using the Upload Pricefile function in the Mercedes-Benz Parts menu.

Importer

Below the IMS parts handling Ordering process from a Importers point of view is explained in a diagram.


• 1. The ELC generates the confirmation order data and transmit it to the IMS. This file does not contain the invoice information.
• 2. The confirmation order data is also transmitted to the GLC. On the GLC is from this information a confirmation order file generated. This file contains only the invoice data and is transmitted to the IMS.
• 3. The confirmation order program will process the confirmation order data from the ELC and the GLC and will link the invoice data to the confirmation order data. With this information is a WIP created that will be used to create the invoices for the dealer.
• 4. The calculate parts retail prices program will be used to calculate the prices for the DMS. The price file for the DMS is also generated from this program

Set-up

Before you can use the IMS Parts Handling functionality, you must setup the Autoline system first.