Customer Service transactions = roles
Hi
can anybody suggests about the roles / iviews availability in EP 6.0 for Customer service related transactions . For example IW31, IW32 ,...etc.
Regards
Vivek Kulkarni
hi,
Check this link..
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/en/04/926eae46f311d189470000e829fbbd/frameset.htm
Hope this helps.
Regards
Alfred
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Customer Service (CS)
Contents
Customer Service (CS)..................................................................................8
Overview...................................................................................................................................9
Customer Service (CS) in IDES.............................................................................................10
Introduction........................................................................................................................11
Organization.......................................................................................................................12
Characteristic Values and Special Features.......................................................................14
Note for IDES Processes in the Customer Service Area....................................................18
Service Processing................................................................................................................19
Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record........................20
Data Used During This Process..........................................................................................21
Creating a Sales Order for a Serialized Product.................................................................22
Creating a Delivery..............................................................................................................23
Creating a Billing Document................................................................................................25
Checking the Sales Document Flow (Optional)..................................................................26
Creating the Equipment Data..............................................................................................27
Related IDES Processes.....................................................................................................29
Service Management - Spare Part Delivery.........................................................................30
Data Used During This Process..........................................................................................31
Creating a Service Notification and a Spare Parts Order...................................................32
Creating a Spare Parts Order.............................................................................................34
Creating the Billing Document............................................................................................35
Performing a Service Order and Billing...............................................................................36
Additional Process Information...........................................................................................38
Data Used During This Process..........................................................................................41
Creating the Initial Situation................................................................................................42
Entering a Problem Notification and Creating a Service Order..........................................43
Processing a Service Order................................................................................................45
Confirming a Service Order.................................................................................................47
Creating a Billing Request (Resource-Related Billing).......................................................50
Creating a Billing Document................................................................................................52
Settling and Completing the Service Order.........................................................................53
Displaying Line Items in Profitability Analysis.....................................................................55
Displaying a CS Report in Profitability Analysis..................................................................57
Returns and Repair Processing............................................................................................59
Additional Process Information...........................................................................................60
Data used during this Process............................................................................................63
Activating the QM Check.....................................................................................................64
Creating the Service Notification and the Repair Request.................................................66
Posting the Goods Receipt of a Piece of Equipment to be Repaired.................................68
Processing the Technical Check.........................................................................................70
Displaying the Repair Request and the Service Order.......................................................71
Editing the Service Order....................................................................................................72
Processing and confirming the Service Order....................................................................73
Technically Completing the Service Order..........................................................................76
Delivering the Repaired Piece of Equipment......................................................................78
Creating the Billing Request................................................................................................79
Invoicing the Repair Request..............................................................................................80
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Settling and Completing the Service Order.........................................................................81
Analyzing the Result of the Repair request.........................................................................83
Deactivating the QM Check................................................................................................84
Creating a Service Order from a Sales Order......................................................................85
Additional Process Information...........................................................................................86
Data Used During This Process..........................................................................................88
Entering a Customer Notification and Creating a Service Order........................................90
Setting an Service Order to.................................................................................................93
Processing the Service Order.............................................................................................95
Settling the Service Order...................................................................................................98
Invoicing the Sales Order....................................................................................................99
Analyzing the Cost Report in the Sales Order..................................................................100
Settling the Sales Order....................................................................................................101
Analyzing Line Items in the Financial Statement..............................................................102
Processing Telephone Calls in a Call Center....................................................................104
Data Used During This Process........................................................................................105
Preparations: Assigning the CIC Profile............................................................................106
Preparation: Defining the Work Center.............................................................................108
Processing a Customer Call (Variant A)...........................................................................109
Processing a Customer Call (Variant B)...........................................................................112
Service Contracts.................................................................................................................114
Processing Service Contracts with Periodic Billing.........................................................115
Data Used During This Process........................................................................................116
Creating and Delivering Sales Orders..............................................................................117
Creating the Equipment Master Record............................................................................120
Creating Service Contracts for Maintenance of Customer Equipment.............................122
Maintaining Price Agreements in the Service Contract....................................................123
Service Processing and Resource-Related Billing (optional)...........................................124
Performing Periodic Billing Document..............................................................................125
Settlement of Service Contracts.......................................................................................127
Creating Service Contracts (Nonconfigurable).................................................................129
Creating Service Contracts with a Configurable Service Package...................................131
Creating Service Contracts with a Preconfigured Service Package.................................133
Displaying Line Items in Profitability Analysis...................................................................135
Displaying a CS Report in Profitability Analysis................................................................137
Service Processing and Resource-Related Billing with a Service Contract..................139
Data Used During This Process........................................................................................140
Creating a Service Order from a Notification....................................................................141
Assigning Components and Releasing a Service Order...................................................144
Posting Goods Issues for a Service Order........................................................................145
Confirming a Service Order...............................................................................................146
Creating a Billing Request.................................................................................................147
Creating a Billing Document from a Billing Request.........................................................149
Settling the Costs of the Service Order to the Service Contract.......................................150
Spare Parts Delivery with a Service Contract...................................................................153
Additional Process Information.........................................................................................154
Data Used During This Process........................................................................................155
Creating a Service Notification and a Spare Parts Order.................................................156
Creating a Spare Parts Order...........................................................................................158
Creating the Billing Document..........................................................................................159
Controlling...........................................................................................................................160
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Controlling for Services.......................................................................................................162
Additional Process Information.........................................................................................164
Data Used During This Process........................................................................................165
Displaying a CS Report in Profitability Analysis................................................................166
Displaying Line Items........................................................................................................168
Executing an Existing Report in Profitability Analysis and Getting to Know Reporting Functions.....................................................................................................................169
Additional Process Information...............................................................................170
Data Used During This Process.............................................................................171
Setting Up Parameters in Your User Profile...........................................................172
Selecting a Report in CO-PA..................................................................................173
Drilling Down to the Lowest Level (Including Line Item Detail)..............................175
Line Item Analysis (Including Integration with MM and SD)...................................179
Report-Report Interface..........................................................................................181
Displaying Attributes...............................................................................................182
Hit Lists...................................................................................................................183
Changing the Report Currency...............................................................................184
Displaying and Creating Exceptions.......................................................................185
Workflow in Customer Service...........................................................................................187
Workflow - Service Management........................................................................................188
Additional Process Information.........................................................................................189
Data Used During This Process........................................................................................190
Logging the Service Notification.......................................................................................191
Processing and Completing the Service Notification........................................................192
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Customer Service (CS)
Customer Service (CS)
Overview
Customer Service (CS) in IDES
Service Processing
Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record
Service Management - Spare Part Delivery
Performing a Service Order and Billing
Returns and Repair Processing
Creating a Service Order from a Sales Order
Processing Telephone Calls in a Call Center
Service Contracts
Processing Service Contracts with Periodic Billing
Service Processing and Resource-Related Billing with a Service Contract
Spare Parts Delivery with a Service Contract
Controlling
Controlling for Services
Workflow in Customer Service
Workflow - Service Management
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Overview
Overview
Customer Service (CS) in IDES
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Customer Service (CS) in IDES
Customer Service (CS) in IDES
The following documentation displays the organization of the Customer Service in IDES as well as the embedding of this service organization into the complete IDES enterprise. Above that, you will get an overview on the characteristics and specifications of the Customer Service module within IDES.
Introduction
Organization
Characteristic Values and Special Features
Note for IDES Processes in the Customer Service Area
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Introduction
Introduction
The IDES AG produces PC workstations for use in commercial or technical areas. The enterprise offers services for these products (installation, maintenance, repair). For some customers, the service agreements are determined via service contracts. Other customers, however, order services individually. The service measures are carried out either in the IDES service plant or at the customer location.
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Organization
Organization
Planning Plant
The workstations are produced in the Dresden plant (1200) of the IDES AG (production plant). This plant is responsible for the planning and preparation of service measures (maintenance planning plant). The service measures are also executed in plant 1200.
Plant
Description
1200
Dresden
Work Center
Service technicians are collected into service groups using work places.
Work center
Description
Assigned Technician (personnel number)
PC-SERV
TS technician north (DE)
1522, 1523,1525, 1528, 1529
PC-SERVS
TS technician south (DE)
1504, 1505, 1500
PC-REP
Repair center
1955, 1956
PC-HELP
Help desk
1957, 1958
Planner Groups
There are three planner groups in the service plant that are responsible for materials planning for the work centers.
Planner group
Description
200
Service north
201
Service south
202
Repair service
Sales Organization in the Service Area
The sale of services and spare parts is handled by sales organization 1000. All sales activities in the service area are represented in this sales organization through an individual distribution channel. Sales in IDES occur across divisions through division 00. The following table lists the combinations of sales organization, distribution channel, and division that represent the sales area. This is used to enter all contracts, replacement part orders and other sales orders in the service area.
Organizational Unit
Key
Description
Sales organization
1000
Germany
Distribution channel
14
Service
Division
00
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Organization
Integration with Financial Accounting
Service plant 1200 is assigned to company code IDES AG. Within this company code, the service represents its own business area. The service objects are assigned to this company code and business area. This assignment is transferred to a service order for this object. For service contracts, replacement part orders, and other sales orders, business area 8000 is derived from the sales area 1000/14/00.
Organizational Unit
Key
Description
Company code
1000
IDES AG
Business area
8000
External service
Integration with Controlling
Company code 1000 belongs to controlling area 1000 (Europe). From the Profitability Analysis perspective, this controlling area belongs to operating concern IDEA.
Organizational Unit
Key
Description
Controlling area
1000
CO Europe
Operating concern
IDEA
Operating concern IDES global
Integration with Materials Management
From the Materials Management perspective, all materials used for service measures are administered in plant 1200. Replacement parts and external services are procured via sales organization 1000.
Organizational Unit
Key
Description
Plant
1200
Dresden
Warehouse
0001;
1500 to 1507
Material storage;
Service vehicles 1 to 8
Purch. organization
1000
IDES Germany
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Characteristic Values and Special Features
Characteristic Values and Special Features
Service Customer
IDES provides services for external customers. Long-term contracts exist for specific customers to process the service agreements.
Customer number
Name
Service contracts
1032
Institute for Environmental Studies
Yes
1034
ERL Freiburg
Yes
1171
Hitech AG
No
1172
CBD Computer Based Design
Yes
1177
Computer Competence Center AG
No
2141
Jaspers Computer
Yes
Service Objects
Equipment
IDES uses equipment as technical reference objects for services. An equipment master record exists for each workstation delivered to a customer. This means that each work station is an individual, physical object, which is viewed individually from the service perspective. The equipment master record also has serialization data (a unique combination of material number and serial number). This ensures that the equipment is also recorded for stock purposes as a serialized material.
Functional Locations
The equipment delivered to the customer is included in a functional location. The functional locations are used to organize the customers company structure according to functional and spatial viewpoints. Assuming that a hierarchical structure exists, the following list shows the highest level of the relevant location hierarchy.
Functional Locations
Description
1171
Hitech
1172
CBD Computer Based Design
1177
Computer Competence Center AG
1032
Institute for Environmental Studies
1034
ERL Freiburg
2141
Jaspers Computer
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Characteristic Values and Special Features
Bills of Materials
The BOM of this material is used to describe the structure of the service object. This material BOM is indirectly assigned to each equipment through the construction type entered in the equipment master record. The BOM is also used to enter components and spare parts in Service Management.
The following list describes the BOM of material R-1001:
Material
Description
R-1001
Maxitec R-3100 Personal Computer
Component
Description
R-1111
Main circuit board 3100
R-1120
Cable 220/235 V with safety plug
R-1130
Keyboard, English international
R-1140
PAQ screen, 17, color
R-1150
Floppy disk drive, 3.5, HD
R-1160
Hard disk, 4.3 GB
R-1170
Slimline PC casing
Service Products
The services provided by IDES are described as service products using a product master record. In those cases in which the characteristic attributes of the given service have varying characteristics, the services are offered as either configurable or pre-configured products.
The following list shows the material numbers of the service products used in the IDES services:
service product
Description
Comment
HOTLINE_SERVICE
Hotline service
Configurable
HOTLINE_SERVICE_A
Hotline service package A (Mo-Fr/3h)
Pre-configured
HOTLINE_SERVICE_B
Hotline service package B (24h/3h)
Pre-configured
PC_SERVICE_CONF
PC Service
Configurable
PC_SERVICE_CONF
PC Service plus
Pre-configured
REPAIR_SERVICE
Desktop repair service
INSPECTION_SERVICE
Inspection service
Configurable
SM-PCREP
PC repair
SM-NETINST
Network installation
Configurable
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Characteristic Values and Special Features
Service Contracts
IDES contains all the service contracts listed in the table below. The table lists the customer number and the characteristic attributes of each contract. The technical reference object of the contracts is the functional location. Provided that a location hierarchy exists, the highest level of this hierarchy is the reference object. The contract therefore comprises all equipment included in a functional location of the customer.
Document number
Customer
Characteristic attribute
40000073
1032
Configurable service product
Transfer from response profile and service profile to service notifications
Variant conditions
Price agreement in the form of a percentage discount for individual spare parts
Reference object = functional location 1032
40000074
1034
Configurable service product
Transfer from response profile and service profile to service notifications
Variant conditions
Price agreement in the form of a percentage discount for individual spare parts
Reference object = functional location 1034
40000075
1172
Pre-configured service product
Transfer from response profile and service profile to service notifications
Price agreement in the form of a percentage discount for the material group spare parts and for individual spare parts; Condition exclusion for transfer to spare parts orders or for resource-related billing
Reference object = functional location 1172
40000076
2141
Simple service product
Price agreement in the form of a 100 % discount for the material group spare parts
Reference object = functional location 2141
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Characteristic Values and Special Features
Periodic Billing and Settlement
The service contracts available in IDES are billed and settled monthly by job processing. This automated periodic billing and settlement ensures that the sales information system and Profitability Analysis are continually supplied with data from Service Management.
The billing and settlement is executed by the jobs SM_01 and SM_02, which are automatically started by the system at the beginning of each month with the user name IDADMIN (see System → Services → Jobs → Job Overview).
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Note for IDES Processes in the Customer Service Area
Note for IDES Processes in the Customer Service Area
Each IDES process in the area of Customer Service can be executed using data existing in the system, independently from other processes. The sequence of the processes, however, also enables you in some processes to use data that you created in a preceding process. If this is the case, the accompanying process documentation describes both possibilities.
In the process for the controlling of services, the report displays current data even if the preceding processes have not yet been executed. This is because the service contracts in IDES are billed and settled automatically each month.
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Service Processing
Service Processing
Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record
Customer Service - Spare Part Delivery
Performing a Service Order and Billing
Returns and Repair Processing
Creating a Service Order from a Sales Order
Processing Telephone Calls in a Call Center
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Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record
Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record
Purpose
The customer orders a personal computer. During outbound delivery, serial numbers are used to determine which individual units of the material are to be delivered to the customer. IDES uses equipment as the technical reference object for service processing. This means that you need to create additional equipment data following the outbound delivery to a customer.
Process Flow
You can find the data for this process under .
1. Creating a Sales Order for a Serialized Product
2. Creating a Delivery
3. Creating a Billing Document
4. Checking the Sales Document Flow (Optional)
5. Creating the Equipment Data
6. Related IDES Processes
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Data Used During This Process
Data Used During This Process
Field
Data
Description
Order type
TA
Order type (SD)
Sales organization
1000
Sales organization (SD)
Distribution channel
10
Distribution channel (SD)
Division
00
High-tech division (SD)
Sold-to party
1171
Customer number
Material
R-1001
Desktop Computer
Plant
1200
Warehouse number
012
Warehouse Dresden / Atlanta
Business area
8000
Business area
Maintenance planning plant
1200
Planning Plant (PM)
Maintenance plant
1200
Maintenance Plant (PM)
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Creating a Sales Order for a Serialized Product
Creating a Sales Order for a Serialized Product
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Sales → Order → Create
Transaction Code
VA01
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Order type
TA
Sales organization
1000
Distribution channel
10
Division
00
3. Choose .
4. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Sold-to party
1171
Purch. order no.
TA-1171-SM
Req. deliv. date
Current date + 7 working days
Material
R-1001
Order quantity
2
5. Choose .
6. In the dialog, box choose .
The system produces a BOM explosion. This generates additional items which serve as an explanation.
7. Choose the Shipping tab page, and note the material staging date of the first item.
8. Choose .
9. Make a note of the sales order number.
10. Choose until the overview tree appears.
11. In the dialog box, choose No.
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Creating a Delivery
Creating a Delivery
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Shipping and Transportation → Outbound Delivery → Create → Single Document → With Reference to Sales Order
Transaction Code
VL01N, LT03
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Shipping point
1200
Selection date
Material staging date
Order
Sales order number
From item
No entry
To item
No entry
3. Choose .
You now see the overview screen for the delivery document.
4. Select the first item, then choose Extras → Serial numbers.
The Maintain Serial Numbers dialog box appears.
5. Choose .
6. In the Serial number selection screen area, enter the following data:
Field
Data
Plant
1200
Storage location
0001
7. Choose .
The system produces a list of serial numbers occurring in the specified plant and storage location.
8. Select the first two entries in the list, then choose .
9. Make a note of the selected serial numbers.
10. Choose .
11. Choose Subsequent functions → Create transfer order.
12. In the dialog box, choose Yes.
13. Enter the following data:
Field
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Creating a Delivery
Warehouse number
012
Plant
1200
Delivery
Proposed by the system
Foreground/Background
Background
Adopt picking quantity
2
14. Choose .
15. Note the delivery number.
The system creates a transfer order for picking the delivery quantities. The option 2 (Adopt picking quantity) means that the goods issue is posted immediately for that delivery.
16. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Creating a Billing Document
Creating a Billing Document
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Billing → Billing Document → Create
Transaction Code
VF01
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Document
Your delivery number
3. To display the overview of the billing item, choose .
4. To create the billing document, choose .
You see the number of the new billing document. The system posts the corresponding accounting documents in the background.
5. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Checking the Sales Document Flow (Optional)
Checking the Sales Document Flow (Optional)
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Sales → Order → Display
Transaction Code
VA03
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Order
Your sales order number
3. Choose .
You now see the document flow for all documents involved in this sales process. To display any of the documents, position your cursor on the relevant line, then choose Display document.
4. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Creating the Equipment Data
Creating the Equipment Data
Use
When the PC has been delivered to the customer, you create equipment data for the individual items.
Procedure
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Customer Service → Technical Objects → Serial Numbers → List Editing → Change
Transaction Code
IQ08, IQ02
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Material
R-1001
Current customer (in the Serial number selection screen area)
1171
3. To start the serial number selection, choose .
4. Select the serial numbers you have noted.
5. Choose .
6. Choose Equipment view.
You can also maintain the equipment data.
7. Choose the Sales and Distribution tab page.
8. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Sales org.
1000
Distrib. channel
14
Division
00
9. Choose the Organization tab page.
10. To confirm possible warning messages, choose .
11. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Company code
1000
Business area
8000
Planning Plant
1200
Planning group
200
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Main WorkCtr
PC-SERV / 1200
Catalog profile
PC
12. Choose .
13. To confirm possible warning messages, choose .
14. Choose .
You can now process the second serial number. Make the same entries for this serial number.
15. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Related IDES Processes
Related IDES Processes
You could now continue with one of the following business processes:
1. Customer Service - Spare Part Delivery
2. Processing a Service Order and Billing
3. Returns and Repair Processing
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Service Management - Spare Part Delivery
Service Management - Spare Part Delivery
Purpose
The customer reports a damaged part on a piece of equipment. The information about the equipment, customer, and damage is stored in a service notification. The object information screen displays the structure of the equipment (material number of the spare parts).
A sales order is generated directly from the notification and processed when the spare part information is entered. When the notification is saved, the sales order is also saved in the background.
Process Flow
You can find the data for this process under .
1. Creating a Service Notification and a Spare Parts Order
2. Creating a Spare Parts Order
3. Creating a Billing Document
Instead of working with the defaulted equipment number, you can also create your own equipment number if you first run the process Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record .
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Data Used During This Process
Data Used During This Process
Field
Data
Description
Warehouse number
012
Warehouse Dresden or Atlanta
Plant
1200
Plant of the model company
Material number
R-1001 R-1120
Desktop Computer cable / spare part
Sales organization
1000
Sales organization (SD)
Distribution channel
14
Distribution channel (SD)
Division
00
Division (SD)
Sold-to party
1171
Customer number
Equipment
10003562 or equipment from previous process
Equipment (PM)
Planning plant
1200
Planning plant (PM)
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Creating a Service Notification and a Spare Parts Order
Creating a Service Notification and a Spare Parts Order
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Customer Service → Service Processing → Notification → Create (Special) → Problem Notification
Transaction Code
IW54
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Equipment
10003562 or equipment from previous process 3. Choose .
4. Choose the Contact person address tab page.
5. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Description (notification)
Defective cable, replacement required.
Contact person
Choose a contact person using the F4 help
You access the list of contact persons by positioning your cursor in the second entry field of the Contact person line and choosing the F4 help button.
In the Hit List dialog box, position your cursor on a contact person and choose .
6. Choose .
7. To check the object information for your equipment, in the Reference object section, choose .
8. In the Object Information dialog box, choose (Obj. Display section).
The system displays information about spare parts that you can use for your object.
9. To return the to the Create Service Notification: Service Notification screen, choose , then choose.
10. To create the spare parts order for the customer equipment directly from the service notification, choose Service notification → Create sales order → Standard.
11. Enterr the following data:
Field
Data
Purch. order no.
ERS-1171-SM
Material
R-1120
Order quantity
1
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Creating a Service Notification and a Spare Parts Order
12. Choose .
13. Choose the Shipping tab page and note the material availability date.
14. Choose .
15. Choose .
The system saves the notification and the sales order. Make a note of the notification and sales order numbers.
16. Choose until the overview tree appears. In the dialog box, choose No.
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Creating a Spare Parts Order
Creating a Spare Parts Order
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Shipping and Transportation → Outbound Delivery → Create → Single Document → With Reference to Sales Order
Transaction Code
VL01N, LT03
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Shipping point
1200
Selection date
Material availability date
Order
Number of your order
From item
No entry required
To item
No entry required
3. Choose .
4. Choose Subsequent functions → Create transfer order.
5. In the dialog box, choose Yes.
6. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Warehouse number
012
Plant
1200
Delivery
Proposed by the system
Foreground/background
Background
Adopt pick. quantity
2
7. Choose .
The system creates a transfer order for picking the delivery quantity. The option 2 (Adopt picking quantity) means that the goods issue is posted immediately for that delivery.
8. Note down your delivery number.
9. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Creating the Billing Document
Creating the Billing Document
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Sales and Distribution → Billing → Billing Document → Create
Transaction Code
VF01
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Document
Your delivery number
3. To display the overview of the billing items, choose .
4. Choose .
The system posts the corresponding accounting documents in the background.
5. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Performing a Service Order and Billing
Performing a Service Order and Billing
Purpose
In response to a problem notification, a service order is created for the repair of an installed equipment at the customer site. After completion of the service order, the repair is billed to the customer.
You can find more information about this process under .
Process Flow
You can find the data for this process under .
1. Creating the Initial Situation
2. Entering a Problem Notification and Creating a Service Order
3. Processing a Service Order
4. Confirming a Service Order
5. Creating a Billing Request (Resource-Related Billing)
6. Creating a Billing Document
7. Settling and Completing the Service Order
8. Displaying Line Items in Profitability Analysis
9. Displaying a CS Report in Profitability Analysis
Instead of working with the default equipment number, you can also create your own equipment number if you first run the Selling a Serialized Product and Creating an Equipment Master Record process.
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Additional Process Information
Additional Process Information
The following, additional information is aimed at IDES users who are already with familiar with Customizing for the application components CS (Customer Service) and SD (Sales and Distribution). The aim is to show the billing of a service order from a Customizing perspective using the data contained in this process. Because this text refers to this IDES demo, you should read it after completing the process flow.
Dynamic Item Processor Profile (DIP Profile)
Derivation of Sales Materials
When you execute the service order, costs are incurred due to internal activities, external activities, or material consumption. These costs are posted to the service order, where they form the basis for a billing request. The service order is billed to the customer using the billing document generated by the billing request. The cost data of the order are converted to billing request items through dynamic items. These dynamic items are created when the billing request is generated. You copy information from the service order. The R/3 System uses this information to generate the billing request items. The rules for structuring the dynamic items and for converting these items into material numbers for the billing request items are defined) in Customizing using the dynamic item processor profile (DIP profile).
You also use Customizing to determine that DIP profile 00000001 is the automatic default for service order type SM02, which was used to create the service order in this IDES process.
(see SAP Reference IMG: Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Maintenance and Service Processing → Maintenance and Service Orders → Functions and Settings for Order Types → Credit Limit Checks, Sales Document Types for Service Orders).
In this IDES process, order costs are incurred due to two activity confirmations with activity type 1410 for cost center 4100, and due to the consumption of materials R-1150 and R-1160. The rules of the DIP profile 00000001 are explained based on this information.
(see SAP Reference IMG: Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Maintenance and Service Processing → Basic Settings → Quotation Creation and Billing for Service Orders → Profiles for Quotation Creation, Billing, Results Analysis).
When creating the billing request, the system takes the entries for usage 1 (that is, billing and calculation of profits).
On the level Sources, it has been defined for this use that source 0001 (that is, actual costs line items) is evaluated for the creation of dynamic items.
The line items created due to the first activity confirmation contains the information that the costs were incurred under activity type 1410 in cost center 4100. On the level Characteristics, the characteristics cost center and activity type has been marked as relevant for usage 1. Thus, the system copies activity type 1410 and cost center 4100 from the line item to the dynamic item. They can now be used for further processing. Both characteristics are used to derive a material for the billing request (see indicator Material determination). With regard to the characteristics relevant for the creation of a dynamic item, the line item of the second activity confirmation is identical to the first line item. The system therefore creates one common dynamic item for both line items that displays the sum of the costs incurred.
On the level Material determination, the system lists the material SM-REPHOUR. It is therefore one of the materials intended for transfer to a billing request item.
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Additional Process Information
On the Criterion level, it has been defined that this material is derived from the criteria cost center and activity type. The criterion cost center is met if the cost center of the dynamic item corresponds to a value of set SM-CC1. The set SM-CC1 contains the cost center 4100.
(see: Accounting → Financial Accounting → Special Purpose Ledger → Tools → Set maintenance → Sets → Display).
The criterion Activity type is met if the activity type of the dynamic item corresponds to a value of set SM-AT1. Set SM-AT1 contains the value 1410. Both criteria have been met in this example. The material number SM-REPHOUR is therefore allocated to the dynamic item.
The line item created due to the withdrawal of material R-1150 contains, for example, information about the cost element and the material number. The characteristic Cost element and Material are relevant for the creation of dynamic items and are therefore copied to the dynamic item. The characteristic Cost element is used for material determination. On the level Material determination you will find an entry without a material number where the indicator Direct material is set. This indicator ensures that the R/3 System assigns the material contained in the line item to the dynamic item. On the level Criteria, it is defined that this type of assignment only occurs if the line item was posted to the cost element in the set CO-PC-MAT. This set comprises the cost elements used to post material consumption. In this example, the withdrawal of material R-1150 was posted under cost element 410000. This cost element belongs to the cost element set CO-PC-MAT. This means that the criteria for the material determination have been fulfilled, and that the material R-1150 contained in the line item is transferred to the dynamic item.
The line items for the consumption posting of material R-1160 leads to a separate dynamic item as the characteristic Material has a different value. The material determination is processed according to the same logic described above.
Billing Form
The billing form for the service order decides whether the order is billed as flat rate or resource-related. To make this distinction, information about the billing form must be available when the billing request is created. For this reason the billing form is selected as a relevant characteristic.
Product
The characteristic Product is marked as relevant for further processing. This control data is a prerequisite for copying a service product specified in the service order to the billing request.
Accounting Indicator
When posting the material consumption for material R-1150, the system enters the accounting indicator K1 (goodwill 100%). This entry is copied to the line item. The accounting indicator is also a relevant characteristic in the DIP profile 00000001 for usage 1. The entries concerning the accounting indicator are therefore copied from the line item to the dynamic item. The accounting indicator can thus be used to price the billing request item resulting from the dynamic item. The costing sheet PSER02 used in the billing request contains the condition type KBM1 (goodwill/warranty). The access sequence assigned to this condition type allows you to enter condition records dependent on the accounting indicator. In this example, there is a condition record that determines a 100 per cent deduction if the accounting indicator K1 is available.
To avoid the summarization of several dynamic items with various accounting indicators in one billing request item, the indicator No summarization was set in the DIP profile for the characteristic Accounting indicator.
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Additional Process Information
Transferring Costs into the Billing Request
You can also determine for which condition types entries can made for the document type of the billing request on the overview screen of the dynamic items. You must specify the defined condition type if the costs of the dynamic items should be copied to the price determination of the respective billing request items. In this example, the costs are copied to the condition type EK01 (see SAP Reference IMG: Plant Maintenance and Customer Service → Maintenance and Service Processing → Basic Settings → Quotation Creation and Billing for Service Orders → Assign Conditions to Sales Document Types).
Item Category Determination
When a service order is billed, the billing form determines whether the order is billed at flat rate (billing form = 01) or resource-related (billing form = 02). In this IDES process, we offer an example for resource-related billing. We explain item category determination for creating the billing request for this example:
The billing form is not explicitly specified. In this case, the system assumes a resource-related billing. The service order is created without entering a service product in this example. When creating the billing request, the dynamic items become the main items of the sales document. With resource-related billing, the item category determination for the dynamic items is processed with the item usage SEIN.
Item category determination for items with material SM-REPHOUR is executed using the following entry:
Sales document type LV + item category group LEIS + usage SEIN → L2N.
Item category determination for items with material R-1150 or R-1160 is executed using the following entry:
Sales document type LV + item category group NORM + usage SEIN → L2N.
Item category L2N is priced, then it is billed.
(See SAP Reference IMG: Sales and Distribution → Sales → Sales Documents → Sales Document Item → Assign Item Categories or Define Item Categories).
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Data Used During This Process
Data Used During This Process
Field
Europe
Description
Plant
1200
Material numbers
R-1150
R-1160
SM-REPHOUR
SM-PCREP
Disk drive / spare part hard disk drive / spare part repair hours
Service product
Service order type
SM02
Service order type (revenues)
Sales organization
1000
Sales organization (SD)
Distribution channel
14
Distribution channel (SD)
Division
00
Division (SD)
Sold-to party
1171
Customer number
Equipment
10003562 or equipment from previous process
Planning Plant
1200
Maintenance plant
1200
Business area
8000
Operating concern
IDEA
Global IDES
Type of profitability analysis
Costing-based
Report
IDES-090
SM reporting
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Creating the Initial Situation
Creating the Initial Situation
Use
You start a CATT procedure that performs an inventory posting for the materials used in the process. This ensures that the process can run through several times.
Procedure
6. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Tools → ABAP Workbench → Test → Test Workbench → CATT Extended
Transaction Code
SCAT
7. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Test case
ZIDES_SMASC03 8. Choose .
9. Enter the following data:
Block
Option
Log type
W/o
Processing mode
Background
Variants
W/o
10. Choose .
In the bottom part of the screen, the system displays which transactions are being processed. When the process flow is completed, the system notifies you that a document number has been assigned for the inventory posting.
11. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Entering a Problem Notification and Creating a Service Order
Entering a Problem Notification and Creating a Service Order
Use
The customer informs you about a defective piece of equipment. You accept a problem notification and enter the notification data in the system. The service order is created directly from problem notification processing.
Procedure
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Customer Service → Service Processing → Notification → Create (Special) → Problem Notification
Transaction Code
IW54
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Equipment
10003562 or equipment from previous process 3. Choose .
The system copies further information from the equipment master record into the notification (for example, sold-to party, functional location).
4. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Notification (in the first line)
Hard disk + CD disk drive defective
5. Choose .
6. Check the object information, by selecting in the section Reference object.
The dialog box informs you which notifications and orders were entered regarding this equipment.
7. Choose .
8. To create a service order directly from notification processing, choose .
The Create order dialog box appears.
9. Choose .
10. In the First operation screen area, enter the following data:
Field
Data
Operation
Check/change hard disk + CD disk drive 11. Choose .
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Entering a Problem Notification and Creating a Service Order
The system proposes further information necessary from the equipment master record into the service order (for example, work center).
12. Choose Extras → Sales data.
You can recognize that the service order is assigned to a sales organization (that is, a combination of the sales organization, distribution channel, and division). This proposal was also taken from the equipment master record data. The assignment of a sales area is required for service order billing.
13. Choose .
14. To put the order in process, choose .
15. Select W/o print, then choose .
16. To confirm possible warning messages, choose .
The system saves the service order and the corresponding notification.
17. Note the number of the order.
18. Choose , untli the overview tree appears..
19. In the dialog box, choose No.
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Processing a Service Order
Processing a Service Order
Use
In the following process, you play the role of a service employee who is responsible for repairing the equipment. First of all, you plan the work to be performed in the service order.
Procedure
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Customer Service → Service Processing → Order → Service Order → Change
Transaction Code
IW32
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Order
Number of your service order
3. Choose .
4. To check the object information for your piece of equipment, choose in the Reference object section.
The notification that triggered the service order is listed here.
5. Choose .
6. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Work durtn (in the section First operation)
2
7. Choose .
8. Choose the Components tab page.
9. To call up the Structure list, choose List.
The structure list informs you about the components of the equipment to be repaired. The materials necessary for processing the repairs can be copied from this list into the service order.
10. Select the materials R-1150 and R-1160, then choose .
11. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
SLoc (in the line for material R-1150)
1500 (overwrite the default value)
SLoc (in the line for material R-1160)
1500 (overwrite the default value)
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The system calculates the planned costs of the order according to the entries made for the planned working hours and the materials necessary.
13. Choose Extras → Cost reports → Plan/actual comparison.
The planned costs are displayed under the corresponding cost element types.
14. Choose .
15. Choose .
16. Choose until the overview tree appears.
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Confirming a Service Order
Confirming a Service Order
Use
You confirm the effort necessary for the repair now. It is assumed that you enter the effort in two partial confirmations. All materials used for the repair are also confirmed. You decide whether the floppy disk drive is exchanged for goodwill.
Procedure
1. Call up the transaction as follows:
Menu Path
Logistics → Customer Service → Service Processing → Confirmation → Entry → Individual Confirmation (Time)
Transaction Code
IW41
2. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Order
Your order number
3. Choose .
4. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Actual work
1
Final confirmat
Deselect
Clear open res.
Deselect
Work start
Current date
Work end
Current date
5. Choose .
6. Choose .
7. Enter the following data:
Field
Data
Order
Your order number
8. Choose Parameters.
9. In the Goods movements area, select All comps, then choose .
Setting this indicator causes the system to display all the materials assigned to the operation to be confirmed in the goods movement overview.
10. Choose .
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11. Enter the following data:
Field -
FIOS CUSTOMER SERVICE IS THE WORST AND I AM NOT INSTALLED YET FOR NEW SERVICE!!
So on May 20th I signed up for the triple play service for 59.99 with 2 year agreement with 4 tvs being installed with equipment, home phone service and internet/wifi. On May 25th I realized that I needed to change 3 of the boxes on my order to different ones so I called the 1800 verizon number and spoke with a woman agent who said she was able to make the changes and also wanted to verify on my order that I am getting everything that I am entitled to as a new customer to Fios so I told her okay. Never did this incompetent woman tell me that she was changing my ENTIRE ORDER. At the end of the call she said she made the changes to the equipment and gave me a confirmation number for the change.
Today May 26th memorial day, I receive an email from Verizon confirming the changes that they said I made to my ENTIRE PLAN AT 2:46PM. She cancelled out my original order I placed online and switched it to another plan that was much higher at 79.99 with additional services I did not request and the EQUIPMENT WAS NEVER CHANGE, the whole reason for my call. After reading the email and going back to the original email I received after placing my order on May 20th I called Verizon customer service. The woman I spoke to, again incompetent and unsympathetic to the situation couldn't tell me why my order was change. She couldn't tell me anything and was silent the most of the **bleep** time. (Don't these people work for the same company, she should have been able to see exactly what went on in her system.)
When she did speak she said she was reviewing what was different from the last order. I said there is only ONE order that I placed and the only changes that I wanted was for the equipment. She didn't say anything after that. So after almost 10 minutes of silence, I said well at this point are you able to make the necessary changes to change me back to the original plan I signed up for with the correct equipment I needed. She told me NO, plain out.
Are you kidding me! I never authorize the change of my package, only to the equipment and your telling me you can't do nothing about it. The woman showed no type of empathy for the situation, nor apologize on behalf of Verizon and the lady who screwed up my family order. It was like she didn't care and then said If I want to cancel the order she couldn't do that and that I would have to call back tomorrow May 27th and do so. (Shouldn't a customer service agent do whatever they could to KEEP YOU as a customer and not send you to cancel the order...big problem) I haven't been with verizon for many many years and thought I should give you people a try. The way this initial contact with this company has been has truly set the tone of how these people/company will treat me and my family for the next 2 years. This transaction has not been smooth and not somehting that I would rave about to my friends/co workers/community, I will tell them to NOT choose this company. I see now that Verizon customer service agents will add what ever they want to your account that you didn't authorize, tell you lies and not correct anything that they are at fault of.Your issue has been escalated to a Verizon agent. Before the agent can begin assisting you, they will need to collect further information from you.Please go to your profile page for the forum, and look in the middle, right at the top where you will find an area titled "My Support Cases". You can reach your profile page by clicking on your name beside your post, or at the top left of this page underneath the title of the board.
Under “My Support Cases” you will find a link to the private board where you and the agent may exchange information. This should be checked on a frequent basis as the agent may be waiting for information from you before they can proceed with any actions. To ensure you know when they have responded to you, at the top of your support case there is a drop down menu for support case options. Open that and choose "subscribe".
Please keep all correspondence regarding your issue in the private support portal. -
I am having real difficulty in getting someone to take this issue on because I am not a number (RMA).
We bought the MP3 player in July 200 for my son who is autistic. It is very important to him that his stuff looks right and he simply will not use something that he doesn't like the look of. He loved his Creative Zen mp3 player and from August 200 to Jan 20 he would have it on all the time if we had let him. In Jan the device refused to return to the home screen. I contacted your customer service department. tried the reset button - several times. downloaded the fix programme - no joy. Sent more emails and received one with a form to send it back to you. I used the form, sent a covering letter BUT because of the blessed RMA number or rather the lack of it the MP3 has vanished in your system. I sent in proof of purchase as requested, I sent in proof of posting as requested. I have been asked at least 0 times if I have an RMA number - I don't. The numbers of some of the emails I have been sent are undernoted. Apparently it is my fault that the item has gone missing in your system. I have worked in a complaints department and know a 'too much work, I'll send a holding email' when I see it.
My son asks daily why you are not sending him back his MP3 player. Should I tell him that you have effecti'vely stolen it from him? Please be honest if this is genuinely all you can do. At least I will know where I stand.
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KateI fully appreciate that you are not in a position to resolve the matter from the constraints of your role. I know that you understand my frustration at having to send countless emails to people both in Customer Services and to yourself that do not seem to have any effect.
My initial emails to your customer service department brought no response although they were polite in the extreme. It is only now that I am sending more strongly worded emails that I feel I am making progress.
I do feel that my integrity is being brought into question here and I would like the matter referred to the highest level possible.
Please can you arrange for this to happen. -
Bad experience with Verizon Fios Internet and Customer Service
I had an extremely bad experience with Verizon Fios Internet service and I will never use Verizon again.
In August 2014, I called and installed the Verizon Fios Internet and phone bundle. I asked the customer agent several times if I will be charged anything before the installation of the Internet and phone service. She said, 'No, we will only start charging after the Internet and phone are installed at your apartment'. I went to the store and picked up the router and phone and installed it at home by myself. The router did not work. I called Tech support and they said it will take several days for another available agent to come and look into the issue. I decided to discontinue the service and closed the account that same night.
At the end of the month, I received a bill of $80 of activation fee for the internet service. Nothing was ever activated, my internet router did not work, and I got charged an activation fee for a service that I did not even start using. From August to December, I called customer service over 10 times and some of them said they will waive it while the others said it's a non-refundable activation fee. One lady said, 'Ma'am, the activation fee starts when you placed the order, the warehouse received it and packed the router in the boxes....' Isn't that ridiculous? If that's the case, please ask all your customer representative to say a clause before new customers open their account: Are you aware that you will be charged a non-refundable activation fee once you open the account regardless of whether or not you use the service or not.
So after 3 months (November 2014), I decided to get out of all these troubles and paid off my $80 activation fee. They put the bill in the collection agency and I called them and paid the overdue balance. Then in December 2014, I received a statement saying I have a $3.11 overdue balance. The collection agency told me that they will charge me for the whole activation fee and a $3 transaction fee for the transaction. So now Verizon came back and said I owed them the $3 because I paid the collection agency their transaction fee.
I am very disappointed and furious about the whole Verizon operating system. Charging a customer for an activation fee for a service s/he has not consumed or used does not make any business sense. In addition, they do not know how to coordinate with the collection agency on overdue bills. Give the customer a heads-up that they will be charged a transaction fee on top of the overdue balance, and that transaction fee does not count towards clearing the balance.
I have completely lost my confidence in Verizon albeit the many good feedback from my friends.Hi crystallau52,
Sorry you are having difficulty. An agent with access to your account will reach out to you directly by email, private message in the Forums and/or the billing telephone number on your Verizon account for more information or to help you resolve your issue. -
The Best Customer Service EVER!
Please forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong place, but I am not a blogger, tweeter, facebook user, or otherwise online all day to know how forums and threads work.
I also don't know why there is not a simple input link or method on any of the seemingly endless links and webpages I've been to before landing here, that would allow me to just say...
"Thank You Kristin / Verizon Customer Service for the most pleasant and complete customer service assistance I have ever experienced! EVER!
I am a frequent and generally satisfied caller to Verizon customer service. I have had the full range of not so accurate to more than willing to help reps over the years, but this last call (my 3rd today actually on 3 separate issues), on a late Saturday afternoon, with forever long hold times, was exceptional. So exceptional, that I undauntedly plodded through at least 20 webpages trying to post something about it.
Your pleasant demeanor, in spite of all the complainers you must get, the extra effort you put in to checking on facts, the time you took to call our other family share lines to verify functionality, and your positive company service commitment shined through like you actually, really, enjoy helping people out.
While you did not win me over as a new customer or save a disgruntled one from leaving, you have encouraged me to more readily promote Verizon Wireless Customer Support over any other system I've had experience with in all my 50 plus years.
Thank you
[Edited to comply with Terms of Service -employee number removed but available internally]Unfortunately, I completely disagree.
On 10/2/2011 my wife, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and I, went to one of your stores in Western New York. We needed to take my wife off her family plan with her brother and mother for which she was primary/owner, add her to my plan, and then make her brother the new primary/owner of the plan with his mother. My wife first purchased a new phone, paid for it, and then asked if she had any remaining balance on her account with her brother and mother so that our accounts would be clean after making the ownership change. The rep said yes and then began to attempt the account changes. After two hours of trying to do this, we were informed by the store rep (receipt says Donovan) that we would need to come back the next day or call because they couldn’t complete the changes for technical reasons. The next day (10/3/11), my brother-in-law and I returned and again tried to complete the transaction in-store but to no avail. We were told we needed to call the liability department and they would handle the switching of accounts. We did this right away in the parking lot outside the store and the rep on the phone took our info and eventually said we were all set.
A week later we get a bill dated 10/3/11 in my wife’s name saying she owes $164.47. We are confused by this considering the rep at the store said she had no remaining balance. Moreover, we were told it would be a month before our new bills would come. Thinking this was a mistake we waited a couple of weeks to see if our new bills game, during which my wife and I move to Virginia. Last week I received my bill which included my wife’s number and seemed to be accurate, so we assumed her brother would soon receive his which would include his mother but not my wife. Instead, he does not receive one and Verizon’s debt collection dept. begins to call my mother-in-law repeatedly, despite the fact that she has NOTHING to do with this. Strangely, no call from Verizon was placed to my wife, brother-in-law, or me.
Yesterday (11/10/11), I call Verizon and am told my wife needs to call but that it looks like the accounts were never switched despite us being told they were. My wife calls that evening and spends two hours explaining the situation to more than 5 different people who offer zero solution. After finally reaching a supervisor Shelly in the Liability dept., we are told the only way to resolve this is for us to pay the $164.47 balance and re-do the entire account switching process because they have no record of our previous transactions. We are condescended to, basically accused of making this up (despite the fact that my wife’s number was switched to my account) and shown absolutely NO appreciation for our time and frustration. To top it off, my wife’s call is dropped while on hold with Shelly. We call back customer service and after having to explaining the entire situation again, finally reach someone who says Shelly will call us back… she never has.
Out of options, we will now have to go into a Verizon store this weekend and try yet again to resolve this problem caused entirely by the incompetence of your staff. I have never experienced customer service this poor in my life, and if not locked into numerous contracts because of our family, we would leave your company immediately. Until our contracts expire, we all will share our story with anyone who will listen whether in-person and on the internet. This incident has ruined what had been before a very enjoyable experience with Verizon.
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How can I get some help with Verizon's customer service?
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Nope, it was a Verizon Wireless Store. I went in there in the first place because I trusted the Company for their professionalism, but I've been let down badly. I posted my story on here because I'm hoping to be able to get the attention of someone from Customer Service. It seems like the only way you can actually speak with a live person who knows what they are doing, is when you stop paying your bill on time. After you pay your bill, they transfer you to a poorly trained "rep" that has no authority to handle anything important. I'm actually a pretty patient person, but when it takes someone over 45 min mostly just to keep me on hold, and then tell me they can't help me, I'm not really impressed with their idea of customer service.
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ThanksHello,
Please understand that Workspaces is a free service; Adobe doesn't charge for it. As a result, it is not possible to provide 1:1 support. But I will try to answer your questions:
What size limits are there on quantity of documents, total storaga capacity, folder sizes etc -- No limit on number of documents uploaded or folder sizes, but the overall size limit for an account is 5 GB.
Is there a limitation on the number of users who can be sharing workspaces, collaborating on documents -- no limit.
Can access limitations other than Administrator / non-Administrator be set on Workspaces -- no, these are the only roles.
Is there a time limit on how long a document remains in storage -- no
Is there a file type limit - i.e. only office and pdf documents can be stored -- You cannot upload and share the following file types: audio formats (MP3, AAC, OGG), video formats (MOV, WMV, FLV, XVID, DIVX, RETG), font formats (TTF, DFONT, OTF), archive formats (TGZ, RAR 7Z, SIT, JAR, WAR, CAB), system files and executable formats (EXE, DLL, JS, VB, BAT, CMD, COM, CPL, SH, CSH, TCSH, KSH, BASH, ZSH, INF, HTA, HLP, INS, ISP, VB, JSE, LNK, MS, PIF, SCR, SHS, WS), web files (CHM, CRT), database files (MDB), or raster image files (PCD, SCT).
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The Worst Customer Service of My Life and Why I Will Never Shop at Best Buy Again
This afternoon I decided I wanted to buy a Playstation 4. I discovered, while browsing Best Buy's website, an offer to trade in a PS3 Slim and controllers for $100 +$10 per controller. I took in the console, three controllers, and two games valued at $12 and $5 respectively for a total of $147 in trade in value. I knew what I was supposed to be getting when I walked in the door.
So I enter store #1155 (Charlotte-Northlake) with the intention of trading in my PS3 and accessories, for a PS4 Destiny bundle. A very simple transaction, that could have easily been handled quickly (and was later handled quickly and painlessly by GameStop). I approach the desk and encounter this lethargic looking automaton named Ashlyn. Or something like that. I explain to her what I want to do, and how much I expect to get out of the trade in. She says "Well, you'll get whatever comes up on the thingy". So I set my console, 3 controllers, 3 cords (HDMI, power, controller), and two games on the counter next to the thingy (computer) and she proceeds to test to see if the console works. She incompetently moves the device and power cord over to the plug in station/screen to see if it works. After much confusion over which plug goes in what hole (I literally watched her try to plug the power cord into the HDMI slot), they stand around trying to turn on the controllers and connect them to the console. She finally discovers she needs the controller cord and asks me for it. I look on the counter to discover that it is no longer there. So I run out to the car to see if it's there, and it isn't. I come back in, and ask her if maybe she dropped it when she picked up the power cord, and she looks at someone else and says in her best impression of an incredibly rude person, "He only brought in two cords". I told her to look on the floor, and of course she found it. So they plug everything in, everything works, great. Now punch in whatever it is you punch in on the thingy and give me my PS4. Nope. Now she has to spend 20 minutes sighing and shaking her head at the computer while repeatedly asking me if my PS3 slim "is 500 GB" to which I respond, literally every time, yes. Eventually she gets help from a distracted eastern european co-worker who asks me "How much is it?" and I say "100" to which Ashlyn replies in another fantastic impression of a terrible customer service worker "He told me it was 500". I clarified that I meant $100 and 500 GB and they proceed to shake their heads and sigh at the screen as they fail to understand what I can only assume were heiroglyphics. So at this point Ashlyn has called me a liar twice, and has not once made eye contact with me, or attempted even the most basic customer service. She finally comes to the price of $117 dollars which I say "That's not right, did you get the controllers?" Naturally she did not. But also neither of them knew how to use the heiroglyphic thingy in front of them, so finally they said "Well, we can't do it in our system, so you'll have to take $117". I said no, took my stuff, and walked out. Ashlyn is a terrible customer service "specialist" and should be quickly fired.
Part 2:
So shaking and fuming I walk out the door to my car with my console and accessories in tow, and decide to call the other Best Buy near me at Concord Mills (Store #268). So I call, explain what I went through, and the girl on the other end of the line says "Oh, some people just don't know where to find the the right thing to do it" and said I could come down there and get it taken care of. So I head down to Concord Mills with hopes of finally making my simple transaction. I get there, tell the girl at the desk what happened, she more or less ignored me, and said she had to take it in the back and test it. Fine, do your thing. She comes back, and says "Where did you see the hundred dollar thing?" so I look it up, and WHILE I'm looking it up she says "I know what deal you're talking about, but I can only give you $40 dollars because this is in poor condition" once again in what I can only assume is corporate standard "Terrible Customer Service Rep Tone". I told her that a console is still in good condition if nothing is broken and it works perfectly, and that a few scratches don't mean "poor condition", this isn't a disc. She says "I'm not marking this as good condition, all I'll give you is $40." so I angrily picked up my stuff, and walked over to the GameStop in the nearby mall. Told him what happened, he took the console, checked that it worked, gave me $140 for everything, I paid the difference for a PS4 and they sent me on my way. 15 minutes. 2 hours of rude customer service reps at Best Buy sent me to GameStop, and I will honestly never set foot in Best Buy again.
So that's my story.
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Charlotte, NC Resident and Former Best Buy CustomerHello puckettsd,
My younger brother got his hands on his own PlayStation 4 a few months ago, and ever since then, I don’t think he’s talked about anything else. In fact, whenever I go to my parents’ house for a visit, I can always hear him discussing game strategy with his friends through his headset. While I’m not much of a gamer myself, I certainly understand the PS4’s appeal, so I can see why you were excited to take advantage of our Sony PS3 Slim Trade-In offer and trade up to the new console. It’s disappointing to hear that your visit didn’t go as smoothly as planned though, and I’m sorry for any frustration this caused while you tried to figure this out on your own.
With any trade-in offer, we should always be assessing the item in question to determine its condition. This is done to make sure you are getting the best offer possible. An item may fall under in four categories - Good, Fair, Poor and Substantially Impaired/Not Working (see here for descriptions). As Ashlyn wanted to figure out which category your PS3 Slim fell under, she took the time to see if your console powered on and made sure your controllers worked properly. This doesn’t explain why she may have had difficulties adding on your controllers to the promotion though. If an associate isn’t sure about how to do something within our systems, they should be asking a member of leadership for guidance. I’m sorry if oversight caused you to leave the store unsatisfied.
Having said this, I appreciate it that you were willing to provide us a second chance and visited our Concord Mills store. I can understand your frustration though if this store didn’t feel that your console met the terms of the promotion and therefore didn’t meet minimum $100.00 offer. In the terms and conditions of the trade-in offer, we do state that the console must be in good condition to qualify. I truly apologize for this discrepancy. Regardless, I’m glad to hear that you were able to trade in your PS3 Slim for a new PS4 console, even if it wasn’t through us.
Experiences like the one you describe are never ones we like to hear, but thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to let us know about it. As a company, we realize there may be areas in need of improvement, and without feedback like yours, we wouldn’t be able to identify them properly to promote better service. Please know that I have documented your concerns as this a great opportunity for the store to learn from, and it is my hope that you give us a second chance in the near future.
Respectfully,
Alex|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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Does Verizon REALLY care about customer service?
OK, to be fair, I do realize that I've been attempting to make an order for a high demand product on a day when thousands of others are doing the same thing. But, I guess I expect a company like Verizon, one that boasts how cutting edge their technology and networks are, to be a little more prepared for the influx in website and phone traffic. It took, no less, than 2 hours to complete a pre-order transaction due to technical failures on both the web and phone support. Isn't this what my $30 upgrade fee is supposed to cover? Wasn't I told that the additional money I pay to upgrade is to ensure a "positive customer experience"? Well, my experience was anything but positive today. The website crashed 3 different times. I was disconnected at least three times, and when I received an autocall for a customer service survey, even THAT didn't work! Verizon, do you want to know the answer if my recent experience with customer service solved my problem? I'll tell you, the answer is NO. Do you care? I doubt it.
I'd threaten to leave as a customer, but unfortunately, where I live, Verizon is my ONLY option. I'm in a rural community and there are literally no other providers in my area. So I pay ridiculously high fees, for substandard service. I can only have successful phone conversations from the south end of my home, while standing near a window, completely motionless. If I move, call drops (even with good signal strength).
But I guess I should be grateful for the experience of being a Verizon user, and continue to pay them additional fees for the privilege of being one of their valuable customers.
While I am forced to be a Verizon customer due to my geography, you can bet that when asked by others what my opinion is of the company, I'll encourage everyone to make a different choice if they can.Thats why I normally do not get involved with writing on message boards, especially corporate boards, too many company employees write comments like that on behalf of their office…and yes, cellular service and home communications services are a little more that a “soda” and yes, I do expect loyalty to be a two way street….end of thread, unsubscribed from this farce….
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Very frustrated with poor customer service and lack of integrity
Earlier today my wife and I bought a TV from your Huntsville, AL store (removed per forum guidelines). We were looking at your 32" TVs and had several questions about them. After flagging down a sales associate, we questioned the pricing of several TVs. They were advertised under the display as one price, then where the inventory was at, were labeled a different price. The sales person confirmed that the smaller price was the correct price and the displays were incorrectly labeled. We proceeded to pick out a 32" Vizio E320I-B1/E3 TV that was labeled $219.99 where it was stocked (There were two rows of this TV all labeled $219.99) and the display was labeled $259.99. Again, I flagged down the sales associate (Taylor) on the floor and questioned the display pricing vs the shelf pricing. He AGAIN confirmed that the shelf pricing was the correct pricing and the display pricing was for a different model. We proceeded to check out, purchased a 2 year protection plan along with an HDMI cord and were on our way, new TV in tow. On the way home we reviewed the receipt and noticed we had been charged incorrectly for the TV. It rang up as 259.99 even though it was clearly labeled 219.99 and we had verified TWICE with an associate that 219.99 was the correct price. We went back to the store, thinking we would be refunded the difference. After spending over 30 minutes with customer service explaining what happened, customer service informed us that they could not refund the difference even after we showed them where the TVs were at and priced as 219.99 AND verified with the sales associate that he had confirmed that price with us TWICE. We then returned the TV for a full refund, to which my money is still tied up in the transaction until sometime next week (all for a TV that was FRAUDULENTLY sold to me!!). Not only was it mislabeled, but your sales associate told me TWO times that the labeling was correct. I am disappointed with the lack of customer service that we received. It is beyond frustrating to me that your company is unable to honor a $40 error in pricing that your very own sales associate confirmed. I believe that the store was 100% at fault for this situation and am more than displeased with the original situation and the events that followed. I consider it a disgusting lack of integrity to fraudulently sell a customer an item and refuse to right the situation when able. There is no doubt in my mind that the store manager (Cedric) or division manager could have authorized the TV to be sold at the price listed (and confirmed by the sales associate twice!) but they simply chose not to. Prior to today I had a positive view of Best Buy and considered it my store of choice for many items. My wife even did seasonal work for this store several years prior. Unfortunately, I will no longer choose to give my money to a cooperation that does not value integrity, honesty, and accountability. I understand that you are a large corporation and my few purchases probably won't even put a dent in your profit margin, but I would just like to remind you that I represent your entire customer base. If this is the type of customer service that your company prides itself on, then I am sure this is only one of many incidents. I find that extremely unfortunate. I will now be purchasing the same TV from another company for $259.99 (where it was actually labeled correctly, and the sales associate is able to accurately confirm the pricing). My future business will not be with you after today.
Hello lauralou1105,
Purchasing a new TV should be fun, exciting, and straightforward, and not be complicated by unclear signage and conflicting information. I very much regret that this was your experience at the Huntsville store.
I completely understand your conclusion that -- after the attempts to verify pricing that you made -- you should have had no questions and no surprises about the cost of the TV after purchase. Did Cedric give you any explanation as to why the TV you bought rang up at a different price or for his not honoring the display pricing?
It is wholly disheartening to hear that this experience may influence how you shop in the future. It is my hope that you will one day give Best Buy another chance to win you over.
Please know that I'm grateful that you shared your experience with us.
Sincerely,
John|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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