Difference between Scheduling Agreement & Contract

Hi Friends,
What is the difference between Scheduling Agreement & Contract? Please explain with examples.
Thanks & Regards
Saeed Arif

Hi,
Contract: is an agreement between the company & sold-to-party (customer)
It is of 2 types Quantity Contract & Value Contract. Every contract has a validity period. In quantity contract you have an agreement about the quantity to be sold to customer and you can have special prices for the contracts. In general any customer enters into contract for a price benefit and from company's prospective it will assure the company that customer would not go to competitor.
It is created in SAP using VA41. Every contract has a contract no and when ever customer wants material he will create a sales order (called Release Order) and it is created with ref to contract no. all the release orders are updated in contract document flow. with in the contract validity period customer can create a no of release orders till the target contract value is reached. if the target value is reached you can extend the contract or close it as per your requirement.
Scheduling agreement: is also a contract between company and sol-to-party. the difference here is in scheduling agreement customer will tell in contract itself what product he wants, what quantity he wants and when the delivery is to be made. so in scheduling agreement only you have schedule lines created and when the delivery dates is reached you can directly create a delivery with ref to contract and no separate sales order (release orders) are required for this type of contracts.
Regards,
Abhee.

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