Letter Of Credit During Export sales

Hellos Experts,
                         This is neo, I work for the client were they have export sales so they have the Letter Of Credit during the process. Now the scenario is that.
I know some thing like I did the configuration setting for this In IMG (Foreign trade and customs >> Documentary payments) every thing is 5n. and the process which i fallow is
va01
vx11n
vl01n-PGI also
VF01
VF02-release to accounting.
when i am doing the sales order in the line item i am entering the LC num:":82" and saved the document. After this when i see the VX12N the 82 number then the lc value is decreased. after the completing of delivery and invoice and release also when im going to check the value of LC 82 is reamins same.
here my qutions are:
1) how to do the export sales process with LC
2)the process which i fallow is correct or wrong
3) what is the use of
     a) VKM3
     b) VKm5
     c) VXA3
4) if during this process do i need to release the document using any special transaction codes
5) The Main can I use Single LC to Multiple sales Orders.
thanks and regards,
Neo
Edited by: neo.anu on Jul 24, 2010 7:32 AM

Dear indrajit
run VX11N and maintain the L/C details there and once saved, a reference number will be generated. Go to sale order, select at Header tab Billing and assign this reference in the field Financial doc no
thanks
G. Lakshmipathi

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Dear indrajit
run VX11N and maintain the L/C details there and once saved, a reference number will be generated. Go to sale order, select at Header tab Billing and assign this reference in the field Financial doc no
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We have a scenario where customer have multiple sale ordes and for all of them they have opened a single LC. Can you please let us know how can we assign same LC to different Sales order and most importantly how can we have a control to check if the orders amount doesn't exceed the LC amount.
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Dear Asad,
The system will allow you to enter a single LC for multiple Sale orders. The LC is created wrt to customer only not wrt sale order.
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I have this scenario:
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Dear Amol Tamhane,
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Hello Guru's,
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In Perú, apart from the Invoice Document I need to give to the customer some Letter of Credits (LOC) that represent the 100% of the invoice value. The customer or bank will make the payment to us clearing the letter of credit, not the invoice. So I need to create a process that reverse the invoice and create n letter of credit assigned to the original invoice for the customer. Depending on the payment terms I can have 3 letters of credit for 1 invoice.
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b.     Letter of Credit 2: Net Value: 300 USD, payment terms 60 days
c.     Letter of Credit 3: Net Value: 300 USD, payment terms 90 days
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Customer Account       12XXXXX1                                 990
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Letter of Credit account        12XXXXX2               330
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Accounting document Letter of credit 2:
Letter of Credit account        12XXXXX2               330
Customer Account                12XXXXX1              330
Accounting document Letter of credit 3:
Letter of Credit account        12XXXXX2               330
Customer Account                12XXXXX1              330
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B.     Letter of Credit 1 for 330 USD
C.     Letter of Credit 2 for 330 USD
D.     Letter of Credit 3 for 330 USD
All the documents impression will be sent to the customer. They create Letter of Credits to replace the invoice because legally there are more secure for payment. The payment of the customer must clear the Letter of Credit (The Customer account of the invoice were cleared by the letter of credit)
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Hello Pablo,
I had the same situation in Chile. I had to make the procedure manually because:
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- I don't know the payment terms for each LoC.
- The LoC currency was not always the same
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Hello experts,
I have the following scenario:
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Hello G. Lakshmipathi,
The scenario is the following:
Apart from the Invoice Document I need to give to the customer some Letter of Credits (LOC) that represent the 100% of the invoice value. The customer or bank will make the payment to us clearing the letter of credit, not the invoice. So I need to create a process that reverse the invoice and create n° LOCs assigned to the original invoice for the customer. Depending on the payment terms I can have 3 letters of credit for 1 invoice.
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1.     Sales Order 1: Net value 900 USD (Payment terms 90 days)
This sales order must have assigned 3 letters of credit that sum the total sales order amount (900 USD):
a.     Letter of Credit 1: Net Value: 300 USD, payment terms 30 days
b.     Letter of Credit 2: Net Value: 300 USD, payment terms 60 days
c.     Letter of Credit 3: Net Value: 300 USD, payment terms 90 days
2.     Invoice 1 Net value 900 USD (Payment terms 90 days)
Accounting Document Invoice 1:
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Customer Account       12XXXXX1                         990
VAT              4XXXXXXX                   90
Sales              7XXXXXXX                  900
Actually the following documents are created automatically after invoice creation according to the Letter of credit parameters set in sales order. (This process is done in their actual legacy, not in SAP, we need to replicate the process in SAP)
Accounting document Letter of credit 1:
Letter of Credit account        12XXXXX2     330
Customer Account                12XXXXX1              330
Accounting document Letter of credit 2:
Letter of Credit account        12XXXXX2     330
Customer Account                12XXXXX1              330
Accounting document Letter of credit 3:
Letter of Credit account        12XXXXX2     330
Customer Account                12XXXXX1              330
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D.     Letter of Credit 3 for 330 USD
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I have configured letter of credit for customer's export scenario. At end user level we are creating letter for credit using VX11N. Once the letter of credit is created, we link it to the sales order at header level in billing document tab - financial document field.
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Edited by: jayfanse on Jun 9, 2011 5:26 PM

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we want to use Letter of Credit functionality for exports.
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