When defining your negotiation line, you can select and apply individual cost factors or apply a list of cost factors. applying a list allows you to apply multiple cost factors with one operation. After applying a list, you can delete any cost factors which do not apply to this negotiation line.
To apply a cost factor to a negotiation line:
On the Lines: Create Line page, click Add Another Row under the Cost Factors section.
Search and apply the cost factor you wish to add.
Change the pricing basis for this line if necessary. Supplier cost factors are always displayed to suppliers. You can choose to display or hide a buyer cost factor from suppliers. To hide a buyer cost factor uncheck the Display to Suppliers checkbox (this checkbox cannot be unchecked for a supplier cost factor).
If this is a supplier cost factor, enter a target value for this cost factor if necessary and choose to display the target to suppliers if appropriate. Note that you cannot enter a target value for a buyer price factor (the value for that cost factor for a particular supplier is set when the supplier is invited to the negotiation).
If you select cost factor type of Supplier & Buyer, you must specify whether this is a supplier or a buyer cost factor.
If you select cost factor types of Supplier or Supplier & Buyer for this negotiation line, you see an additional field called Line Target Price and a checkbox called Display To suppliers. You can optionally enter a target value for the line price int he field and choose to display the line price to the supplier.
Continue defining your line information.
To apply a cost factor list to a negotiation line:
On the Lines: Create Line page, click Add Cost Factor List under the Cost Factors section.
Search for the cost factor list you wish to apply. You can search by the list name, the name of a cost factor included on the list, or by word(s) included in the list description.
On the results display, you can view the cost factors defined to a list by clicking the list name or can click the Add icon to apply the list to your negotiation line. Select the Negative Cost Factor check box to indicate that the application should treat the cost factor as a negative cost factor.
Once the cost factors are added to your line, you can delete any that you do not need. You can also edit the definition as described in the preceding section.
Continue defining your line information.