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December 12, 2022

๐“Ÿ๐“ช๐”‚๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฃ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ถ๐“ผ ๐“ž๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€

AmeriGas provides credit terms and limits to both residential and commercial customers.

๏ผฐ๏ฝ๏ฝ™๏ฝ๏ฝ…๏ฝŽ๏ฝ” ๏ผด๏ฝ…๏ฝ’๏ฝ                ๏ผค๏ฝ…๏ฝ“๏ฝƒ๏ฝ’๏ฝ‰๏ฝ๏ฝ”๏ฝ‰๏ฝ๏ฝŽ ๏ฝ๏ฝ† ๏ผด๏ฝ…๏ฝ’๏ฝ๏ฝ“
  APIA                           Pay In Advance/ Payable Immediately
  A001                           Due within 1 Day: AutoPay required for this pay term
  A030                           Due within 30 Days: Residential and Commercial Accounts
  A045                           Due within 45 Days: Commercial Accounts with Credit Department Approval Only
  A060                           Due within 60 Days: Commercial Accounts with Credit Department Approval Only
  A090                           Due within 90 Days: Large Commercial and Agricultural Accounts with Credit Department Approval Only
  ABPY                           Due on the 30th of each month: Convenience Pay Contract Required

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ

AmeriGas has a collection process for when customers do not pay invoices on time. This includes:

  โžค An Automated Dunning System in SAP
  โžค Phone calls to customers from third-party collection agencies
  โžค Imposing delivery restrictions or order blocks on customers via system automation and manual entries
  โžค Sending collection letters to customers via third-party collection agencies

PAYMENT REQUIRED Late Pay: $36

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ (๐—”๐——๐—ฆ) ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฃ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ.

Credit and Collections decides which third-party collection agency will make calls to customers when an account becomes one day past due. If the amount remains unpaid, the account moves through the Dunning system.

  Acct Type       DLvl 1   DLvl 2   DLvl 3   DLvl 4   DLvl 5   DLvl 6   DLvl 7

                                     Days in Arrears / Past Due

  Bulk Customers    1-30   31-45*   46-60     61-75*   76-90   91-120   121+

  Budget Pay Cust   1-14   15-45    46-60*    61-75    76-90*  91-120*  121+

  Meter Customers   1-15   16-30*   31-45     46-60*   61-75   76-90     91+

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ‘

Starting at Dunning level 2, an account with a balance of $36 or more is placed with one of the third-party collection agencies AmeriGas uses.

The third-party collection agencies are:

  โžค Account Recovery Management Solutions (ARM)
  โžค Contract Callers Inc. (CCI)

 Account Type   Dunning Level 1   Dunning Level 2   Dunning Level 3

                           Days in Arrears / Past Due

 Bulk Customer     1-30              76-90               91-120

 Budget Pay        61-75             76-90*              91-120*

 Meter             46-60*            61-75               76-90 

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ“ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ”

If a customer's account goes to dunning level 4, a delivery block is automatically applied to the account. The block remains until the account is brought to a status below dunning level 4.

 Account Type   Dunning Level 4   Dunning Level 5  Dunning Level 6

                           Days in Arrears / Past Due

 Bulk Customer      61-75*             31-45*          46-60

 Budget Pay         1-14               15-45           46-60*

 Meter              1-15               16-30*          31-45

๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ - ๐Ÿ•

For accounts in Dunning level 7, system automation changes the account to Payment in Advance (APIA). APIA payment terms will remain on the account unless a review is requested.

  Account Type                Dunning Level 7
                         Days in Arrears / Past Due
  Bulk Customers                   121+

  Budget Pay Customers             121+

  Meter Customers                  91+

A second collection agency, ARM Solutions pursues the account after 300 days past due.

*A late fee is charged at this Dunning Level

๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ

Access the A/R Cockpit by clicking on Invoices on the Invoice tile or from the left- hand navigation bar by selecting Accounting and then A/R History.

๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ/๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐‚๐ - ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ (๐‚๐‚๐)

Bill Pay CCP or Customer Care Portal (CCP), allows you to view customer invoices so you can see what the customer sees. This will help you better explain customer invoice questions or send copies of customer invoices upon request.

Log into Billtrust, by selecting the Bill Pay CCP option from the Applications menu in CRM or from the Open Billtrust button on the AR Cockpit.

 โžค Company Name = AmeriGas
 โžค Username = Your AmeriGas network username
 โžค Password = Your AmeriGas network password

๐‚๐‚๐ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ

Select an option from the "Search By" drop-down field

  Search Option                Description
  Client Name             Type the customer's first name
  Account Number          Type the Sold-To number
  Email Address           Type the customer's email address
  Invoice Number          Type the invoice number
  Global Search           Search by any value (Example: Customer's last name)

๐‚๐‚๐ ๐ƒ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐›

From the Document Details Tab, you can perform the following tasks:

  โžค Review Billing Address
  โžค Review invoices
  โžค Confirm how bill was sent
  โžค View copy of customer invoice
  โžค Download customer invoices
  โžค Email or Mail
  โžค View SmartTrack details

๐‚๐‚๐ - ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐ/๐ƒ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

To View an Invoice

  โžค Click View PDF in the PDF Link column. A copy of the invoice will open in a new tab or window

To Download a Copy of an Invoice

  โžค Click the download button in the View Invoice screen
  โžค OR check the box next to the invoice(s) you wish to download 
  โžค Click "Download Checked Bills" button

๐‚๐‚๐ - ๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ

To Email an Invoice:

  โžค Check the box next to the invoice(s) you wish to email
  โžค Click the Email Checked Bills button

Fill out the Email Information pop up box:

  โžค Recipient Email
  โžค Name and Notes fields are not mandatory.
  โžค Multiple invoices can be sent in the same email.
  โžค Click the Send Bill Via Email button

๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

Business Services is the portal you use to create a Business Services Service Now request. This team supports you by completing requests related to customer master data. Once Business Services is selected in the Applications drop-down menu you will get a list of available requests.

  โžค Pricing Contract - Add/update a contract or community code on a customer's account.
  โžค Existing Customer - Update an existing customer's account billing information, pricing, delivery details, storage object, equipment record or master data.
  โžค Credit and Collections - Attach a bankruptcy notice for a customer, adjust a budget, convenience pay agreement or payment plan and credit/dunning adjustments or updates.
  โžค Rebill Request - Rebill an existing invoice for a customer with a billing issue.

โžค In the Customer Care Portal you canโ€ฆ

Download and email invoices to customers and view online payment history for accounts.

โžค The tabs of the A/R Cockpit

  Activity

  Invoice

  Payment

  Credit/Dunning

  Additional Data

โžค In CView, the account balance is visible in which tile of the Customer Overview Screen?

  Invoices

โžค ABPY refers to which Payment Term?

  Budget Pay