Benefits - Plan type and benefit plan

[manubhutani]

Hi

Can you please tell me the difference between these two terms

Also if possible plz explain by taking an example,

And how these fields are linked.

I searched on forums, but could not understand the exact logic.

Thanks and Regards

Manu

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Please follow IMG path u2013

SPRO>Personnel Management>Benefits>Basic Settings>Plan Attributes>Define Benefit Plan Types and read up the SAP documentation on it.

Hope this helps.

Donnie

[Former Member]

hi Manu,

relation between plan types and plan is much similar to relation between job and position.

Let me explain you with an examples...

You would know that by standard SAP offers 7 types of plans categories--saving, credit, health,insurance,stock, miscellaneous and flexible spending accounts.

Imagine a company offering health plans.

1)dental plans

2)general medical plan

In the above scenario both are of plan category 'HEALTH'

In the system, we create 2 plan types

1) DENT (dental plans) plan type

and

2)GEN (general medical plan)

The above plan types are created in Personal Management>Benefits>Basic settings-->Plan attributes-> Plan types

We will have a scenario where we numerous vendors offering the above health insurance plans.

Example, dental plans is offered by apollo healt insurance, fortis healt insurance and GM health insurance

Now we create the actual health plans (DENT 1, DENT 2 and DENT 3).

1)DENT 1 of plan type DENT -->provided by apollo

2)DENT 2 of plan type DENT--->provided by fortis

3)DENT 3 of plan type DENT-->provided by GM

The employees have the option of enrolling into one of the above health insurance plans being provided by different vendors.

similary we can different plans of plan type GEN for the medical plans.

Plan category is the topmost node in the hirearchy(if you can imagine one)

then for each plan categ, comes various plan types.

And then for various plan types comes various plans.

I hope things would be much clearer.

Thank you,

Jose

[manubhutani]

Hi Jose,

Thanks for the reply, have awarded you points.

thanks again

Manu