
Internal Order - Actual (BEV)
Various internal initiatives consume resources and incur costs or expenses. This process enables the tracking of costs incurred for these initiatives to facilitate cost control and monitoring, ROI calculations, settlement to other cost objects, among others.
This process uses SAP’s internal order functionality to track costs and status. For every R&D initiative undertaken, an internal order is created using the R&D order type. Cost planning is performed on this order. When the initiative is approved, the order is released. Costs incurred for the initiative are posted on the order. Periodically, the costs collected on the order are settled to the assigned R&D cost center or to CO-PA. When the internal order initiative is complete and fully settled, the order is closed by setting the appropriate status.
For marketing initiatives, an internal order is created using the marketing order type. Marketing orders are created as statistical orders. Costs are posted to the assigned cost center and as statistical costs to the internal order. The order does not need settlement since the real costs are assigned to the cost center.
Key Process Steps Covered
- Create internal order for R&D for other overhead costs or a statistical order for marketing costs
- Post general ledger account documents
- Create purchase order (consumable purchasing)
- Post goods receipts (only for R&D order)
- Post goods issues to R&D internal order (only for R&D order)
- Create settlement rule with cost center
- Settle orders (actual costs)
- Order actual data reporting
Benefits
- Enable tracking of costs incurred to facilitate cost control, return on investment calculations, and so on
- Get a transparent view of outstanding internal orders, cost plan, and actual
Where is Internal Order - Actual(BEV) being used?
This Scope item is used in the following way:
- As a management function of Cost Management and Profitability Analysis within Finance Scope Item Group