
Project Control - Intercompany (4AU)
A company has an affiliate company that delivers a service to the ordering company during a project. The affiliate company posts expenses and records time on the project. These expenses are transformed into debit memo requests. An intercompany invoice with reference to the debit memo request is created by the delivering company. The intercompany invoice is also posted automatically to the accounts payables of the ordering company.
Note:
The intercompany process described here is sample data.
The ordering company is DE.
The delivering company is US.
The scenario is restricted to one direction: US delivers services for DE.
If you want to apply intercompany for other countries, adapt country-specific data as mentioned in scope item Intercompany Billing for Cross-Company Cost Accounting Postings (4AN).
Key Process Steps Covered
- Create/release EPPM project
- Post intercompany expenses
- Post intercompany time recording
- Maintain intercompany sales order
- Generate intercompany billing
Benefits
- Automate the intercompany process in EPPM projects
- Perform margin analysis
Additional Information
- This scope item is excluded from the default activation
To execute intercompany processes in EPPM projects, you must add some configuration before you can run the process. Some of them are:
Maintain business partners against which you would like to post intercompany invoice
Maintain tax codes and G/L accounts
Maintain clearing accounts
Maintain the company codes
For complete setup, execute the setup guide provided in the Intercompany Billing for Cross-Company Cost Accounting Postings (4AN) scope item.
Where is Project Control - Intercompany(4AU) being used?
This Scope item is used in the following way:
- As a support function of Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management within R&D/Engineering Scope Item Group