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1. What is the basic difference between Cost Centers and Internal orders? 2. I understand that their functionality is same like assessments, distribution etc. then why there are divided into Cost Centers and Internal orders? 3. How the data flows from Cost Centers and Internal Orders? ie is it first into Internal orders then to Cost Centers or Vice versa? or else the data is maintained independently? 4. Does settlement means running the Assessment cycle and distibuting the costs to various cost centers from an internal order? 5. How you determine the cost of an Order or cost for an order? ie how an Cost in Order is determined? A cost center as you will know is for fixed reporting for a long time span as part of your company structure (cost center usually = department or work center). An internal order is used to accumulate cost for a specific project or task for a specific time period. An internal order is therefore used for a short period with a specific deadline. Your internal order will usually settle to cost centers (and not visa versa) according to the settlement rule in the order setup. An internal order can therefore be used to group all the expenses incurred to plan and hold a conference over a 3 month period. The order can be settled on a monthly basis to cost centers. When the conference is finished the order can be settled
finally. The cost of the conference will then be spread over 2 or more
cost centers, but can be viewed in total on the internal order when needed.
It is important to understand the difference between a settlement and an assessment cycle. An assessment cycle distributes costs from one cost center to various other cost centers. You cannot assess from a cost center to an internal order nor visa versa. Assessment cycles are only between cost centers. Settlements are used for orders. In the setup of each
order is a "settlement rule". In this settlement rule you tell the system
to which cost centers the cost in the order must be settled.
Costs are posted to an order. When you process a purchase
order you post to the internal order and not to a cost center. The same
applies to journals in FI. You will post the costs to the order and not
to a cost center. You will then settle the order on month-ends to post
to the relevant cost centers. It is very important to settle these orders
otherwise FI and CO will not
Internal orders can also be used as "statistical" orders. This is also specified in the setup of the order. You do not have to settle statistical orders. When posting costs, you will post to the cost center and the order simultaneously. Both have to be specified when posting journals or purchase orders against statistical orders. |
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