As part of initial system implementation, you should set up values in the various control programs on the Operational Acct Controls menu (36.9). The settings in each control program affect operations within a specific business area. Typically these settings represent a subset of all the settings that affect the related business area. These control settings have been separated because they have a financial effect on all modules, and should be defined only by a financial analyst with security access to this function.

This separation facilitates the segregation of responsibility so that financial personnel can manage the settings that reflect financial and accounting decisions. The financial organization and the project team are usually responsible for entering the data in Domain/Account Control (36.9.24)—a special control program that defines most of the default GL accounts used throughout the operational functions.

This section briefly describes each module control program.

Logistics Operational Accounting Control (36.9.1) affects the operation of Logistics Accounting. This is an optional module described in User Guide: QAD Master Data. You define a number of default GL accounts in this program.

Inventory Accounting Control (36.9.2) determines costing impacts of inventory transactions, and how GL transactions are created. A Transfer Clearing Account is also defined here. Inventory Control is described in User Guide: QAD Master Data.

Requisition Accounting Control (36.9.3) determines financial approval limits and related settings for creating requisitions with the Global Requisition System, described in User Guide: QAD Purchasing.

Supplier Consignment Accounting Control (36.9.4) contains settings that affect inventory costing in the supplier consignment work flow, described in User Guide: QAD Purchasing.

Purchasing Accounting Control (36.9.5) contains settings that affect the financial impact of purchasing activities, included default accounts for PO Interest Applied. Purchasing is described in User Guide: QAD Purchasing.

Sales Order Accounting Control (36.9.6) contains settings that determine the financial impact of the sales order and invoicing flow, including credit management, the default daybook set, trailer codes, how sales person commission is calculated, and whether price lists are required. Sales and invoicing are described in User Guide: QAD Sales.

Customer Scheduled Orders/Shipper Accounting Control (36.9.7) contains settings that determine invoicing defaults for shipments using containers and shippers. The Customer Scheduled Orders module is described in User Guide: QAD Scheduled Order Management. Containers and shippers are described in User Guide: QAD Sales.

Sales Quote Accounting Control (36.9.9) contains settings that determine the address printed on the quote, whether price lists are required, and how freight is calculated. Sales quotes are described in User Guide: QAD Sales.

SSM Accounting Control (36.9.10) contains settings that affect the financial aspects of service contracts, contact billing, and call processing. SSM is described in User Guide: QAD Service/Support Management.

Work Order Accounting Control (36.9.11) contains settings that affect the financial impact of work order completion. Work orders are described in User Guide: QAD Manufacturing.

Advanced Repetitive Accounting Control (36.9.12) contains the default account for WIP transfers. Repetitive functions are described in User Guide: QAD Manufacturing.

GL Transaction Control (36.9.13) contains one field you can modify that controls whether an audit history is kept when changes are made in Unposted GL Transaction Correction (25.13). It also displays fields indicating whether transactions in various business areas—inventory, work orders, sales orders, and fixed assets—have been posted.