Exercise: Logistics Accounting (Sales Side)

1 Use Number Range Maintenance (36.2.21.1) to define number ranges for sales order shipments and distribution order shipments.


Field	Data
Sequence ID	LASOSHIP
Description	Sales Order Shipments
Target Dataset	la_so_ship_id
Internal	Yes
Allow Discarding	Yes
Allow Voiding	Yes
Segment List
1	FIXED, SOSHIP
2	INT 1, 999999999, 1, 999999999


Field	Data
Sequence ID	LADOSHIP
Description	Distribution Order Shipments
Target Dataset	la_do_ship_id
Internal	Yes
Allow Discarding	Yes
Allow Voiding	Yes
Segment List
1	FIXED, DOSHIP
2	INT 1, 999999999, 1, 999999999

2 Use Logistics Accounting Control (2.15.24) to define the Logistics Accounting settings.


Field	Data
Use Logistics Accounting	Yes
Sales Order Shipment Sequence ID	LASOSHIP
Distribution Order Shipment Sequence ID	LADOSHIP

3 Use Logistics Charge Code Maintenance (2.15.1) to create a logistics charge code for freight.


Field	Data
Logistics Charge Code	Freight
Description	Freight Charges

4 Use Freight Terms Maintenance (2.20.13) to assign a logistics charge code to the freight terms.


Field	Data
Freight Terms	ADD
Logistics Charge Code	Freight

Notice that the accrual level is type 1, which means logistics charges are accrued for the entire shipment.

First we will enter and ship a sales order, then verify that the system created a logistics charge pending invoice for the freight charges on the sales order.

1 Use Sales Order Maintenance (7.1.1) to create a confirmed sales order.


Field	Data
Sold-To	10C1001
Site	10-100
Line	01
Item Number	60008
Qty Ordered	10
In the Logistics Accounting Detail frame
Log Supplier	10S2000

2 Use Sales Order Shipments (7.9.15) to ship the sales order. Enter a BOL number.


Field	Data
BOL	BOL-99887766

3 Use Log Charge Pending Invoice Maint (2.15.7) to view the logistics charge pending invoice created by sales order shipments.

• Where did the Internal Reference come from?

• Where did the External Reference come from?

4 Use Transactions Detail Inquiry (3.21.1) to verify that the system created GL transactions to debit the sales order expense account and credit the sales order accrual account for the logistics charge code.

• Which GL account is the Sales Order Expense account?

• Which GL account is the Sales Order Accrual account?