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Combined Invoicing

To avoid invoicing each IC sales order individually, Advanced Intercompany provides a combined invoice functionality. It allows the creation of a sales invoice document for multiple shipments issued to the IC customer and sending of such a document to the IC partner.

Combined invoice process diagram

Processing Combined Invoice

  1. [BUYER] Create at least two purchase orders in the BUYER company and send them to the intercompany partner.
  2. [SELLER] Once all documents are confirmed on both sides, post the sales shipment on the sales orders.
  3. [SELLER] Create a new sales invoice and use the Get Shipment Lines action to create a document for invoicing multiple shipments.
  4. [SELLER] Post the sales invoice.
  5. [SELLER] Open the Posted Sales Invoice page, find a related document, and use the IIC Send action.
  6. [SELLER] Make sure that outbound messages have been sent to the BUYER company.
  7. [BUYER] Open the IIC Purchase Buffer Document page and validate a buffer document. When such an invoice is validated in the buffer, the system looks for purchase orders connected to the source sales order of each line and checks for the matched quantity received.
  8. [BUYER] Accept the buffer document. As the result, the application will create a new purchase invoice and run the Get Receipt Lines action for matching lines. After triggering the action, the shipment number and receipt number will be inserted as the Comment type lines in the purchase invoice lines.
Note

After the buffer document is accepted, a combined purchase invoice can be created or posted, depending on the settings:

  • On the IIC Endpoint page, in the Combined Invoice Action field the following options can be selected: Create Document, Post Invoice or Default.
  • The default value: Create Document or Post Invoice can be defined on the IIC Setup page.