Infor LN & Baan Tips & Tricks for OPERATIONS: Absorbing Cost Items into Projects
Operations: To absorb the cost of cost items into specific projects, you'll need to handle them as customized items. However, cost items cannot directly be defined as customized items. Customized items must be physical, either manufactured or purchased.
That said, it's still possible to absorb cost items into a project, although indirectly. Here's how:
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Set Up Ledger Account: First, create a new ledger account in session tfgld0508m000 and set the type to "PCS" (project) in the operations management integrations. This account will be used for matching and approving purchase orders for cost items.
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Create and Activate Projects: Ensure that the necessary projects are created and set to active status.
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Purchasing Cost Items:
- If needed, create the cost items.
- Create a purchase order for the cost items without referencing a project number.
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Matching PO to Costs:
- When matching the purchase orders in session
tfacp2107m000, select "Add Costs" from the specific menu on the toolbar (you'll need to be in the matching details to access this).
- This will open session
tfacp1133s000, where you will enter the previously specified ledger account number.
- Once done, the "PCS Transactions" option on the toolbar becomes available. Selecting this brings up session
tipcs3140m000 (General Actual Project Costs).
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Disbursing Costs to Projects: In session tipcs3140m000, the PO costs for the cost items can be disbursed to any open and active project.
Since these are cost items, they won't go into stock. The key is ensuring that the cost disbursement ("Add Costs") is correctly linked to the appropriate project, giving users visibility of the cost items as general project costs.