Invoicing plan & Billing plan

[Former Member]

Dear All,

Can anybody just give me a brief overview as to how we can use the invoicing plan for components and external activities? Can we maintain invoicing plan for internal activities also?

My requirement is there are around 1000 material in activities after some material come at site by procurement cycle client raise bill to customer at the end of the month so I want to link between invoicing plan & billing plan through milestone billing is it possible?

Regards

[Former Member]

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[Makal]

Shashank

This is not a way to ask questions/ queries.

Don't deviate the the thread from it's subject.

If you have any questions/doubts first search the forum. If you don't find the solution in your search, then post your doubt in new thread.

Please read the forum rules.

Best wishes

Amaresh Makal

[Former Member]

Dear Shashank

I m not using ECP from quotation i use unit costing to maintain BOS but problem is not with BOS problem is link of invoicing plan & billing plan so please give solution on this if you have any inputs.

regards

[Former Member]

Hi

1. When you want to know when i have to pay to venders ? What amount I am getting from billing to customers and what amount I have to pay to venders , you use both plans invoicing olan and billing plans

2.For internally processed activity , there is no vender and you dont have to pay money for the activity because you use cost centers and activity types for actual cost , it is not possible to make an invoicing plan for Internal activity.

3.You read project cash management for this

shashank

[Former Member]

Dear Shashank

If my internal activity contain some material which i want to procure from vendor in this case how I can maintain an invoicing plan for Internal activity & one more question can i use same milestone to maintain invoicing plan & Billing plan.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi

If you attach material to internal activity then it is possible to maintain invoicing plan for material (not activity).

Select material in project builder go to edit----- component -

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invoicing plan

You cam maintain milestones in this plan , which are assigned to activity (Copy the milestones from activity)

This invoicing plan will be copied in PR,PO

SHASHANK

[Former Member]

Dear Shashank

Thank you for your replay pl answer of my second question that can i use same milestone to maintain invoicing plan & Billing plan under one activity ?????

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi

Yes you can use same milestone for both plans

shashank

[Former Member]

Hi shashank,

Due to question related to invoicing plan i not post to other thread and continue with same. I maintain invoicing plan for external service & material when i copy this plan while creating PO system give me massage Invoicing plan not possible in case of GR-based invoice verification if i cancel the "GR-based invoice verification" indicator system give another massage Invoicing plan function not possible in case of valuated good receipt. Please give solution on this.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi

Yes . It is right

You use non valuated project stock in project profile for this.

shashank

[Former Member]

Hi Shashank

When I select non valuated stock in profile assign the component to activity & try to attach invoicing plan to component system give error massage Billing plan is only available for components relevant to costing Message no. CN255. In component purch. data tab filed Indicator for Relevancy to Costing was not tick due to non valuated stock & it is in display but when i select valuated stock the filed Indicator for Relevancy to Costing was tick.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi

You manually tick the indicator cost rel in general data tab page

IN PO ,under delivery tab page make GR-non valuated tick on

[Former Member]

Hi

You can get help from this link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46C/helpdata/EN/4c/226f8d46e611d189470000e829fbbd/frameset.htm

[Former Member]

Dear Nivrutti,

For your first query, you cannot maintain invoice plans for internally processed activities. You can create billing plans only for general costs activities, externally processed activities, and components procured externally

For milestone & fixed period billing, pls read the following:

A billing plan is a schedule of individual billing dates for a single item in a sales document. You can define a billing plan at header level, which is then valid for all items assigned to it.

Depending on the kind of business process you are carrying out, the system can automatically propose one of two different types of billing plan: periodic billing or milestone billing.

Periodic Billing: Periodic billing means billing a total amount for each individual billing date in the plan. For example, if you are creating a rental contract, the system can propose a schedule of monthly rental payments, according to the length and conditions of the contract.

PRE-REQUISITES: You need to make the following settings in Customizing for billing plans:

Billing plan type for periodic billing:

In the u2018Aut.cor.dateu2019 field, you activate the automatic creation of credit memo dates in the billing plan.

Date category maintenance:

In the billing type field, you maintain the proposal billing type for the credit memo date in the billing plan.

In the billing block field you maintain a block indicator for credit memo in the billing plan.

All fields represent a proposal for the billing plan and can be overwritten in the billing plan.

Milestone billing : It means distributing the total amount to be billed over multiple billing dates in the billing plan. For example, you can use a billing plan for billing a make-to-order item that is assigned to a project in the SAP Project System. When you enter the project-related make-to-order item in the sales order (or assembly order), the system proposes a billing plan based on milestones defined for networks in the project. As each milestone is successfully reached, the customer is billed either a percentage of the entire project cost or simply a pre-defined amount.

For more clarification, pls revert.

Best Regards,

Vikas D.

[Former Member]

Hi Vikas,

as per this link we can assigned invoicing plan to internal activity i try but not getting solution.

I want to know can we do link between invoicing plan & billing plan. for eg. activity contain material when my material come to my premises or site from vendor location i make payment of vendor by milestone assigned to invoicing plan & bill raise to customer same milestone assigned to billing plan in sales order.is it possible ???

Regards

[Makal]

Nivrutti

i think using same WBS for both Invoicing plan & billing plan is not correct/ possible. Best practice is to have two different milestones for invoicing plan & billilng plan. And confirm the milestone accordingly.

Lets wait, till some more expert inputs come in.

Best Regards

Amaresh Makal

[Makal]

Also refer this link:

Regards

Amaresh Makal

[Makal]

Dear Nivrutti

Please refer the following threads, where in Invoicing plan in already discussed:

I hope this info will help you.

Please make it a habbit to search the forum, before posting new thread. It not only saves your time, but also, some times, gives you more information, then you are looking for

Cheers..