Intercompany - Multinational Company Finance  issues

Hi All,
I am at a client who is big multinational automotive company based out of USA. They have following questions:
1.  Do they use ERS for intercompany?
2.  Have they automated price updates (automated price synchornization like our custom PO/SO) or are they using standard SAP with "manual" updates to pricing?
3.  How often do they update intercompany transfer prices?
4.  Do they use material ledger to assist in calculation of intercompany prices?
5. Do they have the philosophy that intercompany should process like a 3rd party?
6.  Any other comments pertinent to overall intercompany pricing and reconciliation philosophies?  
Your quick response is highly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Praveen

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Hi All,
I am at a client who is big multinational automotive company based out of USA. They have following questions:
1. Do they use ERS for intercompany?
2. Have they automated price updates (automated price synchornization like our custom PO/SO) or are they using standard SAP with "manual" updates to pricing?
3. How often do they update intercompany transfer prices?
4. Do they use material ledger to assist in calculation of intercompany prices?
5. Do they have the philosophy that intercompany should process like a 3rd party?
6. Any other comments pertinent to overall intercompany pricing and reconciliation philosophies?
Your quick response is highly appreciated.
Best Regards,
Praveen
Hi Praveen,
I can share with you some of my experiences with the intercompany process.
1) I have not seen ERS used for intercompany, but it might be possible.  The only caution I would mention is that quantity and value differences do not occur in invoice verification.  This could be a problem if the warehouse received incorrect quantities, or if the intercompany prices are not loaded correctly.
2) In the past, we have created programs that would update the intercompany condition type and the associated purchasing inforecord to ensure that the current prices were used.
3) I've seen some companies update on a nightly basis (i.e. they would run the program mentioned in pt 2 before they run the intercompany billing).
4) Some companies would use the cost stored in the material master and have a field (in the program mentioned in pt2) that would have % markup on  the cost and use this value when updating the SD intercompany prices.
5) Not sure I understand.
6) If the company is beginning or in the early stages of the intercompany process, they should assign a u201Cchampionu201D to the oversee the process.  This person should 1) work with the warehouses to ensure that all goods receipts are done in a timely process, 2) they should also monitor the GR/IR accounts to ensure balances are accurate, 3)  they should also monitor any errors that in the invoice overview log (i.e. missing pricing, IDOCs errors, etc), 4) monitor the vendor accounts to ensure that the balances are correct.  The reconciliation process for intercompany billing involves input from a variety of business users.  By documenting a process and following the process this will ensure that the period-end reconciliations are quick with minimal problems.

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