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We have a new Posting Control setup, using the “combination control type” for M28 and Code Part A to route multiple brand sales by order type and accounting group. This is posting most sales transactions to the correct accounts as expected.

However, there’s an issue with “Bundles” — inventory parts grouped as a Package Part/Sales Part but not maintained as an individual inventory part. Since Bundles are typically promotional, we don’t plan or pre-pack them as single items. For these orders, we add the Bundle part as a sales part on the customer order. During the reservation and picking process, individual items within the Bundle are reserved and picked separately as usual. When invoicing, we invoice only for the Bundle, not the individual parts.

Under our previous setup, with Posting Control M28 and Control Type C16 directing order types to specific accounts, invoicing for Bundles worked without issue.

In the new setup, invoices for Bundles produce an error. It appears that the new combination control type treats the Bundle as an inventory part due to the inclusion of the “accounting group” control type, resulting in the posting error: “Value is missing for posting type M28 combined control type M28C code part A in company X.”

The Bundle’s sales part has a “sales part group” control type (C15), which could route sales transactions to a specific account, but the “Combination Control Type” only allows two control types.

Is there a solution that would allow us to route Bundle sales without setting up the Bundle as an inventory part? Are there any alternatives that could achieve the desired routing for Bundles under the new process?

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Hi, 

The problem for packaged parts is the sale (postings) are commonly configured based on the sales part.  Assume sales part X, with content parts, 1,2, 3.   We can drive the sales based on the part X in any variety of ways.   For the COGS side, we drive postings based on the content parts 1, 2, 3.   It's really tough in many cases to ensure sales and cogs go the appropriate postings.  For that reason, many of my clients don’t use the packaged parts unless the components and the package are in the same family for postings.   Example assume postings are to include a concept for product or product line.  Unless the components and the sales part would traditionally post to the same product or product line, packaged parts cause posting difficulties. Furthermore, sales history is / can be affected by this grouping as in my example sales part X has rev, but no cost, parts 1, 2 and 3 have cost and no rev. 

The problem is not necessarily a combination control type. 

In your example, the accounting group (from the sale) is only found on the inventory part. Because you're selling a bundle / packaged part you have no direct inventory part. IFS has no mechanism (I have seen) that would take a packaged part and allow the sales to be split / posted based on the content of that package part 1, 2, 3 in my example. 

 

Best Regards, 

Thomas

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