In IFS, it is possible to use the same part as a Manufactures part as well as a Purchased part. For this we need to setup the basic data needed to use the part as a Manufactured and Purchased part.
In business, there can be occasions that a decision needs to be taken whether to manufacture or purchase the part. IFS also has supported this in different functional flows in the application.
- For example, when entering a Customer Order Line, it is possible to change the Supply Code as Shop Order (if manufactured) or as Purch Order Trans / Direct (if purchased from an external supplier).
- Or a Shop Order Requisition can be transferred to a Purchase Requisition.
But reporting Intrastat for this kind of part can be a problem when there is a requirement to use “Region Code”. For example, in Germany Region Code should be used.
According to German legislation regarding EU Trade, if a part is imported from a foreign EU country (purchased), Region Code 99 should be used. And if the part is manufactured in Germany and sold to a customer in a foreign EU country then Region Code 25 should be used.
The related legal reference can be accessed from below link:
https://www-idev.destatis.de/idev/doc/intra/hilfe6_3.html
But when using the same part as a manufactured and a purchased part in different times, it is not possible to have two Region Codes because there is only one field for Region Code in the Inventory Part record as shown above. Hence when collecting Intrastat, only the current Region Code set in the part will be retrieved for Intrastat lines. Because of this, users will then have to manually change the incorrect Region Codes in the Intrastat lines, and this is not possible when there is a large number of Intrastat lines.
P.S. its likely that the Country of Origin (also important for the Intrastat Report) has been implemented on the Supplier for Purchase Part for the same reason, so that the standard can handle buy or make processes in the intrastat. I therefore think to enhance the Supplier for Purchase Part with the Region Code could optimize the IFS standard.
Thanks.
BR,
Martin