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LogisticsInvoiceVerification(MMIVLIV)

Purpose

LogisticsInvoiceVerification
isapartof MaterialsManagement (MM).Itissituatedattheendofthelogisticssupplychainthat
includesPurchasing,InventoryManagement,andInvoiceVerification.ItisinLogisticsInvoiceVerification
that incominginvoicesareverifiedintermsoftheircontent,pricesandarithmetic.Whentheinvoiceis
posted,theinvoicedataissavedinthesystem.Thesystemupdatesthedatasavedintheinvoice
documentsinMaterialsManagementandFinancialAccounting.

Integration

LogisticsInvoiceVerification
iscloselyintegratedwiththecomponents FinancialAccounting (FI)and Controlling (CO).Itpasseson
therelevantinformationaboutpaymentsorinvoiceanalysestothesecomponents.

Features
In MaterialsManagement , LogisticsInvoiceVerification hasthefollowingfeatures:
Itcompletesthematerialprocurementprocess,whichstartedwiththepurchaserequisitionand
resultedinagoodsreceipt.
Itallowsinvoicesthatdonotoriginateinmaterialsprocurement(suchasservices,expenses,course
costs)tobeprocessed.
Itallowscreditmemostobeprocessed,eitherasinvoicereversalsorreturndeliveries.
Aninvoicecanbeprocessedin LogisticsInvoiceVerification invariousways:

InvoiceVerificationOnline
Youreceiveaninvoiceandentertheinformationcontainedinitinthesystem,comparingthedata
(suchasquantitiesandvalues)suggestedbythesystemwiththatintheinvoiceandmakingany
necessarycorrections.Youthenposttheinvoice.IntheSAPSystem,adistinctionismadebetween
thefollowingtypesofinvoices:

Invoiceswithpurchaseorderreference

Alltheitemsinapurchaseordercanbesettled.WithpurchaseorderbasedInvoice
Verification,alltheitemsofapurchaseordercanbesettledtogether,regardlessofwhether
 anitemhasbeenreceivedinseveralpartialdeliveries.

Invoiceswithgoodsreceiptreference

Eachgoodsreceiptissettledseparately.

Invoiceswithoutpurchaseorderreference

InvoicescanbeposteddirectlytoG/Laccountsormaterialaccounts.
DocumentParking
Youreceiveaninvoice,enterthedatainthesystem,andsavetheinvoicedocument.Thesystem
doesnotmakeanypostings.Youcanchangethisparkeddocument.Whenyouhavefinished
changingthedocument,youcanposttheparkeddocument.

InvoiceVerificationintheBackground
Youreceiveaninvoice,onlyenterthetotalamountoftheinvoiceandmatchtheinvoiceupwith
anothersystemdocument.Thesystemthencheckstheinvoiceinthebackground.Ifnoerrors
occur,thesystemalsopoststheinvoiceinthebackground.Iferrorsdooccur,thesystemsavesthe
invoiceandyouthenhavetoprocessitinaseparatestep.
AutomaticSettlement

EvaluatedReceiptSettlement(ERS)

Here,youdonotreceiveanyinvoicesfromyourvendors,butpostthemyourselfbasedon
informationcontainedinpurchaseordersandgoodsreceipts.

Consignmentandpipelinesettlement

Youarenotexpectingavendorinvoice,insteadyousettlepostedwithdrawalsyourselfand
sendthevendorastatementofthesettlement.

Invoicingplan

Youdonotwaitforthevendorinvoiceforgoodssuppliedorservicesperformedeverytime.
Insteadyoucreateinvoicesbasedonthedatesscheduledinthepurchaseorderandthese
triggerthepaymenttothevendor.

Revaluation

Youdeterminedifferencevaluesbasedonretroactivelyvalidpricechangesandcreatethe
associatedsettlementdocuments.Yousendthesedocumentstothevendor.
InvoicesReceivedviaEDI
TheinvoiceinformationistransmittedtotheSAPSystemusingelectronicdatainterchangeandthe
systemtriestoposttheinvoiceautomatically.Iferrorsoccur,youhavetoprocesstheinvoice
manually.
ComparisonwithConventionalInvoiceVerification

LogisticsInvoiceVerification
wasdevelopedtotakeintoaccountrequirementsthatweretechnicallynotpossibleintheconventional
InvoiceVerificationcomponent,suchasdistributingMMandFItoseparatesystems.
AllthefunctionsinconventionalInvoiceVerificationareavailablein LogisticsInvoiceVerification .If
required,youcanuseconventionalInvoiceVerificationand LogisticsInvoiceVerification alongsideeach
other.
Thefollowingfunctionsareavailableonlyin LogisticsInvoiceVerification :
Worklistthatyoucanshoworhide
POstructurethatyoucanshoworhide
 Unlimitedmultipleselection
Manualinvoicereduction
Totalbasedinvoicereduction
InvoiceVerificationinthebackground
Verificationofinvoiceswithinstallmentconditions
Postingacrosscompanycodes
Controlofdocumentparkingusingworkflow
Seealso:

TransactionCodesinLogisticsInvoiceVerification(MMIVLIV)

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