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Contents
Return Material Authorization Documentation ...................................... 1
Installing Return Material Authorization 5.5 ........................................ 2
Program Requirements........................................................ 2
Changes in Return Material Authorization 5.5A ..................................... 2
Enhanced Multicurrency Support .............................................. 3
Integration with Project and Job Costing ........................................ 5
Additional Changes .............................................................. 8
Update Notice 1
• System requirements.
• Installation and activation instructions, including what you need
to do before and after installation.
Program Requirements
Return Material Authorization 5.5A requires Sage Accpac System
Manager 5.5A, Accounts Receivable 5.5A, Order Entry 5.5A, and
Inventory Control 5.5A, or later.
If you are using Sage Accpac Purchase Orders, Lot Tracking, or
Serialized Inventory, Return Material Authorization 5.5A also
requires version 5.5A, or later, of these programs.
• Support for Sage Accpac ERP version 5.5.
• Integration with Sage Accpac Project and Job Costing. You can
now process return authorizations for job‐related documents.
• Enhanced support for multicurrency systems, including options
that determine the default exchange rate that appears in the
Return Authorization Entry form.
The rest of this notice explains these features in more detail, and it
describes several changes that were included in the service pack and
hot fixes for version 5.4.
You can select one of the following options:
You can change the Currency Rate Option field for particular return
authorizations when you enter them.
The Rates tab provides the following options and information:
Update Notice 3
If you specify a template for the return (on the Return
Authorization tab), the selection for the Currency Rate Option in
the template record appears as the default for the Rates tab. You
can change the field, whether or not you specified a template
code for the return authorization.
• If the template does not require matching to an invoice,
RMA uses the exchange rate specified for the credit note
date in the Currency Rates table in Common Services.
• If you do not specify a matching customer invoice for
the return, RMA uses the exchange rate specified for the
credit note date in the Currency Rates table in Common
Services.
Note: This option has no effect on replacement orders or
vendor returns. RMA determines the exchange rate for their
respective document dates using the Currency Rates table in
Common Services.
rate date, and exchange rate for the current return authorization,
overwriting the default information that appears on the tab. The
program then uses the exchange rate, rate type, and rate date for
the credit note, vendor return, and replacement order you
generate for the RMA.
If you selected Use Original Document Exchange Rate for the
currency rate option, these fields are not used for the credit note,
vendor return, or replacement order.
In version 5.5, you can process job‐related returns of items or
miscellaneous charges that were billed in Order Entry.
When you select the option, additional fields become available
on the Job Related tab and the Return Authorization tab that let
you identify the contract, project, category, and (for some
projects) resource to update in Project and Job Costing.
Note: You cannot enter any job‐related details for the return
authorization unless you select this option, first.
Also note that you cannot enter job‐related details on the
same return authorization as details that are not job related.
If a default detail line appears on the Return Authorization
tab when you start a new return, delete the line before trying
to select the Job Related option.
Update Notice 5
If you select the Project Invoicing option for a job‐related return:
− When you post a shipment for the order, Order Entry passes
the order information to Project and Job Costing for
invoicing. Project and Job Costing handles all invoicing for
the replacement order, including the calculation of any
retainage that applies.
− You can process a vendor return from RMA.
− You cannot process a credit note for the returned item or
miscellaneous expense. If necessary, you can enter a
negative job‐related shipment in Order Entry to reverse the
original expense.
If you do not select the Project Invoicing option for a job‐related
return:
− You use the Invoice Entry form in Order Entry to process a
job‐related invoice once you ship the replacement order.
When you post the invoice in Accounts Receivable, that
program updates the specified contract, project, category,
and resource in Project and Job Costing.
− You can process either a credit note or a vendor return for
the RMA, but not both. (Processing both a credit note and a
vendor return would result in double‐counting in Project
and Job Costing.)
• Retainage. Select this option if retainage (a “holdback”) will
apply to the customer invoice for the replacement order.
You cannot select this option if you selected the Project Invoicing
option.
If you select the Retainage option, additional fields appear that
let you specify terms for the retainage invoice and, if you use
multicurrency, whether to use the exchange rate from the
original document or the current exchange rate.
If you use different terms for contract levels in Project and Job
Costing, those terms appear instead of “contract,” “project,” and
“category.”
If you are filling in return details by O/E Invoice, you cannot edit
these fields. The program identifies the contract, project, and
category used on the O/E invoice when you specify an item in
the Item Number field.
You cannot change these fields once you add the detail line.
• Revenue / COGS. These fields appear only if you did not select
Project Invoicing for the RMA.
The program displays the revenue and cost of sales accounts
used for the project or category (depending on the project type
and accounting method) in Project and Job Costing. You can
change these accounts.
• The following fields appear if you selected Project Invoicing for
the RMA:
WIP. The program displays the work in progress account used
for the project or category (depending on the project type and
Update Notice 7
Additional Changes
accounting method) in Project and Job Costing. You can change
the account.
Note: This field does not appear if the project uses the
accrual‐basis accounting method.
Additional Changes
The following list summarizes changes that were introduced with
the service pack and hot fixes for version 5.4:
Previously, once a detail was credited, replaced, or returned, you
could not update the fields for the detail.
Now, with the option selected, you can edit text fields that
appear on the Status, Warranty, Consumer Contact, and Ship
Via tabs.
Additional Changes
Previously, you could drill down to Order Entry to view – but
not edit – the order.
Previously, no ship‐to information was passed to the
replacement order if the ship‐to code was blank.
Update Notice 9