In Dynamics SL 2011 one of these
new features was addition of a new ‘Purchase For’ type in the Purchase Order
Maintenance screen to improve the integration between the Project and
Distribution modules.
In previous versions of Dynamics
SL there were two ‘Purchase For’ types that were related to projects: “Goods
for Project” and “Services for Project”.
However, the “Goods for
Projects” type is not fully supporting to update the inventory balance; No
inventory impact during GRN though the items are physically available in
warehouse till issuing to project. It would only create a project commitment; Project
commitments created during the purchase is getting relieved during the AP
Voucher itself. Supposedly, the commitment should be relieved only after
issuing to project which is not the case with GP type. In Dynamics SL 7
and earlier you could either update inventory or create a project commitment,
you couldn’t do both.
But now, with Dynamics SL 2011,
any inventory purchased with the new “Goods for Project Inventory”
‘Purchased For’ type will create a project commitment and inventory will now be
allocated for the designated project and task and consumed only by the designated
project in the Sales Order Entry (40.100.00), Shippers (40.110.00), or Issues
(10.020.00) screens.
In addition, any regular,
non-committed inventory that is already in stock can be allocated to a project
and then only consumed by that project in the previously mentioned Order
Management screens. This can be done with a new screen in the Inventory
module called Project Inventory Allocation. Allocating inventory in this
screen will increase the “Inventory Allocated to Projects” quantity and reduce
the “Quantity Available” quantity. You can also unallocated inventory
from projects with this screen.
The timing of the commitments
and relieving of the commitments is also different between the two ‘Purchase
For’ types. With the “Goods for Project” ‘Purchase For’ type a project
commitment was created when the Purchase Order was entered and the commitment
was relieved when the voucher for the related receipt on the purchase order was
entered. In addition, the voucher also posted the ‘actual’ costs to the
project.
With the “Goods for Project
Inventory” ‘Purchase For’ type a project commitment is also created when the
Purchase Order is entered, but the commitment is not relieved when the voucher
is released. Instead, it is not until the allocated inventory is entered
on a Sales Order and the Inventory Issue batch that is created from the Order
Management Sales Journal is released. The Inventory Issue batch will not
only relieve the commitment, but it will also create the actual costs that post
to the project.
