Recording Regular invoice details

Service Sale Billing - An overview

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The system dispalys the following in the ‘Billing Ref. Details’ group box:

Count

Indicates the number of tasks that  are present in the Invoice Release.

To retrieve tasks from the invoice release

Invoice Level

Select the radio button to retrieve details of the pricing tasks/ pricing documents level from the customer order/execution document.

Detail Level

Select the radio button to retrieve all details of the customer order/execution document.

Search by

Use the first drop-down list box to select an attribute of those tasks/ documents that you wish to retrieve from the customer order/execution document.  The drop-down list box displays the following:  COA ?, Billable?, Processed?,  Pricing Task #?, Prime Part #, and Exec. Doc. #.

Use the second drop-down list box to further enhance the search based on the attribute selected in the first drop-down list box.

For example, you can select “Billable?” in the first drop-down list box and then select “Yes” in the second drop-down list box to retrieve orders that are billable to the customer. Likewise, you can select “Processed?” in the first drop-down list box and “No” in the second, to retrieve orders that have not been processed yet.

More details

The  multiline displays  details  of all the tasks of the customer order/execution document

The system displays the following in the multiline:

I

Indicates whether the task/ / document is a part of the invoice release or not. The indicator

  • ‘P ’denotes the task/ document is pending execution and hence not included in the invoice.

  • ‘E’ denotes the task/ document has been included in the invoice.

Price Disp.

Pricing Disposition displays the Details of pricing of the task. It displays values “Priced” or “Price Not Found”. For example, a) whether the price for the task has been determined and is available for billing in the relevant pricelists/ Contract. B) The reasons for not pricing of the task, if prices for the task have not been set yet.

Note: This field displays details of pricing only if the pricing basis is “Fixed Price” against the Pricing Tasks.

Doc Type

The type of the document generated by the shop work order/ Aircraft Maintenance Execution document for external repairs/ services, such as Repair Order or Purchase Order.

Doc. #

The repair order or service purchase order generated for the shop work order/ Aircraft Maintenance Execution document.

Task #

The task that you wish to include in the invoice.

Seq. #

The order of execution of the task in the aircraft maintenance execution document/work order.

Billing Seq #

The sequence of tasks to be presented to the customer in the Invoice Release document.

Task Desc

The short name/description of the task.

The system displays the following fields in the “Billing Ref. Details” multiline:

EO Task?

Indicates whether the task added in the SWO is EO task which could be ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.

EO Attributes

Indicates the engineering attributes of the task by concatenating using '|'  separator.

EO Doc. #

Indicates the Engineering Order Document # based on which the EO task is inherited into the Work Order.

Execution Comment

The ‘+’ icon availble in this column enables the addition of tasks directly in the Invoice Release screen between the existing tasks.

The system displays the following in the “Billing Ref. Details” multiline:multiline:

Add

The ‘+’ icon availble in this column enables the addition of tasks directly in the Invoice Release screen between the existing tasks.

Billing Element

The billing element for the resource, such as BER cost or Repair cost.

  The system displays the following fields in the “Billing Ref. Details” multiline:

Pricing Basis

The pricing basis for the charge, such as T & M Price or Fixed Price.

FP – Mat./Unit

The price of materials utilized for the task, as fixed in the sales contract.

FP – Lab./Unit

The price of labour utilized for the task, as fixed in the sales contract.

FP – Oth. Res./Unit

The price of other resources utilized for the task, as fixed in the sales contract.

FP – Total/Unit

The total price of the task, which will be equal to

(FP – Mat.) + (FP – Lab.) + (FP – Oth. Res.)

Covered Cap Per Unit - FP Task

Indicates the covered cap value per unit for the task from the contract definitions, if the task runs under fixed price,  else the system leaves this column ‘Blank’.

   The system displays the following fields in the “Billing Ref. Details” multiline:

Adj. FP per Unit

The adjusted value per unit after the cap value is applied, if the task runs under fixed price the system leaves this column Blank.

FP per unit less Covered Cap Per Unit.

Extd. FP-Mat

Extended Fixed Price – Materials: The extended Fixed Price of materials used as per the Part Pricelist associated with the Customer Order.

Extd. FP-Lab.

Extended Fixed Price – Labour: The extended Fixed Price of Labour used as per the Service Pricelist that are associated with the Customer Order.

Extd. FP-Oth. Res

Extended Fixed Price – Other Resources: The extended Fixed Price of Other Resources used as defined in the contract.

Extd. FP-Total

 

Extended Fixed Price- Total: The sum of all the Extended Fixed Price together.

 (Extd. FP-Mat) + (Extd. FP-Lab) + (Extd. FP-Oth. Res.)

T & M  Price – Mat.

The sum of the price of materials used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the part pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price– Lab.

The sum of the price of labour used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Oth. Res.

The sum of the price of other resources used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M  Price – Charges

The sum of the additional charges incurred by all the tasks undertaken for the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price Per Unit

The T&M price for the task per unit which is obtained from the  ‘Material’ and ‘Resources’ tab for that particular task for single Qty. The system leaves this column blank if the task runs under ‘Fixed price’

Covered Cap Per Unit - T & M Task

Indicates the covered cap value per unit for the task from the contract definitions, if the task runs under fixed price,  else the system leaves this column ‘Blank’.

The system displays the following fields in the “Billing Ref. Details” multiline:

Adj. T&M Price per unit

The adjusted value per unit after the cap value is applied, if the task runs under T&M. Or else the system leaves this column Blank.

T&M Charges / Quantity

Adj. T&M Price per unit = T&M Price per unit - Covered Price per unit

T & M Ext. Price

The total T&M price for the task after cap, for all the parts in the Work order. The system leaves this column blank for tasks that runs under ‘Fixed Price’

FP per unit * Quantity

Adj. T&M Price per unit * Qty

T & M Price – Ext. Services

This is an Existing field and it has been renamed. The name of the existing field: T & M – Ext. Repairs.

The price of external repairs undertaken for the task as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

This is an Existing field and it has been renamed. The name of the existing field:  T & M – Total.

The total price for the completion of the task as per the part and service pricelists associated with the customer order. This will be equal to

T & M Price – Mat. + T & M Price – Lab. + T & M Price – Oth. Res. + T & M Price – Charges + T & M Price – Ext. Repairs

T & M  Price – Total

The sum total of the following for the customer order/execution document:

(T & M Price – Mat.) + (T & M Price – Lab.) + (T & M Price – Oth. Res.) + (T & M Price – Charges) +  (T & M Price – Ext. Repairs)

Final Price

The final price of the task/ execution document as charged to the customer.

Exe. Doc. Curr.

The currency of the execution document.

Total Cost (Exe. Doc. Curr.)

The total cost incurred, in the currency of the execution document.

Total Cost (CO. Curr.)

The total cost incurred in the currency of the customer order.

Sys. Billable?

Indicates whether the system recommends the billing of the task to the customer.

Billable?

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether the task must be billed to the customer. The drop-down list box displays the following: No and Yes.

Note: 1) The billability of the task is automatically set to the billability of its pricing task on change of the billability of the pricing task. 2) However, you can change this attribute of the task. The billability of the task can be set to “No” even if the billability of the pricing task is “Yes”. However, the opposite of this is not allowed. 3) Billability should be set to “No” if the Warranty Res. is set to “Yes”.

COA?

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether the task is out of scope of the customer order The drop-down list box displays the following: In Scope and Out of Scope. Select

  •  In Scope to indicate that the task is stipulated in the customer order.

  • Out of Scope to indicate that the task is not stipulated in the customer order nonetheless was carried out due to an unforeseen event.

Note: 1) If the invoice basis for the customer order is “Quote”, you cannot change COA for a task, regardless of the definition of “Modification to Quote Values in Invoice Release” parameter for Service Sale Quote in the Set Sales Process Parameters activity of the Customer component. 2) The COA of the task will be automatically set to the COA of its pricing task on modification of the COA at the pricing task. 3) However, you can record the COA for a task associated with a customer order with invoice basis as “Actuals”. Though you can modify COA of the task it cannot be In Scope, if the COA of its pricing task is Out of Scope. However, the opposite of this is possible.

Warranty Reco.

Indicates whether the maintenance/execution department recommends warranty for the part/aircraft repaired/maintained by the task.

Warranty Res.

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether warranty is necessary for the task. Warranty Res. (resolution) overrides the Warranty Reco. As recommended by the execution.

Note: 1) The warranty resolution that you select for a task must not be “No”, if the Warranty Resolution for the customer order /execution order is "Fully Accepted". 2) On contrary, you cannot set the warranty resolution for the task to “Yes”, if the same for the customer order is “Fully Rejected”. 3) Billability should be set to “No” if the Warranty Res. is set to “Yes”.

Bill to Cust.

Use the drop-down list box to specify the customer to whom the service must be billed. The system lists all the values of bill to customer as defined in the Customer master for the customer against whom the Invoice Release is generated.

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Warranty Status

The warranty status of the customer order.

Price Narration

The price narration for the resource as available in the sale contract of the customer order.

Internal Notes

Additional information on the overhead prices charged for the task.

Pricing Notes

The pricing notes for the resource as available in the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

 

Modifiction Notes

This field is mandatory, if you have modified the above-mentioned prices.

The system displays the following field in the “Billing Ref. Details” multiline:

COA Exists?

 

Indicates whether any cost over an above the agreed price of the customer order exists,

  • No to indicate that the task is stipulated in the customer order.

Yes to indicate that the task is not stipulated in the customer order nonetheless was carried out due to an unforeseen event/requirement.

Qty.

Price of material as defined in the contract.

Modified Qty.

 

The main core quantity covered in customer order/work order.

Note that this quantity can be modified.

Qty. Ref.

Indicates whether the main core quantity is applicable for the unit price.

Scrap Qty.

The number of main core quantity that has been scrapped during execution of the task.

Margin %

The percentage of profit on the cost of the tasks/ execution document as defined in the sale contract, which is used to compute Usage Based Revenue Recognition.

Note that .this field displays margin % only for Usage Based (for e.g. PBH – Power By Hour) part pricing.

Rev. Reco. Amount

The revenue recognition amount or the revenue earned for the task/ execution document, if the pricing basis is Usage-Based. This will be equal to:

Total Cost (CO. Curr.) / (1-Margin %)

Work Center #

The work center in which the task is executed.

WBS Code

The work breakdown structure (WBS) code of the task.

Task Status

The execution status of the task.

Quoted?

Indicates whether the task is included in the quote for the customer order.

Qt. App. Status

The quotation status of the task in the quote of the customer order.

Processed?

Select the check box indicate that you have verified the details in this tab.

Inv. Remarks

Additional information on the invoice release.

RTB Analysis

Additional information on RTB status of the invoicing event. This field displays RTB details

Billing for

 

The type of document that is being billed in the invoice release, such as Aircraft Maintenance Execution, Shop Work Order, Repair Order, Purchase Order or Exchange Order.

Billing Doc. #

The document # of the above Billing for document type

Parent WO #

The parent work order of the execution document to which the task/ document is associated.

Exchange Order #

The exchange order generated for the customer order.

Exch. Initiated as

The mode of exchange, such as Regular or Advance Exchange.

Exch. Type

The type of exchange, such as Exchange with Repair or Flat Exchange.

Reasons for Exch.

Details of reasons for exchange of the maintenance part and the exchange initiator (whether Customer or Internal).

Exch. Core Status

The status of the core part of the exchange order.

Doc Type

The type of the document generated by the shop work order/ Aircraft Maintenance Execution document for external repairs/ services, such as Repair Order or Purchase Order.

Doc #

The repair order or service purchase order generated for the shop work order/ Aircraft Maintenance Execution document.

Exch. Ind.

 

Indicates whether the exchange is a top assembly or a sub assembly exchange for an Exchange Order and indicates whether the work order is directly involved in the exchange or only the parent work order of this work order is involved.

Task Type

The type of the task executed on the maintenance object with reference to an engineering document.

Task Ref. Date

The date of the engineering document reference for the task performed on the maintenance object.

Task Compl Date

The date of the actual completion of the task

The system displays the default values as follows:

  • For automatically generated Invoice Releases: The system displays the Actual End Date of the Task from AME/SWO for Invoice Releases

  • For manually generated Invoice Releases: The system displays the Actual End Date of the Task from AME/SWO on click of the ‘Get’ pushbutton on retrieving the Task/WO details.

Task Source Doc. #

The Eng. Doc. # (Engineering Document #) relating to the task performed on the maintenance object, if any.

Repair Classification

The repair classification of the task as available in the execution document.

Repair Process Code

The repair process associated with the task as defined in the execution document.

Pricing Task #

Indicates the pricing task # for a task.

Parent Task Desc.

The description/short name of the pricing task.

Parent Task

The parent task # of the task.

WS Ref.Code

The short name/description of the parent task.

WS Notes

The work scope reference code for the task as defined in the sale contract.

Incl. / Excl. Ref.Code

Additional information on the work scope defined for the task in the sale contract.

Incl. /Excl. Notes

Additional information on the inclusion/exclusion of the task from the customer order.

Part #  (Main Core)

The part repaired/serviced by the task.

Mfr. Part # (Main Core)

The manufacturer part # of the part repaired/serviced by the customer service order.

Mfr. # (Main Core)

The manufacturer of the part repaired/serviced by the customer service order.

Part Serial #/Lot #

The serial # and/or lot # of the part repaired/serviced by the customer service order.

Part Desc.

The short name/description of the part repaired/serviced by the customer service order.

ATA #

The ATA # relevant to the part.

ATA Desc.

The description of the ATA # relevant to the part.

A/C Reg. #

The aircraft repaired/serviced by the customer service order.

Last Updated Log

The fixed prices (FP – Mat., FP – Lab. FP – Oth. Res. and FP – Total) as they were prior to the latest change made by the user.

However, this field does not display values, if the fixed prices have not been changed since they were defined in the sale contract.

FP Ref.

The contract revision # that is the basis for the fixed price.

FP Pricing Source

The input source of fixed prices (FP – Mat., FP – Lab. FP – Oth. Res. and FP- Total), such as System or User.

This field displays “System”, if no user has modified the fixed prices since they were set in the sale contract. Conversely, “User” is displayed here, if users have modified the fixed prices. 

Tasks U.D - 1

Quick codes against entity type as 'Task UD 1' as defined in the ‘Maintain Category Codes’ activityu under the ‘Category’ business component under ‘Sales Set’ up business process.

Tasks U.D – 2

Quick codes against entity type as 'Task UD 2' as defined in the ‘Maintain Category Codes’ activityu under the ‘Category’ business component under ‘Sales Set’ up business process.

Tasks U.D – 3

Editable user defined fields

Tasks U.D - 4

Editable user defined fields

Last Modified by

The employee code and name of the person who modified the price details.

Last Modified Date

The date on which the employee modified the price details.

   The system displays the following fields in the “Billing Info.’ section:

The “Billing Info.” group box displays the cumulative of the following for the customer order/execution document selected in the “Exe. Doc. Info.”  section.

T & M Price – Mat.

The sum of the price of materials used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the part pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Lab.

The sum of the price of labour used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Oth. Res.

The sum of the price of other resources used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Charges

The sum of the additional charges incurred by all the tasks undertaken for the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order

T & M Price – Ext. Repairs

The sum of the price of external repairs undertaken for all the tasks for the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Total

The sum total of the following for the customer order/execution document:

(T & M Price – Mat.) + (T & M Price – Lab.) + (T & M Price – Oth. Res.) + (T & M Price – Charges) +  (T & M Price – Ext. Repairs)

FP – Total

The sum of the fixed price for the execution of all the tasks for the customer order/execution document as stipulated in the contract attached to the customer order.

Basic Value

The basic value for customer order/execution document, which will be equal to

(T & M Price – Total) + (FP – Total)

Note: The T & M prices are displayed, if the pricing basis of the customer order is “T & M”; the FP Total is displayed, if the pricing basis of the customer order is ‘Fixed’. However, all these columns are displayed, if both “T & M” and ‘Fixed’ are applicable for the customer order.

 

Invoice Type

The type of the invoice release to be generated for the customer order, such as Regular or Prepayment.

 

Inv. Category

Use the drop-down list box to select the category of the invoice release that you wish to generate for the customer order/invoicing event, Mandatory. The drop-down list box displays all those categories in “Active” Status that are defined for the category type – “Invoice Category” in the Category component.

Note: The invoice category and invoice type must be a valid combination as defined in the

Inv. Rel. Date

The date of invoice release of the customer order. Mandatory.

Note: The invoice release date must not be a future date.

By default, the invoice release date is set to the current date.

The “Release Details” group box displays the following.

Invoice Basis

The invoice basis of the customer order which could be 'Actual' or "Quote"

Note: If the invoice basis is “Actuals”, the system does not allow modification of details in this tab.

Billing Rep.

The name of the billing representative of the customer service order/contract.

The billing representative that you specify here must be a valid employee of the organization.

User Status

Use the drop-down list box to select the user status of the customer order/execution document. The drop-down list box displays all those categories in “Active” Status that are defined for the category type – “Invoice Category” in the Category component.

Proj. Inv. Rel. Date

The projected date of processing of the invoice release for the customer order.

The projected invoice release date must be a future date.

Event Description

A brief description of the event pertaining to billing on closure of task.

Rel. Remarks

Additional information on the invoice release.

Cust. PO #

The customer Purchase Order associated with the customer order.

The system displays the following field:

Re-pro Remarks

Release Process remarks as  provided in Customer Service Invoice.

The system displays the folliwng fields in the “Warranty Details” group box:

Warranty Requested

Indicates whether warranty customer requested for the warranty of the maintenance Object.

Warranty Notes

The warranty resolution status of the customer order, such as Partially Accepted, Fully Rejected or Fully Accepted.

Under Warranty

Indicates whether the custome order is under warranty

Warranty Inst. #

Use the drop-down list box to specify the number identifying the warranty instalment.

Warranty Res.

 

Use the drop down list box to specify the warranty resolution status of the customer order, such as Partially Accepted, Fully Rejected or Fully Accepted.

The “Current Ref. Details” group box displays the following.

Exe. Doc. Type

The type of the execution document that you selected in the in the “Exe. Doc. Info.” section.

Exe. Doc #

The execution document that you selected in the “Exe. Doc. Info.” section.

To calculate and save new price details

On click of the pushbutton, the system re-computes prices of materials, resources, external repairs and services and additional charges associated with the task in the invoice release based on the contract and pricelist definitions.

 

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Overview

This tab page “Regular Billing Info.” enables you to record the pricing details of tasks, repair orders, purchase orders and exchange orders associated with the customer order/ execution documents for the customer order. You can record the fixed prices for materials, resources, other resources, additional charges and external repairs incurred on tasks. You can also specify COA, Billable and Warranty Resolution attributes for these tasks. You can also re-compute the fixed and total prices for the entire release to price the release again based on the latest available prices in the pricelists.

The “Release Details” group box displays the details for the customer service order/shop work order/AME Ref. #/customer purchase order that you have selected in the “Exe. Doc. Info.”  section. You may also specify details for the customer order/execution document in the group box that you have selected in the “Exe. Doc. Info.” section.

Note: You can record details in this tab; if 1) The invoice basis is “Actuals” or the invoice basis is “Quote” and “Modification to Quote Values in Invoice Release” parameter for Service Sale Quote is set to 0 in the Set Sales Process Parameters activity of the Customer component and, 2) The invoice release is in “Fresh”/ “Returned” status.

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Inv. Category Use the drop-down list box to select the category of the invoice release that you wish to generate for the customer order/invoicing event, Mandatory. The drop-down list box displays all those categories in “Active” Status that are defined for the category type – “Invoice Category” in the Category component.
Inv. Rel. Date

The date of invoice release of the customer order. Mandatory.

Note: The invoice release date must not be a future date.

By default, the invoice release date is set to the current date.

 

The “Billing Info.” group box displays the cumulative of the following for the customer order/execution document selected in the “Exe. Doc. Info.”  section.

T & M Price – Mat.

The sum of the price of materials used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the part pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Lab.

The sum of the price of labour used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Oth. Res.

The sum of the price of other resources used for all the tasks of the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Charges

The sum of the additional charges incurred by all the tasks undertaken for the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order

T & M Price – Ext. Repairs

The sum of the price of external repairs undertaken for all the tasks for the customer order/execution document as per the service pricelist associated with the customer order.

T & M Price – Total

The sum total of the following for the customer order/execution document:

(T & M Price – Mat.) + (T & M Price – Lab.) + (T & M Price – Oth. Res.) + (T & M Price – Charges) +  (T & M Price – Ext. Repairs)

FP – Total

The sum of the fixed price for the execution of all the tasks for the customer order/execution document as stipulated in the contract attached to the customer order.

Basic Value

The basic value for customer order/execution document, which will be equal to

(T & M Price – Total) + (FP – Total)