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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Invoicing</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Central Invoicing</Level1>
			<Level2>use</Level2>
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	<GeneralSection><ProcedureList><ListIntro>To use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef> consists of the following procedures:</ListIntro>
			<ListItemHead>Set up <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Before you can create sales invoices for sales orders, you must define the invoice parameters, the layout of the printed invoices, and the rules for the selection of orders for which SSA ERP creates the invoices. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000006" role="manual">To set up Central Invoicing</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Print draft invoices in Operations Management (optional)</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>In the various <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000451" role="glossary">Operations Management</Link> packages, you can print a draft invoice to check the invoice and to make corrections to the invoice amounts before you release the order data to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef>. The default template and billing request additions that you define in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli1500m000" role="session">SLI Parameters (cisli1500m000)</GUIRef> session are used for the draft invoice. When you print a draft invoice in Operations Management, the order data is not released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Release the invoices to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef>
			</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem><List><ListIntro>You can release the order data for invoicing in various sessions of the Operations Management packages:</ListIntro>
					<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/td" role="package">Order Management</GUIRef>
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					<ListItem><List><ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4247m000" role="session">Release Sales Orders/Schedules to Invoicing (tdsls4247m000)</GUIRef> session, which you can start from the <GUIRef href="" role="menu">Specific</GUIRef> menu in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000)</GUIRef> session or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4101m200" role="session">Maintain Deliveries Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m200)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
							<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/cms/tdcms2201m000" role="session">Release Commissions/Rebates to Invoicing (tdcms2201m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
						</List>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef>
					</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pin/tppin4200m000" role="session">Transfer Project Data to Central Invoicing (tppin4200m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts" role="package">Service</GUIRef>
					</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem><List><ListIntro>Service invoicing data is released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef> when you set an actual cost line to <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Costed</GUIRef> in one of the following sessions:</ListIntro>
							<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc2120m000" role="session">Service Order Estimated Material Costs (tssoc2120m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
							<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc2130m000" role="session">Service Order Estimated Labor Costs (tssoc2130m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
							<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc2140m000" role="session">Service Order Estimated Other Costs (tssoc2140m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
							<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc2100m000" role="session">Service Orders (tssoc2100m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
							<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc2110m000" role="session">Service Order Activities (tssoc2110m000)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
						</List>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm" role="package">Freight Management</GUIRef>
					</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Freight order data is released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/fri/fmfri0210m000" role="session">Release to Invoicing (fmfri0210m000)</GUIRef> session. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/fm/onlinemanual/000029" role="manual" Update="No">The freight invoicing process</Link>
					</ListItem>
					<ListItem>If you select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4101m000#tdsls401.frin" role="formfield">Invoice for Freight</GUIRef> check box in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/sls/tdsls4101m000" role="session">Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000)</GUIRef> session, freight order data is automatically released to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef> when you release sales orders. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000396" role="manual">Integration Freight Invoicing and Sales Invoicing</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItemHead><GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>
					</ListItemHead>
					<ListItem>Interest invoices from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr" role="module">Accounts Receivable</GUIRef> module, in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr5220m000" role="session">Transfer Interest Invoices To SLI (tfacr5220m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>Debit notes and credit notes from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg" role="module">Cash Management</GUIRef> module. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000323" role="manual">The cash application procedure</Link> and to <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000009" role="manual">Direct processing of invoices</Link>.</ListItem>
					<ListItem>In addition, you can create <Link href="/baanerp/ci/glossary/glossary#000016" role="glossary">manual invoices</Link> directly in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef> in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli2520m000" role="session">Manual Sales Invoice Data (cisli2520m000)</GUIRef> session. For details refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000012" role="manual">To create manual sales invoices</Link>.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Compose, print, and post the invoices</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Compose the invoices for the released orders and print the original invoices. You can customize the invoice text and layout. Send the printed invoices to your business partners using various invoice delivery methods. When you post the invoices, the ledger accounts in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld" role="module">General Ledger</GUIRef> module, and open entries in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr" role="module">Accounts Receivable</GUIRef> module, are updated. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/ci/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">The invoicing procedure</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>Remove the invoicing data</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci/sli/cisli3210m000" role="session">Purge Sales Invoice Data (cisli3210m000)</GUIRef> session regularly to remove the invoicing data and the posted invoices from the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ci" role="package">Central Invoicing</GUIRef> tables. You can archive the data to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0103s000#tfgld004.hcmp" role="formfield">History Company</GUIRef> of the current financial company.</ListItem>
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