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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000457" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>To set up monthly billing invoices</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e87268">
         <Level1>Monthly billing invoices</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>This functionality is specific for Japan.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Invoicing and payments in Japan</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>To handle invoicing and payments by your customers according
		  to Japanese business practice, set up the following functionality:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000473" role="glossary">Monthly billing invoices</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000415" role="glossary">Customer approval</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Invoices by shipment</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>To set up paying your suppliers according to Japanese business
		practice, you can define <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000475" role="glossary">payment agreements</Link> as described in <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000458" role="manual">To use payment agreements</Link>.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Summary of parameters</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>The setup of Invoicing and payments in Japan includes setting
		the following parameters:</Paragraph>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <THEAD noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Functionality</TH>
               <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Session</TH>
               <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">Parameter</TH>
            </TR>
         </THEAD>
         <TBODY noTR="7">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000415" role="glossary">Customer approval</Link>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0100s000" role="session">Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000)</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom0100s000#tccom000.capp" role="manual">Customer Approval</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000475" role="glossary">Payment agreements</Link>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000" role="session">Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000#tfgld003.papp" role="manual">Payment Agreement</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="4" colspan="1">
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000473" role="glossary">Monthly billing invoices</Link>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000" role="session">Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000#tfgld003.gmbi" role="manual">Monthly Billing Invoices</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="4" isLast="false">
               <TD height="94" rowspan="3" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000" role="session">ACR Parameters (tfacr0100s000)</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD height="94" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000#tfacr000.mbig" role="manual">Generate MBI at Group Company</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="5" isLast="false">
               <TD height="94" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000#tfacr000.ngmb" role="manual">Number Group</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="6" isLast="false">
               <TD height="94" rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000#tfacr000.dsmb" role="manual">Default Series</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="7" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Invoices and Receipts by
		  shipment</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000" role="session">CMG Parameters (tfcmg0100s000)</GUIRef>
               </TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/cmg/tfcmg0100s000#tfcmg000.rshp" role="manual">Receipts Against Shipments</GUIRef>
               </TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To set up monthly billing invoices for
		customers</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To set up the generation of <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000473" role="glossary">monthly billing invoices</Link> for your customers, use the
		  following sequence of sessions:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000" role="session">Group Company Parameters (tfgld0101s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>On the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000#gen.concepts" role="groupbox">Concepts</GUIRef> tab, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/gld/tfgld0101s000#tfgld003.gmbi" role="manual">Monthly Billing Invoices</GUIRef> check box.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs2105m000" role="session">Closing Methods (tcmcs2105m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Define the required <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000474" role="glossary">closing methods</Link> for the generation of monthly billing
		  invoices.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000" role="session">ACR Parameters (tfacr0100s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem> 
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Set the following parameters:</ListIntro>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000#tfacr000.gmbi" role="manual">Generate MBI at Group Company</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>To generate the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000473" role="glossary">monthly billing invoices</Link> centrally for all the companies
				of the financial company group, select the check box. If this check box is selected, you can only generate monthly billing invoices if you work
				in the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#GroupCompan_tf" role="glossary">group company</Link>. To generate the monthly billing invoices
				individually in each company, clear the check box.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000#tfacr000.ngmb" role="manual">Number Group</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The number group ERP Enterprise uses to generate document numbers for monthly
				billing invoices.</ListItem>
               <ListItemHead>
                  <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000#tfacr000.dsmb" role="manual">Default Series</GUIRef>
               </ListItemHead>
               <ListItem>The default series ERP Enterprise uses to generate
				document numbers for monthly billing invoices.</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4112s000" role="session">Invoice-to Business Partner (tccom4112s000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For invoice-to business partners to which you want to send
		  monthly billing invoices, select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4112s000#tccom112.lkst" role="manual">Send MBI</GUIRef> check box. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/com/tccom4112s000#tccom112.clmt" role="manual">Closing Method</GUIRef> field, you must select a <Link href="/baanerp/tf/glossary/glossary#000474" role="glossary">closing method</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0109m000" role="session">Invoice-to BP Monthly Billing Invoice Series (tfacr0109m000)</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For each invoice-to business partner, you can select a specific
		  series for the document numbers for the monthly billing invoices, if you
		  choose. The series must belong to the <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#NumberGroup_tc" role="glossary">number group</Link> for monthly billing invoices that you
		  entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/acr/tfacr0100s000" role="session">ACR Parameters (tfacr0100s000)</GUIRef> session, and overrules the default series.
		  You can only select a series if the series length of the number group is
		  greater than zero.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000455" role="manual">Monthly billing invoices</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000460" role="manual">To process monthly billing invoices</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>