Summary
In this module, you learned that in intercompany trade, process integration is based on rules for starting a process in another legal entity. Additionally, business data is available in all legal entities together with the business process.
After you create an intercompany order chain, Supply Chain Management traces all related purchase orders and intercompany sales orders.
Setting up action policies and constraints helps companies define the connection between legal entities.
Value-mapping is important for intercompany communication because you must define how to perform matching between values in two companies.
Additionally, this module examined the information flow within intercompany chains and how the original sales order, intercompany purchase order, and intercompany sales order are linked to each other.
Intercompany agreements described the concept of sales and purchase agreements and how they can be used in intercompany trade relationships. You learned how to create intercompany sales agreements and automatically create intercompany purchase agreements based on the original intercompany sales agreement.
Direct deliveries speed up the shipment process within the intercompany chain because the items are sent directly to the customer.
With the return order functionality, the intercompany process can be handled in the reverse direction. Additionally, return reasons and disposition codes can be used in the same manner as the standard return process.