Landed Cost Validator Implementation Questionnaire

Landed Cost Validator Implementation Questionnaire
The goal of this document is to facilitate the implementation of the Landed Cost Validator app by the implementation teams. A series of questions highlights general use cases and the setup fields that must be configured for each. Setup questions are categorized in the following topics/areas:
- Generating Charge Items; includes questions related to how Landed Costs are generated and calculated
- Adding Charge Items to Invoices: includes questions related to the way in which landed costs are added to invoices
Example:

1. Is this landed cost vendor specific?

a. For example, a landed cost “Freight Service” could be added to “Item 1” in a PO where the vendor providing the goods is “Vendor A;” however, “Vendor Z” needs to be invoiced for the “Freight Service” that they provided. The landed cost “Freight Service” is vendor specific as it is only provided by “Vendor Z”.

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Name*

First NameLast Name
Email*
example@example.com

Overview

The term “landed cost” refers to the total cost of getting a product from its origin (typically overseas) to its final destination. It includes the cost of purchasing the product plus any additional expenses incurred during the importation and shipping process. These additional costs are usually referred to as “Charge Items’.
- 1. Can you list the landed costs that your company will be tracking?*
  
  YesNo
- You may use the program of your choice(Excel,CSV, Zip etc.) to centralize your landed costs information before entering it into Business Central. The questions in this section cover all the necessary settings to configure Landed Costs.*
  
  Cancelof
- 2. Like other entities in Business Central (i.e., items, vendors, customers, etc.), landed costs are assigned unique identifiers (IDs). Is there a naming format that your containers must follow?*
  
  YesNo
- If this is the case, can you provide the formatting your costs must follow?
- 3. Is this landed cost vendor specific? *
  
  Vendor SpecificGeneric
- 4. How are landed costs calculated?*
  
  Percentage of Extended CostFlat AmountFlat Amount per Unit
- 5. If one or more of your landed costs are calculated as a percentage of the extended cost, what should this percentage(s) be? *
- 6. What are the currencies that will be used to register landed cost? *
- 7. What are the specific concepts that will be used for your landed costs? (Misc. Freight Charge, Freight Charge, etc.)*
- 8. What are the General Ledger accounts that will be debited and credited when charge items are posted?*
- 9. Are there individual landed costs that are always applied together? *
  
  YesNo
- If so, what should this/these group(s) of costs be called?*
- What are the landed costs that will be grouped together?*
- 10. Do landed costs must be automatically adjusted upon being added to an invoice? Would you like to analyze the variance between accrued vs actual landed costs?*
  
  YesNo
- 11. How do these (Q10) automatic adjustments must be identified? Is there a specific reason code or description that must be used?*
- 12. When a charge item already exists on an invoice to which a cost accrual (generated by the application) will be added, and if the existing charge has not been assigned to a receipt, should it be automatically assigned to the same receipt that accrued the landed cost?*
  
  YesNo
- 13. Will you be registering a high volume of transactions in different currencies? And if so, do you need to automatically filter transactions by currency when these are being processed?*
  
  YesNo
- 14. What is the date that must be used for the General Ledger entry posted for the accrual reversal? You may either use the date when the cost was accrued or the date when the invoice with the cost accrual was posted. *
  
  Original Accrual DateInvoice Posting Date
- Should be Empty: