How Multicompany Functionality Affects Costpoint Modules

Use this information to know how the multicompany functionality is affecting some of the modules in Costpoint.

General Ledger

Accounts are shared by the entire database and are not unique to each company.
Financial statements are set up and computed by company.
Journal entries are assigned to a specific company. Organizations that have not been assigned to that company cannot be used in the journal entry. Cross-company journal entries are not currently possible.

Vendors and customers are assigned to a specific company, and each must be unique across the entire database and cannot be reused for another company.
Vouchers and cash receipts are assigned to a specific company and cannot be reused for another company.

Projects are assigned to a specific company.
Projects can be charged labor expenses only for employees belonging to the same company as the project.
Projects can be charged non-labor expenses only for vouchers posted to the same company as the project.
Labor and non-labor expenses incurred for a project other than the owning company can be transferred by an inter-company transaction, using Costpoint inter-company work orders (IWOs).

Employees are assigned to a specific company.
If an employee becomes an employee of another company, either through a transfer or by leaving and then returning, you must set up the employee with a new employee ID.

Items (and associated bills of material) are assigned to a specific company if the Separate Items by Company check box is selected in the Corporate Settings block of the Configure Product Definition Settings screen. Otherwise, items are shared by all companies.
Routings, inventory, orders, and requisitions must be set up by specific company.
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) can be run by specific company or across all companies.
Costpoint Procurement Planning will allow different transactional currencies on each requisition.