Inter-Entity Trade - Overview
Inter Entity Trade facilitates doing business between entities within a Sage 300 Company or across Sage 300 Companies. Entities can include branches, divisions, departments, funds, projects, trusts and/or multiple companies.
You can set up Inter-Entity Trade between
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Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
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Order Entry and Purchase Orders - The mapping can be Account to Account or Ship Via to Account.
Tip: IET Visual Process Flows can guide you through the setup process. Refer to Assigning Visual Process Flows
Using Inter-Entity Trade
Once Inter-Entity Trade is setup, users in Sage 300 enter transactions in the various Sage 300 modules and use Inter-Entity Trade mainly for audit and troubleshooting. Inter-Entity Trade will create transactions as per the options and trade partnerships setup in various companies. Inter-Entity Inquiries and Processing Reports can be used for troubleshooting.
Refer to : Reprocessing transactions in Inter-Entity Trade
You can use a combination of Inter-Entity Transactions G/L Triggers and Inter-Entity Trade for more advanced processing. An entry against certain G/L Account can trigger an A/P Reallocation to create an A/P Transaction in the source company, which can result in a corresponding entry A/R entry in the target company.
