Analytic Accounts

To manage purchases by project, you should use analytic accounts. You can set an analytic account on each line of a supplier order. The analytic costs linked to this purchase will be managed by OpenERP from the goods receipt and confirmation of the supplier invoice.

The hr_timesheet_invoice module lets you re-invoice the analytic costs automatically using parameters in the analytic accounts such as sale pricelist, associated partner company, and maximum amount.

So you can put an invoice order with a defined invoice workflow in place based on the analytic accounts. If you are working Make to Order, the workflow will be:

1. Customer Order,
2. Procurement Order on supplier,
3. Receive invoice and goods from the supplier,
4. Delivery and invoicing to the customer.

When re-invoicing based on costs you would get the following workflow:

1. Enter the customer contract conditions from the analytic accounts,
2. Purchase raw materials and write the services performed into the timesheets,
3. Receive the supplier invoice and the products,
4. Invoice these costs to the customer.

Tip

Analytic Multi-plans

If you want several analysis plans, you should install the module purchase_analytic_plans. These let you split a line on a supplier purchase order into several accounts and analytic plans. Look at Analytic Accounts for more information on the use of analytic accounts.