In the below step by step demonstration we will go through the process of Setting Up and Executing Fixed Price Project with Percentage Completion method.
The scenario here is for a company who is providing Commercial Paint Services. The consumption will include Paint, Hours(Labor Cost) and Expenses (Rental).
SO HERE WE GO !!
Project Setup
1. Project Groups
Project groups define how the system processes the ledger postings of the project types. Each project belongs to a single project group. Project groups control the following:
- Posting profiles to the general ledger
- Project WIP
- Reports & Analysis on basis of Groups
At least one project management and accounting group must be set up because the project group is mandatory when you create a new project.
Note: In Microsoft Demo Data you can use the Legal Entity : USSI, as this Legal Entity is already configured with different project groups and pre-req setups.
In this scenario we will use Fixed Price Project ‘Fixed-price projects are for projects that are invoiced according to a billing schedule based on the project contract. Revenue for a fixed-price project can be posted according to the completed contract method or according
to the completed percentage method’
Further, a fixed-price project with completed percentage includes the following process
flow.
1.During the project, costs are recorded into either work in progress (WIP) balance
accounts or profit and loss accounts. If costs are posted initially to balance
accounts, the costs are moved to profit and loss accounts during the estimate
process.
2.You must decide between balance accounts or profit and loss accounts for onaccount
(milestone) invoicing.
- • On-account transactions post to profit and loss accounts and are subtracted from any revenue to be recognized by the estimation process. Only the revenue adjustments are accrued when WIP is posted, and later when the offset is eliminated.
- • On-account transactions post to balance accounts and are not considered when revenue is recognized during the estimation process. The accrued revenue and WIP values are calculated and posted with the project estimates. When the estimate project is eliminated all WIP transactions are offset and the revenue remains on the accrued revenue sales value account.
In both setup types, the balance accounts clear when the estimates are eliminated.
If on-account invoices are set up to post to balance accounts, revenue does not
post to a project until the estimate function is run. This means a project profit and
loss statement that is run before any estimates are posted shows a negative profit
because there are costs without revenue.
2. Shared Categories
To make it easier for companies to categorize expenditures, categories are shared among the Expense management, Production control, and Project management and accounting modules. In addition, categories are shared between legal entities.
Open Project management and accounting > Setup > Categories > Shared Categories.
3. Category Groups
You can use category groups to share properties (primarily posting profiles) between related categories. There must be at least one category group for each transaction type and each project category is assigned a group. Together, the project groups, project categories, and category groups define the posting specifications in the Project management and accounting module.
To open the Category groups form, open Project management and accounting > Setup > Categories > Category groups.
4. Project Categories
Once you have defined a shared category and category group, you can configure a category for use within Project management and accounting transactions.
To open the Project categories form, open Project management and accounting > Setup > Categories > Project categories.
5. Cost Price Setup
Cost and Sales Price can be attached with respective categories (workers).
Project management and accounting > Setup > Prices
Cost price for Hours (worker)
Sales price for Hours (worker)
6. WBS
WBS can be defined as a template and Estimation (forecast) can be incorporated for Hours, Expense, Consumable and Items. This template can then be attached with projects.
Project management and accounting > Setup > Activities > WBS templates
Project Execution
1. Create Project
Create a new Project from Project Management and Accounting.
Select the Project Type as Fixed-Price, Enter the Project ID and Name, select the Project Group.
Then click on New on the Project Contract line.
Enter the Contract ID and Name, select funding as Customer and select the Customer for which the contract and project is to be done.
2. Create WBS
The WBS created in the setup will be copied to this project by clicking copy from and then selecting the WBS from dropdown.
The WBS is copied
3. Transfer forecast from WBS
The forecast can be copied from the WBS. Click Transfer from WBS as highlighted under and select the Transaction Types that need to be copied.
4. Cost Control inquiry before Project Start
User can generate the Cost Control to review the Forecasted Categories Cost
5. Create On Account Invoices
Invoicing can be schedule by using On Account functionality. The invoices created can be posted later by using invoice proposals. For fixed-price projects, on-account invoices should be used for milestone billing. For example, a customer may want to set up scheduled payments based on the progress of a fixed-price project.
Open Project management and accounting > Common > Projects > All projects.
On the Action Pane, select the Manage tab. From the Bill group, click On-account transactions.
6. Enter Project Transaction
Enter the project actual transactions as the project proceeds.
1.Expense transaction will be entered from the Expense Journal
Vouchers
2.Hour transaction will be entered from the Hour Journal
Vouchers
3.Item/Consumable transactions will be entered from Item Journal
7. Cost Control after actual transactions
The cost control inquiry can be taken at any stage of Project execution that will show the Forecasted VS Actual.
8. Create and Post Invoice Proposals
The On Account invoices that were created earlier can be posted.
The criteria can be given based on date range. If the date range includes two On Account invoices the system will show those two invoices.
Post the Invoices
Vouchers
9. Project Statements after Invoicing
The WIP can be tracked from Project Accounting > Project > Control > Project Statements
The Consumption can be tracked from Project Accounting > Project > Control > Project Statements
10.Project Cash flow
The cash flow can be tracked from Project Accounting > Project > Control > Cash flow
11.Project Estimation
The progress of the project must be monitored during its life span.
To do this in Microsoft Dynamics AX, use the estimate.
Create an estimate, select the date and Estimation Parameters.
1.Cost to complete method
Total budget – Actual: This method requires a forecast model to compare forecasted transactions against actual costs to determine a cost to complete.
2.Completion Method
Automatic: Percentage is generated automatically based on the total estimate.
The value 50.97 is the % of Project Completion based on the Forecasts and Actual Transactions.
The Total TAB shows
- The Invoiced Value 6000 and Actual Cost Incurred 1580.
- 1520 is the remaining cost to complete the Project, based on (Forecasted – Actuals)
The Accrued Revenue calculated by the system is 3058.06. This value is based on % of Project Completed and Invoiced Amount (6000 * 50.97%)
Posting the Estimation will generate the accrued revenue (sales value). Revenue is calculated based on the completion percentage.
Vouchers on Posting Estimation when the Project is 50.97 % complete
Eliminating the Estimate Project and Finishing the Project
The final step in the estimate process is to eliminate the estimate project and end the fixed-price project when the percentage of completion reaches 100 percent. When the elimination is run: If a fixed-price project with completed percentage is run the accruals are removed from the profit and loss accounts.
12.Project Statement after posting estimate
13.Project Statement after posting estimate
14.Eliminating the Project MANUALLY
We can estimate/eliminate the Project manually if it’s complete. After the project is completed and the percentage of completion is set to 100 percent, eliminate the estimates to clear the WIP accounts. You can do this by selecting the final estimate and clicking the Eliminate button from the Estimate form.
Create estimate by selecting below parameters
Enter % as 100
Post the Estimates and review the entries
Then eliminate to close the Project
Transactions at elimination. When the estimate project is eliminated, the WIP on-account balance account postings and the WIP sales value transactions are reversed.
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