Business segment reporting (FAS 131)

Requirement

Companies that have operations in different geographies or with different product lines must report revenues, costs, and working capital per business segment.

M3 solution

Accounting events, types, and setups that can be configured to ensure that revenues and costs for each customer and supplier invoice are booked to a segment code that is stored in one of the seven accounting dimensions.

Configuration guidelines

Program ID	Program name	Description or comment
CRS012	Accounting Dimension. Enter Names	One of the 7 dimensions can be used to ensure that revenues and costs per customer and supplier are booked to business segments to enable compliance with IFRS 8 business segment reporting.
CRS395	Accounting rule. Set	Configure the setups to capture the information for segment reporting.
CRS645	Accounting Structure. Open	Accounting structures can also be used for segment reporting.
GLS690	GL Balance File Key. Open
CRS410	Voucher Number Series. Open	If the M3 Book of Accounts (BOA) functionality is used, a separate BOA for segment reporting can be created and attached to the FAM functions. See the settings for (CRS405).
CRS722	Settings – Customer Order Invoicing	Select the Sep voucher no check box.
CRS405	FAM Function. Open	Configure FAM functions AR99 and AP99.
APS590	AP Segment Balance. Create	Period-end segmentation of AP Control.
ARS590	AR Segment Balance. Create	Period-end segmentation of AR Control.