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ItemCan be all globalCan have only nominated ones globalNotes
CustomersYesYes

Visibility of transactions may / may not be global

SuppliersYesYes

Visibility of transactions may / may not be global

Example a Franchisee will not normally have visibility to Franchisor Supplier or Purchase Price

ServicesYesYesPurchased and Sold
ArticlesYesYesPurchased and Sold
PricingYesYes

Pricing may be Global for customers

Pricing may be based on Franchise Area

Pricing may be mark up from Franchisor to Franchisee

Business RulesYesYes

Each company is using the same system so the rules are applied across the Group

Rules may be implemented based on Franchisee type

AssetsYesYesAssets will be owned by an ABN that is Depreciating them - however they may be loaned to other members of the network and relied apon for work
BookingsYesYesCan limit visibility to only those franchisees involved
JobsYesYes

Can limit visibility to only those franchisees involved

Jobs can move from one Franchisee to another while still in progress

Sales Orders / Project OrdersYesYes

Can limit visibility to only those franchisees involved

Sales Orders can be fulfilled from multiple franchise members

Intercompany transactions are automatically created for the movements where required

Franchisees will only see their journals - Franchisors may also see franchisee journals linked to the order (but cannot open them)

Purchase Orders / Fabrication OrdersYesYes

If opening a purchase order from a Journal link or Journal line link that is in a different ledger - shows in minimal form with no prices

Project Orders: Fabrication Orders ordered by the franchisor on behalf of a franchisee will have

  • their mirrored debtor/creditor invoices linked to the Fabrication Order
  • line linked to the Project Order line
  • invoices will be created when the fabrication order is dispatched.
    • The descriptions will show the Fabrication Order and the Project Order codes.
  • When a Fabrication Order is despatched its order line will be marked as Delivered.
Chart of AccountsYesYes

Normally Franchisors will have additional accounts not used by Franchisees

Normally Franchisees may rename accounts (eg "Bank1" to "ANZ Bank xxxxx")

GL Control AccountsYes Provides consistancy in reporting across the group
Inter company TransactionsYes 

Intercompany transactions are common and autocreated for:

  1. Stock movements - when a Franchisee sells stock that is sourced via Franchisor
  2. Stock min/max purchasing across the group for stock that is min/max managed rather than purchased on sale
  3. Commissions - when Franchisor collects commission on Franchisee Transactions
  4. Intercompany Loans and adjustment process for fully owned entities
    1. When mirroring a journal for trade by loan entities retain the journal line links, even if the linked order is in a different ledger.
Franchisee $ ReconciliationsYes When Payment is collected by one Franchisee and some work is done by another franchisee the process can calculate and then create the invoices and payments between franchisees
Franchisor Commission CalculationsYesYesCommissions calculations will view all transactions across the group that relate to the commissions process and then create the inter company transactions for the invoices and payments.
Stock ManagementYesYesStock that is managed on Min/Max levels across the group - each Franchisee has a dashboard to simplify ordering from the Franchisor and the Franchisor can see demand across the group
Franchise AreasYesYes

Can use Franchise Areas to determine the owner of a customer or job and related pricing.

Alternatively can use skill or franchise type of other method of determining the owner and hence pricing

Delegations $ Reconciliations  

Delegations of work outside the Franchise - keeping some commission from the company that receives the work

Receiving work from outside the network - paying commissions to companies that provided the work

WebsiteYesYes

A Global website that uses rules to determine the assignment of work across the Franchise network

Websites can be completely independant for each Franchisee if required

Portals for EmployeesYesYes

A Global Portal that employees log into that provides information from the Franchisee they work for and capturing / updating of transactions on the job

Example - Drivers portal - A Run of Addresses, entering orders, taking payments, attaching expenses and photos etc.

Example - an Installers Portal - A run of addresses, job details, updating jobs on site including adding time or stock before invoicing, taking payments, sending invoices etc.

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