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Track results of two companies within one company

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Hey all,

I have a question. We are a company and soon we take over the activities of another company. We are going to migrate the data within our own company in Business Central. That means that the newly added activities will be executed under our flag. So its just an extension of our own activities.

We want to track the results of the orders we will get for the company that we took over. The only thing is, we got shared customers and we got some shared items. What is the best way to construct this so we will be able to see how the activities of the company that we took over scores?

We want to know what the revenue is of the newly added company and what the purchase price is.

Can someone help me out?

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RE: Track results of two companies within one company

Thanks for your answer! This helps me a lot :) .

I now know how to solve this issue, will also look at the MEM.

Again, thanks a lot!
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RE: Track results of two companies within one company

Dimensions are good.

And you could also check the "Responsibility Center" feature

docs.microsoft.com/.../inventory-responsibility-centers
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RE: Track results of two companies within one company

If it is all one company then using a dimension makes the most sense. It will need to be mandatory for Income Statement accounts so that you can track it there. So that you get a decent coverage across tables I would use one of the global dimensions here. That way you can check lets say the item ledger entries to see the purchasing value from one business entity to another. Revenue wise if you are setting revenue accounts to have a mandatory dimension value provided for the new global "COMPANY" dimension you will get what you need to review accordingly.

If this is something you will do regularly it is worth looking at an add-on called MEM - Multi Entity Management. 1 company with many business entities. Has some extra viewing controls which are handy if that fits your scenario.

If you are expected to submit the ledgers separately and to do VAT/Tax returns separately I would consider doing a multi company structure instead. You can then leverage the consolidation features of BC.