AL Processing Charge

Overview

When you sell an item that goes through a light pre-delivery step - sharpening, coating, grinding, finishing - AL Processing Charge keeps the revenue of that processing separate from the revenue of the item itself, automatically. You pick a processing type on the sales line; on release the app generates and assigns the matching Item Charge line for you. Same item code before and after, standard Business Central accounting, and a clear answer to "how profitable is each processing operation?"

Key features

• Configurable processing types - a dedicated setup list, each bound to a standard Item Charge with no custom posting code.
• One click on the line - tag any item line on quotes, orders, invoices, blanket and return orders; the setup's default price is proposed and stays overridable.
• Automatic charge on release - the Item Charge line is created, quantified and assigned, then self-heals if you change or clear the processing before posting.
• Two billing models - bill an item entirely as processing (customer-owned goods) or sell it and add the processing on top.
• Optional production dispatch - one Project Order per processing type, with the routing, BOM and self-consumption you configured.

Business benefits

• True margin per operation - item revenue and processing revenue sit on separate lines and posting setups.
• No SKU explosion - the item master stays single; no raw-vs-processed code sprawl.
• Audit-clean - everything posts through the standard Item Charge engine consultants already know.

Typical scenarios

• Tooling and abrasives - sell carbide cutters with a finishing treatment billed and produced separately.
• Distribution with value-add - track in-house finishing as its own revenue stream.
• Service-on-goods - process customer-owned material and bill only the work.

What makes it different

The processing is a property of the line, not of the item, so adding a treatment is a configuration change, never a master-data change. Production integration is opt-in, and the whole flow follows the document from quote to credit memo without rekeying. Certified on AppSource, Italian localization included.