text_combined: unify ar sap plans block middle summarizes change business situation last two years stephen forwarded stephen p schwarz hou ect 02 23 2000 02 34 pm enron north america corp stephen p schwarz 02 18 2000 04 17 pm bryce baxter hou ect ect lisa csikos hou ect ect rita wynne hou ect ect mechelle stevens hou ect ect susan harrison hou ect ect brenda f herod hou ect ect brent price hou ect ect melissa k ratnala hou ect ect leslie reeves ccmail evelyn aucoin hou ect ect laura e scott cal ect ect cheryl dawes cal ect ect cc melissa white hou ect ect dorothy ricketts hou ect ect kimberly perkins hou ect ect trang le hou ect ect christy sweeney hou ect ect subject unify ar sap plans two years ago enron north america made decision use unify ar cash application rather sap ar decided time sap ar would kept sync unify ar unify sap interface believe business logic decision changed recommending unify ar permanently turned ar functions performed sap briefly summarized change business situation two years ago today netting allowed legal credit netting contract already place netting encouraged legal credit wherever possible regardless existence signed agreement netting limited one counterparty legal entity time canada nets across counterparties netting performed physical financial settlements maintain separate net statement process ena considering netting physical financial together account coordinators apply cash cash applied centrally power financial canada individual coordinators apply cash physical gas cash applied line item level track variances facilitate calculation cost funds commercial team cash applied meaningfully line item level company made move towards calculating cost funds commercial team account inquiry functionality unify thought key line tool old habits die hard users appear printing reports reviewing data rather using line functionality overapplication cash allowed overpayments would classified account issues tracked case management system case management system exist allowing overapplication helps account coordinators track overpayments easier leaving cash account counterparty legal entity combination deposit needed match counterparty legal entity combination enron invoice given number legal entities enron along number entities counterparties seems like hopeless battle allowing cross application cash seems easier corp required intercompany settlements settled cash movement corp longer requires intercompany settlements settled cash movement converting sap ar simplifies unify sap interface following ways bank deposits sap split unify cash entries unify interfaced back sap unify netting entries interfaced sap payables information interfaced sap unify given change attitudes towards netting business process face two problems unify controls built unify already obsolete unify maintain products one database making efforts net across products future physical financial instance impossible understanding netting process sap indicates controls sounds good point would retain automatic netting entries payable netted receivable within sap however emphasize netting would done sap time finaling payment unify repeat recommending unify ar turned convert sap ar schedule meeting week february 22 discuss please call x 33179 questions comments make decision february 28 sap timeline allow additional time consideration stephen