How to separate revenue recognition from billing in OM R12
We are using EBS R12 OM, WIP and BOM. Our users have a requirement where revenue recognition should take place at the time of shipping the finished goods, whereas the billing should happen as per the contractual terms with the end customers. In order to recognize the revenue, AR Invoices are being raised. However, this creates issues as the customer's invoice is not yet due - this causes issues in customer aging, tracking invoices manually, to coincide with contracutal terms, etc. Following are some specific questions..
Q.1 Can the revenue recognition of the shipped goods take place without raising AR invoices?, If so, how?