expecting intercompany invoice line created based on Item specific, not a lot specific

Alcoa has implemented the Oracle internal requisition ¿ internal sales order  solution between its locations in Norway and Spain/Netherlands and will soon deploy this process also between their Icelandic and Spanish/Netherlands  locations. The solution generates the receivables intercompany invoice  document based on material transaction lines (lot level), which ultimately  results in an invoice document up to one hundred pages for a regular 3-3.5 kt  vessel shipment; this compared to an about three pages invoice document  generated following a normal 3rd party customer shipping process.

The intercompany invoice document between two legal entities within the  European Union is considered a legal document with filing and archiving  obligations with up to 10 years depending on country. Further, the Norwegian  and Icelandic locations, though belonging to the European Economic Area  (EEA), require a customs clearance process to a) export the goods out of  their particular countries and b) to import the goods into the European  Union. Alcoa uses various agencies to handle the customs clearance process  and is therefore required to submit the supporting documentation incl.  intercompany invoices to the agencies. Alcoa is also regularly audited by