Suspense Expense Centers operate very closely to Suspense Ledgers in general Accounting theory, in which transactions which do not have finalized values to be posted to general ledgers are held until the transaction is resolved, providing visibility on the transient transactions while maintaining accurate value to the general ledger.
A suspense expense center can be identified on a base-by-base basis by clicking on Settings and selecting Base Information. In this window, a user with appropriate permissions is able to specify a Default Suspense EC which will be utilized for transactions affecting the applicable base.
A Suspense Expense Center is designed to capture suspended part transactions for parts that have been sent out on Repair Orders, Warranty Repair Orders, Shippings Bills, or Exchange Orders (Outbound) and are expected to return. The Suspense Expense Center holds the value of transactions until a specific part transaction has been completed, upon which time an entry will be written to the appropriate Expense Center.
RAAS can be utilized to automatically write suspense entries by enabling the following option in Company Settings > Valuation Rules:
6) Use Suspense Expense Center for suspended part transactions (Repair Orders, Warranty Orders, Shipping Bills, Exchange Orders (outbound)).