Internal order is a virtual place for collecting/pooling the costs of a particular activity/task. i.e. it is a method to collect those costs and business transactions related to the task/activity. It is a means of tracking costs of a specific job, service, or task. Periodically the costs which are pooled in an internal order can be settled to an asset or to a cost center or to a GL Account or to an order. Thus, while recording you need not analyze the costs. Just record and pool the costs in internal order. After that (generally at the end of the month) these costs are analyzed and settled for relevant elements (like asset or cost center etc). This method of recording and settling the costs helps in analyzing the costs of cost center wise, profit center wise or cost element-wise. This level of monitoring can be very detailed but allows management the ability to review Internal Order activity for better-decision making purposes.