Actual Costing with the Material Ledger in SAP ERP

Vanda Reis is a Product Costing and Material Ledger expert who has worked as a consultant and advisor for several of the largest companies worldwide. She has more than 12 years experience with product costing processes including actual costing (material ledger). Vanda has worked for several major SAP accounts as a consultant and advisor for material ledger subject matter. She has written material ledger articles for the Financial Experts magazine, and is a regular contributor to the SAP community.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Structure of This Book
Looking Ahead
Introduction to the Material Ledger
Material Ledger Basics
Price Control and Inventory Valuation
Material Ledger Concepts and Usage
Material Price Determination Control
Material Price Analysis, Categories, and Process Categories
Procurement/Consumption Alternatives and the Controlling Level
Summary
Product Cost Planning
Business Case
Master Data
Activity Types and Planning Prices
Selected Configuration for Product Cost Planning
Standard Costing
Summary
Material Ledger Configuration and Startup
Multiple Currencies Configuration
Actual Costing Configuration
Material Ledger Startup
Reconciliation of the Material Ledger Currencies
Price Determination Control
Material Master Data with Material Ledger
Summary
Account Determination Configuration for the Material Ledger
Account Determination: Basic Configuration
Account Determination: WIP Revaluation
Exchange Rate Differences
Summary
Basic Functions of the Material Ledger
Purchasing Processes and Variances
External Procurement and Purchase Price Variances
External Procurement and Exchange Rate Variances
Changing the Controlling Level
Summary
Manufacturing and Overhead Variances
Manufacturing Order and Preliminary Costing
Simultaneous Costing
Plant-to-Plant Material Transfers
Period-End Processing
Summary
Periodic Actual Costing
Creating a Costing Cockpit Run
Material Selection
Determine Sequence
Single-Level Price Determination
Multilevel Price Determination
Post Closing
Mark Material Prices
Summary
Actual Costing Revaluations
Revaluation of Consumption
Revaluation of Work in Process
Summary
Actual Costs and Value Flow Reports
Actual Cost Component Split
Valuated Actual Quantity Structure
Actual Bill of Materials
Value Flow Monitor
Activity Types Value Flow Display
Summary
Material Ledger: More Functionalities
Transferring Actual Costs to CO-PA
Debiting or Crediting Materials
Changing Actual Cost Component Split Values
Distribution of Usage Variances (DUV)
Alternative Valuation Run (AVR)
Summary
Advanced Topics in the Material Ledger
Transfer Prices and Multiple Valuation Approaches
Transfer Price Concepts
Multiple Valuation Approach Implementation Scenarios
Multiple Valuations Configuration
Profit Center Implementation Configuration
Automatic Account Determination Configuration
Defining the Transfer Prices Pricing Procedure
Optional Configuration
Multiple Valuations Startup Procedure
Multiple Valuations Process Examples
Summary
Multiple Valuation of Cost of Goods Manufactured and IFRS
Introduction to IFRS
Multiple Valuation of Inventory Concept
Multiple Valuation of COGM Configuration
Periodic Process for Multiple Valuation of COGM
Summary
Actual Costing Cross-Company Code
Stock in Transit and Actual Costing Function Prerequisites
Procurement Process
Stocks in Transit and Purchase Order (GRP)
Intercompany Profits in the Actual Cost Component Split
Cross-Company Code Stock Transfer Processes in Multilevel Actual Costing
Summary
Material Ledger on SAP HANA
Why Use SAP HANA for Material Ledger?
Material Ledger Accelerator
Data Replication
Application Settings for SAP ERP Accelerators: Transaction HDBC
Show Database Table Content via Transaction SE16H
Closing Procedures
Reporting
Summary
Appendices
Examples in T Accounts
Period 01
Period 02
Bibliography
The Author
Index