1、Inventory ValuationIn accordance with the Accounting Standard - FOR CNTABLE OF CONTENTS1.INTRODUCTION32.INVENTORY VALUATION BUSINESS PROCESS DEFINITION (BPD)43.INVENTORY VALUATION BUSINESS SCENARIO FLOW (BSF)44.PRELIMINARY WORK BY THE END USER54.1 Reset the existing values initial Process Explanatio
2、n (PE)54.2Reset the existing value initial Transactional Operation (TO)54.3MASS Reset of devaluation indicator (TO)84.4Verification of material master115.STEP 1: MARKET PRICE ANALYSIS PROCESS EXPLANATION (PE)145.1Market price analysis Transactional Operation (TO)145.2Validating the new prices215.2.1
3、 Checking the comparison price225.2.2 Checking the last goods receipt price225.3 Database update245.4 Verification of material master256.STEP 2: INVENTORY COSTING266.1Inventory Costing Process Explanation (PE)266.2Inventory Costing Transactional Operation (TO)266.3Verification of material master337.
4、STEP 3: LOWEST VALUE DETERMINATION BASED ON LOSS-FREE VALUATION347.1Lowest value determination based on loss free valuation (PE)347.2Lowest value determination loss free valuation (TO)347.3Verification of material master398.STEP 4: LOWEST VALUE DETERMINATION BASED ON MOVEMENT RATE408.1Lowest value d
5、etermination based on movement rate (PE)408.1.1Marketability discounts418.2Lowest value determination based on movement rate (TO)428.2.1Finished / Unfinished goods related to Tax price 2438.2.2Raw materials and supplies related to Commercial price 2619.EVALUATION779.1Evaluation (PE)779.2MRN9 Analysi
6、s of devaluation (TO)7710.STEP5: CALCULATE SLOW MOVING STOCK ITEMS8111.APPENDIX 1: FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION8211.1Configuration8211.2Enhancement of MRN38211.3User-Exit of MRN28211.4Program of ZAMM002 report831. Introduction An inventory valuation is a process of assigning a finanical value to on-hand
7、 inventory, based on several different methods. Originally the value of the inventory equals the cost of the materials. However under certain circumstances the inventory values have to be devaluated.The inventory valuation is an important part of the cost of goods sold in the income statement as wel
8、l of the companys current assets in the balance sheet. This documentation provides you with a detailed process description, a step by step guidance through the SAP processes as well with all necessary background information.To get access to the functionality you should select the following path in t
9、he SAP Easy Access Menu:LogisticsMaterial ManagementValuationBalance Sheet Valuation 2. Inventory Valuation Business Process Definition (BPD) The Inventory valuation process contains five subsequent steps which must be executed in chronological order. Each step is based on the values calculated in t
10、he previous steps. Jumping, missing or having errors in each step will lead to a false result in the following step. Therefore all steps need to be executed with high attention.3. Inventory Valuation Business Scenario Flow (BSF)Step 1 Market price analysis (T-Code: MRN0)Compare between the moving av
11、erage price and the last goods receipt price. The lowest will be updated into Commercial Price.Updates only purchase parts Commercial price 2Step 2 Inventory costing (T-Code: CK40N)Take Commercial price 2 plus the current BOM and routings into account.Update only Semi finished and finished goods. Co
12、mmercial price 3 Step 3 Loss-free valuation (T-Code: MRN3)Compare the Commercial Price 3 with the last SD invoice. The lowest will be updated into Tax price 2 Tax price 2Step 4 Lowest value principle based on movement rate (T-Code: MRN2, MRN9)Lowest value principle based on movement rate Tax price 3
13、 & Devaluation IndicatorStep 5 Calculate Slow moving stock items (T-Code: ZAMM002)Execute program: Slow moving devaluation report 4. Preliminary work by the End User4.1 Reset the existing values initial Process Explanation (PE)At the beginning of the process it is mandatory to reset the devaluation
14、indicators as well as the commercial price 2 + 3 and tax price 2 + 3 to 0 (zero).The resetting of those values can be only done by the End User FI/Accounting department.4.2 Reset the existing value initial Transactional Operation (TO)Transaction MRN0 Reset of tax price and commercial price in materi
15、al master The commercial prices 2+3 and tax prices 2+3 are still saved in the material master from the former year when the inventory valuation was processed With the following steps, these prices are going to be deleted The End User has to request this reset to the End User FI/Accounting The reset
16、procedure will then be carried out by the End User FI/Accounting Use variant: 2290_MRN0 and adjust the company code and plant Key Date:.11.30 Run it for all material type Enter your Company Code and Key Date Never update the material price in the material master Leave the settings as shown in the sc
17、reen shot for resetting Tax price 2 / 3 and Commercial price 2 / 3 Press click checkbox for resetting Tax price 2 / 3 and Commercial price 2 / 3 to zero in the material master The download of the printing list is not useful for analyzing the prices that have been reset (information not available) Le
18、ave the transaction by the green arrow 4.3 MASS Reset of devaluation indicator (TO) When the inventory valuation was processed from the previous year, the devaluation indicator is still saved in the material master Transaction MASS, the Devaluation indicator can be deleted with the following steps T
19、he End User has to request this reset at the End User FI or Accounting Reset procedure has to be done by SAP-FI or Accounting End User Select the Object Type and Valuation name select display all recordsSelect the devaluation indicator to run the mass updateMark the column for overwriting the devalu
20、ation indicator with 0When all lines have the devaluation indicator 0, the data can be saved4.4 Verification of material masterAfter each step a material master verification is recommended in order to check the values calculated in the previous step. Therefore a new SAP material master query was dev
21、eloped.Transaction: ZAMM001 Download the material master for your company code and plant Check if the Commercial Price 2+3 and the Tax Price 2+3 are zero Check if devaluation indicator is zero 5. Step 1: Market price analysis Process Explanation (PE) The first step of the Inventory valuation is the
22、market price analysis. With the market prices analysis the lowest price for all raw, auxiliary and operating material can be determined. It compares the standard price or moving average price (depending on the price control) to the last goods receipt price in a given time period. Based on the lowest
23、 value comparison the lower price of the standard price or moving average price vs. last goods receipt price is updated into commercial price 2 in the material master. 5.1 Market price analysis Transactional Operation (TO) Transaction MRN0 Determination of lowest price of the Raw material and suppli
24、es Process the price comparison to determine the lowest price for raw materials and supplies Use variant: 2290_MRN0_1 “Fine RM Market Price” and save your own variant Hint: you can run this transaction for all kind of materials (material type in total), but only purchased parts will be compared. Unf
25、inished and finished goods will be updated, because no receipt price is available Recommendation: Split the program run into various groups of material type due to high number of materialsSystem steps in background:1. Selection of the last GR/IR invoice of within the chosen time interval2. Selection
26、 of the current material price from the material master as comparison price (原材料选定时间最低GR/IR价格 v.s 物料价格)3. Comparison of both prices and updating the commercial price 2 field in the material master with the lowest of both prices (相对低价格更新到“commercial price 2” ) Enter the company code and Enter the key
27、 date which represents the end of a fiscal year or a posting periodIf 2 or more plants are assigned to a company code, and the plants have a same material but with different price. And if you want to update the market price by plant please make the setting as follows. a fiscal periodStep 1: Receipt
28、price are all goods receipts and invoices which are taken into consideration in the selected posting period Analyzed prices only 1 receipt price will be taken into consideration (no average calculation with more than 1 price) Strategy B: If more than 1 receipt price is determined, the last one will
29、be taken into consideration Exchange rate A: is taken from the posted document Meaning of percentages : The quantity invoiced must not be .of the quantity delivered. less than 100%invoiced quantity must be the same as delivered quantity 75%at least 75% must be invoiced 0.01 %no free of charge invoic
30、e shall be included more than 120%invoiced quantity can be at max. 20% more than delivered quantity 100%invoiced quantity can be at max. the same as the delivered quantityExample: 100% - 100%are only those matching GR / IRs that are chosen for the market price determination, where the delivered and
31、invoiced quantity are the same 0.01% - 100%a minimum of the delivered quantity must be invoiced but maximum the same quantity as deliveredAttention:Only if these criteria are fulfilled, the lower price of the matching GR and IR is taken as market price for the comparisonComment SAP F1-HelpStep 2: Lo
32、west Val. Comparison: The program compares the market price and the comparison price (current material price) and set the lowest of both Lowest of Valuation Area Prices: If more than 1 plant (valuation area) is assigned to a company code and there are different prices calculated the lowest one will
33、be set for the company code Current Material price: Standard price for materials with price control key S Moving average price for materials with price control key VStep 3: Remain the settings as shown above for updating Commercial price 2 You can change the settings for the output list if different
34、 information are requested If you want to check the prices in advance Remain the “Database Update” open Press click checkbox for updating Commercial price 2 in the material master The download of the list shows you the material document, which leads you to the invoice where the market price was take
35、n fromHint: if no invoice was found in the chosen period the current price is copied into Commercial price 25.2 Validating the new pricesA detailed list with company code, material number, comparison price, new price change in %, date, source and reference will be generated. These values have to be
36、verified. Only after all materials with a new price are verified and the new price is confirmed and update run should be carried out. 5.2.1 Checking the comparison price The comparison price must always be the moving average price of the material. In the material master record (MM03) under the tap a
37、ccounting view 1 you can find the current material price of the part. 5.2.2 Checking the last goods receipt priceThe detailed list from Transaction MRN0 shows you the purchase document number from which SAP took the new price. You can verify this price in the following way:Transaction MB03Enter the
38、purchasing document number & year from your downloaded excel file.Take the PO number from the displayed document Transaction ME23N Click on purchase order history 5.3 Verification of material masterZAMM001 Download the material master for your plant into Excel Check if Commercial Price 2 was updated
39、 for all materials Analyze those materials that have stock but no commercial price 2 6. Step 2: Inventory costing6.1 Inventory Costing Process Explanation (PE)In step 1 of the inventory valuation all purchased parts were updated with a new commercial price 2 based on the lowest value comparison. Thi
40、s commercial price 1 is now the new bases for the calculation of the inventory valuation for semi-finished and finished goods. The inventory costing will take the current BOMs, routings and activity rates plus the commercial price 2 and calculate the new value for all own product parts (Material typ
41、e: ZHIB, ZPRD)This calculated price will then be updated into the Commercial Price 3 in the material master data6.2 Inventory Costing Transactional Operation (TO)For the inventory costing has a own costing variant, the CN: C007, KR:K004 calculation. The Costing run after the costing is the update of
42、 the commercial price 3Step 1: Create a costing run (Costing Variant: CN: C007, KR:K004) Transaction CK40N a costing run is performed with the costing variant CN: C007, KR:K004 Run the inventory costing with costing variant CN: C007, KR:K004 for your company code This costing variant CN: C007, KR:K0
43、04 is based upon the Commercial price 2 for raw materials, which was saved in Step 1 MRN0 (see previous chapter) All unfinished / finished goods (Material type: ZHIB, ZPRD) are going to be updated in Commercial price 3 Recommendation: Select only materials with stock. You can use the material master
44、 query ZAMM001 Select the data for inventory valuation (30.11.20xx) Execute the single steps for you company code with material types ZHIB and ZPRD Analyze the error / warning messages and eliminate them if possible run the costing run again if necessary or create single costing per material (TA: CK
45、11N)The processing steps are planned at this stage. Click on the parameters and select the relevant data. Enter the material numbers and type of material and save the entries. CN: Input. For detailed description refer to the Costing Run Documentation. When the costing run is finalized, the update of
46、 Commercial price 3 in the material master has to be started Determine the settings in the “Parameter” as shown in the following screen print Save the settings and after leaving the “Parameter”, execute the Commercial price 3 update Download the analysis from the costing run into Excel by T-Code: S_P99_41000111 and save it for transparency and traceability purposes Final of c