Moving avg price is negative

Hi,
I am trying to post invoice for a material and PO but i am getting error message Moving avg price for the material is negative.
Please let me know your views on this.
Helpfull answers will be rewarded.
thanks
Suresh

Hi,
It doesn't mean that if you post higher value of difference then it will post MAP as -ve.
You might be posting higher value than the actual MAP of the material so it affects the MAP and if Difference amount is more than MAP value then this problem occurs.
And it also generates an additional accounting document of "PR" Document Type i.e. Price Change. But in your case, it will not allow to post you the MIRO Document.
If possible, better reverse the GR and change the PO value as per requirement and then do fresh GR and then MIRO.
Otherwise Try and change the material stock value in MR22 - Debit/Credit material stock value. It will not work by changing price in MR21.

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    hi ,
    Could anyone suggest  by wat amount material price should be increased so that Goods Issue can be posted .
    Currently Material Price is too low : hence the error message received : "Moving average price for material XXX is negative"
    so Invoice cannot be posted for a specific Purchase Order .

    your MIRO does not work because of this error message.
    you get the error message because you have a difference to the GR value.
    MIRO tries to distibute this difference to your stock.
    Means total stock value  will be reduced, and MAP will be adjusted.
    The total stock value is calculated with current stock quantity  multiplied by current moving average price.
    calculate this yourself.
    then check with what value your goods receipt was posted
    compare this value with the value your enter in MIRO. Is there a difference?
    if yes then recalculate  this formula:     current stock value  minus  difference  divided by stock quantity 
    you should already see that current stock value  minus  difference  value will already result in a negative value.
    if you divide a negative value by a positve quanity, then you get a negative moving average price (and this is not allowed, hence you get the error)

  • Why negative stock is possible for Moving avg price & not standard price?

    why negative stock is possible for Moving avg price & not standard price?

    Hi,
    Negative stock is available for both MAP as well as Std. price.
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    MAP-->
    1. Mtl with MAP 1 Rs/pc & stock of 10qty.
    2. GI done for 15 pcs. Each pcs evaluated with 1Rs (MAP). Stock value reduce by 15Rs. Offsetting entry takes place in consumption account of 15Rs. The stock and stock value is -5 each.
    3. Post GR of 10pcs with PO price 3Rs/pc.
    Now GR/IR should credited with 30Rs.
    Negative stock (which issued) with 1Rs. But incoming mtl. is of 3Rs/pc. So difference of 2Rs for Qty 5 (Neg. stk) of 10Rs. will posted to Price Difference account. And remaining 20Rs posted to stock account.
    Std. price.--> step 1,2 remain same
    3. Post GR of 10pcs with PO price 3Rs/pc.
    Now GR/IR should credited with 30Rs.
    Durin GR Stock account posting will be 10Rs but due to negative stk value the net stock value will be 5 Rs. Remaining 20Rs posted to price difference acct.
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  • Change price control indicator from standard price to moving avg price.

    Hi All,
    There is a material which has a negative stock for the previous period and the previous period is already closed.
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    the price control indicator can be changed  from standard price to moving avg price at any time .......with some restrictions.
    And one of these restriction is the one you see.
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    Hence you have to make the negative stock zero
    Since your negative stock is in the previous period, you either have to allow posting into previous periods (trx MMRV , of course Finance has to allow this as well)  first. Then you can post e.g. a 202 movement with previous period date  which has a quantity that equals your negative quantity. then you change your price control, then you do a 201 movement (again with previous period date), finally you can restrict posting into previous periods again in MMRV.
    or you just wait a few days, then with the month end closure your curent period becomes previous period and hopefully you will not have negative stocks again. then you can change the price control without any problem (I usually take care that moving average and standard price are equal befor I change the price control)

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    Hi Experts,
             What is the difference if price control of finished products in Standard or moving avg price ?
    1. I  know moving avg price is always change able but Standard price is also changeable if standard price is changable when it change ?
    2. If price control is S for finished products then product costing is happened or what !!!
    3. Price and qty of FG if it is moving avg price when changed (When GR is happened or when settlement is happened) ?
    4. In finished products if  price control S , when we run costing run (CK40N) i think price is changed,before it we settlement production order at that time price is also changed
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    Moderator: Please, respect the rules; ask one question per thread and try not to ask 'quiz' questions

    Hi,
    Pl see the answers as below:
    What is the difference if price control of finished products in Standard or moving avg price ?
    1. I know moving avg price is always change able but Standard price is also changeable if standard price is changable when it change ?
    *Ans:You are right on moving avg price that new avg price  is calculated after every goods receipt, invoice receipt and order settlement. But in case of price determination "S", all the material movements got updated with standard price only. If Material Ledger is in Active, you can't change the standard price of the Material once you have the movements posted or the status of the Material in CKM3N shows " Quantities and Values Entered"*
    2. If price control is S for finished products then product costing is happened or what !!!
    Ans: No. This is one of the available valuation method in SAP.
    3. Price and qty of FG if it is moving avg price when changed (When GR is happened or when settlement is happened) ?
    *Ans: new avg price  is calculated after every goods receipt, invoice receipt and order settlement*
    4. In finished products if price control S , when we run costing run (CK40N) i think price is changed,before it we settlement production order at that time price is also changed
    Ans: When you run CK40N standard price will get updated against the respective material and the same is used against all the material movements.
    The main difference between the two valuation procedures is that the moving average price represents a current avg price while the standard price is based on planned values.
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    i concerned this with mm consultant , they told its not possible to take like this in returns with moving avg price
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    hi
    this is to inform you that,
    this is not possible because master data in the system might have got changed from MVP.
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  • Change in Moving Avg.Price after GI

    Hi All,
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    Further we observed that within 15 days the MAP has came down to US $132.
    Could you please let us know the possible causes of this...
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    hii frends...in which scenario we hve to go for std price and moving avg price...
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    Hi
    Under certain conditions, you can change the type of price control:
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  • Moving average price is negative

    Hi,
    The PO has been posted for a quantity of 7101 on 11/09/2007.
    The Invoice was posted for a quantity of 711 by mistake on 11/16/2007(Amount 3053.43/711 qty)
    Subsequqntly GR was posted on 11/30/2007 for a quantity of 7101.(Amount 5801.13/ 7101qty)
    Business is now trying to reverse the Invoice because of keying error and want to raise a new invoice.While doing so,the error message is moving average price for material is negative.
    The present total value of the stock is 886.27
    I dont see any material price changes for this material.
    Any thoughts/inputs into this issue.
    Please let me know.
    Thanks
    Aravind
    Edited by: Aravind Aitipamula on Jan 22, 2008 8:50 PM

    Hi Siva,
    Thank you for the prompt response.
    OK thats one way .......is there any other way like changing the material price......
    Thanks
    Aravind

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    i'm looking for fm that i give her date and matnr and i get the moving avg price

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    Dear all,
    I have read several threads about this subject but my scenario is a little bit different than the ones described so far:
    1 - I had a GR of 12 Tons for 2000 u20AC for material A
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    Thanks in advance,
    JL

    Option 1 : You have to cancel all the documents last come First to Nullify the effect.( Which I feel the best practice may be bit tedious). And do the postings as required.
    Option 2 : Do Manipulate with Movement type 561, means just Put 1 kg or .1 kg with very high value to mitigate the MAV value.
    Option 3 : You can go for MR21.

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