Price Variance to COPA

Hi,
I need the price variances calculated during the Goods recipt to automatically flow to COPA . What are the configuration steps required to perform the above. your quick response would be much appreciated.
Best Regards,
Roville

Hi,
Use transaction code OKB9 and enter the cost element for price variances and select the indicator for PA segment assignment.
In addition, use KEI2 to define a PA transfer structure for FI/MM direct postings and assign a value field to the cost element.
Sanjay

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Settle Production Variances to COPA- Cost elements and Value fields

Dear All,
I know this question has been discussed in the past, but I have one specific doubt regarding this topic.:
When assigning cost elements to variance categories in t-code KEI1, how do we figure out what combination of cost elements (in the top half of the screen) constitute Input Price Variance, Scrap variance etc (in the bottom half of the screen)? I know the net of the postings on those cost elements tells us what variances we are looking it, but how do we get the cost elements (group) for let's say, 'Input/Output Quanity Varinace or 'Lot size Variance' ?
Or is this a futile exercise? May be I should just create three types of variances: Labor, Machine and Overhead. And I know what cost elements (net of the postings) would, in total, make up the $ variance in each of those categories. I can then use them in my report painter reports.
Please help clear the fog for me.
Ajay?
Thanks a lot,
Deepak

Hi Deepak,
Welcome to SDN!!
There are 2 ways of updating variances in COPA... I Prefer the 2nd option always...
1. Category wise variances (Input Prc, Usage var, etc) - Here, create a Cost ele group, where in you include all the Cost elements that can be posted to the Prod orders
For the sake of simplicity, you can include Cost elements 1 to 99999999 in the Cost element group...
2. Cost Comp Structure wise variances -
a. Create as many assignment lines in PA Trf Structure as in your Cost Comp Str...
Eg: If your Cost Comp Str in OKTZ has Raw Mat, Labor, Overhead - Create 3 Assignments in PA Trf Structure..
b. Assign the same cost elements in the SOURCE as in the Cost Comp Str
c. Choose the radio button "Costs/Revenues" in your assignment line, instead of " Variance on Production orders"
d. Assign each Assignment line to a separate Value Field
br, Ajay M

Transfering Production variances to COPA

Hi,
I have doubts about transferring Production variances to COPA.
Will this functionality work both for settlement of variances to GL Variances Account and at the same time for settlement of variances to COPA?
From my experience with cost centers and internal orders, I know that if I want to settle an Internal order both to COPA char and to GL Account, I have to make 100% overhead for the costs gathered on IO. Then I can do the settlement in both directions.
Could you please explain to me the case of Production order variances settlement? I need to have them both on GL accounts and in COPA.
Best wishes,
Karol

Hi
At the time of settlement of production orders, FI entry also passed as well as variances are also settled to COPA
In FI, variances will be debited (assuming production order debit is more than what it is settled to Inventory at Std cost) and Inventory changes account is credited.
In COPA, depending on the variance categories like Price, qty and their assignment to value fields, this amount is transferred.
For eg, if prodn order actual costs is say 12000 and is settled to Inventory is 10000 (at std cost), and the difference is 2000 and if this difference is due to Price (800) and qty (1200).
Hope this is useful
S Jayaram

Output price variance calculation

Hello,
I have a question on output price variance calculation in SAP.
The help reads:
"Output price variances are reported in the following situations:
If the standard price has changed between the time point of delivery to stock and the time point when the variances are calculated "
I do not quite understand this as when I have a standard price change between the delivery to stock and the variance calculation, I will already have a CO-PA entry for the price change. So why do I need another CO-PA posting for the variance?
Looking at the simple example of having costs of 150 USD when producing a material of 150 USD. If nothing changes I have a variance of 0 USD.
However if I receive the finished product to stock with a value of 150 USD and then revaluate to 165 USD before the variance calculation happens, I understand SAP would post an output price variance of 15 USD? But I also get 15 USD price variance from the stock revaluation into my books, so isnt that a double count?
Thanks a lot for your help
Kai

Hi Kai Hoffmann ,
As the SAP Help says...
Output price variances are reported in the following situations:
If the standard price has changed between the time point of delivery to stock and the time point when the variances are calculated
With respect to the above point, pls follow the example and let me know if you agree or not...
Let us say, we have Standard Cost of Product X for the month of Feb as $100 per tonne.
One Production Order is created for 100 Tonnes and you made Goods Receipt for 50 tonnes during Febrauray. (50 Tonnes posted to Inventory a @$100). Now, at the month-end, you estimated the Standard Cost once again and the new Standard Cost effective for the month of March is $110 per tonne.
Revaluation of inventory is done for 50 tonnes (for GR posted alread and in stock) and $10 * 50 tonnes is posted to Price Difference Account.
Now, during the month of March, you made the GR for balance 50 Tonnes on the Production Order. Inventory is posted @ $110. Once you do TECO and do the variance calculation, the system will post $10 * 50 tonnes as output price variance, which will flow to COPA and Price Difference Account.
So, I dont feel there is a double count or duplication...
waiting for your comments
Srikanth Munnaluri

Hard to believe: missing report on purchase order price variances ...

dear all-
Happy New Year to you all and all the best for this new 2008!
Traditionally the procurement to pay process is an area that really can benefit from automation. However more important than automation (efficiency), tools that support a process have to be effective first! And provide good understanding of business process at hand by providing information on essential key-figures of the process at hand.
That brings me to the topic of this post: purchase price variance. In my opinion the SAP functionality effectively handles PPV (purchase price variances): variance between purchase price and standard cost (let's call this one PPV1) and the variance between the invoice price and the purchase price (let's call this one PPV2). A good understanding of both PPV1 and PPV2 are useful for potential process improvements ... PPV1 relates more to the efforts of the purchasing deparment and/or determination of pricing in purchase orders while PPV2 brings in the efforts of the vendor.
Anyways, in order to obtain understanding of the variances mentioned, information is needed. E.g. a purchase price variance report or -analysis. I can't find such a report!
I did look on various forums and when I find something that relates to a PPV-report or -analysis, people are discussing ways to create an ABAP-report or query ... Much to my surprise: no clear answers. It looks that such a report even does not exist! That's what I find hard to believe!
Does anyone of you know about a report or analysis-tool on purchase price variances? Or is it really true that such a report is just not there!
thanks,
Ben

Hello Ben,
i have been checking the whole Forum and also asked around collegues and it seems that it is really still true there is no simple report that is showing PPV details (PO price, Invoice price, Standard price and the quantities and values)
I think the solution to get such a report is to programm it Starting point would be the line items on PPV account.
To get such a report with connection between Delivery and Invoice, GR based IV is helpful.
It is unbelivable that this never has been setup !
We are currently using FBL3N on the PPV accounts by current monthe with 2 variants subtotalling on matarial and sorting by high value
Let me know if anybody find a report
Cheers
Tim

Invoice price variance

Hi gurus,
Can anybody please let me know where to look for the settings for invoice price variance. The PO was created for material A for 26.01 USD for 1EA for 6EA. Therefore the GR amount is 156.06 USD (26.016). We received the invoice for 48.41 USD for 1 EA, therefore the total is 290.46 for 6EA (48.416). accounting have blocked the invoice. Where can we check in the system for the invoice tolerances so that it explains why the invoice is blocked. I also want to know whether the invoice was blocked manully or system atuomatically did it? Now how can accounting correct this anamoly?
Thanks
Anusha

I guess your invoice has automatically been blocked for payment because either the upper absolute or the percentage limit has been exceeded by the amount specified in customizing for key PP
Go to OMR6, key PP and check the settings
Accounting can release the invoice for payment through Tcode MRBR
See following wikis for some additional information:
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPSCM/MM-IV-LIV-CRESetTolerancesforIncoming+Invoice
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/ERPSCM/MM-IV-LIV-MRBRInvoiceReleaseinLIVTransactionMRBR
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Sidi

Invoice Price Variance Report

Hi,
When the IPV report is run for a particular month , I find a variance value of -759 against an account. But when I look in Payables entries for this account, I find an additional -1329 , in addition to -759 and when I drill down these are identified as Invoice Price Variance. Why isn't the report picking up this entry ? For these entry lines the source is "Cost Management". Please provide me with some pointers to this.
Thanks,
Meenakshi

hi
thanks for your reply. assume that PO total is 150. invoice is created of 100. in this case should i see an amount in Invoice Price Variance? im not seeing any change in Invoice Price Variance. for me what happens here is Transaction Amount - Accounted is shown -50 as its still to create an invoice of amount 50 which is in fact the accrual balance. pls give me a feedback on this. i want to produce a scenario which will make the invoice price variance more or less than 0.
thanks
Lisan

CST amount is debit in the purchase price variance

Hi
We are maintaining std in the materials master
and price procedure as taxinj
While doing migo, the CST amount is debit in the purchase price variance and credit in the GR/IR RM,
We need to debit the CST amount in the in the Raw material account
what are the settings i need to carry out Plz give suitable suggestions.
in tax code we are not maintining any G/L account for the CST
Edited by: K. Raghuram on May 19, 2009 12:48 PM
Edited by: K. Raghuram on May 19, 2009 1:02 PM

Hi Raghuram,
I think,the only possiblity for this to happen is due to the standard Price in the Mterial Mater you are using.
Means in the Material Master ,the Price key is a standard pricing.
So ,when ever you do a GRN ,the PO value will go and hit the Material account upto to the Standard price maintained in the material Master.
if the amount is more than it ,then amount difference will hit the Price variance account.
so in your case ,the CST is inventorised one ,i believe.. so that is the reason it is behaving so.
if there is somethig else required.provide a clear insight of the Problem.
Regards
Anjanna

Good Receipt is posted to price variance account instead of Inventory account

Dear All,
My client have a PO with three materials. All those materials have been assigned to same valuation class. Client has posted GR for this PO and one material has been recorded a misbehavior when selecting the accounts. That mean, it has been ignored the inventory account and instead value has been posted to price variance account. So the debit entry in price variance and credit entry in GR/IR.
But other two material has the automatic posting to correct account as Debit to Inventory and Credit to GR/IR.
Could you pls help me to find the reason for this.
Regards
Sujith

Dear Vivek and Dev,
Attached herewith the screenprint of Accounting view of the two material. Material 300000075 has the correct posting while material 300000028 has recorded incorrect posting
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Report for Purchase Price Variance

Hi,
Is there any standard report for finding Purchase Price Variance between Purchase Order and Material master
regards,
Mallik

Hi Mallik,
There is no std report for Purchase price variance .
But you can check KSB1 , where you can find the Price difference which is going to your PRD account .
You can find out your PRD G/L account .
Now go to KSB1 . In the cost element field give the PRD G/L account .
After executing change the layout as per your requirement .
Now you can see the Pur Price variance for the particulat material for the PO .
Otherwise you need to develop a customised report .
Hope this helps .
regards

Purchase price variance line item - not to be posted in Parallel currency

Hi All,
Scenario:
Transaction currency - SGD
Local Currency - INR
Parallel Currency 1 (LC2) - Group currency - USD
Parallel Currency 2 (LC3) - Global Company currency - INR
Import PO - MIGO - MIRO
PO is raised in foreign currency.
Material master price control is maintained in 'S'.
While doing MIGO, I am getting following accounting entries:
Stock a/c Dr.
GR/IR a/c Cr.
Price variance* a/c Dr.
*The price varaince is because of difference in my material price as per material master and PO.
If I go and check in FBL3N, I can see all the line items in Transaction, Local currency and 2 Parallel currencies.
My query is, In SAP is it possible to avoid Price variance line item posting to Parallel currencies.
To my knowledge I know that it is not possible to avoid a single line to post it to Parallel currencies.
Thanks in advance.

This is the answer from OSS
Dear Customer,
the system works as designed.
When Material Ledger is activated, price differences are always
generated under the circumstances you have described. The reason is
that when material ledger is activated, price differences must not be
included into the stock changes value, otherwise the system would
not be able to calculate an actual price.
When Material Ledger is activated, the customizing setting
for handling price differences in the subcontracting process has no
effect.
Best regards,
Santiago Lorite
AGS Primary Support, Business Suite & Technology u2013 Logistics

Moving average price variance in Invoice verification

Hello,
I set in sys that the moving average of price variance will be check in tolerance of x% (lower & upper limit) BUT the system ignore it , when I save an Invoice (MIRO) with price that change the moving average price for more than X% the invoice was saved with no W/E massage . I set all massages that seams to be relevant with E but nothing was happened .
What is the way to set the system that in Invoice verification stage it will check the moving average price variance and give an alert or will not let the invoice to be post ???
Best Regards
Idit

Hi,
You can block Invoices using transaction code OMC0
(a) Use Tolerancy Key VP for your company code
(b) Fill-up Lower and Upper check tolerance limit %
When a stock posting line is created as a result of an invoice item, the system calculates the new moving average price that results from the posting. It compares the percentage variance of the new moving average price to the old price using the percentage tolerance limits defined.
Bye,
Muralidhara

Production variance in COPA

Hi All,
We are settling production variances to COPA and We have 3 values fields in COPA,Material Variance,production labor variance and Other variance.
Variance categories are mapped to material, labor variance and others value fields.but i dont see any labor variances in Variance value field.i have reviewed and this is becuase of Variance categories.which are not one to one mapping to value fields.
we have 9 Variance categories mapped to 3 value fields.
client requirement is labor variances to settled to Variance value field,material variance to Material value field and Overhead and other variances to settlement others value field.is this possible?if yes.how can i do this?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Anusha

Hi,
As explained earlier by other forum colleagues,variances captured at production can be assigned to COPA under value field.This assignment is happening through PA transfer structure for variance settlement.
Normally this can be defined broadly into 2 categories : 1.Cost element and 2.Variance categories.
After looking at your requirement,your main interest is in cost element based production variance push to COPA for reporting.i.e.Labor variance.
Production order shows this variance under secondary cost element labor and difference between target/actual.COPA transfer structure doesn't push 2 seprate values (target/actual) ,whereas only delta gets posted.
I feel your requirement is not possible through PA transfer structure.
I would suggest,you push cost center specific labor expenses under new value field,capture cost component wise break up of standard cost udner different value field.
Comparision of cost center expense and labor part of standard cost will provide you expected value.
I know this complex thing to do,so discuss with client do they really want from COPA?
Same reporting they can get from cost cente i.e.expense posted(labor ) and absorbed on product under secondary cost element.
regards,ashok

Production Variances in COPA CO-PA

Hi Gurus
Production variances are genrated in COPA at the time of Prod Order Settlement.How can we display these in COPA reports apportioned according to Products
If not what is the best practice to present Production Variances in COPA reports

Hi,
The production variances flows to copa by creating PA transfer structre in OKOA. their you have to assign value fields to variance categories.after creation of pa transfer str u have to assign it in u r settlement profile.
Thank u
Srinivas

Actual COGS and Production Variances to COPA (KE27)

Dear all,
if the COGS is revaluated with the ML (revaluation of consumption)
if the COGS is mapped as a dedicated value field in COPA
if the COGS @ actual is passed to the COPA (KE27)
Hence is no longer needed to settle the production order variances to COPA!???
Thanks

Hello Francesco,
Yes. Very True.
Actual Costing will roll up the Cost for every next level. Without ML, the entry normally posted to FI when we run settlement.
Dr/Cr. Production Variance
Cr/Dr. COGM
This is where it remains for information, since Both GL accounts belongs to P & L.
When ML is activated, the variance is added to the next level of the product. Here , if we observe, settlement of variance neither impacted FI, When there is no ML Activation, nor impacted FI when ML is activated.

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