Problem in Variance Settlements

Hi Experts,
During the July Production Order settlements the production orders which are having statuses of REL and TECO both have been posted to Production variance account PRD-PRF account?What could be the reason?? In OKG8 with ref. to Co Code and CO area there are no assignments?Is this the reason the system could't able to found the WIP Stock account and hence posted all variances to Production variance account PRD-PRF?
Your inputs are highly appriciated.
Thanks in Advance
Mammu.

Hi,
WIP:
The WIP calculation process valuates the unfinished products (work in process).
In the Product Cost by Order component, the work in process is valuated at actual costs. Work in process is the difference between the debit and credit of an order that has not been completely delivered. This method determines the work in process for each production order by calculating the difference between the actual costs incurred and the actual costs settled (that is, the difference between the debits for goods issues, internal activity allocations, external activities, and overhead on the one hand, and the credits for goods receipts on the other). Once the last part of the order lot has been delivered to stock, any remaining work in process must be canceled so that the order costs can properly be settled to stock.
The status of the order determines whether WIP calculation creates or cancels the work in process.
u2022     If the order has the status REL (released), the system can calculate work in process.
u2022     Once the order receives the status DLV (Delivered) or TECO (Technically completed), the work in process calculated in a previous period is canceled.
Variances:
As long the production order is not fully delivered or flagged Technical Complete the remaining order balance is treated as WIP. Otherwise the order balance shows up in variance calculation.
If a lot-based product-controlling WIP, is valuated at actual costs. The WIP is calculated as the difference between the debit and credit of an order as long as the order does not have the status DLV (delivered).
In lot-based product controlling the variances are not calculated until the order has the status DLV (finally delivered) or TECO (technically completed). This means that at the time the order has reached this status, the system no longer interprets the difference between the debit and the credit as work in process but as a variance. In lot-based product controlling orders never have work in process and variances at the same time.
The system compares the control costs with the target costs and assigns the variances to variance categories. The variances are assigned to variance categories in the following sequence:
u2022     Input price variance
u2022     Resource-usage variance
u2022     Input quantity variance
u2022     Remaining input variance
u2022     Mixed-price variance
u2022     Output price variance
u2022     Lot size variance
u2022     Remaining variance
Variance = 0 if only partial Goods Receipts has been performed.
Variance = amount if only complete Goods Receipts has been performed.
you have to assign GL accounts in OKG8 T.code to post WIP.this setting is Controlling area and by company code.
Thanks,
Rau

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