Production order variances due to missing usages of overheads

Hi Team
We have noticed production order variances due to missing usages of overheads (labour, personnel, consumables, scrap). Where do those kind of variances come from and how they can be prevented/corrected.
Br, Kiran Unde

Hi Kiran,
This is because those Activity Types are not entered during Confirmations for Production Order. To correct those field, you need to perform Confirmation and enter the values for those Activities.
To prevent this in the future and to ensure those fields are entered during confirmation, you can do the following:
Make the system propose values for Activities automatically based on Standard Values.
Go to transaction OPK4
Select appropriate Order Type and Plant
Select tab "Individual Entry of Operation with Initial Screen"
In the "Services" section, tick "Propose"
Make the fields mandatory
Go to transaction CO86
Set related Activity to Confirm fields as mandatory by placing the radio button under "Req" column
Regards,
Julian

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i met a problem in the project ,the customer need see the production order variance category detail for (material,routine,overhead variance) in FI report ,so it need to settle the variance to at least 3 GL account
i don't know how to configure it ,i try to use result analyse like wip ,but go failed
do you have some suggestion
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Hi ,
Through Standard SAP .. the same it not possible . Standard SAP will post the differences to one GL account ..The variance amount is not segregated..
The way out is to use report KKO0 .( Product Costing Drill Down Reports ) in CO . There are many reports available .. and you can compute the difference in CO Reports and manually make an entry in FI by manually reversing the original variance account and posting it to cost component wise variance accounts ..
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1. Assign cost component structure in transaction OKN0 ( Date Extraction/Product Drill Down) tab.
2. Product Group Type = Material group..
3. Run KKRV after period end every month to collect the data for drill down reporting..
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Would you please help me with configuring the Production order variances in product costing. I would really aapreciate if you can send me some documentation. My scenario is to configure the automatic calculation of production order variance and its settlement to Copa. I would really appreciate an early response. If you have any documentations please send it to kamkhan.sap at gmail.
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Hi MKR,
You can calculate the following variances in the R/3 system:
Planning variances
Production variances
Production variance of the period
Total variance
You control the variance calculation process by specifying a particular target cost version.
In make-to-stock production, standard cost is calculated in the standard cost estimate for the material. In sales-order-related production with a valuated sales order stock, standard cost is determined using a predefined valuation strategy.
During production, actual costs are collected on the order (product cost collector or manufacturing order). The actual costs that are compared with the target costs are reduced by the work in process and scrap variances (the result is called the net actual cost).
You can determine the production variances of the period by comparing an alternative material cost estimate with the (net) actual costs. This alternative material cost estimate can be the modified standard cost estimate or the current cost estimate, for example.
Total Variance
The total variance is the only variance that is relevant to settlement. This means that only the variance categories of target cost version 0 can be transferred to Profitability Analysis (CO-PA).
The total variance is the difference between the actual costs debited to the order and the costs credited to the order due to deliveries to stock. The difference between the debit and credit of the order is passed to Financial Accounting (FI) and Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA) when the order is settled.
The target costs for the total variance are calculated as follows:
In make-to-stock production, the target costs are calculated using the standard cost estimate for the material and the quantity delivered to stock.
In sales-order-related production with a valuated sales order stock, the target costs are calculated using the cost estimate relevant to the valuation of the sales order stock (such as a sales order cost estimate or a standard cost estimate for the manufacturing order) and the quantity delivered to stock.
For the total variance, the control costs are equivalent to the following:
In Product Cost by Order, the control costs are the actual costs less the scrap variances.
In Product Cost by Period, the control costs are the actual costs less the work in process and scrap variances.
The variance calculation process compares the itemization of the cost estimate on which the calculation of target costs is based with the line items in your actuals.
The itemization contains detailed information based on the costing lot size, such as the materials to be used and the activities to be performed.
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I am hoping someone can help.
We settle our production order variances to COPA. - usually without any problem. The production orders settle to both Material (Mat) and PSG
However this month we had a situation where for 2 order there was no settlement to COPA for the variance.
For these 2 production orders there was no settlement rule to PSG in the master data so this obviously explains why it didnt create a settlement document but my dilemma is understanding why there is no PSG settlement rule.
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The 2 orders that I had issue with this month were for a new material and I am able to recreate this probelm for any new Production order against this new material. So I suspect that there is something specific to this material that is prveventing the PSG settlement rule from being created.
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Hi,
First you can settle these 2 orders individually with using KO88 Transaction code and see if there is any error. Also check the settlement profile of these 2 production orders.there you can check the " variances to costing-based PA" tick is there or not.If tick is not selected there,you can select the check box and run variance calculation (KKS2) and do the settlement for these 2 production orders (KO88).
I hope this wil help you and let me know if you have any queries.
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I am not able to see any value for Production order variances in PA report (T-code KE30).
Why it is showing 0 value for PO variances in PA report?
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setelement profile that u have to assign to order types
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I know im asking a dumb question. I really understood the concept of variance generated in production order, to say it in simple words the difference between debits and credits. But when it comes back to FI im confused and lost, when we settle the production order variance, the following entry is posted.
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Could somebody please answer my question or provide me with some clarification. I know either i would have misunderstood the concept or something is wrong or may be i need to look over the entire postings.
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Best Regards,
sk

Hi SK,
The net impact of settlement of production order on P & L is zero. The reason is actual consumption to that particular production order is booked to P & L at the moment the activities are confirmed over that order.
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Production order variances In PCA both entries are posted PRD and AUA, it is netting off and Profit center balance is zero.
when i analyze PCA,my product line profit center is showing 0(Zero) balance for production order variance entry.
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Both the accounts in the accounting document for settlement of variances, nullify each other in Finance. The variances are only for information and analysis for controlling variances. Hence, you need to take both the accounts in your consolidation.
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Hi,
You can check exsiting InfoCubes in the link here:
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw70/helpdata/en/81/d7153c4eb5d82ce10000000a114084/frameset.htm
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Variances for the Previous Period- Production Order Variances

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I am not able to settle the variances of Previous Period in Ko88.
The following steps I have done for the settling the variances
1. KKS2- Production Order
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Dear Vimal
I would like to explain further more on this area.
1. For V Material Item - When there is no stock it will be posted to Profit and Loss account
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In further to that Settlement can be done only if the order is completed. settlement cannot be done if the order is not completed.
I need to understand
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Production Order Variance Split based on Cost Component Split

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Ankur

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Its not possble in FI, but certainly possible in COPA
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Can anybody tell, what configuration settings will have to be made to settle variances in production order
to sales order in COPA?
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1. TA : OKOA.
2. CHOOSE : SETTLEMENT PROFILE
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Prevent creation of production order in case of missing parts

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Even in OPJH I have maintained no creation of order in case of missing parts, when i create a production order from planned order and I know the Bom components are not avialable in stock then also system allows to create. Pls guide on how to pevent creation of order.
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Dear,
If my understanding is correct then the settings in OPJK for business function 1 - availability check during order creation even if
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Hi,
Is there any standard report where we can find the variance analysis for a Production Order?

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