Sales Order Valuated Stock Vs. Non Valuated Stock

Question

Hi Gurus,
What is difference between Sales Order valuated stock and Non Valuated stock. What are the period end processes in each scenario?
Please give me ur valuable inputs.
Thanks in advance,
Ganesh

Answer 1

Hi
The definitions are huge.  Sales order related costing and its components are quite complex and configuration involves defining parameters for Req Class, Req Types, also depends on whether sales order item has indv and collective requirements etc
To answer your query In short it is as follows
Valuated sales order stock -  this has both the situations of controlling of sales order with and without.  Which means u may or may not create a cost estimate for the sales order item
In case of Non Valuated sales order stock - is always with controlling by sales order
The usage of product cost by sales order depends on business situations and other criteria
the main period end closing steps would be as follows
Valuated sales order stocks has all the period end closing steps as u use in make to stock situation, whereas non valuated sales order stock does not support following period closing steps with the exception of RA which can be performed
1)  No variances can be determined
2)  Actual costs of production orders are settled to sales orde
3)  No preliminary costing can be done on the production order
4)  No details of costs can be posted to non valuated sales order.  Only one cost which is the total actual costs posted to sales order item. 
5)  There are no planned costs for the sales order item and hence sale price is not determined based on expected standard costs etc. 
6)  You cannot do profit planning here with changes to sales price based on actual costs of production order
Please note
Settlement receiver in non valuated sales order stocks is the sales item and the settlment type is FUL
Recommendation
SAP recommends to follow sales order controlling depending on the business scenarios becoz of above limitations of non valuated sales order stock
Hope the above clarifies - Pls assign points as a way to say thanks