Variances within Mixed Costing

Hi,
we have implemented mixed costing. We use the standard price, and standard price changes are exceptional. Material Ledger is not in use. Production uses process orders (PP-PI). We will use mixed costing for dual sourcing, i.e. different supply sources or production versions, and we expect that the corresponding ratios will change during the year.
Now there are several questions regarding the corresponding variances:
1) how can we identify production variances, i.e. production costs versus standard costs
2) how can we identify purchase variances, i.e. purchase costs versus standard price
Ideally these mixed costing variances are shown on separate accounts.
I would be very glad if you could help me.
Kind regards, Marc

Mi Marc,
we post purchase price differences to a separate account from our production variances. We don't use PP-PI but I think the principle should still work. For the PRD postings in the MM<>FI account assignment, use the general modifier to distinguish between purchase price differences (blank) and production variances (PRF)
regards
Mark

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