Consumption Alternatives
Definition
Consumption alternatives represent different possibilities for consuming a material, such as:
Production (multilevel)
Subcontracting (multilevel)
Stock transfer (multilevel)
Cost center (single-level)
Asset (single-level)
In multilevel processes, the consumption alternative and the procurement process are the same.
Use
Consumption alternatives are used for display purposes in
material price analysis
in the application component
Actual Costing/Material Ledger
.
