Purpose

Forward exchange uses standard item categories. To distinguish purchasing new parts in price determination, you must define a separate price determination procedure.

For price determination in forward exchange, we recommend you take note of the following scenarios:

Items that are not accounted in the plant maintenance order

Items that are accounted in the plant maintenance order

For more information about configuring these scenarios, see SAP Note 964543.

Prerequisites

You must define conditions

You must adapt the logic for price determination

For information about these prerequisites, see SAP Note 964543.

Process Flow

For the return items used in forward exchange, the link to the plant maintenance order must be removed in order to get the stock update. Consequently, costs cannot be accounted because the price information cannot be transferred to the maintenance order without this link.

Customers using special stock do not need to use this price determination procedure.

To ensure that cost accounting is carried out correctly for the maintenance order, the prices must be determined in the following way:

Price of return item = material price

Price of goods receipt item = ∑ return items + refurbishment price/forward exchange fee from the subcontracting info record.

If the material prices (in MM03) change after price determination in the purchase order, there is no update of the prices in the purchase order.

The following example shows a purchase order item for goods receipt (013) and two return items (011 as the previous main component and 012 as consumable). The main component can have the same or a different material to 013.

With each of the following goods movements, values are posted:

Goods movement 101 takes place. Accounting information for item 011 is transferred to the maintenance order. There are no stock changes.

Goods movement: 101 (goods receipt)

Stock A = +/-0

Order costs/is debited: 117 (Material prices A (60)+ B (25) + Fee(32))

When the goods receipt arrives, goods movement 262 takes place in the background. The part from the subcontractor is added to stock and the maintenance order costs are reduced by €100 because the value of the part back in stock

Goods movement: 262 (return delivery for order)

Stock A = +1

Order is credited +100

Material B return item is sent to the subcontractor, so the stock is reduced by 1 piece and the value of stock is reduced by €60.

Goods movement: 161 (goods return)

Stock B = -1

Material value B = -60

Material C return item is sent to the subcontractor, so the stock is reduced by 1 piece and the value of stock is reduced by €25.

Goods movement 161 (goods return)

Stock C = -1

Material value C = -25

State of stock:

Stock of material B = -1

Stock of material C = -1

Stock of material A = +1

Material value +15 (because the part has been repaired and is therefore worth more)

Order is debited = 17