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Define Material
Update Structure
In this section, you can define a
material update structure.
During the material ledger update, the system
collects data from valuation-relevant transactions such as goods receipts,
invoice receipts, and settlement of production orders. This data is collected
in different
categories in the material ledger in accordance with the material
update structure.
The influence that these transactions have on
the valuation price upon material price determination depends on the category
to which they were assigned. The following categories are
available:
- Other Receipts/Consumption
A receipt always effects the valuation price.
With consumption, you can determine whether or not it has an effect on the
valuation price of a material: the category Other
receipts/consumption has an effect, the category
Consumption does not.
Standard
Settings
In the standard setup, the categories are
defined in material update structure 0001 such that
the valuation price from material settlement corresponds to the weighted
average price.
Recommendation
Work with the update logic in the standard
system. If you work with the given logic, the material stocks in the closed
posting period are valuated with the weighted average price.
If this suits your needs, you do not have to
edit this section. The system will automatically use material update structure
0001.
Activities
1. Check
whether material update structure 0001 satisfies
your requirements.
2. If you want
to create a new material update structure choose New
entries.
3. Enter a
material update structure and a description. The description has to begin with
a letter.
4. Select the
entry and choose Maintain material update
structure.
5. Choose
New entries and enter the following:
If the process
category represents a receipt, choose the category
Receipts. The category Receipts
effects the price. When dealing with process category
B+ (procurement), you can also choose the category
Other Receipts/Consumption so that you can differentiate between
receipts in the material update structure.
If the process
category represents consumption, you can decide whether or not consumption
should have an effect on the price.
- The category
Consumption has no effect on the
price.
- The category Other
Receipts/Consumption has an effect on the price.
To find out whether a process category
represents consumption or a receipt, choose the input help for the process
category.
6. If you want
to further differentiate process categories that represent consumption, enter
a movement type group for the material ledger. This only applies to
consumption that is marked as single-level.
To see if a
particular consumption is single-level or multi-level, select the input help
for the process category.
7. Save your
entries.
Further
Notes
A material update structure must contain at
least the process categories B+ and
V+ .
For some transactions, certain assignments do
not make sense:
- Debits to materials are always assigned to the
category Other Receipts/Consumption . Therefore,
debits to materials always have an effect on the valuation price.
- For receipts, a further differentiation
according to movement type groups is not planned. This ensures that quantities
and values that relate to transactions that belong together are assigned
together. An exception to this, however, is process category
B+ (procurement). Even though this represents a receipt, you can
differentiate between movement type groups.