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Strategy sequences for the valuation of internal activities

Description

In Release 3.0 you can valuate internal activities using the actual activity prices calculated in Cost Center Accounting.

Cost Center Accounting provides the following methods for calculating activity prices using actuals:

The system calculates the actual activity price by dividing the costs incurred in the period by the activities in the period. This can result in different activity prices for each period.
The system calculates the actual activity price by dividing the total costs up to the period you choose by the total activities of the activity type up to this period. This reduces the fluctuations in the periods.

You decide which method you want in the CO version.

In costing, you can use these activity prices as the basis for the valuation of internal activities by choosing the appropriate valuation variant. The following valuation strategies were introduced:

Change system parameters in customizing

Im Customizing, the valuation variant was changed accordingly. For more information see the Implementation Guide for Product Cost Accounting.

In the CO version, you specify which method you want to use for calulating activity prices. For more information, see the Implementation Guide for Cost Center Accounting.

In the Implementation Guide for cost center accounting, you define how activity price calculation is to be controlled.