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Define Cost-Accounting-Relevant Default Values for Order Types and Plants

Here you define default values for manufacturing orders, for production orders without quantity structure (CO production orders), and for product cost collectors for each plant and order type.

You can make new entries here for production orders without quantity structure and product cost collectors.

For production orders with quantity structure and for process orders you make new entries in the processing step Maintain Order-Type-Dependent Parameters in the implementation guide of Product Cost Planning (PP) or Product Cost Planning Process Industry (PP-PI). You can either make the settings relevant for Cost Object Controlling for manufacturing orders there or in this processing step.

You specify the following in the default values for each order type and plant:

If you want to collect the costs on a product cost collector, use the functionality of Product Cost by Period. If you collect the costs on a product cost collector, then the manufacturing order is not a cost cost object. To make the necessary settings for the product cost collector, go to Product Cost by Period in Customizing.
You specify your choice here in the default rule. The default rule determines whether settlement is made cumulatively after the last delivery, or in each period.
For orders whose costs are settled to stock, settlement can take place either at the end of the period (settlement by period) or after final delivery (full settlement).
Full settlement is used with lot-based Cost Object Controlling. Variance calculation is performed after final delivery (status GLFT) or technical completion (status TABG) of a manufacturing order. Before final delivery, the order balance is shown as work in process. The default rule for manufacturing orders that are settled cumulatively is PP1 (Production Material Full Settlement). For all manufacturing orders whose order type specifies default rule PP1, settlement type FUL (full) is specified in the settlement rule.
As long as a production order without quantity structure does not have the status TABG, the balance of the order is shown as work in process.
Periodic settlement is used with period-based Cost Object Controlling. Here the work in process and variances are reported on the basis of the quantities confirmed and delivered in the period. The default rule for manufacturing orders that are settled by period is "PP2 / Production Order (Periodic Settlement)".
You can use the product cost collector as a cost object when analyzing costs with order-related production or process manufacturing, as product cost collectors always use periodic settlement. The default rule for product cost collectors is STR (With Strategy for Tracing Factor Determination). For all manufacturing orders assigned to a product cost collector, you must specify the default rule PP2 (Periodic Settlement) in the order type. Use the default rule STR (With Strategy for Tracing Factor Determination) for the product cost collector itself. The settlement type PER (periodic) is specified in the settlement rule for all product cost collectors.
If you specify the default rule PP2 for production orders without quantity structure, then you can not calculate work in process for these orders.
Orders (manufacturing orders and process orders) that are assigned to a cost object hierarchy must be settled in each period.
For more information on handling orders within a cost object hierarchy, see "Define cost object categories for cost object hierarchies".
Valuated sales order stock:
Orders that are assigned to a sales document item or WBS element can use full settlement or periodic settlement if you are using a valuated sales order stock.
Nonvaluated sales order stock:
For orders that are assigned to a sales order item or WBS element, the settlement type must be GES (full settlement) if you are using a nonvaluated sales order stock. The costs for these orders are included in results analysis of the sales order item or WBS element.
For more information on orders with nonvaluated sales order stock, see Product Cost by Sales Order in the R/3 library.
The order is only included in the calculation of work in process when a results analysis key has been entered in it.
The costing variant (preliminary costing) determines which costing type and which valuation variant are used for preliminary

costing.

The valuation variant selected through the costing variant is displayed for informational purposes.
For manufacturing orders, the costing sheet for overhead calculation in period-end closing and preliminary costing is proposed through the valuation variant that is assigned to the costing variant for preliminary cost estimates.
The costing variants Plan (for preliminary costing) and Actual (for the calculation of overhead in period-end closing) for the product cost collectors are taken over from the default values of the order type.
The costing sheet in the master data of the product cost collector is determined through the default value for the costing variant Plan belonging to the order type:
A valuation variant has been specified in this cost variant.
The default value for the costing sheet is calculated from this valuation variant and transferred into the master data of the product cost collector. The costing sheet transferred into the product cost collector is used for the calculation of overhead in preliminary costing and for the calculation of actual overhead.
In case no default values exist for the costing variant Plan, the default values of the costing variant Actual are used to calculate the costing sheet. The costing sheet is transferred into the master data of the product cost collector and can be changed there.
For production orders without quantity structure, you enter a costing variant for the preliminary cost estimate in a planning profile (instead of seperately for each order type/plant) that you directly link to the order type.
The costing variant (simultaneous costing) determines which costing type and which valuation variant are used for valuation.
The valuation variant selected through the costing variant is displayed for informational purposes. For manufacturing orders and product cost collectors, the valuation variant of the simultaneous cost estimate determines what activity price is used to valuate the activity types and business processes posted to the order.
For product cost collectors, the costing sheet for overhead calculation in period-end closing is determined through the valuation variant of simultaneous costing and entered as a default value in the master data of the product cost collector.
For production orders without quantity structure, you cannot enter a costing variant for simultaneous costing. Activity types and business processes are valuated on the basis of the plan price of the period.
The following applies to the planned costs of the manufacturing order:
You can do this within a manufacturing order or perform preliminary costing for multiple manufacturing orders using the report PPSFCACT.
For performance reasons, it might be best to trigger preliminary costing manually (usually with the report).
See also: Planned cost calculation

You can also set the following indicators:

Requirements

If you want to define your own costing variants, valuation variants and results analysis keys, you must process the following:

"Check costing variants for production orders" or "Check costing variants for CO production orders" or "Check costing variants for product cost collectors"

"Check valuation variants for production orders" or "Check valuation variants for CO production orders" or "Check valuation variants for product cost collectors"

Standard settings

The standard system contains the following default values for Product Cost by Order in plant 0001:

OrdT DRul PreC SimC
PP01 PP1 PPP1 PPP2
PP02 PP1 PPP1 PPP2
PP04 PP1 PPP1 PPP2

If you want to use periodic settlement with manufacturing orders, you must change the default rule to PP2 (Periodic Settlement).

The SAP standard system contains the following default values for product cost collectors in plant 0001:

Recommendation

If you want to use periodic settlement in make-to-stock production or sales-order-related production with a valuated sales order stock on the one hand, and full settlement in sales-order-related production with a nonvaluated sales order stock on the other, you must define two order types with different default rules.

Actions

Enter the default values you require.

Further Notes

If you want to use manufacturing orders or product cost collectors, you must also check whether the Order management indicator is selected for each fiscal year in the controlling area.

"Define controlling area"

The costing variant for preliminary costing of production orders without a quantity structure is specified in the planning profile. There is no costing variant for simultaneous costing.

"Define planning profiles for production orders(C0)"

If you use alternative sequences in the routing, then the selection of the sequences can be included in the production order and thus also in the preliminary cost estimate. To do this you must carry out the following steps in Production Planning in the order-type-dependent parameters:

"Define order type-dependent parameters"