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 Order Combination and Controlling (CO)

Use

The deactivated operations are used to determine the planned costs of the original orders. This means that planned costs are determined for both combined and deactivated operations.

The planned costs determined are used for reporting and product costing.

Integration

The order combination in not reflected in the planned costs for the original orders.

Actual Costing/Material Ledger

Using the actual costing/material ledger, you can assimilate the actual costs of original and combined orders and better valuate your material stock.

Take account of the following restrictions:

  • You cannot release a combined order immediately in create mode. This is only possible subsequently, when you maintain the combined order in change mode.

  • The system does not support WIP revaluation when you use order combination with actual costing/material ledger.

Prerequisites

If you want to use order combination with actual costing/material ledger, you must have implemented SAP Note 840437.

Note Note

Implement the note before you create combined orders for material-ledger-relevant materials.

End of the note.

Features

In the plan/actual comparison, the planned costs without order combination are compared with the actual costs with order combination. In the comparison, you can identify to what extent the combination process cuts costs. The structural changes to the order mean that you can only perform a plan/actual comparison for the accumulated costs.

The costs for the combined order are collected in the header and cannot be settled until the last operation has been finally confirmed. The overhead rate is calculated in the combined order.

The distribution of costs must be established during final confirmation. Usually,the system proposes quantity-based distribution of costs across all cost objects. In this case, the cost objects are the original orders. You can change these default values in the customer exit MILLOC01 (function module: EXIT_SAPLMILL_OC_003 ) or you can change them online.

The settlement rule is created on the basis of the values for the cost distribution. You can add other distribution rules to the settlement rule if you want to settle costs to other objects. Since the settlement rule is not created until final confirmation, no periodic settlement can take place. This means that the only settlement type you can use is full settlement. The reason that settlement is not performed before final confirmation is that you cannot change a settlement rule once it has been used, and the actual distribution of costs is not determined until final confirmation. You cannot settle the combined order until it has the status Technically completed. The costs are always settled from the combined order to the original orders. Any costs subsequently incurred, such as time tickets posted late, are also distributed according to the created settlement rule. The costs are settled by cost element. You can settle costs for different cost element intervals in different cost proportions. To do this, you must create the source structurein Customizing for Controlling and include it in the settlement profile or directly in the combined order.. You can use any cost element intervals or cost element groups you like in the source structure. A separate distribution ratio must be specified for each assignment in the original order of these intervals at the time of final confirmation. Since a settlement rule is created for each entry in the source structure for each original order, you should permit a sufficient number of rules under Number of rules in the settlement profile.

Note Note

Make sure you create the source structure in the language in which you want to use it.

End of the note.

To perform settlement by cost element, you should set the required assignments to Settlement by cost element in the relevant allocation structure in Customizing for Controlling. To do this, you must select the By cost element field for the receiver type Ord (order) in the settlement cost elements of the assignment, and the Cost elements field must be empty. If the Cost elements field is not empty, all costs of the assignment are settled to this cost element. Using settlement by cost element means that a plan/actual comparison by cost element and origin is possible.

You can use either collective settlement or individual settlement. At the start of collective settlement, you must settle the combined orders first.

Caution Caution

In the first run, select the Combined orders only field.

End of the caution.

In this first run, the costs of the combined orders are settled to the original orders. The remaining orders are settled in the second run.

Caution Caution

In the second run, you must not select the Combined orders only field.

End of the caution.

To determine the work in process (WIP) in the combined order, choose Extended Control On and set the WIP switch for dependent orders in the controlling area Start of the navigation path in Customizing by choosing Controlling Next navigation step Product Cost Controlling Next navigation step Cost Object Controlling Next navigation step Product Cost by Order Next navigation step Period-End Closing Next navigation step Work in Process Next navigation step Define Results Analysis Versions. End of the navigation path This switch also affects other orders that do not settle to material (See Work in Process in Product Cost by Order ).). You are advised to create your own results analysis version.

When determining the work in process (WIP), the system values each production order (original orders and combined orders) separately. It does not take into account the dependencies between the orders. The costs of the combined order are only transferred to the original orders at the time of settlement. Before this time, they cannot be identified in the original orders.