In
Product Cost by Sales Order
you can collect actual costs and actual revenues for sales order items that carry costs and revenues. You can view the actual costs at any time and compare them with the planned costs.
If you are using a valuated sales order stock , you can:
View the commitment for the sales order item at any time
View the funds commitment for the sales order item at any time
The funds commitment in inventory includes the value of the materials in the sales order stock (that is, the value of the materials that have a relationship to the sales order item but have not yet charged the sales order item).
Note
If you are using a nonvaluated sales order stock, you cannot view the commitment or the funds commitment in inventory.
Commitments
The commitment provides information on contractual obligations that have not yet incurred actual costs.
Funds Commitment
The funds commitment in inventory includes the value of the materials in the sales order stock.
If you are using a valuated sales order stock, the sales order item is not charged with the actual costs of the make-to-order materials until they are withdrawn from inventory and delivered to the customer. This means that when the products are delivered to the customer:
The value of the sales order stock is reduced
The funds commitment in inventory is reduced
The sales order item is debited with the actual costs
Actual Costs
For information on debiting sales order items with actual costs when you are using a valuated sales order stock, see the following section:
Actual Costs in Product Cost by Sales Order: Scenario (valuated sales order stock)
For general information on actual costs in
Cost Object Controlling
, refer to the following section:
Actual Costs in Cost Object Controlling
Actual Revenues
Actual revenues are entered on the sales order item as a result of the following business transactions:
Billings in
Sales and Distribution
(SD)
Postings in FI
Resource-related billing
In this case, the prices for the customer-specific activities are not fixed in a contract or calculated with standard price calculation. Instead, the expenditure incurred is invoiced. The invoice shows the individual materials, internal activities, and other costs.
Reposting of revenues in
Controlling
(CO)
Funds Commitment Report in the Information System
The Funds Commitment report in the information system of
Product Cost by Sales Order
shows the following information on the sales order item:
Planned values
Commitments from purchase requisitions
Commitments from purchase orders
Funds commitments in inventory
Actual values
See also:
Product Cost by Sales Order: Scenario (valuated sales order stock)
Example for Product Cost by Sales Order: Quantity and Value Flow (valuated sales order stock)
For information on commitments, refer to the following section:
For information on the special requirements with a nonvaluated sales order stock, refer to the following section:
Special Case: Nonvaluated Sales Order Stock
For information on the Funds Commitment report in the information system, see the document
Product Cost Controlling Information System
in the following section: