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Page 1: Understanding Production Order Variance Part 1

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SAP ERP Manufacturing - ProductionPlanning (SAP PP) UnderstandingProduction Order Variance - Part 2 The SAPPerspective

Posted by Ranjit John 13 Mar 2012

Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2 The SAP Perspective

Author Ranjit Simon John

Every PP FI and CO user in any Manufacturing Industry will be having a tough time while processing month-

end activities Production Order Variance posted against each process orders will have to be examined

explained amp investigated thoroughly Major questions arising will bebull Origin of Variance has comebull How to Categorize the variancebull How to cut down the variancebull Impact of variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Answering these will be really tough

We have faced all these scenarios and after months of deep research in this field I came across few

conclusions

For better understanding I will divide this blog into two categoriesbull Category A Basic understanding of Production Orderbull Category B Co-relating Category A scenarios with real life scenarios

Now let us examine the main points under Category A

The ultimate end point of any industry is sales For selling the product several process has to be carried

out The success of any management depends on how well they forecast the sales plan and schedules the

activities

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Figure 10

Let us divide the process as given below

1) Initial Planning

2) Cost Estimates

3) Actual Posting

4) Period ndash End Processing1) Initial Planning

Forecasting the sales for future Sales and Operation Planning Long term planning Cost center planning

should be well executed by the management

2) Cost Estimates

The major points to be considered here are

a) a) Master Data

a1) Material Master

All the required information to manage a material

Transaction Codes MM01 MM02 MM03

a2) Bill of Material (BOM)

Structured hierarchy of raw materials necessary to create a Finished Semi Finished Good

Transaction Codes CS01 CS02 CS03

a3) Routing

List of tasks containing standard activity times required to perform operations to create a

Finished Semi Finished Good

Transaction Codes CA01 CA02 CA03

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a4) Product Cost Collector

Collects actual costs during the production of a material

Transaction Codes KKF6N

a5) Recipe

Recipes comprise information about the products and components of a process the process steps

to be executed and the resources required for the production

Transaction Codes C201 C202 C203

b) Overhead Costs

All indirect cost like power canteen etc

Transaction Codes KZS2

b1) Calculation Base

A base is a group of cost elements to which overhead is applied

b2) Overhead Rate

Overhead rate is a percentage factor applied to the value of the calculation base (group of cost

elements)

b3) Credit Key

During Overhead calculation a manufacturing order in product cost collector is debited and a cost center

is credited The credit key defines which cost center receives the credit

C ) Cost Component

The cost component split allows a cost estimate to group costs of similar types of components such as

material labor and overhead

d) Costing Variant

The costing variant contains information on how a cost estimate calculates the standard price

e) Standard Cost Estimate

The Standard Cost Estimate is involved in variance analysis because it is used for stock valuation

When a production or process order delivers production to inventory it receives a credit based on standard

price Total variance is the difference between actual costs debited to the order and costs credited to the order

due to deliveries to stock

f) Preliminary Cost Estimate

The Preliminary Cost Estimate is involved with production variance calculation and valuating scrap variance

and WIP

g) Mixed Cost Estimate

If there are different procurement alternatives for the same material such as two production lines or two

vendors mixed costing can be used when inventory valuation has to reflect the mixed procurement costs

3) Actual Postings

Plan costs are posted prior to a fiscal period Actual costs are posted in real time during a fiscal period

Actual Cost can be divided into two groups based on the posting originbull Postings to CO from external business transactions results in Primary Costsbull Business transactions within CO results in Secondary Costs

31 Primary Cost

Primary cost will be posted to CO mainly in the following scenarios

311 Goods Issue to Production Order

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When goods are issued from inventory a general ledger balance sheet account is credited and

profit and loss consumption (expense) account is debited A primary cost element with the same number and

identifier as the inventory consumption is usually created in CO during initial system implementation When

the system detects a corresponding primary cost element in CO during a posting to General ledger expense

account a posting to CO cost object is also required

Primary Cost are posted to CO from FI

GL entry during Goods Issue

Debit Credit

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 10

32 Secondary Cost

The costs in CO are allocated from overhead cost centers to production cost centers during

assessment and then onto production order during activity confirmation

321 Assessment

Period-end assessments move costs from overhead cost centers to production cost centers

322 Activity Confirmation

When production order activities are confirmed the production or product cost collector is

debited and the production cost center is credited There are no FI postings during activity confirmation

33 Primary Credits

Primary Credits occur when production orders deliver Finished Semi finished good into inventory

As finished goods are delivered from manufacturing order into inventory an inventory balance sheet

account is debited and profit and loss production output account is credited Because there is a primary cost

element corresponding to the production output account a CO object is also credited The finished goods are

delivered from a production order so the system automatically chooses the production order or product cost

collector to receive the primary credit

The credit value is calculated by multiplying the finished goods standard price by the quantity delivered

to inventory

Debit Credit

Stock of Finished Good XXX

COGM of Finished Good XXX

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 20

34 Secondary Credit

At period end the production order receives a secondary credit that is equal to the variance during settlement

resulting in zero balance

During the settlement process product cost collectors and process order variance are posted to Profitability

Analysis (CO-PA) and FI

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Debit 100 Raw Material

100 Labor

100 Over Heads

Credit (250) Finished Good

Balance 50 Variance

Table 30

Total Variance is the difference between total production order debits and credits

Variance calculation at period end divides the variance into categories based on the source of the variance

Production Variance settled to CO-PA are included at the gross profit margin level

Cost Center underover absorption costs assessed to CO-PA are included at the operating profit level

35) Post Actual Costs

1) Period ndash End Processing 51 The three common types of variance calculation are as follows

511) Total Variance

Total variance is the difference between the actual cost debited to the order and credits from

deliveries to inventory Total Variance is variance relevant to settlement The variance is settled in Financial

Accounting (FI) Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis

512) Production Variance

Production variance is the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target

costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory

Production variance is not relevant for settlement only for information

513) Planning Variance

Planning variance is the difference between costs on the preliminary cost estimate for the order

and target costs based on the standard cost estimate and planned order quantity

52) Variance Categories

During variance calculation the order balance is divided into categories on the input and output sides

Variance category provide reasons for the cause of the variance There are no FI posting during variance

calculation

Variance can be categorized into Input Variance and Output Variance

521) Input Variance

Variance based on Goods Issue Internal activity allocation overhead allocation general ledger

account postings

Input variance is divided into the following categories during variance calculation according to their

source

Category IV1) Input Price Variance

Input price variance occurs as a result of material price change after the higher level material cost estimate is

released

It occurs in any of the below mentioned scenariosbull If the material valuation is based on standard price control a standard cost estimate for the

component could be released after the cost estimate for the assembly is releasedbull If the material valuation is based on Moving average price control a goods receipt of the

component could change the component price after the cost estimate for the material is released

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Input price variance = (actual price ndash plan price) actual input quantity

Category IV2) Resource ndash Usage Variance

Resource ndash Usage variance occurs as a result of substituting components This could occur if acomponent is not available and another component with a different material number is usedinstead Resource Usage variance = Actual costs ndashtarget costs ndash Input price variance

Category IV3) Input quantity variance

Input quantity variance occurs as a result of a difference between plan and actual quantities of materials and

activities consumed

Input quantity variance = (actual input quantity ndash target input quantity)

plan price

Category IV4) Remaining Input Variance

When input variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category 522) Output Variance

Variance can be from too little or too much of planned order quantity being delivered or because the delivered

quantity was valuated differently

522) Output Variance is divided into

Category OV1) Mixed ndash Price Variance

Mixed-Price variance occurs when inventory is valuated using a mixed cost estimate for the material

Category OV2) Output Price Variance

Output price variance can occur in the following scenarios

1) If the standard price is changed after delivery to inventory and before variance calculation

2) If the material is valuated at moving average price and it is not delivered to inventory at standard price

during target value calculation

Output price variance = actual activity (plan price ndash actual price)

Category OV3) Lot Size Variance

Lot Size variance occurs if a manufacturing order lot size is different from the standard cost estimate costing

lot size

Category OV4) Remaining Variance

Occurs if variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category

Category OV5) Output Quantity Variance

Represents the difference between manually entered actual costs and allocated actual

quantities

Output Quantity variance = ( actual quantity ndashmanual actual quantity)

plan price

53) Period End

The most important period-end process relevant to production order variance analysis isbull Overheadbull WIPbull Variance Calculation

Variance can be calculated using the formula

Variance = Actual Cost ndash Actual Cost Allocated (credits) ndash WIP ndash Scrap

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

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Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

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Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

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Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

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Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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preparing-the-cost-sheet

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reconcilling-roh

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

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mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

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Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

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padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

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Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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Dear Sir

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Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

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Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

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Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

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R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Figure 10

Let us divide the process as given below

1) Initial Planning

2) Cost Estimates

3) Actual Posting

4) Period ndash End Processing1) Initial Planning

Forecasting the sales for future Sales and Operation Planning Long term planning Cost center planning

should be well executed by the management

2) Cost Estimates

The major points to be considered here are

a) a) Master Data

a1) Material Master

All the required information to manage a material

Transaction Codes MM01 MM02 MM03

a2) Bill of Material (BOM)

Structured hierarchy of raw materials necessary to create a Finished Semi Finished Good

Transaction Codes CS01 CS02 CS03

a3) Routing

List of tasks containing standard activity times required to perform operations to create a

Finished Semi Finished Good

Transaction Codes CA01 CA02 CA03

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a4) Product Cost Collector

Collects actual costs during the production of a material

Transaction Codes KKF6N

a5) Recipe

Recipes comprise information about the products and components of a process the process steps

to be executed and the resources required for the production

Transaction Codes C201 C202 C203

b) Overhead Costs

All indirect cost like power canteen etc

Transaction Codes KZS2

b1) Calculation Base

A base is a group of cost elements to which overhead is applied

b2) Overhead Rate

Overhead rate is a percentage factor applied to the value of the calculation base (group of cost

elements)

b3) Credit Key

During Overhead calculation a manufacturing order in product cost collector is debited and a cost center

is credited The credit key defines which cost center receives the credit

C ) Cost Component

The cost component split allows a cost estimate to group costs of similar types of components such as

material labor and overhead

d) Costing Variant

The costing variant contains information on how a cost estimate calculates the standard price

e) Standard Cost Estimate

The Standard Cost Estimate is involved in variance analysis because it is used for stock valuation

When a production or process order delivers production to inventory it receives a credit based on standard

price Total variance is the difference between actual costs debited to the order and costs credited to the order

due to deliveries to stock

f) Preliminary Cost Estimate

The Preliminary Cost Estimate is involved with production variance calculation and valuating scrap variance

and WIP

g) Mixed Cost Estimate

If there are different procurement alternatives for the same material such as two production lines or two

vendors mixed costing can be used when inventory valuation has to reflect the mixed procurement costs

3) Actual Postings

Plan costs are posted prior to a fiscal period Actual costs are posted in real time during a fiscal period

Actual Cost can be divided into two groups based on the posting originbull Postings to CO from external business transactions results in Primary Costsbull Business transactions within CO results in Secondary Costs

31 Primary Cost

Primary cost will be posted to CO mainly in the following scenarios

311 Goods Issue to Production Order

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When goods are issued from inventory a general ledger balance sheet account is credited and

profit and loss consumption (expense) account is debited A primary cost element with the same number and

identifier as the inventory consumption is usually created in CO during initial system implementation When

the system detects a corresponding primary cost element in CO during a posting to General ledger expense

account a posting to CO cost object is also required

Primary Cost are posted to CO from FI

GL entry during Goods Issue

Debit Credit

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 10

32 Secondary Cost

The costs in CO are allocated from overhead cost centers to production cost centers during

assessment and then onto production order during activity confirmation

321 Assessment

Period-end assessments move costs from overhead cost centers to production cost centers

322 Activity Confirmation

When production order activities are confirmed the production or product cost collector is

debited and the production cost center is credited There are no FI postings during activity confirmation

33 Primary Credits

Primary Credits occur when production orders deliver Finished Semi finished good into inventory

As finished goods are delivered from manufacturing order into inventory an inventory balance sheet

account is debited and profit and loss production output account is credited Because there is a primary cost

element corresponding to the production output account a CO object is also credited The finished goods are

delivered from a production order so the system automatically chooses the production order or product cost

collector to receive the primary credit

The credit value is calculated by multiplying the finished goods standard price by the quantity delivered

to inventory

Debit Credit

Stock of Finished Good XXX

COGM of Finished Good XXX

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 20

34 Secondary Credit

At period end the production order receives a secondary credit that is equal to the variance during settlement

resulting in zero balance

During the settlement process product cost collectors and process order variance are posted to Profitability

Analysis (CO-PA) and FI

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Debit 100 Raw Material

100 Labor

100 Over Heads

Credit (250) Finished Good

Balance 50 Variance

Table 30

Total Variance is the difference between total production order debits and credits

Variance calculation at period end divides the variance into categories based on the source of the variance

Production Variance settled to CO-PA are included at the gross profit margin level

Cost Center underover absorption costs assessed to CO-PA are included at the operating profit level

35) Post Actual Costs

1) Period ndash End Processing 51 The three common types of variance calculation are as follows

511) Total Variance

Total variance is the difference between the actual cost debited to the order and credits from

deliveries to inventory Total Variance is variance relevant to settlement The variance is settled in Financial

Accounting (FI) Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis

512) Production Variance

Production variance is the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target

costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory

Production variance is not relevant for settlement only for information

513) Planning Variance

Planning variance is the difference between costs on the preliminary cost estimate for the order

and target costs based on the standard cost estimate and planned order quantity

52) Variance Categories

During variance calculation the order balance is divided into categories on the input and output sides

Variance category provide reasons for the cause of the variance There are no FI posting during variance

calculation

Variance can be categorized into Input Variance and Output Variance

521) Input Variance

Variance based on Goods Issue Internal activity allocation overhead allocation general ledger

account postings

Input variance is divided into the following categories during variance calculation according to their

source

Category IV1) Input Price Variance

Input price variance occurs as a result of material price change after the higher level material cost estimate is

released

It occurs in any of the below mentioned scenariosbull If the material valuation is based on standard price control a standard cost estimate for the

component could be released after the cost estimate for the assembly is releasedbull If the material valuation is based on Moving average price control a goods receipt of the

component could change the component price after the cost estimate for the material is released

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Input price variance = (actual price ndash plan price) actual input quantity

Category IV2) Resource ndash Usage Variance

Resource ndash Usage variance occurs as a result of substituting components This could occur if acomponent is not available and another component with a different material number is usedinstead Resource Usage variance = Actual costs ndashtarget costs ndash Input price variance

Category IV3) Input quantity variance

Input quantity variance occurs as a result of a difference between plan and actual quantities of materials and

activities consumed

Input quantity variance = (actual input quantity ndash target input quantity)

plan price

Category IV4) Remaining Input Variance

When input variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category 522) Output Variance

Variance can be from too little or too much of planned order quantity being delivered or because the delivered

quantity was valuated differently

522) Output Variance is divided into

Category OV1) Mixed ndash Price Variance

Mixed-Price variance occurs when inventory is valuated using a mixed cost estimate for the material

Category OV2) Output Price Variance

Output price variance can occur in the following scenarios

1) If the standard price is changed after delivery to inventory and before variance calculation

2) If the material is valuated at moving average price and it is not delivered to inventory at standard price

during target value calculation

Output price variance = actual activity (plan price ndash actual price)

Category OV3) Lot Size Variance

Lot Size variance occurs if a manufacturing order lot size is different from the standard cost estimate costing

lot size

Category OV4) Remaining Variance

Occurs if variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category

Category OV5) Output Quantity Variance

Represents the difference between manually entered actual costs and allocated actual

quantities

Output Quantity variance = ( actual quantity ndashmanual actual quantity)

plan price

53) Period End

The most important period-end process relevant to production order variance analysis isbull Overheadbull WIPbull Variance Calculation

Variance can be calculated using the formula

Variance = Actual Cost ndash Actual Cost Allocated (credits) ndash WIP ndash Scrap

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

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move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

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Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

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Tremendous effort my dear

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a4) Product Cost Collector

Collects actual costs during the production of a material

Transaction Codes KKF6N

a5) Recipe

Recipes comprise information about the products and components of a process the process steps

to be executed and the resources required for the production

Transaction Codes C201 C202 C203

b) Overhead Costs

All indirect cost like power canteen etc

Transaction Codes KZS2

b1) Calculation Base

A base is a group of cost elements to which overhead is applied

b2) Overhead Rate

Overhead rate is a percentage factor applied to the value of the calculation base (group of cost

elements)

b3) Credit Key

During Overhead calculation a manufacturing order in product cost collector is debited and a cost center

is credited The credit key defines which cost center receives the credit

C ) Cost Component

The cost component split allows a cost estimate to group costs of similar types of components such as

material labor and overhead

d) Costing Variant

The costing variant contains information on how a cost estimate calculates the standard price

e) Standard Cost Estimate

The Standard Cost Estimate is involved in variance analysis because it is used for stock valuation

When a production or process order delivers production to inventory it receives a credit based on standard

price Total variance is the difference between actual costs debited to the order and costs credited to the order

due to deliveries to stock

f) Preliminary Cost Estimate

The Preliminary Cost Estimate is involved with production variance calculation and valuating scrap variance

and WIP

g) Mixed Cost Estimate

If there are different procurement alternatives for the same material such as two production lines or two

vendors mixed costing can be used when inventory valuation has to reflect the mixed procurement costs

3) Actual Postings

Plan costs are posted prior to a fiscal period Actual costs are posted in real time during a fiscal period

Actual Cost can be divided into two groups based on the posting originbull Postings to CO from external business transactions results in Primary Costsbull Business transactions within CO results in Secondary Costs

31 Primary Cost

Primary cost will be posted to CO mainly in the following scenarios

311 Goods Issue to Production Order

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When goods are issued from inventory a general ledger balance sheet account is credited and

profit and loss consumption (expense) account is debited A primary cost element with the same number and

identifier as the inventory consumption is usually created in CO during initial system implementation When

the system detects a corresponding primary cost element in CO during a posting to General ledger expense

account a posting to CO cost object is also required

Primary Cost are posted to CO from FI

GL entry during Goods Issue

Debit Credit

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 10

32 Secondary Cost

The costs in CO are allocated from overhead cost centers to production cost centers during

assessment and then onto production order during activity confirmation

321 Assessment

Period-end assessments move costs from overhead cost centers to production cost centers

322 Activity Confirmation

When production order activities are confirmed the production or product cost collector is

debited and the production cost center is credited There are no FI postings during activity confirmation

33 Primary Credits

Primary Credits occur when production orders deliver Finished Semi finished good into inventory

As finished goods are delivered from manufacturing order into inventory an inventory balance sheet

account is debited and profit and loss production output account is credited Because there is a primary cost

element corresponding to the production output account a CO object is also credited The finished goods are

delivered from a production order so the system automatically chooses the production order or product cost

collector to receive the primary credit

The credit value is calculated by multiplying the finished goods standard price by the quantity delivered

to inventory

Debit Credit

Stock of Finished Good XXX

COGM of Finished Good XXX

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 20

34 Secondary Credit

At period end the production order receives a secondary credit that is equal to the variance during settlement

resulting in zero balance

During the settlement process product cost collectors and process order variance are posted to Profitability

Analysis (CO-PA) and FI

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Debit 100 Raw Material

100 Labor

100 Over Heads

Credit (250) Finished Good

Balance 50 Variance

Table 30

Total Variance is the difference between total production order debits and credits

Variance calculation at period end divides the variance into categories based on the source of the variance

Production Variance settled to CO-PA are included at the gross profit margin level

Cost Center underover absorption costs assessed to CO-PA are included at the operating profit level

35) Post Actual Costs

1) Period ndash End Processing 51 The three common types of variance calculation are as follows

511) Total Variance

Total variance is the difference between the actual cost debited to the order and credits from

deliveries to inventory Total Variance is variance relevant to settlement The variance is settled in Financial

Accounting (FI) Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis

512) Production Variance

Production variance is the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target

costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory

Production variance is not relevant for settlement only for information

513) Planning Variance

Planning variance is the difference between costs on the preliminary cost estimate for the order

and target costs based on the standard cost estimate and planned order quantity

52) Variance Categories

During variance calculation the order balance is divided into categories on the input and output sides

Variance category provide reasons for the cause of the variance There are no FI posting during variance

calculation

Variance can be categorized into Input Variance and Output Variance

521) Input Variance

Variance based on Goods Issue Internal activity allocation overhead allocation general ledger

account postings

Input variance is divided into the following categories during variance calculation according to their

source

Category IV1) Input Price Variance

Input price variance occurs as a result of material price change after the higher level material cost estimate is

released

It occurs in any of the below mentioned scenariosbull If the material valuation is based on standard price control a standard cost estimate for the

component could be released after the cost estimate for the assembly is releasedbull If the material valuation is based on Moving average price control a goods receipt of the

component could change the component price after the cost estimate for the material is released

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Input price variance = (actual price ndash plan price) actual input quantity

Category IV2) Resource ndash Usage Variance

Resource ndash Usage variance occurs as a result of substituting components This could occur if acomponent is not available and another component with a different material number is usedinstead Resource Usage variance = Actual costs ndashtarget costs ndash Input price variance

Category IV3) Input quantity variance

Input quantity variance occurs as a result of a difference between plan and actual quantities of materials and

activities consumed

Input quantity variance = (actual input quantity ndash target input quantity)

plan price

Category IV4) Remaining Input Variance

When input variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category 522) Output Variance

Variance can be from too little or too much of planned order quantity being delivered or because the delivered

quantity was valuated differently

522) Output Variance is divided into

Category OV1) Mixed ndash Price Variance

Mixed-Price variance occurs when inventory is valuated using a mixed cost estimate for the material

Category OV2) Output Price Variance

Output price variance can occur in the following scenarios

1) If the standard price is changed after delivery to inventory and before variance calculation

2) If the material is valuated at moving average price and it is not delivered to inventory at standard price

during target value calculation

Output price variance = actual activity (plan price ndash actual price)

Category OV3) Lot Size Variance

Lot Size variance occurs if a manufacturing order lot size is different from the standard cost estimate costing

lot size

Category OV4) Remaining Variance

Occurs if variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category

Category OV5) Output Quantity Variance

Represents the difference between manually entered actual costs and allocated actual

quantities

Output Quantity variance = ( actual quantity ndashmanual actual quantity)

plan price

53) Period End

The most important period-end process relevant to production order variance analysis isbull Overheadbull WIPbull Variance Calculation

Variance can be calculated using the formula

Variance = Actual Cost ndash Actual Cost Allocated (credits) ndash WIP ndash Scrap

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

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Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM

Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

Regards

sisir pradhan

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

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When goods are issued from inventory a general ledger balance sheet account is credited and

profit and loss consumption (expense) account is debited A primary cost element with the same number and

identifier as the inventory consumption is usually created in CO during initial system implementation When

the system detects a corresponding primary cost element in CO during a posting to General ledger expense

account a posting to CO cost object is also required

Primary Cost are posted to CO from FI

GL entry during Goods Issue

Debit Credit

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 10

32 Secondary Cost

The costs in CO are allocated from overhead cost centers to production cost centers during

assessment and then onto production order during activity confirmation

321 Assessment

Period-end assessments move costs from overhead cost centers to production cost centers

322 Activity Confirmation

When production order activities are confirmed the production or product cost collector is

debited and the production cost center is credited There are no FI postings during activity confirmation

33 Primary Credits

Primary Credits occur when production orders deliver Finished Semi finished good into inventory

As finished goods are delivered from manufacturing order into inventory an inventory balance sheet

account is debited and profit and loss production output account is credited Because there is a primary cost

element corresponding to the production output account a CO object is also credited The finished goods are

delivered from a production order so the system automatically chooses the production order or product cost

collector to receive the primary credit

The credit value is calculated by multiplying the finished goods standard price by the quantity delivered

to inventory

Debit Credit

Stock of Finished Good XXX

COGM of Finished Good XXX

Raw Material Consumption XXX

Stock of Raw Material XXX

Table 20

34 Secondary Credit

At period end the production order receives a secondary credit that is equal to the variance during settlement

resulting in zero balance

During the settlement process product cost collectors and process order variance are posted to Profitability

Analysis (CO-PA) and FI

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Debit 100 Raw Material

100 Labor

100 Over Heads

Credit (250) Finished Good

Balance 50 Variance

Table 30

Total Variance is the difference between total production order debits and credits

Variance calculation at period end divides the variance into categories based on the source of the variance

Production Variance settled to CO-PA are included at the gross profit margin level

Cost Center underover absorption costs assessed to CO-PA are included at the operating profit level

35) Post Actual Costs

1) Period ndash End Processing 51 The three common types of variance calculation are as follows

511) Total Variance

Total variance is the difference between the actual cost debited to the order and credits from

deliveries to inventory Total Variance is variance relevant to settlement The variance is settled in Financial

Accounting (FI) Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis

512) Production Variance

Production variance is the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target

costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory

Production variance is not relevant for settlement only for information

513) Planning Variance

Planning variance is the difference between costs on the preliminary cost estimate for the order

and target costs based on the standard cost estimate and planned order quantity

52) Variance Categories

During variance calculation the order balance is divided into categories on the input and output sides

Variance category provide reasons for the cause of the variance There are no FI posting during variance

calculation

Variance can be categorized into Input Variance and Output Variance

521) Input Variance

Variance based on Goods Issue Internal activity allocation overhead allocation general ledger

account postings

Input variance is divided into the following categories during variance calculation according to their

source

Category IV1) Input Price Variance

Input price variance occurs as a result of material price change after the higher level material cost estimate is

released

It occurs in any of the below mentioned scenariosbull If the material valuation is based on standard price control a standard cost estimate for the

component could be released after the cost estimate for the assembly is releasedbull If the material valuation is based on Moving average price control a goods receipt of the

component could change the component price after the cost estimate for the material is released

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Input price variance = (actual price ndash plan price) actual input quantity

Category IV2) Resource ndash Usage Variance

Resource ndash Usage variance occurs as a result of substituting components This could occur if acomponent is not available and another component with a different material number is usedinstead Resource Usage variance = Actual costs ndashtarget costs ndash Input price variance

Category IV3) Input quantity variance

Input quantity variance occurs as a result of a difference between plan and actual quantities of materials and

activities consumed

Input quantity variance = (actual input quantity ndash target input quantity)

plan price

Category IV4) Remaining Input Variance

When input variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category 522) Output Variance

Variance can be from too little or too much of planned order quantity being delivered or because the delivered

quantity was valuated differently

522) Output Variance is divided into

Category OV1) Mixed ndash Price Variance

Mixed-Price variance occurs when inventory is valuated using a mixed cost estimate for the material

Category OV2) Output Price Variance

Output price variance can occur in the following scenarios

1) If the standard price is changed after delivery to inventory and before variance calculation

2) If the material is valuated at moving average price and it is not delivered to inventory at standard price

during target value calculation

Output price variance = actual activity (plan price ndash actual price)

Category OV3) Lot Size Variance

Lot Size variance occurs if a manufacturing order lot size is different from the standard cost estimate costing

lot size

Category OV4) Remaining Variance

Occurs if variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category

Category OV5) Output Quantity Variance

Represents the difference between manually entered actual costs and allocated actual

quantities

Output Quantity variance = ( actual quantity ndashmanual actual quantity)

plan price

53) Period End

The most important period-end process relevant to production order variance analysis isbull Overheadbull WIPbull Variance Calculation

Variance can be calculated using the formula

Variance = Actual Cost ndash Actual Cost Allocated (credits) ndash WIP ndash Scrap

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

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move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

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Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

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Debit 100 Raw Material

100 Labor

100 Over Heads

Credit (250) Finished Good

Balance 50 Variance

Table 30

Total Variance is the difference between total production order debits and credits

Variance calculation at period end divides the variance into categories based on the source of the variance

Production Variance settled to CO-PA are included at the gross profit margin level

Cost Center underover absorption costs assessed to CO-PA are included at the operating profit level

35) Post Actual Costs

1) Period ndash End Processing 51 The three common types of variance calculation are as follows

511) Total Variance

Total variance is the difference between the actual cost debited to the order and credits from

deliveries to inventory Total Variance is variance relevant to settlement The variance is settled in Financial

Accounting (FI) Profit Center Accounting and Profitability Analysis

512) Production Variance

Production variance is the difference between net actual costs debited to the order and target

costs based on the preliminary cost estimate and quantity delivered to inventory

Production variance is not relevant for settlement only for information

513) Planning Variance

Planning variance is the difference between costs on the preliminary cost estimate for the order

and target costs based on the standard cost estimate and planned order quantity

52) Variance Categories

During variance calculation the order balance is divided into categories on the input and output sides

Variance category provide reasons for the cause of the variance There are no FI posting during variance

calculation

Variance can be categorized into Input Variance and Output Variance

521) Input Variance

Variance based on Goods Issue Internal activity allocation overhead allocation general ledger

account postings

Input variance is divided into the following categories during variance calculation according to their

source

Category IV1) Input Price Variance

Input price variance occurs as a result of material price change after the higher level material cost estimate is

released

It occurs in any of the below mentioned scenariosbull If the material valuation is based on standard price control a standard cost estimate for the

component could be released after the cost estimate for the assembly is releasedbull If the material valuation is based on Moving average price control a goods receipt of the

component could change the component price after the cost estimate for the material is released

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Input price variance = (actual price ndash plan price) actual input quantity

Category IV2) Resource ndash Usage Variance

Resource ndash Usage variance occurs as a result of substituting components This could occur if acomponent is not available and another component with a different material number is usedinstead Resource Usage variance = Actual costs ndashtarget costs ndash Input price variance

Category IV3) Input quantity variance

Input quantity variance occurs as a result of a difference between plan and actual quantities of materials and

activities consumed

Input quantity variance = (actual input quantity ndash target input quantity)

plan price

Category IV4) Remaining Input Variance

When input variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category 522) Output Variance

Variance can be from too little or too much of planned order quantity being delivered or because the delivered

quantity was valuated differently

522) Output Variance is divided into

Category OV1) Mixed ndash Price Variance

Mixed-Price variance occurs when inventory is valuated using a mixed cost estimate for the material

Category OV2) Output Price Variance

Output price variance can occur in the following scenarios

1) If the standard price is changed after delivery to inventory and before variance calculation

2) If the material is valuated at moving average price and it is not delivered to inventory at standard price

during target value calculation

Output price variance = actual activity (plan price ndash actual price)

Category OV3) Lot Size Variance

Lot Size variance occurs if a manufacturing order lot size is different from the standard cost estimate costing

lot size

Category OV4) Remaining Variance

Occurs if variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category

Category OV5) Output Quantity Variance

Represents the difference between manually entered actual costs and allocated actual

quantities

Output Quantity variance = ( actual quantity ndashmanual actual quantity)

plan price

53) Period End

The most important period-end process relevant to production order variance analysis isbull Overheadbull WIPbull Variance Calculation

Variance can be calculated using the formula

Variance = Actual Cost ndash Actual Cost Allocated (credits) ndash WIP ndash Scrap

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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is possible to have access to

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Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

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move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

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Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

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Input price variance = (actual price ndash plan price) actual input quantity

Category IV2) Resource ndash Usage Variance

Resource ndash Usage variance occurs as a result of substituting components This could occur if acomponent is not available and another component with a different material number is usedinstead Resource Usage variance = Actual costs ndashtarget costs ndash Input price variance

Category IV3) Input quantity variance

Input quantity variance occurs as a result of a difference between plan and actual quantities of materials and

activities consumed

Input quantity variance = (actual input quantity ndash target input quantity)

plan price

Category IV4) Remaining Input Variance

When input variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category 522) Output Variance

Variance can be from too little or too much of planned order quantity being delivered or because the delivered

quantity was valuated differently

522) Output Variance is divided into

Category OV1) Mixed ndash Price Variance

Mixed-Price variance occurs when inventory is valuated using a mixed cost estimate for the material

Category OV2) Output Price Variance

Output price variance can occur in the following scenarios

1) If the standard price is changed after delivery to inventory and before variance calculation

2) If the material is valuated at moving average price and it is not delivered to inventory at standard price

during target value calculation

Output price variance = actual activity (plan price ndash actual price)

Category OV3) Lot Size Variance

Lot Size variance occurs if a manufacturing order lot size is different from the standard cost estimate costing

lot size

Category OV4) Remaining Variance

Occurs if variance cannot be assigned to any other variance category

Category OV5) Output Quantity Variance

Represents the difference between manually entered actual costs and allocated actual

quantities

Output Quantity variance = ( actual quantity ndashmanual actual quantity)

plan price

53) Period End

The most important period-end process relevant to production order variance analysis isbull Overheadbull WIPbull Variance Calculation

Variance can be calculated using the formula

Variance = Actual Cost ndash Actual Cost Allocated (credits) ndash WIP ndash Scrap

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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preparing-the-cost-sheet

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

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Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

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move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

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Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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During variance calculation target and control costs are compared and variance categories are assigned

Variance categories are assigned in the following sequencebull Input price variancebull Resource ndash usage variancebull Input quantity variancebull Remaining input variancebull Mixed ndashprice variancebull Output price variancebull Lot Size Variancebull Remaining Variance

Settlement

Settlement of Production Orders will be executed

KO88 - Individual Settlement

CO88 - Collective Settlement

Now let us examine the main points under Category B

Now you will be having a basic idea about production order variance variance calculation types amp various

categories Now let us try to co-relate this with real life scenarios

I will divide the topic into below mentioned sections

1 How to analyze production order variance posted against production orders

2 Major Reasons for the variance

3 How to minimize the variance

4 Impact of production order variance on COGM COGS amp Closing Stock

Category B1) How to analyze variance posted against production order

For explaining the scenarios I am taking one Semi Finished Good (SFG1ndash Semi Finished Good 1) which isused as a raw material for production of Finished GoodMaster Recipe of SFG1 is

Item Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity Unit

1 POWER 1290 1290 0030 MWH

2 ADMINI 100 000 100 TO

3 DEPRIN 100 000 100 TO

4 LABOUR 200 000 100 TO

5 MACOOH 074 000 100 TO

6 RAWMATERIAL1 810 000 081 TO

7 RAWMATERIAL2 149 000 0061 TO

8 RAWMATERIAL3 183 000 0103 TO

9 RAWMATERIAL4 012 000 0002 TO

10 RAWMATERIAL5 431 000 0024 TO

TOTAL 3349 1290

Figure 20

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

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Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

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Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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Thank you for sharing

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I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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preparing-the-cost-sheet

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reconcilling-roh

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

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Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

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Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

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Process order No for SFG1 is 15000035

Variance Posted against the Process Order for the month is 12819087 AED

After technically completing (TECO) the process order amp before executing costing run check for the variance

in transaction code KO88 (CO88 - Collective) in Test Run mode

For analyzing the variance in detail we will use transaction codes KKBC_ORD amp KOB1

Let me explain difference between KKBC_ORD and KOB1

KKBC_ORD is used for analyzing single order Planned and Actual cost details relating to the production order

will be recorded in KKBC_ORD

KOB1 you can execute for single as well as bulk order KOB1 provides the Actual values (cost amp quantity) of

raw materials and overheads used for the production of the material

KKBC_ORD

Figure 30

KOB1

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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Hi

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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Thank you for sharing

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I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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preparing-the-cost-sheet

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

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Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

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Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

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Figure 40

Here you can see settlement (Variance) of 12819087 AED

I will explain how we are calculating the variance

Below table shows the formula used for Variance Calculation

All the Std Rate Std Qty Std Cost value fields in Table 40 are calculated based on the master details

(Material Recipe Figure 20)

All the Actual Rate Actual Qty Actual Cost vale fields in table 40 are extracted from KOB1

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL1Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

4966300 49663000 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL2Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

341100 8982445 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL3Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

579800 1041628 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL4Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

100300 20985891 Std Cost -Act Cost

RAWMATERIAL5Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

900 51757 Std Cost -Act Cost

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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Hi

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

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Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

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I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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preparing-the-cost-sheet

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

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Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

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Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

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RAWMATERIAL6Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

2100 73500 Std Cost -Act Cost

Labor Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 11980000 Std Cost -Act Cost

Depriciation Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

AdministrationTotal value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 5990000 Std Cost -Act Cost

MACOOH Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

5990000 4432600 Std Cost -Act Cost

POWER Total value Qty

Per Ton Qty FG PrdQty

Std Qty Std Rate

Act Cost Act Qty

160978000 6922054 Std Cost -Act Cost

FINISHEDGOOD

5990000 200605100

Table 40

Now let us fill in values in Table 50 with the production order values

CostElements

Std Rate

(Figure 20)

Std Qty

(Figure 20)

Std Cost ActualRate

Actual Qty

(Figure 40)

Actual

Cost

(Figure 40)

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 (1144000)

RAWMATERIAL2244262 36539 8925089 263338 341100 8982445 (57345)

RAWMATERIAL3177670 61697 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 545420

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 4831009

RAWMATERIAL56000 1198 718800 575078 900 51757 667043

RAWMATERIAL60000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 (73500)

Labor 200 5990000 11980000 100 5990000 11980000 000

Depriciation 100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

Administration100 5990000 5990000 100 5990000 5990000 000

MACOOH 074 5990000 4432600 074 5990000 4432600 000

POWER 043 179700000 77271900 043 160978000 6922054 805046

FINISHEDGOOD

3349 5990000 200605100

TOTAL 12819087

Table 50

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

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Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

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Thanks

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Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

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Also Check

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preparing-the-cost-sheet

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Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

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move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

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Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

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Now let us categorize the variance

Variance has been posted in the following order

Serial No Cost Element Variance Variance Category Variance Class

RMV1 RAWMATERIAL1 (1144000) Category IV3 C1

RMV2 RAWMATERIAL2 (57345) Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV3 RAWMATERIAL3 545420 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV4 RAWMATERIAL4 4831009 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV5 RAWMATERIAL5 667043 Category IV3 +Category IV1

C2

RMV6 RAWMATERIAL6 (73500) Category IV2 C3

OHV1 Power 805046 Category IV3

Table 60

Let us try to calculate Variance by applying Formula for each category

Category IV1 Input Price Variance = (Actual Price ndash Plan Price) Actual Input QuantityCategory IV2 Resource Usage Variance ndash Actual Cost ndash Target Cost ndash Input Price VarianceCategory IV3 Input Quantity Variance = (Actual Input Quantity ndash Target Input Quantity) PlanPriceCostElements

PlanPrice

TargetInput Qty

TargetCost

ActualPrice

ActualInput Qty

ActualCost

VarianceClass

Variance

RAWMATERIAL11000 4851900 48519000 1000 4966300 49663000 C1 1144000

RAWMATERIAL2244262 365390 8925100 263338 341100 8082445 C2 57345

RAWMATERIAL3177670 616970 10961700 179653 579800 10416280 C2 (545425)

RAWMATERIAL41795833 14376 25816900 2092312 100300 20985891 C2 (4831009)

RAWMATERIAL56000 11980 718800 575078 900 51757 C2 (667043)

RAWMATERIAL6000 000 000 3500 2100 73500 C3 73500

Power 043 17970000077271000 043 1609780006922054 C1 (805046)

TOTAL (12819027)

Table 70

Category B2) Major Reasons for the variance

From My experience I can point out that Production order variance occur mainly from

a) Material BOM not updated properly (Category IV3)

b) Material Price Change after release of Standard Cost Estimate (Category IV1)

c) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly (Category IV2)

d) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order (Category OV3)

e) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference (Category IV4)

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

PresAlso refer s

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Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

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Regards

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

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RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

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mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

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Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

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vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

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GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

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us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

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prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

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Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

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Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

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f) Material used not included in BOM ((Category IV2)

Let us try to analyze all the scenarios

a) Material BOM not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

b) Activity Price (Material Recipe) not updated properly

Explained in Category B1

Total POWER consumption as per KOB1 (Actual as per Material Recipe) and FBL3N should be approximately

equal

KOB1 -gt POWER consumption for the Materials Produced

FBL3N -gt Actual POWER receipt report

(Receipt = Consumption)

c) Standard Cost estimate released for one production version and confirmation done against another

production order

Costing run executed for one Production Version and Process Order created against another production

version

Let us take one example where two production versions are present Production Version 1 and Production

Version 2 for Finished Good FG1 Production Version 1 will be using RM1 as raw material and production

version 2 will be using RM2 as raw material

Standard cost estimate is released against Production version 1

Let me explain with an example

As per Released Standard Cost Estimate Material recipe Ton of FG1

Production Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 POWER

1505 0035

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 ADMINI

050 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 DEPRN

100 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 LABOUR

070 100

PO31 GCPRODCGM1 P031 MACOOH

119 100

GC01 RM1 14954 0945

GC01 RM3 447 0055

TOTAL 17245

Table 80

Process Order has been Created Under production version ldquoPO32rdquoThe Activity Price recorded in system against ldquoPO32rdquo is as followsProduction Version Resource Total Value Quantity

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 POWER

1700 0040

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

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Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

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RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

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Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

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Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

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Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

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Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

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PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 ADMINI

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 DEPRN

146 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 LABOUR

100 100

PO32 GCPRODCGM2 P032 MACOOH

150 100

GC01 RM2 15200 0930

GC01 RM4 550 0075

TOTAL 17751

Table 90

After Settlement (For 1000 TO of FG1) entries will be in the following sequence

ProductionVersion

Resource Target Value Actual Value Variance

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 POWER

1505000 000 1505000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 ADMINI

50000 000 50000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 DEPRN

100000 000 100000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 LABOUR

70000 000 70000

PO31 GCPRODCGM1P031 MACOOH

119000 000 119000

GC01 RM1 14954000 000 14954000

GC01 RM3 447000 000 447000

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 POWER

000 1700000 (1700000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 ADMINI

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 DEPRN

000 146000 (146000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 LABOUR

000 100000 (100000)

PO32 GCPRODCGM2P032 MACOOH

000 150000 (150000)

GC01 RM2 000 15200000 (15200000)

GC01 RM4 000 550000 (550000)

TOTAL (7910)

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

PresAlso refer s

Also Refer httpscnsapcomcommunityerpmanufacturing-ppblog20120327understanding-production-

order-variance--part-2-price-difference-variance61667 Views Tags sap sap_netweaver_platform enterprise_portal_(ep) erp business_process_expertbusiness_process_management enterprise_data_warehousingbusiness_warehouse mobilesap_process_integration_(pi) sap_developer_network sap_business_suite financial_excellenceemerging_technologies ranting public_sector service-oriented_architecture business_process_modelingbusiness_rules_management enterprise_performance_management utilities fica mill_productsenterprise_resource_planning sap_erp_manufacturing_production_planning

Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM

Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

Regards

sisir pradhan

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

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GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

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Dear Sir

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thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

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Please check

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MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

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Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

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i hope i made right choice in giving rating

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thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

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Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

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Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Table 100

Here if we see the total variance of POWER = 15050 + (17000)

= (195000)

Similarly for all the Material and resources

In order to avoid the Over head Variance input same activity price for all the production versions1 ie the net difference will be then POWER = 17000 + (17000) = 0

Let us see a LIVE Process Order

Example

Example

Product FG1

Standard Cost Estimate Released for Production Version PO31

Table 110

Material Recipee for FG1 (CK13N)

ProductionVersion

Resource Total Value Fixed Value Quantity

PO31 POWER 1505 1505 0035

PO31 ADMINI 050 000 100

PO31 DEPRIN 100 000 100

PO31 LABOUR 070 000 100

PO31 MACOOH 119 000 100

RM1 14954 3269 0945

RM3 447 000 0055

TOTAL 17245 4774

Figur 50

Process Order is Created under production Version PO32

When a Process order is created for Material FG1 system calculates Planned cost as follows

Quantity Produced -gt 2530200 TO

Use the same calculation logic used in Table 10

Resource Quantity Amount

RM1 2391039 378366117

RM3 1391610 1130999021

ADMIN 2530200 1265100

LABOR 2530200 1771140

DEPRIN 2530200 2530200

MACOOH 2530200 3010938

POWER 88557000 38079510

Table 120

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

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Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

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Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

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GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

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Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

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MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

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Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

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thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

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I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Planned Cost for Producing 2530200 TO of FG1

Figure 60

Process Order has been created in Production version PO32 During Confirmation System calculates actual

cost as follows

Figure 70

d) Total Planned Quantity and Actual Produced Quantity Difference

We came across this production order variance in few process orders only While doing final confirmation of

process orders user made mistake by not allowing system to re calculate the activity prices

Material FG1

Total Process Order Quantity 93000 TO

Quantity Produced 886500 TO

The total quantity produced is 886500 TO against which the activities booked are

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 8865 2 DH TON 1773000

DEPRIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

MACOOH 8865 074 DH TON 656010

ADMIN 8865 1 DH TON 886500

POWER 8865 003 1000 26595000

TOTAL 4202010

Table 130

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

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PresAlso refer s

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order-variance--part-2-price-difference-variance61667 Views Tags sap sap_netweaver_platform enterprise_portal_(ep) erp business_process_expertbusiness_process_management enterprise_data_warehousingbusiness_warehouse mobilesap_process_integration_(pi) sap_developer_network sap_business_suite financial_excellenceemerging_technologies ranting public_sector service-oriented_architecture business_process_modelingbusiness_rules_management enterprise_performance_management utilities fica mill_productsenterprise_resource_planning sap_erp_manufacturing_production_planning

Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

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Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

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Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

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GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

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thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

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Thanks

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Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

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Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

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R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Since during final confirmation of the Order re calculation of activities were bypassed (by user) system

calculated the activities against the production order as below

Activity Quantity Amount

LABOR 93000 2 DH TON 18600000

DEPRIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

MACOOH 93000 074 DH TON 6882000

ADMIN 93000 1 DH TON 9300000

POWER 285717200 (User Entered) 122858396

TOTAL 44082000

Table 140

A Variance of 44082000 - 4202000 = 3988000 TO was posted against all the activities

Figure 90

Note While doing final confirmation ensure that all the activity prices are recalculated as per the new output

e) Variance Due to Price change

Price change of material due to execution of standard cost estimate will be posted with document type PR

3) How to reduce variance

For reducing production order variance

a) Material BOM should be up to date

User should not be modifying the material quantity manually while confirmation (COR6N)

b) Activity Price should be Updated periodically

c) Confirm activity getting booked while doing final confirmation

d) Try to ensure that process order for Finished Good is created on the same production version released in

standard cost estimate

4) Impact of the variance on COGM COGS Closing Stock

Variances posted with document type SA AB should have been part of COGM COGS and Closing Stock

Because of variance material movement cannot be analysed correctly material value can either Overestimated

or under estimated In order to figure out how much portion of variance should be allocated to COGMCOGS amp

closing stock We are following manual calculation

Step1 List down all the Semi Finished and Finished Goods

Step 2 Record total variance posted against each material (FBL3N) (Document type SA amp AB)

Step 3 Record total quantity produced (MB5B with movement types 101 amp 102)

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

PresAlso refer s

Also Refer httpscnsapcomcommunityerpmanufacturing-ppblog20120327understanding-production-

order-variance--part-2-price-difference-variance61667 Views Tags sap sap_netweaver_platform enterprise_portal_(ep) erp business_process_expertbusiness_process_management enterprise_data_warehousingbusiness_warehouse mobilesap_process_integration_(pi) sap_developer_network sap_business_suite financial_excellenceemerging_technologies ranting public_sector service-oriented_architecture business_process_modelingbusiness_rules_management enterprise_performance_management utilities fica mill_productsenterprise_resource_planning sap_erp_manufacturing_production_planning

Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM

Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

Regards

sisir pradhan

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

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Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

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GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

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prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

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Please check

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MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

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Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

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23 Mar 2012 721 PM

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Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

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thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

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I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Step4 Variance Per Ton = Step3 Step 2

Step5 Record closing stock of Material (MB5B)

Step6 Closing Stock Variance Allocation = Step5 Step4

Step7 Record COGM Quantity (MB5B with movement type 201 + 202 amp 261 + 262)

Step8 COGM Variance Allocation = Step7 Step4

Step9 Record COGS Quantity (MB5B with movement type 601 + 602)

Step10 COGS Variance Allocation = Step9 Step4

Material Variance

Step 2

Production

Qty

Step 3

Variance

Ton

Step 4

Closing

Stock Qty

Step 5

Closing

Stock

Variance

Step 6

COGM

Variance

Step 8

COGS

Qty

Step 9

COGS

Variance

Step 10

MATERIAL1V1 P1 VT1 = P1 V1

C1 C1 VT1 COGMQty VT1

S1 S1 VT1

MATERIAL2V2 P2 VT2 = P2 V2

C2 C2 VT2 COGMQty VT2

S2 S2 VT2

MATERIAL3V3 P3 VT3 = P3 V3

C3 C3 VT3 COGMQty VT3

S3 S3 VT3

Table 150

Few Important Document Types Posted in Production Order Variance GL are

AB -gt Reversal of Production Order Settlement

SA -gt Production Order Settlement

PR -gt Price Change

WA -gt Confirmation Reversal (If Price Changed after Confirmation)

WL -gt Sales Reversal (If Price Changed after Sales)

Figure 100

Few Important Transaction Codes

KKBC_ORD

KOB1

KOC4

FBL3N

CK13N

CK11N

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CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

PresAlso refer s

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order-variance--part-2-price-difference-variance61667 Views Tags sap sap_netweaver_platform enterprise_portal_(ep) erp business_process_expertbusiness_process_management enterprise_data_warehousingbusiness_warehouse mobilesap_process_integration_(pi) sap_developer_network sap_business_suite financial_excellenceemerging_technologies ranting public_sector service-oriented_architecture business_process_modelingbusiness_rules_management enterprise_performance_management utilities fica mill_productsenterprise_resource_planning sap_erp_manufacturing_production_planning

Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM

Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

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Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

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Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010023

Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

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Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

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23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010018

CK24

MB5B

MB51

Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo

PresAlso refer s

Also Refer httpscnsapcomcommunityerpmanufacturing-ppblog20120327understanding-production-

order-variance--part-2-price-difference-variance61667 Views Tags sap sap_netweaver_platform enterprise_portal_(ep) erp business_process_expertbusiness_process_management enterprise_data_warehousingbusiness_warehouse mobilesap_process_integration_(pi) sap_developer_network sap_business_suite financial_excellenceemerging_technologies ranting public_sector service-oriented_architecture business_process_modelingbusiness_rules_management enterprise_performance_management utilities fica mill_productsenterprise_resource_planning sap_erp_manufacturing_production_planning

Ranjit John7 Dec 2014 230 PM

Happy to know that my efforts helped

Devendra F8 Feb 2014 716 AM

Hi

It is definitely to save in special folder

Regards

Devendra

AKS Sankar29 Nov 2013 1157 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks In KOB1 posted unit is show with different units like HR MIN and Sec How to make this posted

unit as any one of unit by default

Alex Barbieri in response to Ranjit John on page 2020 Nov 2013 1258 PM

Dear Ranjit

is possible to have access to

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used

respect to standard cost only

thanks a lot

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010019

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM

Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

Regards

sisir pradhan

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010020

Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010021

Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010022

Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010023

Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

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MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

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23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1028 PM

Thank you

Ikram hazari18 Jul 2013 1027 PM

Than

Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM

good article

Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM

Thank you

Vinay Ashwathnarayan27 Jun 2013 1231 PM

Very Informative Thanks for Sharing

Naresh Babu21 Jun 2013 1050 AM

Hello Sir

It is really very informative amp thank you very much for sharing

I have a small doubt on WIP While comparing monthly KKAO report for WIP and FS10N we have found few

Process Orders opened in Nov 2012 and never closed for FS10N What could be the possible reasons for this

amp what are the steps reqired to close them Thank you

Himanshu Saxena21 Jun 2013 1002 AM

Very good document with detailed information

Thank you for sharing

Kader Mohideen9 May 2013 332 PM

Excellent information with good examples

Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM

Thank you KIndly rate the artcile

Sisir Pradhan23 Apr 2013 1237 PM

Very helpfull

Regards

sisir pradhan

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Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010021

Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010022

Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010023

Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010025

23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

Page 20: Understanding Production Order Variance Part 1

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010020

Ranjit John13 Mar 2013 110 PM

Thank you Raheem

RAHEEM BAKSH6 Mar 2013 900 AM

Excellent

Zanhua Fan in response to Ranjit John on page 2027 Jan 2013 717 AM

I really appreciate that

Thanks

Ranjit John25 Jan 2013 817 AM

Dear Zanhua

Thank you Great to know that the document helped We have the similar scenario like you explained

Please find the below given blog to find how we resolved the scenario

httpscnsapcomblogs-edit-postdefaultjspablogPost=63513ampblog=1130

Also Check

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-

preparing-the-cost-sheet

httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-

reconcilling-roh

Regards

Ranjit

Zanhua Fan24 Jan 2013 806 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for your know-how

Gegarding the variance I have following question

If the Material Ledger is inactive how to classify the variance after settlement

For example

Finished Goods A the plan quantity of the production order is 10 the standard cost is 9 while the actual cost

is 7 in current month the production order is completed and the variance of the production order is 20 the FI

document as follows

Dr COGM offset 20

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010021

Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010022

Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010023

Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010025

23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

Page 21: Understanding Production Order Variance Part 1

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010021

Cr COGM Variance 20

All the variance settled to PL account That figure should be ok is all the Finished Goods is sold out in same

period But If the quantity of the FG sold out is 6 in same period we should split the variance manually

Amount 20410=8 repost to inventory while amount 20610=12 posted to Cost of Good Sold some developed

reports required to determine rate between Good sold and Inventory

Is there any standard solution for that case

Hope this is clear and look forward to your reply

Thanks

Syed Hussain23 Jan 2013 1022 AM

Good information Thank you

Ranjit John in response to Khoa Nguyen Anh on page 2110 Dec 2012 1144 AM

Hi

TECO is one step in the whole cycle You cannot calculate variance for a oredr which is not TECO done

Technical completion (TECO) means ending a production order from a logistical

viewpoint

By doing TECO you inform the system that the activites scheduled in the order is completed

You have to do TECO before executing variance

Khoa Nguyen Anh8 Dec 2012 439 AM

Dear Mr Ranjit

Thanks for preparing and sharing such a valuable document It helps me a lot

Can I ask you some questions Ive been searching but could not found an clear answer what effects TECO

has on variance calculation Is it neccesary to TECO and what is the meaning behind it

Thank you

Eric Chen9 Nov 2012 745 AM

great valuable article makes me clear thanks for your shared

Ranjit John14 Oct 2012 1023 AM

Thank you -)

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 838 AM

One of the Best article

Thanks

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010022

Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

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Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

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MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

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23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

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I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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Mahesh

mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10

Regards

Mahesh

Ranjit John13 Sep 2012 458 AM

Thank You

padmaja gan13 Sep 2012 325 AM

Hi Ranjit

Thank you soo much for helping me You are guru of product costing My concepts got clear Thank you for

posting such an excellent document and it is impossible to get it any where

I am delighted and very thankful and giving you100 rating

Problem that I got was I could not see the actual cost in CO03--cost analysis after creating the confirmation in

CO15 Ranjit helped me locate the problem as bill of materials are not getting issued to finished goods and the

move moment type was 101 not 261 MM person did MB1A then raw materials got consumed to final good

by movement type 261 then after that I ran the confirmation CO15 for the new order and then actual cost got

posted

Thank you

Padmaja

Raja Sekhar21 Jun 2012 1124 AM

Ranjith it is really good document

vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM

Hi sir very useful information shared thanks for for sharing your knowlwdge

Vishal Thalla12 Jun 2012 309 PM

Hi

it was a very usefull blog i learnt many things from this and thanks for sharing your knowledge

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010023

Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010025

23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

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SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010023

Regards

VishalT

A SAP20 Apr 2012 724 AM

Hi Ranjit great blog very helpful gave you 100 rating I have one related question hoping you can answer

this

My normal understanding was that KKS1 calculates variances and KKAO calculates WIP and when you run

CO88 it settles both in FI But recently one user by mistake executed KKAO only at the middle of the month

in real production mode and also executed CO88 subsequently The strange thing is system posted only

variances (even if KKS1 was not run at all for the period) and no WIP was posted for the period even though

KKAO was executed Can someone solve this mystery as to why this happened Is it due to the mid month

running of KKAO and CO88 Is KKS1 not really necessary to run Should the users reverse C088 postings

and run CO88 again at month end Or can CO88 be run multiple times during the month without reversing the

results Would it post only incremental postings or duplicate postings if not reversed

Ranjit John in response to Vimal Vijayan on page 2318 Apr 2012 523 AM

Thank You Vimal

Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM

Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best

Best Regards

Vimal

Ranjit John in response to GYAN R on page 2316 Apr 2012 1223 PM

Thank You Gyan Check my other blogs as well

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1103 AM

Dear Sir

Its a excellent article I am giving u 100 rating for this articleThanks for sharing your valuable knowlege to

us

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1100 AM

Excellent articleI have ever seen

GYAN R16 Apr 2012 1058 AM

Dear Sir

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010025

23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

Page 24: Understanding Production Order Variance Part 1

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010024

Very good articleKeep sharing your valuable knowledge

Ranjit John in response to prakash k on page 2413 Apr 2012 434 PM

thank you prakash check my other blogs also

prakash k13 Apr 2012 316 PM

Its good forme to help a lot

Ranjit John in response to MS kaushek on page 2411 Apr 2012 1201 PM

Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped

Please check

httpscnsapcompeopleranjitjohncontentfilterID=contentstatus5Bpublished5D~objecttype~objecttype

5Bblogpost5D

MS kaushek11 Apr 2012 1154 AM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit please suggest how i can check your other blogs too

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2429 Mar 2012 633 AM

Thank you Jyosh rating option will be at the end of the article thanks

Jyosh New in response to Ranjit John on page 2429 Mar 2012 549 AM

Rating option is not working here or may be it is not under my knowledge but I am giving ( 55 ) 100 worth

Ranjit John in response to Jyosh New on page 2426 Mar 2012 1052 AM

Thank you Jyosh Kindly rate the article

Jyosh New26 Mar 2012 1046 AM

hi ranjith

It is a very good document

Thanks

Ranjit John in response to Atif Farooq on page 2426 Mar 2012 937 AM

Thank You Atif I will Say this is the best reward I can get for my work Thanks -)

Atif Farooq26 Mar 2012 917 AM

Excellent interpretationI must say that today i learned so many new things from your blogs on COGS and

Variances

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 25

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010025

23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

Page 25: Understanding Production Order Variance Part 1

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010025

23 Mar 2012 721 PM

thank u venkata

Krishna Achanta23 Mar 2012 228 PM

i hope i made right choice in giving rating

Ranjit John in response to Krishna Achanta on page 2522 Mar 2012 807 PM

thank u venkata kindly rate the article

Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM

very lucid and simply superb explanation I can use it for further reference

thanks

Muhamed Faisal22 Mar 2012 819 AM

Excellent one

Faisal

Ranjit John in response to Godavari SAP on page 2522 Mar 2012 428 AM

Thank you Kindly rate the article

Godavari SAP22 Mar 2012 323 AM

Well-explained Appreciating your effort

Narasimhulu Konnipati in response to Ranjit John on page 2521 Mar 2012 727 PM

Tremendous effort my dear

Nice to hear that you are also working on Product cost planning Its been long time that i have worked on CO-

PC probably your new document will refresh and give the confidence to move further

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1215 PM

Sir I am waiting for reply on product cost planning

Ranjit John in response to Naresh Patil on page 2519 Mar 2012 1149 AM

Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning

Kindly rate the article if it helped

Naresh Patil19 Mar 2012 1147 AM

Its really very helpful Thanks

Also can you help me for product cost planning

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

Its a very useful document i am looking for such document

Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

Very informativeGood Job Ranjit -)

Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

Dear Ranjit

i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will

help me a lot to understand

Page 26: Understanding Production Order Variance Part 1

SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective

Generated by Jive on 2014-12-13+010026

I need steps which are simple to understand in SAP PP scenario for calculating product cost

Thanks

Naresh Patil

Ranjit John in response to Ram Vepuri on page 2619 Mar 2012 431 AM

Thank you Ram Kumar

Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM

Very informativeThank You Very much)

Ranjit John in response to Sharat Sugur on page 2616 Mar 2012 143 PM

Thank you Sharat

Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM

Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful

Sachin Pancholi in response to Ranjit John on page 2616 Mar 2012 1228 PM

Thanks Ranjit --its really helpful

Ranjit John in response to pushpalas Vasudeva on page 2616 Mar 2012 1016 AM

Thank you Great to know that it helped

pushpalas Vasudeva16 Mar 2012 959 AM

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Ranjit John in response to Vikram raj on page 2616 Mar 2012 359 AM

Thank you Vikram

Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM

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Ranjit John in response to R K on page 2615 Mar 2012 416 AM

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R K15 Mar 2012 225 AM

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