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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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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
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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used
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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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Dear Zanhua
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
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
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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
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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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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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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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Thank you Naresh Sure in my next blog I will mention about product cost planning
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i was just searching for how to calculate variance of production order and got your analysis really great it will
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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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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
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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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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
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 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
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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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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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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
Ranjit John in response to Sisir Pradhan on page 1924 Apr 2013 256 AM
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-
preparing-the-cost-sheet
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-
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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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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us
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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-
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
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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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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
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-
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
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
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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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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
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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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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
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-
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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Vimal Vijayan17 Apr 2012 232 PM
Good Job Variance analysis and stock valuation really simplified All the best
Best Regards
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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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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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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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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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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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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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What is the difference in the calculation and allocation of production variances when Material ledger is used
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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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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
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-
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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Very helpfull
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
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
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
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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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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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Krishna Achanta22 Mar 2012 354 PM
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Well-explained Appreciating your effort
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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
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Kindly rate the article if it helped
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Dear Ranjit
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help me a lot to understand
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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
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Thank you for sharing
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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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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
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Thanks
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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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vindhan ganesan14 Jun 2012 1259 PM
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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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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
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Excellent articleI have ever seen
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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
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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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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
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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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
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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
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
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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
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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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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
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Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM
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Dear Ranjit
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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
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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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Mathew Aby7 Jul 2013 241 PM
good article
Ranjit John28 Jun 2013 1223 AM
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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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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
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120613erp-post-implementation-challenges-part-3-
preparing-the-cost-sheet
httpscnsapcomcommunityerpfinancialsblog20120402erp-post-implementation-challanges-part-2-
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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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mahesh A3 Oct 2012 836 AM
Hi Ranjit
Thanks for posting such a good article I can rate it 10 out of 10
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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
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
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
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
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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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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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
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
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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
Reference Production Variance Analysis in SAP Controlling By John Jordan Published by SAP Galileo
PresAlso refer s
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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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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
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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
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
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
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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
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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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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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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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Thanks
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Ram Vepuri18 Mar 2012 435 PM
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Sharat Sugur16 Mar 2012 115 PM
Thank you for detailed explanation Ranjit really helpful
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Vikram raj15 Mar 2012 512 PM
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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
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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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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
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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
SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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
SAP ERP Manufacturing - Production Planning (SAP PP) Understanding Production Order Variance - Part 2The SAP Perspective
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
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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
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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
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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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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Thank you Manish Great to know that it helped
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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