Valuation
Procurement process starts with creating purchase order and ends with invoice verification. In the whole process one of the important parts is material valuation. In procurement process while creating purchase orders material price is a mandatory field and it is automatically determined. This happens because material valuation is maintained in SAP system in material master. Material valuation represents integration between MM & FI (Financial Accounting) modules since it updates the general ledger accounts in financial accounting. The key points about material valuation are as follows.
- Material valuation helps to determine the price of material and for which general ledger account it needs to be posted in financial accounting.
- Material valuation can happen at company code level or plant level.
- Material can be valuated based on different types of procurement and this is known as split valuation. Normally split valuation is used to valuate material in same valuation area (company or plant) differently. Split valuation is described in detail in below context.
Split Valuation
Split valuation enables you to valuate stocks of a material in the same valuation area (company or plant) differently. Some of the examples where split valuation is required are as follows.
- Stock that is procured externally from vendor has a different valuation price than the stock of in-house production.
- Stock obtained from one vendor is valuated at a different price than stock obtained from another vendor.
- Same material having different batch may have different valuation prices.
Split Valuation needs to be activated before setting any other configuration. Split valuation can be activated by following the below steps.
Path to Activate Split Valuation:
IMG => Materials Management => Valuation and Account Assignment => Split Valuation => Activate Split Valuation
TCode: OMW0
On Display IMG screen select Activate Split Valuation execute icon by following the above path.
Select Split material valuation active tab. Click on save. Split valuation is now activated.
Some important terms under split valuation are as follows.
- Valuation Area: Material may be valuated at plant level or at company code level. The level at which materials are valuated is known as valuation area.
- Valuation Category: Valuation category is the criteria on which material is split valuated.
- Valuation Type: Valuation type specifies the features of a valuation category.
Split valuation configurations like defining valuation category, valuation type are described in below context.
Split Valuation Configuration
Split valuation configurations like defining valuation category, valuation type can be done by following the below steps.
Path to Configure Split Valuation:
IMG => Materials Management => Valuation and Account Assignment => Split Valuation => Configure Split Valuation
TCode: OMWC
On Display IMG screen select Configure Split Valuation execute icon by following the above path.
Select Global Types tab to create valuation type.
Select Create icon.
Provide name of valuation type. Click on save. A new Valuation Type will be created.
Now go to same screen and select Global Categories tab to create valuation category.
Select Create icon.
Provide name of valuation category. Click on save. A new Valuation Category will be created.
Now go to same screen and select Local Definitions tab to map valuation type and valuation category.
Select Cats. -> OU tab.
Provide valuation type, valuation category and set status as active and then select Activate tab. Valuation category and valuation type are now mapped and both are activated.
After maintaining valuation type and valuation category you can mention them in material master as shown below.
Go to mm02(Change screen for material master). Here you can maintain the valuation category and valuation class in accounting view. On this basis material will be valuated in a purchase order.
