• Name the Operating procedure: OP.xxx - description of the operating procedure
  • verify the appropriate Scope(s): PF1, WP1, Worldwide (remove the icon(s) not appropriated)
  • verify the appropriate Frequency: , , , , (remove the icon(s) not appropriated)
  • fill the associated Process Name from the Costing - Process Space: copy the url of the costing process page from the list of Process Workflow and Operations
  • fill the Responsibility Area from the Costing - Process Space: copy the url of the costing responsibility page from
the list of Costing Responsibility Areas
or from the list of Costing Responsibility Customers 
  • fill the Previous Operating Procedure from the Costing - Process Space
  • replace the SAP Transaction tag op_xxx by the appropriate op tags
  • fill the Next Operating Procedure from the Costing - Process Space
  • verify the appropriate tags to the page (remove the tags not appropriated):
    • add the OP number (op_xxx),
    • Scope (wp1, pf1, ww),
    • Frequency ( yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, on-demand , ...),
    • Responsibility Area (maintain_assessment_cycles, maintain_costing_master_data, manage_activity_type_price, monitor_consitency_monthly_cost_calculation, perform_costing_monthly_closing, supervise_product_costing, requester, ...),
    • costing process (assessment_cycle_maintenance, product_costing, monthly_closing, master_data_management ...)
  • Create the corresponding Operating Procedure (OP.xxx) in the the Costing - Process Space
    Create Operating Procedure (Costing process)

  • Remove this warning box when all items are done

Prerequisite

 WP1 Worldwide

 The purpose of this document is to explain how to generate the proposition and how to account in ERP the valuation of the stocks at the “fair value” in order to give relevant information about the “real value” of the company to all economic actors (share-holders, legal authorities...).   

           
  Inventory Valuation process   

Area: Calculate and post  Inventory Reserves    

previous Operation(s): (warning)      

Rules & Glossary: Costing - Rules Costing - Glossary Costing - SAP Operations

Before the closure in the months of March, June, September and December. The final validation and postings should be done until D-5 at the latest. 

RtR Service Center runs the transactions and prepares the Excel files with proposal of rotation and financial depreciation.

Controllers are responsible to analyze the posting proposal sent by RtR Service Center and provide the final validation for the depreciation amounts to be posted, indicating the changes to be done to the original posting proposal. In some cases, an additional comment on the largest variances between depreciation proposed and validated is required.

You can refer to Inventory Impairment Rules.  

 

 

  

Guideline

    

Take the file generated by ZWFA12A:

  1. Insert 5 columns between “Depreciation” and “Reference”;
  2. Rename the columns;
  3. Copy the amounts in column “Depreciation Proposed” to column “Depreciation Validated”;
  4. Insert the formula in column Difference Depreciation Proposed and Depreciation Validated 
    (Column L – Column M);
  5. Column “Comments if Difference > 5000€, should be filled by the responsible Controller when 
    applicable. 

 

After the file is completed, send the depreciation proposals to the controllers.

In the message clearly indicate the deadline, which should be D-5 at the latest and request the amount validated for Rotation and Financial Depreciation. 

Reference

 

Next Operation(s): OP.093