Trading Goods Process - planning in EC-PCA

[Former Member]

Dear Experts,

How are you? I do have some issues for Trading Goods Process in general and planning them in EC-PCA. Let me just give you more explanations about the whole process:

1)Trading Goods are materials, which we buy and sell and Material Price V is used in order to valuate them.

2) While going through the whole Sales Cycle and reaching Goods Issue, SAP ERP is looking for an Account with assignment of Cost Element as in General the posting is Dr COGS to Cr Inventory, but since this is Trading Goods and Price V we don't have Standard Cost Estimate to be used and here we use in our Valuation Strategy User Exit 1 and User Exit 2, but I'm not going to go in details what is the logic behind these to Exits.

3) The above explanations for point 2) brings you to conclusion that as you don't have Cost Object at Goods Issue, I can't see it in EC-PCA and I need to plan them manually on that account from point 2) and I want to avoid this!

Guys could you please share how is the process for Trading Goods in your companies, thanks a lot in advance!

Best Regards,

Georgi Georgiev

[ajaycwa1981]

Hi

Not clear to me... You are mixing up COPA and PCA it seems.. where in PCA planning do you have valuation strategy and user exits??

What is your planning process? how are you entering plan data into the system??

Even if your GL is not a cost element, still PC would be derived into the COGS account.. I cant answer without more details

br, Ajay M

[Former Member]

Hey Ajay,

Thanks for your fast answer! I hope you are reading very cearfully my statements above before commenting.

1) I have problems with planning my Trading Goods in EC-PCA, I need to plan this manually and I don't want this... The reason for this manual planning is described below!

2) Trading Goods are materials, which we buy and sell immidiately with price indicator "V" moving average price

3) While going through the whole Sales Cycle IN ACTUAL and reaching Goods Issue, SAP ERP is looking for an G/L Account without assignment of Cost Element OTHERWISE IT SHOWS AN ERROR MESSAGE as in General the posting is Dr COGS to Cr Inventory, but since this is Trading Goods and Price V we don't have Standard Cost Estimate (COGS) to be used and here in order to populate value for this G/L account we use in our Valuation Strategy in CO-PA User Exit 1 and User Exit 2, but I'm not going to go in details what is the logic behind these to Exits. (In other words user exits are used in CO-PA valuation strategy to make easier our planning of our Trading Goods in EC-PCA).

4) G/L Account without assignment of Cost Element OTHERWISE IT SHOWS AN ERROR MESSAGE at Goods Issue causes a posting without a SAP CO related object and I can't transfer it later to EC-PCA with T-code 1KE0.

I hope now it is more clearer for you and you'll be able to make some comments!

Regards,

Georgi