Problem in cost estimate

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi experts,

I need to calculate the cost of FG with the reference to the price of raw material from latest PO not what is maintained in material master.

For this I have crated a new valuation variant with strategy "Price from Purchasing info record" and sub strategy "Gross Purchase order price". Then I have created the PO for the raw material in INR. Then I have run the cost estimate through CK11N for FG and it have picked the price from the PO. Till now its working fine.

Now I have created a new PO for the raw material in EUR. After this when I am running the cost estimate, still system is picking price from first PO not from latest PO.

My requirement is,Cost estimate should pick the price from latest PO. Kindly suggest.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi Experts,

Need your kind help regarding the issue.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[Former Member]

Hello Ankit,

Our system only goes to the lowest price if it cannot fulfill the strategies.

Do you have a fixed source designated in ME01/03?

In our strategies, this tells the system which vendor to use in choosing info records and POs and only if no Fixed source is specified does it go to the lowest PO price.

Regards

Althea

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi Athea,

I am not maintaining any fixed source in ME01. Because I want system will take price from latest PO.

Please help.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[Former Member]

Ankit,

When we were setting this up, we found that if the system wasn't directed to a specific vendor for ino record/PO it goes for the lowest price.  User exit/BADI may be needed.

Althea

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi experts,

Any suggestion regarding user exit or BADI.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[Former Member]

Ankit

I was lucky, I took the first thread, 1384466, to my ABAP programmer, explained my need (3561000) and he was able to work through the information and he found the BADI we needed and he was able to set it for me.

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1384466  Some of the BADI for costing are listed in this thread

http://scn.sap.com/thread/3561000  I needed a programmer to work with me to solve my issue

Good luck.

[rajneesh_saxena]

Dear Ankit

While picking price from info record system picks up the lowest price only. In you case price of first PO will be lessor than the second PO hence system is behaving like this. For you requirement I think you need to use startegy U (valuation price with user exit) for material prices.

Regards

Rajneesh Saxena

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi Rajneesh,

Thanks for your kind response,.

I have also tried to use strategy U. In this case system is bypassing the first strategy and using the second strategy.

Please suggest if there is any other steps need s to be follow for using the valuation strategy U.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[pavan_kumar18]

Dear Ankit,

Please share the screen of valuation strategy....

One thing you need to check:

Please go to your costing TYPE:

Please check the save parameters option:

Select Price update with date instead of Price update with start of period.

After checking let us know the results.

Regards,

Pavan Kumar Arvapally

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi Pavan,

Thanks for your kind response. In costing type, value for Price update is "Standard Price". So when I am going to change "Price update with date " in save parameter, system is not allowing me to change this and saying standard cost estimate can be save only with start of the period.

Then I have changed the Price update as "Price other then standard price". After this system is allowing me to maintain the save parameter as "Price update with date ". But still system is picking the price from earlier PO not from latest PO.

And also as per my understanding, costing type is about which price of FG will  be update after successful cost estimation. Here my problem is not FG but the price of Raw materiel.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[pavan_kumar18]

Dear Ankit,

Please share the screen shot of valuation strategy......

What to know the Priority sequence.

Regards,

Pavan Kumar Arvapally.

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi Pavan,

For your reference,

[pavan_kumar18]

Dear Ankit,

I just tested the scenario, system is picking the latest price as per PO regardless of higher or lower price.

please find my settings:

Dear Ranjeesh,

It was working fine for me, correct me if i am wrong.....

Regards,

Pavan Kumar arvapally

[ankit_agarwal8]

Hi Pavan,

Thanks for your kind response.

But in my case system is not picking latest price. I have created first PO with vendor A in INR. I have created second PO with vendor B in EURO. In both case I have not created GRN.

Please suggest what else I need to check for the desired result. And what process step you are following.

Please help.

Regards,

Ankit Agarwal

[pavan_kumar18]

Dear Ankit,

I have tested the scenario multiple times with multiple materials & multiple vendors.

I have tested with only one currency -  INR.

For one material, system allowed latest price regardless of higher/lower price...... Need to check why it was happen...?

For the rest of the materials systems taken the latest price subject to lower price.

(Agree with Mr. Ranjeesh sexena)

So I am coming to the conclusion and I do agree that system will accept lowest price as per Purchase info record.

But still I did not provided the solution to your query of picking latest price...I will try my best..

Regards,

Pavan Kumar Arvapally