on 10-18-2019 11:41 PM
Hi,
Can someone please explain the concept of Account Assignment Category in layman's terms?
I am very new to SAP MM and I appreciate if you can please explain with examples.
Thank you.
Hello svr svr
Account Assignment Category
Material can be purchased as direct and indirect materials. or i can say stock & Non-stock materials. When you purchase Direct material , which is used in production of certain product ,and inventory is maintained , account assignment will be maintained in SAP through automatic account determination and you don't need account assignment at the time of PO.Whenever there is a material movement FI posting happens accordingly.
But when you procure Indirect or Non-stock material you need to supply the account assignment category for which the cost of purchase will be incurred.
For example when you select , Acct assn. cat "k" ( Cost center) you have to supply the COST CENTER and the G/L account number. In this case when you receive the material it will get consumed.
SAP PO can have account assignment categories like
Asset - A
Cost center- K
Order - F
Project - P etc.
In Other words, Account assignment category describes how the procured material is being used (for eg: Cost Center, Sales Order, etc). It also determines how the accounting entries made when a Gr document or Ir document is posted.
You can configure Account Assignment Category in Transaction OME9 OR you can go with following path;
SPRO > MM > Purchasing > Account Assignment > Maintain Account Assignment Categories
Her you have to perform following Activities;
1. Check the attributes of the account assignment categories
2. Maintain the account assignment categories to suit your requirements
Hope this will help you a lot in understanding.
Thanks & Regards
Surbhi Bansal
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