... Acknowledgments ... 17§§1 ... Introduction ... 19§§1.1 ... Structure of This Book ... 20§§1.2 ... Looking Ahead ... 22§§PART I ... Introduction to the Material Ledger ... 25§§2 ... Material Ledger Basics ... 27§§2.1 ... Price Control and Inventory Valuation ... 28§§2.2 ... Material Ledger Concepts and Usage ... 44§§2.3 ... Material Price Determination Control ... 49§§2.4 ... Material Price Analysis, Categories, and Process Categories ... 50§§2.5 ... Procurement/Consumption Alternatives and the Controlling Level ... 55§§2.6 ... Summary ... 58§§3 ... Product Cost Planning ... 59§§3.1 ... Business Case ... 60§§3.2 ... Master Data ... 61§§3.3 ... Activity Types and Planning Prices ... 70§§3.4 ... Selected Configuration for Product Cost Planning ... 73§§3.5 ... Standard Costing ... 76§§3.6 ... Summary ... 88§§4 ... Material Ledger Configuration and Startup ... 89§§4.1 ... Multiple Currencies Configuration ... 90§§4.2 ... Actual Costing Configuration ... 98§§4.3 ... Material Ledger Startup ... 103§§4.4 ... Reconciliation of the Material Ledger Currencies ... 107§§4.5 ... Price Determination Control ... 109§§4.6 ... Material Master Data with Material Ledger ... 111§§4.7 ... Summary ... 112§§5 ... Account Determination Configuration for the Material Ledger ... 113§§5.1 ... Account Determination: Basic Configuration ... 113§§5.2 ... Account Determination: WIP Revaluation ... 128§§5.3 ... Exchange Rate Differences ... 131§§5.4 ... Summary ... 133§§PART II ... Basic Functions of the Material Ledger ... 135§§6 ... Purchasing Processes and Variances ... 137§§6.1 ... External Procurement and Purchase Price Variances ... 138§§6.2 ... External Procurement and Exchange Rate Variances ... 151§§6.3 ... Changing the Controlling Level ... 160§§6.4 ... Summary ... 164§§7 ... Manufacturing and Overhead Variances ... 165§§7.1 ... Manufacturing Order and Preliminary Costing ... 166§§7.2 ... Simultaneous Costing ... 172§§7.3 ... Plant-to-Plant Material Transfers ... 187§§7.4 ... Period-End Processing ... 189§§7.5 ... Summary ... 200§§8 ... Periodic Actual Costing ... 201§§8.1 ... Creating a Costing Cockpit Run ... 202§§8.2 ... Material Selection ... 205§§8.3 ... Determine Sequence ... 207§§8.4 ... Single-Level Price Determination ... 209§§8.5 ... Multilevel Price Determination ... 223§§8.6 ... Post Closing ... 243§§8.7 ... Mark Material Prices ... 257§§8.8 ... Summary ... 261§§9 ... Actual Costing Revaluations ... 263§§9.1 ... Revaluation of Consumption ... 264§§9.2 ... Revaluation of Work in Process ... 276§§9.3 ... Summary ... 307§§10 ... Actual Costs and Value Flow Reports ... 309§§10.1 ... Actual Cost Component Split ... 310§§10.2 ... Valuated Actual Quantity Structure ... 312§§10.3 ... Actual Bill of Materials ... 316§§10.4 ... Value Flow Monitor ... 318§§10.5 ... Activity Types Value Flow Display ... 329§§10.6 ... Summary ... 331§§11 ... Material Ledger: More Functionalities ... 333§§11.1 ... Transferring Actual Costs to CO-PA ... 334§§11.2 ... Debiting or Crediting Materials ... 345§§11.3 ... Changing Actual Cost Component Split Values ... 351§§11.4 ... Distribution of Usage Variances (DUV) ... 354§§11.5 ... Alternative Valuation Run (AVR) ... 376§§11.6 ... Summary ... 391§§PART III ... Advanced Topics in the Material Ledger ... 393§§12 ... Transfer Prices and Multiple Valuation Approaches ... 395§§12.1 ... Transfer Price Concepts ... 396§§12.2 ... Multiple Valuation Approach Implementation Scenarios ... 397§§12.3 ... Multiple Valuations Configuration ... 399§§12.4 ... Profit Center Implementation Configuration ... 409§§12.5 ... Automatic Account Determination Configuration ... 411§§12.6 ... Defining the Transfer Prices Pricing Procedure ... 416§§12.7 ... Optional Configuration ... 424§§12.8 ... Multiple Valuations Startup Procedure ... 434§§12.9 ... Multiple Valuations Process Exam