Knowledge Management

Question:
Sapfans,
We're buying raw material, shipped to our harbour. In addition to shipping and raw material costs, we're charged with numerous other expences like customs, taxes, cargo handling, insurances and transportation to plants that actually use this material.
We should use the raw material account to post all these expences, in order to have right stock value.
I know we can put all these expences as PO conditions (and use logistics invoice verification), but it's very difficult to know in PO creation all the expences and exact amounts.
Are there any other way to post these incoming invoices afterwards and use raw material stock account.
Answer:
Hi,
This can be achieved by the necessary setting in the customization. Go to path: IMG --> Material Management --> Logistics Invoice Verification --> Incoming Invoice --> Configure how unplanned delivery costs are posted. There will be two options to be selected - either the unplanned delivery costs will be distributed among invoice items or posted separately to the specific G/L Account.
Cheers,
HT
Answer:
But this is the case when we have only one vendor, right?
We have 4-5 different business partners billing us against the same purchase lot.
Answer:
Hi,
Since it was of your specific requirement that these costs were not defined as the additional planned delivery costs at the time of PO maintenance, these unplanned costs will be settled as 'Subsequent debit' IR and therefore, it is possible that you can post as many subsequent debits as you wish as long as one IR posting will be corresponding to one particular vendor ie. if you are going to have three vendors for unplanned costs, then three IRs will be posted separately in addition to the one for material costs.
Cheers,
HT
Answer:
Thanks!
I have difficulties using the unplanned delivery cost field on IR. I cannot get the offsetting stock account posting to show up, only the posting to the vendor account.
If I enter extra charge in the line item field (which is empty after the first invoice) I can enter correct VAT amount and total sum. Also the postings seems correct.
Is this right way to do this?
Answer:
Thanks!
I have difficulties using the unplanned delivery cost field on IR. I cannot get the offsetting stock account posting to show up, only the posting to the vendor account.
If I enter extra charge in the line item field (which is empty after the first invoice) I can enter correct VAT amount and total sum. Also the postings seems correct.
Is this right way to do this?
Answer:
Hi,
It seemed to me that you are confusing between your possible entry into the 'Unplanned delivery cost' field of the Header level of the Invoice and the maintenance in the Line Item detail of the IR. Of course, if you are about paying to the vendor A with the 'Invoice' transaction variant where you will pay material costs and some additional charges (to the same vendor), then you can use 'Unplanned delivery costs' field of the Header level. However, in case of using the 'Subsequent debit' option, then you should look at the entry in the Line Item Details.
Cheers,
HT