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SAP Material Valuation

Written by Khoa Nguyễn and last updated on August 26, 2017.

This tutorial which is part of our SAP MM course talks about SAP Material
Valuation. You will learn about the concept of material valuation in SAP MM.
We will talk about valuation levels and valuation methods. Explain the
difference between standard and moving average prices as well as
introduce the functionality of split valuation. We will provide step-by-step
explanation and screenshots illustrating these processes.

SAP valuation area is the organizational level at which materials are

valuated such as at the plant or company code level. When the valuation
area is at the plant level, you can valuate a material in different plants at
different prices. When the valuation is at the company code level, the valuation price of a material is the same in
all of the plants of the company code.
Material valuation at the plant level is mandatory if your system is a retail system, or if you want to use either the
Production Planning or Product Cost Accounting components.

SAP Valuation Area at Company Code and Plant Levels

To define the valuation area at the company code or plant level you should access the path below in SPRO
transaction:

Enterprise Structure -> Definition -> Logistic General -> Define Valuation Level
Depending on your requirements, set the valuation level at a company code or at a plant.

Define the Valuation Area Level

Once you’ve defined the valuation area, it is very difficult to change it afterwards because this is the fundamental
setting.

SAP Valuation Methods

Material valuation is carried out according to the price controls set in the SAP system. Based on the business
scenarios, we can set the valuation method as moving average price (price control V) or standard price (price
control S).

The valuation method is defined in the Accounting 1 view screen of the material master. You can check in this
view the total stock quantity and total value of a material.
 SAP Valuation Methods in Material (Transaction MM02)

A standard price is a fixed price defined in the material master record. In general, this method is used for
finished goods. In the standard price procedure, the valuation price is defined and fixed in the material master
record. If price in a purchase order (PO) is different (either more or less) from the standard price, the difference
amounts are posted to a price difference account.

On the other hand, moving average price is a weighted average price. The movements of materials such as
goods issue or goods receipts may impact moving average prices. The moving average price will change if
purchasing prices of a material are changed. This price is calculated as shown below:

Moving average price = Total stock value / Total stock quantity

The material master record will always be updated with the current moving average price.

Configuration

You must assign the valuation method in the Accounting 1 view while creating material master records. But to
reduce the time, you can assign the price control to the material types, so that the price control will be set
automatically by the system later on for new materials. To do that, access the path below in SPRO transaction:

Logistic General -> Material Master -> Basic Settings -> Material Types -> Define attributes of material types
 Assign Default Valuation Method to a Material Type

Material Price Changes

Material prices can be changed over a period of time due to changes in the market price. The SAP system
includes functionality to accommodate these changes, and the stock valuation is revaluated as per the current
market price.

Valuation prices can be changed based on business requirement for three scenarios:

A price change during the current posting period

A price change during the previous posting period and changes are not carried over to the current period
A price change during the previous posting period or year and changes are carried over to the current period

Note that changing the material price doesn’t involve changing the material master record. It is an accounting
transaction in which the total stock for a valuation area is revaluated. The transaction code MR21 is used to
change prices. After the prices are changed, accounting documents are generated and the stock account,
expense/revenue accounts will be involved.

SAP Split Valuation

Split valuation helps you to valuate sub-stocks (part of the total stock) of a material in different ways. There are
a number of reason you might want to valuate sub-stocks separately, such as:

The material has different origins (e.g., materials have different country of origin)
The material is acquired via different types of procurement (e.g., external procurement or internal
procurement)
The material has different categories of quality (e.g., damaged, poor quality or good quality)

SAP Split Valuation Types

Note that split valuation in SAP is used only with the moving average price control, and materials that are
subject to split valuation can be valuated only via moving average price method.

SAP Split Valuation Example

To activate the split valuation in the system, you must follow this path in SPRO transaction:

Material Management -> Valuation and Account Assignment -> Split Valuation -> Activate Split Valuation
 Activate Split Valuation in SAP

To configure the split valuation in the SAP system, you must follow this path in SPRO transaction:

Material Management -> Valuation and Account Assignment -> Split Valuation -> Configure Split Valuation

Choose Global Types button to create new valuation types and define their attributes.

Define Valuation Types

Ext. POs: This field indicates whether external POs are allowed or not.
Int. POs: This field indicated whether internal POs are allowed or not.
ARef (Account Category Reference): This field is used to group valuation classes. Specify for which account
category reference this valuation type is allowed.

Choose Global Category button to create new valuation categories and define their attributes.
 Define Valuation Category

Default Valuation Type External Procure: The valuation type selected in this field is proposed at the time of
PO creation.
Default Valuation Type External Procure Mandatory: The default valuation type is mandatory and can’t be
changed in the PO.
Default Valuation Type In-House Production: The valuation type is proposed at the time of production order
creation.
Default Valuation Type In-House Mandatory: The default valuation type is mandatory and can’t be changed in
the Production Order.
Determine Valuation Type Automat: The system will automatically determine the valuation type at the time of
goods receipt. This indicator is only useful for materials that are managed in batches. A valuation record is
automatically created for each batch.

Click on button to activate valuation types for the valuation category.

 Allocate Valuation Types for Valuation Category

You can check the valuation type and valuation price in the Accounting 1 view of the material master by using
the transaction MM03. If you select a valuation type at the organizational level, the system will display the stock
valuation for the selected valuation type.
 Split Valuation Price in Material Master

Did you like this SAP MM tutorial? Have any questions or comments? We would love to hear your feedback in
the comments section below. It’d be a big help for us, and hopefully it’s something we can address for you in
improvement of our free SAP MM tutorials.

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13 thoughts on “SAP Material Valuation”

Alaa

July 13, 2017 at 11:08 pm

hi,
could be used batch management & split valuation type same time for same material type?
regards.
 Cleo Isco

July 14, 2017 at 12:53 pm

Yes, it is possible to use batch management and split valuation for the same material at the same time. If a
material is both split valuated and batch managed, then its valuation type is saved in the batch master record.

Alaa

July 14, 2017 at 2:33 pm

the consultant tried to apply it. When he go to make sales order the system gives in availability check
column all qty available of two valuation type.
How could make availability check qty give qty belong the only one valuation type i selected.
Thank you

Cleo Isco

July 17, 2017 at 1:24 am

I think that you might need to use a user exit for this purpose. Another option will be to specify a batch in
a sales order, and then ATP check can be performed at the batch level (each batch belongs to a particular
valuation type).

Alaa

July 17, 2017 at 2:07 pm

No other way? Because I want warehouse to specify the batch.

 Regards.

Cleo Isco

July 18, 2017 at 1:14 am

Can you please explain how do you want see the whole business process? Do you want sales people to
enter material valuation type in sales orders?

Alaa

July 18, 2017 at 10:13 am

Thanks for your concern. The business process Should be as below:

1- Make purchase order or contract of material without specify valuation type and batch.
2- In warehouse Goods receipt will enter qty with valuation type and batch (should deducted from po qty of the
material)
3- Sales people should enter the material and valuation type only because each valuation has its own price.
4- Warehouse will specify the batch in outbound.

Hope you help me to apply this business process.

Regards.

Cleo Isco

August 7, 2017 at 12:56 am

Unfortunately, it is not possible to perform ATP check in a sales order based on valuation type. The standard
levels for ATP check are: 1) plant, 2) storage location, 3) batch. If you want to perform ATP based on valuation
type, you will need to use a user exit. Please check SAP note 2194342
(https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/2194342) for further information about user exits that SAP
recommends for this purpose. I hope it helps!

Alaa

August 7, 2017 at 1:30 am

Ok. Thanks for your concern.

Best regards
 Arlene Siozon

October 25, 2017 at 9:21 pm

Dear Expert,

Good day.
May I know how was the valuation type is automatically determined in the sales order?
In the material master record in the Accounting tab, the valuation category is set to Q.
In OMWC, the valuation cat Q (Quality) the automatic local valuation categories for plant P500 is not tick.
I have 4 different material in one sales order, the valuation type was automatically determine for the first three
item but not for the last item. Although when I check the set up in material master record it has the same info
and all was maintained with valuation type as per checking in table MBEW. Looking forward for your inputs on
this.

Thank you so much,

Arlene Siozon

Cleo Isco

November 1, 2017 at 9:26 pm

Are these materials managed in batches?

Shubham

April 28, 2021 at 1:51 pm

Can we get automatic material price in PO by Valuation Type ?

(Without creating inforecord for the material)

dinda

November 24, 2023 at 4:30 am

dear expert. in my company want to implement valuation type in batch management. which bath have
characteristic (Classif class type 023 and 300), how to configuure this? becouse when i trying to set cost
estimate. that material can not be set.

Thankyou
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