SAP Purchasing Info Record Usage in Costing Variants

By Tanya Duncan

Table of Contents

1. Costing Variant Configuration

2. Valuation Variant Configuration

3. Assign Purchasing Conditions to Delivery Costs

4. Create Origin Groups

5. Map Origin Groups to Cost Components

6. Check purchase info records and purchasing conditions

7. Glossary

I recently used some interesting configuration in the valuation variant to value externally and intercompany purchased materials.  My client has unique challenges because they are vertically integrated.

 They produce almost every raw material that goes in to their finished goods including packaging and the machinery to produce finished goods. The amount of intercompany purchases is massive and we needed a sustainable way to value purchased items and reference the purchasing conditions for intercompany markups and other charges like freight and shipping labor.

This configuration is a multi-step process, but it’s fairly simple when you have all the pieces configured correctly.