Introduction to SAP Material Ledger

By Paul Ovigele

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Standard Costing
3. Moving Average Costing
4. Material Ledger
5. Glossary

Introduction

SAP Material Ledger allows you to run Actual Costing with the benefits, and without the disadvantages, of the two traditional methods of inventory valuation:

• Standard Costing
  
  
• Moving Average Costing
  
  

Before we explore SAP Material Ledger and Actual Costing, let's analyze the two traditional approaches.