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by Ross Christoph
Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt (GR/IR) clearing is an important part of the procure-to-pay process in SAP Materials Management (MM) and Financial Accounting (FI). The GR/IR clearing account temporarily records the value of goods received from suppliers until the corresponding supplier invoices are posted.
The purchasing process typically involves three documents:
- Purchase Order (PO): Specifies the materials or services ordered, quantities, and agreed prices.
- Goods Receipt (GR): Records the receipt of materials or services against the purchase order.
- Invoice Receipt (IR): Records the supplier invoice and verifies it against the purchase order and goods receipt.
When goods receipts and invoice receipts are posted, corresponding entries are recorded in the GR/IR clearing account. Matching entries can subsequently be cleared through the financial accounting clearing process.
Outstanding balances may indicate missing invoices, incomplete deliveries, or quantity differences requiring investigation.
In SAP S/4HANA, GR/IR reconciliation helps organizations identify outstanding differences and maintain accurate inventory, purchasing, and financial accounting records.
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By Tom King
Category 2 activity types are for indirect determination and indirect allocation.
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SAP Activity Postings 1: Category 1 Activity Types
By Tom King
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Let's start with activity type category 1 (manual entry, manual allocation) which is the most common. Activity types defined with this category post directly from a cost center to a receiver cost object.
Look at the definition of activity type CATEG1 as shown at the top in Figure 1. In this case, Actl Acty Type Cat. (Actual Activity Type Category) is blank, which means it is the same as the plan activity type category, or 1 in this example.
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By Tanya Duncan
I recently used an interesting configuration in the valuation variant to value externally and intercompany purchased materials. My vertically integrated client has unique challenges.
They produce almost every raw material used in their finished goods, including packaging and machinery. The number 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 all the pieces are configured correctly.