RE:[sap-log-mm] Convert stock from Valuated to non-valuated

Posted by Sap Land Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:45

Posted by SAM (Mr.)
on Aug 11 at 1:48 AM

Hello Mustafa,
Your case is not entirely an exception. For instance, sectors like Pharma, FMCG that manufacture goods with shelf life also face such situations.
I agree with Peter that, if you are doing away with a value (a financial figure)currently in records, it cannot escape accounts, even if you pass a JV or do it through any other route.
Having said this, you have already mentioned that your finance dept wants the value of such expired stock to be brought to "0" at Plant A itself. We will assume here that Plants A & B are both in the same Co.Code.
So, in my opinion, the easier option could be to go the MIGO route, do this through a Goods Issue under "Others (R10)" by using the mvt.type "551".
You would certainly be having a separate material code/s for such non-valuated and expired/obsolete stocks with corresponding cost centres. Use this to facilitate the transfer under the "Accounts Assignment" button.
Also, in the same routine, you can effectuate the transfer to the desired plant / storage location and nullify the value from the GL Account and cost center.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
SAM.

---------------Original Message---------------
From: mustafa sakerwala
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 9:41 AM
Subject: Convert stock from Valuated to non-valuated

Dear Gurus

I am looking into an issue for FI and need your valuable inputs.

Business Case:

We have two plants (Plant A & Plant B). Customer would return expired stock to Plant A and these would be kept in Blocked Status as per QM guidelines. These stock are to be destroyed and transferred to Destruction Plant (Plant B) for doing the needful. However since we cannot use plant to plant transfer for block stock, we are left with using 506 & 505 movement type as the only solution for it. However finance would like to have no accounting impact for goods in transit since it has no real value. Hence it wants to writeoff the value (keeping quantitative details for MM intact) at Plant A itself and then trigger the stock movement. Since now the value is zero, it would not trigger accounting document.

We are working in following restrictions:
QA Guidelines suggests that we cannot move stock from Blocked to unrestricted just for this purpose
FI suggests that there shouldn't be by pass from norma standard sap transaction as 505 & 506 is not meant for this purpose

We need to find a way where we can convert selected stocks of a material code from valuated to non-valuated for this purpose.

Would be glad to provide any further clarification, should you so desire.

Appreciate your early response.

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