2058109 - WIP Run Does Not Consider By-Products

You have finished a production lot for the production of a main product ID XYZ (XYZ represents the main product ID) and a by-product ID ABC (ABC represents the by-product ID).
For both products the perpetual cost method Moving Average is maintained.
After executing the WIP Clearing Run you notice that the run updated the cost rate of the production lots main product but not of the by-product.

SAP Business ByDesign

1. In the Inventory Valuation workcenter navigate to the Periodic Tasks -  WIP Clearing view.
2. Highlight the line of the respective run ID AAA (AAA represents the run ID) and press View to open the Log result.
3. Navigate to the Processed Successfully tab.
4. Here there are only postings displayed for main product XYZ but not for the By-product ABC.

This is standard ByDesign system behavior.  The WIP Clearing run only considers inventories from a lot that are maintained as main output materials.

• By-products resulting from the process of producing a main product are not considered a company's object and are therefore not included in the SCM planning process.
• There are no production variance calculations needed here.  
• For such by-products a standard cost rate rather than a moving average cost rate should be maintained in the inventory accounting data.

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