3806134 - How Co-Products and By-Products Work in Production Orders — Setup, Goods Movements, Cost Apportionment, and Settlement

It is not clear how to manufacture co-products and by-products together with a main product in a single production order, or how their goods receipts and costs are handled. Questions arise about the difference between co-products and by-products, what prerequisites must be met in the material master and BOM before a co-product or by-product can appear in a production order, which movement types are used for each product type, how production costs are distributed among the main product and co-products via equivalence numbers, and which settlement rules (PP5/PP6) apply. It is also unclear whether the cost distribution can vary by cost element group and how the apportionment structure is defined.

Read more...

• SAP ERP Production Planning (PP)
• SAP ERP All versions
• SAP ERP Central Component All versions
• SAP R/3 All versions
• SAP R/3 Enterprise All versions
• SAP S/4HANA All versions
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition All versions
• SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP All versions
• SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA All versions

SAP ERP Central Component all versions ; SAP ERP all versions ; SAP R/3 Enterprise all versions ; SAP R/3 all versions ; SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition all versions ; SAP S/4HANA all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP all versions ; SAP enhancement package for SAP ERP, version for SAP HANA all versions

co-product, by-product, joint production, equivalence number, apportionment structure, source structure, movement type 531, MT531, movement type 101, MT101, PP5, PP6, settlement rule, fast entry, co-product indicator, BOM item, negative quantity, MRP 2 view, CO01, CO02, CS01, CS02, MM01, MM02, MIGO, MB31, CO11N, KO88, CO88, PP-SFC-EXE-GM, PP-SFC-PLN, OPJH, cost element group, actual delivery quantity, planned delivery quantity, joint cost distribution , KBA , PP-SFC-EXE-GM , Goods Movements , Problem