EXAMPLE: Invoice receipt for a goods receipt, for customs as well as a freight invoice. 1. Material X should have a beginning inventory of 100 units in the period. The standard price of the material is set to 45 EUR. 2. Goods receipt 100 units at 50 EUR (Price Limiter=0 due to actual quantity posting). Thus, a price difference posting of 500 EUR is caused. Total price difference from receipts = 500 EUR; Price Limiter = 0; 3. Invoice receipt for freight 150 EUR for the above goods receipt. A price difference posting of 150 EUR is caused and the price limiter quantity increases since the freight clearing reprensents the first price difference posting without actual quantity for the GR. Total price difference from receipts = 650 EUR; Price Limiter = 100 units; Price differences from adjustments = 150 EUR Price differences from adjustments are collected in this field, in addition to the update of the entire price difference. This is value-based analogy for field Price Limiter. 4. Now the invoice receipt for the material itself follows (100 units at 50 EUR) and customs (125 EUR). Total price difference from receipts = 775 EUR; Price Limiter = 100 units; Price differences from adjustments = 275 EUR In this case, the Price Limiter quantity must not be increased since this invoice refers to the same goods receipt (order history). 5. Then follows a freight invoice for a goods receipt of 200 units from the previous month that belongs to another purchase order and that is posted in this period since the previous month has already been completed and thus it is not possible to post the purchase order for the previous month (freight 125 EUR). Total price difference from receipts = 900 EUR; Price Limiter = 300 units; Price differences from adjustments = 400 EUR The Price Limiter quantity increases since the invoice applies to another purchase order. 6. End of period: Beginning inventory 100 units; Ending inventory 200 units; Receipt 100 units Total price difference from receipts = 900 EUR; Price Limiter = 300 units; Price differences from adjustments = 400 EUR First an allocation of the price differences from the pure value-based receipts occurs (Price differences from adjustments 400 EUR). In this case it is checked whether the inventory is covered: Price Limiter > beginning inventory + receipts [Cumulative receipt]. Since the goods receipt of the prior period was already partially consumed and therefore the price difference of the respective invoice was not covered by the beginning inventory and also could not been allocated to the consumption of the prior period, it does not result in a 'Not distributed' value. The determination of a price difference that is allocated to the inventory or the next level is as follows: Price differences from adjustments (400 EUR) / Price Limiter (300 units) * cumulative receipt (200 units) = 267 EUR Thus you receive a 'Not distributed' line of 133 EUR [400 EUR (Price differences from adjustments) - 267 EUR (Portion distributed on the inventory/consumption)]. However, this allocation is only made if the price limiter quantity is larger than the cumulative receipt. Otherwise the step is skipped and the entire price difference is allocated. 7. In the example, the price difference delta is now allocated to the inventory and the consumption. At this stage a stock coverage check occurs - cumulative receipts vs. cumulative inventory - to avoid errors in case of negative beginning inventories or receipts. Total price difference from receipts (900 EUR) - Price differences from adjustments (400 EUR) = 500 EUR 8. The entire price difference that is allocated to the inventory in the example amounts to 767 EUR. 133 EUR cannot be distributed.