SAP Note 26459 - Make-to-order: Results analysis for KMAT materials

Symptom:

It is not possible to perform results analysis on sales order items with materials of material type KMAT.

Cause and prerequisites

In make-to-order production, the inventory and the cost of sales are notposted through goods movements because the materials are managed in a nonvaluated sales order stock. The only way to create postings in FI is to use results analysis (see Note 26456). If the sales order item consists of a material of material type KMAT, results analysis is not possible because no cost estimate exists for this material.

Solution
Results analysis must be performed with a valuation method that uses profit basis C. With this profit basis, the system uses the planned costs of the production orders for the sales order instead of a cost estimate for the KMAT material.
In Release 2.2 a modification is needed for this which is described in Note 25772. In Release 3.0 this function is provided as standard.
From 3.0C onwards the planned costs of the sales order can also be calculated in a product cost estimate for the sales order. You should use profit basis E in this case.
However, if you are using assembly processing with production orders, you can only use profit basis C.

Additional key words

Transactions KKA3, KKAK