Paul Ovigele, FI/CO Expert, Author: "100 Things You Should Know About Financial Accounting"
Rogerio Faleiros, FI/CO Expert, Author: "Configuring Controlling in SAP ERP"
In the standard ERP system it is difficult to find reports that give you a multidimensional view of your inventory costs. Many customers download the information to Microsoft Excel or use external reporting tools such as BI to do the analysis. There is nothing wrong with these options, but sometimes they lead to reconciliation errors (in the case of Excel) or realtime update issues (in the case of BI). With the Material Ledger Activated and by utilizing an enhanced report, there are several reporting options that will give you a more granular view of your inventory values.
How to view inventory costs according to dimensions such as material group, profit center, product hierarchy, etc.
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