民丰纸业Automatic Account Assignment.docVIP

Automatic Account Assignment This is probably the least understood of all of the functions within the MM Module. This is hardly surprising when you look at the terminology used. Most of the terms start with the word Valuation and their real meaning is not apparent from the names used. This area of the system is one of the few that cannot really be self-taught and so many consultants with in-depth knowledge of MM still dont really know how it works. However, if you break it down to the basics, it is not as complicated as it appears. The most important thing to realise is that you are not configuring the way that the system carries out the accounting, you are merely configuring the numbers of the G/L accounts that the system should use in different circumstances. (You can change the way that the system carries out the accounting, but this is rarely required). The system has standard accounting practices built in and if you change these, you are effectively changing accounting rules, this is not normally required or necessary. and it is certainly NOT recommended. This leaves us with the task of deciding which general ledger accounts should be used when values are affected by MM transactions. Firstly we need to cover some basic principles. Every time the value of a material is affected upwards OR downwards, a value is posted to the General Ledger accounts. When this happens, an Accounting Document is always created, this is the audit trail and lists the values and account numbers used. Values are affected by many MM functions, but the most common ones are receipts, issues and transfers (others include Invoice Verification, Stock revaluation and GR/IR reconciliation.). Many people expect the configuration of Automatic Account Assignment (AAA) to be the responsibility of FI. (This is normally the MM consultant hoping that the FI consultants will do it!). It does appear to be a financial responsibility, but only a MM consultant can be expected to know the range of tr