Academy · Controlling · 300 Professional
Material Ledger and Actual Costing
Explains the material ledger, which every SAP S/4HANA system uses for inventory valuation, and the optional actual costing that sits on top of it. Covers parallel currencies and valuations, how price differences arise and where they land, the actual costing run at concept level, material price analysis, and how to test material ledger results so inventory values reconcile with the general ledger.
- 49 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Controlling Practitioner
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain why the material ledger is active in all S/4HANA systems
- Describe parallel currencies and valuations
- Explain actual costing at a concept level
- Interpret material price analysis
- Test material ledger results
Sources and further reading
- Describing Material Ledger (Product Cost Planning in SAP S/4HANA) · SAP Learning
- The Material Ledger and Actual Costing with SAP S/4HANA · SAP PRESS Blog
- SAP S/4HANA 1610 Material Ledger Actual Costing: Understand the Fundamental Changes and the Impact on Conversion · SAPinsider
- Introduction to S/4HANA Material Ledger and Actual Costing · PIKON
- Discussing the Concept of the Universal Journal (lesson) · SAP Learning
- S4F24 Actual Costing with the Material Ledger in SAP S/4HANA (course outline) · SAP Training