profit center in master record

[former_member1362329]

Hello Colleagues,

have some conceptual question regarding usage of profit center for different materials.We use  A DIEN material type for selling services in the same distribution channel.

Normally profit center is automatically specified in sales order from material master record.

However In some cases we need different profit centers to be specified in sales documents for the same DIEN material and for the sames distr channel.

We currently consider two ways:

1)to create  some Z table with mapping profit center with other records which help to specify profit center in the sales order. With user-exit to specify profit center in the sales order.

2)To create as many materials as profit center we need to be specified in the sales order.

I prefer the second one but wonder if it's correctly for the same in fact service to maintain several materials in material master records taking into account that revenues are posted to the same profit and loss account.What is your practice of profit centers usage?

Thank's a lot for advise.

[Lakshmipathi · Accepted solution]

 In some cases we need different profit centers to be specified in sales documents for the same DIEN material

Hope you should be aware Profit Center is not based on material type but used to arrive Profit and Loss of a Company and used for internal control.  If you want to differentiate for some specific purpose, you can go with Profit Center Substitution.  For this standard TCodes 0KEM / 0KEL would be used.  Ask your FI team to configure this based on which, system will propose different profit centers in sale order.

G. Lakshmipathi

[former_member1362329 · Accepted solution]

OK I got the point.In your opinion it's finance team task to determine profit center in sales order using of tx okem.Thanks a lot