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I am trying to understand the posting types M187 and M189.

M187: “Purchase charges, absorbed in inventory value”

M189: “Arrival Charges”


Both are setup to reflect the expected use:

M187 to be the counterposting to M1 at arrival with a charge amount that should be included in the inventory value.

M189 to be the counterposting of a charge not included in the inventory value.

It seems I misunderstood something because that is not how it works. I gather M189 is doing what I expected M187 to do.

So when is M187 applied? And for what use?

Sincerely

Jonas

Hello

M187 is counter posting to M1 for charge receipt added to inventory value. Equivalent of M10 for charges.

M189 is to balance 187 transaction with invoice matching. So it is equivalent of M18 actually.

 

I will draw the postings for you

 

Transaction Type Posting Type Debit Credit
ARRIVAL M1 100  
ARRIVAL M10   100
ARRIVAL M1 20  
ARRIVAL M189   20
       
INVOICE MATCH IP1   120
INVOICE MATCH M18 100  
INVOICE MATCH M187 20  

 

 

Hope this helps

Thanks Furkan!

I found explanations in the Cloud documentation, but it does not totally clarify:

In the list of Inventory posting controls M187 is not included in spite of it being named “Purchase charges, absorbed in inventory value”.

Invoicing

System Event Event Description Debit Posting Type Credit Posting Type
APINVOICE Check supplier invoice lines, part connected charges with higher price M187 - Purchase Charges, Inventory Parts
M185 - Charge Price Diff Purch, Higher Price		 IP5 - Preliminary Cost
APINVOICE Check supplier invoice lines, part connected charges with lower price M187 - Purchase Charges, Inventory Parts IP5 - Preliminary Cost
M186 - Charge Price Diff Purch, Lower Pric

 

It seems the purpose of M187 is to handle charge price variances, counterposting M185 and M186.

But on the other hand M189 also seems to be used for the same purpose:

Purchasing

System Event Event Description Debit Posting Type Credit Posting Type
CHGPRDIFF- Price Difference Charge Invoice - Lower Price M189 - Arrival Charges M186 - Charge Price Diff Purch, Lower Price
CHGPRDIFF+ Price Difference Charge Invoice - Higher Price M185 - Charge Price Diff Purch, Higher Price M189 - Arrival Charges

 

Very confusing

Hello

I entered postings wrongly. At Arrival, M189 is used and with invoice matching M187 is used.

 

I updated the postings table in the first post.

 

 

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