Hi Arturo,
Thanks Arturo for responding to my question. Unfortunately; yes, the same material could be assigned to at least 3 different profit centers in the same month. We maintain specific customer master fields that are evaluated in the substitution rules at sales order entry time that derive the profit center.
Example:
Material A - if sold:
Domestic 931000 COGS 500001
International 932000 COGS 500001
Inter-Company 933000 COGS 500501
Our COGS accounts are not created as a cost elements.
Maybe I can derive a different COGS account for International (like we have done for Inter-company) and then key off of the account to determine profit center in the substitution rule you have suggested above.
I'll have to check to see how we are coming up with the different COGS account. I think we are calling a user exit and merely checking customer master fields again to derive a custom movement type which is assigned to a custom trans key.
What do you think?
Thanks for the suggestion....it has me thinking outside the box and that's what I needed!!!
Linda Lewis