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Monday, July 29, 2013

Unit Cost and Currency Decimals Setup

Regardless of the fact that Dynamics GP decimals; either quantity or currency, is fixed during the setup, A business might encounter several cases in which a variance might result from this issue.

The fact is that Dynamics GP deals with decimals as accurate as possible, in order to prevent any variances.

I would like to discuss this issue through a case study in order to thoroughly show how accurate Dynamics GP could be in dealing with currency decimals.

1- Item Card Unit of Measurement:

    Case = 6 Pieces

Unit of Measurement Setup

 

2- Item Card Maintenance:

Item Card

3- Receiving Transaction Entry:

Unit Cost = 50
UOM = Case

Receiving Transaction Entry

 

4- Currency Setup:

Currency decimals Places = 2

Currency Setup

 

Now, when the receiving is posted. Dynamics GP encounters a a challenge in dealing with the item unit cost, taking into consideration the following issues

1- IV10200 | Purchase Receipt Work

In purchase receipt work, the cost layer is recorded at the "Base" unit of measurement, considering the currency decimals limitation (which is 2 )

Record

Unit Cost for Base Quantity 50/6 = 8.3333333333   ??

Calculation Methodology:
In order to ensure that the cost is recorded accurately with zero variance, Dynamics GP calculates cost as follows (Smart list below is the Inventory Purchase Receipt):

SmartList

 

Calculation

Dynamics GP splits the transaction quantity into two layers, the first layer quantity is (Total Quantity - 1) , and the other layers quantity is (1). In order to calculate the cost;

-  Total Extended Cost (50) / Total Quantity (6) = 8.3333333333  
-   First Layer Cost: Round(8.3333333333,2) = 8.33
-   Second Layer Cost: Total Cost (50) - [ Rounded First Layer Cost (8.33) * First Layer Quantity (5)] = 8.35

 

Best Regards,
Mahmoud M. AlSaadi

11 comments:

  1. It's worth mentioning that there is a support article on this issue KB Article ID 2741489;
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2741489

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  2. We are using an avereage perpetual costing..
    the problem with us is that.. system take the cost of the remaining 1 pc rather than the average cost of the X-1 Qty !!
    we tired finding a solution to make system recalculate the average cost depending on X-1 qty instead of the 1 pc :-(
    we still using adjust cost utility after each purchasing trx !!!!
    do you have please any suggustion to solve this problem?
    Ex: it takes the cost for the item 101XLG as 8.35000 rather than 8.33000 !!
    can you help?!

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    1. Hello,
      Thanks for your question, I will be reviewing it shortly and get back to you with a detailed answer. It might need a blog post to get things cleared out.

      Best Regards,

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  3. I hope to hear from you as soon as possible..

    appreciate your help.

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    1. I have illustrated my findings on a blog post, check it out on
      http://mahmoudsaadi.blogspot.com/2014/12/revisiting-average-costing-in-dynamics.html

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  4. I have difference between GL warehouse account and Inventory status report I think it's because of rounding and multi currency shall I make all to zero decimal place

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    1. Hello Mohamed
      Have you been able to run the "reconcile to GL" utility in order to check which journal entries cause such variance ? I would hesitate to suspect that the decimal rounding would cause a difference only in one case, which is having a different currency decimals in the supply chain level than the General Ledger module.

      Your feedback is highly appreciated,

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  5. In Currency Setup Window 2 Dicmals
    In Item Currency window 2 Dicmals

    Reconcile to GL Show that no Diffrent

    Stock Status report show Diffrent Number than GL account warehouse with small Diffrent which I think from rounding.

    In Smart List 5 Dicimals in cost And After Check Links 2 Dicimals

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  6. Hi mahmood,
    Is there any option to change the decimal places for unit cost in purchasing reciept.
    I get only 2 decimals in unit cost, but the currecy decimal i have set it to 5 decimals.

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