Your customer wants to use the cost distribution function to include transportation costs in the material valuation. Which of the following documents can support this requirement? Note: There are 3…

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• ASales order
• BPurchase order
• CStock transport order
• DOutbound delivery
• EInbound delivery

• A
  10% (3)
• B
  71% (22)
• D
  19% (6)

Explanation

In SAP Materials Management, the cost distribution function distributes planned delivery costs (freight, customs, insurance) into material valuation. Purchase orders (B) are the primary procurement document where delivery cost conditions are maintained, directly feeding into material valuation at goods receipt. Stock transport orders (C) are a special PO type used for inter-plant stock transfers and similarly support delivery cost conditions that must be distributed to the receiving plant's inventory value. Inbound deliveries (E) are linked to POs and STOs and serve as the vehicle through which these planned delivery costs are finalized and allocated to materials upon receipt.

Why A and D are wrong: A sales order (A) is a customer-facing document on the outbound side - its transportation charges are revenue/selling costs, not inventory valuation inputs. An outbound delivery (D) ships goods to customers and deals with cost of goods sold or logistics costs, not inbound material valuation.

Memory tip: Think "incoming money = incoming cost" - only documents on the procurement/receiving side (PO, STO, Inbound Delivery) can distribute costs into material value. Sales Order and Outbound Delivery are on the sales/outbound side and move value out, so they never participate in material valuation cost distribution.

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