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U9 cloud Purchase Price Variance: Separate Market, Contract and Execution Causes

Compare standard or baseline price with actual purchasing by item, supplier, currency and order.

采购价格差异分析 / Purchase Price Variance18 minUpdated 2026-08-21
01

Learning objective

Create traceable variance, responsible cause and purchasing action.

Roles

Finance, cost accounting, process owners, IT, key users, consultants and audit

Prerequisites

  • Confirm entity, period, currency, masters and access.
  • Prepare approved normal and exception data.
  • Define approval, cut-off and change rules.

Completion checks

  • Results trace to source and accountable role.
  • Quantity, amount, period and status are reviewable.
  • Exceptions retain cause, action and closure evidence.

Common errors

  • Overwriting historical versions.
  • Masking source errors with manual adjustments.
  • Testing only normal flow.

Thailand project note

Thai implementations should confirm Thai/English masters, THB and foreign currencies, Asia/Bangkok time, segregation, approval and local retention. This is an ERP control guide only; VAT, WHT, BOI, customs and statutory-accounting conclusions require qualified Thai professional review.

Related modules

finance-controlcost-analysismanagement-accounting

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Steps

01Freeze comparison baseline, price version, currency and applicable date.
02Standardise item, unit, supplier, order and receipt-price basis.
03Separate price, exchange, volume tier, freight and timing factors.
04Calculate amount and percentage difference by item and supplier.
05Trace material differences to contract, order, approved change and receipt.
06Assign action to purchasing, engineering or planning and review realised effect.
  1. 01

    Freeze comparison baseline, price version, currency and applicable date.

  2. 02

    Standardise item, unit, supplier, order and receipt-price basis.

  3. 03

    Separate price, exchange, volume tier, freight and timing factors.

  4. 04

    Calculate amount and percentage difference by item and supplier.

  5. 05

    Trace material differences to contract, order, approved change and receipt.

  6. 06

    Assign action to purchasing, engineering or planning and review realised effect.

04

Implementation notes

  • Pilot one entity and period.
  • Exceptions require source, owner and closure evidence.
  • Menus and fields depend on current release and blueprint.
05

References

  • YonSuite 客户成功服务 ↗用友 · Accessed: 2026-08-21 · Applicable version: 业财对账及财务服务官方范围;具体菜单以客户版本为准
  • U9 cloud 精细化成本 ↗用友 U9 cloud · Accessed: 2026-08-21 · Applicable version: 多成本核算、订单、项目及工序成本官方范围
  • U9 cloud 成本管理数智化 ↗用友 U9 cloud · Accessed: 2026-08-21 · Applicable version: 成本要素、计算、标准实际对比及分析公开说明