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4.Configurationdetail
AllcostsintheAllcostsintheSAPsystemareassignedtocostelements.Thisassignmentismadeinthefollowingway:
Ifcostsarisefor...thenassignmentismadethrough...Materialsaccountdetermination
NonstockmaterialstheBOMitemInternalactivitiestheactivitytypemasterrecordExternalactivitiesthepurchasinginforecordortheoperationOverheadthecostingsheet
Materialsthatareassignedtothesamecostelementthroughautomaticaccountdeterminationcanbeseparatedforcontrollingpurposesthroughanorigingroupinthecostingviewofthematerialmasterrecord.
Youcancreatecostcomponentsinthefollowingways:
oCostelementfrom,costelementto
Forexample,coststhatareassignedtocostelements400000to410000areassignedtothesamecostcomponent.
oCostelementfrom
Forexample,costsassignedtocostelement400000areassignedtoonecostcomponent,whilecostsassignedtocostelement410000areassignedtoadifferentcostcomponent.
oOrigingroup
Forexample,coststhatareexpectedformaterialsoforigingroupEXTNareassignedtothesamecostcomponent(regardlessofthecostelement).
oCostelementfrom,origingroup
Forexample,costsassignedtocostelement400000andorigingroupEXTNareassignedtothesamecostcomponent.
oCostelementfrom,origingroup,costelementto
Forexample,costsassignedtocostelements400000to410000andthatcomefrommaterialswithorigingroupEXTNareassignedtothesamecostcomponent.Coststhatarewithinthiscostelement
intervalbuthaveadifferentorigingroupareassignedtoadifferentcostcomponent.
oNoentries
IfyouleavetheentriesCostelementfrom,OrigingroupandCostelementtoblank,allcostsinthecostestimatethatwerenotassignedareassignedtothecostcomponentwithablankentry.Forexample,thiscanbeacostcomponentfor"othercosts".
ExampleofAssignmentsofCostElementstoCostComponents
Thecostsintheitemization(suchasmaterialusagecosts,internalactivities,andoverhead)areassignedtocostcomponentsasfollows:
ItemizationCostelementsCostcomponent
MPlant01RAW-1->400000->01materialcosts
MPlant01RAW-2->400000->01materialcosts
MPlant01RAW-3->410000->01materialcosts
ECCenter1ACT-1->610000->02internalactivities
ECCenter1ACT-2->611000->02internalactivities
Gmaterialoverhead->660000->03overhead
Materialaccountdeterminationselectsanaccount(suchas400000,410000)andaprimarycostelementforeachmaterial(itemcategoryM).Thesecostelementsareassignedtocostcomponent01.
Foreachinternalactivity(itemcategoryE)thereisanactivitytypedefinedintheCOmodule.Themasterrecordofthisactivitytypepointstoasecondarycostelement(suchas610000or611000).Thesecostelementsareassignedtocostcomponent02.
Overhead(itemcategoryG)iscalculatedinControllinginacostingsheet.Thecreditkeyinthecostingsheetpointstoasecondarycostelement(suchas660000).Thesecostelementsareassignedtocost
component03.
5.Remarks
AttributesoftheCostComponents
Whendefiningthecostcomponentsyoumustdeterminewhetherthey:
oContainvariablecostsorfullcosts
oContaincostofgoodsmanufactured,salesandadministrationcosts,ornonrelevantcosts
oArerelevantfortheinitialcostsplit
oArerolleduptothenext-highestcostinglevel
-The"Rollup"indicatordetermines,forexample,thatthecostsfortheusageofarawmaterialinasemifinishedproductaredisplayedinthecostestimatesofthehigher-levelsemifinishedproductsandofthefinishedproduct.
-Coststhatareflaggedasthecostofgoodsmanufacturedarenormallyrolledup.
-Coststhatareflaggedassalesandadministrationcostsarenotnormallyrolledup.
Whendefiningthecostcomponentsyoumustspecifywhetherthecostcomponentplaysarollinthecreationofthedifferentpricesthataretransferredintothematerialmasterrecord.Youhavethefollowingoptions:
oStandardprice
Coststhatareflaggedasrelevantforstockvaluationformpartofthestandardpriceiftheresultsofthestandardcostestimatearemarkedandreleased.Thesecostsalsoserveasabasisforthefollowing:
-Thecalculationoftargetcostsinvariancecalculation
-Thevaluationofscrapinvariancecalculation
-Thevaluationofworkinprocessfortheconfirmedyieldfortheoperation(order-relatedproduction,processmanufacturing)oratthereportingpoint(repetitivemanufacturing)
oCommercialprice
Coststhatareflaggedasrelevantforinventoryvaluationforthepurposesofcommerciallawformpartofthecommercialprice.Thispriceiscalculatedinaninventorycostestimateandcanbewrittentothematerialmasterrecord.
oTaxprice
Coststhatareflaggedasrelevantforinventoryvaluationforthepurposesoftaxlawformpartofthetaxprice.Thispriceiscalculatedinaninventorycostestimateandwrittentothematerialmasterrecord.
oTransferpricesurcharge(optional)
Thiscategoryallowsyoutogrouptogetherseveralcostcomponentsofacostcomponentstructure.
oDifferencesbetweenthetransferprices(deltaprofit)
Ifyouusethefunctionsofmultiplevaluationingroupcosting,youcanspecifythatcoststhatarisefromsupplyrelationshipswithothercompanycodesandprofitcentersareupdatedunderthecostcomponent.Youcanspecifythisforonecostcomponentforeachcostcomponentstructure.
6.RelevantConfigurations
1.1.5CheckSettings
●TransactionCode:
CKC1
1.Overview
Inthisstepyoucandisplaythesettingsforacostingvariantandforacostcomponentstructuretocheckthesettingsformaterialcosting.
2.SAPMenuPath
Tools->AcceleratedSAP->Customizing->EditProject->SAPReferenceIMG->Controlling->ProductCostControlling->ProductCostPlanning->BasicSettingsforMaterialCosting->CheckSettings
3.Screen
4.Configurationdetail
1.Enterthecostingvariant.
2.ChooseExecute.
5.Remarks
6.RelevantConfigurations
1.2.1DefineCostingVariants
●TransactionCode:
OKKN
1.Overview
CostingvariantsformthelinkbetweentheapplicationandCustomizing,sinceallcostestimatesarecarriedoutandsavedwithreferencetoacostingvariant.
ControlParametersintheCostingVariant.Thecostingvariantcontainsallthecontrolparametersforcosting.
Thecostingvariantforamaterialcostestimatecontainsthefollowingcontrolparameters:
oCostingtype
oValuationvariant
oDatecontrol
oQuantitystructurecontrol
(onlyrelevantforcostestimateswithquantitystructure)
oTransfercontrol(optional)
oReferencevariant(optional)
2.SAPMenuPath
Tools->AcceleratedSAP->Customizing->EditProject->SAPReferenceIMG->Controlling->ProductCostControlling->ProductCostPlanning->DefineCostingVariants
3.Screen
4.Configurationdetail
Decidewhetherthecostingvariantsprovidedinthestandardsystemmeetyourrequirements.
Tocreateanewcostingvariant(suchasforinventorycosting):
1.ChooseNewentries.
2.Enteranalphanumericalkeyandanameforthecostingvariant.
3.Assignthefollowingparameterstothecostingvariant:
-Costingtype
-Valuationvariant
-Datecontrol
-Quantitystructurecontrol(onlyrelevantforcostestimateswithquantitystructure)
-Transfercontrol(optional)
-Referencevariant(optional)
4.InMiscellaneousdefinehowsystemmessagesoncostingareissued
5.InAdditivecostsdefinewhetheradditivecostscanbeenteredandwhethertheseshouldbeincludedinstocktransfer.
6.InQuantitystructuredefinethefollowing:
-Whetherthelotsizeofthehighestassemblyisusedforcostingthematerialcomponentsbelo