Purpose of Product Cost Planning
Use
You can use Product Cost Planning to do the following:
Features
The following graphic illustrates the aims of Product Cost Planning, which are:
The following table describes the reports with which you can analyze the costing results:
Report |
Content |
Cost component split |
A view of the costs of a material cost estimate broken down into cost groups, such as material costs, production costs, and overhead costs. |
Itemization |
Detailed information about the costs contained in a material cost estimate or base object cost estimate |
Itemization by cost element |
Detailed information about the costs contained in a material cost estimate or base object cost estimate, sorted by cost element |
Costed multilevel BOM |
Quick overview of the BOM and costs of a material cost estimate or base object cost estimate in hierarchical form |
Partner cost component split |
Overview of the value added portions of organizational units (partners) in relation to the total costs of a material |
You can use the Product Cost Controlling Information System (CO-PC-IS) to analyze the costing results. The following table gives you an overview of the various analysis options in the Information System:
Information about Material Cost Estimates | |
Detailed reports | |
Comparative reports | |
Analyzing the costing run |
Information about Base Planning Objects | |
Detailed reports | Multilevel Explosion of Base Planning Objects Costed multilevel BOMs Itemizations |
Comparative reports |
Object Comparison for Unit Costing |