For more information, see Costing Sequence and Base Planning Objects.

Editing costing items is always based on a costing variant. For more information, see Preparing for Base Object Costing.

1. You create a base planning object with master data and costing items.

For this, you can use either the classic, single-level unit costing or multilevel unit costing.

For more information, see Creating Base Planning Objects and Creating Costing Items.

2. The system valuates the costing items entered and calculates the overhead (including process costs).

For more information, see Valuation of Costing Items and Overhead Costs in Base Object Costing.

3. You save the base planning object and use the reports in the Product Cost Controlling Information System to analyze the costing results.

• Reports in Product Cost Planning
• Overview of Base Planning Objects
• Where-Used List of Base Planning Objects

4. You can use an existing base planning object for the following purposes:

• Reference and Simulation Costing
• Unit Costing
• Copying a Cost Estimate
• Creating Cost Estimates with Reference
• Exploding Base Planning Objects
• Managing Base Planning Objects