Prerequisites
You have specified that the costs for the manufacturing order are collected on a
product cost collector. You make this setting in Customizing for Product Cost by Order or Product Cost by Period under Define Default Values for Order Types in the order type of the manufacturing order ( production order or process order). The following scenarios are possible:Procedure
Linking an Existing Production Order to a Product Cost Collector
To link an existing production order to a product cost collector:
The screen Production Order Change: Initial Screen appears.
The screen Production Order Change: Header appears.
The dialog box Read PP master data appears.
The system links the production order to the product cost collector. The screen Production Order Change: Header appears.
You can access the product cost collector from the master data view.
Linking an Existing Process Order to a Product Cost Collector
To link an existing process order to a product cost collector:
The screen Process Orders appears.
The screen Change Process Order: Initial Screen appears.
The screen Change Process Order: Header appears.
The screen Process Order: Read Master Data appears.
The system links the process order to the product cost collector. The screen Change Process Order: Header appears.
You can access the product cost collector from the master data view.
Result
The manufacturing order is now linked to the (new) product cost collector. The actual costs incurred by the manufacturing order are collected on the new product cost collector. The link is established internally by means of a
production process.