Tool for incorporating Activity-Based Costing in the cost estimate.

The template enables process costs to be included in the cost estimate. It enables you to dynamically determine and valuate the process quantities used at the time of costing.

Templates have various uses:

• You can use a template for several cost objects. When you carry out costing, you can use a determination strategy in the costing sheet to specify which template is to be used.
• You can define methods to determine processes dynamically at the evaluation stage.
• You can use formulas to determine the process quantities used.
• If separate sub-processes are valid only for certain cost objects, you can set individual lines to be active or inactive. When evaluating the template, only the active items are included.
• You can use sub-templates if process sequences are required in several processes. You define these process sequences in sub-templates.

Since templates are not dependent on the reference object, the appropriate template must be selected at the time of evaluation. It is selected through the costing sheet, the overhead key and the environment.

• For material costing, you select the costing sheet in the valuation variant. The valuation variant is entered in the costing variant.

• The environment of a template determines the information that can be accessed when a template is defined.

Depending on the controlling area, costing sheet, overhead key, and environment, you can specify which template should be used for the cost estimate. You can enter a template more than once.

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