Exploding Material Cost Estimates
Use
You can replace all the materials (item category M) of a unit cost estimate with the individual costing items (such as materials, and internal activities) in this unit cost estimate.
You can do the following:
- Explode existing material cost estimates (with and without quantity structure) and cost estimates for sales documents and copy them to other unit cost estimates (see graphic)
- Edit the copied costing items
- Simulate changes
You have costed a product with a
cost estimate with quantity structure and would like to simulate the effects on the costs of using different materials, for example.You have costed the item of a sales order with product costing, You would like to simulate the effects on the costs of using different internal activities, for example.
In costing without quantity structure, you can copy a cost estimate for the material but not for the sales document.
Prerequisites
You are in the
list screen of the unit cost estimate.
Procedure
Exploding a Cost Estimate for a Material
Choose Functions
®
Explode base planning object
The dialog box Material Explosion appears.
- Specify whether you want to explode all levels, or to a certain level only.
- If required, set the Only materials indicator.
If this indicator is set, only material items are transferred from the cost estimate.
- Check the proposed cost component view.
If you choose a
cost component view that contains only a portion of the costs, overhead will be applied to this portion only in accordance with the
costing sheet specified in the
costing variant if you choose
Revaluate.
- Set the Material indicator, enter the material whose cost estimate is to be exploded, and choose .
The Selection of Material Cost Estimates screen appears.
- Enter a plant and other selection criteria as required, in order to find the material cost estimate that is to be copied into the unit cost estimate.
- Choose .
A list is displayed containing the existing cost estimates for the material according to your selection criterial.
- Choose the required material cost estimate with a double click.
The system copies the costing items into the clipboard.
- In the list screen, choose .
The items are copied from the clipboard to the unit cost estimate and revaluated. For more information, see
Valuation of Costing Items and
Revaluating Costing Items.If desired, change the
costing items to simulate changes to materials or internal activities.
Choose to check the
header, for example the name or description.
Save the costing items and, if applicable, the reference object (such as the base planning object or sales order).
Exploding a Product Cost Estimate for a Sales Document
Choose Functions
®
Explode base planning objectThe dialog box Material Explosion appears.
Check the cost component view proposed in the Material Explosion dialog box.
If you choose a cost component view containing only part of the costs, choosing Revaluate will apply overhead only to this portion in accordance with the costing sheet specified in the costing variant.
Set the Sales document indicator, enter the sales document and the item, and choose .
The system copies the items into the clipboard.
In the list screen, choose .
The items are copied from the clipboard to the unit cost estimate and revaluated. For more information, see
Valuation of Costing Items and
Revaluating Costing Items.If required, change the
costing items, for simulation purposes.
Choose to check the
header, for example the name or description of the reference object.
Save the costing items and, if applicable, the reference object (such as the base planning object or sales order).