Conversion of Cost Object Hierarchies 

Use

Starting in Release 4.5A you can define a cost object hierarchy for a combination of material and plant, or for a combination of material, plant, and production process. If you were using cost object hierarchies in an earlier release, you were able to create them for the following objects:

If you have already defined a cost object hierarchy for the combination material/plant/production version or for the combination material/plant/run schedule header, then starting in Release 4.5A these are converted into a cost object hierarchy for the combination material/plant/ production process.

Prerequisites

You were using a cost object hierarchy for material/plant/production version or for material/plant run schedule header in a release before 4.5A.

Features

The conversion process uses XPRA RK_PKOSA_MLMV_X1. The conversion assigns a production process to each of the lowest cost object nodes in a cost object hierarchy.

If single objects are assigned through the material and plant, no conversion is necessary.

 

Cost Object Hierarchy for Material / Plant / Production Version

  1. The system checks whether manufacturing orders (production orders or process orders) exist for the production version assigned to the lowest cost object node in the cost object hierarchy. The system also checks whether the planning plant is not the same as the production plant for the existing manufacturing orders. If manufacturing orders exist for which the planning plant is not the same as the production plant, the system creates a production process with the Controlling level Production Version. In addition to the material, the characteristics of this production process include the production version, the planning plant, and the production plant. Since the original cost object node only recognizes the planning plant, the system also creates a new cost object node that is linked to that production process.
  2. The system checks whether the conversion of the production cost collectors into product cost collectors already generated a production process that corresponds to the combination material / plant / production process that is assigned to the lowest cost object node of the cost object hierarchy. If such a production process exists, it is assigned to the cost object node. If no such production process exists, the system generates a new production process with the Controlling level Production Version and assigns it to the cost object node.

For all materials assigned to the cost object hierarchy before the conversion, the system also continues to show the production version for the production process.

Material / Plant / Run Schedule Header

From the run schedule header assigned to the lowest cost object node in a cost object hierarchy, the system determines the material, production plant, and planning plant. In this case the production plant is always the same as the planning plant. A production process was already generated for the run schedule header assigned to the cost object node during the conversion of the production cost collectors into product cost collectors. This production process is assigned to the cost object node.

For all materials assigned to the cost object hierarchy before the conversion, the system also continues to show the run schedule header number for the production process.

See also:

For information on XPRA RK_PKOSA_MLMV_X1 refer to the report documentation.

For information on converting production cost collectors, refer to the following section:

Converting Production Cost Collectors into Product Cost Collectors