Product Cost Collectors (SAP Library - Product Cost Controlling)

Product Cost Collectors

In this section of Product Cost by Period you define the control parameters and default values that affect the product cost collector.

You define the following:

That you are using product cost collectors in Cost Object Controlling

Costing variants

Costing variants contain the control parameters for preliminary costing and for simultaneous costing.

Valuation variants

A valuation variant is a parameter in a costing variant and controls the following:

Which material prices or activity prices are used to valuate materials, internal activities, and external activities in preliminary costing

Which material prices or activity prices are used to valuate materials, internal activities, and external activities in the actual data

Which costing sheet is used to apply the overhead

Order types

The order type determines such things as:

Whether commitments management is active

Which control parameters are proposed as a default for settlement

Default values for order types

In the default values for each order type and plant, you determine which parameters are proposed as defaults values for Cost Object Controlling (such as the costing variant and the results analysis key).