Assigning Work Centers 
Use
If you assign a particular work center to an inspection operation, you can confirm the activities performed in the inspection operation. The appraisal costs are determined in the Controlling (CO) application component with the help of the confirmed activity times.
Prerequisites
For you to be able to confirm the activities for an inspection operation, the following conditions must be fulfilled:
- You must assign a work center to the inspection operation.
- The work center must be assigned to a cost center in the CO component.
- The cost center must define different activity types (such as, set up, machine or labor times) and a rate must be defined for each activity type.
- A QM order must be assigned in the
inspection setup.
Procedure
In the operation overview, enter a control key for the inspection operation. This key is configured in
Customizing as follows:
- The Cost indicator is set
- The type of confirmation was defined
- Enter a work center for the operation on the Operations general tab page.
On the Processing time tab page additional data fields are displayed in the screen section Standard values.
- Enter the following data in the additional fields, as required:
- Unit for the activity type (hours, minutes etc.)
- Activity types to be confirmed (for example, set up, machine or labor times)
Result
You can record and settle the costs incurred in the inspection.
See also:
Quality-Related Costs