Calculating Overhead (SAP Library - Cost Object Controlling (CO-PC-OBJ))

Calculating Overhead

Prerequisites

You have carried out the steps required for the calculation of overhead in Customizing for Product Cost Controlling.

You have performed the following period-end closing activities in the relevant application component:

Template allocation

Revaluation at actual activity prices

Procedures

Choose Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Controlling and then the desired subcomponent (such as Product Cost by Order or Product Cost by Sales Order).

Choose Period-End Closing ® Overhead.

In Product Cost by Period, choose whether the overhead should be calculated for the product cost collector or for the cost object hierarchy.

In Costs for Intangible Goods and Services, choose whether the overhead should be calculated for the internal order or for the general cost object.

Choose between individual processing and collective processing, if applicable.

The screen Actual Overhead Calculation appears.

Enter the required data.

Set the indicators for processing control as desired.

If you want overhead to be posted on a date within the period other than the last day, choose Extras ® Posting Date.

Choose Overhead Calculation ® Execute.

Result

The system calculates the overhead.

The system makes the following postings based on the overhead calculation:

Overhead is applied to the cost object (product cost collector, manufacturing order, or general cost object).

The cost center (or order) is credited.

The costs are updated under the secondary cost element specified in the costing sheet in the credit.

Schedule Manager: Worklist Monitor

If you are using the multilevel worklist, you can edit the objects that have errors in the monitor of the worklist. For more information, see Worklist Monitor ff.

For information on which objects the multilevel worklist can be used for, see the corresponding documentation.