Use
When you create a material cost estimate, you always specify a costing variant. The costing variant contains all the information needed to execute the material cost estimate. You define and check costing variants in Customizing for Product Cost Planning.
Features
The following graphic gives you an overview of the customizing parameters for material costing.
You enter the following parameters in the costing variant:
Controls the validity period of the cost estimate, the quantity structure date, and the valuation date
Specifies the master data in Logistics (BOM and routing or master recipe)
Controls how existing cost estimates are used in other cost estimates
Controls how an existing quantity structure that has already been costed is used in the cost estimate
The cost estimate also receives the following information from the costing variant (costing type and valuation variant):
The costing variant also contains additional settings for material costing, as shown below:
You can make settings such as the following:
Activities
You define the costing variants and the various control keys in Customizing for Product Cost Controlling.
You can check the customizing settings for a costing variant for material costing under Accounting ® Controlling ® Product Cost Planning ® Tools ® Material Costing ® Check Costing Variant.
See also:
For more information about the relevant customizing settings, see:
Subject |
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Cost components |
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Valuation variant |
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Costing type |
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Transfer control |
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Date control |
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Quantity structure control |
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Saving costing data |
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Reference variants |
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Partner versions |
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Costing versions |
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Valuation views |