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  1. Choose   Accounting   Controlling   Product Cost Controlling   Product Cost Planning   Material   Costing   Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure   Create   .

  2. The screen Create Material Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure appears.

  3. Enter the material and plant.

  4. Enter the following data in the Costing data tab page:

  • Costing variant

For more information, see Preparing for Material Costing .

  • Costing version

For more information, see Costing Versions .

  • Costing lot size

If you do not enter a lot size, the system uses the costing lot size from the costing view of the material master record.

  • Transfer control

For more information, see Use of Existing Costing Data .

  1. You can enter the following additional data in the Quantity Structure tab page:

  • Production version

  • BOM data

  • Routing data

You can enter a production version or data for BOMs and routings. You cannot enter both the production version and a BOM/routing. If you do not enter any data for the quantity structure, the system selects a valid quantity structure for the cost estimate.

For further information, see the following:

  1. Choose ( ) and check the proposed costing dates in the tab page Dates . Change the costing dates if required.

  2. The dates are proposed from the settings in the date control ID. The settings in date control also determine whether you can change the proposed dates.

    If you have changed the costing dates, you can copy the proposed dates by choosing Default values .

  3. Choose ( ) .

The system costs the material. The system creates the quantity structure, determines the costing levels, valuates the quantity structure and calculates overhead .

You see the costing results for the highest material.

For more information about displaying and analyzing the results, see the following:

  1. Choose ( ) to save the costing results.

For more information, see Saving Material Cost Estimates .

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