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You can edit costing items in the list screen of the unit cost estimate or in the detail screen for the costing item. The list screen gives you an overview of all costing items. The detail screen gives you more information on a particular costing item.

You can also create costing items with multilevel unit costing instead of (or in addition to) single-level unit costing.

Features

In unit costing, you enter the costing items manually. Each costing item must be assigned to an item category.

Example Example

Item

Item Category

Resource

Quantity

Amount

1

M

Material

2 pc

EUR 20

2

E

Internal activity

1 hr

EUR 10

3

V

External activity

1

EUR 5

4

G

Overhead

EUR 3

5

X

Process

3 hr

EUR 10

6

S

Total

EUR 48

End of the example.

The item category determines what data you enter and what data is read or calculated by the system:

Item Category

Your Entry

Data Read or Calculated by the System

B (base planning object)

Name of base planning object, quantity

Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value

E (internal activity)

Cost center, activity type, quantity

Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value

F (external activity)

Purchasing info record, plant, purchasing organization, quantity, cost element

Price, unit of measure, text, item value

G (overhead)

-

Overhead rate, cost element

I (raw material cost estimate) -> cost estimate without quantity structure only

-

Raw material costs

L (subcontracting)

Purchasing info record, plant, purchasing organization, quantity, cost element

Price, unit of measure, text, item value

M (material)

Material number, plant, quantity

Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value

N (service)

Service, quantity

Price, unit of measure, cost element, text, item value

O (operation)

Formula, cost element

Result of formula

S (total)

-

Sum of item values above this item or above the item values that you specify in a formula

P (manual process costs)

Quantity, process

Process costs, activity price

T (text)

Description

-

V (variable item)

Quantity, price, cost element

Item value

X (process costs determined)

-

Process costs, quantity, unit of measure, cost element, text

Note Note

If you don't specify an item category, the system proposes V (variable) as a default.

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Note Note

You can enter the prices of individual costing items manually if you want. If you do so, the item is indicated accordingly and the field Price entered manually is activated for that item.

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The system finds the cost elements for the items as follows:

Item Category

Used by the System to Find the Cost Element

B (base planning object)

The master data of the base planning object

E (internal activity)

The activity type master record

F (external activity)

Your manual entry

L (subcontracting)

Your manual entry

G (overhead)

The costing sheet

P (manual process costs)

Your manual entry

X (process costs determined)

The process template

M (material)

Automatic account determination

N (service)

The service master

V (variable item)

Your manual entry

Note Note

In unit costing, you can determine whether the system found a cost element for each costing item by choosing   Functions   Determine Cost Element  .

For base object cost estimates, you can specify in the costing variant in Customizing whether the entry of cost elements is optional, required, or forbidden. For further information, see Preparation for Base Object Costing and the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Reference and Simulation Costing.

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