When you create a cost estimate with quantity structure, the system constructs a quantity structure from the PP master data (that is, BOMs, routings, or master recipes). You determine the data to be used for the cost estimate in the costing variant in Customizing for Product Cost Controlling.
The quantity structure is created automatically using the following data:
BOM and routing (production by lot size)
BOM and rate routing (repetitive manufacturing)
Master recipe (process manufacturing)
Costing copies this quantity structure automatically to costing items of type M (material) and E (internal activity).
The sections below tell you
How costing constructs the quantity structure and how you can influence how the quantity structure is created
How the cost estimate with quantity structure accesses data in other plants (see Special Procurement in Costing )
How you can transfer existing costing data (see Transferring Existing Costing Data )
How you can use reference costing to copy an existing quantity structure into a new cost estimate (see reference costing ).
See also:
Cost Estimate with Quantity Structure: Process Flow