Define Cost Template

Explanation

Use this activity to define and maintain cost templates to be used within the system, and to connect buckets to inventory parts.

• Enable Use Manufacturing Costs to include manufacturing cost buckets in the Cost Rollup.
• Enable Use External Acquired Costs to include external acquired cost bucket in the Cost Rollup.
• Enable Use Cost Distribution to distribute cost from parent part to disassembly components. It is not possible to use this option if Use Manufacturing Cost or Use External Acquired costs is enabled.

Seven system-defined cost templates are installed when a user creates a site. Template are used to connect buckets holding costs to the inventory part that will carry the costs. This activity can be performed in the Cost Template and Cost Templates pages.

Prerequisites

This activity has the following prerequisites:

• Cost buckets must be defined.
• Sites must be defined.

System Effects

As a result of this activity:

• A cost template will be created to which you can connect cost buckets.
• Include/exclude Manufacturing Costs/External Acquired Costs in the Cost Rollup calculation.