Contents of the Update Make Part Standard Cost Screen

Use the fields and options to configure the Update Make Part Standard Cost screen.

Identification

Use the fields in this block to create a new parameter ID or to retrieve a previously saved parameter ID. A parameter ID represents a set of screen selection parameters. After you have saved a parameter ID and its related parameters, you can retrieve them using Query.

You can use the retrieved parameters to produce reports and run processes more efficiently and with greater consistency. The saved parameters are also useful and necessary when you want to run the process as part of a batch job. Many users save a unique set of parameters for each different way they run a report or process. When you select a previously saved parameter ID or parameter description, the associated saved screen selection parameters automatically display as selection defaults. The page setup and print options, if there are any, are also included in the saved parameter ID. You can change any of the associated selection defaults as necessary.

Field Description
Parameter ID

Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Description

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Selection Ranges

Part/Rev

Field Description
Option

Select a range option for the part/revision for which the item standard costs are to be updated. Valid options are All, One, Range, From Beginning, and To End.

Start

Enter, or use to select the starting Project ID.

End

Enter, or use to select the Ending Project ID.

Project

Field Description
Option

Select a range option for the project for which the project item standard costs are to be updated. Valid options are All, One, Range, From Beginning, and To End.

Start

Enter, or use to select the starting Project ID.

End

Enter, or use to select the Ending Project ID.

Commodity

Field Description
Option

Select a range option for the commodity code for which parts are to be updated. Valid options are All, One, Range, From Beginning, and To End.

Start

Enter, or use to select the starting Project ID.

End

Enter, or use to select the Ending Project ID.

Options

Make Parts

Field Description
Cost Source

Select an option to indicate the source of the cost to use when updating the standard cost. Available options are manufacturing orders, last item cost, last project item cost, item reference cost, project item reference cost, bills of material (BOM)/routing cost rollups.

Number of Manufacturing Orders

Enter the number of recent MOs to use when calculating the new standard cost. This field is enabled if the Cost Source = Manufacturing Orders.

MO Order Date Cutoff

Enter the earliest order date to be used for including MOs when calculating the new standard cost. This field is enabled if the Cost Source = Manufacturing Orders.

Data Trim %

This field is enabled if the Cost Source = Manufacturing Orders. Enter the percentage of data that should be trimmed before calculation is done in order to remove outliers in the data that might skew the results. Trimming is done equally to the lowest and highest end of the retrieved data set (whole records only), but only after calculating the total costs for each MO. In addition, trimming will be based on the total incurred cost / total relieved quantity (sum of all cost elements). If there are insufficient records to trim equally on both ends, trimming will not occur.

The following are examples of processing for the data trim percentage:

  • If there are 100 data records, a data trim of 20% skips the 10 lowest and 10 highest values, and uses the remaining 80 for the calculations.
  • If there are 10 data records, a data trim of 10% results in the system trying to discard only one (1) record, but because there isn’t enough records to trim on both ends of the data set, trimming will not occur.
Note: If Project Item Standard Cost check box is selected on the Update group box, trimming is applied to the set of data retrieved for each project. Otherwise, trimming is applied to the set of data retrieved across projects.
Data Evaluation Method

This field is enabled if the Cost Source = Manufacturing Orders. From the drop-down list, select the calculation method to use when deriving the new standard cost. Valid options are:

  • Average: Select this option to sum up the unit cost of all the rows for the project, and divide the sum by the number of rows. This is done separately for direct unit cost and burden unit cost.
  • Median: Select this option to use the record that falls in the middle of the trimmed data range. If two records fall in the middle, calculate the average of the two to get the median. This is done separately for direct unit cost and burden unit cost.
  • Mode: Select this option to use the record that occurs the most number of times. If multiple records have the same maximum frequency, find the average of these records to get the mode. This is done separately for direct unit cost and burden unit cost.
  • Weighted Average: Select this option to use the weighted average. Use the method below to compute for the weighted average:
    • Multiply the quantity by the price (for each record) to get the total cost for each record.
    • Sum up the total costs of all the rows for the project to get the total for all the selected rows.
    • Divide the total by the sum of all the quantities from the selected rows to get the weighted average.
Note: This is done separately for direct unit cost, and burden unit cost.

Burdening

Use this group box to specify the source of burden rates to be applied to the calculated standard cost for each selected record when burdening is on receipt.

If you select burdening by Inventory Burden Rates (screen option), you can burden either using target rates or actual rates, both retrieve the burdening rates for matching fiscal year and account/organization as saved in the system.

If you select burdening by Burden Rates (specified), you can manually enter the burden rates for material and subcontract cost elements.

Field Description
Inventory Burden Rates

Select this option to use previously calculated target or actual burden rates based on cost pools for a specific year. This option enables Target, Actual, and Fiscal Year buttons and field.

Target

Select this option to indicate that target inventory burden rate should be applied to the standard cost.

Actual

Select this option to indicate that actual inventory burden rate should be applied to the standard cost.

Fiscal Year

Enter, or use to select the fiscal year from which the target/actual inventory burden rate is to be used for applying burden.

Burden Rates (specified)

Select this option to use burden rates manually entered on the screen. This option enables Material, Labor, Misc1, Misc2,and Subcontract fields.

Material

Enter the percentage of burden to apply to the calculated material standard cost.

Labor

Enter the percentage of burden to apply to the calculated labor standard cost.

Misc1

Enter the percentage of burden to apply to the calculated Misc1 standard cost.

Misc2

Enter the percentage of burden to apply to the calculated Misc2 standard cost.

Subcontract

Enter the percentage of burden to apply to the calculated subcontract standard cost.

BOM/Routing Cost Rollup

This group box is enabled when Cost Source is BOM/Routing Rollup. Use this group box to update the total cost of assembly items by rolling up the cost of all its components and adding any assembly This-Level costs.

Field Description
Material Only

Select this option to roll up direct and burden material costs.

All Cost Elements

Select this option to roll up all cost elements, including material cost. If selected, this enables Labor, Misc1, Misc2, and Subcontract fields to specify how labor, misc1, misc2, and subcontract cost elements are rolled up.

Labor, Misc1, Misc2

Select an option to specify labor, misc1, and misc2 rollup. Valid options are Routing and Project/Item Standard Cost.

  • Routing: Select this option to retrieve costs from standard routing operations for the make part. This only applies to labor and subcontract cost. Misc1 and Misc2 costs are not available in routing operations.
  • Project/Item Standard Cost: Select this option to retrieve costs from standard cost tables. This applies to all cost elements.
Subcontract

Select an option to specify subcontract rollup. Valid options are Routing and Project/Item Standard Cost.

  • Routing: Select this option to retrieve costs from standard routing operations for the make part. This only applies to labor and subcontract cost. Misc1 and Misc2 costs are not available in routing operations.
  • Project/Item Standard Cost: Select this option to retrieve costs from standard cost tables. This applies to all cost elements.
As of Date

Enter the date to be used for selecting MBOM components that are effective for the calculation. Only components with a starting effectivity date of less than or equal to the as-of date and ending effectivity date that is greater than the as-of date are included. This date is also used in selecting routing lines that are effective.

Include Scrap/Yield Requirements

Select this check box to factor in scrap and yield losses when calculating costs based on MBOM quantities.

Configuration

Enter, or use to select the BOM configuration to select the effective MBOM component line. You can specify a configuration ID only if you select one (1) part in the range option. Only components for each line number that call out the configuration ID are included. If none of the component lines has the required configuration ID, the lines without any configuration ID are used. If you did not enter a configuration ID, rows that contain a component BOM configuration ID are not included.

Include Burden Costs

Select this check box to factor in burden costs when calculating costs based on MBOM quantities.

Assumed Order Lot Size

Enter the assumed order lot size to be used in determining the cost based on routings (for fixed run type), and also for BOM quantities (for quantity type of Per Order).

Ignore Assembly This-Level Material Costs

Select this check box to exclude This-Level Material Costs when calculating material costs for assemblies. An assembly's material costs will only reflect the material costs rolled up from components under it.

Routing Number

Enter the part's routing number that will be used to retrieve the operations and associated fixed and variable costs that will be used in the cost calculations. This is applicable when the Cost Source = BOM/Routing Cost Rollup, and Labor or Subcontract option = Routing. If a routing number is not specified, Costpoint assigns a default routing number.

Update

Use this group box to retrieve current costs from the currently effective standard cost row in project item standard cost for the part/revision/project. If this is not available, the current costs from the currently effective standard cost row in item standard cost for the part/revision are retrieved. If both are unavailable,Costpoint uses zero.

Field Description
Project Item Standard Cost

Select this check box to update project item standard cost.

Exclude Project Item Burden Cost

Select this check box to exclude update to project item burden cost.

Item Standard Cost

Select this check box to update item standard cost.

Exclude Item Burden Costs

Select this check box to exclude update to item burden cost.

Field Description
Create Cost Adjustment Transactions This check box defaults to the option selected in Configure Product Definition Settings. Keep it selected to create cost adjustments for the updates made to standard costs for projects that use standard costing.
Field Description
Do Not Post to General Ledger

This check box defaults to the option selected in Configure Product Definition Settings. This check box is also available if the Create Cost Adjustment Transactions check box is selected, otherwise, this check box is unavailable. Select this check box to prevent the created cost adjustment transactions from posting to the general ledger.

Print Options

Field Description
Show Cost Elements

Select this check box to include cost element breakdown in the report.

Show MO Details

Select this check box to include MOs that were used in the calculations. If selected, this enables the Show Trimmed Off Data check box.

Show Trimmed Off Data

Select this check box to include MOs that were not used in the calculations.

Exclusion Report

Select this check box to preview or print the list of parts for which standard costs cannot be calculated.

Sort By

Use this group box to indicate the sort option for the report.

Field Description
1st Sort

Select the primary sort option for the report. Available options are Part/Rev, Project, and Commodity. The Project option only applies if Project Item Standard Cost check box is selected.

2nd Sort

Select an option to indicate the secondary sort option for the report. Available options are Part/Rev, Project, and Commodity. The Project secondary option only applies if Project Item Standard Cost check box is selected. This is only enabled if initial sort is by part/rev or commodity. The Part/Rev secondary option is only available if initial sort is by project or commodity. The Commodity secondary option is only available if initial sort is by project.