| # Inventory Variance - Cost Details (whina1517m000) Use this session to view the inventory variance's cost details per item/warehouse combination. Related topics Cost components in Manufacturing Item In LN, the raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, sold, and so on. An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or exist in multiple product variants. You can also define nonphysical items, which are not held in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The following are examples of nonphysical items: Cost items (for example, electricity) Service items Subcontracting services List items (menus/options) Warehouse A place for storing goods. For each warehouse, you can enter address data and data relating to its type. Transaction Date The date on which the inventory variance is created. Currency The currency in which the item is valued. Sequence The number that identifies a data record or a step in a sequence of activities. Sequence numbers are used in many contexts. Usually LN generates the sequence number for the next item or step. Depending on the context, you can overwrite this number. You can sometimes influence the numbering by setting the corresponding parameters. Cost Component A cost component is a user-defined category for the classification of costs. Cost components have the following functions: To break down an item's cost price, sales price, or valuation price. To create a comparison between the estimated production order costs and the actual production order costs. To calculate production variances. To view the distribution of your costs over the various cost components in the Cost Accounting module. Cost components can be of the following cost types: Material Costs Operation Costs Surcharge on Material Costs Surcharge on Operation Costs WIP Transfer Costs General Costs Note If you use Assembly Control (ASC), you cannot use cost components of the General Costs type. Hours The number of hours of the current inventory variance for an item/warehouse/cost component combination. When closing a production order, these hours are calculated. Note You can view this field only if the Show Hours in Costing check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session. Amount The cost component's amount of the current inventory variance. |