COST ELEMENTS

Use this subtask to derive the unit cost of a part. The unit cost can be broken down into various direct and burden elements such as material, labor, subcontract, and miscellaneous. If Cost Suppression is active in the Maintain Users screen in Costpoint System Administration, this subtask will be disabled.

The information that you enter in this subtask updates the Last unit cost in the Maintain Item Cost screen in Costpoint Product Definition.

Use this subtask whenever a unit cost is attached to the part that has been received.

Part, Rev

These non-editable fields display the part ID, revision, and description from the main screen.

Project

This non-editable field displays the project ID associated with the inventory abbreviation.

Cost Method

This non-editable field displays the cost method established in the Inventory Projects screen in Costpoint Inventory.

Direct Cost Elements

The fields in this group box display direct cost information for this item.

Material

Enter the material direct unit cost.

Labor

Enter the labor direct unit cost.

Subcontract

Enter the subcontract direct unit cost.

Misc 1

Enter the miscellaneous 1 direct unit cost.

Misc 2

Enter the miscellaneous 2 direct unit cost.

Burden Cost Elements

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Total Unit Cost

This non-editable field displays the total of all cost elements entered as the total unit cost for this part. This unit cost also displays on the Unit Cost field of the main screen.