Item Costs

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the item ID to assign to the vendor you will enter in the Vendor field.

You assign item IDs in the respective items' (parts, goods, and services) User Flow screens (Materials\Maintain\Items).

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the revision number of the item.

You assign item revision numbers in the respective items' (parts, goods, and services) User Flow screens (Materials\Maintain\Items).

If you are using revisions, the last revision assigned to the part will automatically display but you can edit as necessary.

This non-editable field displays the text description associated with the item you entered in the Item field.

You assign item descriptions in the respective items' (parts, goods, and services) User Flow screens (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This non-editable field displays the U/M (unit of measure) associated with the item you entered in the Item field.

You assign U/M information in the respective items' (parts, goods, and services) User Flow screens (Materials\Maintain\Items).

This non-editable field displays whether the item is made by your company ("Make," displays as "M") or purchased from vendors ("Buy," displays as "B").

This determination is only valid for parts. If an item is a good or a service, this field is blank.

You assign "Make/Buy" status in the Parts User Flow screens (Materials\Maintain\Items).

Use the drop-down box to choose the cost type for the item. Choose from the following options:

Reference - the system calculates the total reference cost using the cost elements entered.

Standard - the system calculates the total standard cost using the cost elements entered.

Last - this cost will be updated automatically when you enter or create a purchase order. Last costs cannot be added or changed in this screen.

You can make changes to reference cost for an item at any time, but you can make changes to standard cost only if the standard cost method is not in use, or if the standard cost method is in use but no inventory quantities exist for this item.

Enter the cost per unit amount of material for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Enter the cost per unit amount of material burden for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Material burden is the cost added to cover overhead expenses for materials.

Enter the cost per unit amount of labor for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Enter the cost per unit amount of labor burden for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Labor burden is the cost added to cover overhead expenses for labor purposes.

Enter the cost per unit amount of subcontracted services for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Enter the cost per unit amount of subcontract burden for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal for this amount.

Subcontract burden is the cost added to cover overhead expenses for subcontract purposes.

Enter the cost per unit amount of the first miscellaneous expense for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Enter the cost per unit amount of the first miscellaneous burden for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

A miscellaneous burden is the cost added to cover overhead expenses for purposes not covered under the material, labor, or subcontract categories.

Enter the cost per unit amount of the second miscellaneous expense for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

Enter the cost per unit amount of the second miscellaneous burden for this item, up to 10 digits before the decimal and four digits after the decimal, for this amount.

A miscellaneous burden is the cost added to cover overhead expenses for purposes not covered under the material, labor, or subcontract categories.

This non-editable field displays the cumulative cost per unit total.

This total is the sum calculated by adding all costs entered in the preceding fields.

Enter the material burden cost of the current item, excluding the material burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Select this checkbox to have the current level costs be equal to their total item costs.

This typically applies when the item has no bill of materials.

Enter the material cost of the current item, excluding the material costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the material burden cost of the current item, excluding the material burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the material burden cost of the current item, excluding the material burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the labor cost of the current item, excluding the labor costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the labor burden cost of the current item, excluding the labor burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the subcontract cost of the current item, excluding the subcontract costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the subcontract burden cost of the current item, excluding the subcontract burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the first miscellaneous cost of the current item, excluding the first miscellaneous costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the first miscellaneous burden cost of the current item, excluding the first miscellaneous burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the second miscellaneous cost of the current item, excluding the second miscellaneous costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

Enter the second miscellaneous burden cost of the current item, excluding the second miscellaneous burden costs of any component/subassembly parts in the bill of materials.

This non-editable field displays the current level total cost of the current item.

This total is calculated by adding all current level costs.