Generating and Examining Item Costs Within PeopleSoft Engineering

There is a tight connection between PeopleSoft Engineering and PeopleSoft Cost Management. Within PeopleSoft Cost Management, you can roll up and calculate the cost of new products and determine what effect ECOs will have on an existing product's cost. When you specify existing items as components on the engineering BOM, their costs, along with any pending item costs, are included in the calculation of item costs within PeopleSoft Engineering. By calculating costs in different engineering versions, you can compare the engineering cost version to the production cost version. Additionally, you can compare an engineering cost version to other engineering cost versions. PeopleSoft Engineering also provides a costed engineering BOM that enables you to analyze costs at all levels of the product structure.

PeopleSoft Cost Management integration features include:

• A costed engineering BOM inquiry.

• Engineering cost versions.

• Engineering cost roll-ups.

• Cost versions comparison reporting.