Updating Costs for Manufacturing Charges
The Update Costs for Manufacturing Charges page enables you to bulk update costs for manufacturing charge items on production transactions. You can update costs using either the current purchase price defined on the item record or a specified custom unit cost, ensuring accurate production costing across transactions.
You can update costs for manufacturing charges of the following types: Service, Non-Inventory, and Other Charge. For these item types, only items with the Purchase or Resale subtypes are supported. Items with cost category Outsourcing Charge, Landed, or Service cannot be updated.
To use this feature, the Allow Bulk Update Costs for Production Charges preference must be enabled. See Manufacturing Preferences for more information.
To bulk update costs for manufacturing charges:
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Go to Lists > Mass Update > Update Costs for Manufacturing Charges.
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Select a Subsidiary.
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(Optional) Select one or more Locations.
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(Optional) Select Charges to filter specific items.
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(Optional) Set a Transaction Date Range.
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(Optional) Apply additional filters such as:
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Posting Period
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Transaction Type (for example, Work Order Completion, Work Order Issue, Assembly Build)
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Work Order
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Cost Category
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In the Update Costs section:
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Keep Item's Purchase Price selected to use the current purchase price from the item record, or
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Clear the checkbox and enter a Custom Unit Cost to use a custom value. Select how the cost is applied:
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Cost per Base Unit - the cost is applied to the item's base unit and adjusted for other units based on unit conversions.
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Fixed Cost - the cost is applied as a fixed value per unit, regardless of unit of measure.
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Review the list of transaction lines returned based on your filters.
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Select the lines you want to update, or click Mark All to select all lines.
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Click Submit to apply the cost updates.