Review Item Costs

On the Review Item Costs page view the perpetual average cost, actual cost, or standard cost details of items, chart cost trends, and compare cost records.

The options available for analyzing item costs are:

  • Cost details

  • Transaction costs

  • Cost comparisons

Cost Details

View the perpetual average cost, actual cost, or standard cost of an item for combinations of a cost organization, cost book, and valuation unit. View these costs for a current date or any date in the past.

The Cost Details page displays additional information on:

  • Cost breakdown: the item cost details for a receipt record. The breakdown is available by cost element, cost element type, and analysis group.

  • Cost history: the cost trend of an item over a period of time.

  • Depletions: the layer consumption for issues out of a receipt record.

  • Cost information: the cost details from the source transaction for a receipt record.

Transaction Costs

Select a time frame to view the perpetual average cost, actual cost, or standard cost history of an item, or specify the number of days for the moving average cost calculation.

For each transaction contributing to the item cost history, you can view the cost elements, transaction source, document number, quantity on hand prior to the transaction, transaction date, and transaction quantity.

Cost Comparisons

Compare the cost details for up to six records of:

  • Several items

  • One item across several cost organizations or cost books

  • One item over a period of time