Why is the work order close transaction not costed?

Before a work order can be closed, all the corresponding product completions, material and resource transactions, scrap transactions, and so on need to be costed. Therefore, you must verify whether all other transactions for the work order are costed.

• In the Review Cost Accounting Distributions page, check whether the cost distributions have been created for the work order completion and work order close transactions.

• If the distributions haven't been created, check the Error tab of the page for any errors corresponding to the work order transactions. If there are errors, resolve them and run the cost processor again.

  You can also check the Period Close Exceptions report for errors.

• Check whether all the items used in the work order (inputs and outputs) are cost enabled. If any of them aren't cost enabled, then enable costing for the respective items and rerun the required scheduled processes.

• If the report shows the error "Pending transactions exist" for the work order close transaction but no error for the work order completion transaction, then any of these could be a probable cause.

  • If the work order material issue transactions aren't costed, it could be due to a negative inventory. Ensure that there is sufficient on-hand quantity. If required, create a miscellaneous receipt with the proper cost.

  • If WIP material return or WIP product return isn't costed, it could be because the returned quantity is more than the issue quantity. Ensure that the issue quantity is always greater than or equal to the returned quantity.

  • If all the other transactions for the work order are posted and costed, and only the work order completion transaction isn't costed, then it's most likely due to partial completions. For partial completions, check whether the Provisional Completions option in the item cost profile is appropriately set. Do note that if this option is set to At Work Order Close, then the product completions will be costed along with the work order close.

• Also, check whether the Enforce processing of costs by transaction date option is enabled in the item cost profile. If this option is enabled, then identify the first transaction for the item and valuation unit combination that wasn’t costed and resolve the issue. Only then the subsequent transaction for this item and valuation unit combination will be processed.