Calculation (Expected)

Expected calculations provide cost estimates based on planned production. When Multi-Level Calculation is enabled, expected calculations can include all subordinate production order levels in the cost estimate.

Before you can create an expected calculation, you must have a production order in which the production levels are planned.

To include the sub-levels in a multi-level calculation, the production order must have multiple levels. To make sure that multi-level production orders are created, set the following on the Item Card of each item that has a production BOM:

Replenishment System = Prod. Order on the Replenishment FastTab
Reordering Policy = Order on the Planning FastTab

You can create expected calculations for production orders with the following statuses:

Simulated
Planned
Firm Planned
Released
Finished

Calculation Process

When Multi-Level Calculation is enabled for an expected calculation, the calculation follows the multi-level production order structure:

Components that are supplied by another production order line are calculated through that production order line.
Routing operations are calculated for all production order levels.
Material costs are calculated across all production order levels.
The calculation reflects the planned structure at the time of calculation.

Create Expected Calculations

You can create expected calculations for the main production level or for sub-assemblies.

To create an expected calculation for the main production level

Open the production order.
On the Lines FastTab, choose Line > Calculation (Expected) or Line > Calculation > Calculation (Expected).
- If concurrent calculations are used, the expected calculation is automatically created and assigned to the production order and concurrent calculation.
- If no calculation exists for the production order line, the Calculations page opens. Choose the New action to create a calculation.
If the Standard Calc. Schedule No. field is filled in on the item, the standard calculation schedule is applied automatically. Otherwise, the Calculation Schedules page opens for you to select a calculation schedule.

The values from the production order line are transferred to the calculation header.

To create an expected calculation for sub-assemblies

You can create an expected calculation for a specific sub-assembly in the production order.

Open the production order.
Select the line of the sub-assembly production order to be calculated.
On the Lines FastTab, choose Line > Calculation (Expected).
If no calculation exists, the Calculations page opens. Choose the New action to create a calculation.
Select the calculation schedule to use for the calculation.

Note

When you create a calculation card, the item group of the production sub-assembly is selected.

Integration with Discrete Manufacturing

When using Multi-Level Calculation with COSMO Discrete Manufacturing, expected calculations can be created for production orders generated from Document BOMs and Construction Orders. For detailed procedures and automatic activation behavior, see Multi-Level Calculations in Discrete Manufacturing.

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