General Price Handling

The Unit Cost (CC) field in the Document BOM/Construction Order lines for long lead time items is populated based on:

  • the Unit Cost, Direct Unit Cost, or Standard Cost from the item, as determined by the Cost from (Line) field in the Configure to Order Setup page, if no vendor or valid purchase prices exist.
  • purchase prices from the item–vendor combination (when the purchase price option is enabled for the document type; see Purchase Price Cost Calculation).
  • cost of the Variable for Unit Cost in the item configuration.
  • manual entry, or purchase-related write-back via the Purch. G/L Acc./Item process. When purchase cost is written back to the line, the Unit Cost (CC) is updated and the Freeze Unit Cost (CC) field is set.

Costs in the Document BOM generally come from the item as indicated but can be changed due to sales-based estimates. These costs are then validated with vendors during the purchase process in the Construction Order. In either case, it may be necessary to ensure selected line costs are not changed by automatic recalculation (for example, by the Update Unit Cost & Price function or purchase cost write-back logic).

Prevent Cost Changes from Update Unit Cost & Price function

The Update Unit Cost & Price function recalculates line values using current master data. For lines with the Freeze Unit Cost (CC) field set, the Unit Cost (CC) is not recalculated. The Unit Price can still be updated according to the standard update logic.

Note

The Freeze Unit Cost (CC) field is set automatically in defined scenarios, including manual changes to the Unit Cost (CC) and configuration-derived unit cost updates. This setting can be cleared if recalculation is required.

If lines were copied and pasted from other documents, the price of the source document will have no effect. These lines are initialized based on the master data on the Item Card (vendor number, lead time calculation, and purchase prices).

Freeze Costs with Purch. G/L Acc./Item function

Cost changes from purchase processing via the Purch. G/L Acc./Item function are written back to Document BOM or Construction Order lines during the relevant purchase update/posting process. When cost is written back, the Freeze Unit Cost (CC) field is set on lines where it is not already selected.

See Also

Update Unit Costs and Prices
Create Purchase Documents for G/L Accounts and Components.


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