SAP Product Costing Configuration

SAP R/3 ENTERPRISE 4.7

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................2 A) Product Cost Planning .................................................................................4 1. Basic Settings or !aterial Costing ...............................................................4 . !aintain O"#r$#ad Cost E%#&#nts ..........................................................4 .' (#fin# Ca%cu%ation Bas#s...........................................................................) .3 (#fin# P#rc#ntag# O"#r$#ad Rat#s.......................................................... .4 (#fin# *uantit+,Bas#d O"#r$#ad Rat#s.................................................. 4 .- (#fin# Cr#dits ......................................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION
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A) Product Cost Planning

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1. Basic Settings for Material Costing

The company A Ltd for its plant 9100 requires the following overheads:1) aterial overhead !) "roduction overhead #t should $e calculated as follows:%n materials & ' material overhead should $e calculated and on (ages ) ' "roduction overhead should $e calculated* Let us go a$out configuring the costing sheet from steps 1*a to 1*g * (e will now see how to create a costing sheet for the purpose of overhead calculation*

1.1 Maintain O er!ead Cost "le#ents

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1.$ Define Calculation Bases

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1.% Define Percentage O er!ead Rates

I!= Contro%%ing Product Cost Contro%%ing Product Cost P%anning Basic S#ttings for !at#ria% Costing O"#r$#ad Costing S$##t< Co&3on#nts (#fin# P#rc#ntag# O"#r$#ad Rat#s .# 2ant to ca%cu%at# - ? o"#r$#ad on !at#ria% and 4? on 2ag#s. But t$# condition is t$at6 it s$ou%d 0# on%+ ca%cu%at#d for 3%ant : ;;. To fu%fi%% t$# a0o"# r#7uir#&#nt 2# n##d to s#%#ct t$# d#3#nd#nc+ overhead type4 plant. T$us t$# s+st#& 2i%% on%+ ca%cu%at# o"#r$#ad rat# for 3%ant : ;;. In t$# Std. SAP s+st#& t$#r# ar# 7uit# a nu&0#r of d#3#nd#nci#s a"ai%a0%# suc$ as 3%ant6 ord#r t+3#6 o"#r$#ad t+3#6 o"#r$#ad 1#+6 co&3an+ cod# #tc. @#r# 2# can ca%cu%at# P%an and actua% o"#r$#ad. P%an o"#r$#ad rat# is r#7uir#d for t$# 3ur3os# of 3%anning t$# cost of t$# 3roduct 4standard cost #sti&at#5. Actua% o"#r$#ad rat# is r#7uir#d for t$# 3ur3os# of c$arging it to t$# 3roduction ord#r. In t$is st#3 2# 2i%% cr#at# t$# overhead rate6 attac$ t$# d#3#nd#nc+ and d#fin# t$# o"#r$#ad rat#. Furt$#r 2# 2i%% a%so d#fin# 2$#t$#r it is 3%an or actua%. C%ic1 on and update the following:-

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1.& Define 'uantit()Based O er!ead Rates

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1.* Define Credits

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