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Cost Allocation 19-Apr-2011 v3
Cost Allocation 19-Apr-2011 v3
Douglas Volz
Douglas Volz Consulting
doug@volzconsulting.com
Sharon Widmer
Independent Consultant
s_widmer@comcast.net
Introduction
Learn about the structural basics for cost elements and sub-
elements with Oracle EBS for Discrete Costing
Examples
Conclusions
Cost Elements
Sub-Elements
Legal Entity
Operating Unit
Inventory Inventory
Organization Location
FG STORES MRB
Subinventory Subinventory Subinventory
Costing Methods
Average Costing
Standard Costing
Periodic Costing
FIFO Costing
LIFO Costing
Average Costing
Oracle supports a moving or weighted average cost
The unit cost changes with each receipt transaction
Unit costs reflect the average of the incoming receipts from:
– purchase order receipts,
– purchase order returns
– inter-organization receipts
– and for manufacturing, for WIP assembly completions
– miscellaneous issues may or may not affect the unit cost
Assembly costs come from the cost of your assemblies built in WIP
You may have indirect costs (material overheads, etc.) as well
FIFO Costing
FIFO costing values inventory by assuming that the oldest inventory (first in) is the first
to be used or sold (first out), but there is no necessary relationship to the physical
movement of specific items
FIFO supports WIP costing
LIFO Costing
LIFO costing values inventory by assuming that the most recently received item (last in)
is the first to be used or sold (first out), but there is no necessary relationship to the
physical movement of specific items
LIFO supports WIP costing
Cost Drivers
Variations by industry
Materiality
What Types
Limitations?
Resources
What For?
Outside Processing
Overhead
Sub-Element
Defaults
Org Sub-
Setup Elements
Cost Method
Cost Elements
CST_COST_ELEMENTS
(you cannot access this table using a form)
Sub-Elements
BOM_RESOURCES
CST_RESOURCE_COSTS
CST_RESOURCE_OVERHEADS
BOM_DEPARTMENTS
CST_DEPARTMENTAL_OVERHEADS
Like many things in life you can have too much of a good thing:
Be judicious in use of sub-elements
Try to have no more than 3 material overhead sub-elements per org
But … OSP and Resources
• OSP - may require OSP resources for each item/supplier
• Resources for labor may be very detailed
Sub-Elements
No valuation reporting by sub-element
Only Standard Costing holds item costs by sub-element
(but not if using Supply Chain Cost Rollup across organizations)
Using AVG, LIFO, FIFO:
• You can update your material overhead amounts differently
from your material overhead rates
• There are no sub-element resource names (ids) in your cost
details information (CST_ITEM_COST_DETAILS)
Absorption Actuals
By Sub-Element, by Absorption Account
Get from your material and wip accounting
Material transactions for material overheads
WIP transactions for resource overheads
Volume variances
Rate variances
Sub-Elements
Only accounting absorption entries have a sub-element
(resource_id)
No standard valuation reports by sub-element
Standard costing maintains costs by sub-element; other
Costing Methods do not do this
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Sharon has helped clients with Oracle implementations (Release 11.0.3 through Release 12.1) and
process reengineering for Inventory Control and Accounting. Industries she has worked in include High
Tech, Building Construction & Industrial Products, Telecommunications, and Life Sciences.
In a recent consulting role Sharon helped a Chip Test Equipment manufacturer and their Cost
Management team get to the next level. As a SME for Inventory Control and Cost Accounting, she helped
them achieve significant process redesign and Oracle configuration changes, which resulted in more
accurate Inventory Control and a streamlined, faster Cost Month End Close.
In his consulting roles Doug has served over 100 clients. Many of these were multi-org, multi-currency
with global footprints. Countries include US, Mexico, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Taiwan, P.R.O.C.,
Norway, Japan, Italy, Switzerland and Germany.
Doug leads the OAUG Cost Management Special Interest Group. He also advises and participates on
the Oracle Customer Advisory Board for Fusion Costing.