I'm tring to make some cases of allocating costs (by surchages), using the activity based costing module in Finance (BAAN IV c4).
I've success importing quatities, but not amounts.
The worst is that I don't know how to make the activity estructure..., it's only related with manufacturing????
Could I consider quantities received in purchasing as an activity?..

I've got some manuals, but only theory. Does someone has any documentation with exemples????.

I'm completely lost. I'll be gratefull if s.o. could give me some information about that.

Thanks a lot.
Eva.

Dear Eva,
in order to be able to import amounts in Cost allocation you must define cost category in maintain cost category(tfccal0103m000).
Ex:Cost category:"cat1"
Description:"Category 1"
Then,from Special go to Maintain Cost category Accounts.You must insert here the accounts from wich you want to import amounts.
Then,you can import amounts also.

Mihaela

Thank you Mihaela,
It's true, it is necessary to mantain cost categories to import amounts.

Someone got in contact with me and helped me a lot.
Finally I've succed at allocating costs, and the most important, understanding the module.

Thanks again.
Eva.

Hello!

I have a problem with allocation of additional costs to purchase lines and calculation of cost price. When i receive a invoice/s after delivery of materials usually there are two lines in invoice/s:

1. costs for material
2. additional costs

I want to allocate additional costs to P/O lines and calculate cost price of materials. For this purpose I use cost items in purchase order lines. I execute correctly every step of Purchase Procedure to "Close Received Purchase Orders". Then i am entering invoice in system and connecting with purchase.

I try also with additional cost (tdpur4128m000).

With mentioned operation i can not allocate additional costs to PO lines!

Can someone help me?

You have to registrer first all the amounts in finance.
Through the accounts you can allocate amounts in dimensions and, once there, the distribution or allocation into item cost is easy.

If you want I can send you a manual that describes the possibilities of that module. But it's in Spanish!. If you want it send me your mail to esantisteban@steria.es


Regards,
Eva.

I want to allocate additional
costs to purchase order lines and calculate cost price. The cost price will be
different with and without additional costs like freight, packing... When i
have a two lines in with supplier invoice the total amount in invoice can not
be match with amount of PO, because compared it is more. In FINANCE/Accounts
Payable/Transaction Processing/Maintenance/Maintain Transactions i try to match
invoice with purchase order, but matching is by PO line! The PO
have a one order line while invoice two lines. The total amount of PO is
different from total amount of invoice. For the rest amount i have to select
ledger account where additional costs accumulate. In this case i can not
include this additional cost to item cost price. The sessions are:
tfgld1101m000 -> tfacp1110s000 -> tfacp1131s000 -> tfacp1130s000

I think that your question is not related to ABC costing.

In my experience, when you match an invoice with a PO (at line level or at header level) you can exceed the amount, but registering the "price difference" in an account.

If you have the costing method "average" the system updates the cost price in master items just when you APPROVES the invoice matched.

There is another costing method that is "lot price", in this case, you can include the additional costs or surchages since de PO into de item cost, but you need to activate Lot parameters.

Try approving the invoice and check the item cost.

Hope this help.
Regards,
Eva.

I think that your question is not related to ABC costing.

In my experience, when you match an invoice with a PO (at line level or at header level) you can exceed the amount, but registering the "price difference" in an account.

If you have the costing method "average" the system updates the cost price in master items just when you APPROVES the invoice matched.

There is another costing method that is "lot price", in this case, you can include the additional costs or surchages since de PO into de item cost, but you need to activate Lot parameters.

Thry approving the invoice and check the item cost.

Hope this help.
Regards,
Eva.

I have a purchase order with a few lines (including DIFFERENT items with
DIFFERENT purchase price).
When i receive supplier invoice with additional cost/s line/s i have to
allocate manually this cost/s (proportionately or like percentage for amount of
line) to every PO lines apart. After allocation i've to put them into field
"Invoiced amount (tfacp1131s000)" summarized with item price, again manualy .
After this operation the system will calculate correctly average purchase price
and last purchase price for every items.
I want the system automaticly to allocate additional costs to PO lines!

Ok, I see the problem.
Desafortunately I think that is not possible in BaaN.
Automatically is too much!!.

BaaN needs that you put the allocation criteria, by percentages using ABC allocation or manually from matching as you have said.

I were several months looking for any solution to this requeriment and I didn't find any. If sth comes up to up, please, let me know.


Luck!.
Eva. ;)

Ok :) I will inform you. Just give me your e-mail!

Dear Adriano
Please share with me the automatic allocation procedure.
My email id is royal_buddy2000@yahoo.com.
Thanks in advance.