You use this program to change the what-if costs for individual bought out items.
This enables you to determine the consequences of cost changes made to materials, without affecting existing costs held in the system.
Within this program you can indicate that the current material costs for selected stock items are to be transferred to the what-if costs, so that you can work on what-if costs that are the same as the bill of material costs.
After making the required changes, the modified stock codes can be re-costed using the Cost Implosion program.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Start Maintenance | Select this to display the stock items you indicated in the Include pane. |
| Change Criteria | Select this to indicate different criteria according to which you want to display stock items in the listview. |
Indicate the items you want to include in the change.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Stock codes | |
| Stock code selection | This enables you to indicate a selective range of stock items for which you want to change the what-if material cost. |
| Suppliers | |
| Supplier selection | This enables you to indicate a selective range of suppliers according to which you want to select stock codes for updating. |
| Product classes | |
| Product class selection | This enables you to indicate a selective range of product class according to which you want to select stock codes for updating. |
| Buyers | |
| Buyer selection | This enables you to indicate a selective range of buyers according to which you want to select stock codes for updating. |
| Costing by warehouses | |
| Warehouse selection | This enables you to indicate a selective range of
warehouses according to which you want to select stock codes
for updating. This option is only enabled if you selected the setup option: Apply warehouse BOM costs (Inventory Setup - General tab). |
| ABC selection | |
| ABC |
This enables you to indicate the ABC classes according to which you want to select stock codes for updating. One of the following can be selected:
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The items you selected to include in the listview are displayed in this pane.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Change | Select this to change the what-if cost for the currently highlighted stock item. You change the cost within the listview. |
| Save | Select this to apply the What-if cost you entered for the item. |
| Transfer BOM to What-if |
Select this to transfer the current bill of material cost to the what-if material cost. This enables you to work with what-if costs that are the same as the bill of material costs. If you selected the option: Apply warehouse BOM costs (Inventory Setup - General tab), then the BOM costs held against the warehouse (Warehouses for Stock Code) are used and not the BOM costs held against the stock item (Stock Code Maintenance - Other tab). |
| What-if cost | You use this column in the listview to assign the what-if cost to the stock item. This column is enabled when you select the Change function. |
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Stock code | This indicates the code of the stock item. |
| Uom | This indicates the default unit of measure for the stock item. |
| What-if cost |
This indicates the current what-if cost for the item. You use this column in the listview to assign the what-if cost to the stock item. This column is enabled when you select the Change function. |
| Warehouse | This indicates the default warehouse defined against the stock item (Stock Code Maintenance) |
| Current material BOM cost | This indicates the current bill of materials cost for the item. |
Inserting Application Help
You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.
Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.
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Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.
This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.
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Right-click any form field.
You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.
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Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.
The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.
Removing the Application Help pane
If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.
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Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.
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Confirm that you want to delete the pane.