Cost bases are used by the system to determine how the sales price of an item is to be calculated.
All the existing cost bases, (system defined and user defined), are displayed in this program and can be made available to the system by activating them here.
Options
| Add | This option is only applicable for user defined cost bases. Select this option to add a record. |
| Copy | This option is only applicable for user defined cost bases. Select this option to copy a record. |
| Delete | This option is only applicable for user defined cost bases. Select this option to delete a record. |
| Sequence | This option is only applicable for user defined cost bases. Select this option to sequence the system defined cost bases, giving the system the possibility to use an alternative cost basis in case the primary one holds no value. All active cost bases, which are defined as valid for the same functions as the user defined basis, will be listed. Whenever a user defined cost basis is used in the system, a basis value will be searched for according to the defined sequence. |
Selection fields
- Basis code
- This column lists the existing cost basis codes.
- Description
- This column displays the description of the cost basis codes.
- Active
- This column denotes if the cost basis can be used by the system.
- Sales
- This column denotes if this cost basis is valid for calculating the sales price of an item.
- SMS
- This column is only displayed if DC1 Sales and Marketing Support (SMS) is activated. This column is automatically set to YES for all system defined cost basis codes but RET (Retail price).
- User defined
- This column denotes if the cost basis code has been user defined.
Work with cost bases (DIR31004)
Cost bases are used by the system to determine how the sales price of an item is to be calculated.
On this panel you maintain the cost bases and make them available to the system.
Function keys
- Basis code
- Active
- Indicate if you want to activate this cost basis. This field determines whether or not the cost basis can be used by the system.
- Valid for sales price
- For system defined cost basis codes, this field is automatically set and cannot be changed. It denotes if this cost basis is valid for calculating the sales price of an item. For user defined cost basis codes, indicate if this cost basis is valid for calculating the sales price of an item.
- Valid in SMS agreemt
- This field is only displayed if DC1 Sales and Marketing Support (SMS) is activated. For system defined cost basis codes, this field is automatically set to YES for all system defined cost basis codes but RET (Retail price) and cannot be changed. For user defined cost basis codes, you can change the flag for this field. This YES flag denotes that the following cost bases are valid for use when calculating the rebates in a SMS agreement:
- Average cost for item/warehouse
- Last purchase cost for item or item/warehouse
- Standard cost for item or item/warehouse
- Purchase price 1-5 for the item