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Costing - Average Costing

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Costing - Average Costing Method.............................................................................................................................1
Start the Cost Manager................................................................................................................................................2
Define an Item.............................................................................................................................................................4
Perform Miscellaneous Receits.................................................................................................................................!
Perform an Average Cost "date................................................................................................................................#
$ie% Item Cost &istor'.............................................................................................................................................1(
)lo%chart...................................................................................................................................................................11
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Date O!ner A""
#e$ease
%ersion Change #e&erence
1!-*ct-2((4 David.Dosland 11.!.1( v1.( Slit the current Costing + Standard and
Average Costing scrit into t%o scrits.
Also convert the scrit to tutor format.
Objective
,he urose of this document is to demonstrate *racle Average Costing -' creating an item and
erforming a receit for the item.
Whats !e"#
$it%alls
Document otential itfalls using instructor te.t. ,r' to ut most of the itfalls %ithin the actual
te.t of the /ernels. )or e.amle0 a -ug1 gotcha1 or common user error1 er secific tas2. "se this
section saringl'.
Assumptions
3one
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Costing + Standard Costing Method
Costing + 4I)* Costing Method
Costing + )I)* Costing Method
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htt055glo-al.change.oraclecor.com5demodocs 6Reference Materials )older 6 )undamentals
$re Demo Steps (Optional)
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"tart the Cost Manager
'tart the Cost Manager
Run the Cost Manager fre7uentl' during 'our demonstration. ,his %ill minimi8e %ait time
-et%een erforming transactions and vie%ing the cost la'ers. If the Cost Manager is active1
do not start it again. If the Cost Manage is active1 and 'ou %ish to run it more fre7uentl'1
cancel it from Concurrent Re7uests in S'stem Administration Resonsi-ilit'.
1. 4og into ortal.
(ie$d %a$)e
"ser 3ame M)9
Pass%ord %elcome
Resonsi-ilit' Manufacturing and Distri-ution Manager
2. Start the Cost Manager.
:3; Inventor' 6 Setu 6 ,ransactions 6 Interface Managers
,he *rgani8ations list of values form is disla'ed.
Select
(ie$d %a$)e
*rgani8ation M< + Dallas Manufacturing
:=; */
Clic2 on Cost Manager
:M; ,ools 6 4aunch Manager 6:=; Schedule
,he Schedule form is disla'ed.
Comlete the Schedule form as follo%s0
(ie$d %a$)e
Run the >o-? Periodicall'
@nd At @nd of 'our demo or re session. Do not
leave this blank as the cost manager will
run indefinitely. This could cause log file
space to become full, impacting
performance.
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Re-run ever' 1 Minutes:s;. Setting this to run fre7uentl'
during 'our demo %ill eliminate chec2ing
to see if the cost manager has run during
the demo.
Al' the Interval? )rom the Comletion of the rior run
:=; */ 6 Su-mit 6 */
'egin Demo
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#e!ine an $te%
De&ine an *te+
<. 4og into ortal.
(ie$d %a$)e
"ser 3ame M)9
Pass%ord %elcome
Resonsi-ilit' Manufacturing and Distri-ution Manager
4. Define an Item
:3; Inventor' 6 Items 6 Master Items
,he *rgani8ations list of values form is disla'ed.
Select an *rgani8ation
(ie$d %a$)e
*rgani8ation M< + Dallas Manufacturing
:=; */
,he Master Items for is disla'ed.
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item @nter %hat 'ou %ant for an item num-er
Descrition @nter %hat 'ou %ant for a descrition
:M; ,ools 6 Co' )rom?
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
,emlate Purchased Item
:=; Done 6 :I; Save 6 :,; )older :=; Assign ,o *rg?
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Per!or% Miscellaneo's (eceipts
,er&or+ Misce$$aneo)s #ecei"ts
,his ste is done to lace 7uantit' on hand and a -eginning cost for the item.
!. Add inventor' 7uantit' for the ne% item
:3; Inventor' 6 ,ransactions 6 Miscellaneous ,ransactions
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Date Defaults to toda'As date.
,'e Miscellaneous receit
:=; ,ransaction 4ines
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
Su-inventor' Choose an' su-inventor' from the list of
values.
Buantit' 1(
Account Select Miscellaneous from the Account
Alias 4ist of $alues.
"nit Cost @nter C1(.((
:I; Save
D. Revie% Cost for the Item.
:3; Cost 6 Item Costs 6 Item Costs
,he )ind Item5Cost ,'e )orm is disla'ed.
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
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:=; )ind
,he Item Cost Summar' form is disla'ed.
Revie% the Item Cost Summar' form.
3ote the cost is %hat 'ou entered in the Miscellaneous Receits form :C1(.((;.
:=; *en
,he Item Cost Details form is disla'ed. 3ote the follo%ing0
Buantit' on &and is %hat 'ou entered in the Miscellaneous
Receits form :1(;.
@.tended $alue is Buantit' times Cost :1(E1(F1((;.
G. Perform a second Miscellaneous Receit for the ne% item.
,his %ill sho% the average cost changes %hen su-se7uent transactions are entered.
:3; Inventor' 6 ,ransactions 6 Miscellaneous ,ransactions
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Date Defaults to toda'As date.
,'e Miscellaneous receit
:=; ,ransaction 4ines
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
Su-inventor' "se the same su-inventor' 'ou used I the
revious transaction.
Buantit' 1(
Account Select Miscellaneous from the Account
Alias 4ist of $alues.
"nit Cost @nter C!.((
:I; Save
#. Revie% Cost for the Item.
:3; Cost 6 Item Costs 6 Item Costs
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,he )ind Item5Cost ,'e )orm is disla'ed.
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
:=; )ind
,he Item Cost Summar' form is disla'ed.
Revie% the Item Cost Summar' form.
3ote the cost is no% half %a' -et%een the t%o entries 'ou made :CG.!(;.
:=; *en
,he Item Cost Details form is disla'ed. 3ote the follo%ing0
Buantit' on &and is no% 2(.
@.tended $alue is Buantit' times Cost :2(EG.!(F1!(.((;.
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Per!or% an Average Cost ,pdate
,er&or+ an Average Cost U"date
H. Perform an Average Cost "date
:3; Cost 6 Item Costs 6 Average Cost "date 6 "date Costs
,he "date Average Cost form is disla'ed.
@nter the follo%ing header information0
(ie$d %a$)e
,ransaction + Date ,oda'As Date
,ransaction - ,'e Select Average cost udate from the 4ist of
$alues.
Defaults + AdIustment Account Select Miscellaneous from the Account
Alias 4ist of $alues.
:,; ,ransaction Change
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
3e% Average Cost G.((
3ote the cost grou is disla'ed. =' using cost grous comanies are a-le to 2ee ver'
close to actual costs for secific items as the' %ill -e a-le to have an average cost for
the cost grou as oosed to an average cost for the organi8ation.
Jou can change the cost -' an a-solute value or -' a ercentage.
After 'ou enter the item 'ou %ill see the current average cost and the current total
value.
:,; Accounts
3ote these default -ased on the header information.
:,; $alue Change
,his sho%s the total change in inventor' value.
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:,; Comments
)ree form te.t for %hatever 'ou need.
:=; Cost @lements
Jou enter a ne% cost + clic2 on cost elements and see the details.
:I; Save
1(. Revie% Cost for the Item.
:3; Cost 6 Item Costs 6 Item Costs
,he )ind Item5Cost ,'e )orm is disla'ed.
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
:=; )ind
,he Item Cost Summar' form is disla'ed.
Revie% the Item Cost Summar' form.
3ote the cost is no% the amount 'ou entered in the cost udate form :CG.((;.
:=; *en
,he Item Cost Details form is disla'ed. 3ote the follo%ing0
Buantit' on &and is still 2(.
@.tended $alue is Buantit' times Cost :2(EG.((F14(;.
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/ie0 $te% Cost 1istory
%ie! *te+ Cost -istor.
,his %ill sho% the transactions that created the average cost.
11. $ie% Item Cost &istor'
:3; Costs 6 Item Costs 6 Item Cost &istor'
,he )ind Item Costs for Cost 9rous form is disla'ed.
@nter the follo%ing information0
(ie$d %a$)e
Item Item 'ou created a-ove.
:=; )ind 6 Cost &istor' 6 )ind
,he Item Cost &istor' form is disla'ed. ,he three transactions 'ou entered and their
costs are disla'ed.
End o& activit.
Demo Support
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2lo0chart
Start
Start Cost Mgr
3og into portal. 415
"tart Cost Mgr. 425
De%ine an Item
3og into portal. 435
#e!ine an $te% 4&5
$er%orm Misc
&eceipts
Add inventory 6'antity
!or ne0 ite% 4)5
(evie0 Cost !or $te%.
4*5
Per!or% a second Misc
(eceipt !or ne0 ite%.
4+5
(evie0 Cost !or $te%.
4-5
$er%orm an avg
Cost )pdate
Per!or% an avg Cost
,pdate 4.5
(evie0 Cost !or $te%.
4105
*ie" Item Cost
+istor,
/ie0 $te% Cost 1istory
4115
-nd
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