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Table of Contents
CREATE SIMULATION 2

VIEW SUMMARY 4

COMPARE COSTS 6

VIEW IMPACT ON GROSS PROFIT 8

ANALYZE GROSS PROFITS 9

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Create Simulation

Step Action
1. Go to Simulation > Create Simulation > Discrete

2. Excel will be launched

3. Login
4. The Entity Type is the type of costing subelement to be simulated. It can be ITEM/
RESOURCE/OVERHEAD

Click to enter Entity Type

5. Enter a valid value e.g. "ITEM".
6. Entity is the name of an Item, Resource or Overhead.

Click to enter Entity.

7. Enter a valid value e.g. "CM66812".

8. Click to enter Organization.

9. Enter a valid value e.g. "M1".

10. Click to enter Cost Type.

11. Enter a valid value e.g. "basis_cost".

12. Click on the next cell.

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Step Action
13. Click the In Memory Cost Management tab.

14. Retrieve the Item cost information.

Click the Refresh button.

15. The Frozen item cost for CM66322 is retrieved. Navigate through the details of the
costs.
16. In order to enter a simulated cost, click under Simulated Rate or Amount.

17. Enter a valid value e.g. "36".

18. Navigate out.

Press [Down].
19. In order to create the simulation, click the Simulate button.
20. Click in the Simulation Code* field.

21. Enter the desired information into the Simulation Code* field. Enter a simulation code
of your choice (max 10 characters)
22. Enter the Simulation Description*.
23. Review the other available parameters.
24. Notice that the parameters are similiar to the Supply chain cost rollup program.
25. Click the Launch button.

26. The launch was successful!

Click the Close button.

27. Simulation is complete. We arrive on the View Summary sheet that displays all the
impacted items.

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View Summary

Step Action
28. The View Summary Sheet displays all the impacted assemblies due to a simulation.
The current and simulated cost, % change in cost and the organization they were
sourced from are displayed.
29. Let us look at the impact of the simulation on the Inventory, Intransit and Wip values.
30. Click the Load Values button.
31. Let us now review the cost structure and detailed impact on assembly - AS66701.

Either Double Click on AS66701.

Or

Click on AS66701.

And
Click the Zoom In button.

32. We arrive on the View Detail sheet. We can see the cost structure of the assembly and
will find the cost detail that was simulated highlighted (CM66322).

Review the details of the item cost

33. Let us drill down to deeper levels of the cost structure.
Focus on a cost row and
Click the Zoom In button.

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Step Action
34. Explode the entire product cost structure.
Click the button to the right of the Zoom In field.

35. Click the All Levels menu.

36. In order to collapse the expanded costs, click on the respective item.

Click on CM66701.

37. And..
Click the Zoom Out button.

38. If you click on Zoom Out by focussing on the Top Assembly, you go back to the
previous sheet i.e. View Summary.

Click on AS66701.

39. Click the Zoom Out button.

40. We arrive on the View Summary sheet.

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Compare Costs

Step Action
41. There are two ways to compare costs.
a. Compare costs of Assemblies listed on View Summary Page
b. Compare costs search screen
1. Compare costs of Assemblies listed on View Summary Page
1. If you are not already in the View Simulation screen for your simulation, you can view
your simulation as follows:
Go to Cost simulator > View Cost Simulation
Type in Simulation Code
Click on Refresh
2. Select AS66701 and AS66702
3. Click the Cost Compare button.
4. We find ourselves on the Cost Compare Results sheet.

The 2 items and their costs are displayed laterally as Selection 1 and Selection 2.
5. You will notice that costs that are of the same type, i.e. same level , operation,
department and subelement are aligned.

Subassemblies CM66701 and CM66702 are unique to assemblies AS66701 and

AS66702, respectively and are therefore on different lines.

The costs that are different are highlighted

6. To review the detail cost of a sub assembly or component, focus on the cost row and
click the Zoom In button.

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Step Action
7. To review the complete exploded cost structure of both products, click the button to the
right of the Zoom In field.

8. Click the All Levels menu.

2. To compare costs of the same or multiple products across cost types and
organizations, go to Cost Comparison > Discrete / Process :-

1. Type in the Item (mandatory) and any other criteria that you might have to
retrieve costs to compare.

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View Impact on Gross Profit

Step Action
42. There are two ways to access the impact on gross profit. You can go to the dashboard
from the profitability section of the landing page or you can navigate from the View
Summary spreadsheet. This sheet discusses the latter flow.
43. To calculate margins for he simulation, from the View Summary spreadsheet, click the
Calculate Gross Profit button.
44. Click the Launch Gross Profit Analyzer button.
45. The Impact on Gross Profit dashboard is loaded for the simulation and current period.
46. The dashboard consists of
1. Two graphs for the COGS and Margins for shipped orders
2. Two graphs for margins of unshipped orders by sales organization and
representative
3. Two line graphs for COGS and margins of forecasted sales (you will have to
select more than one period to see the line graph render)

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Analyze Gross Profits

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Step Action
47. Go to Profitability > Gross Profit Analyzer. Login.

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Step Action
48. Choose a simulation code and ledger.
You could also choose multiple simulations if you want to compare their respective
impacts on profitability.
Add more filters if desired.
Click on Apply.

49. Review the Revenue, COGS, Margin Statement and the Gross Profit Margin graphs by
period, sales organizations sales reps
50. Review the impact on COGS and Margin for demand forecasts by period

51. Click the Product tab.

52. Choose a simulation code and ledger.

You could also choose multiple simulations if you want to compare their respective
impacts on profitability.
Add more filters if desired.
Click on Apply.

53. For the Gross Margin graphs for shipped order:-

Click the Pivot Table list item.

Drill through the product categories to evaluate margins by product.

54. Click the Customer tab.

55. Choose a simulation code and ledger.

You could also choose multiple simulations if you want to compare their respective
impacts on profitability.
Add more filters if desired.
Click on Apply.

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Step Action
56. For the Gross Margin graphs for shipped order:-

Click the Pivot Table list item.

You can drill down from the total Cost of Goods Sold and Margins through the
Territory hierarchy and right down to the customer.
57. Click on the COGS graph for shipped orders.
58. Click the Navigate to Detailed Gross Profit Analysis button.

59. We arrive at the detailed Sales Order facts underlying the graph.
60. Here we can view not just the actual COGS and Margin information but also the
expected COGS and Margins, if the simulated cost had been used.

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