Base Unit Cost
The Base Unit Cost for Sales & Service is used when you are using the item cost calculation method of FIFO, but you still want a fixed cost for the margin calculation in the sales & service documents.
It works like the Standard Cost for the Costing Method Standard, but with the flexible final costing of FIFO. Ideal for your trade goods.
How to use¶
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Open the Price and Item Management Setup page.
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Enable the Base Item Unit Cost (Sales) setting for the use of the Base Item Unit Cost for sales documents, and enable the Base Item Unit Cost (Service) setting for the use in service documents.
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If one of the two fields are checked on, the fields Base Unit Cost and Date Base Unit Cost will be visible on the Item Card. In the Base Unit Cost field on the Item Card, you can enter the preferred Unit Cost. On update of the field Base Unit Cost the Date Base Unit Cost will automatically be changed to the workdate.
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If you enter the Item in a Sales Order Line the Base Unit Cost of the item is transferred to the Unit Cost (LCY) in the Sales Order Line and will be used for the margin calculation and other statics. When you post the Item the cost posting will take the FIFO unit cost calculation into account.
