Unit Cost

Defines the standard cost per stockkeeping unit for a part/warehouse.  Validation rules are as follows:

• If the warehouse is the manufacturing warehouse, the unit cost may not be defined on the Warehouse Balance File, but must be defined using Part Costs Maintenance and the Product Costing facilities.  The unit cost will equal the total material, labor, and burden costs calculated by a Product Costing current cost generation in conjunction with standard cost rollover, since this represents a standard unit cost.
• If the warehouse is a distribution warehouse that has a costing option of Standard (S), the unit cost may not be defined on the Warehouse Balance File and must be defined in Warehouse Costs Maintenance.  The standard cost displayed here will be the sum of all cost elements defined for the part.
• If the warehouse has a costing option of Moving Average (M), the initial unit cost may be established on the Warehouse Balance File, but may not be modified.  The unit cost of Moving Average parts is recalculated automatically with each relevant inventory transaction.
• If the part is a Reference Part, regardless of warehouse, the unit cost may be modified on the Warehouse Balance File.
• If the part is a Non-Standard part, regardless of warehouse, the initial unit cost may be defined on the Warehouse Balance File, but may not be modified afterward. This is because a Non-standard part is always treated as a moving-average costed part regardless of the warehouse it is carried in.