Variable Overhead Cost

Enter the cost of variable overhead to produce the current Item.

Note:  While you can update this field for an inventoried item, The system will ignore the update made on this form and use the appropriate costing for the item.

On the Production Schedule Item Materials or Production Schedule Release Materials forms, the Variable Overhead Cost field will only be used for non-inventoried items. The system will use the values from this form for Costing.

On the Item Costs form, the system allows you to update this field if the following conditions exist:

  • The item is using Actual (Average) costing.
  • • The item's cost type is Actual (all cost methods) and no transactions have been entered for the item.
  • The item's cost type is Standard, the Source Code is set to Manufactured, and no transactions have yet been entered for the item.