Variable Overhead/Variable Overhead Cost

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

To reduce or correct a previously posted variable overhead cost, enter a minus sign (-) before the amount; for example, -10.00. You can view the cumulative total for material costs on the Work Center - Accounts form.

While you can update this field for an inventoried item, the system ignores the update made on this form and uses the appropriate costing for the item.

Note: Variable overhead rates are not used for by-product items.

On the Production Schedule Item Materials and Production Schedule Release Materials forms, the system uses the Variable Overhead Cost field only for non-inventoried items. The system uses 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 the Source Code is Purchased or Manufactured.

Once entered, this field displays the cost for variable overhead for the current Item.

On the Job Materials form, the Acc Actual column displays the accumulated variable overhead costs for the current material.