Other Cost Line

In Infor LN FP4 the Other Cost Line functionality is enhanced to enable the user to enter costs and sales prices based on cost/service items.

Other Cost Line in FP3

In Infor LN FP3, costs, such as, hotel stay expenses, telephone costs and so on, incurred as part of the service repair are registered as Other cost lines of the order. To register the other cost line, user must manually enter the description of the cost, cost and sales price.

Other Cost Line in FP4

In Infor LN FP4, miscellaneous costs such as administrative cost, hotel stay, telephone bills and so on are maintained as Cost items or Service items. To represent the miscellaneous cost, you can define an item of type Service or Cost in the Items - General (tcibd05011m000) session.

The sales price is retrieved based on the value you select in the Sales Prices Search Method field of the General Service Parameters (tsmdm0100m000) session.

Cost price is retrieved from the Items - Costing (ticpr0107m000) session.

Features of Other Cost Line in FP4

The features of Other Cost Line functionality in Infor LN FP4 are:

  • Easy registration of the miscellaneous cost
  • Accuracy in registering the costs
  • Central administration of sales and cost price enables the user to implement a consistent price structure and centralized control to implement the price changes.