Cost Components Estimated vs. Actual
You access this report by clicking the Cost Components metric in the Production dashboard or by clicking the Actual vs. Planned tab in the Cost Variances by Cost Components report.
The report compares actual costs with planned costs for the previous month, and for the previous month year to date.
To compare costs by workcenter or by Items, click the settings icon in the table heading and select or .
You can filter the report by these criteria:
- Order completion date: By date, or by year to date
- Workcenter
- Product
- Cost type
By default, the data table displays the values for these cost components over the previous three months:
- Material
- Machine
- Labor
- Contractor
- Burden
To select which cost components to view, click the settings button and select .
For each Item or workcenter, and each cost component, the data table displays the actual quantity of manufactured items, the actual cost and the planned cost. The absolute variance and percentage variance between the actual and planned costs is displayed. If a year to date order completion date is selected, the percentage variance for the year to date is displayed. If a year is selected, the percentage variances both for the year and the year to date are displayed.
These are the linked reports:
- Order Costing KPI - Dimesion Analysis. Click a Item or workcenter in the data table and select the report.
- Cost Variances by Cost Components. Click the Cost Components tab.
- Cost Components Trend. Click the Trend tab.
- Cost Components Actual vs. Standard. Click the Actual vs. Planned tab.