Cost Components Trend

You access this report by clicking the Trend tab in the Cost Variances by Cost Components report.

The report shows the trend of costs of each cost component for the previous three months.

To select the periods on which to report, click the settings button and select Edit time settings.

SeeTime Settings.

To analyze cost trend by workcenter or by Items, click the settings button in the table heading and select Select workcenter dimension or Select Item dimension.

You can filter the report by these criteria:

• Workcenter
• Product
• Cost type

A bar chart compares the actual and planned costs of selected cost components.

By default, the data table and chart display the values for these cost components:

• Material
• Machine
• Labor
• Contractor
• Burden

To select which cost centers to compare, click the settings icon in the table heading and select Configure columns.

These are the linked reports:

• Order Costing KPI Trend. Click a Item or workcenter in the data table and select the report.

  See Order Costing KPI Trend

• Cost Variances by Cost Components. Click the Cost Components tab.

  See Cost Variances by Cost Components

• Cost Components Actual vs. Standard. Click the Actual vs. Standard tab.

  See Cost Components Actual vs. Standard

• Cost Components Actual vs. Planned. Click the Actual vs. Planned tab.

  See Cost Components Actual vs. Planned