Cost Object Group

A cost object group gathers several cost objects together and puts a cost against each one. It exists so a machine's depreciation, its power and its labour can be applied as a single bundle instead of being picked one at a time. It belongs to the manufacturing side of the shared product.

Where

Organization & Setup › Cost Object › Cost Object Group

Who uses it

The implementation consultant, on a manufacturing implementation only

When

After the cost objects exist

Needs first

Cost Object

What it is for

Costing a machine usually means costing several things at once. Naming them individually every time is slow and gets forgotten, so they are bundled here, each with the cost that applies to it.

The group also carries a standard cost of its own, which is the figure used where the individual lines are not being worked out in detail.

An HR-only installation does not need this screen.

Every field, in plain words

Header

Field	What it means	What to put in it	Notes
Cost Object Group	The short code.	WEAVE	Required.
Name	What the group is.	Weaving Shed Costs	Required.
Standard Cost	The standard cost of the group as a whole.	1,250	In rupees.

Basic Data

One line per cost object in the group. The grid cannot be left empty, the screen refuses a group with no lines.

Field	What it means	What to put in it	Notes
Line #	The line number.	Fills itself
Cost Object	The cost object being included.	LOOM-01	Pick it from the list.
Name	What that cost object is.	Fills itself from the cost object you pick
Cost	The cost of that object within this group.	850	In rupees.

How to configure it

1. Create the Cost Objects first. Nothing can be picked here that does not exist.
2. Open Cost Object Group and enter the code and name, for example WEAVE and Weaving Shed Costs.
3. Enter the Standard Cost for the group.
4. Add a line per cost object with its own cost.
5. Save. The screen refuses a group with no lines.
6. Skip the screen entirely on an HR-only implementation.

Scenarios

A machine's cost is depreciation plus power plus labour

Three cost objects, one group, three lines, a cost on each. The group is then applied in one step wherever the machine is costed.

What it is connected to

• Cost Object must exist before a line can name one.
• The Resource and Resource Group screens of the manufacturing product read cost object groups.

If something looks wrong

• "It will not save, it says the lines data cannot be empty" - a group needs at least one cost object line.
• "A cost object is not in the list" - it has not been created on Cost Object yet.