Re: PO Actual Cost

We recently had a similar confusion on 405 CD & it turns out 
that while the rest of BPCS has standard cost, actual cost, 
frozen cost, etc. the Purchase Order application has another 
cost not found any place else = EXPECTED COST.

What happens is, when the PO is first created, the expected 
cost field is a copy of the standard cost, then after the 
vendor confirms our PO with the delivery date, pricing etc. 
our Purchasing people update the PO with that info.  The new 
cost goes into the EXPECTED COST, which is what we expect the 
actual cost to be.

This impacts a lot of purchasing reports and transactions.
Right now we are trying to reconcile the General Ledger  
account where "U" transaction adds value when the inventory 
arrives in house, and the "C" transaction when ACP keys in 
the vendor invoice.  In theory the only money in that account 
should be the value of raw materials that arrived, but not 
yet the invoices.  Reality is a different story.

Also, our SYS800 rules say that everything is to go into BPCS 
based on LAST STANDARD COST, but we have found out that some 
purchase order transactions go in as LAST ACTUAL COST.

---- Original message ----

This is a question about a field in the HPO file.  We are on 

version 4.02. 

There is a field PACST  (Actual Cost Total (global)).  Is 

this the total 

cost of the quantity received so far for that line?  

Ultimately, I'm want 

the last invoiced piece price for a query but didn't know if 

the user 

would be satisfied with an "average" price.  That's what it 

looks like is 

here but I wanted to confirm it.  Thanks.


Dave Parnin
-- 
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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