Re: Implementing Standard Costing

I'm on vacation this week so only checking email once a day. I'd be happy to
chat with you about converting to standard costing.

In addition to setting the interfaces, you'll need to decide on a number of
procedural issues including how "standard" you want to be. MAPICS gives you
a number of choices in tailoring and there are procedures you'll want to set
up to gather the information and get it posted in the right places.

I usually don't recommend automatic posting to G/L of everything that MAPICS
is capable of doing - there are some variance calculations that are better
done manually, in most cases. That said, the G/L interface can gather a lot
of data for you that you can manually post and/or use to validate info that
you gather in other ways so it makes sense to "activate" even if you aren't
going to automatically post.

Anyway, if you can wait a couple days I'd be happy to spend some time with
you on the phone next week. If there's something critical, drop me an email
directly at dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with your phone number and I'll call you.



Dave Turbide
CSCP, CFPIM, CMfgE, CIRM
dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
office: (603) 964-6903
cell: (603) 401-0192
Website: www.daveturbide.com




Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:35:41 -0500
from: "LeLeux, James" <jleleux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: [MAPICS-L] FW: Implementing Standard Costing


Happy New Year all!

I am looking at implementing standard costing (XA R6) and was curious if
anyone knew of any guides from Infor or other sources to assist.

I see that we need to re-tailor from Actual to Standard (what will that
impact?). We currently use actual costing, but it is well structured outside
of MAPICS.

And not sure about this other PCC question currently set to NO:
C17 DO YOU WANT TO HAVE GENERAL LEDGER DISTRIBUTION?

Do the Router Variance (RV), Purchasing Variance (PV), and Material Usage
Variance (MUV) reports come out of AMC530 (Order closeout and purge)?
Are there any practical guides to the parameters for AMC530 as well as cost
roll-ups?


I did search the ML, but it was very issue specific, and I'm still at the
10,000 foot level.



Thanks in advance for any direction you may provide!



Looks like we have all out interfaces on except one:

ENTER INTERFACE SELECTION: 1 - DEACTIVATE
2 - ACTIVATE

SEL FROM APPLICATION TO APPLICATION

2 Accounting Mgmt Accounts Payable Accounting Mgmt General Ledger

2 Accounting Mgmt Accounts Payable Inventory Management
2 Accounting Mgmt Accounts Payable Production Control and Costing
1 Accounting Mgmt Accounts Receivable Accounting Mgmt Accounts Payable


2 Accounting Mgmt Accounts Receivable Accounting Mgmt General Ledger
2 Customer Order Management Accounting Mgmt Accounts
Receivable
2 Customer Order Management Master Production Schedule
Planning
2 Customer Order Management Material Requirements Planning
2 Inventory Management Customer Order Management
2 Inventory Management Material Requirements Planning
2 Inventory Management Product Data Management
2 Inventory Management Production Control and Costing
2 Master Production Schedule Planning Material Requirements Planning
2 Material Requirements Planning Inventory Management
2 Material Requirements Planning Product Data Management
2 Payroll Accounting Mgmt General Ledger
2 Payroll Production Control and Costing
2 Product Data Management Inventory Management
2 Product Data Management Material Requirements Planning
2 Production Monitoring and Control Inventory Management
2 Production Monitoring and Control Payroll
2 Production Monitoring and Control Production Control and Costing
2 Purchasing Material Requirements Planning


James LeLeux
IT Director: Cherry, Shur-Lok, & SPS Santa Ana
1224 East Warner Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705
M 714-929-8063
jleleux@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:jleleux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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