Overview of the functions of cost unit accounting

• Any number of cost units
• Separation between fixed and variable components
• Optional automatic transfer of cost and service postings
• Any contribution margin levels
• Activity recording in connection with reference values and allocation of purchased items (quantity), produced items (quantity), sold items (quantity) etc. (NEW)
• Internal cost allocation
• Set up any number of surcharge calculation schemes
• Internal activity allocation with original values from the service origin (NEW)
• Allocation of cost units to cost units (NEW)
• Calculation of overhead surcharges for crediting to cost center accounting
• Development of cost unit budgets with fixed and variable (quantity-based) budgets
• Export and import of budget data in Excel
• Budget link to financial accounting (bidirectional) also from merchandise management (article budgets) (NEW)
• Creation of any number of analysis views for actual and budget data
• Imputed recurring entries
• Simple deletion of cost unit account items via journal after incorrect postings (NEW)

• Optional automatic transfer of cost and service postings from other modules
• Reference values for the management of service bookings

• Adoption of flexible benefit types using reference values such as the number of employees,
  Number of quotations/orders, number of enquiries/orders and number of stock movements (NEW)
• Storage of the clearing rates for the reference value
• Use of the original value of the service origin as the clearing rate (NEW)
• Definition of standard allocation keys, e.g. according to the ladder method with distribution by ratio, activity or reference cost element, quantity x cost rate with allocation rate, the iteration method and the ratio of budget values
• Recurring imputed recurring entries
• Budgets of cost center accounting with integration of dimensions
• Quantity budgets
• Budget structure with fixed and variable amount separation
• Budget link to financial accounting (bidirectional) (NEW)
• Posting of budget values as actual values (NEW)
• Budget structure with the help of plan allocations
• Export and import function from/to Excel
• Management of analysis views for detailed evaluation on a multidimensional basis and for displaying target/actual comparisons
• Linking analysis views with account schemes
• User-defined evaluation options for the account schemes
• Detailed evaluations, e.g. cost element sheets, BAB by cost center/period, plan/actual comparisons
• Simple deletion of cost element postings via journal after incorrect postings (NEW)

Cost center accounting functions at a glance

• Derivation of the cost element plan from the G/L accounts or individual structure

• Separation between fixed and variable components
• Storage of fixed amounts or percentage shares in the cost element
• Management of any number of dimensions/reporting indicators with each booking