Anthony Etzel / Tuesday, March 1, 2016 / Categories: Infor LX & BPCS Tips BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Actual Costs for Manufactured Items In LX, the actual costs that can be set up fall into three categories: Material, Labor, and Overhead. If your LX database is set up properly with the LX cost accounting, you should be able to identify: How much the item should cost How to track the cost of work underway How much the item actually did cost Why the job cost varied from the expected cost Capturing the data to track activity with associated costs can be time-consuming. With an MES solution, the information you need for costing is tracked instantly. Previous Article Baan/LN Tip of the Week:GRINYA Reconciliation – What Could Go Wrong? Next Article Hoffmaster Clintonville Plant Goes Live with Crossroads MES & LX Print 52506 Rate this article: 5.0 Anthony EtzelAnthony Etzel Other posts by Anthony Etzel Contact author Facebook page Twitter Linked In YouTube Website
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