When viewing item cost information, the Item Costs Summary and View Item Costs Details windows display different information, depending on what inquiry you select. The inquiries and the information they display are listed below.
Attention: If you use average costing, you cannot view subelemental information.
| Activity by department | The type of activity, department, name (description) of the responsible department, unit cost by department, percent of total unit cost for each department, and the total item unit cost. Cost Management displays non-routing based costs, generally material and material overhead without a department. |
| Activity by flexfield segment value | The flexfield options you have defined using the activity flexfield. Cost Management displays the unit cost by flexfield segment, percent of total unit cost for each flexfield segment, and the total item unit cost. For example, you might set up a Value Added flexfield segment with the values low, medium, or high, then you can view your activity costs by the Value Added flexfield segment. |
| Activity by level | The activity, this level, previous level costs, and total unit cost for each activity, the percent of total unit cost for each activity, total costs for the item by level and in total, and the percentage total. |
| Activity by operation | The activities sorted by operation with a description of the operation. Cost Management displays the unit cost by activity by operation, percent of total unit cost for each activity by operation, and the total item unit cost. |
| Activity flexfield segment value by level | The flexfield options you have defined using the activity flexfield. Cost Management displays this level, previous level and total unit cost of the activity by flexfield segment, percent of total unit cost for each flexfield segment, total costs for the item by level and in total, and the percentage total. For example, you might set up Value Added with the values low, medium, or high for your activity flexfield, and you can see your activity costs by the Value Added flexfield segment. |
| Activity summary | The activity, the description of the activity, unit cost of the activity, percent of total unit cost for each activity, and total amounts for unit costs and percentages. |
| Element by activity | The cost element, activity, description of the activity, unit cost of the cost element by activity, percent of total unit cost for each cost element by activity, and the total item unit cost. |
| Element by department | The type of cost element, department, name (description) of the responsible department, unit cost by cost element by department, percent of total unit cost for each cost element by department, and the total item unit cost. |
| Element by level | The cost element, this level, previous level and total item unit cost, the percent of total unit cost for each cost element, total costs for the item by level and in total, and the percentage total. |
| Element by operation | The cost elements, operation, a description of the operation. Oracle Cost Management displays the unit cost by cost element by operation, percent of total unit cost for each cost element by operation, and the total item unit cost. |
| Element by subelement | The cost element, subelement, the name (description) of the subelement, item unit cost, percent of total unit cost for each cost element by subelement, and the total item unit cost. |
| Element summary | The cost element, the name (description) of the cost element, unit cost of the cost element, percent of total unit cost for each cost element, and the total item unit cost. |
| Operation summary by level | The operation name, operation sequence number, this level, previous level and total operation unit cost, the percent of total unit cost for each operation, total costs for the item by level and in total, and the percentage total. |
| Subelement by activity | The subelement, activity, activity description, unit cost by subelement by activity, percent of total unit cost for each subelement by activity, the total item unit cost, and the percentage total. |
| Subelement by department | The subelement, department, name (description) of the responsible department, unit cost by subelement by department, percent of total unit cost for each subelement by department, and the total item unit cost. |
| Subelement by flexfield segment value | The flexfield options you have defined using the subelement flexfield. Cost Management displays the total unit cost of the item by flexfield segment, percent of total unit cost for each flexfield segment, item total cost, and the percentage total. For example, you might set up the flexfield Fixed or Variable with the same values to classify the subelement. You could then see your subelement costs by the Fixed or Variable flexfield segments. |
| Subelement by level | The subelement, this level, previous level and total subelement unit cost, the percent of total unit cost for each subelement, total costs for the item by level and in total, and the percentage total. |
| Subelement by operation | The subelements, operation, description of the operation. Cost Management displays the unit cost by subelement by operation, percent of total unit cost for each subelement by operation, and the total item unit cost. |
| Subelement flexfield segment value by level | The flexfield options you have defined using the subelement flexfield. Cost Management displays this level, previous level and total unit cost of subelement by flexfield segment, percent of total unit cost for each subelement by flexfield segment, total costs for the item by level and in total, and the percentage total. For example, you might set up the flexfield Fixed or Variable with the same values to classify the subelement. You could then see your subelement costs by the Fixed or Variable flexfield segments. |
| Subelement summary | The subelement, subelement description, item unit cost, the percentage of the total unit cost for each subelement, the item unit cost, and percentage total. |
| Total cost by level | This level, previous level costs, and total item unit costs. |
| Total cost by summary | The item unit cost. |