"Cost Information" window

The values for the cost elements from the costing scheme are shown in the window for the selected calculation element.

Column Description
Name Shows the name of the cost element from the costing scheme.
Shortcut Shows the abbreviation of the cost element from the costing scheme.
Rate Shows the rate of the cost element when the type percentage is defined in the costing scheme.
Value Shows the value of the cost element per piece.
Value var. Shows the variable share of the value of the cost element per piece.
Value pos. Shows the value of the cost element multiplied by the position quantity.
Value var. pos. Shows the variable portion of the cost element multiplied by the position quantity.
Value abs. Shows the value of the cost element multiplied by the absolute position quantity. The absolute item quantity is equal to the quantity of the cost element multiplied by the summed quantity of the assemblies that are built into each other (see image below).
Value var. abs. Shows the variable portion of the cost element multiplied by the absolute position quantity.
Note

Default display "Price/piece":

The values of the cost elements are displayed in the cost information in "price per piece" even if prices per piece are not always relevant, e.g. when displaying times (years, months) or quantities.