Definition of target costs

Hello
Can somebody give me a clear definition of target costs?
I suggest it planned costs per unit (of material , activity , etc )* actual quantity produced
thanks

lets imagine that the output material is valuated at standatd price and thera two components of this proction order
       price   quantity
C1    10         2
C2      5         4
planned quantity for this two compnents is a bit different from standard quantity in a cost estimate. Price is a bit different as well as some time has gone since cost estimate was done :
       price   quantity
C1    8         3
C2     4         6
Then planned and target costs will be equal to the following value respectively :
planned = 83 + 46 = 48
target = 102+54 = 40
Am I right?

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speaking from controlling point of view, target and actual costs will be flown from "costing variant planned" and "costing variant actual" respectively.In above mentioned varinats, whats the process has to be followed to calculate material costs,activty costs,overhead costs etc will be defined. These variants will be assigned in order type dependent parameters OPL8.
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I am really confused between the planned cost and the target cost.As Per the sap help target cost is cost required to produce certain quantity of material.And planned cost even carry the same definition.
So is there any difference between these two cost.Are they same?

Jitendra,
Genarally in CO we will define Target cost is getting calculated in the Production order based on the "Standard Cost Estimate" after GR. Planned costs are calculated based on the current costs.
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Assumption: Assembly Material A with Standard Price, Component B and Component C is maintained with Moving average
Material A Cost 1EA = (component B = $10 + Component cost C = $20+ Activity Price $1) = $31, this is the standard cost estimate for the material.
Now I create a production order on 15th of the month, and the Moving average price for component is now $20 due to subsequent GR with higher price. Now the planned cost for the order would be (20201)=$41, whereas the Target cost would be still $31.
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I've a product A costed from March. Standard cost is correct.
I'm creating a production order now. The cost estimate is calculated during the delivery.
I've confirmed order by CO15. I've created a variance by deleting 2 items in bom of order. And confirm less than wanted on other component. But I don't think these variances are linked to my problem.
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Is there any report that gives me the list of all production orders in a month with its respective actual and target costs?
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We are facing an issue in Target Vs Actual cost reporting for process orders. We are creating a process order after cost estimate of that material and doing the confirmations for activity cost. After that, GR has been done for the finished goods of that process order. That GR entry is updating the Actuals values but not updating the Target cost. When I am checking the standard report KKBC_ORD, I am getting the following figures.
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Dear,
Target Cost on Production Order or Process Order is shown only when Variance is Calculated.
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User has standard cost estimates created in Jan 2010 that valid until the end of 2010 for every material in the system. user created a process order in April 2010. Target cost of the order was created based on the standard cost estimate and recipes as well as order qty. The order was also confirmed and settled in April 2010 without problem.
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Target costs are only calculated after goods movements have occured on the order, the Target Costs are then calculated during the Variance calculation.
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Co-Product A         50 PC
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Co-Product B        100 PC
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Main Co-Product   90% * 250 PC = 225   PC
Co-Product A          5% * 250 PC =   12.5 PC
Co-Product B          5% * 205 PC = 12.5 PC
                                                            250 PC
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Co-Product A         10% * 260 PC =    26   PC
Co-Product B         10% * 260 PC =   26   PC
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Co-Product B        250 PC * 100/ 50 * 10% =    50.00 PC
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I think i am missing some thing here. For Configurable product or VC materials there is no standard cost. Costing tab 2 standard cost is zero.
When a make to order sales order is created with this VC materials, based on system settings and quantities system picks up the correct BOM and routings. Through costing funtionality with in sales order , the sales order need to be costed and marked.
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the easy answer first: The standard price is just taken out of the material segment without WBS assignment. That means if you maintain a standard price in the accounting view of the material master for the material number + plant that will be the fallback to be used. That will at least reuslt in a inventory posting, instead of pure price differences (against a price of zero)
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Only remaining var. in version 0 - no target costs

Hi!
We are doing settlement for process orders, most of the process orders are created and goods receipts happened before standard cost estimation is released.
So during varaince calculation (KKS2/KKS1) we are getting error message: Only remaining var. in version 0 - no target costs
as we cannot cancel the goods receipts for process orders, we are doing settlements with remaining variance only.
The variance will directly go to CO-PA, as we have activated the same.
the example of one process order:
Total goods receipt is : 44175.58     co-product 1
                                   3757.38     co-product 2
total receipt              47932.96
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the variance is:            13764.86             co-product 1 ( as per settlement rule 95%)
                                  2156.82              co-product 2 ( as per settlement rule 5%)
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1.     Cost of production a/c DR 3757.38
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2.     Cost of production a/c DR 44175.58
                    TO Variance A/C Cr 44175.58 ( value flowing to COPA)
3.     Cost of production a/c CR 1600.56
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4.     Cost of production a/c CR 30410.72
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So the net effect of variance account posting in FI is OK.
But where as in CO-PA, variance is different, because only first two values ( total goods receipt value as variance amount) as above are passing to COPA.
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We are using PA transfer structure A1 with the following assignments:
10     Input price variance
20     Mat Input quantity variance
30     Mat Resource-usage variance
40     Remaining input variance
50     Mixed-price variance
60     Output price variance
70     Lot size-/fixed-cost variance
80     Remaining variance
90     Scrap
regs,
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Edited by: Ramesh Balivada on Jul 28, 2011 6:41 PM

Hi ramesh
You need to live with this as you cant reverse the GR
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I am trying to variance calculation using T-code KKS1 but i am facing error as below,
Only remaining var. in version 0 - no target costs for 000001000010
Message no. KV151
Diagnosis
For the calculation of variances with 000001000010 , the target costs in target cost version 0 are missing for the following reasons:
There were no planned costs and/or planned quantities (see earlier message).
The quantities on which the planned costs were based are zero in the time period concerned. This may be caused by the fact that no goods receipt for a cost object (such as a product cost collector or production order) has been entered.
This results in target costs of zero.
System Response
Because no target costs were calculated, the difference between the
planned and actual costs could not be broken down into variance categories. The difference is updated as a remaining variance.
please guide me or missing any config
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Hi Shital
there are many posts available in the forum already on this topic... I would recommend to search the forum before posting any question, thats the rule of the forum
You are facing this error for one or more of the following reasons
1. Your standard cost estimate is not released. This must be released before GR from the production order
2. If your contr area currency is diff than comp code currency, then your cost estimate must also be updated in contr area currency.. You do this in costing variant (OKKN)
3. GR might not have been done in the month for which you are calculating variance... i.e. This production order was created, say, in July end but actual processing and GR done in August.. So when you calculate variance for July, this error appears. In this case, you can ignore this error
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I am getting following error while running Varience cost through KKS2:
Only remaining var. in version 0 - no target costs for 000001061683 0001
Message no. KV151
Diagnosis
For the calculation of variances with 000001061683 0001, the target costs in target cost version 0 are missing for the following reasons:
There were no planned costs and/or planned quantities (see earlier message).
The quantities on which the planned costs were based are zero in the time period concerned. This may be caused by the fact that no goods receipt for a cost object (such as a product cost collector or production order) has been entered.
This results in target costs of zero.
System response
Because no target costs were calculated, the difference between the
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First check this...
1.Go to t.code OKEV.Select Controlling Area 2222 and create Plan / Target version.
The standard system supplies the following target cost versions:
Target cost version 0 ( total variance)
The amount of the total variance generates a posting in Financial Accounting during settlement.
For this version, select actual costs as the control costs and standard cost estimate as the target costs.
Target cost version 1 ( production variance)
For this version you choose actual costs as the control costs and planned costs as the target costs.
Target cost version 2( planning variance)
With target cost version 2, the costs from the preliminary order cost estimate are interpreted as control costs. For this version, select planned costs as the control costs and current cost estimate as the target costs. You cannot calculate planning variances for the product cost collector.
Target cost version 3 (production variance of the period)
You compare the planned costs of the period calculated on the basis of an alternative material cost estimate (such as a modified standard cost estimate) with the actual costs of the period on the basis of the yield delivered to stock in the period.
2.Also try In CO02 goto cunctions...cost...
3.Go to transaction OKV6 these settings control what values are used to update the target costs.
Target cost comes from the standard price calculated when doing a costing run. Actual costs are costs that you incur during the production order (we can reassign costs during the order so this could be different from the standard price).
Target Costs=Actual Quantitiy X the Standard Cost Estimate Price..
Probably the stand.cost estimate will be missing in ur case...

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Hi
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