Moving Averge Cost Method

Dears,
I would like to use the Moving Average Cost Method at OPM,
Moving Average Cost Method from Costing Point of View ,it Calculates the Average Cost for every transaction and Post the Transaction Journal with the new cost one by one at the average cost calculated due to every transaction.
Moving Average Cost Method from Oracle Point of View (PMAC),it Calculates the Average Cost for all transactions at the period , get one average cost and Post the all Transactions Journals with the only one cost (which calculated against all transactions).
How can i get the first way at Oracle
Regards
for more explanation please advise

OPM allows third cost method - Lot Costing. You have to figure out if this suites to your requirement.

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