Secondary cost element........

Hi,
Is it necessary to create number of activities = to number of secondary cost element.
or
only one cost element is enough for all activities for posting to cost center.
Regards,
Imran

Dear,
Secondary Cost Element
When cost element carries cost with in CO, then they are called secondary cost element.
Example.... - Take Product Costing
On manufacture of the goods the cost of the above product (production order) is arrived at accumulating material cost + operational cost + overheads (%), additive cost if any.
The cost of operation is accumulated in cost centre be it production / production service / service cost centres, while booking FI entries.
Those operational cost has to be allocated to production order based on operational activities carried on and its cost involved in it. Those operation activities in CO are termed as activity types and has to link the same in KP26 with rates and cost centre (ie., sender cost centre and receiver production order).
In order to find the production order cost, the allocation of cost from sender cost centre to production order for the operational activities carried on and its cost associated with it, have to be loaded, hence in CO the cost centre allocate that portion of operational cost to production order, and this cost is carried by a cost element (since there are no FI involvement and entries are flowing within CO by crediting sender cost centre and debiting receiver production order a cost element has to be created.... say "Operational Cost - Activity" the entry will be
Operational Cost - Activity (Production Order) Dr Rs.XX
To Operational Cost - Activity (Cost Centre) Cr Rs.XX
The entries are with in CO. And the cost element created is secondary since it does not has an link with GL Account in FI correspondingly.
In CO the production order and cost centre are co object including but not limited to.
and further notes and configs see below link.
http://www.copacustomhelp.state.pa.us/infopak/nav/finance/controlling/301/index.htm
Hope clear to you.
Regards,
R.Brahmankar

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Cost element that is used to allocate costs for internal activities.
Most often used categories are
21 Internal settlement
(When ever an order is settled e.g internal order settling to cost center through this type of cost elements)
31 Order/project results analysis
(WIP in production orders are calculated and posted using this category)
41 Overheads
(Used in costing sheet to do an overhead allocation)
42 Assessment
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43 Internal activity allocation
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Dear SAP consultant
After run settlement cycles we going to display reports for secondary
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Edited by: Rob Burbank on Jan 12, 2011 4:12 PM

hi
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production factors that are sourced externally. Secondary cost elements arise
through the consumption of production factors that are provided internally.
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Financial Accounting.
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thank you

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