What is Budjet, Profit, Work and Cost center means?

Hi Guys,
Can u explain Budjet center, Profit center, Work center and Cost center? Also if i miss any other center like these!
What is the functionality of each in business point of view?
If possible with an example:-)
Thanks,
Vinod.

Hi.
Please use a search enginge before aksing here. BTW: If you use a search engine perhaps it is advisable to write 'budget' instead of budjet.
And before I forget this I would like to point out that your question is not related to ABAP. Therefore this forum is not the right place to ask it anyway...
Thread will be locked.
Jan Stallkamp
Edited by: Jan Stallkamp on Jul 23, 2008 1:18 PM

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Newphama Calesta wrote:
hi,
> thanks.
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> 1 Anyway, is it possible that we debit cost center when the material is consumed in the cost center?
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> 2 What about direct labour cost? It is coming from the cost center where the worker is reported. so how can we relate direct labour and cost center?
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> 3
> Sorry, I do not understand the statement in bold.
> Need your help to explain a bit.
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>
> thanks
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