Understand consignment costs
The Costs action on the Consignment page shows cost lines linked to a consignment line. Each record represents a cost entry derived from a cost template and is identified by a combination of trade plan and item charge. The page shows costs across three value types: Expected (planned costs), Actual (invoiced or posted costs), and Consignment (the value used to determine the cost for the consignment based on the Cost Application Method field value).
If a cost template is defined in the Consignment Cost Template field on the Grower Return Setup page, the system considers only those item charges and trade plans when creating consignment cost lines.
If no template is defined, the system shows all item charges and trade plans posted to the item ledger entries in the consignment trace.
For more information, see Set up grower returns.
On the Consignment Costs page, you can view the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Trade Plan Code | Specifies the code of the trade plan that was defined in the cost template associated with the consignment cost line. |
| Trade Plan Description | Specifies the description of the trade plan. |
| Item Charge No. | Specifies the number of item charge that was defined in the cost template associated with the consignment cost line. |
| Item Charge Description | Specifies the description of the item charge number. |
| Work Centre | Specifies the work centre associated with this consignment cost line. This field is filled for production cost lines, where costs are sourced from capacity ledger entries rather than item charges. For production cost lines, the Item Charge No. field is blank. For more information, see Understand production costs in settlements. |
| Deduction Method | Specifies the method that is used to determine where to populate the costs associated with the cost template. In case no consignment cost template was setup on the Grower Return Setup page, the deduction method Actual if one exists will be applied by default. |
| Cost Application Method | Specifies which value should be used to fill the Cost Amount (Consignment) field. When set to Expected, the value of the Cost Amount (Expected) field is used. When set to Actual the value of the Cost Amount (Actual) field is used. When set to Actual if one exists: if the same cost — for example, a trade plan cost with Accrual Type set to Actual Cost — has been applied more than once and at least one of those postings has been invoiced, the invoiced (actual) amount from that one posting is used as the entire Cost Amount (Consignment) value, instead of summing the individual postings; if none of the postings have been invoiced yet, the Cost Amount (Expected) value is used for the whole cost instead. When set to Actual if exists, unlike Actual if one exists, each individual cost posting is evaluated separately — using its actual amount if it has been invoiced, otherwise its expected amount — and these values are summed across all postings; when the cost is split across multiple purchase documents, this means the sum of the actual (invoiced) amount for documents already invoiced and the expected amount for documents not yet invoiced is used. The selected option is derived from the associated cost template. |
| Cost Amount (Expected) | Specifies the total amount of cost that was expected for this consignment cost line calculated as the sum of all consignment detail lines of type Cost and subtype Expected. |
| Cost Amount (Actual) | Specifies the total amount of cost that was invoiced for this consignment cost line or posted as a standard cost without invoice calculated as the sum of all consignment detail lines of type Cost and subtype Actual. |
| Cost Amount (Consignment) | Specifies the value for this specific cost that is to be reported to the vendor(s). The value used depends on the field, Cost Application Method. When it is set to Expected, the value of the Cost Amount (Expected) field is used. When set to Actual the value of the Cost Amount (Actual) field is used. When set to Actual if one exists: if the same cost has been applied more than once and at least one of those postings has been invoiced, the invoiced (actual) amount from that one posting is used as the entire value, instead of summing the individual postings; if none of the postings have been invoiced yet, the Cost Amount (Expected) value is used for the whole cost instead. When set to Actual if exists, unlike Actual if one exists, each individual cost posting is evaluated separately — using its actual amount if it has been invoiced, otherwise its expected amount — and these values are summed across all postings; when the cost is split across multiple purchase documents, this means the sum of the actual (invoiced) amount for documents already invoiced and the expected amount for documents not yet invoiced is used. The selected option is derived from the cost template associated with the consignment cost line. |
| Item Ledger Entry Type | Specifies to what type of item ledger entry the consignment cost line applies to. |
| Order Type | Specifies the order type of the consignment cost line. |
The Cost Details action on the Consignment Cost page shows detailed cost information for individual entries, such as posted accruals and posted purchase invoices.