The following are some of the functions of the "Calculations" framework:

• Product cost calculation
  • Determination of an item’s manufacturing costs (total production cost)
  • Based on the production master data: bills of material, routings, production processes, and similar
  • Cost distribution for co-products and by-products
  • Input includes configuration characteristics from a configuration linked via the cost unit, based on product configuration rules
  • Basis for cost determination
    • Cost centers with time-dependent cost unit rates for each service type
    • For each service type, up to five different cost unit rates may be used (three freely definable plus budget and actual costs)
    • Operation line items are linked with service types
    • Resources are linked with cost centers
    • Valuation prices for materials: five billing prices, inventory count price, and the calculated average price
  • Preliminary calculation also based on orders or quotes
  • Production order calculation
  • Final calculation
• Calculation cockpit
• Calculation results for complex analyses and evaluations available
• Trade cost calculations
  • Simulation of prices
  • Determination of sales prices based on purchase prices or
  • Determination of purchase prices based on sales prices
• Calculations may be
  • direct for one item
  • for all items, or
  • for instance, via an item classification for item assortments
• Freely definable calculation schemas as the foundation for all cost calculations
  • Calculation rules may be defined for many different industries
  • Powerful formulas facilitate indepth calculations within the calculation schemas
  • Variant and alternative calculations
  • For product cost calculations
    • Setting the valuation price and the cost unit rate to apply
    • Calculation results or interim results can, if desired, be entered automatically into the valuation price determination for the item being calculated
    • For a configuration based on product configuration rules, the individual sales price and cost of goods can be calculated and entered automatically into the sales order or sales quotation line item
  • For trade cost calculations: Via variables, additional information is available, such as the minimum net margin to be achieved, procurement costs, or cash discount rates
• Calculation comparisons