cost center/work cost center

[Former Member]

What is the difference between work cost cneter and cost center(cost center capture the cost via cost elements).but what abour work cost centers,

[Former Member]

Dear Madhu,

COST CENTER INFORMATION:

Cost Center (KS01 - Create, KS02 - Change, KS03 - Display)

Definition of a Cost Center:

Master data and Configuration settings found in Controlling...

"An organizational unit within a controlling area that represents a defined location of cost incurrence."

The definition can be based on:

Functional requirements

Allocation criteria

Physical location

Responsibility for costs

WORK CENTER INFORMATION:

The following is information on how to create a work center and use it. If you need further information simply hit F1 Help in the application to explain the use of the main fields.

Work Center (CR01 - Create, CR02 - Change, CR03 - Display)

Using the data maintained for a work center, you can

- Determine which machines or people are to be used in the operations

- Calculate costs, capacities and dates for the operations

Transaction: OP42 - Allows you to Configure the default value for Work Center during the initial creation.

After creating many work center in the Routing, the users might want to check what materials and components allocation have been updated with this work center. You can used this program [Work Center in Routing - Search through all the routing for the material and component allocation used (|http://www.sap-basis-abap.com/abap008.htm]).

The standard program transaction CA80, checks where the work center was used in the routing. However, it did not list the components allocation for the work center.

Pooled Capacity field - When a production order 1234567 has the capacity requirement on its work center Wxxxxx. It means it has the requirement on pooled capacity Pxxxxx. If more than one work center shared this pooled capacity, the requirement (transaction CM01) will be shown on all the work center with the SAME shared pooled capacity.

I hope this helps to clarify the purpose of the Cost Center and Work Center and how they can be used.

Kind Regards,

Brendan

[iklovski]

Hi,

Work centre is a logistic entity (used in PM or PP, for example) while cost centre is a CO object for costs collecting. You can link work centre to a cost centre. Work centre is used to manage capacities, scheduling, tasks, etc.

Regards,

Eli