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                The 
                  Cost Generation module is designed to establish and maintain 
                  standard cost data for each item. This allows for a full simulation 
                  of all costs for review and approval before any update to standard 
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                Maintains 
                  frozen, current, last actual, weighed average, and new costs 
                  for material, labor, and overhead  | 
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                Maintains 
                  multiple labor grades and overhead rates for each Operation 
                  within a work center | 
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                Applies 
                  percentage increases or decreases through cost specifications 
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                Performs 
                  Bill of Material reconciliation for all or a selected range 
                  of items  | 
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                Produces 
                  error report identifying conditions which may require corrections 
                  before cost adjustments  | 
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                Material, 
                  labor, and overhead costs are determined using Bill of Material 
                  and Routing. The Bill of Material is extended by quantity per 
                  to calculate the material cost. The routing operations within 
                  each work center establish the labor costs. | 
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                Reconciles 
                  the labor and overhead costs based on routings, Work centers, 
                  and labor grades with item master costs and print variance  | 
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                Generates 
                  labor and overhead costs for a single item, a specified range 
                  of items, or all items based on routing | 
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                Calculates 
                  standard costs automatically by the system or by manual override 
                  on specific items  | 
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                Generates 
                  costs for one or more items with either single or multi-level 
                  explosions  | 
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                Uses 
                  system-generated costs to update frozen and/or current standard 
                  costs  | 
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