Notes about purchased parts

You can specify that a component is a purchased part in several places within aPriori, including the Purchased checkbox in the Administrative Info areas of the Cost Object Info dialog, the Cost Guide, and the Bulk Loader, as well as the mapped Purchased field in the BOM Loader. Parts designated as "purchased parts" will be reflected as material costs for the assemblies in which they are included. This means the cost breakdown will match typical customer cost accounting practices. The full detailed cost breakdown for the purchased part still can be viewed by opening the individual component. In aPriori releases earlier the 2014 R1, the behavior of this feature could differ depending upon where it was set, but now the behavior is standardized throughout the product. For purchased parts:

• material cost = piece part cost (PPC)

• all costs which are used for PPC calculation except % margin are zeroed out, but only for the component level

• fully burdened cost = piece part cost + total amortized investment

• rolling up costs is only available if a purchased component is inside an assembly or any other container. Otherwise it is a regular part/assembly.

Note: In aPriori Release 2015 R1, the BOM Loader re-introduced the option of aggregating purchased part costs through a new checkbox. By default, the BOM Loader simply maps the Purchased Flag column to the Purchased Part checkbox specified in Administrative Info.