How to: Set Up Initial Item Costs

When you set up Microsoft Dynamics NAV, you must enter information about item costs that occurred before you began using Microsoft Dynamics NAV in your organization.

In the Before Start Item Cost window, you can enter information about inventory items, such as component costs, routing costs, and overhead costs.

To set up initial item costs

  1. In the Search field, enter Before Start Item Cost, and then select the related link.

  2. On the Home tab, choose New.

  3. Enter information into the required fields. This includes the Starting Date, Purchase Quantity, Purchase Amount, Production Quantity, and Production Amount fields.

  4. Choose the OK button.

The entries in this window will be used to calculate the average year cost. For more information, see Item Cost History List and Calculate End Year Costs.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Set Up Fiscal Inventory Valuation

Reference

Before Start Item Cost
Item Cost History List
Calculate End Year Costs

Concepts

Fiscal Inventory Valuation

Other Resources

Average Cost
Inventory Setup