2463391 - Material Cost Estimate Is Not Considering the Number of Resources Maintained in the Released Execution Model - SAP Business ByDesign

• A Material Cost Estimate has been executed, and for a certain Service ID valuated it's understood that the Result (Cost Estimate) is not correct.
• The expectation is that the calculated Result to be multiplied by the Number of Resources maintained for the respective resource in the Released Execution Model, but this didn't happen.

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1. Go to Inventory Valuation work center.
2. Go to Material Cost Estimates view.
3. Search for the respective material and click over its Cost Estimate Result.

• Under Service Items section, for a certain Service ID it's understand that the Result calculated is not correct.
• The expectation is the Result to be multiplied by the Number of Resources defined for the Resource ID concerned in the Released Execution Model (REM).

For example:

• In the Material Cost Estimate there's a service valuated with Valuation Method Service Cost Rate where the cost rate is 20,00 USD/h.
• Following a REM where the Number of Resources = 30 for the respective resource and Variable Duration of 00:05:00, the expectation is that the service cost estimate to be 20,00 USD/h (cost rate) * 2,5h (variable duration multiplied by number of resources, in hours) * 30 (number of resources) = 1.500,00 USD.
• However, the calculation done is different. The service cost estimate calculated is only 20,00 USD/h (cost rate) * 2,5h (variable duration multiplied by number of resources, in hours) = 50,00 USD.

• Using the previous example, the system considers that each resource will work for 5 minutes, and that together they will work for 150 minutes (2,5 hours), and not that each resource will work alone for 150 minutes (2,5 hours).
• This is why the Result is not multiplied by 30 again.

The system behaves as expected and the Material Cost Estimate is correct.

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