Configure Luminous cost rules to auto-resolve manufacturing service fees on work orders and extra costs on generated purchase orders.

Collection: Work Orders: Admin Setup
Priority: P1

Who this is for

Account administrators configuring automated pricing for co-manufacturing fees, tariffs, freight, and other conditional costs.

Before you begin

  • Module prerequisites
  • Cost rules feature enabled for your tenant (manufacturing fee auto-resolve uses feature flag red-DV-3980 or equivalent cost rules integration)

Two cost rule use cases in Work Orders

1. Manufacturing service fee (work order level)

When creating a work order or production run, Luminous can auto-resolve the Service Fee (per unit) from cost rules based on:

  • Co-manufacturer vendor
  • Finished good SKU
  • Planned quantity (tier matching)

The resolved fee is baked into assembly order unit cost when production completes.

See How is manufacturing service fee included in unit cost?

2. Extra costs on generated purchase orders

When generating POs from BOM shortages, cost rules can add extra cost line items (tariffs, freight, handling) as separate PO lines. These flow to your accounting integration.

In the Generate PO preview, click Preview Cost Rules to see which rules will apply.

See What are cost rules on a generated purchase order?

Steps

1. Open Cost Rules

Navigate to Inventory → Inventory Admin → Cost Rules and click Create Cost Rule.

2. Create manufacturing service fee rules

Create rules that match your co-manufacturer pricing tiers:

  • Condition: Vendor + SKU + quantity range
  • Action: Set unit price / fee amount

3. Create PO extra cost rules

Create rules for raw material purchasing extras:

  • Condition: Vendor, product category, origin country, etc.
  • Action: Add fee line (tariff, freight, etc.)

4. Verify on work order create

Create a test work order. Confirm the Service Fee field auto-populates and shows a cost rule indicator. You can reset to the rule price if manually overridden.

5. Verify on Generate PO preview

Generate a test PO from a work order shortage. Confirm Preview Cost Rules shows expected extra lines.

What happens next

Ops teams see accurate service fees on production runs (By Product view) and correct PO totals when purchasing (Generate purchase orders).

Still stuck?

Contact support for cost rule configuration assistance — include the vendor, SKU, and quantity tier that should match.