PO Costs & Landed Cost
Extra costs, cost rules, allocation methods, and landed cost — adding freight, duty, and component costs to POs, shipments, and receipts, and understanding how they flow into inventory value.
Articles
- Automatically add freight, duty, and handling charges to purchase orders
- Choosing an allocation method for an extra cost: units, value, weight, or volume
- Estimated landed cost vs actual landed cost — what's the difference and when does each apply?
- Handling per-item component costs (scoops, labels, packaging) on purchase orders
- Set up volume discounts and tiered supplier pricing with cost rules
- Should an extra cost count toward the PO total? (the "Add as fee" option)
- The freight invoice arrived after I received the goods — now what?
- Using Cost Rules in Luminous
- Where did this charge come from? Auditing extra costs on POs and shipments
- Where to enter extra costs: PO vs shipment vs receiving report
- Why doesn't my inventory cost match my PO price?