Use Cost Element Maintenance (30.17.1) to set up separate cost elements for logistics charges in the GL cost sets assigned to sites that receive purchased items. The cost elements must be in the Material or Overhead cost category. See QAD Costing User Guide for more information on cost elements and product costing.

Create a cost element for each logistics charge you want to accrue. For example, you could create separate cost elements for domestic freight and overseas freight, or create only one cost element for freight. Associate logistics cost elements with individual logistics charge codes in Logistics Charge Code Maintenance (2.15.1).

In the corresponding current cost sets, add the same logistics cost elements in the same cost category only when Costing Method is set to Last in Cost Set Maintenance (30.1). When the last cost method is used, the system can update current logistics costs when pending invoices are matched in receiver matching. When the costing method is Average or None, logistics costs are not updated in the current cost set.