COST ADJUSTMENT
The main purpose of cost adjustment is to forward cost changes from cost sources to cost recipients, according to an
item’s costing method, to provide correct inventory valuation.
An item can be sales invoiced before it has been purchase invoiced, so that the recorded inventory value of the sale does not match the actual purchase cost. Cost adjustment updates the cost of goods sold (COGS) for historic sales entries to ensure that they match the costs of the inbound transactions to which they are applied. For more information, see Item Application.
The following are secondary purposes, or functions, of cost adjustment: