The cost sheet is a business object in PTC FlexPLM. It exists on products, and it can only exist on products that are associated with both a source and a season. By default, a primary source is designated for all products, and cost sheets for this source can be created for related seasons. Cost sheets are specific to a source and season combination, enabling you to vary costs by source or by season.

The cost of a product produced by a source within a single season can now be managed using multiple active and what if cost sheets. A cost sheet can be created to represent one or many variations of a product. These variations are the same as those used within the bill of materials. You can create an individual cost sheet for each combination of variations, or create a cost sheet that represents multiple variations of the product. For example, you might create a cost sheet for all dark or all light colorways, or for all small or large sizes. There is no limit to how many cost sheets you can create, and if customizations for BOM roll-up are being used, you can control which variation costs are used in cost sheets that represent multiple variations.

All cost sheets can be viewed on the Costing page for the product, as well as in the line sheet. You can selectively view only primary cost sheets, all active cost sheets, or all cost sheets, including what ifs. You can also create views specific to user groups, allowing optimal use of screen space. Additionally, in the line sheet, you can change the primary source for a product, and then continue to edit cost sheet values.