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Settlement & Allocation
Cost collected on a collector has to reach where it belongs before the period can close, and an indirect cost center’s cost has to reach a productive one.
In Accounting → Close & Compliance · 8 screens
| Screen | Kind | What it is | Columns | Fields | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlement Rules | List | Where cost on a collector goes, and in what proportion. A period closed over unsettled orders leaves cost stranded forever. | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| Settlement Runs | Read-only list | Cost moved off collectors to where it belongs. Anything the rules do not apportion is reported rather than silently stranded. | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Allocation Cycles | List | Distribution keeps the original cost element; assessment rolls it into one secondary element. The first is honest, the second is readable, and every controlling department argues about which. | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Allocation Segments | List | Who sends, who receives, and what splits between them. Anything less than a 100% sender share leaves a residue on the sender, which is sometimes right and usually a mistake. | 10 | 16 | 0 |
| Fixed Allocation Split | List | Where a driver is not appropriate: 40% to production, 35% to sales, 25% to admin, because that is what the board agreed. | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Allocation Runs | Read-only list | A residue above the threshold means the iteration gave up before converging, and the cost left over is stranded on the sender — so the run says so rather than letting it disappear. | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Cost Drivers | List | What causes the cost. Headcount and floor area are statistical keys; purchase orders raised, setups performed and inspections carried out are activity-based drivers. | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Driver Values | List | The driver’s value per receiver per period — a statistical key by any other name. | 7 | 6 | 0 |