Introduces the principles of cost management in production and explains how organisations structure cost information across manufacturing processes.
Programme Overview
This self-paced programme is delivered by our expert Bartosz Tyrała. Manufacturing organisations use ERP systems to structure, allocate, and interpret cost information across production processes. Without a clear understanding of how ERP organises cost data, business processes and production orders are difficult to manage with financial precision. This programme introduces the fundamentals of cost management in ERP and explains how cost centres, production orders, and unit product costs are structured and calculated. Covering nine modules, the programme moves from ERP integration and business process foundations through to cost transparency and real-world production application, before concluding with a knowledge check and reflection.
Programme Structure
Key Module 1: Foundations of Cost Management in Production
Key Module 2: ERP Systems: Integration and Business Process Overview
Explains how ERP systems integrate business processes and how cost management is represented within system-wide structures.
Key Module 3: Key ERP Components for Cost Management
Introduces key ERP components used in cost management and explains how system elements structure cost data and relationships.
Key Module 4: Structuring Cost Centres and Production Orders in ERP
Explains how cost centres and production orders are defined and how they structure cost allocation in ERP environments.
Key Module 5: Cost Allocation: Linking Cost Centres to Production Orders
Explains how costs are allocated between cost centres and production orders and how these relationships are represented in ERP systems.
Key Module 6: Calculating Unit Product Costs Using ERP Data Systems
Introduces how unit costs are calculated and explains how ERP data is used to represent cost structures for products.
Key Module 7: Enhancing Cost Transparency and Profitability with ERP
Explains how ERP systems represent cost transparency and how cost information is structured to support understanding of production costs.
Key Module 8: Applying ERP Cost Management in Real-World Production
Explains how ERP cost management concepts are described in production contexts and how costing structures appear in operational environments.
Key Module 9: Knowledge Check and Reflection
Provides a structured review of key concepts and supports understanding of ERP cost management terminology and frameworks.
Outcome and Impact
Business Outcomes
Learners understand ERP-based cost management concepts, recognise how cost centres, orders and allocations structure cost data, and explain how manufacturing costs are represented through ERP systems.
Is this right for you?
Suitable for organisations introducing ERP cost management, or teams in manufacturing, finance and operations, that need to understand how ERP systems structure, record and represent production costs.
Programme Impact
The programme creates a shared understanding of ERP cost management concepts, supporting clearer communication and consistent interpretation of structured costing data for manufacturing organisations.