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# Checking Inventory Margins

Review costs and margins on posted Item Ledger Entries.

Bevica gives you the ability to check costs and margins against posted movements (**Item Ledger Entries**) for **Inventory** Items. This can be used to see operational costs and revenues held against stock and spot discrepancies easily. All movements have **Unit Cost** calculated, in addition, **Sales** movements have sales related fields available.

See also [Checking Sales Margins](/documentation/reporting-and-analytics/reporting_in_bevica_-_overview/checking_sales_line_margins.md).

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**Prerequisites**

Item Ledger Entry records.
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### Item Ledger Entry fields

| Field                           | Note                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Unit Cost                       | Calculated field showing cost per base unit. ((Cost Amount (Actual)+Cost Amount (Expected)) /Quantity).                                                                          |
| Cost Amount (Actual)            | The movement's total invoiced cost amount.                                                                                                                                       |
| Cost Amount (Expected)          | The movement's total shipped cost amount.                                                                                                                                        |
| Cost Amount (Non-Inventoriable) | The movement's total non-inventoriable cost amount. These are typically costs posted against sales documents, i.e. via an Item Charge or Bevica Additional Charge functionality. |
| Unit Price                      | Calculated field showing cost per base unit. ((Sales Amount (Actual)+Sales Amount (Expected)) /Quantity).                                                                        |
| Sales Amount (Actual)           | The movement's total invoiced sales amount.                                                                                                                                      |
| Sales Amount (Expected)         | The movement's total shipped sales amount.                                                                                                                                       |
| Unit Cash Margin                | Calculated field showing the unit cash margin.                                                                                                                                   |
| Line Cash Margin                | Calculated field showing the line cash margin.                                                                                                                                   |
| Margin %                        | Calculated field: ((total sales amount - total cost amount) / total sales amount) \* 100).                                                                                       |

The Item Ledger displays all figures in Local currency.

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**Note**

**Cost Amounts** and **Sales Amounts** values against Item Ledger Entries can change, if for example, a purchase invoice is posted with an amended value or an Item Ledger Entry is revalued. The Item Ledger details reflect this change.
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