Labor Cost Analysis (PPT6)

This topic describes the information that displays in the detail tables of the Project Labor Cost Analysis screen for the Cost report type. Ngative variances display in favor of either actuals or budgets, depending on how Report Variances in Favor of is configured on the Display tab of Planning » Administration »Administration Controls » Configuration Settings (MAM10). If configured in favor of Actuals and actual costs are higher than budgeted costs, the variance displays as negative. The opposite is true if budgeted costs are higher than actual costs, and the variance displays as positive. However, for either Budgets or Actuals, profit and revenue variances are always opposite to the cost calculation.

Labor Cost Analysis Details

This table displays total labor costs by employee.

Column Headings

Description

Description

This column reflects your labor account descriptions, your direct cost account descriptions, and your indirect cost account descriptions.

ITD Cost

This column displays cost from the date the project started to the date the report is run.

Commit Cost

The numbers in this column reflect unposted labor and the unfulfilled amounts from open purchase orders.

Month/Year

Begins with the current month and shows data back six months.

Labor Cost Analysis Combined Details

This table displays labor cost totals for all projects charged to employees.

Column Headings

Description

Project ID

This column displays the project ID.

Title

This information is brought in from Contract Master.

Manager

The names are brought in from the Project Manager field in Contract Master.

ITD Cost

This column displays cost from the date the project started to the date the report is run.

Commit Cost

The numbers in this column reflect unposted labor and the unfulfilled amounts from open purchase orders.

Month/Year

Begins with the current month and shows data back six months.

Labor Cost Analysis Project Details

This table displays labor cost totals for all projects charged to employees.

Column Headings

Description

Project ID

This column displays the project ID.

Title

This information is brought in from Contract Master.

Manager

The names are brought in from the Project Manager field in Contract Master.

ITD Cost

This column displays cost from the date the project started to the date the report is run.

Commit Cost

The numbers in this column reflect unposted labor and the unfulfilled amounts from open purchase orders.

Month/Year

Begins with the current month and shows data back six months.