MAINTAIN LABOR OPERATIONS

Use this screen to define the internal processing operations that are performed within your facilities. You can also load in hourly rates, labor classifications, equipment, and standard text. Labor operations will be referenced on individual routing steps.

Set up this screen before defining individual routing operations and use it whenever additions or changes are required for labor operations.

Labor Operation ID

Enter the new labor operation ID.

Name

Enter the descriptive name of the labor operation.

Operation Type

Use this drop-down box to select the type of operation.

Process Type

Use this drop-down box to select the type of process that is performed by the labor operation.

Default Work Center

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the ID of the work center where the labor operation is typically performed.

Key Resource

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the key resource consumed by the labor operation.

Organization

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the ID of the organization to which the equipment belongs. The organization name is displayed to the right of the Org Abbrev field.

Org Abbrev

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the abbreviation of the organization to which the equipment belongs. This field may display a default abbreviation associated with the organization ID you selected in the Organization field.

Default Unit Run Hours

Enter the number of hours typically required to complete the labor operation for one unit.

Default Run Type

Use this drop-down box to select a default run type. Select "Variable" if run hours are calculated on a per unit basis, or "Fixed" if run hours are not based on order size.

QC Operation

Select this checkbox if this operation is a quality control operation that will require quality control approval in any of the screens in the Shop Floor Control menu in Costpoint Production Control.

SFC Operation

Select this checkbox if this operation requires users to record completion in any of the screens in the Shop Floor Control menu in Costpoint Production Control.

Table Window

Effective Date

Enter the date on which the following rate information will become effective.

Run Labor Hourly Rate

Enter the default hourly labor rate for the labor operation.

Setup Labor Hourly Rate

Enter the hourly labor rate for performing operation setups.

Labor Burden Rate

Enter the target burden rate to be applied to labor dollars expended by the labor operation. A default burden rate will be displayed if it was entered in the Routings Settings screen.

Detail

Select this pushbutton to open the Labor Operation Detail subtask, where you can enter specialized information about the labor operation.

Labor

Select this pushbutton to open the Labor Classification subtask, where you can specify the labor classifications used in the labor operation.

Equipment

Select this pushbutton to open a subtask where you can specify the equipment used by the labor operation.

Text

Select this pushbutton to open the Equipment subtask, where you can attach standard text to the labor operation.

Document

This pushbutton is not available in this version of Costpoint.