Use this screen to impose a ceiling on the number of hours, by vendor/by labor category, that are used in the calculation of revenue and billings for a project. These ceilings will be used in the calculation of any "Loaded Labor Hours" formulas. You cannot enter separate hours ceilings for revenue and billings.
Enter ceiling hours here at a vendor/labor category level only. These ceilings are separate from any ceilings that are required at the higher Labor Category level. Entry of ceilings at both levels could cause a conflict.
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Note: Vendor hours ceilings should be placed at the revenue/billing level or below. Hours ceilings above the revenue and billing levels will not be recognized by the Calculate Bills (Projects\Process\Billing) or Compute Revenue (Projects\Process\Revenue) processes. |
Complete this screen after you have done the following: set up the project in the Basic Project Info screen, set up the vendor in the Vendors screen, and set up the PLCs in the Project Labor Categories (PLCs) screen (Projects\Maintain\Labor Categories).
Additional maintenance on this screen is required only if an hours ceiling changes or if a new one is added.
Use the table window in this block to enter ceiling on vendor hours.
Vendor *
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the vendor (subcontractor) to which the ceiling hours apply. The same vendor can appear more than one time in this column, as long as a separate labor category is selected in the Labor Category field.
If you selected the Project Work Force Required checkbox in the Basic Info screen, only vendors set up in the Vend Work Force screen are valid for data entry in this field.
If you selected the Use Top Level Work Force checkbox in the Basic Info screen, only vendors set up in the Vend Work Force at the top level of the project are valid for data entry. Please note that the revenue and billing programs will look at or below the revenue and billing levels for the vendor hours ceilings. The Use Top Level Work Force checkbox in the Basic Info screen does not influence the placement of the ceilings. This checkbox is only for PLC validation and defaulting. Otherwise, all vendors are valid for data entry.
This non-editable field displays the name of each vendor entered in the Vendor field. The vendor name is defined in the Maintain Vendors screen.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the Project Labor Categories (PLCs) to which ceiling hours will be applied.
Before selecting the Project Work Force Required checkbox in the Basic Info screen, you should have already set up the vendor PLC in the Assign PLC to Vendor Work Force screen (subtask of the Vend Work Force screen in Project User Flow) for the project.
You should set up the PLC for the vendor in the Assign PLC to Vendor Work Force screen for the top level of the project before selecting the Project Work Force Required and the Use Top Level Work Force checkboxes in the Basic Info screen.
If you did not select the Project Work Force Required checkbox in the Basic Info screen, any PLC set up in the Project Labor Categories (PLCs) screen (Projects\Maintain\Labor Categories) is valid for data entry.
Enter the ceiling hours for the Vendor/Labor Category combination. Ceiling hours can be a positive number or zero. A blank will be translated to a "0.00" hour ceiling. To ensure that no ceiling hours are imposed for a given combination, make no entry on that row.
* A red asterisk denotes a required field.
Changes to this screen update the VEND_CEIL (Vendor Ceilings) table.
