Work Center
Enter the work center code for the work center to add or maintain, or click the Lookup button to list all work centers. A new work center can be added on the fly. A window similar to the Work Center Maintenance window appears; some nonessential fields are omitted to speed data entry. Access Work Center Maintenance at a later time to complete the remaining entries for the new code.
Operation Code
Enter the operation code for the operation to assign to the specified work center, or click the Lookup button to list all operation codes. You can use up to five alphanumeric characters to identify each operation code.
Note You will not be able to exit without entering at least one operation code.
Entry Sample
Description
Type the description for this operation.
Run Time Format
Select the format to use for calculating operation run time.
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Select Hours/Operation to calculate operation run time in terms of hours per operation; select this option if it takes more than an hour to complete one operation.
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Select Lot to calculate operation run time as a fixed amount of time per lot (for example, a setup operation); select this option if an operation always takes a fixed amount of time.
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Select Operations/Hour to calculate operation run time in terms of operations per hour; select this option if you complete more than one operation per hour.
Ignore Queue Time
Select this check box to ignore any scheduled queue time assigned to this work center in Work Center Maintenance for this operation. Clear this check box to accept the queue time assigned to this work center for this operation. Queue time is not used in the calculation of the time required to complete an actual work order step. Queue time is used during the scheduling process. The setting in this field will be the default in Routing Maintenance and Work Order Entry.
Planned Cost
Type the standard rate per hour and/or rate per piece to charge for this operation. You can enter either rate or both rates. For example, you can charge $20.00 per hour for a machine plus $0.05 per piece.
If the Charge Labor at Employee Rate check box is selected for the work center in the Work Center Maintenance window, the rate per hour entered here is used only to calculate the planned cost. Actual cost is calculated using the rate entered in the Standard Labor Rate field in the Production Employee Maintenance window.
Note The rate per piece does not apply when Lot is selected in the Run Time Format field. The cost for Lot run time is based on the hours per lot entered in the work order; only the rate per hour applies.
Note This field is normally used only for labor or machine operations. You can leave these fields blank for outside process steps because the standard rate(s) can vary from work order to work order based on individual bids.
Entry Sample
Planned Cost Divisor
Type the divisor to use to determine the actual rate per hour and/or rate per piece to apply for the operation.
Example
If your planned cost rate is typically $1.50 per 1000 pieces, enter the planned cost rate as 1.50 per piece and a planned cost divisor of 1000. This applies $0.0015 per piece when the operation is processed.
Fixed Overhead
Type the fixed overhead rates to charge. Fixed overhead can be used to allocate factory overhead costs that do not vary with the level of production, such as rent and taxes.
Variable Overhead
Type the variable overhead rates to charge. Variable overhead can be used to allocate overhead costs that vary with the level of production, such as electricity and other utilities.
Note Overhead can be applied to labor, material, and/or outside processing costs. By applying overhead based on hours, overhead is applied on labor only. By applying overhead based on cost, overhead is applied to labor costs plus any material and outside processing costs applied to this line.
Copy Work Center
Enter the work center code from which to copy information, or click the Lookup button to list all work center codes. This field is available only if Operation Code Maintenance is accessed on the fly.
Copy Operation Code
Enter the operation code from which to copy information, or click the Lookup button to list all operation codes. This field is available only if Operation Code Maintenance is accessed on the fly.
Operation Code Maintenance
