Labor Entry

This field displays the transaction date, which is the module accounting date. If you have the appropriate security setup, you can enter a different date or click the Calendar button to select a date from the calendar.

Select a transaction type:

• Select Punch In/Out to record time by capturing start and stop times.

  This option is available if the Allow Entry of Punch In/Out Time check box is selected in Production Management Options.

• Select Labor Entry to enter labor hours for one employee.
• Select Miscellaneous Time to enter time for an employee that is not related to a work ticket but should be included in the employee's pay, such as vacation time.
• Select Labor Crew to enter labor hours for an established group of employees in one transaction.

• Select Labor Cost to enter any charge that should be considered a labor cost but is not related to an employee, for example time for a temporary contractor.

  This option is available if the Dynamic Labor check box in Production Management Options is selected.

Enter the employee number or labor crew. Click the Lookup button to view a lists of employees or labor crews.

The lookup selection depends on the entry in the Transaction Type field.

This field is available if an option other than Labor Cost is selected in the Transaction Type field.

Enter the work ticket number, or click the Lookup button to view a list of work tickets.

This field is available if an option other than Punch In/Out or Miscellaneous Time is selected in the Transaction Type field.

Enter the step number or click the Lookup button to view a list of step numbers for the work ticket.

This field is available if an option other than Punch In/Out or Miscellaneous Time is selected in the Transaction Type field and if the Step Entry check box is not selected for the work ticket's class in Work Ticket Class Maintenance.

Enter the department number or click the Lookup button to view all department numbers.

If the Payroll module is integrated with Production Management and Punch In/Out is selected in the Transaction Type field, you can enter a department number that is different than the department assigned to the employee in Payroll Employee Maintenance. The department number entered will be pulled into the Payroll detail line and used when updating the Payroll Register.

For example, if you're capturing punch in/out time for employee 00-AMES who works in department 15, enter 15 at the Dept No. field. When the Payroll Check Register is updated, the posting will use department 15 and its general ledger accounts, instead of the employee's assigned department 00.

Use the default earnings code or enter a different one. Click the Lookup button to view a list of all earnings codes.

The default earnings code comes from one of three places: 

• If a work ticket has been entered, the Default Earnings Code field in Activity Code Maintenance is the default entry.
• The default earnings code entered in Employee Maintenance.
• Earnings code 000001 is the default code if a default earnings code is not available for the selected activity code.

You must have the appropriate security setup to change the default code in this field.

This field is available for all transaction types other than Labor Cost.

This field displays the start date and can only be viewed.

This field works differently depending on the transaction type and the selection in the Capture Start/End Times field in Production Management Options.

• If Yes is selected, either accept the default time or enter the start time to punch in.

  Enter A to indicate A.M. or P to indicate P.M.

  For example, type 745A for 7:45 A.M. or type 5P for 5:00 P.M. The start time can also be entered using a 24-hour time format.

• If Only capture, no edits allowed is selected, the computer's system time is used as the start time. If you have the appropriate security setup, you can change the start time.
• If No is selected, this field is not available.

Enter the ending date for this entry.

This field works differently depending on the selection in the Capture Start/End Times field in Production Management Options.

• If Yes is selected, either accept the default time or enter the end time to punch out.

  Enter A to indicate A.M. or P to indicate P.M.

  For example, type 745A for 7:45 A.M. or type 5P for 5:00 P.M. The start time can also be entered using a 24-hour time format.

• If Only capture, no edits allowed is selected, the computer's system time is used as the end time. If you have the appropriate security setup, you can change the end time.
• If No is selected, this field is not available.

Select this check box to automatically enter the current system time as the end time and calculate the hours worked.

This field is available if: 

• "Capture Only no edit allowed" is selected in the Capture Start/End Times in Labor Entry.
• The End Time field does not contain a time.
• The line is not a labor cost entry.

Enter the hours worked for the selected work ticket step.

The number of hours is rounded based on the increment entered in the Minimum Hourly Increment field in Production Management Options.

If you select Labor Crew as the transaction type and enter the hours worked, a separate Labor Entry line is automatically created for each crew member after entering the hours.

If either Yes or Only Capture, No Edits Allowed is selected in the Capture Start/End Times field in Production Management Options, this field displays the hours worked based on the start and end times and can only be viewed.

Also this field is available only for the following transaction types: Labor Entry, Miscellaneous Time, Labor Cost, and, and Labor Crew.

Enter the number of finished goods that were completed for the selected step.

This field is available for Labor Entry transactions if the Track Completed Quantities check box is selected in Work Ticket Class Maintenance for the work ticket class assigned to the selected work ticket.

This field displays the employee name for Punch In/Out, Labor Entry and Miscellaneous Time transactions, and it can only be viewed.

Enter an activity code or click the Lookup button to list all activity codes. The default activity is based on the selected step number, but it can be changed.

This field is available for the following transaction types: Labor Entry, Labor Crew, Labor Cost.

This field displays the description for the activity code and can only be viewed.

Enter a work center or click the Lookup button to view all work centers.

The default work center is based on the selected step number or the activity code that was entered to replace the default in the Activity Code field.

You can enter a work center only if it's associated with the activity code entered in the Activity Code field. Work centers are associated with activity codes when they are set up in Activity Code Maintenance.

This field is available for the following transaction types: Labor Entry, Labor Crew, Labor Cost.

This field displays the work center description and can only be viewed.

Enter a description of the work completed by the employee or crew.

This field is available if the Capture Description of Work Performed check box is selected in Production Management Options.

This field displays the status code assigned to the selected work ticket step and can only be viewed.

This field displays the description of the status code assigned to the selected work ticket step and can only be viewed

This field displays status comment assigned to the selected work ticket step and can only be viewed.

Enter a status code for the step. Click the Lookup button to list all status codes.

This field displays the description of the new status code and can only be viewed.

Enter a comment for the status code. This field is available only if you entered a code in the New Status Code field.

This field displays the work ticket description and can only be viewed.

This field displays the current step description and can only be viewed.

This field displays the crew description for Labor Crew transaction types and can only be viewed.

This field displays the earnings code description and can only be viewed.

This field displays the department description for Labor Entry, Labor Crew, and Miscellaneous transactions and can only be viewed.

This field displays the quantity completed for the selected step and can only be viewed.

This field appears when the Track Completed Quantities check box is selected in Work Ticket Class Maintenance for the work ticket class assigned to the selected work ticket.