Variable Material/Variable Material Overhead Rate
Enter the variable material overhead rate for the current item or job materials. For example, if you apply a 2% rate, the value you must enter in this field is "0.020."
Variable costs fluctuate according to volume changes. Manufacturing supplies and freight charges are examples of variable costs. These costs are applied to material as you issue the materials.
This field defaults from the Product Codes form, but it may be overwritten on the Production Schedule Item Materials or Production Schedule Release Materials forms.
Once entered, this field displays the variable material overhead rate for the current item.
On the Estimate Materials form, you can only update this field when the Rev Track field on the Items form is selected. If the Rev Track field is selected, you can update this field via an ECN.