Creating a Department

Use the Departments form to group work centers for applying labor overhead rates and direct labor costs.

  1. Select Actions > New to create a new department.
  2. Enter the appropriate data in the required fields:
    • Department: Specify a six-character unique identifier composed of numbers, characters, or a combination.
      Note:  The system uses the following default account numbers at the production level for posting transactions (for example, job order).
    • Direct Labor Applied Acct: Specify a valid account number for direct labor applied.
    • Fixed Ovhd Applied Acct: Specify a valid account number for fixed overhead applied.
    • Var Ovhd Applied Acct: Specify a valid account number for variable overhead applied.
    • Fix Ovhd Rate: Specify the default fixed overhead rate.
    • Var Ovhd Rate: Specify the default variable overhead rate.
      Note:  The system uses the fixed overhead and variable overhead default rates at the production level; for example, job order.
  3. Select Actions > Save to save the new department.