Use the Departments form to group work centers
for applying labor overhead rates and direct labor costs.
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Select to create a new
department.
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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.
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Select to save the
new department.