Creating burden codes and types
Use this procedure to add and
maintain burdens for a production facility. Burdens must be set up before they can be used on
a finished goods template or added to a work order.
- Select Manage Work Orders.
- Open a work order record.
- On the Burdenstab, click Create.
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Specify this information:
- Burden Code
- Specify a burden code to identify burden costs and rates. The information is used to determine costs that are associated with a production process. The costs are in addition to inventory item costs.
- Flat Amount
- Specify the estimated amount for flat amount burden.
- Amount Per Unit
- Specify the estimated amount per unit in the calculation of per finished good burdens and per burden unit burdens.
- Alternate UOM
- Select an alternate unit of measure to calculate burden cost for a finished good.
- Quantity
- Specify a quantity label to describe the measurement for amount per burden unit burdens.
- Multiplier
- Specify a multiplier label to describe the measurement for amount per burden unit burdens.
- Percent
- Specify the estimated percentage along with inventory cost for the calculation of percentage of inventory cost burdens.
- Vendor
- Select a vendor code that the burden is associated with.
- Click Save.