PCS Project Hours (bptmm1170m000)

Use this session to register hours spent on a PCS project.

The hours input comes from:

  • Assignments
    From the appropriate menu, select Use Assignments. See also the Assignments (bpmdm0130m000) session.
  • Manual entry
    Click the New button on the toolbar or, from the File menu, select New.
  • Global registration of hours
  • Distributing team hours
Note
  • If you use a working time schedule, you can enter an amount of hours in the details session. These hours are distributed according to the labor types specified in the Working Time Schedule (tcppl1100m000) session.
  • If you do not want to distribute hours, leave the WTS field empty. Then, the labor type from the transaction type data is defaulted.
Important!

To enter machine hours only, leave the Employee field empty.

 

Year/Period
The year for which you register hours.

The year and the period code identify a unique period.

Period
The identification of a period table. The different periods of a year, including the period number, start date and end date are linked to the period-table code.
WTS
A schedule used to define the number of working hours per day and distribute these hours according to different labor types. As a result, different labor rates can be used for regular time and overtime.
Start Time
The date on which the employee is scheduled to start working on a task, an activity, or an assignment.
End Time
The date on which the employee is scheduled to stop working on a task, an activity, or an assignment.
Labor Type
The classification of work performed, and the time of day at which the work is performed (either normal working hours or overtime). Based on the kind of work and the hour type, you can use labor types to specify surcharges so that LN can calculate the actual labor costs in People.
Employee
The employee's code.
Important!

To enter machine hours only, leave the Employee field empty. Do not enter "0" (zero).

Current View
The unit in which regular time and overtime is expressed.
Note

Overtime is usually booked in hours.

Current View
The regular time accumulated for this view.
Current View
The overtime hours accumulated for this view.
Total
The unit in which regular time and overtime totals are expressed.
Total
The regular time accumulated for this period.
Total
The overtime hours accumulated for this period.
Employment
The unit in which employment is expressed.
Employment
The number of regular hours that an employee works per defined period.
Start Date
The project start date.
End Date
The project end date.
Project (PCS)
A collection of manufacturing and purchasing actions that are performed especially for a particular customer order. A project is initiated by a customer order for items having a To Order order policy. The purpose of a project is to plan and coordinate the production of these items.

For a standard-to-order production, the project is only used to link the item with the customer order. Otherwise, a project can include:

  • Customized item data (BOMs and routings)
  • Project planning (activity planning)

A budget is a special type of project. A budget is used to plan and estimate, not to carry out production.

Activity
An activity that is relevant for the (rough) planning of a project. Activities are used to plan the rough material and capacity requirements of the project. Activities are also used to control the (final) assembly planning of the project.
Task
An activity to manufacture or repair an item. For example, sawing, drilling, or painting.

A task is carried out on a work center, and can be related to a machine.

Machine
In LN, a mechanical object on which operations can be carried out to produce items.

Machines are linked to operation rates. The operation rate and the labor rate together form the basis for the actual costing of production orders.

Overtime
If this check box is selected, the entered labor hours are seen as overtime.

You cannot manually change this setting: it is determined by the labor type used on the time line.

Transaction Status
If the transaction type is Production, Assembly or PCS Project, the transaction status can be one of the following:
  • Active
    The task's start date was entered.
  • Interrupted
    The task's hours registration was suspended.
  • Closed
    The task's end date was entered.

See also Hours Transaction Status.

Note

For all other transaction types, the status is not applicable and only Closed will be displayed.

Line Origin
This field can have one of the following values:
  • Manual
  • Assignment
  • Global Registration
  • Team Hours
  • Backflushing
  • Day-End Hours
  • External
Logon Code
The identification code for the LN user. This code is used for system security.
Transaction Date
The date and time the hours line was created.
App
If this check box is selected, the hours of this line were approved.
Processed
If this check box is selected, the hours of this line were processed to Financials.
Text
If this check box is selected, a text is present.

 

Direct Processing
Use this command to process hours without closing the session.
Approve Hours
Use this command to approve a selected range of hours transactions.

This command is only available if, in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session, the appropriate Approval Required check box is selected.

Undo Approve Hours
Use this command to unapprove a selected range of hours transactions.

This command is only available if, in the People Parameters (bpmdm0100m000) session, the appropriate Approval Required check box is selected.