Labor rate procedureThe labor rates are specified in labor rate codes. The advantage is that the labor rates can be controlled centrally. This means that if the labor rate is changed, it is changed in every session in which that labor rate is used. Labor rates are usually specified as hourly rates. At company level, you can set the time unit (other than hour) on which the labor rates are based. Use the Conversion Factors (tcibd0103m000) or Units (tcmcs0101m000) session for time units to calculate the labor rate for the specified time. You can use labor rates to define the labor requirements lines for reference activities and planned activities, or to estimate the cost of activities related to service orders. Because you can define labor rates at several levels, LN selects the labor rates in the applicable sessions, as follows: Resource Requirements (tsacm2120m000)
Planned Activity - Labor Requirements (tsspc2111m000)
Service Order Estimated Labor Costs (tssoc2130m000) You can link labor rates to the labor cost lines of service order quotations. When you copy the quotation to a service order, LN copies the labor rates of the quotation's estimated labor lines. In all other cases, the Labor Rate remains empty. Note Estimate is one of the available search path values for actual labor rates in the search path fields of the Service Order Parameters (tssoc0100m000) session. Service Order Actual Labor Costs (tssoc2131m000) In the search path fields of the Service Order Parameters (tssoc0100m000) session, you can specify a search path that LN uses to determine the service order's actual labor rates. After you enter the spent labor hours for a service order in the Service Order Hours (bptmm1130m000) session, LN enters the labor rates of the first available search path value. Note You can change the sales rate for an actual labor cost line manually. However, any changes or additions to the lines in the Service Order Hours (bptmm1130m000) session applicable for this line will use the sales rate found considering the search path.
If the new total quantity is zero, the total sales amount will also be zero. If the calculation of the new total sales amount results in a negative amount, the amount will be zero. Note If no labor rate is found for any of the search path values, LN enters the following in the Service Order Actual Labor Costs (tssoc2131m000) session:
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