Standard Labor Rates are used to streamline the process of assigning labor Costs to Work Centers. Rates defined here may be accessed from the Work Center screen. To access the master list of Standard Labor Rates, select the "Standard Labor Rates" option. The following screen will appear.
The "Standard Labor Rates" screen displays information on all existing Standard Labor Rates, including labor rate, labor rate description, and labor rate.
To the far right of the list, the following buttons are available:
- CLOSE
Closes the screen, returning you to the application desktop.
Runs the report associated with this screen.
- NEW
Opens screen for creating a new Standard Labor Rate.
- EDIT
Enables you to edit highlighted Standard Labor Rates. The edit screen is the same as that for creating a new Standard Labor Rate —except that when editing, the fields will contain Standard Labor Rate information. Double-clicking on a Standard Labor Rate will also bring you to the editing screen.
- VIEW
Highlight a Standard Labor Rate and then select this button to reach a read-only view of the "Edit" screen.
- DELETE
Highlight a Standard Labor Rate and then select this button to remove the Standard Labor Rate from the list.
To create a new Standard Labor Rate, select the NEW button. The following screen will appear:
When creating a new labor rate, you are presented with the following options:
- Code
Enter a unique code to identify the Standard Labor Rate.
- Description
Enter a description to further identify the Standard Labor Rate.
- Rate
Amount entered represents dollars per man hour for the specified code.
To the far right of the screen, the following buttons are available:
- CANCEL
Closes the screen without creating a Standard Labor Rate, returning you to the previous screen.
- SAVE
Creates the Standard Labor Rate and adds it to the master list of Standard Labor Rates.