Define codes for the types of employees performing maintenance work and the corresponding rates of pay. Datastream 7i charges the cost of the trade, based on an hourly rate, back to the appropriate work order, asset, or project, ensuring correct cost accounting. A single trade may have multiple rates based on the type of work performed or the department associated with the trade for a specific work order.
When scheduling work, you can select to assign the work to an employee and/or a trade. When booking hours for the work, Datastream 7i calculates the labor cost of the hours to book based on the trade rate defined for either the employee or the trade rate defined for the trade.
When booking hours, Datastream 7i first checks to see if an Hourly rate is defined for the employee. If so, the hours are booked at that rate. However, if you have not defined trade rates for the employee, Datastream 7i assigns the Hourly rate defined for the trade on the Trade rates tab of the Trades form (WNTRAD) to the hours booked for the work.
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Enable subdivision of trades via the TRAD entity on the Entities form (BNENTS). |
Follow these steps to define trades and trade rates.
Open the Trades form (WNTRAD).
Trade—Enter a unique code identifying the trade.
Description—Enter a description of the trade.
Organization—Click to select the organization to which the trade belongs if you use multi-organization security.
Class—Click to further subdivide the trade as necessary. For example, specify apprentice, journeyman, or master. The classes shown belong to the TRAD entity.
Choose File | Save from the menu bar. Datastream 7i saves the information to the database.
Click the Trade rates tab. Datastream 7i displays the Trade rates page.
Occupation type—Click to select the occupation type for this work, e.g. select N for normal hours, or O for overtime hours. The values listed belong to the OCTP entity.
Hourly rate—Enter the hourly rate for the selected trade and supplier.
Department—Click to select the department associated with this rate. If the rate applies to all departments, select *.
Start date and End date—Enter the beginning and ending dates to which the rate applies. Dates for the same occupation type/department combination cannot overlap. If the date expires and there is no further range specified, Datastream 7i charges $0 per hour and notifies the planner.
Organization (MOS)—Click to select the organization for the trade rate if the organization of the selected trade is common. Datastream 7i displays only those organizations to which you have access. Otherwise, Organization defaults to the organization of the trade.
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You can only define organizations for trade rates if the MULTIORG installation parameter is set to YES. |
Choose File | Save from the menu bar. Datastream 7i saves the information to the database.