Enter Employee Hours

Use the Labor Entry (LLE) program to enter hours worked on a manufacturing order, enter an unattended operation, enter indirect labor, and record sick, vacation, and holiday time. See Background and Road Map for more information.

Enter data in these fields:

Note
To create an enterprise or branch default record, clear the Date worked field and then enter * (an asterisk) in the Badge ID field. See Create a Default Record for a Maintenance Program.

Field Name	Type/Max Length	Action / Description
Mfg branch	Display only	Your manufacturing branch code and description
Date worked	Required 10 date	Accept your login date, select a different date, or enter a date shortcut.
Badge ID	Required 10 alphanumeric	Enter the employee or machine number or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the number from a list. If this is an unattended operation, enter or select a badge ID for an employee that is set up with Employee class X in the Employee Maintenance (LSA).

Pending transactions are listed; if there are no previously-entered transactions for the date and badge specified, the program prompts for a new entry. Look ahead to step 4.

Field Name	Displays
Mfg branch	The manufacturing branch for the employee
Date worked	The date the employee worked
Badge ID	The employee number
Mfg order no	The manufacturing order number that you entered or selected
Oper seq	The operation sequence that this employee worked on
Lbr cd	The labor code for the employee hours: D: Direct H: Holiday I: Indirect O: Other R: Rework S: Sick U: Setup V: Vacation Additional codes may be set up for your system.
Seq	The sequence number for entry of the employee's hours
In date	The sign-in date for these hours
In time	The sign-in time based on a 24-hour clock; for example, 9:50 AM is 0950 and 5:00 PM is 1700
Out date	The sign-out date for these hours
Out time	The sign-out time based on a 24-hour clock; for example, 9:50 AM is 0950 and 5:00 PM is 1700
Lvl 1 OT	The number of level one overtime hours worked on this operation sequence
Lvl 2 OT	The number of level two overtime hours worked on this operation sequence
Indirect labor description	The description of the indirect labor code (defined in Indirect Labor Codes Maintenance)

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Enter a labor transaction record for this employee and date	Click Add.
Copy a record	Highlight the line and click Copy. See Copy.
Display a record	Highlight the line and click Select or double click the line.
Print the list of transactions	Click Print. See Print.
Exit the program	Click Exit.

Enter data in these fields:

Note
All field labels are displayed; whether or not an entry can be made in or a value is displayed in a field depends on the employee class, labor code and/or type of operation.

Field Name

Type/Max Length

Action / Description

Mfg branch

Display only

Your manufacturing branch code and description; employee and/or order information is displayed to the right of the branch

Date worked

Display only

The date you specified in step 1

Badge ID

Display only

The badge ID you specified in step 1

Mfg order no

Conditional/Optional
12 alphanumeric

Enter the number of the manufacturing order that the employee worked on or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the order from a list.

If the labor code for this transaction is H Holiday, S Sick, or V Vacation, leave this field blank.

Operation seq no

Conditional
4 alphanumeric

If you entered a manufacturing order number, enter the operation sequence that the employee worked on.

If your entry is not valid sequence for this item, the program prompts Operation seq no does not exist; create a non-standard routing? Click Yes to create an alternate routing step or No to enter a different operation sequence number.

Labor code

Required
1 alphanumeric

Select a labor code for the employee's hours. Your site may have additional codes that you can select:

Select	For
D	Direct
I	Indirect
O	Other labor
R	Rework
U	Setup

If you select D for an employee whose Employee class is I (Indirect), the program prompts Charging indirect employee direct labor; continue? Click Yes to charge this employee's hours to this manufacturing order or click No to change the Mfg order no and Operation seq no fields.

Sequence number

Required
3 alphanumeric

Accept the system-assigned sequence number or enter a different one.

Shift

Required
1 numeric

Accept the displayed shift code or select a different code.

Operation code

Conditional
4 alphanumeric

If this is a non-standard routing step, enter the code that identifies the operation or click the Lookup icon and use the Standard Lookup Options to select it from a list.

If you enter an operation code that does not exist, you must enter a valid work center and machine.

Work center no

Conditional
6 alphanumeric

Enter the work center number.

Machine number

Conditional
6 alphanumeric

Enter the machine number.

Parent item no

Required 24 alphanumeric

Accept the parent item number or click the Lookup icon and use the Standard Lookup Options to select the item from a list.

Indirect desc

Conditional
5 alphanumeric

If you are entering indirect labor, select a valid code (maintained in Indirect Labor Codes Maintenance).

Indirect org cd

Optional
2 alphanumeric

Select the general ledger organization code for the account to which you want to post this indirect labor.

Indirect acct no

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Enter the general ledger account number to which you want to post this indirect labor or click the Lookup icon and use the Standard Lookup Options to select the account from a list.

Regular hours

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Enter the total number of non-overtime or sick, vacation or holiday hours for the selected labor code. For example, if the employee worked 2 and a half hours, enter 2.50; for 2 hours and 20 minutes, enter 2.33.

Alternatively, leave blank if you are going to enter clock-in/out, lunch in/out and break start/end fields. When you click Apply, the program displays the total hours worked in this field.

To make adjustments or reverse labor entry, you may enter negative hours.

Lvl one OT hrs

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Enter the number of hours to be paid the overtime rate set in the Labor overtime rate 1 option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Labor Options).

To make adjustments or reverse labor entry, you may enter negative hours.

Leave blank if this is an unattended operation.

Lvl two OT hrs

Optional
5 numeric in the format 999.99

Enter the number of hours to be paid the overtime rate set in the Labor overtime rate 2 option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Labor Options).

To make adjustments or reverse labor entry, you can enter negative hours.

Leave blank if this is an unattended operation.

Good pieces
Oper pcs good

Optional
11 numeric

Enter the number of good pieces this employee produced while working on this operation sequence or accept 0 if this employee did setup. To make adjustments, you can enter a negative number.

If your entry exceeds the order quantity, the program prompts Quantity produced is greater than quantity ordered; change quantity? when you click OK. Click Yes to enter a different quantity or click No to use your entry.

The Oper pcs good field label displays when the UOM conversion field is greater than 1.0000. When you complete data entry, the program recalculates: Oper pcs good / UOM conversion.

Scrap pieces
Oper pcs scr

Optional
11 numeric

Enter the number of pieces of a parent item this employee scrapped while working on this manufacturing order. To make adjustments, you can enter a negative number.

The Oper pcs scr field label displays when the UOM conversion field is greater than 1.0000. When you complete data entry, the program recalculates: Oper pc scr / UOM conversion.

Clock in time

Conditional
4 numeric in the format HHMM

If you did not enter Regular hours, enter the time the employee started work based on a 24-hour clock, with 0000 as 12:00 AM midnight. For example, enter 0950 for 9:50 AM or 1300 for 1:00 PM. When you complete data entry, the program adds colon separators (:) and displays 09:50:00 or 13:00:00.

Clock out time

Conditional
4 numeric in the format HHMM

If you entered a Sign in time, enter the time the employee completed work based on a 24-hour clock, with 0000 as 12:00 AM midnight. For example, enter 1700 for 5:00 PM.

If the Sign out time is not 0000 but is less than the Sign in time, the Sign out date increments to the next day when you click OK.

Lunch time out