Display Project Item Costs

When you click Inventory and Branch, select an item, and then click Item costs in the Project Maintenance (PSM) program, you can display an item's cost record.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Project type

New: New item for this project
Prj
: An item from another project or an ECO
Std
: Item exists in your database

Project number

The number of this project

Item number

The selected item number and description

Branch

The branch for this project

The program displays these standard costs:

Field Name

Displays

Material

Cost of the raw material and components that make up this item

Labor

Cost of the work performed to manufacture this item; a parent item includes the labor costs for lower-level subassemblies

Overhead

Cost incurred in the operation of the business that are applied to this item

Service

Cost of outside services incurred in the manufacture of this item

Total unit cost

Material + Labor + Overhead + Service; usually called standard unit cost

The program also displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Cost differential

The cost differential that your company uses; this field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports

Loaded cost

The cost that may include the item's actual or average cost plus an adjustment, such as a percent of overhead; can be used as a basis for pricing

Base year cost

The baseline cost you can compare with other costs

User defined cost

The cost your company tracks; this field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports

First rcvd cost

The cost of the first unit you received. This field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports

First recvd date

The date on which you received the first unit. This field is not used by the system, but you can use it in custom reports

Average cost

The average unit cost of the item. For new project items, this field will be zero.

If you selected the Update actual and average costs? option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Inventory Control Options), the system updates this field.

If you did not select the Update actual and average costs? option, you can click Other cost to update this field manually.

Actual cost

The most recent unit cost of the item. For new project items, this field will be zero.

If you selected the Update actual and average costs? option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Inventory Control Options), the Receiver Maintenance (IRC) or Receiving and Inspection (IRI) program updates this field for purchased items. For manufactured items, the Manufacturing Order Close (MJC) program updates this field.

If you did not select the Update actual and average costs? option, you can click Other cost to update this field manually.

Declared value

The item's declared value for shipping purposes

Incr matl cost

For a component, the material cost this item

For a parent, does not include the material cost of components or subassemblies

Incr labor cost

For a parent, the labor cost to produce

Incr ovhd cost

The overhead cost assigned to this item

Incr OS cost

The outside service cost for this item

Overhead code 1 - 4

Codes that identify the type of overhead cost for this item

Taxability 1 - 10

The taxability type:
Y
: The taxing authority applies
N
: The taxing authority does not apply
I
: The tax is included in the price

Note
These fields may have different labels based on the Tax type description 1 - 10 options in System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Enterprise options). A label of Unassigned means no tax type exists for the field.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Return to branch item record

Click OK.

Display notes

Click Notes and click the type of note you want to display. See Display Notes.

Enter vendor item pricing

Click Vend price. See Enter Vendor Pricing for a Project Item.

Exit and return to the menu

Click Quit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To

Do This

Accept the data

Click OK.

Exit without changing this item

Click Cancel.

Update the record

Click Apply.

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Enter notes for this item

Click Notes. See Enter Project Item Notes.

Display a graphic of this item

Click View image. Click Close to remove the image from the display.

Display fields for this item selected when you clicked Inventory and then Item

Click Settings. Click Close to remove the data.

Display the item cost record for this item

Click Item costs. See Display Project Item Costs.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Display the selected item

Click Select.

Display items from a specific item number

Click Restart. The program prompts Item number and Branch. Enter the first item you want to display or leave blank to begin the display with the first item in the file.  

Print the item listing

Click Print. See Print.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Exit branch item records

Click Exit.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

Delete this project

Click Delete. The program prompts Do you want to delete this record?. Click Delete to delete this entire project or click No to retain this project.

Exit without creating this project

Click Cancel.

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Enter notes for this project

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Enter an item, its branch information, and costs

Click Inventory and then:

Click

To enter a/an

Item

Item record. See Enter an Item for a Project.

Branch

Branch record.

Item cost

Cost record. See Enter Costs for a Project Item.

Back

End this action.

Enter quantities, profit, commission, and discount percents

Click Proj qtys. See Enter a Project Quantity.

Enter a bill of material

Click BOM. See Enter a Project Bill of Material.

Enter a routing

Click Routing. See Enter a Routing.

Enter a new customer

Click Customer. See Enter a New Customer.

This button displays only if you entered a new customer in the Customer number field.

Enter miscellaneous costs

Click Misc costs. See Enter Miscellaneous Costs.

Calculate costs for project quantities

Click Roll up.

Display the project and unit costs for project quantities

Click Summary. See Display a Project Summary.

Print documents for this project

Click Print and then:

Click

To print a project

Customer

Estimate for this customer. See Print or Reprint a Customer Project Estimate.

In-house

Summary for your use. See Print Project Summaries.

Cost report

Material cost report for your use. See Print a Project Indented Cost Report.

Back

End this action.

Transfer this project to your database

Click Transfer. See Transfer a Project.

Close this project

Click Close proj. See Close a Project.

Display the sales quote generated by this project or the sales order line if the sales quote has been transferred

Click Order. See Enter a Sales Quotation or Display a Summarized Sales Order.

This button displays only for a transferred customer project.

Accept the data and exit

Click OK.

  1. When you click OK or Cancel, enter another project number or exit the program.