Master Records > Labor > Update or Delete Labor Record

The Labor Maintenance function allows you to update or delete a labor record if it meets the following conditions:

•The labor record is not currently used in work orders (e.g., not used in exploded or unexploded work orders, work orders in process, or work orders posted to finished jobs but are yet to be permanently transferred to General Ledger).

•You did not assign the labor record to any bill of materials record.

Be particularly careful when you change the values of the following fields in this function:

oStatus

When you change the status of a labor record from Active to Inactive, it will only affect the explosion of work orders, posting of finished jobs, and voiding of jobs. The change of labor resource status will not affect the posting of work-in-process because the system verifies the status of the machine resource during explosion.

oWork Shift

Any change on the value in this function affects only the new work orders that you create after the change.

oRate Type/Pay Rate

Any change in the labor resource's costs will affect both new and existing work orders.

To update or delete a labor record, perform the following steps:

1.Access the Labor function from the General Maintenance group in the Maintenance menu of the Manufacturing module. The Search screen is automatically displayed when this function is accessed.

2.Enter in the Search field the labor record that you want to update. You may also scroll up or down the grid to locate the labor code; then, double-click the code to select. As soon as a labor code is selected, the labor resource details are automatically displayed on their corresponding fields.

Alternatively, you may use the full text search feature when searching for labor records. Simply click the Show Full Text Search button in the right-most section of the function screen to display the Full Text Search field. Enter in this field the value of the record you want to search for using the values in the columns displayed on the Search screen.

3.Review or amend the values in the applicable fields. Take note that fields that are grayed out or inaccessible cannot be edited or changed.

4.When you are ready to proceed, click the Save button in the function toolbar to save your changes; otherwise, click Cancel to discard your changes.

5.To delete an existing labor record, click the Delete button in the function toolbar. A message will be displayed confirming if you want to delete the labor record. Click Yes to confirm deletion; otherwise, click No.