Work Centres

For a job that uses Work Centre Plans, this tab is available and has these sub tabs:

Details tab: Displays details of the job's work centres and each activity within it.
History tab: Displays details of changes made to the Actual Complete date and the % Complete.
Fixed Assets tab: Displays details of Fixed Assets whose depreciation updates the job.

Options Reference

Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.

Details tab

Select periods

The range is taken from the first period to the current period in the JC Calendar. You can change the period ranges as required, depending on the details you want to view. Once the period range is selected.

Apply

Click this button to return details to the table, showing the Work Centres as they are structured on the Plan. If transactions or estimates have been entered for a Work Centre, you can view the summary of these by Activity Code by expanding the Work Centre line, clicking on the '+' symbol on the first column of the table. Click the '-' symbol to collapse it again.

These details are shown for each Work Centre:

Work Centre	The Work Centre Code
Scheduled Start	This date indicates when this phase of the job is scheduled to start. This is used for reporting.
Scheduled Complete	This date indicates when this phase of the job is scheduled to complete. This is used for reporting.
Actual Start (display only)	This date uses the earliest transaction on this Work Centre. The Posting Date on Timesheet transactions is used.
Actual Complete	This date indicates completion of this phase of the job. The presence of any date prevents further data entry to this level. This date can be entered/changed only by users with access set up in JC Work Centre Plan Maintenance Completion Permissions.
% Complete	This value represents the percentage of completion for this phase. You can enter it on this form, or enter or calculate it as part of the JC Work Centre Review process. A value of 100 prevents further data entry to this level. Only user with the correct permissions can change or enter this value.
% Complete Method	This is initially from the Work Centre Plan, but you can change it for the job: Budget v Actual Cost: Current estimate total cost versus total actual costs Budget v Actual Hours: Current estimate total hours versus total hours of actual costs Budget v Actual Sell: Current estimate total retail versus total retail value of actual costs Elapsed Time: Number of days from Job start date to expected completion date None: No percentage complete calculation will be done for this level.

Where transactions or estimates have been entered for a work centre, these details display for each activity code:

Activity Code	The activity code for this phase.
Est Cost	This uses the estimate lines.
Start Date	If it falls within the selected From/To period range, this date is included.
Actual Cost	The total costs for this activity or work centre.
Cost %	The percentage of actual cost or estimated cost.
Outstanding PO	The total outstanding purchase orders.
Est Hours	The total estimated hours.
Actual Hours	The total actual hours.
Hours %	The percentage of actual hours estimated hours.
Est Retail	The total retail value of estimates.
Actual Retail	The total retail value on the actual costs..

The last line of the table shows totals for the columns above.

Information Enter estimates for either for non-posting levels only or for posting levels only to avoid totals that appear inaccurate. In the JC Job Maintenance Work Centre table and the Review Work Centres table, the non-posting level totals display estimate values entered for the level. If the sub-levels' estimate values do not add up to the non-posting value, they appear inaccurate. If the non-posting level has no estimates entered for it, then the posting levels below it is totalled and shown on the non-posting level.

History tab

This tab displays details of changes made to the Actual Complete date and the % Complete value.

Fixed Assets tab

This tab displays details of Fixed Assets whose depreciation updates the job. It displays only if the Fixed Assets Module Control Post Depn to Job Cost option is selected in the current company.