This activity is used to view all general overhead transactions reported for a shop order. You can also study the postings made for the general overhead Transactions.
General overhead (OH) is one of several types of OH, such as material, machine, labor, and delivery OH. General overhead is typically associated with shop orders and covers facility operational costs (electricity, heating/cooling, etc.). It can also include administrative costs related to creating, planning, and replanning of orders. General overhead increases work in progress (WIP) costs when an order is started.
General overheads can be defined as a percentage of total cost. General overhead transactions are posted as soon as the shop order is started. General Overheads based on the total cost of the shop order are allocated with a cost based on the total estimated cost of the shop order. However at the time of the close, shop order can have a different actual cost than the estimate. When such situation occurs, the values of the general overhead transactions which are supposed to be based on the total actual costs are not going to be correct as they are based on the estimated cost. To adjust the total general overhead cost based on the actual total cost, new transaction SOCLOSE+/- is created at the time of closing the shop order. When such shop order is reopened UNSOCLOSE +/- transaction is created to reverse the value of the SOCLOSE transaction.
The Shop Orders General OH History page can be used to view general overhead transactions and update the applied date of the transaction if required.
General overhead transactions must have been performed.
As a result of this activity the system displays all the general overhead transactions reported for a shop order.