Enter Resource Cost
Explanation
Perform this activity to specify cost for resources used in projects and service and maintenance processes of
type: Person Group, Tool/Equipment Group, Tool/Equipment, Crew and Crew
Group.
Cost can be defined when creating the resource using the assistant or updated after the resource has been
created. Cost for manufacturing resources.(Machine Groups and Machines) are
defined on the labor class and work centers and can be updated after the resource has been created.
General Cost
Cost can be defined for each company and site connection defined on the resource and is used for retrieval of
planned and reported cost.
Costs for resources used in Projects, will be fetched as below:
- If there is a cost record without a site, then this cost will be fetched.
- If there is a cost record with a site, then this cost will be fetched.
- If there is a cost record with more than one site for a company, you will be asked to add a record without a
site.
Costs for resources used in Maintenance, will be fetched as below:
- If there is a cost record with a site corresponding to the maintenance organization site defined on the work
task, then this cost will be fetched.
- If there is a cost record without a site, then this cost will be fetched.
Costs for resources used in Service will be fetched as below:
Note: The cost calculation is listed according to the priority.
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- For Person planned cost,
- If the cost is defined for the resource group for the Service Delivery
Unit of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Service
Organization of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Company of
the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, the cost will be 0.
- For Tool/Crew planned cost,
- If the cost is defined for the resource for the Service Delivery Unit
of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource for the Service
Organization of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource for the Company of the
work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Service Delivery
Unit of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Service
Organization of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Company of
the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, the cost will be 0.
- For Person actual cost with the Resource Ownership and Work Ownership in the same company,
- If HR is enabled, then the cost is fetched from the salary.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Service Delivery
Unit (of Resource Ownership) of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Service
Organization (of Resource Ownership) of the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the resource group for the Company of
the work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, the cost will be 0.
- For Tool/Crew actual cost with the Resource Ownership and Work Ownership in the same
company,
- If the cost is defined for the individual resource for the Service Delivery
Unit (of Resource Ownership) of the Resource, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the individual resource for the Service
Organization (of Resource Ownership) of the Resource, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the individual resource for the
Company of the Resource, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the primary resource group/demand resource group/Reported
group for the Service Delivery Unit (of Resource Ownership) of the Resource, then
this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the primary resource group/demand resource group/Reported
group for the Service Organization (of Resource Ownership) of the Resource, then
this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the primary resource group/demand resource group/Reported
group for the Company of the Resource, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, the cost will be 0.
- For the actual cost with the Resource Ownership and Work Ownership in different companies,
- If the cost is defined for the primary resource group/demand resource group/Reported
group for the Service Delivery Unit (of Resource Ownership) for work task, then
this cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the primary resource group/demand resource group/Reported
group for the Service Organization (of Resource Ownership) for work task, then this
cost will be fetched.
- Else, if the cost is defined for the primary resource group/demand resource group/Reported
group for the Company for work task, then this cost will be fetched.
- Else, the cost will be 0.
Project Related Cost
For resources used in projects, it is possible to define standard prices to be used with Project Reporting. The
cost entered in the Project Related Cost tab will be saved as a record in the
Standard Internal Price page and will be used to retrieve internal prices for
project transactions.
If cost has been defined in this tab, then this cost will take higher priority over cost defined in the
General Cost tab.
Prerequisites
- For time reporting, the Primary Parent Group defined on the person resource, will be
retrieved as the default resource group for the cost record.
- Project Related Cost can only be defined if the resource is used in projects.
- Tool/Equipment groups must have a cost element defined in Project Related Cost tab,
in order to get planned cost for resources planned on a work tasks.
System Effects
Costs are defined for the resource and can be used to retrieve planned cost as well as reported cost.