MFG Scan Labor for Indirect Labor Codes - rate

OK, thank you @angierowley75 . I guess I had a different understanding of Indirect!

So a dummy production order that just remains permanently open, which can have work center(s) to represent indirect labor, and the Standard rate will pull from the dummy production order work centers, is that correct?

You got it! - you aren’t a dummy ;)

@gbrazelton14 - actually I may have been running into a bug when I tested this… in a different version of Acumatica, I was able to create a labor transaction without specifying a Production Order.  The Labor Code record has accounts associated to it which should be used during posting. 

Perhaps try creating a Labor transaction on the Labor for (as opposed to Scan Labor) and then look at the GL entry made on the Journal Transaction screen.

@angierowley75  I am on version 22.218.0023, and just populating via Labor rather than Scan Labor, I am also unable to release an indirect labor line without a Production Order.

@angierowley75  I was able to do post indirect labor (without a production order) via Labor screen and also via Scan Labor screen on 23R2 build 23.201.0092 in a test environment.

Our customer is on 23R2 so I think I have a path. Thanks for your guidance!

Greg

@angierowley75 Just to add to this build 24.109.0016 also prevents using a production number for indirect.

Direct labor allows a Production Nbr

We face the same question. Indirect costs cannot be linked to a production order; if no wage is specified for the employee, no background postings are generated. What exactly are the indirect costs intended for, and where can they be properly evaluated?

A use case I have heard for Indirect Labor tracking is time cleaning a work station before or after a shift. Or time spent changing over a line.

When creating Indirect Labor Codes, you can specify the accounts to which the costs are posted.