Bill of Materials > Browses > Browse on Cost Centers

Browse on Cost Centers

You use this program to view details of cost centers currently defined, change cost center rates and copy rate indicators.

Toolbar and menu

Field Description
Functions  
Global Rate Maintenance Select this to globally increase/decrease rates held against a range of selected cost centers by a specific percentage or to copy the rate indicators from one rate to another.

Global Cost Center Rate Maintenance

This screen is displayed when you select the Global Rate Maintenance option from the Functions menu.

Field Description
Start Processing Select this to change/copy the rates according to your selections.
Function  
Increase/decrease rates Enable this to either increase or decrease rates held against a range of selected cost centers.
Copy one rate to another Enable this to copy the rate indicators from one rate to another.
Percentage change
Field Description
Increase Enable this to increase the rates held against the range of selected cost centers by a specific percentage.
Decrease Enable this to decrease the rates held against the range of selected cost centers by a specific percentage.
None Enable this to only copy rate indicators for the selected cost centers without also increasing or decreasing the rates.
Set-up rate Enter the percentage by which the set-up rate must be increased/decreased.
Startup rate Enter the percentage by which the startup rate must be increased/decreased.
Run rate Enter the percentage by which the run rate must be increased/decreased.
Teardown rate Enter the percentage by which the teardown rate must be increased/decreased.
Fixed overhead rate Enter the percentage by which the fixed overhead rate must be increased/decreased.
Variable overhead rate Enter the percentage by which the variable overhead rate must be increased/decreased.
Rate indicators  
Rate indicator selection If you selected Increase/decrease rates, then indicate the rate indicator(s) to include in the rate change.

If you selected Copy one rate to another, then indicate the number(s) of the rate indicator to copy.

Cost centers  
Cost center selection Indicate the cost center(s) to process.

Listview columns

Column Description
Time uom Indicates the unit of measure in which the times are defined for the cost center (e.g. hrs, min, etc).
Capacity uom Indicates the unit of measure in which the capacities are defined for the cost center (e.g. hrs, min, etc).

The Capacity and Time can be in different units of measure.

Notes and warnings

Restricted maintenance

  • You cannot maintain information displayed in this listview if access to the program is set to Browse only, but access to the corresponding maintenance program is not allowed (see Security Access).

eSignature considerations

Electronic Signatures provide security access, transaction logging and event triggering. This enables you to increase control over your system changes.

Access to the following eSignature transactions within this program can be restricted at Operator, Group, Role or Company level. You configure this using the eSignature Setup program.

eSignature Transaction Description
BOM Cost center added

Controls access to the New Cost Center function in the Cost Centers and Browse on Cost Centers programs.

BOM Cost center changed

Controls access to the maintenance of cost centers in the Cost Centers and Browse on Cost Centers programs.

BOM Cost center deleted

Controls access to the Delete function in the Cost Centers and Browse on Cost Centers programs.

Deletion considerations

  • SYSPRO does not validate whether a Cost center is attached to a Work center when you delete a Cost center.