Job Costing > Fundamentals of Job Costing

Functionality

The Job Costing application module supports setup and maintenance of Estimated and Actual Costs by Cost center by Job.

Jobs are associated with Projects.

Cost centers are associated with Cost Groups.

There are no limits on the number of Cost centers, Cost Groups, Jobs or Projects.

•	Any number of Cost centers may be active for a Job.

•	Any number of Jobs may be active for a Project.

•	Any number of Cost centers may be associated with a Cost Group.

Job Costing requires Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable to be installed and fully integrates with them.

It also integrates with Sales, Purchasing and Payroll when they're present.

Integration with Accounts Receivable

Detail items of an Accounts Receivable transaction can specify the applicable JobID. This enables an Accounts Receivable transaction to apply to multiple Jobs.

When the Receivables transactions are posted the Job Cost summaries are updated.

Integration with Accounts Payable

Detail items of an Accounts Payable transaction can specify the applicable JobID and CostID. This enables an Accounts Payable transaction to apply to multiple Jobs and Cost centers.

When the Payables transactions are posted the Job Cost summaries are updated.

Integration with Sales

Detail items of a Sales Order can specify the applicable JobID. This enables a Sales Order to apply to multiple Jobs.

When the Sales Invoices are generated this JobID information is preserved in the Sales Invoice and Accounts Receivable transaction tables. When these Receivables transactions are posted the Job Cost summaries are updated.

Integration with Purchasing

Detail items of a Purchase Order can specify the applicable JobID and CostID. This enables any Purchase Order to apply to multiple Jobs and Cost centers.

Receipts entered using the Options | Enter Receipt... of the Purchase Orders Entry and Maintenance task fully preserve this JobID and CostID information for each Detail item.

When the vendor’s invoice is received this Receipt information is available to the Enter Accounts Payable transactions task without the need for re-entering it. The JobID and CostID information for each Detail item from the originating Purchase Order is preserved. When the Payables transactions are posted the Job Cost summaries are updated.

Integration with Payroll

Time entries can specify the applicable JobID and CostID.

During Payroll processing the Job Cost summaries are updated.