MANAGE PLC TOTAL BUDGET

Use this screen to enter the total budgets for Project Labor Categories (PLCs) against the project. Total budgets track the budgeted hours and amount for this project over the life of the project. The PLC budgets entered in this screen can be printed on the Project Labor Summary Report (Print Project Labor Summary screen). You can enter the budgeted hours and amount by fiscal year, period, and subperiod on the Manage PLC Budgets By Period screen.

Enter data in this screen after you have initialized the project and the PLCs. After you have established your PLC Budget, you must run the Update Budget Report Tables and the Create Project Report Tables processes. The PLC Budgets do not appear on the Project Labor Summary Report if these processes are not executed.

Location

Identification

Proj

Enter a valid project or click to select a project. The description of the project automatically displays next to the project.

Total Employee

Hours

This field displays the sum of employee budgeted hours for all PLCs.

Amount

This field displays the sum of employee budgets for all PLCs.

Total Vendor

Hours

This field displays the sum of vendor budgeted hours for all PLCs.

Amount

This field displays the sum of vendor budgets for all PLCs.

Total PLC Budget

Hours

This field displays the sum of budgeted hours for all PLCs.

Amount

This field displays the sum of budgeted amounts for all PLCs.

PLC Budget Details

PLC

Enter a PLC or click to select one. Costpoint tracks and reports actual charges by project and project labor categories. The budgets for PLC are entered in this screen and budgets for GLC are entered in another screen.

PLC Description

The PLC description default into this field when you enter the PLC.

Avg Rate

Enter an average rate for this PLC. If an average rate was established on the Manage Average PLC Rates screen, the average rate defaults into this column. Costpoint multiplies the Avg Rate entered by the Empl Hours to calculate the Empl Amount

Empl Hours

Enter the total budgeted hours by employee for this PLC against the project. Every time you modify the Empl Hours, Costpoint recalculates the Empl Amount.

Empl Amount

Enter the total budgeted amount by employee for this PLC against the project. Costpoint displays the calculated amount by multiplying Avg Rate by Empl Hours. If you modify this amount, Costpoint recalculates the Avg Rate by dividing Empl Amount by Empl Hours.

Vend Hours

Enter the total budgeted hours by vendor for this PLC against the project. Costpoint calculates the Vend Amount by multiplying the Vend Hours by the Avg Rate. Every time you modify the Vend Hours, Costpoint recalculates the Vend Amount.

Vend Amount

Enter the total budgeted amount by employee for this PLC against the project. Costpoint displays the calculated amount by multiplying Avg Rate by Vend Hours. If you modify this amount, Costpoint recalculates the Avg Rate by dividing Vend Amount by Vend Hours.

Total Hours

The field displays the total hours entered against the PLCs.

Total Amount

The field displays the total amount entered or calculated against the PLCs.

Last Update

This field displays the date on which this PLC was created or the last time it was modified.