Adjust labor standards
You can view the labor time spent in each material operation by material dimension and shape in the Labor Standards Maintenance dialog. You can also modify the labor times, add new labor times, shapes and material dimensions, and delete shapes and the applied labor time from Labor Standards.
To access Labor Standards Maintenance, do the following:
- Click the Maintenance ribbon tab.
- On the menu, select .
The Labor Standards Maintenance dialog opens.
(1) Navigation tree: You can browse the existing material shapes and dimensions.
When you click a dimension in the navigation tree to select it, its labor times by labor operation appear on the right side of the dialog.
(2) The standard length and the number of standard clip holes of the selected material dimension
View the compiled labor time of a dimension
Add shapes and dimensions
After the dimensions have been added, you also need to add their pricing and combining length to the pricing database in Pricing Maintenance. For more information, see Add a single material dimension to pricing.
Modify the number of standard clip holes for a single dimension
- In the Labor Standards Maintenance dialog, in the shape list, select a shape and a material dimension.
- In the Holes in Standard Clip field, type the desired number of holes.
- Click Save.
Modify the number of standard clip holes for multiple dimensions
Copy labor times to multiple dimensions
The labor times of the selected operations are copied for the material dimensions that you selected.
Remove an individual material dimension
You can remove all labor standards connected to a material dimension.
If you remove a dimension from Labor Standards Maintenance, you will need to add labor times for all items of the dimension manually when you use that dimension in an estimating job.
- Select the dimension that you want to remove.
- At the bottom of the dialog, click Delete.
- To permanently delete the selected dimension, click Yes in the confirmation dialog.
Remove a shape and all of its dimensions
You can remove all labor standards connected to a shape from labor standards.
If you remove a shape from Labor Standards Maintenance, you will need to add labor times manually for all items that use the shape in estimating jobs.
- Select the shape that you want to remove.
- At the bottom of the dialog, click Delete.
- To permanently delete the selected shape and all its dimensions, click Yes in the confirmation dialog.