Using Labor Minutes on Invoice Items, Estimates, and Invoices
Some companies will project the amount of Labor Minutes needed to accomplish a task. This feature will allow you to assign Labor Minutes to certain Invoice Items which will then populate and total on Estimates, Invoices or Sales.
Form Access
Setup
- Click Edit | Preferences | Company | Preferences under the Settings / Security section | Items | Company Preferences – Check “Use Labor Minutes”
- Edit existing Invoice Items or enter new ones. There will be a field available on all Inventory, Non-Inventory, Serialized, Other Charge, Service or Service Agreement Items to enter in the Labor Minutes. That is where you would enter the amount of minutes and Cost for that part.
- When entering an Invoice, Estimate or Sale go to right click to obtain a Menu | Form Preferences, check the box to show “Labor Minutes” (This only has to be done once per user).
- When you add new Items to the transaction an amount will appear showing you the Labor Minutes for the item. On the upper portion of the transaction it will Total all of the Labor Minutes.
- This field can to print on your Custom Report by editing the Report and adding the fields to where you would like them to appear.
