WIP Accounting Class Defaults
You can set up default WIP accounting classes at several levels:
- at the category account level for discrete jobs and repetitive line/assembly associations
- at the Default Discrete Class parameter class level for standard discrete jobs
- at the project cost group level for project jobs
Non-Project Defaults
You can set up default WIP accounting classes at the category account level and at the Default Discrete Class parameter level.
Non - Project Standard Discrete Jobs
The default discrete accounting classes that you have associated with categories in the Default WIP Accounting Classes for Categories window are used when you create standard discrete jobs for items that belong to categories that belong to the product line category set. For example, if you create a job to build Item A, and Item A belongs to a category that belongs to the product line category set, then the WIP accounting class associated with Item A's category is defaulted. This defaulting logic is applied no matter how jobs are created. See: Overview of Creating Discrete Jobs.
Attention: If default discrete WIP accounting classes do not exist, the accounting class specified for the Default Discrete Class parameter is used. See Discrete Parameters.
Non - Project Referenced Work Order-less Completions
When you perform work order-less completions, discrete accounting classes that are associated with categories are defaulted if the item being completed belongs to a category that belongs to the product line category set. For example, if you are performing a work order-less completion for Item A, and Item A belongs to a category that belongs to the product line category set, then the WIP accounting class associated with Item A's category is defaulted.
Repetitive Assemblies
When you associate repetitive assemblies with production lines, the repetitive accounting classes that you have associated with categories are defaulted if the assembly item being associated belongs to a category that belongs to the product line category set. For example if you create a repetitive line/assembly association for an assembly Item B, and Item B belongs to a category that belongs to the product line category set, then the WIP accounting class associated with Item B's category is defaulted.
Project Related Defaults
Discrete accounting classes can also be defaulted when you define project referenced jobs and perform project referenced work order-less completions. If the assembly item belongs to a category that belongs to the product line category set, then the WIP accounting class associated with the item's category is defaulted.
However, if a default discrete class cannot be found for a project job or work order-less completion based on the assembly item's category set, the system does not default the accounting class specified for the Default Discrete Class parameter. Instead it uses the WIP accounting class that is associated with the project as defined in the Project Parameters window. Like other accounting class defaults it can be overridden but only with an accounting class that was associated with the project's cost group in the WIP Accounting Classes for Cost Groups window. See: Assigning Project Parameters and Defining Cost Groups.
Attention: If you create a project referenced job or perform a project referenced work order-less completion, and the system can find neither a default accounting class nor a project WIP accounting class, the accounting class is not defaulted and one must be selected.
See Also
Associating WIP Accounting Classes with Categories
Product Line Accounting Setup
