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When you define a department, you specify any department overhead costs and the resources that are available. You can enter multiple resources for each department. For each resource, you can specify the shifts that the resource is available. For each resource shift, you can also specify capacity modifications that change the available hours per day, units per day, or workdays.

   To define a department:

1. Navigate to the Departments window.

2. Enter a name for the department unique for the organization.

3. Optionally, enter a department class. See: Creating a Department Class.

4. Enter a location for the department.

Attention: You must assign a location to a department if it is the receiving department following outside processing. See: Outside Processing.

5. Enter a project expenditure organization.

6. Optionally, enter an inactive date on which you can no longer assign this department to routing operations.

7. Choose the Rates button to view the overhead rates for the department.

8. Choose the Resources button to assign and update resources to the department.

See Also

Department Report