Understanding Tasks

Tasks are jobs that can be performed within a manufacturing facility. When defining a task, you can set up default data, such as times and rates, that the system copies to an item's routing when you select the task for a given operation. Multiple items can reference the same task, or you can set up unique tasks for each item.

You must define work centers before defining tasks. Before setting up tasks, you can define resources (crews, machines, and tools), and associate them with work centers.

To define conversion codes by task (as opposed to by work center) set the business unit rate maintenance to By Task in the Rate Maintenance/Defaulting group box on the MFG Business Unit Options page. You define conversion codes and their associated labor, machine, and overhead rates or costs within PeopleSoft Cost Management. You can assign a conversion code and up to four conversion overhead codes to the task.