Turn Equipment into Nonlabor Resources

Scenario

You are asked to set up nonlabor resources and assign them to the appropriate organizations for the Vision Corporation.

Defining Nonlabor Resources

Vision Corporation wants to capture costs for computer equipment, vehicles, survey equipment, and other assets.

In this example, assume that expenditure types and organizations are already set up, which are prerequisites of defining nonlabor resources.

The Other Assets expenditure type is assigned to all divisions. This nonlabor resource captures miscellaneous items.

To define a nonlabor resource, you specify a name and description of each asset, such as a piece of equipment or pool of assets, and a date range during which the resource can be used.

For each nonlabor resource, you must choose an expenditure type with the Usage expenditure type class. Every usage item that you charge to a project must specify the nonlabor resource utilized and the nonlabor resource organization that owns the resource. You can select organizations that are classified as project and task owning organizations or project expenditure organizations.

A nonlabor resource may be a piece of equipment with capacity that is consumed, such as a training room, or equipment with physical output that is consumed, such as a copier. Enable the Equipment resource class to plan and report nonlabor resources as equipment with capacity that is consumed.

Nonlabor Resource Details

The following table shows the nonlabor resources for Vision Corporation.

Resource Name	Description	Expenditure Type	Equipment Resource Class	From Date	Organizations
Laptop	Laptop on the Headquarters Network	Computer Services	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	Data Systems Finance Information Services Risk Analysis
HQ SPARC T3-1 Server	Oracle SPARC Server	Computer Services	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	Information Services
Oracle Exadata Storage Server	Data Systems Oracle Storage Server	Computer Services	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	Data Systems
Oracle Developer Studio	Engineering and Services Oracle Development Platform	Computer Services	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	Vision Engineering Vision Services
Survey	Standard Surveying Equipment	Field Equipment	Enabled	May 1, 2011	Vision Engineering
Van	Heavy Duty Van	Vehicle	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	Vision Construction West Midwest East South International
Minivan	Site Visit Minivan	Vehicle	Not enabled	August 1, 2011	Vision Construction West Midwest East South International
Pickup Truck	Heavy Duty Pickup Truck	Vehicle	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	West Midwest East
Other Asset	Other Asset	Other Assets	Not enabled	January 1, 2011	Administration Vision Construction Vision Engineering Vision Services