Add top-level labor to configured item

All –

We are trying to determine how to add top level labor to a configured item. We are on Epicor 10.1.500.10.

For (a silly) example, assume we have a configured part (Mir. Potato Head) with three positions.

In position one, the user can select nose A, B or C
In position two, the user can select ears 0, 1 or 2
In position three, the user can select hat T or F

The cost of Nose A already includes the labor cost to make it. What we are trying to capture is the cost to attach it to the potato head.

We had considered just adding the “attachment” labor cost for each to its cost. But that doesn’t work because the noses, etc. are also sold separately. So we do not want to include the cost of attaching the nose to the potato head on those noses that are sold as replacement parts.

We have considered having two separate part numbers, but that seems silly when it’s exactly the same item. Plus keeping track of the replacement noses vs. the “OEM” noses would be a challenge.

It seems that there should be some piece of code that can be written that evaluates the options selected, looks up the attachment cost for each, and adds each to the cost of the overall part (the fully assembled Mr. Potato Head).

Thanks for whatever insight you can provide.

—sam

Hi Sam,

Method rules do exactly what you are asking. You can can the time on an operation and you could easily add a lookup table based on the option selected.

Mark Wonsil
Perceptron, Inc.

Mark -

Thanks so much. What exactly do you mean by “can” the time? Or was the repeating of “can” a typo?
—sam

Yep, typo. “can set the time”

Mark W.

So would I need a separate “attach” operation for each of the three options? Attach nose, attach ears, attach hat. And then the lookup table would contain different values for each nose?

Or would I need eight separate operations? attach nose A … attach hat F? and the system would just pick all the relevant ones?

Thanks.

You would want to match your operations with how the product is built. If there was a hat station, a separate nose station, and another ears station then you may very well want three operations. If it’s all done at once, then you may want to have one operation where you would look up each of the incremental labor times for the hat, nose, and ears, add them up and put that on your single attach operation.

Chances are, you’re going to have a look up for the the types of hats, noses, and ears so you might as well add a column for the assembly time right there and then use the lookup later when doing your Get Details…

Mark W.

It’s all at once. Thanks so much.

—sam