Employees

(Works Orders)

You can enter employee details and attach a default labour category Used to group employees according to their function or skill within the production process. For example, apprentices, fitters or supervisors. This grouping can be used when entering timesheet information or in the Operation Times module. to each employee.

When entering labour costs in Works Orders > Enter Costs > Timesheets, you can amend the category and hourly rate, if necessary.

Employees are also used in Operation Times.

To add or amend employees

Open: Manufacturing System Manager > Employees > Records > Enter New Record.

Open: Manufacturing System Manager > Employees > Records > Amend Record.

1. Enter or amend the employee information:

Employee Details	If you are amending employee details, select the employee record you want to amend. If you are adding employee details, enter an employee number of up to 10 letters and/or numbers. Note: You may find it helpful to incorporate at least some characters from the employee's name. For example, John Smith may have a number of SMI001. Complete the other boxes for the employee: Note: You can only enter City and County information if the Use Segmented Addresses option is selected in the Operational settings tab within Accounting System Manager System Settings.
Contact Details	Enter the contact details, if required.
Labour Category Details	Enter the employee category Reference. Employees can be grouped according to function or skill, e.g. operators and supervisors. These groups are set up under labour categories. The Description and default Rate are displayed. If the default rate is not appropriate for this employee you can change it. Note: This only changes the rate for this employee, and not for the labour category.
Additional Information	Enter a Department that applies to this employee, if required. Note: If you are using Operation Times, you can print barcode A unique code identifiable by a barcode reader. This can be printed out on various works order documentation, such as picking lists. Using barcodes allows you to speed up the entry of information into the system. reports by department. Enter the NI No. and Works No. if required. Enter the Clock No. if required. Enter the Started and Left dates.

2. Enter or amend notes for the employee on the Memo tab.

You can enter an unlimited amount of text.

3. To save your employee details, click Save.

To delete employees

Open: Manufacturing System Manager > Employees > Records > Amend Record.

1. Select the employee record that you want to delete.
2. Click Delete.

3. Click Yes at the prompt to confirm that you want to delete the employee.

   The employee record is deleted.