Job Costing (VAST Professional Only)

General Overview

The Job Costing module maintains information on an unlimited number of jobs. This includes estimates, change orders and actual transactions related to the job. Prior to using Job Costing, the system default information must be entered into the System Administration module.

Use the Job Costing module to track billings, material costs, labor, subcontractor and miscellaneous costs per job. Costs may be distributed to an unlimited number of user-defined stages and task codes. The Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Order Entry and Payroll modules interact and update the Job Costing module.

The Job Costing module contains the options listed below:

• Enter / Change Job Information
• Enter / Change Job Estimate
• Enter Change Order
• Enter Transaction
• Maintain Stages
• Maintain Task Codes
• Maintain Time Codes
• Enter / Change Time Cards
• Post Time Cards

For descriptions of each module option, visit the J/C Options page.