Production Units are used to measure unit cost based on such measurements as lots, square footage, cubic yards, etc., and are entered on a periodic basis as the units are completed. Production units should not be confused with Estimated Units which are entered in job detail items which are used to compare estimated labor or material units against actual labor or material units.
Production Units can be tracked in A|B by either Cost Phase or Detail Item. The following documentation discusses tracking Production Units by Detail Item.
The Job Cost > Production Units by Detail Item option is used to enter and track production units in more depth than the Cost Phase method, using a dual level structure representing the Master Bid Item (which is the Contract Billing Items or Schedule of Values) and individual Tasks related to the bid item. These items are stored in the Job Detail Items table (ESTDETL) with additional fields for tracking production units and task hours. Unlike Production Units by Cost Phase, the Master Bid Item does impact the accounting system (contract units and contract amount), however, the Task items do not as they do not hold a dollar amount.
When labor hours are entered at the job cost phase level, it may not give the Project Manager enough detail information at the task level to know how many hours were needed to complete each bid item. By tracking production units at the Detail Item level, you have the added benefit of tracking labor hours by task in addition to the production units completed on each bid item. This type of information is extremely important for an Estimator and Project Manager to know how many units have been completed and how many hours it took to complete those units down to the labor task level.
Once the Master Bid Items and Tasks are created on a job, the completed Production Units and actual Bid Item/Task hours are updated via the Daily Field Reports which can be accessed through AccuBuild Mobile (preferred method) or through the Project Management log.
1.Bid Item No = Billing Phase
2.Bid Item Desc = Contract Billing description; this is the description that the customer will see on the invoice
3.Bid Item Contract Amount = Billing item amount as shown on the customer invoice
4.Bid Item Tasks: Individual tasks that are related to the Bid Item
a.In the image above, there are four tasks related to Bid Item No 2001