Cost Centers

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MainBoss lets you track maintenance costs by cost center. A cost center could be a Department or a General Ledger Account Number.

It is not necessary to use cost centers. However, if you use them and you expect that most expenses will be associated with a particular cost center, you can use Administration to specify that one as the default cost center. MainBoss will then assume that corrective work orders are associated with this default cost center unless you state otherwise.

(For preventive maintenance work orders, the default cost center is specified in the task description. If you have not specified a default cost center in work order preferences or in a task description, the default cost center is the one associated with the equipment or space associated with the work order.)

The Cost Center table is a simple table; for more information, see Simple Tables. You access the Cost Center browser with Tables —> Cost Centers. Entries in the Cost Center table consist of:

• Code: A unique identifier code (15 characters maximum)
• Description: A description of the cost center (40 characters maximum)

For example, a code might be PROD and the description might be PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT.

For general information on browsers, see Browsers and Editors.

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