What is Job Costing and the Job Costing Module?
The Job Cost Module is an inexpensive addition to the TimeClock Plus software by Data Management, Inc. This flexible module allows a more detailed means of tracking employee time and attendance. Along with the added tracking feature are four additional reports, which are designed to show how much time has been spent on each job. The management simply keeps a list of all possible “job costing codes” up to date—this is much like the “Master Job Code List” of TimeClock Plus. These cost codes will be global to all employees who are allowed to work under them. The employee will clock in (as normal) and the system will prompt him for the job cost code. He may type it or select one from the list. Example:A car manufacturing company employee could clock in under the job code number 16 – “Windshield Repair Man,” then he could work on the job cost code number GF109 – “Green Ford.” Two hours later, he finishes the Ford and changes his cost code to YH443 – “Yellow Honda.” The entire day, he does t
