Material Costing and Notes

Once you have entered material into the system you can manually specify costing information and enter any desired notes.

1. From the main Material List, click on the link in the Name column for the piece of material that you would like to enter costing information for. The Material Costs and Material Notes sections appear at the bottom of the screen.
2. Existing costing information is displayed under the Material Cost section of the screen. To edit an existing cost record, click on the link in the Date column. Click on the icon to remove a costing record from the system. To add a new cost record, click on the [ADD MATERIAL COST] icon located in the upper right-hand corner. A detail screen opens below the list of existing costs.
3. Enter the Date on which this cost was incurred. Click on the icon to select the desired date from a calendar.
4. Enter the desired Cost. Figures in this field are represented as dollar amounts.
5. Click on the [SAVE] icon to save the cost record.
6. If you would like to enter notes on the material or costing record, click on the [ADD MATERIAL NOTES] icon located in the Material Notes section of the screen. Notes can be a maximum of 200 characters in length. Click on the [SAVE] icon to save the note.