Creating a labor requisition

Create a labor requisition from a work order activity to hire labor for an activity from an external source. To create a labor requisition for a work order activity, select Hired Laborfor the Activity and specify a Labor Type. The system then displays each hired labor activity on the Create Labor Requisition popup enabling you to select the activities for which to create a labor requisition.

To create a labor requisition:

  1. Open the Work Orders form.
  2. Select the work order for which to create a labor requisition, and then click the Activities tab.
  3. Click Create Labor Requisition.
  4. Requisition Description—Enter a description of the requisition.
  5. Store—Enter the Store requesting the labor.
  6. Requested By—Enter the employee requesting the labor.
  7. Select the activity for which to create a labor requisition.
    Note: You may select multiple activities as necessary.
  8. Click Create Requisition.
    Note: If you are creating a labor requisition for a multiple equipment work order, the system creates a requisition line for each selected activity and copies the Equipment value selected for the hired labor activity to the requisition line.

    The system automatically populates Equipment with All Equipment (on the requisition header), Labor Type,and Supplier.

    The requisition/line information is applied only to the activity lines on the multiple equipment header and not to the Related Work Order activities.

  9. Click Cancel.