The Costs Summary Tab is accessed via the top section of the Maintenance Control form and is used to display a running total of summary expenditure for the selected maintained vehicle.
Note: If the Inc. open apps in Cost Summary parameter is ticked in the General 2 Tab of System Parameters then the summary build routines includes open approvals in the summary totals displayed within this form; if unticked then the routine to populate the maintenance cost summary record only accumulates values from the maintenance history file.
Working left to right the information displayed for each maintenance cost element is as follows:
Maintenance Cost Element: The full description of the maintenance cost element.
Budget To-Date: Displays the profit make-up budget value posted to-date for the maintenance cost element. This value is equal to the value in the To-Date field within the Profi Tab in Contract Review.
Actual To-Date: The actual maintenance cost spend against the maintenance cost element posted to the associated Cost Summary Code letter (e.g. M Mechanical Repair).
Note: The Cost Summary Code is held against the Analysis Type code (e.g. ME) which in turn is held against the Reason For Repair code.
Recharged: The value of any maintenance cost spend that has been recharged back to the customer.
Variance: The variance between the Budget To-Date value and the Actual To-Date value.
Rate: The variance between the Budget To-Date value and the Actual To-Date value expressed as a percentage.
Forecast: A straight line extrapolation of the total maintenance spend for the full period of the contract, for the cost element, based on the Actual To-Date value.