| # To estimate service order costs You can specify a service order's requirements in the following sessions: Service Order Estimated Material Costs (tssoc2120m000) Service Order Estimated Labor Costs (tssoc2130m000) Service Order Estimated Other Costs (tssoc2140m000) A cost component, used as a method for cost control must be related to every estimated cost line and actual cost line. Purpose to estimate service order costs To budget the costs (that are task setting) of carrying out the service order when price agreements are fixed. To ensure that the materials are available by allocating or ordering the required materials. To ensure that the service engineers are available by allocating the required service engineers. To ensure that the tools are available by allocating the required tools. Note If you add a reference activity to a service order, the reference activity's cost lines are copied to the service order's requirements. If you generate a service order from a planned activities, a call, or a field change order, the cost lines linked to the constituent reference activities are copied to the service order's requirements. Related topics To generate service orders To transfer planned activities to service orders |