You can optionally set up a common project to hold the cost of manufacturing transactions that are not associated with a specific project. This enables you to budget for common costs and view commitments, actual and budgeted cost for your common project on the standard Project Status Inquiry.

You can assign a common project if Cost Collection is enabled for the inventory organization and Project Reference Enabled check box is checked. You can set up a different common project for each inventory organization. You specify the common project number on the PJM Organization Parameters window.

Task numbers for the common project are entered n the PJM Organization Parameters window for an inventory organization. Default rules for the Common Project are derived from the values entered in the PJM Organization Parameters and available in the Task Auto Assignment Rules window. When you run the Cost Collector, the common project is assigned to all transactions related to common items and the task number are assigned based on the rules set up in the Task Auto Assignment Rules window.

For example, in Inventory Organization Los Angeles:

Common project in the PJM Organization Parameter = P2-Common

Task Auto Assignment Rules set up are as follows:

The rule above results in all material transactions for common items to be assigned to task 3.

The rule above results in all resource transactions for common items to be assigned to task 2.

When you perform a receiving transaction for a common (non-project) purchase order, and run the Cost Collector, the material transaction are assigned the project P2-Common and the task 3.0 based on the above setup.

The rule above results in all WIP Material transactions for common items to be assigned to task 2.