Hi,
I have found a situation that I don't understand how to represent in a schedule:
Ideally, I can define one activity and assign their resources, and the costs depend on how much hours are scheduled for a specific resource, then I'm planning to "pay the activity" for "productive work", right? But in real life there are costs that, being unproductive, must be planned and paid. I have two examples, the first one is machinery:
The project must pay a monthly rent for the use of a machine, and this cost does not depend on how much the machine is used, It could be stopped half day because there is just one shift planned or it may have rest times waiting for another workfront to finish. The cost at the end of the month will be the same, though production will not be the same. And I can assign the hour costs for the machine, but the contract for its rent specifies a monthly cost for its use. For example, I must pay an entire month to use an excavator during half day during that month. The inverse is also true, I can pay the same month for the excavator and use it during two daily shifts, and pay the same for the rent (Tough not the same for consumables, like oil and gas).
My second example is for handwork payments under mexican law (Tough I believe that there must be similar rules under other countries' regulations):
Under the Mexican law, each week must have one paid rest day. The Mexican Law considers a normal workweek of 6 days, 8 hours @day. But the seventh day, even when it is not productive, must be paid (and let's not talk about holidays and vacations, which must also be paid).
So, I should schedule the productivity with one calendar (8 hours, 6 days a week) but the payments should be scheduled with another calendar (8 hours, 7 days a week). I'm not getting how to do this.
How should these unproductive costs taken into account in the schedule?
Best regards,
Carlos.