Non Labour Resource - Default Units of Time

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21 years 8 months

The following references might be of interest for those using P6.  I do not use it but at times have to deal with P6 schedules by others, so it is good to know.

My Settings #02: P6 Duration Unit & Date Format

Understanding How P6 Works

Some people like to display durations in days, others in hours.  My preference is to display durations as well as float values in both units as to showcase how durations in days can be so misleading.

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Best Regards,

Rafael

Member for

16 years 3 months

not true your unit that you are meanuring is durations number of days you said $225 PER DAY

this is just math

your duration is 3 days 

3 days times $225per day =$675

Member for

15 years 11 months

Jesse,

Time can be set to Day. IN the User Preferences, Under Unit Format set the Time Units and Duration Format to Day.

Hope this will Help.

Member for

7 years 5 months

Hi Raymund,

Thanks for your response. I understand that the unit of measure is time based and based on your response it looks like that the 'time' can only be hourly based. I'm surprised that this can't be set as daily time.

Cheers,

Jesse

 

 

Member for

21 years 8 months

Staffing and rentals are issues a Project Manager must plan and mange.  Staffing and equipment rentals must follow the schedule, usually it is not fixed by pre-determined dates/Time.  Resource schedules are not feasible if not leveled.  Cost of idle resources must be considered within the cost model for it to be reliable.

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Cost for Resource A = 7$/hr when idle & 10$/hr when in use.  Resource A availability is 5 ea during the rental period.

After looking at the schedule resource usage even a rookie PM would schedule to return 2 resources A after Activity 2 finishes.  For such a simple schedule making the descicions is easy, but this is not always the case.

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Best Regards,

Rafael

Member for

15 years 11 months

Jesse,

Non-Labor Resources has a unit of measure as time.

Budgeted Units = 20 Wagons x 12 hrs / day = 240 hrs / day

Price per Unit = $225 / day  divide 12 hrs / day = $18.75 / hr

Budgeted Cost = 240 x $18.75 = $4500

 

Hope this will help.