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BOP Program Statement 8510.03 § 8
REVIEW OF SALES THRESHOLDS BY PROGRAM MANAGERS
a. The Factory Manager and Business Manager must review the
Job Cost Analysis Report upon completion of a job. If variances
for materials and/or activity costs are within +/-10% of planned
cost, no further action is required.
b. The Factory Manager and Business Manager/Plant Controller
must ensure that completed jobs are reviewed.
— The analysis of these reviews is to be recorded in the
job text for all jobs with variances of +/-10% in
either material or activity costs.
Detailed analysis is required when production job costs exceed
the dollar threshold established for each product group as
listed:
Graphics & Services $10,000
Electronics & Plastics 10,000
Optics 1,000
Metals 10,000
Brush/Broom 2,500
Cut & Sew 5,000
Furniture 5,000
Systems Furniture 5,000
Dorm and Quarters 5,000
All variances resulting from incorrect Bill of Material and/or
routing must be corrected. The Factory Manager must notify the
PSC promptly for correction of the Bill of Material and/or
routing.
c. A listing of settled orders will be retained in the monthly
work papers. The Business Manager and Factory Manager must
ensure that all variances greater than +/- 10% are reviewed and
explanations of differences are included in the text of the job
in Millennium.
d. The Corporate Accountant will generate the Collective
Processing Report and ensure file accessibility to all locations.
This report must be reviewed to identify any potential problems
in active production orders.
e. The Factory Manager must notify the program manager of all
production orders that have significant differences between:
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— planned and standard costs,
— planned and actual costs, and
— actual and planned costs.
f. The Associate Warden I&E/SOI is responsible for making sure
a quarterly review of all items not being produced at standard
cost is performed (i.e., configurable materials and items being
produced at planned costs).
— This review must verify that the Bill of Material and
Item Standard Routing is correct and that an approved
work measurement study exists for these items.
History
PS 8510.03 dated 2003-07-31
Provenance
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- bop.gov
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- 2026-09-20
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- bop-ps-2026-09-20
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