The selection window allows you to filter the report by:

• Date Range: You can either select a pay period, or you can simply enter the start and end date directly into the selection criteria window. The Period selection is merely a short-cut for entering a date range, so you can always edit the start and end dates to be any date you choose. For example, you can pick a period defined as 8/1/2004 to 8/12/2004, and then extend the end date by three days to 8/15/2004. If you leave the end time blank, the program will assume you want the entire day for the end date. In the example below, the start date/time is 8/1/2004 00:00:00 (a blank is assumed to be time 00:00:00) and the end date/time is 8/15/2004 00:00:00. Because the end date time is blank (or 00:00:00), the program assumes you want the whole day of the 15th and makes the end date/time 8/16/2004 00:00:00. In the selection query, the program returns records whose start date/time is greater than OR equal to the start/date time and strictly less than the end date/time.
• Block:  You can select any or all of your blocks. 
• Show Non-Tracked Activity.  This checkbox allows you to show or suppress the cost for machines that perform work on a block, but are not identified with specific loads.  For example, if you have a machine that does piling and is paid on an hourly basis, its cost will be shown if this checkbox is checked.  Otherwise, its costs will be suppressed.

The selection criteria determine the blocks that will appear in the report. 

For each block, the columns are as follows:

• Equipment Code:  The equipment unit code
• Equipment Type:  The type of machine
• Activity:  Activity or phase performed by the equipment
• Hours:  Number of hours worked
• Equip Rate:  Equipment Fully Found Rate.
• Actual Cost (Sub Equip):  Payments to subcontractors for non-company equipment
• Fully Found Equip Cost.  The cost of your equipment (= number of hours multiplied by fully found equipment rate)
• Loads:  Load Count for the block
• Actual Production.  Volume of production based on load slips.  Each machine's volume is based on the loads it produced, based on each load's activities.
• Prod/Hour:  Production per hour is based on the Actual Production divided by the number of hours.
• Total Cost/Production.  Total costs (contractor plus fully found) divided by production.
• Total Cost/Hour.  Your total cost (contractor plus fully found) divided by hours.

• Prod/Hour:  This statistic captures each machine's productivity.  You can use this measure to gauge how your productivity compares to what you have anticipated (or budgeted) when you began work on the block.  An abnormally low number indicates a serious problem that will manifest itself in an abnormally high cost per unit of production.
• Total Cost/Production:  This statistic shows each machine's cost per unit of production.  You can use this measure to compare your costs per unit of production (e.g. M3) against your revenue rate.  A high cost per unit of production may arise because you have a high hourly cost per hour (a high fully found rate) or your production per hour is too low.
• Total Cost/Hour.  When all the hours are for your own equipment, this ratio should equal your fully found rate. If it does not, then you have a problem you must resolve.  The most likely source of this problem is that you have entered hours, but have not run the employee calculator.  (The employee calculator is used to compute block equipment costs).  Another source of error is a rate change for the machine in the middle of the block.  The rate shown in the Equip Rate column is the rate in effect on the last day of your date range.
• For Activities Not tracked on tickets, the report uses the total loads and production for the block for each machine's production and loads.  This assumption, serves to spread the hourly costs over the total production for the block.  In the report below, we see that block piling is paid hourly, but is not tracked on load tickets.  The cost/production is therefore based on the production for the entire block.

Main Panel:

The main report panel shows the detailed hours and costs worked by each machine on the block.  The details allow you to identify potential problems with the block or with possible data entry problems.  The details are summarized and provide you with a cost per hour and per unit of production (M3) for each activity recorded for the block.

The main panel is split into two parts:  one for activities tracked on tickets and a second for activities not tracked on tickets.  Each row shows the detailed cost and production for each equipment unit.

Panel 2:

The second panel shows four data summaries:

(1)  A phase-by-phase breakdown of the costs on a per unit of volume basis;

(2)  A breakdown of loads, volume and costs by truck type;

(3)  A breakdown of loads and volume by species; and

(3)  A breakdown of loads and volume by sort (or stratum), depending on your configuration.

The phase-by-phase breakdown first shows the revenue rates, by phase.  These are the rates you are paid.  The activity costs are then shown on a phase by phase basis.  These rates should match those detailed in the main panel above.  The bottom line shows your margin, expressed on a per unit of volume basis (e.g. $/M3).  In the example above, the block earned a logging rate of $24.99 and a trucking rate of $8.42 for a total rate of $33.41.  The total activity cost, per M3, is $21.50 yielding a profit of $11.92 per M3 (= $33.41 - $21.50).  Please excuse us, we just make the numbers up.

Note that in the distribution of loads by truck type, the report provides a breakdown for contractor trucks as well as your own trucks.  The cost of your own trucks is based on the fully found truck cost that you have set up under Setup | Equipment / Trucks | Trucks | Truck Costing.

Panel 3:

The third panel summarizes the profitability of the block:

The left side of the panel shows a block profit and loss statement and the right side summarizes the production.

The rows in the P&L summary are as follows:

1.    Load Revenue:  Revenue paid to you by the mill(s) derived from loads for activities/phases not including the Trucking phase.  This line also excludes activities that are coded as 'is pay like trucking'.

2.    Truck Revenue:  Revenue paid to you by the mill(s) derived from loads for the Trucking phase and for activities that are coded as 'is pay like trucking', such as trucking fuel adjustments.

3.    Other Revenue.  This row includes all other revenue for the block that is not derived from load tickets.  For example, this could include revenue for activities that are billed hourly or for miscellaneous income entries.

4.    Total Revenue:  The sum of Load Revenue,  Truck Revenue, and  Other Revenue.

5.    Cost - Own Equipment.  The Fully Found cost of your own equipment.  This number should tie to the total for  'Fully Founded Equip Cost' in the main panel above.  This cost excludes trucking (and 'is pay like trucking') costs.  These costs are reported in a separate line below.

6.    Cost - SubCntr Equipment.  The cost of sub contractor-owned equipment.  This number should tie to the total for  'Actual Cost (Sub Equip)' in the main panel above.  This cost excludes trucking (and 'is pay like trucking') costs.  These costs are reported in a separate line below.

7.    Cost - Trucking.  This is the total cost for trucking and 'is pay like trucking' activities.  This cost includes the fully found cost for your own trucks and the cost of your sub contractor owned trucks.  This amount should tie to the product of the truck rate and the M3 amount shown in Panel 2 above.

8.    Other Contractor Cost.  Costs included here are:
    i.     Contractor Pay for Contractor Production Tickets where the equipment  is contractor-owned or  the equipment is 'NONE'.
    ii.    Contractor Pay for Employee Production Tickets  where the equipment  is contractor-owned (i.e. Rental Equipment)
    iii.   Contractor Pay for Contractor Production Tickets for trucking (and is pay like trucking) where the truck  is contractor-owned or  the equipment is 'NONE'.
    iv.   Contractor Pay for Contractor Production Tickets where truck and equipment are 'NONE' (e.g. Travel)

9.    Other Contr Cost (Loads).  This line includes pay to contractors for loads where the equipment is 'NONE' for non-trucking and trucking activities.  (This line is not shown in the example above and only appears if it is non-zero.)

10.    Other Employee Cost.   Costs included here are:
    i.     Employee Pay for Employee Production Tickets where the equipment  is contractor-owned or the equipment is 'NONE'.
    ii.    Employee Pay for Employee Production Tickets for trucking (and is pay like trucking) where the truck  is contractor-owned or the truck is 'NONE'.
    iii.   Employee Pay for Employee Production Tickets where truck and equipment are 'NONE' (e.g. Travel)

11.    Other Employee Cost (Loads).  This line includes pay to employees for loads where the equipment is 'NONE' for non-trucking and trucking activities.  (This line is not shown in the example above and only appears if it is non-zero.)

12.  Miscellaneous Costs.  All miscellaneous expenses (contractor & employee) coded to the block.

13.  Total Cost:  The sum of all the cost items (5 - 12 above).

14.  Total Profit/Loss:  Total Revenue less Total Cost.

15:  Gross Margin:  Profit/Loss divided by the Total Revenue.  This measure provides a standardized measure as to the economic performance of the block.

For each of the above items, the values are also displayed on a 'per volume' and 'per weight' basis.