Each pay activity that you set up in The Logger's Edge must be assigned a pay activity type. These activity types are used for classifying time into categories such as “regular production,” “maintenance,” and other non-chargeable time (for example, down time). The following activity “types” are included in The Logger's Edge:

REG_PROD Production time, such as time spent logging, trucking, delimbing, etc.
EQ_MAINT Equipment maintenance (which does not affect utilization statistics)
EQ_MAINT_DOWN Equipment maintenance where the machine is DOWN (and thus not utilized)
NONWORK Non-work paid time, such as holiday, vacation, or paid sick time
NON-PROD CHARGE Other non-production chargeable time, such as road-building
OTHER Other non-chargeable time, such as staff parties and down time
TRAVEL Travel time

The "Production Time" flag indicates whether this activity type is to be treated as productive time for utilization reporting. 

In general, we recommend that users have this flag checked for the activity type of "REG_PROD" and the activity type of "NON-PROD CHARGE."  That way, any time that you code to a pay activity belonging to one of these two activity types will be included in the numerator of your production utilization percentage.

The "Maintenance Time" column indicates whether the particular activity type is to be counted as maintenance time for purposes of certain reports such as the Equipment and Truck Operating Cost reports.  A non-zero value indicates that the activity type should be treated as maintenance.  The distinction between "EQ_MAINT" and "EQ_MAINT_DOWN" is that the former is to be used for expected (routine) maintenance time that should not count as down time for the piece of equipment, while the latter is to be used for maintenance time that is actually cutting into the machine's available hours.

 The Logger's Edge can be also be configured to indicate whether time incurred in a particular pay activity type is eligible for:

Talk to your Caribou representative if you need to change these settings.

The following table summarizes the purpose of each of the columns in the window.

Type Code Short identification of the item that appears in the navigation tree and drop down menus throughout The Logger's Edge.
Description Enter a longer description. Used to clarify the code.
Production Time Check this box if the pay activity type is a production activity. This is used to calculate production time on utilization reports.
Maintenance Time Check this box if the pay activity type is to be used to track equipment maintenance.  This flag is used to determine whether time of this type appears in certain reports such as Reports | Trucks | Operating Costs and Reports | Equipment | Operating Costs.
Apply to Overtime Should worker time against this pay activity type be counted as eligible for overtime? Worker time is entered against a pay activity and each pay activity is associated with a pay activity type.  That type is either eligible for overtime or not.
Night Shift Factor  Does this pay activity type have a night shift pay differential factor? Night shifts can be specified on the employee time slips. Enter the night shift factor here. (A factor of 1 means that the activity is paid no differently at night than on day shifts.)
Holiday Factor Does this pay activity type have a holiday pay differential factor? If so, enter the factor here. (A factor of 1 means that this activity is not paid any differently on a holiday as compared to any other day.)
Saturday Factor Does this pay activity type have a Saturday pay differential factor? If so, enter the factor here. The Logger's Edge looks at the computer calendar to determine which days are Saturdays.
Sunday Factor Does this pay activity type have a Sunday pay differential factor? If so, enter the factor here. The Logger's Edge looks at the computer calendar to determine which days are Sundays.
Active? Should this item appear in the navigation tree and drop down menus throughout The Logger's Edge? 

When calculating any of the factors configured on the pay activity types, The Logger's Edge will multiply the worker’s pay for the day by the factor indicated. Therefore, if a Saturday Factor of 1.5 is indicated, the worker will receive his normal pay rate and normal overtime rate (if configured) multiplied by 1.5.