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In order to set up rate to pay an contract operator a percent of load revenue you need to set up a 'Pay Contract' for the worker. Select Contracts | Payment Contracts | Contract Setup from the Main Menu. This link explains how to use the 'Pay Contract Wizard' in order to set up a pay contract.
The key steps involved in setting up an contract operator contract in the wizard are:
Step 2: Select the Contract Worker for the Pay Contract
In this step you select the operator you want to pay. In order to do this you must click on the 'Type' Worker/Operator which fills the list on the left with your workers (contract & employees). You then select the worker (you can only select one at a time) you want to pay. Technically, The Logger's Edge will actually pay the contract worker's employer.
Note that there is an entry called "DRIVER" This entry is very powerful in that it acts like a wild card for workers. If you select DRIVER you can pay whichever operator of the equipment who is entered on the load slip. Thus, if you want to pay all workers based on identical terms, you can setup one pay contract using the DRIVER wild card and it will cover all workers. Moreover, if I use an DRIVER contract, but want to pay one worker an exception rate, you can set up a specific contract for that worker. The Logger's Edge is smart enough to choose the specific worker contract when an DRIVER contract might otherwise apply (The Logger's Edge will actually pay the contract worker's employer).
Example. I have five skidders that work for me that get paid 20 Percent of my skidding revenue, with the exception of Jeff Kent whose employer gets 21 percent. I set up one contract that pays "DRIVER" to cover all workers, including Jeff Kent. I then setup another contract to pay Jeff Kent specifically -- this contract will trump the "DRIVER" contract so that Jeff's employer will only be paid only once.
Step 4. Select 'Load Revenue' Contract Type
You must select the 'Calculate Pay as a Percentage of Load Revenue' option.
Step 6. Enter Pay Rate
This is the step where you enter the rate you want to pay the worker's employer. A detailed explanation is available in the link: Setting up a Pay Rates: Calculate Pay based a Percent of Load Revenue. The screen below shows an example of the rate screen.
The two requirements for a worker to be paid according to a pay contract are
(1) that the block must match the block of the load (or the block entry must be blank), and
(2) that the activity must match the activity for the worker entered on the load slip.
In this screen you can set up the rate breaks you want to use to pay the worker. In row 1 (in the example above) I have entered a blank for the block, indicating I want a rate of 20 percent of Load Revenue to apply to skidding for ALL blocks. In row 2, I have entered an 'exception' rate that indicates that if the skidding is performed in block '03-RAINBOW-2991', I want to pay 22 percent of Load Revenue. The rate in row 3, is the same as in row 2, except that it has an effective date of 6/1/2004 -- meaning the rate of 23 percent will apply for loads delivered on or after 6/1/2004. For loads delivered between 1/1/2004 and 5/31/2004, on block 03-RAINBOW-2991, the rate of 22 percent is operative.
In calculating the percent of load revenue The Logger's Edge multiplies the percentage amount by the revenue for the matching pay activity for the load. Thus, if your contract is set to pay 20.0 of load revenue for SKID, you must have revenue for SKID on the load. Likewise if your contract is for 80.0 of load revenue for TRUCKING you must have revenue for TRUCKING. This requirement means that you must have a revenue contract set up for the matching activity for which you want to pay on a percent of load revenue.
Extension
There is an option in The Logger's Edge that allows you to override the activity matching requirement. We can configure your system so that you can specify the revenue activity upon which you want your percentage rate to be applied (see below).
In row 1, the 5.0 percent rate is applied to load revenue from the 'LOG PURCH' activity -- not the skidding activity. The Revenue Activity column gives you the flexibility to choose which revenue activity you want to use as your pay basis. Of course you can always opt to select the matching activity (see row 3).
By default, the Revenue Activity column is NOT enabled in The Logger's Edge.