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How To: Manage Cruise
1. BackgroundOne common way for companies to track their production off a given tract of land is to use a 'cruise' to estimate the volume of wood suitable for harvesting on the tract. A cruise may vary from a gross estimate of the volume of wood to a detailed estimate by species, product and sometimes grade. Usually, the degree of detail is dictated by the varieties of wood on tract and the diversity in delivered prices. Because some wood is high valued and other wood is less valued, an accurate cruise is essential when the wood is being purchased up front using a lump sum, as opposed to being paid for as it is harvested.
The Logger's Edge provides the ability to enter your cruise (at the level of detail you want) and then run a report that compares the cruise to actual deliveries as the tract is harvested.
2. Steps Involved
Set Cruise Flag
In the Basic Setup Window, the flag 'Enable Cruise' needs to be set.
Setting the cruise flag will enable an additional form as part of the block set up.
Enter Cruise Volumes
In the block setup wizard you enter your cruise volumes (see above). The cruise volumes can be based on species and/or product.
If
you use grade as an attribute of your loads, you can also base your cruise
on grade as well.
The volumes do not have to be in the same unit (say MBF), but can be mixed. As shown in the window grid, saw logs are cruised based on MBF, but pulp is cruised based on cords.
This step is optional because your depletion rates are not tied to the individual cruise segments. That is, this alternative allows you to set up depletion rates separate and apart from your cruise.
3. Report
The cruise volume report provides a reconciliation of your cruise with your actual production:
The report shows:
- Cruise Volume: The Cruise you initially entered
- Measure: the unit of measure for the cruise
- Acc Record Volume: Delivered volume
- Depletion Rate (Calc): The total depletion charges divided by the delivered volume. This rate should match the depletion rate charged for the cruise segment
- Depletion Amount: Accrued depletion charged on the delivered volume
- Remaining volume: Difference between the cruise volume and the record volume. This should indicate the remaining timer to be harvested.
- Remaining Depletion Amount: The remaining volume multiplied by the depletion rate. This indicates the remaining amount to be depleted.
- Remaining Percentage: The percentage of the cruise remaining to be harvested.
The primary importance of this report is to allow you to monitor your actual production against your expected production.
Note
than in the report if you have delivered volume that does not fit into one
of your cruise categories, it will still be shown on the report with a
cruise of 0.0 and tagged as 'Not Cruised'. See rows 10 and 11 in
the example above. Thus, the report will show all delivered volume,
whether cruised or not.
