Scale Interface Software from Dexter + Chaney
The Spectrum's Scale Interface module provides a complete materials management system. It streamlines the entire process of material sales and job costing. Time is saved and accuracy is ensured by directly importing weigh tickets. Flexible pricing options offer standard prices, area prices and contract prices. Even paying haulers is automated and truck cycle times calculated. Also, Spectrum allows for standard and custom mixes per batch.
Spectrum™ can work with a wide variety of scale packages. The interface is extremely flexible, utilizing a completely user-defined import format. And imports may be processed from different scale packages quickly and easily.
Scale Interface integrates with Inventory Control and Job Cost for processing materials requisitioned to jobs. It integrates with Order Processing and Accounts Receivable for customer sales. And it works with Accounts Payable for the creation of invoices for haulers.
Features
- Weigh tickets are read automatically from your existing scale software, ensuring accuracy.
- Works with a variety of scale software packages, via user-defined import.
- Extensive error correction ensures that data is transferred accurately.
- Plant and Pit profitability can be reported based on actual cost.
- Quantity production, sales and costs for current year, previous year and user-defined periods can be used for comparison.
- Manual weigh ticket entry screen is available for plants that aren't currently using an automatic scale software package.
- Standard product mixes can be set up for accurate costing and also overridden per batch. Tickets can create outside sales invoices or internal job requisitions, based on the customer and job.
- Freight and miscellaneous costs can be tracked separately, or can be billed as a service or accumulated into the material sale amount.
- Actual freight costs can be reconciled to the estimated cost and the freight invoice created automatically in Spectrum Accounts Payable.
- Hauler rates can be set up to use standard rates or special rates.
- Actual material costs from outside suppliers can be reconciled against the accrued cost and the supplier's invoice can be assessed automatically in Spectrum Accounts Payable.
- Customer contract file allows special pricing overrides for selected customers.
- Truck cycle information is easily tracked by truck for each plant / job site.
- Imports may be processed from different scale packages quickly and easily.
- Multiple item codes may be included on a single ticket.
- Spectrum allows for standard and custom mixes per batch.
- Paying haulers is automated and truck cycle times calculated.
- Manual weight ticket entry screen is available for plants that aren't currently using an automatic scale software package.
- Freight and miscellaneous costs can be tracked separately, or can be billed as a service or accumulated into the material sale amount.
- Actual freight costs can be reconciled to the estimated cost and the freight invoice created automatically in A/P.
- Job codes and customer jobs can be set up to price materials based on how far they must be hauled.
- Customer contract file allows special pricing overrides for selected customers.
- Scale Interface is integrated with Document Imaging, Job Cost, Order Processing/Invoicing, Inventory, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable modules, which reduces input time and ensures accuracy.
Inquiry Screens
Scale Ticket Inquiry
Plant/Pit Production Inquiry
Truck Cycle Inquiry
Reports
Scale Ticket Report
Plant/Pit Production Report
Plant/Pit Profitability Report
Truck Cycle Report
Data Format File Listing
Plant/Pit File Listing
Truck File Listing
Freight Adjustment File Listing
Customer Contract File Listing
Warehouse/Department file Listing
Item Code Translation Listing
Job/Company File Listing
Job Contract File Listing
Hauler Payable Report
Area Code Report
Sales Journal Report
Freight Reconciliation History Report
Import Error Listing
Mix Processing Adjustment Report
Scale Ticket Form
Freight Hourly Reconciliation Report
Freight Cost Reconciliation Report
Outside Material Purchase Reconciliation Report
Ticket Reversal Listing
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