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Here are Some Logging Features

Following are several main features of the Logging, you will find full details of these features throughout the context sensitive online help. In addition to the features listed below, the Logging Module has all the features such as: Find, Maintain, Access Security, Comment Fields etc. Many fields have lookup buttons with a search facility so that the field data is found with only a few keystrokes. All the reports can be displayed to the screen, printed or exported to FAX, word processor, spreadsheet etc.

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Contractors

Your Contractor codes can be up to 8 characters and all contractor information is recorded and available to the Creditors module. The Dataline Accounting For Windows System includes a full Australian postcode table with lookup and maintenance facilities.

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Machines

Machine codes can be up to 8 characters and each machine is allocated to a Contractor and marked as available for any combination of Fell, Snig, Bark, Load and Haul operations. Machines for any of these operations may of course be people.

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Mills

Mill codes can be up to 6 characters and mill information such as location is maintained for each mill.

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Areas

Area (Compartment) codes can be up to 12 characters and information such as the owner and timber type is maintained for each area (compartment).

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Volume Tables

The Volume Table code can be up to 3 characters and each table contains up to 45 diameter breaks and volume calculation entries as supplied by the NSW Forestry Commission.

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Species

The Specie code can be up to 3 characters and each table contains information on specie type (Hardwood or Pine), reporting group, volume table (for pine) and waste diameter for waste reporting.

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Qualities

The Log Quality code can be up to 9 characters and any number of codes can be defined that relate to a Forestry Commission Quality Code. This allows for improved reporting and expanded contractor payment options. The Quality also allows for minimum and maximum length and diameter settings to warn when data entry is outside of the normal values.

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Royalty Tables

The Royalty Table code can be up to 3 characters and has 18 diameter breaks as used by the NSW Forestry Commission. The Royalty Tables are used for both royalties and for contractor payments and any number of tables can be created. The tables are linked to areas (compartments) and species in Maintain Area Royalties and to machines, areas (compartments), species and qualities in Maintain Contractor rates.

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Area Royalties

Royalty tables are recorded for each specie in each area (compartment) in this module.

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Contractor Rates

Royalty (Contractor Rate) tables are recorded for each quality code for each specie in each area (compartment) for each contractor machine in this module. This arrangement means that contractor payments can be based on up to 18 diameter sizes for each specie and quality in an area on a machine basis.

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Mill to Mill Haulage Rates

The haulage rate between mills is recorded in this module.

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Log Receipts

Log Receipts provides for the entry of delivery docket information together with felling, snigging, barking and loading machine information. The receipting calculates the log volumes and provides a total volume for checking the delivery docket. The docket can be edited until the tally is posted so that the adjusted length can be altered. All royalties and contractor payments are made on the adjusted length which initially defaults to the recorded length.

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Log Consumption

Log consumption converts logs from available to consumed or wasted. The module also allows the reverse of this process. A reference field is available for the user to record the batch, lathe or saw details.

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Log Transfers

Log transfers allows logs to be transferred from one mill’s stock to another and provides for payment to the hauling contractor.

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Log Splits

Log splits allows logs to be cut into shorter logs with new mill log numbers.

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Stocktake

Stocktake allows the input of all mill log numbers and an exception list is generated. All exceptions are automatically corrected.

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Log Report

The log report gives details of available, consumed, transferred logs selected by log number range, delivery date range, consumption date range, reference range, length range, diameter range, volume range, cost range, mill range, area range, specie range and quality range. The criteria can be in any combination and both summary and detail reports are available.

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Logging Area Report

The logging area report gives MTD and YTD details of logs selected by mill range, area range, specie range and quality range. The criteria can be in any combination and both summary and detail reports are available.

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Log Species Report

The log species report gives MTD and YTD details of logs selected by mill range, area range, specie range and quality range. The criteria can be in any combination and both summary and detail reports are available.

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Log Consumption Report

The log consumption report gives MTD and YTD details of logs selected by mill range, area range, specie range and quality range. The criteria can be in any combination and both summary and detail reports are available.

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Log Contractor’s Payment Advice

The log contractor’s payment advice gives royalty, felling, snigging, barking and hauling details of logs selected by supplier. Both summary and detail reports are available.

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Machine Summary Report

The machine summary report gives MTD and YTD details of machine volumes, costs and rates selected by mill range, area range, specie range and machine range. The criteria can be in any combination.

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Log Waste Report

The log waste report gives details of specie log counts and waste from veneer logs selected by consumption date range, mill range, area range and specie range. The criteria can be in any combination.

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Forestry Commission Log Book

The forestry commission log book gives details of logs that have been received. The criteria can be in any combination and both summary and detail reports are available.

EOM / Forestry Commission Tally File

The EOM /forestry commission tally file allows the selection of clearing MTD and YTD figures creating the tally file and posting invoices to the creditors module and the deletion of consumed logs.

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