Operator Time Charge Overview

Operator time charges, also known as "Wet Hire" billing in Australia, can be entered and invoiced from a contract, separately from the cycle billing of a rental equipment invoice.
These posted Time Charge Invoices can then be viewed by product in Detailed Revenue Inquiry By Product#, for Source 7.

The equipment to be billed requires a Special Rate setup for the Time Charge, in the Rental Inventory rate structure.
This rate does not need to be selected on the rental contract.

Note: To qualify for Time Charge billing the Special Rate should have no "To Hours" or "Rate Hours" values in its rate structure.

Setup:

• Setup the 'Special Rate' in the product Rate window of Rental Inventory.
  
  • The Description prints on the operator invoice so experiment to suit your business
    e.g. Hourly
  • Leave the To Hours and Rate Hours fields blank.
  • In the Rate column enter the hourly rate to be charged for the operator.
    e.g. the hourly charge for a driver or the per meter rate when used for cutting concrete
• Setup a rate code in Hourly Rate Codes in the "General Settings" on the Operations tab of the Configure System Settings.
• Setup any operators required in Time Charge Operators window in the "GeneralSettings" on the Operations tab of the Configure System Settings.
  To add new employee types, press <F5> in the window and enter a Type code and description.

To enter the operator charges to be billed, the contract listing the equipment rented must first be entered for the customer in Counter Worksheet or Contracts.
The charges can then be added and edited in Operator Charges and invoices can be created in Generate Operator Charge Invoices.
Once an invoice has been created, header and service information can be edited in Edit Operator Charge Invoices but the product details cannot be modified.
If the product details need to be adjusted the same invoice can be accessed from Miscellaneous Invoices if the operator has sufficient role permission.

The menu options are:

Operator Charges
Generate Operator Charge Invoices
Print Operator Charge Invoices
Edit Operator Charge Invoices
Return Operator Time Charge Equipment