The Smart Way To Buy Scrap
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Building and processing a Ticket
Regardless of whether
you started a Quick Ticket or
a Customer Ticket you will
end up at the ticket entry screen. The only difference being whether you
will be building a ticket for a specific named customer or for a generic
customer.
Ticket Entry Screen
The ticket entry screen is
divided into four functional areas as follows:
The red rectangle above indicates the area of the screen where the receipt can be previewed as the ticket is built. In this case, we are building ticket number 102180 which is made out to "A VALUED CUSTOMER", so we know that it is a Quick Ticket for a generic customer. A Customer ticket would have the customer's name at the top of the receipt.
The green rectangle above indicates the area of the screen for choosing the commodities to purchase. The list of commodities and the color codes are specific to each workstation. When you setup your system, you will be able to select your most common products to put on your 'Home" screen. The color codes help to group 'like' items together. The two menu options with white backgrounds, call up additional menu items.
The blue rectangle above indicates the area of the screen where the 'item level' processing buttons are located. These buttons are used to add & modify the information on a single commodity line, rather than the ticket as a whole. These buttons will not appear until at least one commodity has been selected. These buttons will affect only the last commodity selected. To modify a previously entered commodity, use the Edit Details button.
The yellow rectangle above indicates the area of the screen where the 'ticket level' processing buttons are located. These buttons function on the ticket as a whole, rather than an individual line on the ticket.
Select a commodity
The first step in the process of buying scrap is to select a commodity. Simply press the commodity you are purchasing or select a button that will take you to another menu page with more commodity choices. In our example we will choose Motor Blocks.
On the top right, the receipt preview shows the commodity, the weight
and the price per unit measure. On the bottom left are the commodity buttons
to capture the weights and modify the item price. Once
these buttons appear, the operator can capture a weight or change the
price at any time, and in any sequence.
Get the Weight
Once a commodity has been selected,
the operator can enter the Gross, Tare or Net weight. For example, to
enter the gross weight of the vehicle the operator would touch the gross
weight option. The weight entry
screen will pop open.
In the Demo program, the system will simulate reading an electronic scale by generating a random number when you press the Ferrous or Nonferrous Scale buttons. In a 'live' situation, the scale computer will be connected to a scale and will read actual weights off the scale when you press the scale buttons. (Because the numbers are generated randomly in the demo, it may occur that your tare weight is greater than your gross weight - just manually correct the weight).
Override the Price (optional)
If the pricing has been setup
properly, the system will automatically compute the correct price for
this customer and commodity. There may be times when the operator needs
to negotiate a different price for the material. To change the automatic
price, the operator can press the 'price' button. The price override screen
appears:
The price override screen is divided
into two sections. On the left side of the screen you see the familiar
10 key pad that is used to enter a numeric value, in this case an override
price. On the right side of the screen is the 'pop up' price list.
In the example above, we see that this is pricing for 'Baling Scrapr'. Any prices above the Scale price in the table indicate that the commodity being purchased is in a price list that has been assigned to this customer.
The Scale price in the table is the default price and any prices which show below the scale price are from global price lists which include the commodity being purchased.
From this screen, the operator can enter a special price by either selecting from the pop-up price list on the right hand side of the screen or by keying in a price per unit of measure on the left side of the screen. (Note: an exception report is available detailing every time the operator changes a purchase price).
Press OK to accept or Cancel to undo, either will take you back to the ticket entry screen.
Enter Deducts (optional)
Once the commodity has a weight then
the deducts button appears. The system will allow the operator to enter
a deduction by weight or by dollar.
If deduction reasons have been set up in User
Definable Tables, then the system will prompt for the deduction reason.
Repeat for additional commodities
At the nonferrous scale, additional
commodities may be purchased on the same ticket by selecting another commodity
and repeating the process.
Preview the receipt
Before processing the ticket, the scale operator should check the on-screen receipt to verify that it reflects his intentions. Any mistakes on the current (last) line are easily corrected.
Correcting Mistakes with Edit Details
The primary line item buttons
in the Ticket entry screen operate only on the last commodity entered.
The edit details button can be used to correct mistakes that are discovered
on a previous line in a ticket. Pressing the button displays a list of
all the items on the ticket. Any displayed line item can be removed (voided)
or edited.
Pressing Edit Line displays a line editing screen which will allow the operator to change any field on the line.
After the changes have been entered,
the line can be saved or the changes
cancelled. Either option returns to the ticket entry screen.
Ticket Info
If the situation requires it,
the scale operator has the option of capturing additional information
about the customer and the load using the Ticket
Info button.
When the operator is finished with the ticket or has reached a stopping point, he will select one of the buttons in the bottom right corner of the screen that completes or suspends the processing of the current ticket. The possible options are Hold Ticket, Close Ticket, Pay Ticket, Close Bill of Lading or Cancel Ticket.
Hold the Ticket
The Hold
Ticket button will suspend the processing of the ticket and place
the ticket on the held ticket list, typically until the customer has completed
unloading and returns to the scale. Optionally, a bar coded Yard Ticket
can be printed, which is given to the driver of the vehicle. The operator
is given the opportunity to enter a vehicle description that will enable
him to recognize the customer when he returns to weigh back.
The operator can simply press the button for the type and color of vehicle he has weighed. He may use the alpha and numerical buttons to enter a name or license plate information. This is basically a free field where the operator can enter information to help him to identify a vehicle when it returns to be weighed back.
The system then returns to the main buying screen to allow the operator to serve the next customer.
Procedure for retrieving held tickets
Close the Ticket
If there are no more weights
required, the operator may Close the ticket,
which will print it, but it will not be paid. Use this option if the customer
needs to take a printed ticket to a cashier for payment. The system then
returns to the main buying screen to allow the operator to serve the next
customer.
Pay the Ticket
The system can be configured
to allow payments to be made at the scale. If so, the scale operator can
press the Pay Ticket button, to pay the
ticket, either by cash, check or ATM. The demo version of the software
is not setup to pay a ticket from this station. The system then returns
to the main buying screen to allow the operator to serve the next customer.
Cancel the Ticket
This option voids the ticket
and all information entered will be lost. The system then returns to the
main buying screen to allow the operator to serve the next customer.
Close Bill of Lading
This option is used for outbound
shipments.