The Tyre Costs set-up form is accessed via Miscellaneous Options / Product Management / Tyre Options and is used to create, edit and delete Tyre Cost Types for use within a product.
The form is split into three areas. These are the Titlebar, the Tyre Costs Dialogue Box and the column of Command Buttons down the right-hand side of the form.
In addition to displaying the form name the Title Bar provides a number of useful buttons.
To create a new tyre cost type select the Create Command Button.
To view or amend an existing tyre cost use the following procedure:
The cursor is located in the Tyre Cost field prompting selection of the required cost code/description for the purposes of editing an existing tyre cost type. A single-left-click of the ellipsis (...) box to the right of this field will display a Tyre Costs List Box from which the appropriate additional tyre cost type is selected for the core calculation method (either Contract Hire or another commercial product). This code has a matching description and attached vehicle-type code (displaying either P for Private Light Goods vehicles or C for Commercials). A double-left-click selects and confirms the required tyre cost (alternatively, single-left-click and select the OK command button).
The Details Tab displays a number of details relating to the selected Tyre Cost Type, which are as follows:
- Description
Displays a free-format textual description for the selected Tyre Cost Type e.g. High Performance.
- Vehicle Type
This field displays the available default vehicle types for the selected Tyre Cost Type. A single-click of the down-arrow to the right of this field enables selection from the current available options:
- P Private Light Goods
- C Commercial
- H Heavy
- Cover Percentage
The percentage of the tyre bufget to be used within the quotation. The default value is 100% (if this field is left blank then no tyre values are included within the quotation.
Tip: High performance tyres may be set to a value of 120% for example.
- Deduct From Maint
A checkbox which, if ticked, denotes that tyre costs for the selected Tyre Type are to be deducted from the overall maintenance budget. Third party data suppliers may include tyre costs withthe maintenance budgets. If the tyre costs need to be viewed separately then this checkbox reduces the maintenance budget by the tyre table value.
A number of command buttons are available. Some buttons are context sensitive and are greyed-out and only become available dependent upon the particular process that is being accessed. The full list of command buttons is as follows:
Exits the Tyre Cost Details form and returns to the Product Management menu.
Provides online access to a context sensitive Help form.
Enables the creation of a new Tyre Cost Type. Mutually exclusive option buttons allow this to be done in one of the two following ways:
- Blank
Used if a new Tyre Cost Type is to be set-up without utilising existing criteria.
- Copy
Copies the values within an existing "nearest match" Tyre Cost Type so that only required values need be edited.
Provides the facility for editing the set-up options of the current Tyre Cost Type record. No edits can be made to a record until the Amend button has been selected.
Deletes the currently selected Tyre Cost Type .
On first accessing the Tyre Cost Details form this command button is greyed-out. Following selection of the Amend button the Confirm option then becomes available to enable any edits to be confirmed.
On first accessing the Tyre Cost Details form this command button is greyed-out. Following selection of the Amend button the Cancel option then becomes available to enable any edits to be cancelled.
This is not a command button. This box is a way of displaying messages with regard to the status of the current record e.g. "Record Secured OK"
Selection of this button displays a further form that provides an Ad-hoc Report Generator for the creation of quick query reports to form..
Selection of this button displays a further form that provides an itemised display of all the selection criteria for the current Tyre Cost Type .