Contract Details
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Management Tab, select the contract you wish to view to be taken to the contract detail page, visible to Mining and Drilling Companies
Common Action Items on all tabs are:
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Select to add a new item on the associated section |
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Select to edit an existing item on the associated section |
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Select to delete an item. |
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Select any line or tab to see further details on the rates within. |
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Select to view the edit history before approving. |
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Select to approve the selected record |
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Select to approve all types of an activity at once. Located at the top of each individual activity table. |
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Select to approve all contract rate records in the table |
Common Definitions are:
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Per Activity Hour – ex. 2 men, 1 hr drilling = 1 activity hour Per Man Hour – ex. 2 men, 1 hr drilling = 2 man hours Per Activity – flat rate each time activity is recorded Per Distance – rate per meter or foot based on unit selected |
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Price – enter the rate as invoice price Cost – enter the rate as the cost. Cost + markup will be applied to invoice. |
Projects
Use the project tab to add/edit or delete projects associate to a specific contract. If you have a plan that you would like to default all new holes to for a specific project, ensure you identify the default plan here.
Defined Rate and Markup
Use the defined rate and markup tab to set common rate and a markup percentage for cost plus items. You can set multiple defined rates under both Activities and Labour based rates. A defined rate allows you to aggregate data entered and review by the defined rate as well as the activity or item entered. Markup Percentage is the default value that cost priced items will be marked up by.
Drill Rates
Use the drill rate tab to manage your pricing by Billing Type (per Day or per Shift) and define whether it is a Fixed Rate, Minimum Rate or Maximum Rate and which drills to apply that rate to.
- Fixed Rate: Will always be charged for applicable drills
- Minimum Rate: Charges will be added to bring Activity Charges up to the Minimum Rate for an applicable Drill. If Activity Charges for a Drill are greater than the Minimum Rate, no charges will be added.
- Maximum Rate: Charges will be deducted to bring Activity Charges down to the Maximum Rate for an applicable Drill. If Activity Charges for a Drill are already less than the Maximum Rate, no charges will be deducted.
Activity Rates
Configurations:
- Limit KruxLog Activities to the Contract Activities: All Activities that have been set in Presets will appear in the drop-down list for KruxLog app users. To avoid lengthy data field selections for the field users to scroll through, you can limit your Activities to those items added specifically to each contract. At the top of the Activities tab page, see the Configurations
button. At the top you will see a checkbox to "Limit KruxLog to Contract Activities":
- (Note: When this option to Limit KruxLog is checked, you will receive a warning in Presets-->Report Setup page-->DSR Activities tab when you try to Check/Uncheck, Activate/Deactivate or Add an activity type, if it is associated with any contract, company wide.)
- Slow Penetration Threshold: you can also set Slow Penetration Threshold rates for each Drill Type. Select your units, and enter a penetration rate to which the KruxLog user will receive an indicator warning that they have surpassed the rate. As well the KruxMetrix user will also be able to see when reviewing reports, that a drilling activity has surpassed a set penetration rate.
Use the Activity Rates tab to manage your pricing by activity. Pricing must be entered for all Activities and Types that will be used for the contract and for each drill type. To enter rates for activities, select the 
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Select your Drill Type, Drill(s), Activities, Type and Bit Sizes (if applicable) for your new contract rate. You can select single items or multiple however, the rates that you add will apply to each of selected combinations when you save.
You may enter an item for the contract without applying a rate by selecting the "No Rate" radio button.
Billable or Non-Billable: by default this is toggled Off. This relates to what the KruxLog field users will see in the app and will allow them to specify if the activity is billable or non-billable. (Note: setting this as Billable or Non-Billable will not affect the approval status)
If you toggle this On and allow them to specify, you must also set the default state in which they will see, whether Checked or Unchecked:
See example below of the Billable option set to default of "Checked":
Adding a Rate in Metrix
To add a new single rate line (for activities that have depths or distances or time start/end), click on
and enter data for all the available fields. Required fields are; Rate, Billing Type & Rate Type. If you select from an available Defined Rate all field will be populated automatically.
For certain activities with depth associated, you may select the radio button option for "Rate by Distance" to enter From/To depths. Alternatively to charge by time, select the radio button for "Rate by Time".
If you want to enter multiple rate lines consisting of multiple From and To increments, you may add additional single rows by clicking 
. Alternatively for rates with a larger amount of increments you may choose to use the New Rate Table button by clicking
Required Depth fields are:
- From: enter minimum Depth (typically 0)
- To: enter maximum Depth
- Increment: if my rate changes every 100 meters, enter 100
Required Time fields are:
- Time From
- Time To
- Increment (minimum 15 minute increments)
Additionally you can add a Dip Range by selecting the checkbox just above to enter a range in degrees along with it. (For example: you may want to enter Depth ranges from 0-100m and 100-200m having the Dip Range of X-XX degrees, as well as specifying a Dip Range for another set of depths.).
Once entered click 
to populate the rate lines. Now you can enter the different rates for each line.
Within the modal you can still add another rate or edit each rate or rate section by clicking 
or delete 
within each summary section before clicking 
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Once rates have been saved you view each individual rate record by clicking:
You can edit each individual record by clicking .
Once you have entered activities, you can filter items shown below in the table by:
- Status (All, Approved, Pending)
- Drill Type (All, Geotechnical, Percussive, Reverse Circulation, Sonic, Surface-Coring, Underground-Coring)
- Rate/No-Rate applied
- You can also view how many items are displayed at the top right of the table.
Consumable Rates
Use the consumable rate tab to add rates to consumables for this contract. You do not need to add consumables that are not billed. You may add negative values if necessary for circumstances where negative consumable rates may be required.
Equipment Rate
Use the equipment rate tab to add, edit and delete how equipment is billed for this contract. Equipment billing types are as follows
- Per Month, equipment billed monthly require an equipment rental entry.
- Per Day
- Per Hour
- Per Shift
- Per Distance
- Per Activity
For each different equipment and billing type combination, you can further define when the billing conditions apply by selecting from the following options;
- Drill Type, you can have different rates for the same equipment on different drilling operations.
- DSR and Timesheet Activities, all activities are selected by default however if there are certain activities where equipment cannot be billed for you can deselect them.
Labour Rate
Use the Labour rate tab to add, edit and delete how Labour is billed for this contract. Labour billing types are as follows;
- Per Day: Flat rate for each day worked, regardless of hours.
- Per Diem: Daily charges for meals, hotel, etc.
- Per Payroll Hour: Hourly rate for each hour worked from shift
- Per Man Hour: Hourly rate for each hour worked on selected activities.
When creating or editing a new Labour Rate, All Timesheet Activities are selected by default however, if there are certain timesheet activities where labour cannot be billed you can deselect them.