Defining Segment Costs

Segments are an optional part of provider costing used for guaranteed earnings.

Before you begin

The Trapeze4 Workstation must be open to Provider Contracts ancillary data.

About this task

For activities from Out to In, or any activity pair, a set amount and/or a guaranteed time + time rate can be defined. If the cost of Trip cost + Activity cost + Mobility aid cost is less than the segment cost, then the difference is added to the total run cost. (Note that mobility aids are typically defined in the Activity costs area.)

Typically, a segment is defined by a From activity and a To activity, but these activities do not have to be contiguous (that is, other activities may occur after the From activity but before the To activity). For provider costing purposes, segments are usually defined by activities that are geocoded at a garage. For example, a segment may be defined as from Pull-out to Pull-in. Other examples might be Pull-out to DriverRelief, DriverRelief to DriverRelief, DriverRelief to Pull-in, and so on.

Procedure

  1. In the Contract frame, click the contract for which to define segment costs.
  2. In the Validity pane, select a validity in the grid.
  3. Click Edit.
    The buttons in the Validity frame become available.
  4. Click the Segment cost button.
    The Provider contract - Segment costs dialog box appears.
    The Provider contract - Segment costs dialog box with no segement costs defined.
  5. Provide the following information:
    From activity
    Click the activity from which you want to assign the segment cost.
    To activity
    Click the activity to which you want to assign segment cost.
    Cost Breakdown Type
    Click the appropriate cost breakdown type.
    Guaranteed Time
    Type the minimum amount of time guaranteed to be paid for this segment.
    Guaranteed Time Rate
    Type the hourly charge to be applied to the guaranteed time.
    Guaranteed Flat Rate
    Type the flat rate that should be added to the guaranteed payment of the segment.
  6. Click Add.
    The segment cost rule is added to the grid.
  7. Restart the Schedule Server application.
    If you change the rate profiles retroactively, Schedule Server recalculates them when you load the schedule.