Zone Costs

Internal Table Name: AdvancedCosting_ZoneCosts

Zone Costs define the minimum throughput for each step and the cost incurred for that step within a zone defined in Zone Cost Definitions. You can use zone costs to set up cost lookups based on pairs of values representing the step and associated cost. For example, you may have a transportation zone cost where the cost varies based on the flow quantity. Flow less than or equal to 200 units is 1.5 per unit, greater than or equal to 200 and less than or equal to 500 is 1.25, and greater than or equal to 500 is 1.0:

Keep in mind that each step includes both boundary values. In the example above a quantity of 200 could incur a cost of either 1.5 or 1.25. The lower cost will be used.

Step Costs define the Minimum Quantity for each step and the cost incurred for that step.

Name

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Table: AdvancedCosting_ZoneCosts

Internal Name: ZoneCostName

Type: Short Text (100)

Select the Zone Cost you created in the Zone Cost Definitions table.

Zone

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Table: AdvancedCosting_ZoneCosts

Internal Name: Zone

Type: Number (Integer)

Enter a number to define the zone for the source-destination combination. This zone is used to determine the cost that will be applied.

Minimum Quantity

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Table: AdvancedCosting_ZoneCosts

Internal Name: Step

Type: Short Text (100)

Enter the minimum quantity that defines the zone step to which the cost applies. Enter a value, then optionally select a quantity, weight or volume unit of measure. If you do not select a unit of measure, the default Quantity Unit Of Measure from Model Settings is used.

Throughput greater than or equal to Minimum Quantity and less than or equal to the minimum for the next step can incur the Cost at this level. The steps are inclusive at their boundaries. For example:

Keep in mind that each step includes both boundary values. In the example above, a quantity of 200 could incur a cost of either 1.5 or 1.25. The lower cost (1.25) will be used.

Cost

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Table: AdvancedCosting_ZoneCosts

Internal Name: Cost

Type: Short Text (100)

Enter the cost that will be applied to the step within the zone for this zone cost. If a lookup cannot be found for the zone, a cost of 9999 will be incurred. This is the case if the zone cost is used for Fixed Shipment Cost or Variable Transportation Cost.

Notes

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Table: AdvancedCosting_ZoneCosts

Internal Name: ZoneCostNotes

Type: Memo

Enter optional descriptive notes about the zone costs.