Mover’s Suite Administration > MMS > Local Service > Diff Fact
Define base difficulty factors to be used when calculating the duration of service within Calculate Difficulty Factor from within MoversSuite > Local Dispatch > Local Service > Add/Edit Local Service window. Calculate Difficulty Factor allows for the default hours set for the service to be recalculated. Reference the Service Type Setup for more information.
Fields appearing in red are required when adding new records for the particular setup area.
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Difficulty Status Field |
Description |
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Factor Name |
Enter description for the factor to be used when computing duration of service through Local Dispatch. This name will name will appear as the Factor field that the user selects from. |
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Factor |
Enter the factor as the percentage increase to be added to the default Difficulty Factor. For example, if the Difficulty Factor is a 1, for no increase in service duration, then a factor of .24 would modify the Difficulty Factor of service to 1.24 of the computed time. The Difficulty Factor is used to increase the amount hours for a service (crew times hours) by an additional amount computed as: (NUMBER IN CREW multiplied by HOURS FOR SERVICE) multiplied by FACTOR |
MoversSuite provides the following default settings:
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Default Factor Name |
Default Factor |
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Long Carry |
.24 |
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Stair Carry |
.24 |
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Elevator |
.30 |
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Self Storage |
.24 |
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Fragiles |
.24 |
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High Value Items |
.24 |