Set up your subcontractor vehicles
Contact support@m2xgroup.com in order to set up your subcontractor in the background - please ensure to send us the exact name/ spelling of the subcontractor you would like to add.
You will now be able to set up a vehicle and allocate them to a subcontractor - when creating the vehicle, head Admin --> Fleet, add a new vehicle. In the Advanced Settings - general - subcontractor, your subcontractor will appear in the drop down list.
Assign work to a subcontractor
Create a manifest - when selecting the truck, you will be able to select your previously created subcontractor here.
When assigning a leg to a manifest, your subcontractor manifest will also now appear as an option
Set up expense rate cards
You can set up subcontractor rate cards to reflect your subcontractor expense - a user can refer to this while planning and adjust their job assignments as necessary.
Head to Admin --> pricing --> expense rate cards
Click create card
You can choose which subcontractor this expense rate card is for, and any other variables e.g. locations, products etc,
You can choose what te price is based on e.g. per km, per quantity, per hour
Save the expense rate card
Auto expense function
Within a consignment, if you have a leg (or legs) assigned to a subcontractor manifest, you can also see the calculated expense for this (as long as there is an expense rate card in the system).
Click the double arrow button next to Auto Rate
You will now see an Auto Expense button
