In Traece™, Packs can be sold as a complete unit ("Whole Pack") or individual pieces of lumber can be sold separately over time by removing them from the Pack ("Flex Pack").
Required User Level(s): Admin, Manager, Operator
Individual Items in Flex Packs
Access Packs from the left hand menu and click Boards & Beams
Once here, you will see an overview of the Total Number of Packs stored in Traece™, the total number of Board Feet, and the Retail Value of stored materials.
Add Packs with Either Estimated Units or Actual Number of Units
From your left-hand navigation in Traece™, click on Packs
From the Packs page, click on Add Packs
From the Add Packs modal, click on Start Fresh
Pack details tab
When choosing the "Start Fresh" option, users will be taken directly to the Pack details tab, unlike the "Create From Logs" and "Create From Source Trees" options.
Whole Material Information
Date Milled: This date pre-populates with today’s date and may be manually adjusted. This is the date a Pack is/was milled
Inventory Number: Traece™ automatically begins creating Inventory Numbers for you (starting sequentially from 1) when you begin using the system. However, if you have your own inventory numbering system, you may override the automatic Inventory Number with your own.
Characters: Every Pack is unique and some of the characters that make a Pack unique may also increase or decrease the Pack’s value, depending on your preferences. You may add one or many Characters to a Pack. Characters then add a multiplier (a percentage amount) to the base calculated price on any given Pack.
Source Type: This is the source type of the tree
Species: You may select (or Add New) a Tree from the drop-down list.
Pack Sizing Information
Thickness: Select (or add new) the thickness of this material
Number of Rows: This entry denotes the number of Rows tall a Pack is
Pack Width (inches): Provide the width (in inches) of this Pack. The Pack Width will then be multiplied by the Average Board Length, Thickness, and the number of Rows to create the Pack Board Foot Estimate.
Average Board Length (inches): Given the variety of board lengths you may have in a Pack, entering the Average Board Length tells Traece™ what Length to use when creating a Pack Board Foot Estimate.
Minimum Board Width (inches): Given the variety of board widths you may have in a Pack, entering the Minimum Board Width tells Traece™ what Width to use when creating a Pack Board Foot Estimate.
Minimum Board Length (inches): Packs offer the flexibility to include boards of different lengths. But, some buyers may want to know the shortest board length in a pack. To address this concern, Traece™ has the option to enter the Minimum Board Length in inches, allowing buyers to make informed decisions about their purchase.
Flex Material Information - Flex Pack
Average Board Width (inches): Flex Packs allow Traece™ to estimate the number of items in a Pack. Providing Average Board Width is a core component of this calculation. View “Estimate individual units” below for more information on this calculation.
Actual Number of Items in Pack: If you know the exact number of Boards & Beams in this Pack, you may enter that number here. This is an optional field. Adding the Actual Number of Boards in Pack overrides any “Estimate individual units” selection that may have previously been calculated. Using this option will create individual Boards & Beam Items that are associated with this Packs.
Estimate individual Items?: Looking to save some time and let Traece™ do the heavy lifting? Click this box. “Estimate individual items” is automatically calculated as = (Pack Width / Avg. Board Width) * Number of Rows. Using this option will create individual Boards & Beam Items that are associated with this Packs
Carbon Smart Wood™: CarbonSmart Wood is wood salvaged from local waste streams. If your wood was sourced, but not harvested, within 100 miles of where it is milled, then you’ve got CarbonSmart Wood!. Click this box.
Sanded: If this Pack unit is sanded, select this box. Doing so will update the Pack’s price accordingly, based off the sanding price established under Settings > Setting > Pricing
Surfaced: If this Pack unit is surfaced, select this box. Doing so will update the Pack’s price accordingly, based off the surfaced price established under Settings > Setting > Pricing
Sold: Selecting this checkbox will update a Pack’s status to “sold” and will also update the Sold Date field to reflect the current date (MM/DD/YYYY)
Click Set Optional Info
Optional Info tab
Location & Contact Info
This section is designed to specify where a given Pack is located within your property or business location(s), assign a Pack to a contact, and enter the Pack status.
Location: This is the location where a Pack may be located at any given time. Locations are customized in Traece™ under Settings > Configuration > Locations
Contact: If a Pack needs to be assigned to a specific person, company, or job, use the Contact field. Contacts are created from the left-hand navigation under Contacts
Status: Select a status for the new Pack. These statuses are customized in Traece™ under Settings > Configuration > Statuses
Pricing Information
This section is designed to give you a better understanding of the monetary value of a given Pack.
Pack Cost (per bf): You can track the acquisition cost of the Pack
Total Pack Cost: The Total Cost field on Traece™ will be automatically calculated once you enter the cost of the item.
Price: Price is automatically calculated based on the Pack board foot formula (Price per Square Foot * Total Square Feet) and the Species and Thickness price. Automatically generated prices may be manually overridden to increase or decrease the price, if desired.
Discounts: One or many discounts may be applied to any Pack at any time. Note: Discounts may be used by All Users or specific users within your organization, depending on how your discounts were defined under Settings > Discounts
Round BF price for calculation: Select this checkbox if you would like to use round numbers rather than decimals when using board feet to calculate the price for an item.
Documents
Upload an image, video, or PDF: You may choose to attach images, videos, and PDFs of a Pack here. Supported formats: JPG, PNG, mp4, PDF
Description: Provide details of the Pack that you wish to capture. A description may include the Pack’s history, where you received it from, or any other details you would like to associate with the Pack in the long term. This description is visible on the eCommerce portion of your website when that Pack is ready to sell
Click Save or Save and Duplicate
Viewing Individual Items within a Packs
After creating Flex Packs on Traece™ by estimating or entering the actual number of items, the system automatically generates unique Inventory items for those items, categorizing them as Boards & Beams.
For example, if you created a Flex Packs of 5/4 Ash and used either the Estimate Individual Items or Actual Number of Items in Packs feature and it calculated (or you entered) 48 Items, 48 5/4 Ash Boards & Beams would be created. These Boards & Beams would be inventoried under the Dimensional Lumber | Boards & Beams section of Traece™, and they would also be available to view and access via that particular Flex Packs in Traece™. See images below.
Fig. 1: Viewing Items within a specific Flex Packs
Fig. 2: Viewing Boards & Beams created in a Flex Packs. Note the Packs column identifying which Packs these Boards & Beams belong to
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