Customer Sales & Service

The Sales & Service section is designed to assist customers that utilize a sales staff. This area can be used to track information about sales calls and service communications with customers.

The Sales & Service section is divided into two tabs which are located at the far right of the main pane.

On This Page
→ Sales Info Tab → Service Info Tab
· Sales Info Section · Service Info Section
· Other Info Section · Payroll Section
· Lead Info Section · Options Section
→ Pay Period & Pay Cycle Reference

Sales Info Tab

The Sales Info tab in Customer Sales & Service is designed to store and organize information about completed and potential sales.

Sales Info tab

Sales Info Section

Field Description
Sales Level Indicates the customer's level of interest.
Sales Notes Record any explanatory commentary regarding the customer.

Other Info Section

Field Description
Industry Code Indicates the industry in which the customer operates.
Customer Type The sort of operation that the customer runs (i.e. franchise, regional, etc.).
Competition Identify the customer's main competitors.

Lead Info Section

Field Description
Lead Source Indicates where the lead that resulted in customer contact came from.
Description Enter any clarifying data regarding the lead here.

Service Info Tab

The Service Info tab in Customer Sales & Service is designed to store and organize information about ongoing customer service activity.

Service Info tab

Service Info Section

Service Info section
Field Description
Check Delivery The method by which the customer administers checks to employees.
OT Plan Indicates the specific overtime plan used by the customer. Visit the Overtime Plans and Work Schedules article for a list of available OT plans.
Service Note Commentary regarding the customer's service information is recorded here.
Mileage Rate The rate at which employees are reimbursed for travel.

Payroll Section

Payroll section
Field Description
Weekend Day The day of the week on which the pay period ends. This field is utilized for the Week Worked day when creating new transactions in Time Entry. If no value is entered here, the system will use a default day of Sunday.
Pay Period Frequency at which payments are issued.
Pay Cycle Select the pay cycle from the drop-down menu. The options available will change based on the Pay Period selected. See Pay Period & Pay Cycle Reference below for a full breakdown of available options and examples.
Certified Payroll Indicates that the customer's payroll is certified (typically required for publicly funded construction contracts).
Generate Daily Time Entry

Select the check box to require daily time entry.

Note: This prevents employees' hours from being entered in Time Entry > Sheet View.
Create Transactions by Month Check this box if this customer uses exact month billing. This checkbox activates the exact month billing process. This feature requires daily time entry, so the Generate Daily Time Entry box must be checked to activate this option.
Daily Pay Option Select an option from this drop-down to determine how the system assigns a Week Worked date for Daily Pay. If you will be paying employees the same day that they work, Avionté's best practice is to select Current Week, which will record payment for today's date. Using the Open Week option will use the Accounting Period dates, paying the employee following the second work week.

Options Section

Options section
Field Description Additional Information
Skip Weekly Call Check the box to indicate that the customer does not want to receive a call every week. This will affect the number shown in the Weekly Calls and My Weekly Calls counters.
Skip Assignment Ending Call Check to show that the customer does not want to be called at the end of an assignment.
PEO Indicates that the customer is a Professional Employment Organization.
Use Time Clock Indicates that the customer uses the web-based time clock.
Web Option The Web Option button displays the Web Portal Property window, which enables the alteration of web properties (see below).
Web Portal Property window

Pay Period & Pay Cycle Reference

The Pay Cycle options available in the Payroll Section change based on the Pay Period selected. The table below outlines the available Pay Cycle values for each Pay Period type, along with notes on how the Last Week option behaves.

Pay Period Pay Cycle Options Notes
BiWeekly 1, 2 Select the first or second week of the pay period that you want to distribute checks for.
Daily 1, 2, 3, 4, Last Week Last Week adds transactions to the Accounting Period that contains the last day of the month.
Hourly 1, 2, 3, 4, Last Week Last Week adds transactions to the Accounting Period that contains the last day of the month.
Monthly 1, 2, 3, 4, Last Week Select the number of the week in that month that you want to pay for. Last Week adds transactions to the Accounting Period that contains the last day of the month.
SemiMonthly 1, 2, 3, 4, Last Week Last Week adds transactions to the Accounting Period that contains the last day of the month.
Weekly 1, 2, 3, 4, Last Week Last Week adds transactions to the Accounting Period that contains the last day of the month.
Yearly 1, 2, 3, 4, Last Week Last Week adds transactions to the Accounting Period that contains the last day of the month.

BiWeekly Pay Cycle — Example

Weekly and BiWeekly are the most commonly used pay periods. The example below uses August 2021 to illustrate how Pay Cycle selection affects when Payroll and Billing are processed each week.

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The grid above shows how Payroll and Billing fall across each week of August 2021 depending on whether the Pay Period is BiWeekly or Monthly, and which Billing Cycle (1–4 or Last Week) is selected.

Note: When paying BiWeekly, always generate time for each week — even in weeks where the employee is not receiving a check. The system pulls transactions from the past two weeks on the week the employee is being paid.
Note: Invoicing done in an off-cycle week (shown as "Payroll" only in the grid) does not change the invoicing process. Invoices are pushed to the next billing week and billed together. For example, if Billing Cycle = 2: Week 1 invoices are pushed to Week 2, and Week 2 invoices are created for both Week 1 and Week 2 combined.

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