Daycos News

Paula Alder, Sue Fuchtman, and I are off today for Orlando for the US Bank PowerTrack conference. If any of you are planning on attending, please look us up while there. We will be trying to blog anything we learn from the conference, but it might be a little quiet this week.…

As outlined earlier this week, we worked with SDDC to implement some new procedures in order to get some invoices cleared out of Audit Exception. We have been working diligently this week to implement the new procedures, and except for a few minor glitches here and there, it has been enormously successful. This week, we have moved the following out of Audit Exception:

• Invoices Matched: 1785
• Total Dollar Amount of Matched Invoices: $5,261,156.31
• Number of Different SCACs with Matched Invoices:

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We have successfully sent our first test batch of 100 Invoices to PowerTrack to match the zero rated line item(s) in Audit Exception. This resulted in $243,572.73 in revenue that immediately moved from Audit Exception Status into Payment Status on PowerTrack.

We will be continuing our matching process throughout this week to further move invoices into Payment Status. During this matching process you will be receiving an email listing which line items we are matching to allow payment of the …

SDDC has posted a PowerPoint slideshow… on their website containing lots of great information concerning Phase I stats, as of January 5th, 2006. Included are numbers on payment times, interest payments, and number of invoices process. However, the best information may be the embedded Excel spreadsheets listing the average payment times for each base.

It appears that SDDC is making an attempt to increase their support staff working on the Phase I issues. Chuck White of the HHGFAA… reports that during their monthly IPR briefing, they were told that 8-10* new support personnel will be hired to work with CWA. Also, we have seen emails from current CWA support staff indicating they have been told additional help has been budgeted.
With the upcoming BRAC move of SDDC to Scott AFB, it will be interesting

Yesterday afternoon we received word from SDDC that they have approved our plan for matching line items in Audit Exception, as outlined in this posting…. We will begin implementing the new system immediately, and should have it in place by the end of the week. Combined with our automation in matching zero-rated items, we are hopeful that we can clear most of the invoices currently in Audit Exception. Then the hard work of rebilling for the line items we

As many of you know, the number of invoices in the Audit Exception (AE) status in PowerTrack has grown substantially as Phase I has continued. We have received many questions lately about what The Day Companies was doing to clear up those invoices, and so we wanted to update you on our plans for reducing the number of invoices in Audit Exception.
Invoices go into AE when there are one or more line items in which the amount we submitted…

The release notes for CWA version 3.7.2 included this fix for item code 521K, the minimum charge for Baggage SIT Delivery and Pickup Under 30 Miles:

SCR 489
Item Code 521K – Minimum Charge Under 30 Miles
Issue: Item 521K is used for mileage under 30 miles. CWA performed this costing in the background.
Resolution: Item 521K was added as a billable item code in the CWA costing engine.…

We have verified that they have fixed one of the problems

Last week, we discovered that SDDC had released version 3.7.2, although no official notice was given until today. You can view the full list of fixes included in this release here…. It appears that most of the fixes were geared towards improving overall performance of the CWA system, and alleviating some errors on the PPSO’s side.
However, this version did appear to include the fix on the problems we have been seeing on the 521K item code, which CWA

US Bank is holding their 2006 Financial Supply Chain Conference, January 31st-February 2nd. PowerTrack personnel are promising much more for our industry this year, including more hands-on time in the computer labs. In addition, there will be a joint session on Families First between TSPs and PPSOs in attendance, which should be interesting. Also, if you are getting tired of the winter weather… in your area, you should know that the conference will be held in Orlando, Florida. (However,