Daycos News

Please note that our office will be closed on Tuesday, January 1st, due to the New Years Holiday. Our regular office hours will resume on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008.
We want to wish everyone a very safe and happy New Year!

We have recently provided AccuBill users with the ability to change the Origin or Destination GBLOC on a previously billed invoice from the convenience of your office. AccuBill will allow you to change the GBLOC of a GBL or BOL type invoice in either the “Invoices Needing Approval” or “Invoices View Only” forms.
When in either of the forms, you can change the GBLOC by clicking on the “Chnges” button near the left hand center of the screen.
When that…

This morning we were advised from a representative of PowerTrack (PT) that they have noticed a number of issues encountered by users when making manual changes thru the PowerTrack User Interface (UI). If you encounter problems with entering invoices into the UI, updating invoices in unmatched or AE status or performing any other edit/save functions, you can contact the PT Help Desk at customer.support@powertrack.com to let them know so they are sure to identify all issues.
We did receive reassurance…

We have been working on some end of year housecleaning and noticed that there are a large number of AccuBill invoices that have been generated thru the billing form that have never been approved in the “Invoices Needing Approval” screen, which also means that these invoices have never been submitted to the finance center, especially if it was to be submitted electronically via EDI to PowerTrack or DFAS-Indy.
All invoices in the “Invoices Needing Approval” screen require someone to click…

Please note that the Daycos office will be closed on Monday, December 24th and Tuesday, December 25th, due to the Christmas holiday. Normal office hours will resume on Wednesday, December 26th.

The Bi-Monthly TSP Phase I conference call is scheduled for today, Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 from 1:00 PM-2:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). The call in number is: (618)256-0704.
Among the items listed on the Action items from the last call are:

• Shipment information not showing in CWA when invoices are submitted to PT.
• Invoicing LHS, FSC and ATC separate from other accessorials to pay agents sooner.
• Will there be a DPS conference call in the future?

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On November 30th, the production version of DPS was opened for TSPs to review their Qualification data to ensure that the data related to their SCAC code is correct. All TSP Qualification data was to be migrated from the Personal Property Qualification Web based system (PPQWeb). However, we have heard many examples of problems with the data that was exported from PPQWeb, and TSPs are responsible for making those corrections.
It is important to note that the TSP is responsible…

We have been given confirmation from a representative of National Traffic, the pre-audit contractor, that they have received a new contract from Coast Guard. NTS will begin processing Coast Guard invoices for payment immediately, so we will submit all paper billings that were being held as quickly as possible.
***UPDATE (12/12/07)*** In addition to receiving confirmation from NTS on this issue, we also received word from Coast Guard that the contract had been resolved. The representative from Coast Guard said…

There have been several new items posted to the “What’s New” section of SDDC’s website so far this week. Among the items being released, are the updated Business Rules Section E for TSP Qualifications, Section F for Rate Filing, Section N providing the 400NG Tariff and the announcement that there will be no Open Season prior to the 2008 spring rate filing.
We recommend you visit the “What’s New” link found under the Families First …section on SDDC’s site regularly

The price of fuel was $3.416 as reported on Monday, December 3, 2007 making the upcoming FSC rates for the period 10/15/07 thru 11/14/07 as follows:

GBL Domestic HHG / International HHG & UB — 10%
GSA Domestic HHG $2.02
GSA International HHG and BAG – 14%…